Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping News and Nurse Questioning
The Lindbergh baby kidnapping dominated the day as Miss Gow the nurse at the nursery faced lengthy police questioning at Hopewell. Investigators pursued numerous clues from across Detroit and Chicago, while others led to the New Jersey authorities as the case remained without definite leads or confirmation of the child's whereabouts or fate.
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Hopewell
N. J
Tistry Gow
Lindbergh
Miss Gow
Lindbergh Nursery
Oman
Elizabeth, Morrow
Detroit
Chicago
Newark
Giumerous
Dunkley Again to Be Candidate for Office
Jack Dunkley, incumbent sheriff, announces candidacy for the Democratic primaries. He pledges to preserve his current personnel and economic policies, basing his re election bid on his term record of efficient, economical administration.
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Jack Dunkley
Sheriff Dunkley
Press Agent Condensed Einstein's Theory
New York March 4 AP William J Guard a flamboyant press agent at 70 is dead The Metropolitan Opera loses a colorful figure known for wit and dignity He once claimed to have condensed relativity for Albert Einstein who visited during Carmen Einstein corrected the line with his note reading Read and sound correct Albert Einstein Includes a tale of the scribbled claim and its reception by the famed physicist
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New York
William J. Guard
Metropolitan Opera House
Caruso
Gatti- Cayas
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Lindberghs Offer Direct Contact With Kidnappers
Hopewell New Jersey March 4 AP the Lindberghs offered to negotiate directly with the kidnappers of their baby and pledged no harm to any negotiating representative while promising observance of any pledges. Gov Moore said telegrams were sent to Hoover and mayors of major cities to coordinate efforts to capture the kidnappers. State police disclosed an anonymous call asking if immunity would be granted and traced its source.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindberghs
Lindbergh
Gov. Moore
Hoover
Chicago
Col. Lindbergh
Newark
Englewood
Harry Moore
J. J. Lamb
New Jersey
Lieut.Conklin
Lindbergh Kidnapping Sparks amateur sleuths nation wide
Hopewell, N J March 4 AP The Lindbergh kidnapping has turned the United States into a nation of amateur detectives with few firm leads. Noted clues include the pine ladder sections, socked footprints, vague fingerprints, and three ransom notes with handwriting similarities. A sea clue involved a 30 foot cruiser off the Jersey coast and a cry heard aboard. Police sought a car bearing a Kentucky plate and a possible woman in Pittsburgh files for state senate.
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Hopewell
N. J
United States
New York
Col. Lindbergh
South Orange
Lindberghs
Hope' S
Jersey
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Kentucky
Joe
League of Nations seeks end to Shanghai fighting
The League of Nations assembly unanimously demanded cessation of hostilities at Shanghai and the withdrawal of Japanese troops. Neutral-area representatives were asked to report on the implementation of orders to halt fighting. China rejected new Japanese peace terms while Shanghai quieted as work resumed. Chinese and Japanese reports conflicted on battles near Taitsang, with clarification sought from British mediator Admiral Kelly.
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Geneva
Mar
Shanghai
League of Nations Assembly
Sxe
Associated Press
Lo Wen-Kan
Nanking
Taitsang
Here
Taitseng
Nanziang
Rating
Quo Tan-Chi
China
Howard Kelly
Kelly
Kent
End Comes to Prominent Fish and Game Worker
Michael J. Concannon, longtime chief of the field forces for the Kansas fish and game commission, died today in Leavenworth after several weeks of illness. Born in 1867 in Leavenworth County, he became a deputy game warden in 1903 and rose through the ranks, earning recognition for his enforcement work and becoming the first federal game warden appointed for Kansas.
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Leavenworth
Michael J. Concannon
Forcles
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Leavenworth County
Kansas
Plead Guilty to Robbery in Kansas City Case
Two men Thomas Ford and Ernest Cooley both of Kansas City pleaded guilty to first degree robbery in Kansas City Missouri and were sentenced to twenty years each. They robbed a street car operator of money and tokens on February 23 then stole a Ford and fled to Lawrence before officers arrested them at Thirteenth and New Jersey and returned them to Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Thomas Ford
Ernest Cooley
Lawrence
Thirteenth
New Jersey
Winter Weather Spreads Across Kansas with Snow and Cold
Winter advances from the west to the east across Kansas with snow in western and central areas and forecast snow in the east. Temperatures fall to near zero in the northwest and rise to the 30s in the east, with blizzard conditions reported around Colby and Salina as systems move through.
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Flora
Kansas
Colby
Hoisinton
Salina
Denver
Colo
Mar
Colorado
Sterling
Neska
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Boise City
Tags Sales Rise as Lawrence Visit Spurs Compliance
In Lawrence last week deputy state license inspector William Bretz prompted broader tag purchases. County Treasurer L E Hoover reports a strong seven days with fewer delinquents and 4,950 auto tag sets plus 685 track licenses issued to date, down from last year’s 5,542 autos and 750 tracks. University of Kansas enrollment falls to 3,754 for spring, a 29 student loss, with 3,466 paying at KU and 288 at KU Medical School in Kansas City.
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William Bretz
L. E. Hoover
Hoover
Douglas County
Bretz
University of Kansas
George O. Foster
Karl Kloos
K.U. Medical School
Kansas City
Kan
K. U
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Nebraska
School and Society
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Iowa State
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Oklahoma
University
SAY WAR IS OVER
Tokyo officials stated the war in China is over despite W. S. Yen of China claiming truce talks at Shanghai collapsed. They believe the 19th route army is broken and Chiang Kai-shek will not pose an offensive. Japan plans a round table conference and may cancel orders for Shanghai action.
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China
W. W. Yen
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Yen
League
Shanghai
19Th Route Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
J. P. Morgan
New York
Federal Officials Grim Over Lindbergh Case
Washington March 4 AP The country’s concern for Charles A Lindbergh Jr. was shared at a meeting of President Hoover and his cabinet They discussed the kidnapping but offered no new federal steps to recover the child or seize the abductors Federal agencies are assisting state authorities in the search and cabinet members pledged every possible resource in the effort The discussion prioritized the infant’s safety over state matters.
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Washington
Mar
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hoover
Tuberculosis Clinic Set For City Hall On Monday
An all day tuberculosis clinic will be held Monday March 7 in the health room at city hall under the Douglas County T B Association. Dr C F Taylor superintendent of the Norton state TB sanitarium will supervise the clinic. It opens at 9 oclock.
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City Hall
Douglas County T. B. Association
C. F. Taylor
Norton
Brooklyn Arrest Ties Lindbergh Kidnap Case to Patsy Orlando
Patsy Orlando of Hopewell New Jersey arrested in Brooklyn living under alias Patsy Mucciola. Police say he left Hopewell Tuesday night the kidnapping night. Osnato departs for Tren ton NJ with suspect. investigation seeks links to Lindbergh case.
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New York
Patsy Orlando
Hopewell
N. J
Brooklyn
Patsy Mucciola
Orlando
Louis Osnato
Trenton
Carnegie head is university visitor on Kansas campus
Frederick P. Keppel president of the Carnegie Corporation visited the University of Kansas at Lawrence today. He toured fine arts quarters Spooner Thayer museum and campus. The Carnegie grant of 5000 dollars yearly funds fine arts instruction and was renewed this year with no conditions beyond use for fine arts.
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Lawrence
Frederick P. Keppel
Carnegie Corporation
Keppel
E. H. Lindley
White House
Washington
J. C. Nichols
Kansas City
Lindley
Union Building
Department of the Drama
Althe
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
The
Red Cross
Family of Ohio Boy Faces Slow Kidnap Probe
In Niles Ohio March 4 the Dejute family of 11 year old James Dejute Jr reports no word from kidnappers three days after the boy was seized on his way to school. Police say several crews failed to turn up tangible traces and a suspect arrested in Youngstown was released after not matching the kidnapper profile. The family clings to ransom or vengeance theories as authorities pursue leads.
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Niles
Lindberghs
James Dejute, Jr
Youngstown
Dejute, Jr
Dejute
A. W. Deiute
Postoffice Workmen Strike Over Wage Cut
Kansas City labor leaders report postoffice builders walked off the job after M J Ring, a general contractor, announced a roughly twenty percent wage reduction under a wage agreement made the night before. Jess L Rogers, secretary of the trades council, said the new scale was not retroactive and normally work continues under former wages until new terms are set. Labor leaders also criticized slow progress on the post office building, noting previous small crews and linking it to unemployment relief efforts.
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Kansas City
Building-Trades Council
M. J. Ring
Jess L. Rogers
Trades Council
Funds being exhausted state labor commissioner report
Topeka March 4 AP Reports to C J Beckman state labor commissioner show funds of emergency employment committees and charitable organizations in Kansas are exhausted or nearly so Beckman prepared memo for Governor Woodring noting no exact count of unemployed but available reports indicate at least 75000 people seeking work in Kansas at present
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Topeka
Mar
C. J. Beckman
State Commissioner of Labor
Kansas
Beckman
Harry_H. Woodring
Train to Snowbound City Delivers Food and Mail to Silverton
First freight train since February 7 from Durango reached snowbound Silverton today carrying food fuel and mail. At Needleton slide 14 miles from Silverton, mules will transfer mail and merchandise over snow slides up to 40 feet deep, to reach the town.
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Durango
Celo
Silverton
Needleton Slide
Orphaned Babies Create Shanghai Crisis
Shanghai on March 4 reports thousands of orphaned and homeless babies after heavy fighting. A British lady cared for 80 of them as parents vanished during hostilities, while charitable groups fear failure to arrange durable care could turn them into a roaming city problem similar to prior Ras- Sas situations.
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Shanghai
Catine
International Settlement
Ras- Sas
Push to Open Aged Home at 700 Connecticut Street Continues
Bishop A. D. Hankins of the Church of the Living God presses to open a home for aged colored people at 700 Connecticut Street despite city protests. Sanitary officer H. L. Burger cites a state condemnation and fire marshal concerns, while Hankins plans to proceed until state authorities intervene. An organizational meeting named Hankins treasurer and Minnie M. Lucas secretary. A benefit dinner is planned to inform interested parties, and Burger vows to resist the effort as state health officials will inspect the building.
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A. D. Hankins
Church of the Living God
Hankins
H. L. Burger
Burger
Hawkins
Connecticut
Bishop Hankins
Minnie ‘M. Lucas
Topeka
Free Seeds Distributed by Employment Director
O W Owen director of unemployment of the Community Service Committee oversaw free seed distribution to needy families yesterday. Forty seven orders valued at 36 dollars were issued from the Chamber of Commerce offices with seeds to be delivered today and through tomorrow including beans, peas, corn, radish, cabbage, tomato, beets and onion sets.
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O. W. Owen
Community Service Committee
Mr. Owen
Chamber of Commerce
Plan Engineer's Day at KU in Tug of War Revival
University of Kansas engineering students revive Engineer's Day on March 10 after years of absence following a dispute with law students over floats. The program includes addresses, exhibits, and athletic events, with a highlight tug of war across Potter Lake where the first team to fall in loses.
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University of Kansas Engineering
K. U
Iaw
Potter Lake
Quantrill Raider Dead Frank Smith Dies at 86
Frank Smith 86 a Quantrill participant in the 1863 Lawrence raid died at his Blue Springs home after years of Civil War service lore. once a dean of Blue Springs Baptist Church he helped document Quantrill history in a fifteen chapter record. Only two others from Quantrill era remain alive Hopkins and another Kansas City resident. Snow expected as temperature falls to 34 degrees with light rain.
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Kansas City
Frank Smith
Charles, W. Quantrill
Lawrence
Kan
Blue Springs
Smith
Quantrill
William F. Hopkins
Blue Springs Baptist Church
Leslie Shaw Critically Ill at Wardman Park Hotel
Leslie M. Shaw, 83, former secretary of the treasury under Roosevelt, is reported critically ill at the Wardman Park hotel in Washington on March 4, according to AP dispatches.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Washington, Mar
Magazine salesman accused in rural district scam
County Attorney R B Stevens filed a complaint against W Taylor alleging obtaining money under false pretense. Taylor offered $6 70 subscriptions with a letter said to be from a professor at Emporia Teachers College to gain trust of Douglas county rural teachers. He escaped before magazines arrived. checks were cashed or converted at local stores. He allegedly defrauded Mildred Black near Baldwin. Authorities have no clue to his whereabouts but hope for leads from Emporia Teachers College.
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W. Taylor
R. B. Stevens
Taylor
Emporia Teachers College
Douglas County
Stevens
Ae Taylor
Ben. Schaake
North Lawrence
Lane
C. J. Lane
Mildred Black
Black
Baldwin
Bankhead Not Elected Subcommittee Report
A senate elections subcommittee ruled Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama was not elected in 1920 and urged declaring the seat vacant due to alleged election law violations. The report split along party lines with a minority supporting the election intact.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Watson
Glenn
Illinois
Hastings
Gold Piece Tour Reaches Five Dollar Mark
A $5 gold piece has traveled through Prosperity starting February 2 at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. It has traded for $150 in goods and services, with recent handoffs to Carter Tires and George's Lunch. Also reported, three bank robbers including a former police lieutenant from South Bend robbed Flat Rock State Bank of $4, and were later captured. In local action, Jarbalo defeated De Soto 18 to 13 in a Class B basketball first round at Linwood.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sol Marks and Son
Carter Tires
George
Lawrenceville
Ill
Mar
South Bend
Ind
Flat Rock
Shriver, Bridge
Jarbalo
DeSoto
Linwood
Kansas Weather Forecast Sees Snow East and South
Cloudy with snow in the east and south, colder conditions and a cold wave in the north central area tonight. Saturday expects generally fair weather after early snow in the extreme east, with morning clouds giving way to improving conditions. Roads vary from muddy to slippery with dirt roads in Salina and Emporia reporting issues. temperatures tracked from yesterday evening to today noon.
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Salina
Ottawa
Topeka
Manhattan
Arkansas City
Wichita
Emporia
Douglas County
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