Mutilation Costs Doctor His Life
Chicago scene ends tragic crime as Dr. Walter J. Bauer 38 dies after being abducted in Ann Arbor and mutilated near Oakland cemetery. He named a jealous rival as motive before slipping into unconsciousness, with detectives issuing arrest warrants and descriptions of a 27 year old suspect.
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Chicago
South Side
Walter J. Bauer
Jackson Park Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bauer
Benwood Street
Cleveland
Harold Anderson
Dr. Bauer
Doyle
Jennings House
Oakland Cemetery
Michigan
Sparrow causes fire at Kansas hospital awning
A sparrow reportedly dropped a burning cigarette stub into a hospital area in Newton Kansas starting a fire that burned the awning and nest before the fire department put it out. The incident followed a youth discarding the burning stub.
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Newton
Kan
Test Your Knowledge Quiz on Classified Answers
A reader questions page asks 10 trivia items and directs to the classified page for answers. Topics include Persia’s official name, Goodwin Sands location, largest freshwater lakes, St Chrysostom, international travel passports, Milton’s birthplace, islands north of Scotland, Goodyear plant location, the film featuring Charmaine, and the term chunatty.
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Bev
Persia
Goodwin Sands
St. Chrysostom
John Milton
Scotland
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Shich
Charmaine
Summer Session Orchestra Delivers Strong Concert
Frederick Cooke directs a 75 member summer orchestra at the University auditorium drawing several hundred fans despite extreme heat. The program features Tschaikovsky, Gounod, Ippolitow-Ivanow, MacDowell, and a new chorus of 25 with Bach, Schumann, Elgar, and Cadman. Notable soloists include Mary Louise Beltz and Ednah Hopkins, with a woodwind ensemble earning praise. Next is campus sing led by Ray Gafney.
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Frederick Cooke
University
Cooke
Tschaixowsky
Gounod
Faust
Ippolitow Ivanow
MacDowell
Mr. Cooke
Bach
Schumann
Elgar
Cadman
Mary Louise Beltz
Schupert
Miss Beltz
Ednah Hopkins
Joe Williams
Mra
Arthur Owen
Samsou Smart
Helen Rice
Ramona Harnar
Helen Whetstone
Millard Laing
Tuerchek
Elizabeth Rees
Ray Gafney
Sunflower and Lone Star Exhbition Softball At Woodlawn
An exhibition girls softball game will be played this evening at 7 30 at the Woodlawn school diamond in North Lawrence. Sunflower of Topeka faces Lone Star in the matchup. The contest precedes the Varsity Velvets versus Goodrich league game. No admission is charged.
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Woodlawn School
Lawrence
Sunflower
Topeka
Lone Star
Varsity Velvets
Goodrich
Senate panel backs gold clause bill to permit suits
Washington July 31 the senate banking committee reported the gold clause bill revised to permit suits on government obligations for six months after enactment. The move marks a sharp set back to the administration as lawmakers pursue a transitional window for legal actions.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Need Fund to Pay Old Campaign Debts Declared
Topeka July 31 Kansas Republican state committee chairman I Will T Beck says a campaign to raise funds to retire a debt of 1848.28 from the 1934 campaign has begun Following an editorial attack Rep Harold A Hammond editor of the Caldwell Messenger accuses coercive fund raising The chairman notes unpaid bills at end of last campaign totaling over 2000 with 1848.28 remaining and urges county chairmen to solicit voluntary contributions from loyal Republicans without promise of favors and with no coercion.
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Topeka
Lawrence Glances and Backyards Water and Weather Notes
In Lawrence a casual item notes residents can help birds and pets by placing water in shade to curb evaporation. Hallie Harris, a University janitor foreman, jokes about August Colorado fishing trips and practicing casting most evenings. A shirtless man in a derby hat draws attention as fashion shifts. Phog Allen takes time from basketball book writing to play at a country club, where scorers seek a doctor’s handicap card amid hot, dusty greens.
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Hallie
Harris
Colorado
Gond
Phog Allen
Funeral services for Dr Walter Williams in Columbia
State officials editors and educators from Missouri joined sorrowing faculty and students at a simple funeral for Dr Walter Williams founder of Missouri School of Journalism and former president. Classes were halted for two hours as the Presbyterian church overflowed and Columbia business life slowed to a near standstill during the services.
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Columbia
Thruout
Missouri
Walter Williams
Missouri School of Journalism
University
Presbyterian Church
WPA officials meet Douglas county for new program
Two WPA leaders Sidney P. Eberhart district engineer and C J Palmer district director visited this afternoon to discuss the new program. They conferred at 2 o clock in the county commissioners rooms with Douglas county and city officials including E E Trueblood county engineer and Ben Babb city engineer and other relief officials.
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Works Progress Administration
Sidney P. Eberhart
C. J. Palmer
Douglas County
E. E. Trueblood
Ben Babb
City Operneer
Roosevelt Signs Army Promotion Bill For 5000 Officers
President Roosevelt signed the army promotion bill today, clearing the way for about five thousand officers to receive promotions on August first. Congressional action followed, making timely promotions possible tomorrow unless the act had been signed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy’s Unyielding Stand At Geneva Deepens Ethiopia Rift
Italian officials warned in Paris that police measures were likely as talks at Geneva focused on the Italo Ethiopia dispute. Avenol Eden and Laval discussed frontier clashes while Italy pressed for expansion to avert perceived population pressure, signaling possible occupation of Ethiopian districts.
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Italy
Geneva
Tecla Hawariate
Paris
J. A. C. Avenol
League of Nations
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Pierre Laval
France
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Avenol
Eden
Associated Press
Ethiopia
Clash in New York over German and Jewish protests
In New York on July 31 German American groups denounced Mayor La Guardia as a race hate inciter while Jewish leaders praised him. Rep. Emanuel Celler lauded his stand against discrimination in Germany. Protests followed over a masseur license denial for German immigrant Paul Kress, tied to anti German sentiment. Four of five Bremen rioters arrested for Nazi flag incidents faced arraignment. Edward Drolette was hospitalized after being shot.
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New York
la Guardia
Germany
Emanuel Celler
the Commonweal
Berlin
Paul Kress
Kress
League of National German Societies
Friends of New Germany
Joseph Semuster
Greater New York
King
Utah
Senate
Boy shot through both feet in accidental rifle discharge
Liberal Kansas July 31 reports Wilbur Leeper accidentally shot through both feet when he pulled a gun he thought not loaded. The rifle fired as his feet were crossed, piercing the left foot and lodging in the right, breaking a bone. True bills against two.
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Wilbur Leeper
Liberal
Kan
Nea Ie
Ioy
Women Charged With Swamp Murder of Ervin Lang
Chicago on July 31 Time bills reported voted today charging Mrs Blanche Dunkel and Mrs Evelyn Smith with the swamp murder of Ervin Lang the man’s body with legs hacked off at the hips found wedged in a Hammond Indiana swamp.
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Chicago
Blanche Dunkel
Evelyn Smith
Ervin Lang
United States to reply to German protest over Nazi flag incident
Acting Secretary of State William Phillips said Washington will send a formal reply to the German government after receiving a New York police report on anti Nazi demonstrators tearing the swastika flag from the Bremen's pole. The information will form the basis of the U S response.
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Washington
United States
Bremen
William Phillips
New York
Phillipa
Ottawa youth murder suspect set for September trial
In Ottawa Kansas GP Bud Bradshaw 65 Negro faces district court trial in September on first degree murder charges for the fatal stabbing of Andy Garrett 36 Negro on July 31 1904 Bradshaw after a preliminary hearing the County Attorney said he would not seek the death penalty and would let the jury decide the matter Attorney General Clarence Beck advised a jury might be necessary for a possible death sentence if a guilty plea were entered Bradshaw previously served ten years in the penitentiary after the 1904 slaying of his wife
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Ottawa
Kan
Bud Bradshaw
Andy Garrett
J. L. Shelden
Shelden
Clarence V. Beck
Bradshaw
Wyandotte Bond Issue Reduced to 375000
Wyandotte county receives state tax commission approval to issue 375000 in poor relief bonds for welfare expenditures for the remainder of the fiscal year. The commission suggested 175000 would suffice if economies are pursued. Additionally local social notes and community events are mentioned, including piano pupils, recitals, and various visits around Lawrence and nearby areas.
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Wyandotte
Topeka
State Tax Commission
Wyandotte County
Tax Commission
Oak Ridge Farm Bureau meeting amid heat wave
A large crowd gathered at Mrs. Katie Toms home in Oak Ridge for the Farm Bureau meeting. Highlights included Home Management demonstrations by Mrs. Gus Brune Jr. and Mrs. Ted Alford, with prizes won in a prepared contest. Guests included Mrs. John Canary and Mrs. H F Longanecker and daughters.
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Cecil Johnston
Lawrence
Frances Walters
Unitarian Church
Frances
Doyle Reed
Theo. Keuster
R.R. Weakley
Kuhle
Kansas City
Harold von Gunten Lof Lawrence
F. H. and
Lawrence Leonhard
Ruby Leonhard
Grace Hiatt
Manhattan
Katie Toms
Jack
Howard Ervin
Jeanette
Dora Walker
Genevieve Davis
Leona Walker
Leavenworth
Walter Jones
Tonganoxie
A. R. Reed
Lake View
CCC
Lone Star
W. H. Morgan
Ergin
Elsie Morgan
Blue
Oak Ridge Farm Bureau
Gus Brune, Jr
Ted Alford
John Canary
H. F. Longanecker
F. H. Leonhard
H. G. van Neste
Thomas van Nice
Louise
Dorothy Jane van Nice
Morrill
Grant Township
Wilbur Collins
Lewis Kuhle
Assumption, Ill
Hiss. R. R. Weakley
Mr. Weakley
Billy Campbell
Market News Kansas City Livestock and Potatoes Report
Kansas City July 3 AP report notes hogs changed and cattle dominating the run with medium and heavy steers steady. Top natives 3.40 with most around 3.00 to 4.00, Chicago potato prices mixed amid firm Cobblers and weaker other stocks. U S government bonds finished mixed with Liberty fourth 4s at 101.15 and Treasury 3%s around 106.20 to 104.3.
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Douglas County
Dolas County
Renee
Germany
Kansas City
Kuners City
Chiicago
USDA
Jahe Bliss
U. S
Missouri Cobblers
Government Bonds
New York
U S
Liberty Fourth
Treasury
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Lawrence Laws
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Sally Rand
Williams
Catherine Mildred Stull
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Iva Mae Stull
Wichita
Frank Bohatch
Great Bend
Bohatch
CLASH
Ervin
Drouth
McPherson
Violet Koehn
Peter Koehn
Galva
Journal-World
Carter
Hermiers
Carters
Wat
Emil Fuchs
Boston Braves
Charles F. Adams
Adams
Ford Frick
National League
Jay
Oak Ridge
Elo
Merrienrcota Meu
Ideas
Staniseey
The
Standard Life Association
GEO
R. Allen
Lawrence, Kansas
T. J. Sweeney
Baty
Harry Green
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