Make Big Booze Haul in New Orleans Rum Syndicate
Twenty one men were arrested and two trucks seized as 1000 cases of liquor were confiscated in New Orleans in an AP report on a major rum operation believed run by Al Capone’s Chicago henchmen. Agents raided a Rampart Street loading base after trailing syndicate members for weeks. Evidence suggested liquor came from ships and was bound for Chicago warehouses.
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Wew
Orleans
Maris
Prohibition
Beieve
al Capone
Chicago
Rampart Street
President of College Succeeds His Father
In New Concord Ohio on March 19 AP reports Muskingum College will stay in the Montgomery family with Dr Robert N Montgomery 32 succeeding his late father Dr J Knox Montgomery as president He comes from Tarkio College Missouri where he led as the nation s youngest college president two years ago His unanimous selection was announced on Muskingum s 95th founding anniversary He is a trustee of Muskingum and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Another son of the elder president remains acting head and will be vice president
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New Concord
Muskingum College
Montgomery
Robert N. Montgomery
J. Knox Montgomery
Tarkio Colfee
Missouri
Muskingum
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Holy Week Program at Snyder Memorial United Brethren
An unusual Holy Week program is planned at Snyder Memorial United Brethren Church Seventeenth and Vermont. AH United Brethren and others are invited. Palm Sunday 11 am sermon on the Sincerity of Jesus and 7:30 pm by Rev Fred S Benson. Monday keynote on Holy Week teachings. Tuesday features Rev A A Vansickle and Haskell students. Wednesday includes a play by Lena Wolgamot on the tabernacle symbolism. Thursday sermon The Warning of Judas with Holy Communion. Friday The Warnings of Pilate. Services begin 7:30 with special music.
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Snyder Memorial
United Brethren
Seventeenth and
Vermont Street
Jesus
Fred. S. Benson
Kansas State Penitentiary
Benson Spiritual Singers
Mr. Benson
Christ
A A. Vansickle
Haskell
Vansickle
Lena Wolgamot
Fatally Shoots Self Former Aurora Bank Cashier Was to Be Sentenced Monday
Magnus T. Finsley, 61, cashier at the Bank of Aurora before its closure, was found fatally wounded at his mother's Marionville home and died minutes later. Coroner Patton said the death appeared accidental while he cleaned a revolver. Finsley had pleaded guilty to agreeing to deposits during the bank's financial troubles and was to be sentenced in Cassville Circuit Court Monday.
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Aurora
Magnus T. Finsley
Bank of Aurora
Marionville
Heré
L. D. Patton
Easley
Cassville
Move Federal Prisoners From Tulsa Jail
The U S marshals began moving 138 federal prisoners from Tulsa county jail to Vinita and Pawhuska jails under orders from San Francisco Bates. An investigation cited lax discipline and special privileges for inmates as the reason for action.
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Washington
Tulsa
Okla
John Vickery
United States
Mareshal
Sanford Bates
Federal Director of Prisons
Murray vows to control Democratic convention and name President
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Governor William H. Murray declaring he will control the Democratic national convention and name the President. He cites North Dakota primary losses but says he would carry the state if nominated, blaming Roosevelt votes and Wall Street influence for his setback.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Hej
North Dakota
Roosevelt
New York
Murray
Kansas
Little Rock
Ark
South
Hoover
Republican Party
Wall Street
Deaths and Funerals: Mrs Delia Hadden and Others
Funeral services for Mrs Delia Hadden who died March 17 will be at Rumsey funeral home at 3 p m Monday with Rev Seth W Slaughter officiating Burial is in Oak Hill cemetery She lived with daughter Maude Ayres at 2043 Tennessee street Also listed are Deward Hackley two months old son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hackley who died at home 751 Grant Street with services at North Lawrence Baptist church and burial at Maple Grove cemetery Surviving family includes his parents Mrs Julia Clark Hill who died this morning at the home of daughter Mrs Ethel Nelson 786 Locust with services at Ninth Street Baptist church Tuesday at 3 p m and burial in Oak Hill cemetery Burial for Mrs Hill given with husband George Hill and one daughter Mrs Ethel Nelson.
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Hazel E. Brown
Ithe Lawrence
Eell
Ninth Street Baptist
Brown
Phi ‘Beta’ Kappa
Delia Hadden
Rumsey
Seth W. Slaughter
Oak Hill Cemetery
Deward Hackley
Carl Hackley
Grant Street
North Lawrence Baptist Church
W. A.i Scott
Maple Grove Cemetery
Julia_ Clark Bill
Julia. Clark Hill
Ethel Nelson
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Wightman
Oak Hill Cemery
George Hill
Mothers League
Terry Gaskill
Che Macada
Missi Elizabeth Day
Josephine Maxwell
Lois
Dorothy Caffyn
Marchita
Clab
W. As Churchill
Leonard Preston
H.A. Harnar
Lucy
Clara Beach
Ann
John Peyton
Fred Troutman
H. E. Eustace
C. M. Clark
Terry
Gaskill
Frank E. Jones
Clara] Beach
Mother's League
Oswero
Methodist Church
Edwin T. Rice
Mrs. Beach
Local Socials Attend Kansas City Showing of Green Pastures
Miss Opal Jayne Kenney Electa Kindelsperger Doris Kindelsperger and Virginia St Clair visited Kansas City to see Green Pastures at the Shubert. Several others including Miss Helen Freeman and Miss Lou Goddard were also in KC for the matinee and social outings. Mr and Mrs George Kreeck and Misses Mae and Ida Edmondson returned from KC, while Prof and Mrs F E Kester and family joined the day at the Shubert show. Mr and Mrs Frank Wade were in Topeka today.
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Opal Jayne Kenney
Electa Kindelsperger
Doris Kindelsperger
Virginia St. Clair
Kansas City
Green Pastures
the Shubert
Helen Freeman
Tonganarts
Lawrence Toay
Winifred
Dean
George Kreeck
Kansas, City
Clay Cenim
Lou Goddard
Kansas‘City
Mae
Ida Edmondson
F. E.kester
Barbara Kester
Billy
Betty Kester
Frank Wade
Connecticut Street
Topeka
Hutchinson to become first contract grain market in Kansas
Hutchinson, Kansas, is designated a contract grain market by the U S Agriculture Department and futures trading will begin in a few weeks making Hutchinson the first such market in the state. Also notices announce bids for estate real estate parcels, with terms and bid conditions, in Douglas and Lawrence counties, under trustee Ed Anderson.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Board of Trade
United ' Agriculture, States Department of
Eli Wilson & Co
Shell Petroleum Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Douglas County
Kansas
Union “Pacific “Railroad “Company
Midland
Midland Elevator
Lawrence
Ed Anderson
Eli Wilson & Company
William Powers Executes in West Virginia Gallows
Moundsville West Virginia March 19 Harry F Powers was executed on the gallows for the murder of Mrs Dorothy Pressler Lemke a mail order sweetheart The condemned man reportedly confessed to Dr H H Haynes of Clarksburg that he killed five people including the Lemke woman The other victims were Mrs Asta Buick Eicher and her three Park Ridge Illinois children The victims were buried in a ditch near a garage on Powers farm near Clarksburg The man proclaimed innocent in a posthumous letter complaining of capital punishment and an unfair trial held in an opera house.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Dorothy Hressler-Lemke
Powers
H. H. Haynes
Clarksburg
Pressler-Lemke
Asta’ Buick Eicher
Park Ridge
Ill
Bluebeard
A. C. Shreggins
Nfair
Murray accuses postoffice politics in Kansas bid
Salina Kansas March 19 AP reports Oklahoma governor W H Murray accused opponents of using post office influence to defeat him in his Kansas campaign. He condemned machine and Hoover Democrats for backing Roosevelt forces and said the farm board merely drew salaries while farmers faced forced acreage cuts and stock market gambles.
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Salina
Kan
North Dakota
W. H.alialia
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Kansas
Farm Board
Tea strainer tale and streetcar caution in Lawrence
A Lawrence crowd recalls a long past tea strainer shortage and family wishes while chatter touches psychoanalysis and fashion. The piece notes theatergoers, intruding regalia by Haskell students, traffic rule observance, and a bicycle theft on Massachusetts Street near the 500 block as police log a daytime report.
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Lloyd Hill
Massachusetts Street
Nebraska Primary as Sentiment Indicator for Democratic Race
Lincoln March 19 AP Ballots go to printers for Nebraska's April 12 primary testing midwest sentiment on three Democratic rivals John N Garner Franklin D Roosevelt and William H Murray. Nebraska acts as a proving ground with unordered delegates and no pledged support.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
John N. Garner
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
William Jennings
Bryan
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Garner
Roosevelt
Murray
Joseph ‘Irwin France
Maryland
Exams at K U Scholarships Fire Final Selection
About one hundred Kansas high school senior boys from this region took preliminary exams for Summerfield scholarships at Marvinhall today with Prof. John Ise supervising. In Wichita Chanute Clay Center Kinsley and Colby some 130 other students also sat for prelims. From the large applicant field roughly thirty will advance to the final exam here next month, and about ten of those will win scholarships covering four years at the university.
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Kansas
Summerfield
Marvinhall
John Ise
Wichita
Chanute
Clay Center
Kinsley
Colby
K. U
Social calendar features summer events and club gatherings
A fragmented social calendar lists numerous gatherings including bridge clubs, matron and Amigas clubs, Easter party at Mrs WJ Crooks, Dipper and Conn club events, and a dinner for children of Cooperative club members. Names such as Mrs. Esterly, Mr. and Mrs. Strone, Mrs. Walter Keeler, and Miss Hutson appear amid club notes and venue references like Masonic temple and Victoria hall.
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George Esterly
Frank J . T
Ser Bridge
Ue Colonial
Mi Aly M
Annin Nivoestemeyer
Bienvenue Club
Aira
W. C
F. B. Strone
Bridge
Masonic Temple
Amigas
I Ghies
A. B. Carter
Tommy
Walter ‘ “Keeler
WJ. Crooks
Local clubs host meetings and events across town
Numerous society notices detail gatherings with Mrs. Semple, Mrs. Weilepp, and other members at 616 West Ninth Street and 810 Kentucky Street. The Philathea class, Unity Truth class, and Kanwaka Literary club share programs, teas, debates, and O. W. updates, with Mothers League, Easter centerpieces, and a then-upcoming April 7 first meeting.
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Children’s Play Club
William Semple
West Ninth Street
Tax study plan discussed by Kansas scholars
Chancellor Lindley and professors Jensen of the University of Kansas School of Business joined a Kansas City Kansas Chamber meeting last night to discuss forming tax study clubs. Lindley described the plan as educational and potentially transformative for public understanding of taxation.
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Fe.h. Lindley
Jens P. Jensen
University of Kansas School of Business
Kansas City, Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Lindley
Lindley
Railroads Ask Reopening Of Livestock Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to reopen the Southwestern Livestock rate case on railroad request. Thirty-one southwestern rail roads argued that new live stock rates effective January 25 were too low and sought restoration of prior rates, claiming about a 6 percent cut. The commission denied the petition without comment.
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Washington, Mar
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwestern Livestockreight
Southwestern
Carnival to raise funds for Dorsey Liberty Corps
Members of the Dorsey Liberty Post drum and bugle corps announced a Days of 749 carnival in the National Guard Armory to fund uniforms and instruments. March 30 31 and April at Slippery Gulch will feature an old fashioned dance hall, restaurant, jail and games of chance with American Legion money supporting all concessions. Greg Mangin of Newark won the singles indoor tennis championship in New York defeating Francis Shields in four sets 10-8 2-6 6-4 6-3.
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Dorsey- Liberty Post
Nest
National Guard
Dales
New York
Gregory S. Mangin
Newark
N. J
United States
Francis, X. Shields
Garnet Blank Closed by Federal Bank Regulator
Garnett National Bank in Garnett Kansas was closed by order of its board of directors. J D Wright chief national bank examiner for the 10th federal reserve system cited rapid asset liquidation failure to meet a steady deposit decline as the reason. The bank is placed in charge of examiner E L Williams with plans to reorganize announced.
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Kansas City
National Bank of Commerce
Garnett, Kay
J. 1D. Wright
National Bank
10Th Federal Reserve System
Wright
Examiner
Examiner 8. L. Wikiams
Left $10,000 in will Los Angeles hotel worker gains big bequest
Kathryn M. Ford's will, dated February 25, 1930, leaves Boston hotel employee George Watkins Evans $11,000 for services rendered and $2,000 to Mari Bertolini, assistant maitre, with the estate of undetermined value. Also notes Richard Hickey, former University School of Business student, visiting Lawrence and pursuing a career in journalism.
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Los’ Angeles
George Watkins
Evans
Boston
Mass
Kathryn M. Ford
Mari Bertolini
Ford
Richard Hickey
University School of Business
Lawrence
Tucson Arizona Daily Star
Hickey
Kansas City Journal-Post
Leaves for Bucharest former King of Greece to Confer
Former King George of Greece, brother of Princess Helen, left Florence for Bucharest to urge King Carol II to grant a liberal allowance to the former queen. Reports said a reconciliation between Carol and Helen might be arranged. Injuries from highway accident near Oswego.
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Bucharest
Greece
Carel
Florence
Yialy
Mar
George
Helen
Carol I
Romania
Carol
Minnesota Republicans defeat national referendum at state convention
A national referendum was defeated by Minnesota Republicans at a state endorsement convention today. The event signals continued GOP opposition to the eighteenth amendment and shapes upcoming voter alignment.
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Minnesota
Fire at Pickens Welding Shop Causes Small Blaze
A small fire at the Pickens welding shop on 615 Massachusetts street drew the fire department around 10:80 this morning. The blaze started when gasoline leaking from an automobile being welded caught fire, with the car turned on its side to access the undercarriage. The fire was extinguished without much trouble.
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Pickens
Massachusetts Street
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Vinita
Pawhuska
Kelvin Hoover
Extension Division
V. K. Hoover
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Tas
Crossville
Tenn
Lindbergh
Associated Press
J. D. Weilepp
Ottawa
Progressive Reading Club
WW. Burnett
W. R. Green
The
Evangelical Church
Lena. Wulfkuhle
Bertha. Cofffelt
Kentucky Street
Mercredi Club
Women’s, Relief Corps
G. AR. Hall
Eunice Belshe
Mattie Crooks
E. N. Kuhne
Lula Johnson
Jennie Watt
Perkins
Ida K. Bailey
Unity Truth
B. W. Pugh
Kanwaka Literary Club
Edward Shaw
Kathleen
Killarney
Ireland
Heaven
J. S. Emmett
Arthur Swanson
Shaw
W.F. Elkin
A. W. Shaw
Memorial Hospital
Valeteria
K. A.allend
Journal- World Blarket
Garnet
Boston Hotel
HOUSE
Bertrand H. Snell
House of Representatives
Arthur H. Compton
University of Chicago
Gofferville
Carter
Cherryvale
Oswego
Bern Hamilton
Independence Am
Hamilton
St, Paul, Minn
Gat
Moraine Electric
Shimmons’ Bros
Funk
Y. J. Sweeney
L. N. Lewis
Sweeney, Jr
Ss. A. Wood
My Fitzpatrick
George Dunkley
E. Friend
Jacob Badsky
Robert A. Steele
Co. A. Smart
Peoples State Bank
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