Record of Two 1860s Hangings Unearthed in Kansas History
John Callahan, district court clerk, uncovers records of two favorite hangings from the 1860s in northeast Kansas, both first degree murder cases from Franklin county via Douglas county venue change. Ernest Wa-te-cha and John Hendley were executed, with sheriff Stephen Ogden overseeing both episodes and noting costs. The findings highlight period crime like horse theft and grand larceny as common in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
John Callahan
District Court
Douglas County
Franklin County
Ernest Wa-te-cha
William Hastings
Watecha
Nathan Ames
Sixteenth Regiment
Plains
H. P. Welsh
Solon C. Thacher
J. K. Goodin
Smith
Hampton
Lawrence
Shannonr- Wa-te-cha
Old County
Sixth
Massachusetts
Stephen Ogden
Ogden
John Hendley
John Sutton
Counies
Record shows NY stock exchange firms near billion in six years
Senate hearings heard Ferdinand Pecora report that New York stock exchange member firms earned about 833 million in net profits over six years, with peak yearly gross revenues around 31 million in 1928 1929 and commissions remaining strong despite overall market declines 1930s. The data accompanied push for new exchange control legislation as criticism of the bill intensified.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Senate
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Stock Market Committee
New York Exchange
Pecora
Investors suffer losses during 1929 1933 market swings
Figures reveal insiders also lost money in the stock market during the late 1920s to early 1930s. Reporting firms show total trading losses near 15 million dollars in 1930 and 1931, with a peak market value around 422 million in 1929 and 161 million for eight months in 1933.
Kansan Recaps Hollywood News from Richard Doan
A Kansan recalls Hollywood gossip and industry moves. Will Hays cuts and MGM remakes Tarzan and His Mate for kiddie safety. Rob Wagner calls it a carnival of killing. Stage star memories, casting news for The Rear Car, and future projects for Garbo, Beery, Bergner, and others. Classified ads nudged readers to sell odds and ends.
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Hollywood
Cal
Tarzan
Will Hays
MGM
Rob Wagner
Junior Clas
Manhattan
H. S
Russell Hardie
Mary Carlisle
Ted Healy
Una Merkel
Chas
Butterworth
June Knight
Max Baer
Garbo
20Th Century Pictures
Wally Beery
MGM Long Enus
Barnum
Elizabeth Bergner
Cath the Great
Former actress Stella Mayhew dies at 59
New York AP Stella Mayhew famed stage and vaudeville star of a quarter century ago died in a French hospital from septicemia after a cut ankle suffered three weeks earlier from a fall on subway stairs. She was 59 and recently said she had just four cents left of her once sizable fortune.
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New York
Stella Mayhew
Perfect Organization of High School Alumni Group
Thirty former Lawrence High School vocational agriculture students formed The Vocational Agriculture Alumni Association at a Centenary M F church dinner. Robert Laptad led adoption of a constitution and by laws. nine-member cabinet to run as directors. Membership limited to young farmers with at least one year in the Lawrence agriculture course. Meetings first Tuesday each month with social and instructional aims.
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Vocational, Agriculture Department
Lawrence High School
Vocational Agriculture Alumni Association
M. F
North Lawrence
Robert Laptad
Lawrence Agriculture
Burton Brown
Constitution Committee
Lap
Music program and science questions in KFKU schedule
KFKU lists a 935 ppm music program arranged by W G Bowning with a voice professor. Questions of Science, by Dr. Dinsmore Alter, compares atomic structures to electron plumbing. Time explainer asks which Stein our system resembles and notes Thursday 2 30 p.m. German lesson by Prof W F Engel. Also mentions Words! by Margaret Anderson and sports section under Prof B E R Elbel.
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W. G B. Bowning
Dinsmore Alter
Mixx
Margaret Anderson
Ise
Ne—Ith Athletic Askentien
BE. R. Elbel
Local Officials and Committees Named At Meeting
Tad are vice-president Harold Standing and secretary-treasurer Eugene Leary. Committees named include Entertainment chaired by Eugene Corel with Elmer Altenbernd and Tom Akin. Initiation chaired by Alvin McKinney with Cyrus Anderson and Arthur Jensen. A marriage license was issued to R. Douglas Grubb and Doryce Matthews of Kansas City Mo by Probate Judge L. H. Menger. Old clothes. Sell them for cash for classified advertising. Phore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad Are
Harold Standing
Eugene Leary
Eugene Corel
Elmer Altenbernd
Tom Akin
Alvin McKinney
Cyrus Anderson
Arthur Jensen
R. Douglas Grubb
Doryce Matthews
Kansas City
L. H. Menger
Phore
Propaganda charge leveled at Pecora
Richard Whitney president of the New York stock exchange charged the senate stock market investigation committee with propaganda. He disputed figures showing Wall Street insiders profits and broker loans totaling 4.7 billion dollars on July 1 1929. The dispute arose as Fletcher Rayburn bill debated.
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Washington
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee
Whitney
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Fletcher- Rayburn
Pecora
Senate Committee
House
Fletcher-Rayburn
Union School Closes After Successful Term
Union public school closed on Wednesday April 25 with Miss Edith Laughery teaching a successful term. A cafeteria style basket dinner followed at noon. A short program delighted attendees as pupils received perfect attendance and spelling buttons and snapshot pictures. Mr and Mrs Philo Beck and Elaine are mentioned among the attendees.
Local residents gather and visit around community figures
June spent Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Ralph Kline on Marie. Miss Edith Laughery and Guy Thomas visited with Mr and Mrs William Niebrugge and family. Miss Virginia Washburn of Baker University visited Edith Laughery and pupils. Ike Thomas and family with several locals attended the White school program by Miss Agnes White. Philo Beck lost several hundred chicks when his brooder stove caught fire. Niebrugge family and others spent Monday evening with Ike Thomas. Floyd Laughery called from Baldwin. Edith Laughery left for home near Sharp Sunday morning.
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June
Ralph Kline
Marie
Edith Laughery
Guy Thomas
William Niebrugge
Virginia Washburn
Baker University
Ike Thomas
Stella Deskins
Irene Lynch
Thelma Schwartz
Frank Lutz
Agnes White
Philo Beck
William Niebrugze
Edith Laoughery
Floyd Laughery
Baldwin
Miss Laughery
Sharp
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Robert Ford
Jesse James
Gerald Chapman
Indiana
Connecticut
George
Machine Gun" Kelly
Rhied
Southwest
Charles F. Urecher
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Richard Doan
K. U
Hitler
Jaar
Adolf Hitler
Metropolitan Museum
Caspar Emerson
Ta Stella Mayhew
Spencer Tracy
Pat“ Paterson
John B
Herbert Mundin
Sid Silvers
Harry Green
Thelma T
KFKU
Ofase News
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Jean Mao As
Jen
Donald Woods As
Stan
Dot Appleby
Dorothy Peterson
Warner Bros
Chas. Chase
Tarzan and
Bis
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O'Sullivan
King I'm of Theatres
Eeeerar
Ethel Merman
Leon Errol Are
Golf
Field
Idiriivec
Llove
House of Rothchild
Dickinson
Asaeo
Tas
Richard Arlen
Sally Eilers
Robert Armstrong
Grace Bradley
Rosco Ates
Tim McCoy
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