Anglo French Agreement Signals Backing for Locarno Pact
London reports show Bartholou, Simon discuss reinforcing the Locarno accords through a friendly understanding. Unofficial readings say Britain will honor obligations and provide technical military collaboration if Belgium is invaded, though no formal pact is expected. Hess speech viewed as not altering France’s peace aims and arms demand. Barthou travels to London seeking British assurances in a potential emergency.
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London
Gate
Great Britain
France
Louis Barthou
John Simon
Belgium
Paris
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Europe
Hess
Slain by Officers on Downtown Street in LaMar Colorado
An exchange of gunfire with three officers left a man fatally shot on a LaMar street. The deceased, tentatively Howard Wilson formerly of Tribway Kay, arrived with Arkansas plates and was armed when Deputy William McGugin and Policeman Glen Light confronted him. A Denver agency card in his pocket listed him as a sheep herder.
Army Commander Says He Foiled Cuban Conspiracy
Havana report says Col Fulgencio Batista commander in chief ordered raids for arms nationwide suspecting ex officers and enlisted men of a planned revolt. About three dozen people already jailed on conspiracy charges. In Pine Tex a Citizens Bank Robbery with $2000 seized by four masked gunmen and no injuries.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Army
Batista
Kansas Weather Forecast Mixed skies and mild temps
The Kansas forecast calls for unsettled conditions this afternoon with general fair weather tonight and Tuesday. Morning notes clear to partly cloudy in Topeka Emporia and Topeka areas with possible fog along roads. Temperatures recorded by the Gas Office show dusk readings around 7 p.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today.
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Kansas
Porfor
Topeka
Prohibition Back as 18th Amendment Collapse Predicted
St Louis July 9 AP. P A Tate superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of Missouri predicts Prohibition’s return. He says public sentiment is crystallizing against liquor control and cites five months of unrestrained distribution causing more drunkenness and accidents. He accuses the Democratic party of surrendering to liquor traffic.
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St. Louis
Aeeal
P. A. Tate
Anti-Saloon League of Missouri
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Democratic Party
Senate contempt ruling reversed in McCracken case
The Washington DC Court of Appeals ruled the Senate lacked power to sentence William P. McCracken to ten days in jail for contempt in the air mail investigation. Brittin served ten days for destroying subpoenaed documents. McCracken had been fined and challenged the Senate’s authority. The decision leaves unresolved further action, with certiorari expected to reach the Supreme Court.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Senate
William P. McCracken
Air Mail
MacCracken
Commerce
Aeronautics
L. H. Brittin
The
Northwest Airways, Inc
Brittin
Daniel W. O'Donoghue
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Frank J. Hogan
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee
O'Donoghue
Chessey W. Jurney
Jurrey
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert L. Girvin
MacGracken
Leslie C. Garnett
U. S
United States Supreme Court
Slayings Revealed In Confession Of Young Bandit
The signed confession of Bun Riley a 25 year old Canadian Oklahoma man details premeditated killings of Homer Beasley Hobart Watkins and William Gann near Canadian on June 25 Riley said he planned for months and would plead guilty to three murder charges After signing he was moved to the state penitentiary for safety He claimed the victims were involved in burglaries and holdups over more than eight years and were present on every job Then he described luring them into the woods and killing them with a shotgun I would do it again he stated Federal grand jury sessions opened in Oklahoma city this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Okla
Frank Watson
Watson
Bun Riley
Homer Beasley
Hobart Watkins
William Gann
Riley
Beasley and
Watkins
Gann
City considers aid for Lawrence High School band
The Lawrence city commission weighed a request from the Chamber of Commerce for a $300 levy to fund Lawrence High School band activities directed by C. E. Sawhill. The band volunteers free summer instruction for 150 to 200 youths and gave a concert at Gage Park to an audience of about 5,000. The panel plans clinics for sick babies monthly with a pediatrician fee not exceeding 10 per clinic.
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Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
Lawrence High School
C. E. Sawhill
T. J. Sweeney
Sawhill
Sweeney
George K. Melvin
Lawrence
Gage Park
Topeka
J. M. Mott
Leon Bauman
J. F. Stubeck
Flood Floods Damage Lamar Area in Arkansas Valley
A Colorado storm left the lower Arkansas valley cleaning up after floods that inundated homes, drowned cattle, damaged highways, and washed out sections of the Santa Fe railroad. Officials estimate damage in the thousands of dollars with no loss of life reported. Buffalo Creek and Dead Man’s Drainage Canal overflowed near Hartman and Bristol forcing evacuations as two field workers were temporarily marooned in trees.
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Lamar
Colo
Arkansas Valley
Santa Fe Railroad
Buffalo Creek
Dead Man
Hartman
Bristol
Jartman
Santa Fe
Aged Civil War Vet Flies, Fulfills 20 Year Dream
Kansas City reports a 92 year old Civil War veteran William Gardner rode in an airplane for the first time. He had predicted twenty years earlier from Ludlow Kentucky that he would ride in a plane someday. Gardner traveled from Cincinnati to take the flight and described it like sitting in a motor car. He expressed mild disappointment, saying it was not as thrilling as expected.
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Kansas City
William Gardner
Ludlow
Cincinnati
Date Set for Insull Trial in Chicago
Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson ruled against the defense in the Insull case, setting September 12 for the trial of Samuel Insull and 16 associates on charges of misusing the mails to solicit investors in Corporation Securities.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Insull
Corporation Securities Company
Basel Protest on Debts Warns Dawes and Young Loans
Basel Switzerland July 9 AP Directors of the Bank for International Settlements ordered a protest against the Dawes and Young loan moratorium read as protecting American bondholders. Leon Fraser, BIS president, was told to register the protest. Americans hold about fifty percent of the Dawes loan and thirty percent of the Young loan. Stock index averaged 90 stocks at 78.5 on Saturday, 78.7 previously.
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Basel
Switzerland
Bank For International Settlements
Germany
Leon Fraser
Wheat imports sharpened to feed eastern Russian army
London reports a top source says more than 3,000,000 bushels of wheat will be imported into Vladivostok this year to feed a growing Russian military establishment in eastern Siberia amid Russo-Japanese tension. Imports come from Argentina and Australia, reflecting distant eastern needs and limited Trans-Siberian transport.
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London
Vladivostok
Siberia
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
Associated Press
Ukraine
The Explorer Ballon Flight Near Moonlight Valley
Rapid City reports the National Geographic Society and Army Air Corps prepare for a stratosphere ascent with an 8 million cubic foot balloon named The Explorer. Major Kepner and Captain Stevens will pilot and observe. Mrs. Berry to christen the gondola at 5 30 p m in the expedition camp Moonlight Valley.
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Rapid City
S. D
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
William E. Kepner
Albert W. Stevens
First Pantheistic Marriage Solemnized in Berlin
In Berlin on July 9 the Germanic faith movement performed its first marriage under pantheistic rites. vows were read by the wheiwart, Professor Wilhelm Hauer, leader of the movement, rather than a clergyman. The ceremony invoked Mother Earth and Father Heaven to bless the couple.
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Berlin
Father Heaven
Louisiana approves 2 percent tax on newspaper ads
Baton Rouge reports the House passed a state administration bill imposing a two percent gross receipts tax on advertising revenue of Louisiana newspapers with Huey Long urging a yes vote. Bernie Masterson, Nebraska star, signs with the Chicago Bears to play pro football after a noted college career.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Lincoln
Neb
Bernie Masterson
University of Nebraska
Chicago Bears
Masterson
Cornhuskers
Four Killed In Nashville Freight Train Derailment
At least four men were reported killed when a Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis freight train derailed near La Vergne about 20 miles from Nashville. The wreck occurred July 9 and details were supplied by AP.
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Nashville
Terin
Nashville, Chattaney and St
Baseball roundup from national league action summary
National League games featured teams including Indianapolis and Kansas City in night action. The noisy schedule appears incomplete with several garbled team names and venues, leaving the exact matchups and results unclear.
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National League
KeAour Sgames
Indianapolis
Banzas City
Clean-Up Time Urges Enforcing Prohibitory Laws in Lawrence
Rev. C. C. Cunningham urged Lawrence worshippers to uphold Kansas prohibitory laws and oppose repeal at the fall election. He warned of open lawbreaking, noting a recent round up by police while police chief Pringle and City Attorney George Melvin push for enforcement and public support.
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Lawrence
C. C. Cunningham
First Baptist Church
Mr. Cunningham
Kansas
Cunningham
Massachusetts Street
Pringle
George Melvin
Government approves tentative Kansas Missouri potato marketing plan
Secretary Wallace approved a tentative marketing agreement for Kansas and Missouri potato areas. It creates two supervisory bodies a control committee and a district proration panel for each state with member selection by producers shippers and the origin al six. Opposition from Kaw Valley growers centers on feared restrictions and reduced marketing flexibility.
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Washington
Wallace
Kansas
Missouri
Four CCC workers held after lieutenant shot at Pine Valley camp
In Poteau Oklahoma four Civilian Conservation Corps workers were jailed for investigation into the fatal shooting of First Lieutenant Jabez L. Gatlin at the Pine Valley CCC camp in LeFlore County. Wallace McCullough was named as the alleged slayer by officers and eyewitnesses. McCullough and three others were arrested after witnesses said a pageant crowd attempted to quiet recruits who were drinking. Gatlin was killed instantly. McCullough was slightly wounded.
Halloween Masked Bandit Robs Hart Richards Grocery
A masked Negro bandit armed with a repeating shotgun held five people at Hart Richards Grocery at 406 West Ninth Street for cash. He escaped with $6.60 after forcing the proprietors and a customer with his daughter inside. police searched the area but found no trace of the robber. The incident marks the first shotgun robbery with a Halloween mask since last winter.
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Hart Richards
West Ninth Street
Mrs. Richards
R. W. Moll
C. W. Taft
Moll’ Bakery
Jake Lefman
Alabama Street
Mr. Mou
Mr. Sare
Moll Bakery
Tennessee
Ohio
Moll
Mr. Richards
Mr. Taft
Mr. Moll
Abductors Face Federal Charge In Lindbergh Case
Hutchinson Kansas July 9 AP sheriff abductors Fred Jaze 35 Oswego NY and Tom Stevens 20 Duluth Minnesota seized Sheriff P A Dickerson of Rice County at Frederick Kansas and drove 150 miles crossing into Oklahoma the last two miles. A sheriff’s wink led to capture at a Lyons filling station and authorities pursued until the suspects were held in jail in Alfalfa County Oklahoma.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Sam
Fred Jaze
Oswego
N. Y
Tom Stevens
Duluth
Minn
P. A. Dickerson
Rice County
Frederick
Dickerson
Lyons
Herman Swick
Swick
Alfalfa County
Oklahoma
Fruits Sentenced to Five to Fifteen Years in State Prison
Winfield Kansas July 9 AP L D Fruits Alma Colorado businessman arrested here in an auto theft ring case was sentenced to five to fifteen years in Kansas state prison Lansing for a 1931 car theft. He had jumped bond after being convicted on the motor car theft charge here. Attorneys asked parole citing good conduct in Colorado, but the request was denied by District Judge J C Fuller who overruled a motion for a new trial.
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Winfield
Kan
L. D. Fruits
Alma
Colo
Kansas State
Lansing
Fruits
Colorado
C. P. Fuller
Breakup effort nets four arrests in Missouri Kansas car theft ring
Kansas City July 9 Four men were arrested in a police drive to break up a motor car theft ring operating across Missouri and Kansas. Finis Price 21 charged with theft of an auto June 19 was arrested in Lebanon Missouri and brought to Kansas City. Three more men identified as William Ellsworth 35 Ralph McWilliams 32 and William Anderson 26 were later arrested.
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Kansas City
Olice
Missouri
Kansas
Finis Price
Lebanon
William T. Ellsworth
Ralph McWilliams
William Anderson
Frying of Eggs Triggers Infant Eczema, Kansas City
A Kansas City physician reports a six month old child develops infantile eczema when exposed to frying eggs. After observing the baby’s presence during breakfast egg preparation, the doctor notes the skin improves when removed from the frying area and recommends eliminating fried eggs to protect the child.
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Kansas City
Figures Come Alive in Prof Mitchell Rotary Talk
Prof U G Mitchell of the University faculty told Rotary members that numbers and math underpin daily life from clocks to train schedules to navigation at sea. He traced early counting to ten and fingers, explained how sticks with notches evolved into stock and banking terms, and noted the long prehistory of accounting. Walter Keeler introduced him as guests including Dr William H Bailey of Oklahoma City and Carl Kennedy of Kansas Business. Dolph Simons urged attendance at the Rotary ball team games, with the next match Thursday night versus Earles.
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U. G. Mitchell
Rotary
Prof
Mitchell
England
Walter Keeler
William H. Bailey
Oklahoma City
Car) Kennedy
Kansas Business
Dolph Simons
The
Earles
General strike threat rocks Pacific Coast walkout
The Associated Press reports a broad threat of a general strike across the Pacific coast amid maritime work stoppages. San Francisco Oakland Portland and Seattle see momentum for action as a new labor disputes act hearings begin.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Oakland
Portland
Seattle
Roosevelt
Teamsters
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Ohio
Dayon
Bridgeton
N. J
Seabrook Farms
Gastonia
N. C
Robbery at Winfield filling station tied to Texas plates
Three men in a Ford with Texas plates robbed Ralph Reed, a Winnfield Kansas filling station attendant, slamming him and locking him in the station. Reed was beaten and relieved of 41 dollars and 58 cents before the trio fled. An ice deliveryman found him and alerted police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Kan
Texas
Ralph Reed
Reed
Police raid yields six arrests in 700 block Massachusetts
Police struck at disorderly houses in the 700 block on Massachusetts street early Sunday morning. Two young women pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and received $25 fines with suspensions if they left Lawrence by 8 AM. Four others held on bonds, with two to be tried Wednesday. raids continue to clear the block of trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
C. E. Learnard
Learnard
Lawrence
Wrence
G. Pringle
W. J. Cummings
Pringle
Local Scouts At Camp Naish In Wyandotte County
Thirteen Lawrence Boy Scouts are at Camp Naish in Wyandotte County for this week with two local Scouters from troop 55 Edwin Burgess and Ella Key. Fourteen Scouts return home. the group at camp totals 97 Scouts and eight scouters with a 10-man staff, the largest attendance of the summer. Waterfront activities include three swimming classes with all non-swimmers learning to swim at least 15 feet before departure. Visitors may attend Wednesday evening events from 6:30 p m to 9:00 p m, with camp located east of Bonner Springs on highway 32.
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Lawrence
Camp Neish
Wyandotte County
Edwin Burgess
Ella Key
Edwin Burgess Jr
J. D. McAlerney
Pat McAlerney
Don Patton
Athol Shuster
Warren Springer
Edwin Rodin
Robert Guntert
Warren Ha
Max Jensen
Naish
Camp Naish
Bonner Springs
GOP Generates Pep Meeting Aims at Midwest Seats
Chicago July 9 AP Republican leaders led by Henry P. Fletcher opened a three day pep meeting to drum up congressional votes in the Midwest and boost campaign funds Ushered by George F Getz Fletcher planned lunch with Illinois Republican workers and will discuss politics with business leaders The plan targets Illinois Ohio Iowa Michigan Indiana Oregon and Washington for substantial gains and to curb un constitutional methods of passing laws Fire destroys Eureka Mills at Eureka Kansas burning last night causing about 40000 loss including 22000 bushels of grain and several cars of flour and meal
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Chicago
Henry P. Fletcher
Middlewest
George F. Getz
Fletcher
Silas Strawn
Chester C. Bolton
Ohio
Congressional Campaign Committee
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Oregon
Washington
Eureka Mill
Eureka
Kan
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Tenn
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Leslie Demeritt
Gene Glahn
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Huey Long
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CCC
Bandit
Richards
Alma, Colo
Hamilton
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