State Takes Life of Paul Kauffman at Gallows
Kansas City June 29 AP P A Kauffman a stocky 35 year old World War veteran dropped to his death on the gallows for the rape and strangling of 17 year old Avis Woolery Five hundred witnesses including the slain girl s father Ed Woolery crowded into the execution room to watch the former Columbia Pa man pay with his life for luring the girl from her St Louis MO home on promises of employment as a nursemaid He declared I go to my God an innocent man as the trap sprung at 603 a M and he was pronounced dead at 615 after his second trial required by a supreme court ruling and his lengthy criminal past was noted including four marriages jail terms and an attempted prize attack on a Lancaster woman His spiritual adviser Rev David Bulkley stood outside the cell door and the Rev spoke Sunday morning after the scene.
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Kansas City
P. A. Kauffman
Itta x
Avis Woolery
Ed ‘Oolery
Kincaid
Kan
Columbia
Swope Park
Angel
Bim
Thomas
Kauffman
N. Altho
Supreme Court
Lancaster
Colorado
David Bulkley
City Union Mission
Bashhew
Depuex
Bash
Mr. Spulkiey
Bush
Simons to Speak at Trinity Lutheran Sunday Service
W C Simons will address the congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church in the morning service at 11 o clock Sunday. His topic is Wherein Are We Brothers. The Rev Charles A Puls pastor will lead the installation of a pastor in Sedalia Missouri Sunday morning.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles ‘A. Puls
Long Sentenced In Workhouse For Harboring Dillinger
Opal J Long, real name Bernice Clark, is sentenced to six months in the Minneapolis workhouse for harboring fugitive John Dillinger in a St Paul apartment. She is the wife of Z Russell Clark, a Dillinger associate under death sentence. Dillinger, Frechette, and Hamilton occupied the apartment in March. they fled after a gun battle with federal agents. Frechette is serving a two year term in a reformatory for harboring Dillinger.
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St. Paul
Opal J .Long
Minneapolis
Dday
Feder
John Dillinger
Bernice Clark
Z Russell Clark
Dillinger
Evelyn " Frechette
John Ham
Silton
Putgles
Frechette
Miss Frechette
Hamilton
Seven test questions from classifieds page Test Your Knowledge
A fragment from a classified page lists seven test questions including who discovered osteopathy and its principles and asks about Luzon location and historical figures. The text is partial and presents a mixed set of trivia items and references to pages or sections.
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Luzon
Sos
Coroua
Henat
U.S
William H
Question to Individuals on Recovery and Liberty
The speaker asks readers to judge recovery by personal facts, noting debt burdens and personal future confidence. He questions whether individuals have sacrificed liberty or rights and urges reflection on the constitution’s bill of rights while asserting the administration will seek the nation's best abilities. The president mentions no brain trust but emphasizes tireless pursuit of capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
State Commission to Probe Gas Rates in Three Cities
The State Corporation Commission opens a hearing to determine if Baldwin Madison and Topeka should pay a reasonable main line gas rate. The panel will reassess old orders limiting city gate charges to 30 cents per thousand cubic feet and consider current conditions since 1931.
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Topeka
Baldwin
Madison
State Corporation Commission
Commission
Robert Garver
Cities Service
Cities Service Gas Company
Old Public Service Commission
Henry L. Doherty & Company
J. W. Greenleaf
First Christian Church Celebrates 50th Charter Anniversary
The First Christian church marks its golden jubilee with two services 50 years after chartering and after the October 14 dedication of the original building. Rev. John D. Zimmerman will speak at the Sunday celebration. Funds raised will fund building redecorations and classroom alterations, with about $2000 needed and no debt planned.
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First Christian Church
John D. Zimmerman
Kansas Christian ‘Missionary Society
Young Pastor Engaged in San Antonio Divorce Case
The engagement of Rev William D Welburn Jr to Dorothy Watts Austin Tex society girl and Texas University graduate surfaced during the divorce trial of Mrs Wineta Long Wel II The fragment notes a social union amid court proceedings and mentions ongoing personal life events.
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San Antonio
Tex
William D. Welburn, Jr
Dorothy Watts
Austin
Texas University
Wineta Long Wel III
Fire Chief Urges Care in Burning of Trash
Fire Chief Paul Ingels urged city residents to take great care when burning trash due to unusually dry weather. He cited two grass fires from refuse piles earlier today, noting high fire danger and wind sparked spread risk. Firemen quickly controlled both fires near Sixth and Arkansas and Seventeenth and Indiana streets. A prior misperceived smoke at 705 Ohio Street last night found no fire.
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Paul Ingels
Ingels
Sixth
Arkansas
Seventeenth
Indiana
T. G. Fitch
Ohio Street
Local Notes From Lawrence and Area
In Lawrence area news four girls collected unusually many coins during Junior Twilight League games. Names: Marcella Gress Ivalon Goodwin Betty Jean Abels and Margaret Jayne Wadhams. An old fashioned Fourth of July at Messer store with band and fireworks is planned. The Lone Star lake exhibit will explain plans for a lake with maps and arrows. Ripley’s Believe It or Not noted Rev J P Sparling of Dallas preaching two sermons in two towns at the same hour due to time zones. K U students recorded asphalt temperature reaching 145 degrees yesterday.
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Bill Holaday
Marcella Gress
Ivalon Goodwin
Betty Jean Abels
Margaret Jayne Wadhams
Messer
N. D. Messer
Baldwin
Chamber of Commerce
Lone Star
Lone Star State Lake
Arge
Lake
J. P. Sparling
Dallas
Texas
Rocky Mountain
George Sparling
The
World Company Book Bindery
North Dakota Votes Dry in Primary
Fargo voters rejected liquor sales in the state primary with 50 923 against and 36 407 for. Local option also favored by 36 206 to 9 947 against as weathered as a political question in the day’s results.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Langer sentenced for fraud in federal case
Gov William Langer was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 10000 in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the U S government. Judge Andrew Miller imposed the sentence as Langer and four others were convicted of soliciting funds from federal relief workers for maintenance of The Leader, an administration newspaper.
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Fargo
N. D
William Langer
United States
Andrew Miller
Roosevelt appoints L. Wilson Montana as assistant secretary
President Roosevelt today appointed L. Wilson of Montana to be assistant secretary of agriculture. Thousands of buyers and sellers circulate daily through the classified page.
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Montana
Washington
Roosevelt
L. Wilson
Masonic Home Day Picnic and Local Notices in Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie Rinda chapter No 82 and Henri Lodge No 190 and their families observed Masonic Home Day with a picnic at Oak Forest Park near Reno. A basket supper was enjoyed at 7 pm. Local residents and visitors, including Lawrence guests and Sioux City vacationer Edith Phenicie, appear in social notices. Several town figures, errands, and vehicle updates are listed, along with a company card celebrating August Metlewski’s faultless safety record and a minor fire department run.
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Rinda
Oak Forest Park
Reno
Paul Williamson
Lawrence
Noble Christensen
Art Stemmerman
William Stephenson
Stemmerman
Edith Phenicie
Sioux City
Leah Phenicie
Leonard Deaton
M. G. Farrell
Izola
Ohn
H. F. Geib
Geib
Hoyt
Roy Johnson
George Farrell
Ruth
Lawrence Tues
Farrell Needham
M. Williamson
Charles McEnulty
Roy Peterson
Jifford
Carl Masten
Tonanoxie
August Metlewski
Union Pacific Railroad
A. Metlewski
Kansas
W. A. Harriman
Chr
Local notes on education, visits, and politics in Tonganoxie area
Merchant and Patton plan new business in town while Mrs Amelia Miechl keeps house for her son John. Mrs E J Wiltrout visits in Logan with Miss Alice Spoor, recalls Nell Renfro from millinery days. High school board completes faculty hires for next term, names Morrow, Fink, Baxelton, Dillon, Phenicie, and others. About 100 local residents attend rally at Tonganoxie Klan park for social and business time. Henry Murr files for state legislature, sixth district. Irene Toburen visits Manhattan. slumber party hosted by Mrs John Bartlett for Betty Sean and friends. Mary Lenahan hosts Irene Toburen at Hutton's Grove. Mr and Mrs Jay Brown move to father’s farm near Tonganoxie. Doloretta Burns graduates KU with BS and teaching diploma. Mrs Willis-Peters escorts Wilma to Kansas City for Dr Curran.
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Tonganoxie Klan Park
Henry Murr
Hilda Kline McPherson
Irene Toburen
Manhattan
Wm. Musil
John Bartlett
Betty Sean
Betty
Vesta
Betty Mae Alexander
Mary Lauise Miller
Merlene Ridgway
Ruby Jean Kramer
Mary Lenahan
Hutton’s Grove
Reno
Jay Brown
Tonganoxie
Doloretta Burns
K. U
Willis - Peters
Wilma
Kansas City
Curran
Irene Verhers and Family Plans in Notes of Local Visit
Miss Irene Verhers is mentioned in a fragmented note about spending weeks with Snellen and relatives. Miss Barbara Wilson visits Mr and Mrs Smith Davin McCullough at Fork. Gene Hunt and Jack Banday attend Canin Boy Scout event. Rent-Trade contact listed with phone number 22.
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Irene Verhers
Snellen
Cs Cawker
Wilting
Irene
Barbara Ji Wilson
Smith Davin McCullough
Fork
Gene Hunt
Jack En Banday
Canin Boy
Scoutner
Soeiies
Renee Sill
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C. Simons
Lutheran Church Service
State Commission
Baldwin, Madison
Christian Church
Hattie M. Rescher
Harry W. Lascher
Lawrence Thig
Pane
Journal-World
Angels
Jayhawker
Glens Cunningham
Milwaukee
Margaret Speir
Peabody
Phi Kappa Delta
Henry Roe Cloud
Minn
Presbyterian
Dinsmore Alter
Coila Morrison
Edna Smith
Florence Dill
KK. U
Anna Olinger
Westminster Hall
K. A
New York
Ralph Collins
Maude Arnett
Miss Maude Maffet
Dr. Collins
Rocky Ford, Colo
Richard Dix
Jersey City
N. J
Jane
Richard Dix Pictre
Desnobster
Los Angeles
Edward J. Markley
Ernest
Brimmer
Dix
Detroit
Michigan
Grand Jurg
Marie Dressler
Santa Barbara
Calif
F. R. Nuzum
Sinclair
Sinsteir Refinay Company
T. G. Fitch Agency
Hastard
Arnold
Mass
Joe E. Brown
Cartoon News
Ghas
Farrell
Bette
Davis
Sfe Bey TR
Ar CE eTithinn Wits
Ricardo Cortez
Allen Tenkins
Glenda Farrell
Clyde Beatty
Buck Jones
Man
Varsity
Chas. Laughton “King Henry Vit
EL Brendel
Quen
Geo. White's
Rudy Vallee
Alice Faye
Jimmy Durante
Cliff_ Edwards
Six OF A Kind
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Allen
Dickinson
As Muo XG
Ictol Lge
Mies
Umar Ta Coka Ais Ra
Lane
Chandler
Buckaroo
Elissa Land
Adolphe Meniow
David Manners
Malph Murphy
Jack
Oakie
Ben Bernie
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