Ransom note numbers released as search widens
Justice agents in Tacoma distribute pamphlets listing 20 000 ransom note numbers as they pursue the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case. Reports link Titcomb to the crime, while investigators note the fake “kidnap car” and discuss possible ties to the Karpis gang or copycat criminals.
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Tacoma
Wash
Gp—Department of Justice
George Weyerhaeuser
George
F. Rodman Titcom
Seattle Post- Intelligencer Today
Titcomb
Cascades
Issaquah
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Charles Ingram
William Cole
Seattle
Federal Reserve
United States
Federal
San Francisco Federal Reserve
Karvis
Campbell
Ed Bentz
Kelly
Davis
Helgamen
Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhhaeuser
Bremer
Karpis
Four June licenses grant marriages in area counties
Four couples received marriage licenses at Probate Judge L H Menger office Saturday as June began. Al Keefa of Kansas City Kansas and Mary Jane Melton of Eudora were first to apply. Ralph Gott Lone Star and Dorothy Belles Richland plan a Kansas City Kansas ceremony. Esther Ruth Howey Berryton and Albert W Dachenhausen Topeka wed by Judge Menger and Stanley Williamson Sabetha and Berdeen Beals Baldwin to be married by Rev Reeve Kansas City Kansas. Mrs Belle Barton Bonfils dies in Denver after ten days illness.
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L. H. Menger
PP . Keefa
Kansas City
Kan
Mary Jane Melton
Eudora
Ralph Gott
Lone Star
Dorothy Belles
Richland
Albert W. Dachenhausen
Topeka
Esther’ Ruth Howey
Berryton
Menger
Stanley E. Williamson
Sabetha
Berdeen Beals
Baldwin
Reeve
Reas
Test Your Knowledge: seven quick questions page tease
Seven questions cover jetsam Smoky Mountains Biarritz Campeche China Yellow Jerry Ich = ethnic groups Seven Hills of Rome and Land of Chrysanthemums Cleveland time zone Campanile defined. Answers appear on the classified page.
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Great Smoky Mountains
Biarritz
Campeche
Jerry
Seven Hills
Rome
Cleveland
Ohio
Campanile
State Highways Frozen by Floods Across Kansas Roads
Flooding closed numerous routes across Kansas including U.S. 77 near Blue Rapids and Junction City, U.S. 50 near Emporia, U.S. 59 near Ottawa, and many K roads from Waterville to Chanute. Detours opened on some corridors while Medicine Lodge access remained open. Ottawa reported isolation for motor traffic as highways stayed floodbound.
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Topeks
State Highway Department
Blue Rapids
Waterville
Junction City
Manhattan
Randolph Bridge
Maple Hill
Alma
Eskridge
Emporia
Quenemo
Ottawa
U. S
St. Francis
Oberlin
WaKeeney
Bridge Out
Stockton
Lincoln
Bennington
Mont Rose
Scandia
Morrowville
Hanover
Concordia
Clyde
Clay Center
Abilene
Wichita
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Kinsley
Greensburg
Preston
Udall
Iola
U.S
Chanutee
Shaw
Chetopa
Osawatomie
Neodesha
LaCygne
Chanute
St. Paul
Neosho Falls
LeRoy
Paola
Oswego
Medicine Lodge
TY. S. 69
Highway Patrol
Lawrence gossip and oddities from the region
Various brief notes from Lawrence including Phil Ernst Jr a hunting tale a fake Ottawa house hoax seen by many Hub Rogers Douglas county farmer back in town after illness Colorado summer entertainment by George L Miller and crew former Lawrence resident Harry Hutchings and his wife enjoying London papers about King George V silver anniversary from James Hutchings of Roseburg Oregon visiting relatives
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Phil Ernst, Jr
Schiller Shore
Hub Rogers
Lecompton
Douglas County
Rogers
Lawrence
Colorado
George L. Miller
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Mr. Miller
University
Bell Music Co
Harry Hutchings
London
George
England
James Hutchings
Roseburg
Ore
Arrests After Police Raid At 819 New Jersey Street
Police raided the home of Archie Satin Top Level at 819 New Jersey Street Saturday night arresting Level and Adolph Doc Burns. Level pleaded guilty to operating a gambling game and was fined 25 dollars by Judge Oscar Learnard. Burns faced arraignment for sale and possession of intoxicating liquor. Officers noted heavy activity at the residence with a pint of whiskey found with a frequenter who said Burns supplied the liquor. Level and others were gambling there and Level’s dice were said to be dishonest.
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Archie “Satin
New Jersey Street
Level
Adolph “Doc” Burns
Folica
Oscar Learnard
Burns
Court of Justice
Frank Dodds
oCoOee
New Permanent Wave Shop Opens With Open House
The Permanent Wave Shop at 943 Massachusetts street holds an open house this afternoon and evening with a hair fashion show and demonstrations. It has four teen booths six operators and is owned by Mrs. Bernice Swope who will supervise operations. The VFW band practices tonight at 7:35 in Eriksen hall at 936 Massachusetts street. high school musicians may try out by bringing instruments and meeting director Walter Rigdon.
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Massachusetts Street
Bernice Swope
V.E.W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eriksen Hall
Walter Rigdon
England Observes King's Birthday Cavalry Parade
London June 8 King George V rode with his four sons in the Trooping the Colour ceremony marking his seventieth birthday. The monarch wore the Irish Guards uniform and saluted crowds as princes, Indian princes, aides, and foreign military attaches joined the celebration. Queen Mary watched from a window as the king saluted her mid parade.
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London
George
Irish Guards
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Order of the Garter
United States
Hayes A. Kroner
John W. Monahan
Civil cases heard in district court join docket
Judge Hugh Means presides over the first of a series of nonjury civil actions. Kreider v Smith echoes the docket with unopposed divorce set for June 16 and numerous injunctions, foreclosures, replevin, and will contests scheduled June 5 through June 13, plus a later money case and a constitutional question brewing at a Grass Roots Convention.
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Karl M. Kreider
Ray Smith
Hugh Means
Sam Saffron
S. Simonson
City of Lawrence
T. E. Bird
Charles W. Terrell
George Patrick
Thomas Ligigett
L(a. Rupf
R. E. Mason
Dinner meeting of Lawrence High Vocational Alumni
Members of the Vocational Agriculture Alumni of Lawrence High School plan their regular monthly dinner at Centenary Methodist church tomorrow at 7:80 PM. Twenty-one graduates will be guests and the program centers on Crop Rotation and soil fertility maintenance.
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Vocational Agriculture Alumni Association
Lawrence High School
Centenary Methodist Church
Vocational Agriculture
Plenty of Fights Loom Ahead as Congress Goes Into Its Sixth Month
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt to take steps after NRA decision with Congress in its sixth month. Burns voices opposition to immediate constitutional action until effects are known. Senate considers federal interstate commerce definitions amid banking bill debate. Treasury reports red ink for first 11 months, farm loans totaled over 2.38 billion. The report also covers local social notes and community events with a long list of visitors and gatherings in Baldwin area.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Cport
NRA
Coss
Burns
White House
Mter
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Treasury
Georgia
Senate
Charless. Hamlin
Federal Reserve Board
J. David Stern
Philadelphia Evening Record
New York Evening Post
Farm Credit Administration
Pasture Demonstrations Show Faster Weed Control
Three Jayhawk Future Farmers of America members Francis Flory Herbert Folks and Bradford Powell will lead pasture demonstrations in Douglas county this month. They explain mowing weeds at peak plant food in the plants, between June 10 and 15 for weeds like vervain and drone weed to weaken roots, with continued mowing over several seasons to improve bluegrass pastures damaged by drought.
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Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Francis Flory
Herbert Folks
Bradford Powell
Douglas County
Tornado Strikes South of Wellington Damaging Farms
A Sunday afternoon tornado near Wellington Kansas, amid rain and hail, damaged farm homes and crops. Howard Barber Renn Walcher E W Hellstein and Paul Bacon lost homes, but all occupants escaped serious injury by retreating to cellars. Storm narrowly missed South Haven. Will aid police fund.
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Wellington
Kan
Here
Howard Barber
Renn Walcher
E. W. Hellstein
Paul Bacon
South Haven
Percentage of Friday's Receipts to Officers Fund
Granada theater manager Stanley Schwahn announced that 10 percent of Friday's gross receipts will go to the police department uniform fund. Alfred Lawrence and Chief Will Johns approved the offer. The program will feature the film Vagabond Baby starring Robert Young and Evalyn Venable.
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Police Department
Stanley Schwahn
Granada Theater
Schwahn
Alfred Lawrence
Will Johns
Robert Young
Evalyn Venable
Deaths and Funerals of Maud Morin in California
Maud Morin widow of John Morin died at her San Diego home on May 29. Daughter of T. R. Bayne of Williamstown she formerly resided in Jefferson county and Lawrence. She is survived by her daughter Sue Morin and two sisters Nora and Bettie Bayne.
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Maud Morin
John Morin
San Diego
Calif
T. R. Bayne
Williamstown
Jefferson County
Lawrence
Miss Sue Morin
Nora
Bettie Bayne
Lobinger Youngs Wed Hugo Colo May 20 Marriage
Mr and Mrs Frank Lobinger announce the marriage of their son Ray to Miss Vivian Young of Caryal Colorado. The couple wed in Hugo Colorado on Monday May 20. Relatives arrived at the Lobinger home Wednesday as friends and neighbors gathered Saturday evening to celebrate with cigars and candy bars. Mrs John Dean spent Wednesday in Ottawa visiting friends. Mrs C M Lange hosted Thursday when Howard Sanders and Hattie Hutchins sang hymns and Hutchins stayed for dinner. Griffith went last Thursday to Carral Colorado to visit.
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Kitty Griffith
Philip Miller
Pat Buckels
Ottawa
Floyd Rutherford
Baldwin High School
Edwin Brown
Cleda Davison
Emporia
H. E. Davison
Miss Davison
Kansas State Teachers College
Arlene Fleshman
Lawrence
Philip Fleshman
John Moore
Skinner
Rodney Petty
Edgerton
Ree
Vinland
C.M. Lange
Della Marshal
Robert, Brumfield
Vivian
Nina Sutor
Kansas City
W. R. Sutor
Brumfield
Miss Sutor
Prairie City
Frances Sutor
Harold Flanders
Merlyn Rutherford
William Simpson
Betty Lou
Josie McKinney
Dorothy Simpson
K.S.T.C
Jack Crambier
Anna May
James Osher
Donald
Emma Emery
Emery Bell
Bert Emery
Ernest Butell
Wincel Dean
Ernest Jr
M. T. Hemming
H. S. Cook
John Dean
John Jr
Charles. Wineinger
R. G. Brown
George of
Overbrook
Mary Meyer
Cora Smith
Andrew Thompson
Topeka
I. N. Rutherford
George Butell
Bobby
Richard
Harry Summer
George Summer
Carl Loree
Dorothy May
Paul
Betty Jean
Evelyn
Cetil Vining
Millard Jackson
Delores
Dorothy
John Victor
Herman Butell
Maurice Cook
Gayle Cook
Lenexa
Marlin Cook Farm
Frank Lobinger
Ray
Vivian Young
Caryal
Colo
Hugo
C. M. Lange
Howard Sanders
Hattie Hutchins
Old Rugged Cross
Wellman road delay and local club activities in Valley Grove
Rainy weather halts road work at Wellman road and leads to layoff notices for several workers. In Valley Grove Mrs Lottie Ward hosts So-and-So club with four guests and multiple contests won by Mrs A Petrie, Mrs Merle Holliday, and Mrs C A Petrie. Memorial day reminders, a June 9 all day picnic planned, and other local social notes follow. Clifton Dodd visits from McLouth. W C Stewart, 81, ill at Ralph Stewart family home in Pe states.
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Wellman Road
Lottie Ward
Julia Skeets
Gary Arfen Skeets
H. F. Greene
Pearl Athey
A. Petrie
Merle Holliday
C. A. Petrie
Nora Ford
W. C. Thiry
Ward
Thiry Woods
Champion
Holliday, Jr
Nora Welliver
Tibbett
Clifton Dodd
McLouth
Octave Ford
Ralph Stewart
W. C. Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Valley Grove Residents Attend Events and Contests
Valley Grove residents participate in regional activities with trips to Perry for a funeral and a convention in Echington C where Mrs. Russell Stewart departs from Oskaloosa. Willis Smith returns from Lone Star dairy work to visits, while Bonnie Jean Barnes wins first prize in a cream production essay contest for sixth graders at Valley Grove School.
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Valley Grove
Russell Stewart
Oskaloosa
Echington
International Bible Students
George Lown
Lone Star
Tom
Ruby Swain
Louis Brittian
Thurston
Ousdahl
W. C. Thiry
Frank Black
Mollie Freer
Ray Freer
Underwood Cemetery
Perry
Ross
Lois Ross
Roland Secord
Flory Areent
Bonnie Jean Barnes
Bonnie Jean
Market News Kansas City Livestock Roundup
Kansas City market reports cattle steers weak to 25 lower with some grass steer sales subside. cows steady to strong. Yearlings around 11.65 to 11.75. stockers and feeders little changed. Vealers mid to high range 9.00. hogs unchanged. Sheep and lambs steady to strong with top natives around 8.85 for springers. Arizona numbers include yearling and ewe listings. new shorthand and typing classes added June 5 at the Business Typewriter College.
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Kansas City
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Harry Campbell
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Fred G. Bonfils
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Archie Level
Adolph Burns
Elmer McKinney
Junction
F. R. Gross
Wes Fetty
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C. C. Stew
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Car
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Verne
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Forgy Sisters
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Schulz
M’grew-Peck. Investment Co
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Arthur & Peck
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