Not Guilty Plea In Army Surgeon Case Near Denver
Major Charles A. Shepard United States army surgeon pleaded not guilty to charges of causing the death of his 87 year old wife Mrs Shepard last June. Bail was set at 25000 and a nonbailable charge of murder was noted during arraignment. Miss Grace Brandon questioned at Brooks Field denied connection with the arrest while authorities said she had not been arrested. A nine month federal investigation probed officers who served with Shepard in Nicaragua the Philippines and other locations.
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Denver
Col
Fort Riley
Kan
Charles A. Shepard
United States Army
Githo
Miss Grace
Brand
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Texco
Miss Brandon
Shepard
United States
Callen
Major Shepard
R. J. Caffrey
Washington
Brandon
Nicaragua
Philippines
Feashes of Life and Global Notes in Brief
A patchwork of short items: Mrs Roy Moulton tops joiners in New York with 36 clubs. London Labourites invite Mrs Mary Hamilton to challenge Lloyd George in Parliament. Dr Frederick Henry Baetjer faces his 52nd operation after radiation exposure in Baltimore. A government survey in Havana notes a low five year death rate of 11.32 per thousand. Sir Duncan Orr-Yewis, linked to the Prince of Wales, details a narcotics smuggling claim in New York. Ossining eyes Sing Sing execs, Amelita Galli-Couri explains continental press criticism. Cambridge observatory head Eddington doubts Bacchus as a new planet. Kansas wheat faces moisture needs with only minor damage reported by the weather bureau.
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Associated Press
New York
Roy K. Moulton
London
Mary Lilian Hamilton
Liabor
Liversight
Laborites of
Carnaven
Lloyd George
Pigyd George
Laltimore
Frederick Henry Baetjer
M. PF
House of Commons
Duncan Orrywis
Prince of Wales
Federal Grand Jory
Atlantic
Ly Orr-Lewis
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Amelita Galli-Carei
England
Europe
America
the Times
Cambridge
Arthur Stanley Eddington
Cambridge Observatory
Crop conditions seek further rainfall aid
The report notes that crops benefited from recent light precipitation but still require additional moisture in most sections. Weather conditions remain insufficient to fully support growth, with farmers awaiting further rainfall to sustain yields.
Kansas Fire Losses Drop in February Says State Marshal
Topeka March 19 AP Fire losses in Kansas during February totaled 332 888 down 356 767 from January 689 655 state fire marshal Douglas A Graham reported today. Of 326 fires 199 were dwellings with 118 968 loss. two office buildings 78 000. seventeen barns and twenty five garages over 20 000. sixteen stores over 330 0. smoking sugars cigarets and pipes caused 12 fires losing 80 000. Defective flues chimneys caused 37 000 fires. stoves furnaces 18 000. undetermined origin 87 000. Fifty eight of 105 counties reported losses. Douglas county led with 84 000 across 17 fires. Wyandotte 30 000 second. Doniphan Montgomery Butler Crawford Shawnee Sedgwick near leaders. Atchison county lowest loss 32. Marshall county total for February 4.
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Topeka
Kansas
Douglas A. Graam
Graham
Douglas County
Wyandotte
Doniphan
Montgomery
Butler
Crawford
Shawnee
Sedgwick
Atchison County
Marshall County
Cool Air on Trains Aimed at Summer Travel
J. M. Connell, assistant passenger traffic manager, says Southern California travel will be unusually cool this summer as Santa Fe completes years of trialing air cooling for club dining and sleeping cars. A reconditioned air system using a patented process will be installed on The Chief dining cars, with El Garces hotel also using the method.
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California
J. M. Connell
Santa Fe
Connell
el Garces
Fred Harvey Station
Transcontinental trains to feature climate controlled cars
The article notes new hotel and theater facilities for transcontinental trains with no draft and a steady 65 to 70 degree climate, a feature marketed as the Santa Fe cool summer way. It highlights enhanced comfort for extra fare travelers en route to or from California and mentions related domestic travel improvements.
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Santa Fe
California
Washington Creek
Kanwaka Good Will Club Meeting Recaps
The Kanwaka Good Will club met Wednesday March 12 with Mrs JC EL Stan assisting hostess Mrs Homer Hird.
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Kanwaka Good Will Club
JC. EL Stan
Homer Hird
History Club program and attendance notes
Mrs. George Richards led a program featuring songs and readings including Good Will roll call My favorite tree and The Green Coloring of Plants. Twenty members attended Maurine Stanwix was a guest. Roll call on History of Kansas. Next meeting two weeks hence with Mrs Otto Johanning assisting. Vera Knowles added to roll. Attendees included Coffman Gallimore and family at Clinton church.
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George Richards
Tinted Hills
E. A. Behamier
Mrs. Seetin
Fenton
Button
Topping
Picardy
Seetin
Maurine Stanwix
Lab
Otto Johanning
M. J. Pierson
Rell
Kansas
Lenhart
Vera Knowles
George Coffman
McKinney
Clinton Church
William Gallimore
Edith
Ruth
Lawrence
F. D. Fenton
Orville Smith and Sons
Burlingame
Kan
Local social notes and a Berlin missing persons report
Worden residents Leo Simon and neighbors attended visits at F D Fenton and other households. Quilting Bee attendees numbered 20 with Mrs Margie Bidinger presiding. upcoming gatherings noted. A city article reports Berlin police say 14 people go missing daily, but 3,912 cases in nine months yielded 196 unresolved mysteries, with domestic disputes accounting for about ten percent.
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Leo Simon
Worden
F. D. Fenton
Berlin
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