Kiss of Death suspect Rose Carina arrested in mass murder case
Rose Carina known as the Kiss of Death, linked to a Philadelphia murder for insurance ring, was arrested by federal agents in New York. Authorities say she used widow status to lure victims. twelve widows tied to the ring are in custody as dozens of deaths are investigated.
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New York
UPI
Rose
Carina
Philadelphia
Dwight Brantley
FBI
Rose of Death
James Kelly
Ring
Pope Pius XII Takes Formal Possession of St John Lateran
Rome May 18 Pope Pius XII formally assumed the title of Bishop of Rome at St John Lateran with a four hour ceremony. Italian troops, guards, and military bands honored the pontiff while crowds cheered inside and outside the basilica. The event marked a revival of medieval pomp not seen since 1846 and followed the Lateran accords easing Vatican tensions.
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Rome
Pius XII
St. John Lateran
Vatican
Pius IX
Pius XI
St. John’s
Kansas City C of C backs livestock recovery program
The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce with the state industrial development commission launches a cattle hog and calf restoration plan. President Jack Torbert says counties will provide production statistics to map peak and low periods and guide efforts. From 1934 to 1938 cattle calves and hog numbers fell by 1 000 000 500 000 and 1 700 000 respectively.
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Kansas City
Kan
New State Industrial Development Commission
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Jack Torbert
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Tobert
Colorful Quiz Clues Twist Colorful Word Play
The puzzle asks for color themed word twists. Questions include labor leader outside a sale rush gob church official angry monarch and Chinese magistrate. Each item requests a color linked pun or nickname.
Joint Senior Recital At Frank Strong Auditorium
Helen Campbell and Maxine Boucher present a joint recital in Frank Strong auditorium at 8 pm with Lucile Wagner piano and Dean Swarthout assisting. The program includes L amerio Quel Ruscelletto in Waldes einsamkeit Die Vogel Prelude and Fugue in D Major Haberbier Guilmant arias Lakme Rhapsody Palmgren Night Winds Toccata By Thy Banks and more with Miss Campbell and Miss Boucher performing alongside orchestra parts.
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Frank Strong
Helen Campbell
Meribah Moore
Maxine Boucher
Howard C. Taylor
Lucile Wagner
Miss Campbell
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Miss Boucher
Carr
Reve King
Haberbier-Guilmant
Palmgren
Coie Sigs
Thy Banks
Dr. Boyce Tea
LaForge
Maud L Clarke dies at 62 in Lawrence home
Mrs. Maud L. Clarke aged 62 died last night at 1240 Ohio street. Funeral at Congregational church tomorrow at 2 with Rev. Joseph King officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Widow of Fred A. Clarke former Lawrence attorney who died in 1918. Born April 9 1877 in Lawrence. survived by daughter Dorothy, sister Zeila May Gray and brother Harry Snyder.
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Maud L. Clarke
Ohio Street
Congregational Church
Joseph King
Oak Hill Cemetery
Clarke
Fred A. Clarke
L Lwrence
Lawrence
Henry J. Snyder
University of Kansas
Fred Clarke
Plymouth Congregational Church
Dorothy Clarke
Zeila May Gray
Harry Snyder
West Los Angeles
Deaths and Funerals Mrs May Rush Coleman
Mrs May Rush Coleman 72 died in Kansas City and is survived by a daughter Mrs Robert B Rose of Kansas City two sisters Mrs J C Herriott of Lawrence and Miss Margaret Rush of San Diego Calif and a brother John A Rush of Los Angeles Calif Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm at Overland Park Presbyterian Church Graveside services at Oak Hill cemetery at 730
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May Rush Coleman
Kansas City
Robert B. Rose
J. C. Herriott
Lawrence
Margaret Rush
San Diego
Calif
John A. Rush
Los Angeles
Overland Park, Kan., Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Vital Interests Threatened Says Hull in Congress
Secretary Hull warned that the nation's vital interests are threatened in many places. He testified to a House subcommittee examining the annual supply bill for the state justice and commerce departments. The committee recommended 121,399,120 for the three departments, reducing the state department request by 1,402,423 to 18,225,200, still higher than the current year.
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Washington
Hull
Congress
House Appropriations
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
State Department
Sign Contracts Without the Union Shop Clause
United Mine Workers and three U S Steel mining subsidiaries renewed their wage agreement for two years without the union shop clause. The pact covers about 9 000 miners at H C Frick Coke National Mining and Sharon Coal and Limestone in western Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
U.S. Steel Corporation
H. C. Frick Coke Company
National Mining Company
Sharon Coal and Limestone Company
Pennsylvania
1940 Licenses Arrive For Douglas County Tags
The Douglas County treasurer reports arrival of 1940 motor car and truck license plates. New tags have a black background with white figures, unlike 1939. There are 7,650 passenger car tags and 1,450 truck tags, made at the Hutchinson state reformatory and awaiting sale next December. Also present, Lee King asked for a preliminary hearing on charges of threatening bodily harm to Richard Higgins. the hearing was set for next Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. and King was released on bond.
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Douglas County
Hutchinson
Lee King
Richard Higgins
Justice of the Peace
Charles Rankin
King
Acacia Lodge Degree Night Welcomes Visitors
Acacia Lodge No. 9 AF and AM holds the First Degree Thursday May 18 at 7 30 p m Visitors welcome W M B P Baker Sec y Adv John H Parker
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Acacia Lodge
A. F
A. M
B. P. Baker
John H. Parker
Sec
Ronald Lind hosts first press briefing on royal visit goals
Washington May 18 The British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lind said the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit to the United States aims to strengthen U S ties with no political purpose beyond friendship. He noted no press conference by the King and that the royal toast will be at the White House dinner.
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Washington
Ronald Lindsay
George
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Ronald
Sir Ronald
Canada
Hull
White House
Congress
Senate
Truck-Trailer Taxes Raised in Kansas Ruling
In Topeka on May 18 Harold Medill of the Kansas corporation commission ruled that truck-trailer operators pay taxes on combined loads, adding about 250,000 dollars annually for ten-mile taxes. The Dodson-Murray Fruit Co of Wichita moved a 18 000 pound shipment via a 1.5 ton truck and 3 ton trailer, changing tax from trailer load only to total vehicle capacity.
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Topeka
Kansas
Harold Medill
Kansas Corporation Commission
Medill
Market News Kansas City Cash Grain Report May 18
Wheat prices move mixed with No 2 dark hard around 75.44 to 75.14 and May close at 70.50. corn shows modest gains with No 2 white near 52.14 to 53.14 and May close 48.50. oats and barley show stable to higher quotes. Chicago futures list mixed grains with May wheat near 1.44 and soybeans around 97.14. government bonds in New York end higher with Treasury notes around 104.12 and 112.5 for 3s.
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Kansas City
Government Bonds
New York
Treasury
Marines Withdraw from Kulangsu After Allied Pressure
All but a few marines landed last week by the Japanese in Kulangsu Amoy international settlement were reported withdrawn to nearby warships after a combined show of force by the United States Britain and France.
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Kulangsu
Shanghai
Amoy
United States
Britain
France
Community Test Emphasizes Youth Opportunities
Kiwanis club speaker Prof Burt Nash says a community is measured by its treatment of children and cites challenges for adolescents due to church, home, and school influence waning. He warns about motion pictures, radio, and cars, and urges stronger constructive forces for youths.
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Burt Nash
Kiwanis Club
Nash
J. B. Henry
Frank Willey
Fred Montgomery
Harold Beck
Guy Keeler
Frank Roberts
Varied Rain Overnight As Lawrence Observers Report
Weather observers noted scattered thundershowers across Lawrence with rainfall varying by area. A US Weather Bureau volunteer reported no rain at his own gauge. The Lawrence Journal-World also notes corrections to school honor rankings and mentions local events including a baby clinic, Kansas baseball schedule changes, a band contest trip, and a false alarm at a city home due to painting work.
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J. Posey
U.S. Weather Bureau
W C T U May Meeting Highlights and Local Notices
The May meeting of the W C T U met May 10 at Mrs H H Kimmel's home with talks on Mother’s Day and child welfare. Plans for a county institute at Mrs D E Bower’s on June 7 were made. Carroll Nickels, finishing his M A at K U, will be Miltonvale music supervisor and direct the band this summer starting June 1. Mr and Mrs Nolan Campbell and family of Baldwin visited Mrs Campbell's father Hugh Taylor. The marriage of Lois Mc Henry and George Rodjeck was held at Rev Burris Jenkins's home in Kansas City on May 4. The bride wore pale blue chiffon ridingtoe with violet accessories. Corsage of lavender sweetpeas and pink roses. Miss June Shoemake, Kansas City.
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W.C.T.U
H. H. Kimmel
Burkett
William Dobbs
D. E. Bower
Carroll Nickels
K.U
Wedding Notes Roundup From Topeka Area
Maid of honor attended by Mr Mooney at the ceremony. Couple departed for California after the reception at the Muehlebach. Several local families and alumni noted events including Velma Meyer and William Harker’s marriage in Topeka. A Fidler family reunion, and other social visits and trips to California and Kansas City were reported.
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Mooney
Muehlebach
Rodieck
M.A.H.S
Huff Secretarial School
Kansas City
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
Rodjeck
Braniff Airlines
Tulsa
Okla
Minneapolis
E. W. McHenry
Bonnie McHenry
Tom Highes
Victor Edmonds
Harold McHenry
McLouth
Rodheck
Lloyd Webb
Brunswick, Mo
Grant Meyer
Fidler
Gage Park Topeka
John Fidler
California
Walter Meyer
Velma
William Harker
Sam Harker
Local Notes and Obituaries From OsKaloosa and Surroundings
Weekend visits include Olive Edmonds and Nelle Nincehelser from Garnett high school faculty. Mrs. Alice Beles death calls Otto Beles back to Colorado Springs. Mother's Day tea by Legion auxiliary and baccalaureate service at Presbyterian church noted. Funeral for Margaret Campbell Kirkham at home followed by burial at Pleasant View. survivor listed. Other items mention visits from Will Vigus and Gertrude Gibbs, and Legion events in Marysville.
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Olive Edmonds
Nelle Nincehelser
Garnett High School
Otto Beles
Alice Beles
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dwight Hawk
Ruth
Albany
Hawk
The
Legion Auxiliary
Larner-Segrave Hall
B. P. Davis
Lee Gibson
Eva Metzger
Earl Martin
Ruby Nesbett
Charles Jacquemin
Kate King
Lula Wheeler
Josie Davis
Pearl Stevenson
Eva Frazier
Bess Clark
Sam Burton
Lacey Housh
Reber
Presbyterian Church
Joseph Lane
E. A. Ahrens
Odell Shaver
Kate Morrow
Presbyterian Aid
Tom Davis
Will Payne
George Huddleston
Hal Gay
Martin MccCreight
George Sands
Will Vigus
Hutchinson
Charles Vigus
Gertrude Gibbs
Armours
Kansas City
Ralph Gibbs
Merle Reitzel
Waterville
Gibbs
Homer Trapp
American Legion
Marysville
Lee Evans
Wichita
Charles Evans
Ida Worswick
Lawrence
Terry Gaskill
Margaret Campbell Kirkham
C. J. Lane
John Roberts
Horace Edmonds
Pleasant View
John Kirkham
Kirkham
Valley Grove
University of Kansas
Methodist Church
W. C. Campbell
Parsons
Katherine Campbell
Oskaloosa Alumni Mark Fiftieth High School Anniversary
The Oskaloosa high school fifty year alumni celebration drew 150 attendees to the Presbyterian church dining room on May 13. Honor guests from 1899 era spoke on high school days as toastmaster John Roberts led the program and a quartet performed. Local officials and families from Parsons Topeka Lawrence Leavenworth and Coffeyville joined in events and refreshments.
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Tawa
Franklin County
W. C. Campbell
Hope Hunter
Parsons
Katherine Campbell
Ottawa
Campbell
Coffeyville
O. Olmstead
Lawrence
Oskaloosa High School
Presbyterian Church
Marlin McCreight
Celia Patterson
Phinney
Belle Sands Sharkey
Esther Blevins Hanssen
John Roberts
Lucile Phinney Clark
Kate Lohmann Morrow
Raymond Harvey
William Leech
Horace Edmonds
George L. McClenny
Frank Roberts
Leavenworth
Maria May
E. B. Slade
Atchison
Ivan Shull
Clathe
Fay Hawk Brown
Daryl Bliss
B. P. Davis
F. H. Roberts
India
Methodist
Claude Keever
Aid
James Lester
Elnora St. John
D. M. Moore
James Swoyer
Gage Park
Topeka
Maude Baker
Swoyer
Harold Baker
Luce Family Reunion in Topeka Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Will Luce and family of Topeka spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs A J Luce Newt Snellgrove and Mrs Mae Ottinger in a small family gathering.
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Will Luce
Topeka
A. J. Luce
Newt Snellgrove
Mae Ottinger
Community gathers for family events across Sedalia area
MACKEY Mr and Mrs Tom Cawley and family with Mrs Ben Huertz and children visited Sedalia after a week in Valley Falls. A Black and White Dairy show drew a large crowd at Tonganoxie with both senior and junior judging noted. Families from Lawrence Kansas City and Lansing joined Sunday gatherings at multiple homes including the Norris, Pettengill, Nunemaker, Kinnett, Hemphill, and Bereiter households. Mrs Maurice Black noted as wife of township clerk and as an honored guest at the Dickinson theater.
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Tom Cawley
Ben Huertz
Valley Falls
Sedalia
Tonganoxie
Earl Trowbridge
Otis Nutting
Sarah White
Ernestine Nutting
Claude Norris
Carol Ann
Kansas City
Nate Pettengill
Patsy
Lawrence
Will House
Gathiryn
H. C. Nunemaker
Wilma Weeks
Marian
Kenneth
George Kinnett
A. L. Rodgers
Jerry Schoenlein
Emanuel’ Bereiter
Francis
Bereiter
Woodie Laughlin
F. ‘W. Bereiter
Nannie Charlton
Donald Smith
George Smith
Meredith Smith
Arthur Hemphill
Hemphill
Rc Herbert Seiwald
Henry Seiwald
Seiwald
Maurice Black
Clarence Hummelaard
Lansing
Hummelgaard
John Christenson
Lulu North
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Mass Murder Syndicate
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Kan. C
Martha Boucher
Miss Campbell TV
Gamabes
Mieszkowski
Chicago
Floyd Ott
Eudora
Harold Barraclough
Lecompton
Russell Forne
Harold Burke
Wilma Lee Johnson
Sigel
Journal-World Avas
Mary Nadelhoffer
Auxiliary of the American Legion
American Legion Hall
Eighth and
Vermont Streets
Catherine Parks
Weaver Store
Ralph Conger
Kansas State
Russell L. Wiley
Minn
Arlo Hults
New York City
A. P. Hults
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Fairgrounds
Arlo
Elizabeth Meguiar
Tennessee Street
Oskaloosa
Farmer
Boston
Cooking School
Mackey
Langston Memorial Company
East 13Th St
Cal
Lawrence, Kan
Devoe
Erm
Mila
Devoe's
the Lawrence Hardware
Jaedicke’s
Firestone Tire and Tube
Cities Service Hour
Lucille Manners
Ross Graham
Frank Black
Cities Service
H.D
Fritz
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