Miller Identified as Bomb Bandit in Altamont Bank Raid
Oswego Kansas June 13 County Attorney Glenn Jones will file charges against Abe Miller 40 identified by bank victims as the dynamite bomb invader who robbed the Labette County State bank Altamont of 477 June 9 Miller was arrested at Joplin Missouri and described by Undersheriff Joe Nance as a former Missouri and Oklahoma convict He was paroled from Missouri penitentiary in 1932 after an eight year term for a streetcar robbery attempt in Joplin Nance said Miller recently left Jasper County Jail after a concealed weapon conviction A H McCarty Altamont Bank vice president and his daughter in law Mrs Ike McCarty identified Miller He faced the bandit for several minutes while the intruder threatened to detonate explosives The Altamont robbery mirrors the Chanute First National Bank raid March 27 by John Thornburg who has not yet been captured
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Kan
Glenn Jones
Abe Miller
Labette County
Altamont
Miller
Jop Jin
Joe Nance
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nance
Missouri Penitentiary
Joplin
Jasper County
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
A. H. McCarty
Altamont Bank
Ike McCarty
McCarty
John Thornburg
First National Bank of Chanute
Thornburg
Taxpayers League Sets Meeting in County Court House
The Douglas County Taxpayers League will hold a meeting in the courtroom of the county courthouse on Tuesday June 20 at 8 o clock. The announcement was made today.
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Taxpayers ‘League
Douglas County
Taxpayers’ League
County Court House
Six new oil wells completed in Kansas fields
Operators report six additional wells in prorated areas. Atherton North in Russell county yielded 241 barrels daily from Arbuckle lime after acid at 3,134 feet, one mile north of the Atherton pool. Other completions include Sinclair Prairie No. 3 Prusa in Barton county producing 449 bpd from Basal sand, Skelly No. 2 Sledd Farm in Rice county at 1,459 bpd from Arbuckle, Garden & Spencer No. 2 Jd. Hauschild in Russell county at 748 bpd from a conglom erate, Cities Service Tittel and Tiktel wells totaling 48 and 1,672 bpd respectively, Nelson No. 1 in Pawnee county with 1,490 feet drilled and awaiting acidizing, Burrton pool extension in Harvey county with 4 1/2 mile northward advance and a gas flow estimate of 5,000,000 feet. A National Refining No. 1 Ferk well in Sedgwick county was abandoned after topping Arbuckle at 3,389 feet.
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Cities Service Oil Company
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NWC
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Texan Oil Company
NEC
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Pawnee County
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Elmer Corn
J. A. Aylward
Burrton
Harvey County
National Refining Company
Ferk
Eastborough North
Sedgwick
Evangelical Lutheran Augustana synod opens 80th convention
The 80th Evangelical Lutheran Augustana synod convention opens in Lindsboro with ministerium meetings and candidate colloquy for 16 ordinands to be ordained next Sunday. Delegates arrive from the east. Dr. Bersell presides. Key events include annual reports, society conventions, and a Saturday talk by former Gov. Alfred Landon.
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Women’s Missionary Society
Lutheran Brotherhood
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Payne H. Ratner
Bersell
Lund
N. J. W. Nelson
Balatin, Minn
K. T. Anderson
Rock Island, Ill
Otto Leonardson
V. I. Westling
Marinett
Wis
Keep Italians at Home on Foreign Travel Limits
Rome reports Italy tightens foreign exchange rules for its citizens. Tourists may take only 1 000 lire ($50) abroad for trips to the United States Great Britain and France, down from 2 500 lire. Allowances to visit Germany Switzerland Hungary Yugoslavia Spain and other clearing countries stay at 2 500 lire.
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Italy
United States
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France
Germany
Switzerland
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Spain
Career Women Face Barriers Says Northwestern Dean
Evanston Ill June 13 Dr Samuel N Stevens dean of the university college at Northwestern University argued against career women in business He claimed most women lack the drive for top executive roles and that marriage expectations and perceived masculine traits limit their advancement He cited an example of a female head of a firm who got the job as secretary to the former owner with no relatives and left the business to illustrate a so called freak explanation He asserted employers also exploit women by paying them less than men for similar work.
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Evanston
Ill
Samuel N. Stevens
University College At Northwestern University
Stevens
City Extends Summer Water Rates to All Homes
Frank Willey says the city council action last Friday night affected only district No 1 but now all residential water consumers inside or outside city limits will benefit from the summer rate reductions.
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Frank Willey
Willey
Missouri court upholds license suspension ruling
Kansas City news reports Circuit Judge Brown Harris upheld Missouri’s authority to suspend an automobile driver’s license for a driver convicted of intoxicated driving in another state. The ruling in favor of William E. Evans addressed reinstatement sought from W. H. Steward, state commissioner of motor vehicles.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Brown Harris
William E. Evans
W. H. Steward
Evans
Man Pleads Guilty to Driving While Intoxicated
A man in Newton Kansas pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated and was placed on probation on May 9. The notice ends with a help line for advertising services.
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Newton
Kan
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