Insull Flees Athens in Woman’s Garb to Paris
Greek police report Samuel Insull Sr. fled his Athens home disguised as a woman and left for Paris aboard an express train. Mrs. Insull held for questioning as officials confirm the fugitive’s escape amid mixed rumors. Authorities consider routes through the Dardanelles toward East Europe and possible Adriatic passage.
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Chicago
Paris
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Italy
Turkey
Parren
Albania
Insull
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Tasail
Washington seeks compromise on veterans benefits with Roosevelts push
Washington reports an impending agreement on veterans and federal workers payments as conferees plan late talks. The House cut expenditures from about 354 million to 261 million while the Senate added amendments, shaping a contested bill amid economy concerns. Crop reports show corn plantings at 92,072,000 acres and spring wheat at 18,594,000 acres. Brussels notes Prof Georges Lemaitre wins the Francqui prize of 500,000 francs for astrophysics work.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Independent Offices
Byren
Crop Reporting Board
Brussels
Georges Henry Lemaitre
Francqui
Former King Alfonso Fired On During Sudan Lion Hunt
Former Spain King Alfonso and companions on a Sudan lion hunt narrowly escaped death after an exchange of gunfire with a Sudanese patrol. Both groups mistook each other for bandits and fired for hours before the mistake was found.
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Paris
Alfonso
Spain
Sudan
Egypt
Cairo
Lindbergh Declines Army Aviation Study Invitation
Col. Lindbergh reiterates refusal to participate directly or indirectly in the War Department inquiry into army aviation citing concerns over using military forces in commercial air transport. He states such actions harm American aviation, criticizes cancellation of air mail contracts, and notes prior protests to Roosevelt over government handling of air lines. Orville Wright declines. Clarence Chamberlin accepts.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
George H. Dern
Army Aviation
Col. Lindbergh
Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Dorn
Dern
Army Air Corps
Lindbergh
War Department
Post Office Department
Transcontinental & Western Air
White House
Orville Wright
Clarence Chamberlain
Wright
Chamberlin
Money back sought by 169 passengers from missing world cruise
In Buenos Aires 169 passengers demanded refunds from the president after the Dutch liner Gelria, linked to the National Transoceanic Exposition, failed to sail. The government stopped support citing a sponsor deficit of 338,000 dollars, ending a 10 month tour after four days in harbor.
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Buenos Aires
Gelria
Augustin Justo
Ses
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office to Upgrade Armament and Radio
The Douglas county sheriff’s force will be equipped for modern gangsters with two 12 gauge riot guns, one sawed off, one full length. A radio equipped Ford sedan will replace the 1932 car, receiving long and short wave reports, with bids due Saturday at 1 pm. Sheriff Dunkley says the additions, plus two army rifles and a Thompson submachine gun after a Memorial Day prison break, enhance readiness against desperadoes.
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Douglas County Sheriff's Force
Board of County Commissioners
Alfred Landon
Court House
Jack Dunkley
Lawrence
Lansing
Sheriff’s Office
Dunkley
Italy Invites Nations to Join Danubian Economic Pact
Rome reports Italy plans to invite France, Germany, and Little Entente members Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania to join an economic agreement tied to Dollfuss Goemboes Mussolini talks. The plan seeks mutual concessions including relinquishing most favored nation clauses with Austria while Britain has already done so. Relations with France remain friendly and the invitation carries no concessions.
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Italy
France
Germany
Associated Press
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Julius Goemboes
Hungary
Benito Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Dollfuss
Venezia
Great Britain
Mussolini
Muench Surrenders in 1931 Kidnapping Case
Mrs Nellie Muench surrendered in circuit court in Clayton today after being sought since an indictment two days earlier in the 1931 kidnapping of Dr I D Kelley. She posted $50000 bail and police search for Bart Davis and Angela Rosegrant continues as the doctor was released without ransom. Muench protests innocence.
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St. Louis
Nellie Muench
I. D. Kelley
Robert McElhinney
Clayton
Bart’ Davis
Angela Rosegrant
Muench
Kelley
Four Suspects Held After Clearwater Deputy Slaying Attempt
In Clovis New Mexico four men tied to a suspected Clearwater Kansas bank robbery were jailed after police stopped them at 4 Alamain Street. They named themselves R G Yarborough L R Giles H J Green and J A Dunwoody. One man is linked to a 1928 Texas deputy sheriff killing. An acetylene torch hose and burglary tools were found nearby as officers widen the search for firearms. Deputy Marshal I J Hammers was killed during a wartime style raid on Wednesday.
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R. G. Yarborough
L.R. Giles
H. J. Green
J. A. Dunwoody
Yarborough
Giles
Breckenridge
Texas
Green
Federal
Leavenworth
Dunwoody
Clarendon
Clearwater
I. J. Hammers
Local Banks Guarded Against Bandit Visits
Local bankers say robbers will gain little from bank raids as accessible cash is minimal and most funds are protected by time locks. Large sums can be obtained from Kansas City on short notice, while authorities boost defense with patrols, rifles, tear gas, and a new radio car.
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Kansas City
W. E. Spalding
W. J. Cummings
Uncle Billy Martin's reappearance frees five held men in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Tennessee on March 15 Uncle Billy Martin, presumed dead after a cabin fire clue, reappeared alive. His brother Felix Martin and five African American defendants were released from jail. Sheriff Tom Grant said perjury warrants would target three women who claimed to have seen the farmer dead in an arm of a Black man. The bones found earlier were hog bones, Uncle Billy said. Meanwhile, cyclone devastation hit Queensland, Australia with 75 dead or missing. In Washington, railroad managers offered wages stay until January 1 at President Roosevelt's request.
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Tenn
Billy” Martin
Felix Martin
Tom Grant
Negro Women Who Signed A Statement That They Saw the “Dead Body” of Uncle Billy
Uncle Billy
Washington
Roosevelt
Cat on a burning gunboat saved with crew
Hongkong March 15 AP The ship s cat of the U S gunboat Fulton was saved with the rest of the crew after the vessel burned north of here A crew member recounted searching for Billy the ship s cat until he was found playing around and dumped into a potato basket He answered roll call on the Cumberland HMS Cumberland at Hongkong with the crew He is called history bound and had flown from France on the Memphis and once belonged to the Falkland commander
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China
U.S
Fulton
Here
Billy
Art
H. M. S. Cumberland
France
Falkland
Public meeting on city politics by Lawrence League
The Lawrence League of Women Voters hosts a public meeting at the Unitarian church next Monday at 8 pm. Candidates for commissioner of finance will speak five minutes each and answer questions. A discussion on substituting the city manager plan for mayor and council will follow with speakers Albert B. Martin and R. W. Maddox assisting.
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Unitarian Church
Committee On
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Albert B. Martin
R. W. Maddox
University
Martin
Maddox
Agnes.'Thompson
Lawrence League of ‘Women | Voters
Kidnappers Slay 87-Year-Old Kasoff in Long Island
Max Kasoff, an elderly automobile rental figure, was kidnapped on Thursday and found shot and battered near a billboard in Oceanside, Long Island. Police traced four threatening calls demanding 5 000 dollars before the body’s discovery, with the death likely occurring Monday morning after the ransom threats.
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New York
Max Kasoff
Rockville Center
L. I
Max Kosoff
Oceanside
Long Island
Kasoff
Fish Jump Across Road In Flooded Alberta Highway
Flood waters of Stoney Creek wash holes in Cold Lake Highway. Jackfish stranded on the road jump back toward the creek as local boys with rifles wire snares and poles bag the fish along the highway.
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Edmonton
Alta
Cold Lake District
Stoney Creek
Cold Lake
Newest Styles on Display for Show in Lawrence
Lawrence merchants unveil spring styles at a citywide window show starting 7:30 PM. The event features clothing, hairdressing, appliances, furniture and more with demonstrations by auto dealers. Pars of parades by the Lawrence High School band and American Legion accompany the opening. Police warn against double parking with traffic halted only briefly at musical stops.
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Milady
Lawrence High School
Eleventh
Massachusetts
American Legion
Massachusetts Street
Cross Streets
W. J. Cummings
Six Finney trial cases set in Federal district court at Topeka
More Finney trials are scheduled in Topeka federal district court starting April 1. Defendants include Ronald Finney and W W Finney along with Tom Boyd Leland Caldwell Carl McKeen C L Cooke and Collis Harner. A civil suit seeks about 250000 from National Bank of Topeka tied to Ronald Finney market transactions with counterfeit bonds. Cecil Thornbrugh meanwhile faces trial for a post office robbery in LeLoup Kansas.
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Fopeka
Kan
Finney
Federa District Court
Ronald Finney
W. W. Finney
Emporia Bank
Tom Boyd
Leland C. Caldwell
Carl W. McKeen
National Bank of Topeka
C. L. Cooke
Prudential Investment Company
Collis Harner
Jackson, Boesel and Company
Chicago
Cecil Thornbrugh
State Penitentiary
Lansing
LeLoup
Two Held as Eudora Suspects Identified in Bank Robbery
Kansas City officers release Benton McBride and Emmett Bernitz after bank cashier W C Mercier and teller Henrietta Schubert fail to identify either man as the Eudora bank robbers. The arrests stemmed from a Burns private detective and Douglas county involvement.
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Kansas City
Eudora
W. C. Mercier
Benton McBride
Emmett Bernitz
Bernitz
Burns
Douglas County
Mercier
Henrietta Schubert
Miss Schubert
George Price
Tudg Anderson
Kansa City
State Supreme Court orders Cities Service Gas subsidiaries to hearings
The Kansas Supreme Court issued an alternate writ directing 10 subsidiaries of Cities Service Gas Co to appear before the state corporation commission for a hearing on the reasonableness of gas rates or show cause why the hearings should not occur. A stay delays Shawnee county district court injunction actions until the supreme court case is set.
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State Supreme Court
Cities Service Gas Company
State Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
AP G6
Com~sion
Shawnee County
Rea Supreme Court
Homer Hoch
Commission
Fire Claims Life of Bud Petty Near Santa Fe Station
Nathan Bud Petty a 67 year old Jefferson County native and longtime Lawrence resident died in a fire that destroyed an engine shack used for his frame near the Browning Sand Co north of the Santa Fe passenger station. Fireman Charles Beebe reported the alarm as 8 04 last night. Firefighters found Petty face down near a stove. death deemed from burns. Funeral plans to be announced. Eastbound Santa Fe Train No 6 was briefly halted as hoses blocked the tracks but service resumed quickly.
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Nathan “Bud” Petty
Jefferson County
Lawrence
Browning Sand Company
Santa Fe
Charles Beebe
New York Street
Ingels
Funk Mortuary
W. M. Petty
Rhode Island Street
H.t.jones
Impetused State Lake Project Highlighted By Douglas Club
A Douglas County Sportsmen's Club dinner meeting at Hotel Eldridge 6:30 p.m. features N T Veatch Jr of Black Veatch consulting engineers as speaker on the Lone Star state lake proposal. Veatch will present blueprints and site data while answering questions. Lakin Meade of the state fish and game commission plans to attend. The event includes fishing film reels and aims to clarify site approval and financing efforts, with Chamber of Commerce and residents aiding the project.
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Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
Hotel Eldridge
N. T. Veatch, Jr
Kansas City
Black & Veatch
Veatch
Lone Star Room
Lakin Meade
State Fish and Game Commission
Lone Star
Jake
Sportsmen’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Nushing
Douglas County
Jayhawkers to Compete at Tulsa Track Meet March 31
University of Kansas athletes named for Tulsa Athletic Club meet on March 31 with Hall Pitts Coffman Harris Reed Neal Graves Wolken Schroeder Wright and others listed in events from sprint to relay. Coffman White Gray Beatty Dees Beach McNown and others set for field events and relays. A Wichita? Washington note on a local food distributors code authority mentioned in a separate item.
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Jayhawkers
University of Kansas
Tulsa Athletic Club
Hall
Pitts
Coffman
Harris
Reed
Neal
Graves
Wolken
Schroeder
Wright
Rogers
MeNown
Borel
Pankratz
Neiswenner
Johnson
Cunningham
McNown
White
Gray
Beatty
Dees
Beach
McGuire
Hail
Eastern Kansas high schools vie in KU music contest
More than 750 contestants from five eastern Kansas Conference high schools gather at the University of Kansas for the second annual conference music contests on April 7. Lawrence senior high leads with 175 entrants while Ottawa sends 160 and Topeka 300. Contestants cover solo and group events across multiple venues with KU faculty judges and radio coverage planned. Awards use honor ratings rather than first, second, or third places.
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Eastern Kansas
University of Kansas
Neal M. Wherry
Lawrence Senior High
Lawrence
Ottawa
Topeka
Manhattan
Emporia
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
University
K. U
KFKU
Beelub
Strio
New Paving Preparations Begin on South Massachusetts Street
Preparations for paving South Massachusetts Street include curb and gutter installation and grading from Eleventh to Twentieth streets. The curb contract is sublet to M. N. Penny, with crew working in the 1900 block. Old paving, ties and rails removed. grading advances. Storm sewer laid on Nineteenth Street. Intersections remain open for local traffic.
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Massachusetts Street
Eleventh
Twentieth Street
M. N. Penny
Nineteenth Street
Last Chance to Register for Election Is Tonight
Topeka Kan March 15 AP registration books close tonight at 10. City voters face March 26 primary and April 3 city election. About 100 changes of address recorded in ten days. George Wetzel seeks reelection. filing expected later today. E Alexander and Miss Sarah Cleland filed for the primary. Will J French state auditor warns against bogus bond scans and will register no more municipal bonds without issuer notification. STOCK MARKET INDEX Average 90 stocks 85.7 Yesterday 87.1.
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George Wetzel
E. Alexander
Sarah Cleland
Topeka
Kan
Will J. French
Kansan Weather Forecast Update
Generally fair forecast with colder conditions Friday. Morning clear, roads improving in Douglas county. Gas office record shows temperatures with today's noon at 58, yesterday's high 49.
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Kansan
Douglas County
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