Grand Jury Hears Story of Ransom in Lindbergh Case
In Hopewell New Jersey on May 17 AP reports Col Henry Breckinridge told a Bronx grand jury what he knew of the 750000 ransom for the murdered Lindbergh baby. The grand jury session included five witnesses and Dr Condon was not called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
N. J
Henry Breckinridge
Charles A. Lindbergh
Grand
Bronx
New York City
Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Rand
John F. Condon
Col. Breckinridge
New York
Cols H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Col. Schwarzkopf
Dr. Condon
Student Reporters Help Handle Convention News
University of Kansas students in a reporting class covered the state Democratic convention proceedings yesterday. They reported district meetings and supplied information to local newspapers while tracking delegate elections and nominations for credentials and resolutions committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
iWig
Young Democrats
Mary Lillard
Topeka
Ravel
Kansan
Nominees for editors vie for positions at Kansan
Eight students were nominated for editor in chief and managing editor at a Kansan Board meeting. Candidates for editor in chief include William Frailey Paul Youngman Bob Whiteman Martha Lawrence Elliott Perier and Eugenia Lewis. Managing editor nominees are Sidney Kross Betty Millington Paul Miner Miss Lawrence and Whiteman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
William Frailey
Arkansas City
Paul Youngman
Harveyville
Bob Whiteman
Scott
City
Martha Lawrence
Garden City
Elliott Periier
Lawrence
Eugenia Lewis
Kansas City
Kan
Sidney Kross
Topeka
Betty Millington
Girard
Paul Miner
Miss Lawrence
Whiteman
Pee Il
Curtis in Hoax R. O. T. C. Review Wednesday
A Kansas University R O T C review and parade for graduating officers and retiring honorary colonel Nell Rezac of Emmett is set for 4 130 o'clock. Cadet Macklin of Greeley wins the Chancellor Lindley cup for high general excellence in military training, with other honors to Cadets Smiley, Perkins, and the women's rifle team receiving cups and medals for proficiency and high scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Nell Rezac
Emmett
Gap Maleteh A. Macklin
Greeley
Itn
Edward Smiley
Junction City
Lawrence Reserve Officers’ Association
Peter Perkins
Awrence
Kansas
Founders
Patriots of America
Miss Perkins
Lindley
Dean
Agnes Husband
Guy_ W. Baker
Ozankie
Rodney C. Baxter
Golden
Kenneth Blodgett
Lawrence
John W. Frei
Kansas City
Kan
Walter W
Lane
Manheim
Royce S. Bearwin
Salina
Minford Sherman
Hugh R. Taylor
Concordia
Henry White
Council Grove
George B. Stephen
Ottawa
Luzerne H. Roberts
Olathe
Sifers
Melvin H. Taylor
Plac
James K. Hitt
Hamlin
Pauline Durrett
Lebanon
Harriet Fritz
Topeka
Helen Fellows
Dorothy Morgan
Percy Perkins
Betty Sloan
Evelyn Snider
Courtland
Martha Bishop
Thelma Humphrey
Mildred Trott
Norfolk boat builder tied to Lindbergh baby tale
John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk businessman once prominent in civic circles, has confessed to a purely imaginary contact with the Lindbergh baby abductors. He moved to Norfolk from Portsmouth around 1914, started the J. H. Curtis Boat and Engine Co, and held roles in the Norfolk Corn Club and Norfolk German Club. He is married to Constance Raboteaur of Brooklyn and has two children John Hughes III and Constance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
New Jersey
Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk Corn Club
Norfolk ‘German Club
Portsmouth
J. H. Curtis Boat and Engine Company
Curtis
Constance Raboteaur
Brooklyn
N. Y
Constance
John Hughes
George Hughes Curtis
Coast Guard skeptical on mysterious Lindbergh vessel
Washington, May 17 AP The confession by John Hughes Curtis that his tale of a vessel harboring Lindbergh extortionists was false supported Coast Guard belief there was no such craft. Captain L C Covell said the service doubted the description from the start due to discrepancies and extensive searches from Massachusetts to Norfolk with cutters destroyers patrol boats and airplanes yielding no vessel.
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Washington
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
United States Coast Guard
L. C. Covell
Coast Guard
Curtis
Massachusetts
Norfolk
Baby Lindbergh
Covell
Norfolk minister comments on Curtis confession and negotiations
In Norfolk May 17 AP, Rev. H. Dobson Peacock, a Norfolk negotiator, says he relies on Curtis amid pressures and expresses confusion over Curtis statements. Peacock requests AP contact Rear Admiral Burrage, the other Norfolk negotiator, and notes ongoing sincerity and cooperation in the negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
H. . Dobson-Peacock
Curtis
Hopewell
Associated Press
Guy H. Burrage
Dean Dobson-Peacock
Schwarzkopf
Dean Peacock
Admiral Burrage
Governor Moore cites manuscript notes in Curtis case
Governor A Harry Moore in Trenton New Jersey notes that the confession of Norfolk boat builder John Hughes Curtis used manuscript form rather than memorandum notes. He says the unusual writing style triggered police suspicion and mentions possible charges such as obtaining money under false pretenses or tampering with justice.
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Trenton
NL J
Harry Moore
John Hughes Curtis
Hopewell
Curtis
Norfolk Boat Builder
Moore
Navy admiral declines comment on Lindbergh case statement
Rear Admiral Guy H Burrage refused to comment on New Jersey police claims that John Hughes Curtiss confessed the Lindbergh negotiations at Norfolk were faked. He noted only seeing the bare newspaper notice. Additional items note a park opening at Oakwood Park and a Bonner Springs event with a radio tune-in advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Guy H. Burrage
New Jersey
John Hughes Curtiss
Burrage
Deaths and Funerals Mrs A R McNutt in Kansas City
Word reached Lawrence of the death of Mrs. A R McNutt in Kansas City Missouri. Former Langence resident funeral services set for 10 oclock Wednesday in Kansas City with burial at Oak Hill and grave service at 2:30 by Mr Mariah Tabernacle. Survived by three daughters Gertrude Anderson Independence Kansas R H Brown Kansas City Edna Johnson Chicago one son Alvin McNutt Chicago one sister Etta Johnson Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. BR. McNutt
Lawrence
A. R. McNutt
Kansas City
R. H. Brown
Edna Johnson
Chicago
Alvin McNutt
Etta Johnson
Hutchinson
Vanderbilt Sees Roosevelt Support Gradient in States
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., a noted writer and publisher, reports a clear shift toward Franklin D. Roosevelt among editors. After visiting 44 states and interviewing 1,751 editors, he tallies 952 for Roosevelt, 508 for Hoover, 104 for Baker, with others scattered. He has traveled 45,000 miles on the survey tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vanderbilt
Wiedemann’s
Harry Woodring
Roosevelt
Hoover
Newton D. Baker
Lindbergh Grandson Case Echoes at Detroit School
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh returns to Cass Technical High School in Detroit to teach chemistry after visiting her son in New Jersey and following the discovery of her kidnapped grandson’s body from March 1.
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Detroit
Evangeline L.lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cass Technical High School
New Jersey
Install New Photostatic Machine By Fraternal Aid Union
A new photostatic machine installed last week was put into operation today by the Fraternal Aid Union. It will copy papers and attach certificates of application to policies and reproduce papers not shippable by mail. Operations occur Tuesdays and Fridays. Thefts From Car report notes two pairs of ladies shoes a dress and a tennis racket missing from W. L. Shaffer's car last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternal Aid Union
W. L. Shaffer
Free Flour Distribution Expands in Douglas County
The Community Distribution committee orders 120 more sacks of government wheat flour as relief rapidly advances. Twenty four one pound sacks are advanced by R C Jackman to aid immediate needs while eighty sacks on hand shrink to fifteen. sixty of the new supply go to Lawrence with twenty to Lecompton Baldwin and Eudora. Requisitions available from Mrs Elizabeth Tuttle and others. agents named for each town with Miss Neely acting county wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
R. C. Jackman
Lawrence
Lecompton
Baldwin
Eudora
C. A. Puls
Orjers
Social Service
Elizabeth Tuttle
T. H. Kennedy
Salvation Army
Minnie Scott
Matie Neely
Red Cross
C.E. Beeks
E. J. Hill
C. B.johnson
Miss Neely
Eudora High School Class of 1932 Commencement
The 1932 Eudora high school graduating class will receive diplomas May 18 at the school. Dean Paul B Lawson of the University of Kansas will deliver the commencement address. Rev Lor en Rapier will give the invocation and benediction. John Steiner, superintendent, will present diplomas. Raymond Warmker heads the class in scholarship, followed by Dorothy Schlegel and Louise Millington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora ‘High School
Paul B.lawson
College
University of Kansas
Loren, Rapier
Eudora
John Steiner
Marjie May’ Hugh
Cleo Grimes
Dorothy Schlegel
Gerald Knabe
Edward Deckwa
Ruth Seiler
Margaret Spitzli
Edabelle Cooper
Raymond Wormker
Edward Mathia
George Zillner
Wilbert Edwards
Joseph Marley
Louise Ington
Anna Eichelmyer
Virginia Brown
Elsie Neis
Emma Koehler
Mabel Schendel
Mildred Groh
Steiner
Raymond Warmker
Louise Millington
Senate Approves New Income Tax Schedule in Compromise Bill
The Washington senate approved the income tax and corporate tax schedules of the billion dollar compromise revenue measure. The new rates set 3 percent on the first 4000 of income, 6 percent on the next 4000, and 9 percent above 8000, with surcharges up to 45 percent over 1 million and a 14 percent corporate tax. Leaders expect a bipartisan majority to back the bill to balance the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Viva Voce
House
Couzens
R. Mich
Connally
D. Texas
Cherryvale Man Leases Bank Hotel at Baldwin
Nesbit of Cherryvale will lease the Bank Hotel in Baldwin City and take charge June 1. The Nesbits plan remodeling and redecorating to provide rooms for transient and permanent guests with a dining room added later. The property is owned by The Baldwin State Bank.
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Journal.World
Baldwin City
Nesbit
Cherryvale
Bank
Nesbit Jwall
Baldwin State Bank
Eliza Hyland
Garnett Couple Observes 63rd Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J G Casida of Garnett recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. They have seven children, twenty bid children and 11 great grand children. Mr Gasida is 87 years old and his wife 84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett
Mr. Gasida
Honors Tin Class Of Lawrence High Names 150 Students
Lawrence High School honored over 130 students at the honors assembly in the school auditorium at 10:20 this morning. Principal H. L. Baker read names from a printed list and the platform held National Honor Society members, student council officers, and winners in scholarship, contests, debate, music, agriculture, printing, dramatics, athletics, and the G A A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
H.L. Baker
National Honor Society
Hugh Randall
Coates Hazel Houk
Mildred Mexenheimer
Gregg
Dorothy Gibson
Virginia Folks
Ruth Sumner
George Hamilton
Virginia Detlar
Ethel Ford
State Board of Health
Hazel Lefman
Washington
Easay
Marion Yewdall
Kansas
Paul Holtom
Jack Tearce
Horace Mason
Gilbert Smith
Everett Hatcher
Wendell Emrick
Edgar Dover
Ernnest Ireland
Bob Rowlands
Paul Tosecrans
Jack Pearce
Jack Chase
Jack Robinson
Leonard Whittington
Rob Rowlands
Jamen Tait
Richard Conner
Paul Hormuth
Fred Riederer
Alfred Dicker
Carl Reuter
Max Kennedy
Harold Grege
Don Shultz
Don Metzler
Fred Turner
Tom Rayborn
Grand Hotel stirs praise for Crawford and cast
The Dickinson WV writer notes Joan Crawford shines in a confidently witty Letty Lynton style role with strong lines and comedy. Robert Montgomery delivers notable work while May Robson, Nils Asther, and Lewis Stone populate a strong ensemble, echoing past theater memories and adding sharp, entertaining edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Crawford
Letty Lynton
Robert Montgomery
May Robson
Bowersock Theater
Mary
Nils Asther
Letty
Lewis Stone
Memorial Graves Decoration At DeSoto Cemetery
Graves in DeSoto Cemetery will be decorated on Sunday May 29 at 3 PM with an address by Rev M R Jameson of Olathe and music by the grade school band. Everyone is invited to attend. A Rotary note: Cliff Ramsey inducted as new member at yesterday’s luncheon. Ramsey a KU law grad and Rock Chalk Cafe owner. Rotary events and community program details also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto
Aes
M. R. Jameson
Olathe
Rade
Walter Thiele
Cliff Ramsey
Rotary
Ramsey
K. U
Law School
Rock Chalk Cafe
Dodge City
Oscar Brownlee
Wchita Glee Club
Wichita
Rotary Club
Paola
Kansas
J. T. Skinner
Att Brown
Pour Grocer’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Pledges and speeches mark Kansas Democratic gathering
Delegates from Westphalia Longton Eureka and Cherryvale heard keynoter Arthur J. Mellett and Governor Woodring. Ancil Hatten and Edward Nelson were listed among attendees. Doolittle urged Woodring’s election and Roosevelt as first choice, while a Saline chair protested and sought to record votes for Alfalfa Bill Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancil Hatten
Westphalia
Edward’ Nelson
Longton
Harry H. Hover
Eureka
Aline K. Algie
Clay Center
Charles Risely
Stockton
S. E Noteastine
Burdette
John I. Saunders
Cherryvale
Arthur J. Mellett
Woodring
E. H. Lindley
Doolittle
Kansas
Roosevelt
Wilson
Saline County
Bill Murray
Paola woman settles $6500 damage suit over electrocution
Mrs. Lottie Williams of Paola wins a consent and confession judgment for 6500 against Municipal Power Transmission company of Ottawa in district court. Filed Oct 28 1931 the suit claimed Carl and Robert Williams were electrocuted Aug 14 1930 by a 33000 volt line improperly grounded. Alleged faulty switch and close fence connection caused the accident. Attorneys for both sides named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Williams
Paola
Municipal Power Transmission Company
Ottawa
Carl Williams
Robert, Williams
Robert Williams
Fred Harris
Fred Robertson
Edward M. Boddington
Kansas City
Kan
Raymond Rice
Lawrence
Society Notes Include World Lantern Slides Event
Dr and Mrs M Owen invite Lawrences Art club and friends for Thursday at 7 30 pm to view lantern slides from their world trip Miss Rose Morgan hosts a Sunday gathering at 1242 Louisiana Street for Carruth poetry prize winners Richard Jones Ray Miller Clarice Short William Howie Eleanor Henderson Prof and Mrs W S Johnson and others attend Winners announced and May meeting of the Douglas County Nurses association listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose “Morgan
Louisiana Street
Richard Jones
Ray Miller
Clarice Short
William Howie
Eleanor Henderson
W.s.johnson
Lulu Gardner
Alice. Winston
Mary Clock
Dorothy _Heiderstadt
Hugh Smith
John Williams
Genevieve Bere
Blaze Traps Dozens Aboard Georges Philippar Off Cape Guardafui
Aden reports eighty to one hundred people mostly first class passengers remained aboard the blazing French motorship Georges Philippar after a fire off Cape Guardafui. Survivors aboard the Contractor described rapid spread toward the bow, lifeboat struggles, and some jumped into shark-infested waters. Husbands wives and children were separated amid the chaos and many lost belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
Arabia
Georges Philippar
Cape Guardafui
Somaliland
Olathe Fronts Decorated With The Wet Parade Ad
Lawrence items note Chauncey Little decorations on the Varsity for a film ad. A county tractor damaged Eighth Street asphalt but officials expect it to soften with warmer weather. Twenty two DeSoto high school typewriters stolen recently were found in an unused room. twenty more had vanished earlier. Fred Morris, ill, was seen downtown after two months and visit to Excelsior Springs Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Chauncey Little
Varsity
Altho
Eighth Street
Connecticut
Massachusetts
DeSoto High School
Fred Morris
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Market News Kansas City Livestock Close
Kansas City market report May 17 shows spring lambs generally steady with lambs and odd lot ewes mostly steady to 25 lower. top native spring lambs 6.65, Arizona lambs 6.99, best slippers 5.50. Hogs and cattle unchanged. New York government bond quotes list Liberty Street issues and Treasury bonds with prices around 100.5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bonda New York
Ato
U. S. Movernment
Hones
Liberty Stra
Liberty Firet
Liberty Fourth
Treasury
Crossword Puzzle Summary of Yesterday’s Grid
A compact scan of yesterday’s crossword with clues across and down, showing word lengths and partial entries. Includes hints like air form, building material, and various three to six letter answers, with many theme entries scattered through the grid. The puzzle offers a mix of common terms and arcane references across literary and geographic domains.
Wheat and Potatoes Market Briefs from Chicago
In Chicago on May 17 reports show wheat prices with July at 38 cents, Sept steady, and no July trading. Bellies for May at 2.50. Potatoes on track at 76 per cwt with 290 old and 72 nominal, USDA notes liberal supplies and fair market flow. Idaho Russell reports 1.15 for 30, new supplies liberal and prices steady. Russ Triumphs, U.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
Idaho
Russell
Russ Triumphs
Roy Lawrence ad lists groceries and prices
The notice details a long grocery ad from Roy Lawrence at 272 Stop and Shop noting multiple meat, dairy, fruit, and pantry items with prices per pound can and item. It lists veal cuts, hams, bacon, ground meat, Crisco, oils, cereals, coffee, canned fruits, olives, beans, and butter. Deliveries offered citywide by Stop and Shop phone 272.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Swift’s
Hills Bros
M. J
Stuart California
Never Bros
Arconomy
Friend
Boston
Jayhawk Creamery
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Grand Jury
Beta
Theta
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha . Tau Omega
Delta Upsilon
W. C. Banker
Ellis
Lawrence Fire Department
B. P
G. E. Scott
WDAF
Ady
T. C
Virginia
Coast Guard Skeptical
Churchman
Dobson-Peacock
Akewood
Fraternal Aid Union Office
Paul B. Lawson
The
C. E. Berks
Dickinson
Journal-World Classified
Power Transmission Company
Society
Douglas County ‘Nurses’ Association
Mary Fowler
Ohio Street
Ourneiven
Mohammedan Saints
Fenn
Sylvania
Sets Wight
Mals L . Fish
Tear Asander
American Inc
Barden
Aery
Auty
Roy Lawrence
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