Earthquakes Kill Thousands In Italy Cause Widespread Destruction
Naples sees massive death toll rise as official counts reach 1778 with 4264 injured across eighty five towns. Potenza Avellino Benevento Foggia and Naples report heavy losses while relief efforts mobilize and Mussolini orders centralized aid and bans on subscription lists.
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Potenza
Foggia
Benevento
Naples
Salerno
Bari
Canosa
Campo Basso
Leo
Mussolini
Duce
Council of
Leoni
Westerday
Teovince
Avemino
Rome
Fire at Leavenworth Causes $15,000 Damage
Fire in Leavenworth Kansas caused about 15000 in damage to the State Bank building Donovan Knight cigar store and Meeker pool hall after starting in a defective switchboard. Firefighters fought for two hours as flames threatened nearby structures and the bank vaults remained intact.
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Leavenworth
Kan
State Bank
Donovan & Knight’s
Vast Relief Army Moves Into Stricken Avellino District
Avellino Italy July 24 AP Vast relief army moves into quake stricken mountain provinces. Death toll officially 1607 in Avellino with total deaths across six provinces rising toward 3000. Hospitals busy officials guard against disease as supplies arrive by motor trucks and water tankers.
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Ada
Naples
Poenza
Sombra
Mt. Vesuvius
Avellino
Italy
Messina
Vicidomini
Associated Press
Appenine
Public Works
Cremonesi
Red Cruss
Death sentences looming for Kansas City gunmen
Three gunmen who robbed Home Trust company and shot a bystander in Kansas City June 14, 1928 face imminent execution. Police guard the jail as rumors of a final escape attempt swirl. one bandit pled guilty and another remains at large. London House of Commons backs naval treaty bill for final enactment and compliance with Washington pact.
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Kansas City
Home Trust Company
Henry S. Caulfield
James H. “Hap- Pye
Tony Bonello
Missouri
New York
Sam Stein
London
House of Commons
Senacee
United States Senate
Japan
C. G. Ammon
The
Admiralty
Great Britain
Widow Sues Estate Over Auto Fatality in Kansas
Mrs. Lucy E. Wright sues James E. Smith as administrator of Alfred G. Armstrong's estate for 10750 in Topeka. Armstrong and Wright’s husband Albert E. Wright died in a collision on U S Highway 40 near White Church on April 30.
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Topeka
Lucy E. Wright
James E. Smith
Alfred G. Armstrong
Armstrong
Giants rally past Pirates 1–0 halted six innings
Freddy Lindstrom homered in the first for the Giants' lone run as a rain delay stopped play after six at New York. Kremer, Hearn, Hubbell and Hogan pitched for the Giants while Pittsburgh used Hayworth and Smith in the field.
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Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ral
Freddy Lindstrom
Pittsburgh
Ob Kremer Anemsley
Hubbell
Hogan
Walled
Boston
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Brave
Chick Hafey
St. Louis
Haines
Grabowski
Wson
Smith
Cronin
Brooklyn
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Kolp
Bissonette
Cincianat
AIN
Kelp
Ceelt
Ash
Sukeforth
Vance
Elliott
Moss
Deberry
Picinich
Lopez
Cincinnati
Osborne
Teachout
Bush
Malone
Hartnett
Willoughby
Nichols
Smythe
Davis
Road Opening Celebration Set for Baldwin and Lawrence
A Friday August 1 ceremony marks the opening of the Baldwin to Lawrence concrete road at 9 30 am with speeches by Governor Clyde M Reed and state highway officials. The event includes a basket dinner on the Baker campus, athletic contests, bands, a Boys Band appearance, and a large dance to conclude. The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce supports the celebration to foster cross town friendship and boost regional access.
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Baldwin
Walter Varnum
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
George Hedrick
McDonald
R. Stevens
Wihin
Lawrence
C. E. Beeks
Reed
Clyde M. Reed
State Highway Commission
Baker
Father of ten killed in Kansas City shooting
Charles White, 48, a father of ten, was fatally shot while trying to disarm David Degrate who had just fired at his wife Pearl Degrate and wounded himself. Degrate surrendered after exchanging fire with police from behind a barricade. Pearl was uninjured. The incident occurred in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Charles White
David Degrate
Pearl Degrate
White
Degrate
Siew
Bonner
Springs
Escapes Arkansas Jail In Car Theft Abduction Case
Elmer Wilson escaped from Douglas county jail in Parkin Arkansas before deputy Houston Turner arrived. He faces abduction charges tied to 15 year old Mabel Ray of 1311 New York Street and a mortgaged car theft. Ray remained at Parks Clinics in Old City Hall as Wilson was recaptured. An orthopedic clinic led by Dr C B Francisco is set for 2 PM tomorrow at the old city hall along with a well baby clinic by Dr Harry Gilky.
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Elmer Wilson
Douglas County
Parkin
Ark
Houston Turner
Sheriff's Office
Wilson
Mabel Ray
New York Street
Parks
Old City Hall
C. B. Francisco
Harry Gilky
State dumps its wheat distressed market report
Topeka July 24 AP The sale of about 8000 bushels of wheat from Hutchinson reformatory farms drew Farm Board Chairman Legge's attention The board telegram says if the wheat was distressed the owner should have joined a Kansas cooperative to keep it off the market and aid could have been provided.
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Topeka
Hutchinson
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Topeka State Journal
Farm Board
Kan
Kansas Cooperatives
Road ceremony marks Kansas highway surfacing completion
A Kansas celebration from Ottawa to Newton marks the surfacing of U S highway 50 S and K 33 with Governor Clyde M Reed leading a road boosters caravan. Speakers include Ed Rees and Fred Trigz, stopping at Williamsburg Kier Junction Lebo Emporia Strong City Cottonwood Falls Elmdale Clem ents Cedar Point Florence Peabody Walton and Newton.
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Emporig
Kan
U. S
Ottawa
Newton
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
State Highway Commission
Reed
Ed Rees
Emporia
Fred Trigz
Kansas City
Williamsburg
Kier
Sana
Lebo
Strong City
Cottonwood Falls
Elmdale
Clements
Cedar Point
Florence
Peabody
Walton
John C. Mack
William Allen White
Emporis
Newton Kansan-Republican Iil
Utility Receives Stay on $5900 Fines in Oil Tank Case
The Marshall County district court fined Cities Service $5900 under a city ordinance requiring oil and gasoline tanks to be buried three feet underground. The supreme court granted a temporary stay on execution while a full hearing is scheduled, following a lower court ruling.
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Marshall County District Court
Marshall
Cities Service Company
Supreme Court
Fatser
Oil Company
United States
Farmer Captures Escaped Fort Leavenworth Prisoners
Ed Mottin, a farmer near Oak Mills north of Leavenworth, captured three Fort Leavenworth guardhouse escapees, Harry C. Herring, Gee Wright, and Lawrence Koehler, who surrendered after Mottin fired his shotgun warning. Guards later took the men into custody at Oak Mills.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Ed Mottin
Farmer
Oak Mills
Here
Mottin
Harry C. Herring
Gee Wright
Lawrence Koehler
Journal-World
Rains End Kansas Drought With Wide Eastern Relief
Rainfall across two thirds of Kansas ends a three week drought and breaks the heat wave. Forecaster Flora says corn and pastures benefit, with moisture aiding plowing as temperatures hover near 85 to 90 statewide. Some dry pockets remain, but overall conditions improve.
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Flora
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Coldwater
Fort Scott
Goodland
Tribune
Dres
Annual Kansas Florists Convention Closes at KU
About 270 attendees participated in the eleventh annual Kansas State Florists association convention ending today with a morning program and afternoon business meeting at the University of Kansas Robinson gym. Floyd Sims of Lawrence organized last night’s banquet at the Memorial Union cafeteria.
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Robinson Gymnasium
University of Kansas
Memorial Union
Floyd Sims
Lawrence
Ias
Wichita
Independence
Bert Schiller McDonald
Birs
Olga Hubbard Wadleigh
T. C. Ryther
Liewrence
Glenn W. Stancliff
Imogene Herriman
K. U. Athletic Office
Holmes describes Albania and its people for Kiwanis club
Julius C. Holmes, first secretary of the Armorican delegation at Tirana, spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon about Albania the people of the kingdom and their national aspirations. He noted Albania’s ties to the United States and King Zog’s military band formed with help from an Albanian American musician. He outlined duties of American foreign service and its help to travelers and Americans abroad.
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Albania
Kiwanis Club
Julius C. Holmes
Tirana
J. R. Holmes
Balkans
Holmes
United States
Zog T
Royal Musical Organization
American Foreign Services
Trial 18 Halted at Fort Leavenworth
The trial of Corporal Ralph E. Hawkins before a special court martial at Fort Leavenworth was halted as a continuance was granted to obtain information from Seventh Corps Area headquarters. Defense testimony will be heard when the trial resumes next week.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Corp
Ralph E. Hawkins
Fort Leavenworth
William Cornett
Seventh Corps
Fort “Leavenworth
Jonathan M. Rigdon
Rigdon
Hawkins
Beeospital
Developments Soon On G. O. P. Chairmanship
Washington reports say Claudius Huston may quit as Republican national chairman with definite developments expected tomorrow. James Burke and Joseph Nutt, counsel and treasurer, traveled to New York to confer with Huston and Hoover as plans for Huston’s delayed announcement are anticipated tonight or tomorrow. Burke declined to comment but voiced confidence in a quick resolution for all concerned.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
James Francis Burke
Joseph R. Nutt
New York
Huston
Hoover
Burke
White House
Brinkley case hearing opens with patient testimony on treatments
In Topeka the Kansas medical board hearing on Dr. John R. Brinkley resumes with 16 witnesses describing alleged benefits from his Milford Kansas hospital. Testimony by former patients and John Kuhlman focuses on the $750 four phase compound operation and claimed rejuvenation and health gains.
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John R. Brinkley
Milford
Kan
Gort Grand
Kansas Medical Board
Brinkley
John Kuhlman
Johnson County
Neb
Brinkley Hospital
Kuhlman
L. F. Richardson
York, Neb
C. L. Brown
Corgolana County
Texas
Milford Hospital
Infants Swapped at Englewood Hospital Found Not theirs
A jury of 12 to 1 with scientists and experts ruled that two babies born the same day at Englewood Hospital were living with the wrong parents. Mrs. Watkins collapsed upon hearing the verdict as authorities planned an evening exchange to restore the rightful child to his father.
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Chicago
Englewood Hospital
Mhsicians
Charles Bamberger
William Watkins
City Health Office
Watkins
P.m
Bemberger
Labor MP Beckett Repeats Mace Incident in House
John Beckett, Labor member of the House of Commons, resumed his seat after being suspended five sessions for seizing the speaker’s mace. He rose to question Home Secretary Clynes, drawing protests from Conservative benches as silence fell and a point of order blocked his earlier motion.
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London
John Beckett
Labor
House of Commons
Clynes
Becker
Beckett
Three injured when car hits culvert near Hird's corner
A Hudson sedan carrying Hermen Guetersloh and two passengers from Kansas City to Wichita collided with a culvert after being forced off the road by a passing truck on Highway 40. Mrs Marie Guetersloh and Mrs August Leimbach suffered facial and body injuries, and were taken to hospitals along with their spouses. The Cadillac involved carried Miss Martha Gresley and three others. no injuries reported.
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Hermen Guetersloh
Jacob
Inl
Hird's Corner
Highwavy 40
Cadillac
Gueterstoh
Marie Gueterstoh
Jaen
Aries
August Leimbach
Ogden
Burz
Opedenburz, Mo
Guetersioh
McConnell Hospital
Leinbach
Memorial Hospital
Martha Gresley
San Francisco
Atlanta
Chapman
Gueterslohs
Leimbachs
Kansas City
Wichita
Guetersloh
Miss Greeley
Leimbach
Gustersloh, Jr
Benning Housebreaker Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced
Hans Benning arrested early Monday at 1425 Tennessee Street pleaded guilty to larceny and burglary. He received one to five years on the first count and ten to twenty one years on the second. He admitted a spree of fraternity house robberies at multiple universities.
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Hans Benning
Beta Theta Pi
Tennessee Street
Benning
Esis
Fugitive Jake Fleagle Sought in New York Real Estate Murder
Jake H. Fleagle, fleeing a Colorado murder charge, is being sought in connection with the death of Philip Rumbold a New York real estate man. Hamilton Ontario residents reported seeing Fleagle a Monday before Rumbold was found strangled and beaten to death in a car near Port Credit Ontario. A separate brief notes Carl Graber sustained a broken arm in a Wednesday morning car incident.
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New York
Toronto
Ont
Jake H. Fleagle
Colorado
Philip Rumbold
Tonawanda
N. Y
Hamilton
Fleagle
Rumbold
Port Credit
Kansas Weather Forecast With Cloudy Skies and Storm Potential
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with possible local thunder storms. Temperatures show little change. Morning is cloudy with sporadic reads and muddy readings noted. Rainfall around today is minimal. Nearby businesses Dodge Service and Bulene-Skinner Motor Co-Adz are listed.
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Selina
Boscom
Nema
Dodge
Bulene-Skinner Motor Co
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