Mystery car tied to KU students' fatal May crash
Investigation links a second vehicle to the May 10 crash that killed four University of Kansas students near Big Springs. Witnesses described a Ford roadster with nickeled trim following the Chevrolet coupe driven by Fred Speh. Police seek the driver of the unseen Ford as facts about the blue Chevrolet’s slow speed emerge and theories about pursuit or bootlegger involvement surface.
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University of Kansas
Journal-World
Will Johns
Topeka
Johns
Fred Speh
Big Springs
Wessure
Iblins
William Cummings, Jr
Ariest Allen
Lawrence
Ford
Chevrolet
Speh
Release drops murder charge against Jess Grenado Wichita
A murder charge against 18 year old Jess Grenado of Wichita was dropped by the county attorney and the case dismissed. Grenado had been bound over to district court on a pay-under the order defense. The decision followed by Ludgere G. Somers and related district proceedings in Newton Kansas.
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Jess Grenado
Wichita
Newton
Kan
Jay
Fess Grenado
Ichita
District Court
Ludgere G. Somers
Motorcycle collision injures Grover and Fenstemaker
Ralph Grover of 1420 New York Street and Frank Fenstemaker, substituting for an earlier injury, were treated at Memorial Hospital after a Saturday crash at the corner of Eleventh and Massachusetts streets. Grover suffered a sprained ankle and leg lacerations. Fenstemaker also received injuries and was discharged. Both vehicle sides were damaged in the collision with a Ford driven by Edward Chamney Route 4.
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Ralph Grover
New York Street
Watts Merchants Delivery
Fourteenth
Kentucky
Fenstemaker
Kansas Wheat Damage Warns of Heavy Losses Without Rain
Topeka May 18 AP Estimates of a Kansas wheat yield exceeding 170,000,000 bushels were called excessive by C H Hatfield chief clerk of the state house of representatives who farms 1,000 acres in Gray county. He warned lots of wheat in Southwestern Kansas lacks moisture and fields between Copeland Plains and Protection show damage that could mean heavy losses without rain. The May 1 report put production at 173,000,000 bushels, potentially the state’s third largest crop, with unofficial estimates up to 200,000,000.
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Topeka
Kansas
C.H. Hatfield
Statehouse of’ Representatives
Gray County
Hatfield
Copeland
Plains
Protection
Chief of Cayugas Dead Ends Tribal Rituals
John Crows, 75, last chief of the Cayugas, died of appendicitis today in Miami Oklahoma. His death ends Cayuga tribal rites as he was the sole surviving keeper of their lore. The Cayugas, now allied with the Oklahoma Senecas, were once part of the six nations moved from the Great Lakes region a century ago.
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Miami
Oklo
John Crows
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Indian Territory
Army air corps to parade cross country flight at Fairfield
Army air corps units pushed toward a 250 mile cross country trek to Christio with two days of formation practice left. Weather delayed maneuvers but a noon review followed by a forecast Chicago takeoff at 8 am promised a display to 200,000 spectators.
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Fairfield
Dayton
United Sates Army Air Corps
Chicago
Chosen Posture Queen Wins at Lawrence High Play Day
Miss Jean Aszmian daughter of Rev and Mrs T H Aszmian won the silver loving cup as posture queen at the second annual play day for grade school girls at Lawrence high school. Sixty five girls from all schools participated with blue and green teams taking first and second cups. Each team led by two G A A high school leaders, three games in morning and afternoon, luncheon in cafeteria, impromptu stunts and dances by sixth graders.
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Jean Aszmian
T. H. Aszman
Lawrence High School
Marnares Kennedy
Beryad
Bombs explode in Lisbon injuring fifteen people
Bombs exploded in Lisbon on a day of celebrations marking the end of a dictatorship. Fifteen injured as a bomb hit Plaza de Camoes with a second blast in Rua Nova Trindade sparked angry cries against Communists and the revolution. Witnesses describe street chaos as the crowd chased a suspected bomber. The Republic newspaper office was wrecked.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Beronda
5Earmene
Plaza de Boca
Rua Nova
Alleged Swindler Sofight by Law and the Lawless
Chicago reports today claim John Factor known as Jake Berjber, an alleged swindler of English stock investors, is sought by both lawmen and criminals. The Chicago Daily Tribune notes Diamond the Diamond and New York gangsters fear arrest, with investors alleging $8.3 million loss to London firm Broadgate Press.
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Chicago
John
Jake Berjber
Lawless
Daily Lane
Jack
New York
England
Jake
Tristed Street
Wis
Cass
Tribune
Sai
Diamond
Jor Ac
Florida
Europe
Rap
Chicas Oh
St. Iouis
Fictor
Factie
Oward
Broad Ace Press,, Ltd
London
Arthur L. Swartz
Investigate Drug Ring Reported in Kansas City
Federal narcotics agents investigated a drug ring in Kansas City leading to arrests of Idleman and Lodema Winter. Idleman admitted ownership of narcotics found at Mrs Winfrey's home after police seized quantities from the residence. Agents said purchases were made from a woman.
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Kansas City
City
Idleman
Lodema
To Tal
Iace
Kansas
Winfrey
Death penalty vote in McCann murder case
In Joplin Missouri on May 18 the AP reports that only one of twelve men questioned as prospective jurors objected to capital punishment in the murder trial of Irene McCann. McCann faces charges connected to the slaying of jailer O. E. Regal. her husband Alber McCann is jailed for the crime. Also noted are two traffic cases in Judge Daugherty’s court, a deputy hospital stay after a fall, and a local golf event outcome.
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Joplin
Irene McCann
C. H. Daugherty
Walter Chase
Chester Daum
Ederday
Daum
Faculty to Meet on Revisions in Diploma Requirements
Dean J G Brandt announces a faculty meeting tomorrow at 4 30 pm in the hone Act building of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to discuss proposed revisions for the university teachers diploma. All faculty members are urged to attend as the matter is considered important.
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College’ of Liberal Arts and Sciences
J. G. Brandt
Hone Act
Brandt
Bank Closes In Kinsley Overloan To Cooperative
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Kinsley was closed by order of its board of directors. State bank commissioner H. W. Koeneke said an excess loan to the Midwest Produce Cooperative association, also of Kinsley, largely caused the closure. The loan exceeded safe limits by about $40 000.
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Topeka
State Banking Department
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Kinsley
Midwest Produce Cooperative Association
H. W. Koeneke
State Bank
Life Term for Murder Confessed Slayer In Kansas
Keneth Conn, 21, who confessed to killing George Atchison in Pratt Kansas on January 14, was sentenced to life in the Kansas penitentiary. The case of Earnest Shaw, 17, charged with Conn, was continued. A separate note reports the death of Peete Suliet Caldwell on the eve of her 93rd birthday and a Supreme Court action upholding an excise tax on a gas company.
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Pratt
Kan
Keneth Conn
George Atchison
Kansas Penitentiary
Earnest Shaw
Conn
Atchison
Nsas
City
Peete Suliet Caldwell
Sue Wags
School of the Universitiy Fof Mnichigan
Blues win second game as riot ends game early
Kansas City Blues beat Milwaukee Brewers 10 to 5 in the first game and a 5 to 6 tie in the twelfth of the second when a riot erupted. Bill Dunlap was struck by a pitched ball, was knocked unconscious, and had to be cared for by umpires and police. Garland Buckeye and others restrained fans as tensions flared, ending play with Dunlap sidelined for several days.
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Bill Dunlap
Kansas City Blues
Milwaukee Eome Brews
Blues
Jacknoth
Kansas City
Shires
Milwauson
Garland Buckeye
Agers
Weing
Zwilling
Pope deplores Spain riots desecrations in first public statement
In Vatican City on May 1, Pope Pius XI condemned ten days of riots and desecrations across Spain targeting churches and buildings. He held those responsible and enablers accountable, prayed for divine justice, and urged Spanish pilgrims to return home while continuing prayers for Spain.
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Vatican City
Spain
Pius XI
Valencia
Holman Killed in Omaha Air Race Stunt At 20 Feet
Charles W. "Speed" Holman 33 of St. Paul a famed aviator died during a stunt at Omaha air races. He performed upside down maneuvers for about fifteen minutes before his plane crashed in windy conditions. The crash, witnessed by about twenty thousand spectators, ended his aerial career and left officials reviewing possible belt failure or down current effects. Dorothy Hester, 19 of Portland, Ore., set a women’s outside loop record of 62 during the same event.
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Maha
Neb
Charles W
Holman
St. Paul
Omaha
Immelman
Helman
Northwest Airways
Dorothy Hester
Portnd
Ore
Tex Rankin
Society notes include bridge party and D A R meeting
Miss Cora Downs and her brother H C Downs plan a European summer after school. Miss Selma Gottlieb hosted a Saturday bridge with four tables won by Miss Kathleen Doering and Miss May Gardner. D A R Betty Washington chapter 1 met with about 35 members as Miss Gertrude Gilmore spoke on Washington national congress and Miss Fred L Morris discussed Mexican unemployment in Lawrence. Flag Day plans for Shawnee Mission set for June 13 with a 1 PM picnic. Brackett Farm Bureau meets Thursday at 1:30 with Mrs A R Ohnsted and talks on home management and landscaping by Mrs William Kirby and Mrs Guy Bigsby.
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Cora Downs
H. C. Downs
Europe
Selma Gottlieb
Louisiana Street
Kathleen Doering
May Gardner
R. R. McFarland
Betty Washington
Gertrude Gilmore
National Congress
Washington
Fred L. Morris
Patriotic Education Committee
Lawrence
C. C. Stewart
Miss Gilmore
Shawnee Mission
George Kirchhall
C. Stewart
H. H. Holloway
Cora Moershell
Paul Kent
Isabel Gilmore
Sue ‘Odd
Brackett Farm Bureau Group
A. R. Ohn
Sted
William Kirby
Guy Bigsby
Personal notices of Dean Shaad and others
Dean George C. Shaad left Saturday night for New York to attend a directors meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers of which he is vice president. George Spears departed Monday for Itago. Dire L Rowlands went to Kansas City to spend several days with daughter and family. Ale BR L Getker and daughters Hazel and Vera and little niece Dean Campbell returned Saturday from a two week motor trip to Shreveport Louisiana. Coach and Mrs H J Huff and family of Columbia Missouri visited Prof and Mrs K K Andes over the weekend.
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Dean George C. Shaad
New York
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Dean Shaad
George
Spears
Itago
Dire L Rowlands
Kansas City
Detmore
Ale BR
L. Getker
Hazel
Vera
Dean Campbell
Shreveport
H-J. Huff and
Columbia
K. K.andes
Prisoner 18 Identified After Escaping Oklahoma Murder
Los Angeles reports that Alvis Fears, an Oklahoma penitentiary escapee from 1923, was captured after a dramatic clash with police. Fears, who used the alias Fred Barnes and claimed to be from Long Beach, California, was identified by fingerprint experts.
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Los Angeles
Alvis Fears
Oklahoma
Fred Barnes
Long Beach
Cal
Fears
Judge rules selling newspapers on Sunday not illegal
Abilene Kansas May 18 AP Judge C M Clark refuses to restrain Kansas City Star agent from selling or using boys to deliver papers on the Sabbath holding 1868 blue laws did not clearly prohibit the practice He said Sunday newspaper is a necessity and only the state supreme court can decide further action State plans appeal and more than 40 complaints await the court ruling in Dickinson county
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Abilene
Kan
Kansas
C. M. Clark
Kansas’ City Star
Dickinson County
Clark
Supreme Court
Thornton Scott
Hearing on Utility Suit Delays Public Service Court Action
A three judge federal court in Topeka heard arguments in a case by West ern Utilities Company seeking to enjoin the Public Service Commission. Bree Throat Clinic Nelson will also participate, with an ear nose and throat clinic set for Seasiedpeyacy at four o clock in the healing quarters.
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Apert
Topeka
Westernn Uting Company
Public Service Commiss
Bree
Nelson
Seasiedpeyacy
Colt Star Son Injured in Football Knee Operation
John Drew Colt, 17, son of Ethel Barrymore, lies in a Chicago hospital after knee surgery from injuries in an October football game. The case affects his ability to remain with his mother’s show. Call 22 for class information. location details unclear due to damaged text.
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Associated Press
John Drew Colt
Ethel Barrymore
Chicago
Colts
Omaha
United States Delegation Sets Wheat Policy at London Conference
Samuel R. McKelvie, former Nebraska governor leading the U S delegation, outlined Washington's program at the London conference. He warned of a U S wheat carryover of about 275 million bushels by July 1, far above normal and said the United States will cooperate but not join an international pool or dump holdings. He noted shipments of free wheat to China have been nearly abandoned as ineffective for relief.
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London
Samuel R. McKelvie
Nebraska
United Tate
United States
Deaths and Funerals: W T Manners and Others
Obituary notice summary listing W T Manners age 82 died May 13 in Los Angeles after six months illness. Also reports J J Hill 73 died in Vinland with funeral at Presbyterian church, Mary E Pigman died in Topeka with funeral at Episcopal church in Concordia, Rev L R Smith of Penney Farms Florida obituary note with details of family and career.
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Ww. T. Manners
Floyd Garber
W. T. Manners
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary E. Pigman
Christ's Hospital
Topeka
Episcopal Church
Concordia
L. KR. Smith Ward
L. R Smith
Penney Farms
Florida
W. H. Smith
Kansas
DeSoto
L. R. Smith
Park College
Theological Seminary of
Chicago
Vinton
Platte
South Dakota
Alice’ M! Dow
Lawrence
Wm. H. Smith
Point Arena
Presbyterian ‘Church
Police deny viewing Earl Quinn in double slaying case
Jeff Griffith of Blackwell Oklahoma and Officer Roy Burger arrived in Kansas City seeking permission to view Earl Quinn an ex convict held for the December 28 Tonkawa double slaying of two sisters Zexia 34 and Jessie 24 as they returned from Christmas activities. Police chief L M Siegfried refused saying only precautionary measures were allowed.
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Kansas City
Jeff Griffith
Blackwell
Earl Quinn
Zexia
Jessie
L. M. Siegfried
Griffith
Roy Burger
Quinn
Tonkawa
Bus Crash Kills 16 Year Old Student in New Mexico
Glens Culpepper, 16, a Clovis high school student, died when a school bus veered into a ditch near Clovis, N M. E C. Asby, the driver, guided the route that ferries rural district children to school. Between twenty and thirty classmates were injured in the incident.
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Clovis
N. M
Glens Culpepper
E. C. Asby
Administration Warns Wage Cuts May Invalidate Agreements
Secretary Doak stated the administration would view industry wide wage reductions as a breach of confidence, potentially justifying wage increases to offset the downturn. He noted Hoover’s efforts to hold wages steady during the recession and said large industries have largely kept wages unchanged. A mix of stray data on milk sales, Bran Muffins, Corn Carn, and Strawberry Dessert recipes was interspersed in the text.
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Washington
Doak
Agrewatet
Hic
Hoover
Manintain
Ine
Nothing Like It Says Lovely Women Face Powder Melio Glo
Beautiful women favor this new powder made by exclusive French process. Melio Glo stays on longer and prevents visible pores. It gives a smooth fine blend with any complexion and a youthful glow. It does not irritate or dry the skin.
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Sland
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Aszman
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Topeka State Journal Today
K. B. Charlton
G. E. Charlton
Okla
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Muskogee
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Close Kinsley Bank
Ohio Gat Company
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Stager
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J. J. Hill
Ther
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Presbyterian
B. Lucus
Pigman
Hanson
Sigma Nu
n/AYSONAL BANK
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Speedwell
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