Turner Held In His Preliminary Hearing
Anthony Kansas March 12 AP Ben Turner a 60 year old state plant official charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife was held for trial at a preliminary hearing Justice R H Beebe described the killing as an atrocious murder State testimony included William Swafford a former grave digger now serving a liquor sentence who said Turner offered him money to help hide his wife Turner was expected to post a $25000 bond and Harper county district court was slated to set a trial date April 15. Strutton the confessed slayer testified last night investigators said. Turner appeared cheerful. Ora Cooper of Freedom Oklahoma testified he lent Turner the revolver used in the shooting after Stratton said he planned to kill himself Cooper retrieved the weapon the prior Sunday.
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Anthony
Kan
Ben Turner
Sal Plant
R.H. Beebe
William Swafford
Turner
Planes Break Death Valley Barrier With Air Route
Furnace Creek California reports aviation conquering the Death Valley barrier as air travel opens a weekly Pacific coast service. The Death Valley bed is salt crust over a brine lake, once a borax center, now bypassed by new routes from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City via Baker.
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Furnace Creek
Cal
Aip
Death Valley
Pacific Coast
United States
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Wide Place in Road Becomes Oil City in East Texas
Oil discovery near Van Texas six months ago transformed a lone filling station into a boom town. Seven wells produce oil as more are expected, turning farming communities into a bustling center with new streets, stores, and shipments of 100 carloads daily. A pipeline to the refinery is under construction.
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Texas
van, Tex
Van
East
West Texas
Oklahoma
Two youths plead guilty to copper wire theft near Lawrence
Otto Gulley and Ernest Higgins, arrested on the Fritzel farm, pleaded guilty to petty larceny in copper wire theft. Each paid $14.50 in fines and costs after being released. They admitted stealing about sixty pounds of wire from the Fritzel property and were found hiding in a drainage ditch following a tip to Sheriff Rutherford. An iron shield believed to belong to DeSoto’s soldiers was found by Atlanta excavators.
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Otto Gulley
Ernest Higgins
Fritzel
Gulley
J. H Mitchell
Higgins
Lawrence
R. R. Rutherford
DeSoto
Atlanta
Today’s Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
A cluttered OCR puzzle page lists crossword clues with mixed language fragments and garbled phrases, including references to water walks, constellations, ancient terms, and various grid entries, reflecting scan errors and partial answers across multiple rows and sections.
Goes Six Miles Up for an Air Corps Record
Coronado California AP Lieutenant George E Price ascended to 41700 feet during Rockwell field training in an unofficial air corps altitude record. The 95th pursuit squadron based at the field has been conducting high altitude work to test military craft capabilities in sub zero conditions.
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Urcit
Price
Air ‘Corps
Rockwell Field
95Th
Skies Clear As Kansas Sees Spring Like Weather
The federal weather bureau forecast continues mild spring like weather for Kansas with clear skies across the state. Light snow fell in Pittsburgh and Montana while Indiana and Ohio reported rain.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Weather Bureau
Tittsburgh
Montana
Indiana
Ohio
Plumbers End Meeting elects state association head
G B Hamilton of Winfield was chosen president of the Kansas master plumbers association at the annual convention closing session. J C Shansdown of Wichita became vice president, Harry L Stevens of Hutchinson treasurer, Carl McGregor of Winfield retiring president secretary and water and finance officers named. Officers will decide if 1931 meetings occur in Coffeyville or Independence. Auburn convict acquitted in prison riot murder charge. Cities Service expands by gaining control of Federal Lights and Traction, extending utilities across 22 communities in multiple states.
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Salina
Kan
G. B. Hamilton
Winfield
Aesterday
Kansas Master Plumbers’ Association
J. C. Shansdown
Wichita
Harry L. Stevens
Hutchinson
Carl McGregor
Retir
Ing
Aterfin
Coffeyville
Independence
Peet
Cities Service Company
New York
Mar
Federal Lights and Traction Company
Arkansas
Missouri
Newexico
Arizona
Rocky. Mountain States
Reichstag approves Young Plan amid disputed terms
Berlin March 12 AP The Reichstag approved the Young plan 266 to 193 with three abstentions. The plan, signed in Paris June 7 1929, fixes reparations payments for 59 years and replaces the Dawes plan. It envisions lower annual sums and completes World War I liquidation by 1989, amid objections from Reichsbank President Hjalmer Schacht who later resigned. Hans Luther becomes Reichsbank head.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Paris
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Japan
Parker Gilbert
Owen D. Young
Bank For International Settlements
Hague
Hjalmer Schacht
Reichsbank
Jie
Hans Luthey
South End Lunch Room Destroyed by Fire
A fire yesterday destroyed the Kirby Lunch cafe at 1628 Massachusetts Street and the Bee of the South End garage to its south. Owner Kitty Brockett valued the lunch building at 800 with insurance. Kirby had no insurance on cafe fixtures, estimating losses between 400 and 500. Fire spread from the wall to the roofs. water damage affected only the garage. Fire crews extinguished the blaze by the afternoon with aid from stations 1 and 2. woodland park grass fire added a separate alarm but caused no damage. Georgia literacy campaign expands into the state prison with organized classes.
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Kirby
Massachusetts Street
South End
Kitty Brockett
Woodland Park
Detroit May Discharge Alien Public Employes
Detroit board of education considered a plan to discharge all alien employes and all non residents. Superintendent Frank Cody reported 294 aliens among 9 4 employes with 29 teachers. all alien teachers except an Oxford exchange instructor sought citizenship. The board took no action on the alien and non resident exclusion resolution.
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Detroit
Mar
Detroit Board of Education
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Calares
A. Lindbergh
Cass Technical High School
Lintergh
Grosse Point
Lindbergh
Cody
Oxford University
Edward HW. Williams
Reed to Southwest on Restful Vacation Trip
Governor Clyde M. Reed plans a train trip to the Southwest for two or three weeks to seek rest and benefit from the dry climate for bronchial illness. The itinerary includes El Paso Texas and Arizona with friend Fred Trieg. The state chief executive will travel with a Kansas City newspaper writer.
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Toneka
Clyde M. Reed
Southwest
el Paso
Tex
Arizona
Jlecampa
Fred Trieg
Kansas City
Byrd Eyes Return to Antarctic Expedition
Dunedin New Zealand March 12 AP Rear Admiral Richard Byrd hints at another Antarctic expedition east of the Ross Sea after his south pole flight. His party and Dr Lawrence Gould cite coal finds and vast ice seas suggesting climate history and massive glaciers in the Queen Maud range. Enter dramatic contest.
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Dunedin
N. Z
Richard Evelyn’ Byrd
Antarctic
Byrd
South Pole
City of
New York
Eleanor Bolling
Louay
Lawrence Gould
Mount Nansen
Gould
Queen Maude
Himalayas
Andes
Five Kansas High Schools Enter Drama Tournament at KU
Five high schools have already sent entries for a dramatic tournament to be held at the University of Kansas March 25 and 26. Entries are limited to nine in each class A and Class B.
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Kansas
University
Silver loving cups and medals for outstanding student actors
Entries are to be sent to Tessiana Blakeslee in care of the department of dramatic art at the University of Kansas Rapid City South Dakota. AP reports South Dakota farm income for 1930 should match 1929 per state college estimates. Washington says overeating candy beyond 12 pounds a year exceeds average. Wisconsin distributed 2.4 million trees from its state nursery to all counties last year. Forty percent of Belgian apple imports are grown in America.
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Tessiana Blakeslee
Department of Dramatic Art
University of Kansas
Rapid City
S. D
South Dakota
State College of Agriculture
Washington
Department of Commerce
Madiso’n Wis
Wisconsin
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