Fugitives Tell How Bank Robberies Fueled Escape Plan
Enid Oklahoma July 9 A demented pair from Minnesota Barker-Karpis gang led a spree across Oklahoma and Kansas. Donald Reeder, one surviving fugitive, described rivering a $10,000 Concorila bank job. De Vol was killed by police after shooting Enid officers. Reeder recounted robberies in Little River Turon and Pond Creek and a Perry encounter that left him wounded. He blamed unemployment for his crimes and outlined their escape to Mexico along with Sorako and other inmates from the Minnesota hospital for the criminally insane.
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Enid
Okla
St. Peter, Minn
Oklahoma
Kansas
Donald Reeder
Minnesota
Mexico
Lawrence de Vol
de Vol
Joan Cal Palmer
Ralph Knorr
Reeder
Barker-Karpis Gang
Kan
Little River
Turon
Kany
Perry
St. Peter
Albert Sorake
Oklahoma City
Soroko
Lauverne, Minn
Stillwater
Minn
Soroke
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Hanover
J. A. Tarrant
Mrs. Cooke
Superior Refrigerator Ice Recipe Appreciation Note
A reader thanks the author for a homemade recipe and calls it the most superior refrigerator ice they have tried. Signed by Mire A Nichols.
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Mire. A
Nichols
Actor Meighan Dies After A Long Illness
New York July 9 UP Thomas Meighan a famed stage and screen personality died at his Great Neck Long Island home after a year plus illness He was 57 Born in Pittsburgh he studied medicine before turning to acting His film The Miracle Man propelled him to stardom and he remained a top box office draw until his decline following pneumonia in 1935 He is survived by his widow Frances Ring a sister of Blanche Ring and a brother James Meighan
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New York
Thomas Meighan
America
Great Neck
Long Island
Meighan
Pittsburgh
St. Mary's College
Baltimore
Pack
Jackie Cooper
Frances Ring
Blanche Ring
James Meighan
Valley Grove Club Members Host So and So's
Mrs. James Holliday hosted the So and So's club for an all day meeting with eleven members present. Guests from Lawrence joined discussions and scripture verses while prizes went to Mrs. Petrie Sr., Mrs. Richard Petrie, and Mrs. Ruth Petrie. Other items note fashion, birthdays, and a charity charivari for the Holliday couple.
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George Brown
Harland Brown
Oskaloosa
Harold Skeet
Williamstown
A. A. Allen
James Holliday
So and So’s
W. A. Dunbar
Charles Hayes
Grover Husted
Maxine
George Edward
Ida Blaylock
Clarence Eugene
Mildred
Lawrence
Arnold Welliver
Ruby Holliday
Alberta Garner
Petrie Sr
Richard Petrie
Ruth Petrie
Nora Ford
Holliday
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A. C. Nichols
Journal-World
Byron ‘Cooke
Russ” Oakes
Dodge
Dodge- F Division
Chrysler Corporation
Bullene-Skinner Motor
Massachusetts
Elms
Uns
Lawrence Egg & Poultry Co
Pa. St
G.O.P
Kathryn M. Ford
Oak Park
National Young Republican
J. K. Bradley
Young G. O. P
National Committee
Associated Press
Miracle Man
Valley Grove
Arthur Quidahl
J. Veola May Oqusdahl
Oscar Learnard
Clifford Kincaid
H.F. Green
Edward Prosser
Corder
Euland Prosser
Kansas City
C. T. Hall
George Wellivers
McCloud
Valley Falls
Clingman
Delia
Anna Skeet
Arthur Oundshi
Fred Kelsall
Hutton
Reno
Kelsall
Helen DeHoff
Jimmie Lee Holliday
John Blaylock
DeSoto
Merle Holliday
Blaylock
Jimmie Lee
Don Baker
W. P. Loesch
Russell Stewart
George Welliver
Rosetta May
Walter Welliver
City
Charles Eberwein
Fall Leaf
Winford Thiry
Arlo
Raymond Garner
Chester
Oliver Garner
Ruth Rose
Ward
William Ousdahl
Canada
Elmer
Fred
Thurston Ousdahl
Ousdahl
Arkansas
Lucille
Harley Blaylock
Howard Blaylock
Claudia Arleen
Fred Coffman
Tibbett-Wellman All Sew Club
Howard Wellman
Harry Wellman
Glen Rogers
Marvin Millett
Mikesell
Martha Higley
All Sen
Tibbett School House
Future Farmers of America
Vocational Agriculture Department
Tonganoxie State Lake
Verl Wells
Oscar Emery
Oscar
Ralph Snyder
Wichita
Gerriexan
Samsonbak
Hawes
Hanes
P. HL Homes Knitting Co
Winston- Salem
N. C
Standard Services
Joe Dujka
Chicago
Standard Oil
Dujka
Ruble Street
Standard Service
Oxfords
Montgomery Ward
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