Rumor of return denied by police in Lindbergh case
Police at the Lindbergh home stated the kidnapped baby was not in the Lindbergh or Morrow homes and had no information about any return. Authorities denied a Boston report that Curley had reliable info the child had been returned, as rumors and inquiries spread from Hopewell to Detroit and West Virginia.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
T. Lindbergh
Morrow
Boston
James M. Currey
Curley
Currey
Morrow Homes
Englewood
Lindbergh Estate
Colonel Lindbergh
Henry
Red) Johnson
Newark
Niagara Falls
J. Norman Beck
Archie
New Jersey
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Naper
Buffalo
N. C
Beck
Depew
West Chester
Nell Q. Donnelly
Kansas City
Martin Depew
Downington, Pa
Evangeline Lindbergh
Detroit
West Virginia
Mingo
Valley Head
Elkins
W. V
Cumberland
Perth Amboy
Tottenville
Staten Island
Spitale and
Bitz
Will Address Meeting At First Christian Church
Elmer B. Silvers attorney from Kansas City Missouri will speak at the monthly dinner tonight at the First Christian church He is well known in Kansas City with many years in federal courts and is a layman in the Christian church Those without reservations may attend the address at ten oclock The Journal World Market Basket offers thrift solutions.
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Elmer B. Silvers
Kansas City
First Christian Church
New Hampshire Victory Gives Roosevelt Lead
President hopeful Franklin D. Roosevelt wins New Hampshire primary, leading the Democratic field. Roosevelt gains 24 pledged delegates to 22 for Alfalfa Bill Murray, with supporters calling the result a major boost and a sign he can win Massachusetts if he contests it.
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Washington
Mar
New Hampshire
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New England
New Yorker
Alfred. KE. Smith
Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Montana
Fargo
N. D
Massachusetts
End to Kansas cold spell in sight as warmth nears
The Weather Bureau forecast rising temperatures for western Kansas tomorrow with eastern counties warming by Friday. After five subzero nights in Topeka and lows near zero in the northwest, the state sees 25 to 30 degrees in the west and 20 to 25 elsewhere by tomorrow, with no significant snow and continued chilly winds. Sub-zero readings persist north and northwest, delaying any rapid thaw.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather ‘ Bureau
S. D. Flora
Flora
Dodge City
Wichita
Goodland
De Valera Elected President of Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera won the presidency in Dublin as the new dail e convened by an 81 to 68 vote. Frank Fahy was chosen speaker as crowds gathered outside Leinster House while William Cosgrave and outgoing ministers entered the chamber. The session showed a sober start with Cosgrave opposing Fahy but preserving continuity for the speaker. Newton Kansas reports a frigid night with a temperature of five degrees above zero and a strong gale.
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Dublin
Irish Free Statte
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
Daileireann
Fahy
Cosgrave
Michael Ayes
Kansas Weather Forecast Details Across Regions
Kansas forecast shows generally fair tonight with continued cold conditions. Thursday expected to warm slightly in central and west areas. Morning conditions mostly clear though Pittsburg and Manhattan show cloudiness. Emporia mostly cloudy. Dirt roads largely frozen with snow cover in Salina Wichita Manhattan Ottawa Coffeyville areas. Douglas County roads frozen. temperatures and moisture reported with limited detail.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Emporia
Salina
Wichita
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Douglas County
District Legion Convention Coming to Lawrence This Spring
Lawrence will host the annual American Legion meeting on April 25 to elect delegates to the national convention. Dorsey Liberty Post bid for the event with regional posts, and the time and place committee announced the invitation. Delegates will convene for district sessions with plans for parades and addresses by national figures.
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Lawrence
The
American Legion
National Convention of the Legion
David McCreath
McCreath
Paola
Dorsey-Liberty Post
the Legion
The _Dorsey-Liberty Post
Legion
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawa
Rule Durkee
George Gard
Joe Wertz
Pleasanton
Roy Hair
Roy Anderson
Howard Boslough
Hired for Jail Term in Dodge City Case
Everett E Steerman assistant state attorney general returned to Dodge City to probe alleged hiring of a substitute in a liquor case Attorney General Roland Boynton named Jess Lanham of Minneola as the man who went to jail for Joe Goodard a rural carrier near Ingalls Latnam used the alias Walter Lathrop and pleaded guilty to the charge receiving a 60 day sentence The amount paid ranged from 50 to 500 dollars and a board of law examiners review was requested
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Topeka
Kan
Everett E. Steerman
Dodge City
Roland Boynton
Boynton
State Board of Law
University registrar to speak on KFKU series start April 13
George QO Foster, registrar at the University of Kansas, will host a four part radio series for high school seniors and parents. The talks begin April 18 at 11 15 a m on KFKU and cover choosing a college and expectations from and to a college.
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Foster University
KFKU
George QO. Foster
University of Kansas
Foster
Depew inquiry ties to Lindbergh baby case notes
Kansas City dispatch reports information on Martin Depew sought by New Jersey officials. Chief Lewis M. Siegfried described Depew as a suspect capable of a Lindbergh style kidnapping. Chief Bruce Stout requested handwriting samples and related data. Also notes Montana hunting accidents: six deaths in 1931 versus three in 1930.
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Kansas City
Martin Depew
Nell Donnelly
New Jersey
Lewis M. Siegfried
Bruce Stout
Central Railroad
Siegfried
Depew
Montana
Battle to Keep Western Kansas Highways Open
Salina area reports show many state highways blocked by new snow driven by a gale. Snow drifts kept reopening as plows struggled. U S 40 S and U S 81 faced closures near Ellsworth New Cambria Salina area. Livestock suffered amid bitter winds and feed shortages. Topeka reports indicate drifts piled faster than plows could clear across northwestern Kansas.
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Kansas
Salina
Kan
Ellsworth
New Cambria
U. S
Bennington
Concordia
Jewell
Lincoln
Colby
Topeka
Taylor
Tank Death Trap at Camden Plant Kills Fourteen Workers
Fourteen workers died and four were injured when a purifying box at Public Service Electric and Gas Co. in Camden exploded, officials say spontaneous combustion may have caused the blast. At least 18 laborers were employed in the chamber. fourteen bodies recovered, two more workers hospitalized, two released, and two remain critically hurt. The tank, a 20 by 20 by 15 foot square structure, stored charcoal and acids. the interior walls were coated with sawdust mix and acids for purification. One man reportedly escaped unharmed before the explosion, which rattled nearby homes as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Camden
N. J
Public Service Electric & Gas Co
New Peace Proposal Amid Frontline Reinforcements
Shanghai reports Japan pressing for truce talks while reinforcements flood the western Shanghai front. Sir Miles Lampson conveyed the Japanese peace letter to Chinese officials, who sent it to Nanking for orders. In Kansas, Junction City voters chose W. S. Scott for finance commissioner and Roy Luke for utilities. A lumber yard fire in Grenola caused $17,000 loss. Washington debated interior funds as a $100 million drainage measure gained signatures. Senate discussed public works and tax plans as World Court adherence and farm loan bills moved forward.
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Shanghai
APJ
Miles Lampson
China
Japan
Miles
T. V. Song
Quo Tai-Chi
Nanking
Loyang
Washington
Senate
Interior Department
House
Wee
Ways and Means
Local Leaders Invite PTA and Club Members to Speech
Invitations were extended to members of the Parent Teachers Association and women's clubs to attend an address by Harry L. Wagner of Kansas City Missouri tomorrow at 3 PM in the high school auditorium. A C G Constant, building trades council chair, announced the event. Wagner will discuss the Lawrence program of building modernization and beautification sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce council. He is a consulting architect for the Kansas City building plan and a former president of Kansas City Architects League.
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Harry L. Wagner
Kansas’ City
A. C G. Constant
Building and Trades Council
The
Chamber of Commerce
Wagner
Lawrence
Kansas City
Architect's League of
Murray plans southern tour for president bid
Murray for president campaign headquarters in Oklahoma City outlined a speaking itinerary through Florida Alabama Mississippi and one stop in Georgia as Governor William H Murray files to run in Florida and Alabama. Campaign manager George Henshaw said the plan targets four southern states with Murray seeking the Democratic nomination.
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Oklahoma City
William H.murray
George Henshaw
Murray
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Irvin Named President of United States Steel
William A. Irvin was announced as president of United States Steel to succeed James A. Farrell who plans to retire April 18. Irvin has served as a vice president since September 1 and led operations at American Steel and Tin Plate Company. Campbell reappointed to Public Service Commission by Gov. Woodring in Topeka for a term ending March 20, 1936.
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New York
William A. Irvin
United States Steel Corporation
Irvin
James A. Farrell
American Steel and Tin Plate Company
Woodring
Topeka
Charles W. Campbell
Norton
Harry H. Woodring
Public Service Commission
Constant Pettit contest set for April city election
Commissioner J L Constant and Guy Pettit will run for the public utilities commission in the April 5 city election. Primary results showed Constant with 1186 votes and Pettit 1032 to lead six candidates total 3466 votes cast. Constant carried ten precincts and Pettit five. Registration open through April 5 with 6764 names on primary roll. last year 491?0 voted in the primary.
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J. L. Constant
Guy Pettit
A. E. Woestemeyer
Constant
Pettit
Mr. Petti
Spalding Responds After City Primary Finish
W E Spalding, who finished third in the city primary, issued a statement praising the broad, voluntary support he received. He notes no one was asked to campaign for him beyond general publicity and laments, quote, there ain’t no justice, while promising continued civic investigations.
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W. E. Spalding
Holmes Sheds Farewell On 91st Birthday Dinner
Oliver Wendell Holmes on his 91st birthday sent formal regrets that he could not attend a dinner honoring him. He added a personal message about life and friendship, saying he would not bid life farewell in formal words and praising companions who kept his fire alive. A separate note reflected his desire to endure life’s infinite arc.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Washingtons revenue bill relies on 2.25 percent sales tax
The Ways and Means Committee told the House there is no other revenue source to meet the treasury needs. The proposed $1,096,000,000 bill centers on a new 2.25 percent manufacturers sales tax. It is expected to raise about $595,000,000 of the total and form the bill's foundation.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Slayings Tied to Wrestlers In Kansas Farmhouse Fire
Salina AP report states Sheriff Roy Stephenson identified two bodies found in a burned farmhouse as John Baxter and Eldon Sullivan. Jim Britt named Fred Bigler and Aubrey Ogden as slayers, with Ogden arrested at Russell. Britt claimed the trio planned robbery and that Sullivan helped. The three had met at Britt’s home and drove to Baxter’s, where shootings and the blaze occurred.
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Salina
Mar
Roy Stephenson
Jim Britt
Kipp
John Baxter
Eldon Sullivan
Britt
Stephenson
Fred Bigler
Aubrey Ogden
Bigler
Baxter and
Sullivan
Russell
Kan
Ogden
Baxter
Ing
Robbery suspect sought. Harold North sought in burglary case
County officials mailed a circular seeking the arrest and detention of Harold North a 21 year old colorad o Negro tied to the Lee Flory grocery store burglary at 1101 New York street on November 6 1931 Paul Silvers a 22 year old Kansas City Missouri Negro is charged with aiding North Silvers was arrested recently and is at liberty on a $500 bond The Flory store was burglarized several times last fall Silvers confessed he cashed a stolen check North allegedly provided the check Both men have served terms in the Hutchinson state reformatory for burglary and larceny.
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Harold North
Colorado
Lee Flory
New York Street
Paul Silvers
Kansas City
North
Silvers
Liberty
Frank Fortson
Eli Lee
Lawrence
Flory
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Champagne Bottles Found for KU Play Production
The University of Kansas dramatic club reports successful discovery of champagne bottles for use in the second act of The But tie and Eye Man. Performances are set for Monday through Wednesday evenings in Fraser Theater, with ticket sales starting tomorrow morning in Greenhall basement. Reservations may be made by calling KU. In Lawrence, the search for bottles was completed after a difficult hunt.
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Iver
Fraser Theater
University of Kansas Dramatic Club
Nere
Greenhall
K. U
Lawrence
Local Farmers Get Loans Advisory Committee Named
Benjamin Hammond Baldwin Robert Steele Clinton and I J Meade Lawrence named to handle Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans for Douglas county. They will meet at Franklin County courthouse Ottawa Friday. Applications require landlord waivers and crop lien, with notes due November 30 1982. Loan limits set by crop type and acreage with district office in St Louis.
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Benjamin Hammond
Baldwin
Robert Steele
Clinton
I. J. Meade
Lawrence
Douglas County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
County Committee
Farm Bureau
Post Office
Franklin County Court House
Ottawa
J. A. Terral
St. Louisa
Terrell
St. Louis
Ruth Hanna McCormick Weds Albert G. Simms in Colorado
Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick former Illinois congresswoman married Albert G Simms Albuquerque New Mexico in a midday ceremony at her Colorado Springs home attended by close friends The Rev Paul G Roberts of Grace Episcopal officiated After the wedding the couple planned to move to Albuquerque where the bride and her prosperous husband will reside.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
House of Representatives
Washington
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Albuquerque
N. M
Congress
Paul] G. Roberts
Grace Episcopal Church
Pelletier Dead One of Sioux City Leading Merchants
F M Pelletier a longtime Sioux City merchant and civic builder dies at 67 after influenza and heart attack in his home. He once rebuilt a Topeka Kansas department store into a leading mercantile organ. The Kendall bill to boost postal revenues by 7 million dollars annually passed the House and goes to the Senate.
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Sioux City
Iowa
F. M. Pelletier
House
Washington
Kendall
Senate
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Journal-World Market Basket
de Valera
of Irish Free State
Newton
Hamilton
Foras
District Legion Convention
Don Stewart
Independence
Department
Junction -City
Junction City
W. S. Scott
Roy Luke
E. I. Knostman
Charles Stevens
Winfield
Caney Valley Lumber Company
Grenola
Norris
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hoover
senate - foreign _ relations committee
World Court
Reconstruction Finance- Corporation
Constant-Pettit
Spalding
Journal-World
Holmes
Jurist
United Action Campaign
Ohio
Okmulgee, Okla
Glidden
Parker
Smith
Tina
Spalding Coerce
New Orleans
Twelfth Precinct
Finance Corporation
Albert .G. Simms
F.M. Pelletier
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