Topeka Auditor Faces Embezzlement Charges Amid Probe
In Topeka Kansas attorney general announces plans to file five counts of embezzlement against state auditor Will J. Mroneh later identified as auditor French over $14 470 diverted from a canal project fund for personal use. Governor Clyde Reed and Attorney General Smith outline civil actions and criminal prosecution while French contends the fund was not state money and that he repaid sums. The dispute centers on checks totaling $12 270 drawn on the fund with claims the money was misused during the St Marys canal project. A separate March 14 verdict in Wishits Kansas awards $10 600 to a plaintiff against Montgomery Ward & Co for a defective staircase injury.
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Topeka
Wilidia A Smith
Kansas
Will J. Mroneh
Fie
Elvis Hederinge
Stuitt
Clyde AM. Reo
Riltorneys
Smith
Reod
French
M. Reed
Attoeney
Genera
Bertha Wetherton
St. Marys
Kan
Canel
Vrench
Reed Wiskins
French Do
Ands
St. Dua Tonal
Bank
Joh
Cosmo] Saligan Life Insurance Company
Mosby-Mack Tutor Company
Repeka
Lecature
M. H. Melean
T. Ih
Whieek
Wishits
Kay
C.D. Lockwood
Arkansas
Montgomery Ward & Co
President Borno and Hoover Commission Turmoil in Haiti
Port-Au-Prince March 14 AP Justin Sam and Sylvia Cator leaders of the young groups asked the Hoover investigating commission for clarification on the Borno situation. Students planned a palace demonstration to demand the president's resignation tomorrow night. Commission chairman W Cameron Forbes advised against the protest as rumors spread that Borno had the upper hand because the commission avoided pressure while he stood by the election date. Opposition readers met the commission, including Antoine Riga and Ernest Chauvet, spokesman for the opposition press. Borno, who had reversed support for a provisional government plans, appeared tractable before the commission, saying that his inland tour prompted a shift and that turning the government over to the people was a great shock but he would be a sport and reaffirm his adherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Justin Sam
Sylvia Cator
Hoover
Borno
W. Cameron Forbes
Antoine Riga
Confederated Patriotic Societies
Ernest Chauvet
Nouvelliste
Ulentta
India
Me Setguyin
Calewne
Rangoon
Bombay
Poona
Nawagzon
Mahatma
Three-Power Pact Hinted as Tokyo Talks Progress
London reports say American and Japanese delegates reached near agreement on key issues including a 70 percent cruiser ratio. Senator Reed and Ambassador Matsudaira met again this morning, with observers hopeful that final details and possible confessions may be agreed pending home authority confirmation. A successful deal could enable a three power pact among the United States, Great Britain, and Japan if France and Italy cannot participate. Automatic: Automotive exports up.
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London
Mar
Ain
Reed
Matsudaira
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
14.7 Per Cent Increase in Value During January
US commerce data show automotive exports rose by 3 988.09 dollars or 14.7 percent in January to 31 166 674, versus December, while year over year figures fell by 16 426 981. Combined passenger car and truck shipments reached 519 690 720, up 22 027 385 from December but down 87 145 107 from January last year. Other automotive products totaled 12 475 945, up from December but 23 757 839 below January last year.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
TWO SLAIN IN BREAKS INPRISON SHOOTING FALLOUT
In Trenton New Jersey March 14 Charles Evans age 29 died after a prison escape attempt left one guard dead and two wounded Frank Butcher died of bullet wounds while Charles Soren and Priest L Gordon were injured during the melee In California Walter Sinclair 42 alias Joe McFarland killed by Officer Robert Cordill as he tried to flee from Brawley jail after alarm in Ohio lines.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles Evans
Frank Butcher
Charles Soren
L. Gordon
Brawley
Cal
Walter Sinclair
Joe McFarland
Ato State Penitentiary
Columbus
Sinclair
Lunon
Ohio
Robert Cordill
Brawley City
Weather forecast for Kansas with scattered rain
Mostly fair tonight and Saturday with warmer readings in the north and extreme northeast. Morning conditions cloudy except for Topeka and Cofferville where rain is likely in Arkansas City Wichita and Salina. Roads reported good in Douglas County and at The Fempers.
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Kansas
Topeka
Cofferville
Arkansas City
Wichita
Salina
Douglas County
Fempers
Insurance Settlement Approved by Shawnee Court
The Shawnee county district court approved a settlement between the state insurance department and about 180 fire insurance companies in Kansas. It allocates half of roughly 36.09 million in impounded premiums to policyholders and an equal amount to insurers, with about 1.5 million policies involved. Funds remain under court jurisdiction until all claims are resolved. The deal follows a seven year fire insurance rate controversy linked to a rate reduction order by former Superintendent Frank L. Travis.
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Topeka
Mar
State Insurance Department
Kansas
Shawnee County
Frank L. Travis
John G. Bean
District Court
Reed Takes a Vacation From Topeka to Southwest
Governor Clyde M Reed left Topeka on an extended southwestern vacation with adviser Fred Trigg of Kansas City Missouri The itinerary started in El Paso Texas and planned stops include Phoenix Los Angeles and San Diego before returning around April 1 The trip aims to span Grand Canyon return. Molloy offers 1 000 000 purse for Dempsey Carne ra bout if Carne ra beats Wiggins in Indianapolis Monday night
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Topeka
Clyde M. Reed
Southwest
Fred Trigg
Kansas City
Fl Paso
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
Reed
San Diego
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Bank Depositors May Have No Loss
The state banking department announced Liberty State Bank of Liberty Kansas will reopen with enough money to cover 118 depositors. As the Commercial National Bank of Independence failed, deposits at Liberty Bank faced temporary closure while officials said losses at Independence bank are borne by stockholders and assets. The incident follows bad assets and defalcations by Commercial’s president George Guernsey Jr. and his son, with a December 1929 deposits figure of 3.16 million. The Independence banks and Prai Oil and Gas pledged support to honor checks, and the situation prompted talks of reorganization as the public watched for further results.
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Topeka
State Banking Department
Thaternoon
Liberty State Bank of Liberty
Kan
Tory
Independence
Kann
Mar
Commercial National Bank of Independence
Liberty Suite
Bank of Liberty
Liberty Bank
Independence Institution
George G. Bechtel
Citizens First National
Independence State Bank
Las
Prai Oil and Gas Company
National Bank
Ll. Kk. Roberts
National Bank Examiner
Tenth District
Kansas City
George Guernsey, Jr. Roberts
Guernsey
George T. Guernsey, Jr
Southeastern
Kansas
Rv O. Bishop
Bishop
State of Kansas
Montgomery County
City of Independence
Dubuque
Jal
Turner & Otis Bank
Agee
Chemical Plant Burns in Everett Massachusetts Fire
A major blaze at the Merrimac Chemical company plant in South Everett caused $500000 in damage. Firefighters from eight cities battled flames and fumes from sulfuric gas. seven buildings were burned, with three and four story wooden structures. The lacquer building housed TNT production during the war.
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Everett
Mass
Merrimac Chemical Company
South Everett
FAY LOAD FLIGHT RECORD NOW HELD IN U S
The National Aeronautic Association announced calibration of the Bureau of Standards barograph used on Boris Sergievsky s seaplane flight shows an altitude of 19 065 feet with a 2 000 kilogram payload. The record surpasses the 14 837 foot mark set in 1929 by a French seaplane. The report has been sent to Paris for official recognition.
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Washington
Mar
National Aeronautic Association
Bureau of Standards
Boris Serhievsky
New York
Federation Aeroboutique Internationale
Paris
Sergievsky
de , ‘Au
Ottawa Lawrence high school boys guilty in bottle throwing
Two Lawrence high school boys admitted during an Ottawa inquiry that they threw pop bottles through car windows injuring Mrs Reed and CL Toy Porter after a Ottawa Lawrence game. Names withheld by Principal Baker. Disciplinary actions include club censures and planned apologies to victims and Ottawa High School.
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Lawrence High School
H. L. Baker
O. W. Reed
CL Toy Porter
Ottawa
R.J. Logsdon
Otawa
Alj. Logsdon
Gowans
Ottawa High School
Baker
Lawrence
Lorsdon
Lawrence Jenka
Doheny Testimony in Senate Hearing Used in Trial
Edward L. Doheny faced trial on bribery charges linked to Albert B. Fall as prosecutors leaned on his Senate Oil Committee testimony from 1924. Doheny described cash payments and disputed Fall's later explanations, while defense argued the letter about the loan was inadmissible. Judge Hitz deferred ruling, with mail route bids to be opened April 30 in Washington.
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Doheny
Senate Oil Committee
Washington
Mar
Trie
Edward L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
DP Doheny
Fall
Senate
Enward B. McLean
William Hitz
Brown
San Francisco
Orient
New Orleans
West Africa
Household Budget Discussion at Free Cooking School
Miss Edna Ferguson leads a Journal World cooking school at the Ora Cum Theater next week. The program emphasizes budgeting, avoiding excess in food and furnishings, and planning expenditures with clear goals. Also covered are housework attire, economical clothing, and dieting choices guided by family physicians. The event promises practical lessons, cheerful attire tips, and balanced spending, with free admission and gifts from local merchants. The opening day is Tuesday at 2 pm with doors at 1 pm. bring pencil and notebook.
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Edna M. Ferguson
Journal World
Fies
Oracum Theater
Miss Ferenson
Housekeeping
Ileas
Sind Mias Pergusen
Miss Ferguson
Welcotr
Nise Ferguson
Lawrence
Orpheum Theater
Glenn W. Dickinson
Bandits rob Manter State Bank in broad day
Two masked men robbed the Manter State Bank at Manter Kan at about 11 o clock taking about 4000 dollars. They escaped in a Ford sedan heading north. Inside the bank district school board members and customers were held up while the money was collected. One robber was short with sandy complexion and round face. the other stood outside. Inside were Arthur Potter and Howard Moon among witnesses. The robbers wore a brown cap and new black oxfords.
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Dodge City
Mar
Manter
Arthur Potter
Howard Moon
Army officers to learn to shoe horses
The War Department announced that all army officers must learn how to shoe horses. Secretary Hurley said the instruction should be of sufficient character to insure proper shoeing under all circumstances. Even infantry officers must know enough to tell when a horseshoe fits.
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Washington
War Department
Hurley
Fail in Election At University of Kansas
Apparent irregularities shut down the annual Women’s Student Government election at the University of Kansas. A mass meeting set for Fraser Theater will decide next steps. Candidates Ruth Breidenthal and Derna Snyder were named amid reports some 600 votes were cast and concerns of inter sorority politics.
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University of Kansas
Arah Weidman
O'Clark
Fraser
Ruth Breidenthal
Kansas City
Kan
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Dern Snyder
Arkansas
City
Kappa Alpha Theta
University
WLS
G. A. Council
Fed eral Reserve Life Insurance clears lawsuits in Kansas City
The Federal Reserve Life Insurance Company, based in Kansas City, today saw dismissal of a string of suits tied to a receivership petition filed last December. Judge William H. McCamish signed the orders, wiping out fraud charges totaling over 1.5 million dollars. Brady said stockholders who intervened are satisfied with current management, with litigation costs to be paid by the firm.
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Kansas City
Kat
Federal Reserve Life Insurance Company
Will
William H. McCamish
Wyandotte County District Court
Joseph Brady
Fred R. White
Wyandotte County
Brady
Bakery merger forms Interstate Bakeries with Nafziger at helm
Renee Nafziger, a 42 year old Kansas City baker, will head the newly formed Interstate Bakeries corporation created by the merger of ten Nafziger plants with Varity and eight other bakers. Chartered in Delaware March 1, headquarters set in Kansas City. The conglomerate will operate 22 plants across 16 states, uniting Schulze Vacuum and other western bakeries into a 50 million dollar enterprise.
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Kansas City
Renee Nefuiger
Execu
Interstate Bakeries Corporation
Nafziger Company, Inc
Nafziger Company
Varity. Bakeries Corporation
Byrd party enjoys rest after Antarctic trek
Rear Admiral Byrd and his Antarctic party are resting in Dunedin, New Zealand as several members take short trips before returning to the United States. The City of New York and the Eleanor Roosevelt prepare to sail Friday via Tahiti and Panama. Byrd addressed about 000 school children, who gave him a hearty ovation.
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Dunedin
New Zealand
Byrd
Antarctic
United States
New York
Eleanor
Tahiti
Panama
Explorer
Rodeo Called Off Over Cruelty Concerns at KU Event
Dr Alien, director of tom ics, announces at the University of Kansas lays that a rodeo scheduled for April 18 will be canceled after a request from the city humane society. The event, described as a pageant of Western life, aims to be educational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alien Tella Humane
University of Kansas
Hundreds of fish find a new home near Lawrence
D B Smith and Walter Niedler rescued about 3 000 dying catfish from a drying slough northeast of Lawrence. They transferred the fish to a spring fed lake near Lone Star, which is to be expanded to seven acres. The effort saved the fish and aimed to stock bass and crappie later. Several other sloughs were mentioned as drying up. A Canadian geese sighting and large birds nearby added local color.
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Lawrence
D. B. Smith
Distret Court
Walter Niedler
Smith
Hied’s
Nieder
Aly
Lone Star
Lone Star Red and Gun Club
Plisis
Dathgidsins
Jake
Lawrece
Sneal
Emith
Lone Bandit Escapes With $20,009 in Jewels
A lone robber entered Golden’s Jewelry in downtown Wichita walleted past proprietor H. W. Resnick and escaped with about $20,000 in diamonds and jewels. The suspect described as medium height wearing spectacles a cat and brown overcoat fled toward the rear after forcing the display trays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Bandit
Wichita
Kan
H. W. Resnick
Golden
Tresnick
Resnick
Roltier
Ramsay Wins Tilt As Coal Policy Forges Week of Tension
Parliament returns to a fight over mines policy with J Ramsay MacDonald’s government facing a possible discharge of confidence. Baldwin forecasts government survival while 23 Conservative MPs abstain. Liberal leader Samuel backs the government, warning unemployment could threaten the mood. A Boys Band concert at Liberty Memorial High School proceeds with a silver offering to support uniforms.
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London
Mat
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Herbert Samuel
Liberty Memorial High School
Byron C. Donmyer
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Hoover Commission
Calcutta
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Dempsey
St. Louis
Mique Molloy
Chicago
Indbn
Jack Dempsey
Primo Carnera
Carnera
Chuck Wiggins
Indianapolis
Independence Bank
Lusses
Destiny Property
Falla
Frank TD. Ketcham
Allerton House
Michigan Avenue
Triangle Motors
Fay
U. S
Lawrence “High
World Cooking School
San Quentin
Alphonse Reilly
Abraham Sandelman
Hudson-Goff
N. H
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Nafzizer
Byrd Party
D. F. Smith
Walt Nieder
Lone Star Lake
Ushdle Fish
Fond
Ramsay
MacDonald
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