Recovery of $116000 ransom money in Weyerhaeuser case
Washington June 11 J Edgar Hoover announced recovery of 116000 of the 200000 ransom for kidnapped George Weyerhaeuser. Three hundred words long.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1935
Page
8
Minister Aims to Convert Clark Gable via Ocean Voyage
Hollywood reports a Hopedale Ohio preacher plans a 27 mile ocean trip to Catalina Island to win Clark Gable to Christianity and end his film image. The Rev Samuel Williams says Mrs Bertha Harmon inspired the campaign and MGM officials say they will not oppose a talk if Gable agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Samuel Williams
Hopedale
Ohio
Clark Gable
Catalina Island
Williams
Gable
Clark
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cadiz
Bertha Harmon
Harmon
Howard Strickling
M-G-M Studio
Death of Omar D. Gray editor and political figure
Omar D. Gray, 66, editor of the Sturgeon Leader and noted lecturer humorist and Democratic political figure in Missouri, died in Sturgeon. His colorful career began 47 years ago when he bought the paper and shaped local politics and editorial voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgeon, Mo
Cr— Omar D. Gray
Missouri
Sturgeon Leader
Puff jeans derby ends as PUFFY'S HORSE wins
The derby concludes with PUFFY'S HORSE crossing first while the purses and outfits draw attention. Spectators celebrate the win as jockeys and trainers assess how the run unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puffy
Dress pattern model and fabrics for summer wear
Pattern No. 3281 offers a sleeveless dress with minimal seams in cottons and silks, sizes 14 to 40 bust. Materials listed include 3% yards of 35 inch fabric, with contrasting trims. Send 15 cents for pattern, or 25 cents for book and pattern. address to Journal-World Pattern Department, 160 Fifth Ave, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Local meeting notes and 4-H roundup highlights
Mentions of Gray as 1926 Geneva world press conference field secretary, and upcoming meeting with Alma Henry on June 12. Edna Mae Horton visiting her sister in Watson. Big Springs 4-H at Manhattan roundup with Clifford Hartman Dwight Henry and Grace Kellogg. West Kansas wheat prospects discussed. Happy Hustlers class party planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Geneva
Ing
Dorothy Brooks
Alma Henry
Judy Ice
Olive Lee Henry
Edna Mae Horton
Tracy Swig
Mr. Swig
Watson
Big Springs
4-H Club
Manhattan
Clifford Hartman
Dwight Henry
Grace Kellogg
W. A. Cross
Lemis
Cross
Gross
Tulsa Woman New Head of Federation of Clubs
Mrs. Robert Campbell Lawson of Tulsa Oklahoma was elected president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs at the triennial convention defeating Dr Josephine L Pierce 846 to 538. Delegates approved resolutions backing world court membership and birth control information dissemination among eight proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Robert Campbell Lawson
Tulsa
Okla
Grace Morrison Poole
Brockton
Mass
Lawson
Josephine L. Pierce
Lima
Resolutions Committee
World Court
Local Social Roundup in Columbia and Area
Charles and Lloyd Shuck shear sheep for Elmer Churchbaugh Wednesday morning. Raymond Ulrich of Ordway is visiting his aunt Mrs Ira Rothrock. Families gathered Sunday at Marshall Churchbaugh home for a family celebration. A surprise dinner at David Williams home honored Mrs Williams with many relatives and friends in attendance. Mrs Chester Weible hosted the Jolly Stitchers club with a list of attendees including Mrs Charlie Banning, Mrs Robert Wilson and Bobby, and several Flory families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Lloyd Shuck
Elmer Churchbaugh
Raymond Ulrich
Ordway
Colo
Ira Rothrock
Daniel
Beeghley
Lloyd
Everett
Johnny
Will Churchbaugh
Donald
Marshall Churchbaugh
Charlie Brohammer
Charles Shuck
Darrell
John Brohammer
Ben
Pearl
Harold
Eva
Warren
David Williams
Robert Wilson
Bobby
Gottlieb Nieder
Martin Flory
Art Flory
Homer Flory
Howard Creel
Aubury Fishburn
Thelma Fishburn
Big Springs Dinners Honor Dunlap Family
Mr and Mrs Harry Riley hosted a 6 oclock dinner Friday honoring Mr and Mrs L A Dunlap and family of Osborne with Grace Dowers Claude and Ralph, and the Dunlaps children Grace Helen and Wayne among the guests. The Big Springs Girls 4 H Club met at Mrs M T Brooks home with Alma Henry Irene Swecker Evelyn Ice Ruth Bertschinger Olive Lee Henry Judy Ice Ina Faye Henry Wilna Bertschinger Dorothy Brooks and Ruby Mae Webber attending and their leader Mrs Nora Bertschinger. The program featured group singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Riley
L. A. Dunlap
Osborne
Grace Dowers
Claude
Ralph
Grace
Helen
Wayne
Big Springs
M. T. Brooks
Alma Henry
Irene Swecker
Evelyn Ice
Ruth Bertschinger
Olive Lee Henry
Judy Ice
Ina Faye Henry
Wilna Bertschinger
Dorothy Brooks
Ruby Mae Webber
Teader
Nora Bertschinger
Aing
Kaw Valley Community Notes and Events
Kaw Valley updates list a basket dinner in Globe for Mary Mohler and others, a Kaw Valley Farm Bureau luncheon plan, visits from Wichita and Franklin families, Lawrence graduation coverage, and postponement of the Friendly Hour club due to floods. Local officials elected include John Strong treasurer, Ralph Davis clerk, Gustave Schaake treasurer Kaw Valley district, with teachers hired for Farmland and Kaw Valley schools.
Large farm attendance at hog check payments in Tonganoxie
Farmers packed the Tonganoxie grounds Tuesday to collect hog checks. The Sunday school party by Miss Gladys Black on Thursday was postponed due to the death of Mrs. Barnhart’s father Willis after a light stroke. Stoner couple returned from Neosho Mo with news of their in laws’ ATth wedding anniversary. Kansas National Guard patrolled North Lawrence as the river rose. Alfred Skeets and Robert Hildebrand aided. Hubert Hand died after pneumonia following measles. Evelyn Gress, Margaret Sanders, Sophie Whittaker, and George Barnhart attended Em poria summer school. M F Black reelected Reno school director. Barnhart to run next term. Memorial Day at the cemetery featured bouquets and clean grounds. church, cemetery, and school roadways praised. Mrs Eleanor McKone and daughter joined by Mr W H McKone. cemetery visit on Decoration Day. Mrs A C Hess left for Claflin due to her father’s illness. C L DeHoff and engine head to Kaw Valley for peas harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonganoxie
Gladys Black
Barnhart
Willis
Ernest Stoner
Neosho
Kansas National Guard
North Lawrence
Alfred Skeets
Robert Hildebrand
Hubert Hand
Iowa
Kansas City
John Conrad
Mr. Hand
Dr. Isaacs
Hand
Evelyn Gress
Margaret Sanders
Sophie Whittaker
George Frederick Barnhart
Emporia
M. F. Black
Reno
Eleanor Mckone
D.L. McNerney
Perry
Lawrence
W. H. McKone
A. C. Hess
Claflin
Kans
C. L. DeHoff
Kaw Valley
Canning
Lawrence area notes on graduates and local actions
Fred Kahn Jr. reports his son Robert graduated from Lawrence High School and will attend Kansas University this fall. Don Roberts of Lawrence plans to run a milk route. Honey Valley school board reelected Chas. Woodward. Margaret Sanders to teach again. Verhoff returned home after a two week visit. Will Young and family visited Lawrence for shopping. Jean visited her cousin. C. L. DeHoff reelected Pony Creek treasurer. Sophie Whittaker rehired. About forty five acres of Wartzack’s corn ruined by Nine Mile Creek floodwaters, affecting nearby rye and corn fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kahn Jr
Robert
Lawrence High School
K. U
Don Roberts
Lawrence
Kahn
Chas. Woodward
Honey Valley
Margaret Sanders
Verhoff
Tonganoxie
A. Wartzack
Will Young
Mound District
W. R. Seanor
Jean
Gladys Seanor
C. L. DeHoff
Pony Creek
Sophie Whittaker
Kaw Valley Families Gather Amid Flood Preparations
Mrs Kenneth Pringle and children from Wichita visit Ralph Davis. Mrs Harry Strong and Wanda Mae in Lawrence with cousins Dalke. William Channey family from Clearfield with Bert Mitchell. Dale Mitchell returns home. Kaw Valley farmers rush flood prep as William Saunders cuts p2 crop near river. Cox reunion held at J J Smith home with about thirty relatives and basket dinner indoors due to weather. Mrs Martha Shannon of Lawrence visits J D Martin family. Beulah Schutz stays with parents in Franklin. North Lawrence dike break prompts Schtz family travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake View
Arthur Schutz
Kenneth
LeRoy
Franklin
Carl Mitchell
Fairview
Bert Mitchell
J. C. Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Warren Saunders
Nic van Dervieit
Chicago
Rhoda Perkins
Ildren
Ralph Standing
Mary Evelyn
Harold Standing
Billy Harold
Lawrence
Kenneth Pringle
Maxine
Buddy
Wichita
Kan
John Strong
C. E. Dreyer
O. A. Robertson
Loraine Martin
Carol Martin
Iowa City
Iowa
J. D. Martin
Carol
Loraine
Farmland
Bobby
Ralph Davis
Davis
Harry Strong
Wanda Mae
Dalke
South Dakota
Dale Mitchell
Kaw Valley
William Saunders
Cox
J. J. Smith
Martha Shannon
Jersey City Visitors Arrive By Overland Trip
Anna Lockwood and Mr and Mrs Herman Eggloff with their son Harold of Jersey City New Jersey arrived Tuesday afternoon for a visit with relatives here They left home Saturday noon and drove overland in their vehicle for the trip northward
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lockwood
Herman Eggloff
Harold
Jersey City
New Jersey
Flooded towns force drivers to aid residents
Residents faced rising waters and road closures as floods broke past towns. Helpers ferried water to stranded households while authorities urged caution.
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Hoover
Weyerhaeuser
Washington
George Weyerhaeuser
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Salt Lake City
Harmon M. Waley
William Mahan
Waley
G-men
Waleys
Spokane
Tacoma
Mahan
United States District Attorney
Hones
Omar D. Gray
Laura L Baldt
Teachers College
Grizers
George Wagstaff
Helen Humphrey
Donna Irene
Henry Wise
Farmington
Minn
Big Springs Catholic Church
Big Springs United Brethren Church
Wilda Dreyer
Topeka
J. H. Dreyer
Cloyd Dreyer
C. P. Henry
Cyrus Glenn
Lecompton
Iva Chiles
Winter
Federation of Clubs
Columbia
Ted Flory
Beulah
Michael Schutz
Anna
Globe
Mary Mohler
George Mohler
A. Smith
Kaw Valley Farm Bureau Club
Taylor Gardner
Ray Wingate
Billy
Johnnie
Tame
Oakridge
Friendly Hour Club
Harry McCall
Nick van Dervileit
Dan Arnold
Lone Star
Leeford Flory
Arthur Flory
Franklin van Petten
Gustave Schaake
Bessie Brown
Near Lone Star
Josephine Foster
Oliver Schutzo
San Diego
Los Angeles Union
Wan
Union Pacific Stages Centre
Eee
Kanwaka
Olif Schickner
Schutz
Mr. Schutz
Angel Food
Jenny Oy Wren Rqie
Studebaker Sz
Indianapolis Speedway
Indianapolis
Studebaker’s
N. B
Reusch Motor CO
Journal - World
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Faving
Electrolux
Public Service Co
Your Gas CO
Maytag
Green Bros
1003 & We
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