Pendergast to Be Released May 30
Kansas City May 25 Tom J Pendergast the dethroned boss returns home from prison Dec or ation day to a battered political machine. He faces a state bribery indictment and a contempt citation as federal prosecutors outline terms of his five year probation. He will base operations at Ready Mixed Concrete and faces continued losses of influence as loyalists face legal trouble.
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Kansas City
Tom J.pendergast
Pendergast
Leavenworth
Missouri
Jackson County
R. Emmet O'Malley
O'Malley
Main Street
Richard K. Phelps
U. S
O’malley
A. L.mccormack
St. Louis
McCormack
Kimbrough Stone
Phelps
Jim Pendergast
Penitentiary
John J. Pryor
Charles V. Carollo
Otto P. Higgins
Navy shy on planes amid testimony on capacity
Senate naval committee faced a protest to reveal facts about aircraft readiness. Rear Admiral Towers testified that of 1,367 combat planes, 192 were under a year old, with the rest up to seven years old. Senator Byrd said about 500 could meet modern European planes in equal combat.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Navy
John H. Towers
Naval Aeronautics
Byrd
D.-Va
Towers
Shrine Delegation Attends Kansas City Ceremonial
Lawrence Shrine members traveled to Kansas City for a ceremonial at Araret Temple held in the American Royal building. Attending were L. B Read Jr., H. D. Johnson, Walter Varnum, John Robinson, Win Newmark, Wilfred Hunsinger and E. F. Abels.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Araret Temple
L. B Read. Jr
H. D. Johnson
Walter Varnum
John Robinson
Win Newmark
Wilfred Hunsinger
E. F. Abels
Magician Feels Humble Solve Home Access in Wisconsin
Wonder Fred Cobb a magician by avocation was embarrassed when he lost the key to his home in Green Bay Wisconsin on May 25 and had to call firemen to gain entry through a window using a ladder reflecting a comic mishap and odd moment for the performer.
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Green Bay
Wis
Fred Cobb
Pictured U S Cabinet Official and Silent Puzzle Clues
A crossword style puzzle lists Horizontal and Vertical clues with answers ranging from government roles to common objects. The grid includes references to a cabinet official, musical terms, geographic locations, and various everyday items.
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U.S. A
Great Lake
Men From Doghouse to Aid in Mass Production
Alfred M. Landon said at a New York press conference that President Roosevelt must remove experienced mass production experts from the dog house to achieve the national defense level of production. He spoke of those experts rather than parties, noting many have been sidelined for seven years.
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New York
Alfred M. Landon
Roosevelt
United States
Shocks Promised To Bring More Unseen Turbulence
The speaker declares many shocks ahead and predicts a sequence of further unforeseen events, signaling widening instability and continued surprises.
Governors to Meet in Duluth for Defense Cooperation
President Roosevelt announced that governors from all 48 states would gather in Duluth Minnesota about June 2 for the regular annual conference to discuss and pledge support for the defense program. He spoke with Missouri Governor Lloyd C Starke about the meeting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Duluth
Minn
Lloyd C. Starke
Missouri
Program of New Music By School of Fine Arts Students
A varied program of original compositions will be performed at 8 o clock Monday night in Frank Stronghall auditorium by thirteen School of Fine Arts students from the studios of Charles Sanford Skilton and Laurel Everett Anderson. Selections include chorus piano cello violin string quartet and solo numbers with all parts played by students. Participants include Eileen Maltby Ida Tinker W Arnold Lynch Oscar Butler Curtis Allen Margaret Hays William Ward Vincent Bleecker Loren Withers Elihu Moore and Olga Eitner.
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Frank Stronghall
School of Fine Arts
Charles Sanford Skilton
Laurel Everette Anderson
Professor Skilton
Eileen Maltby
Kansas City
Ida Tinker
Toneka
W. Arnold Lynch
Topeka
Oscar Butler
Ottawa
Curtis Allen
Milwaukee
Wis
Margaret Hays
Lawrence
Reed Threatens Hearing Witness During Kansas Delegate Contention
Wichita May 25. A witness at a senate committee hearing testified he feared leadership was being threatened by backers of Judge Jochems and supported Tom C Johnson. John McCuish, Kansas revenue and taxation chief, denied recalling some calls and said his actions were as Harvey County GOP chair. Senator Reed pressed questions as the probe into fifth district delegate contests continued with more than 50 witnesses expected.
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Wichita
Kan
Senate
Field
Alf M.landon
John McCuish
Kansas Revenue and Taxation Commission
Tom C. Johnson
W. D. Jochems
Landon
Jochems
Johnson
Clyde M. Reed
R-Kan
McCuish
Reed
Arthur Walker
Senator Reed
Harvey County
Republican Committee
Revenue Commission
Stanley Taylor
el Dorado
Butler County
Taylor
Stanley
Congress
Walker
Fay N. Seaton
Manhattan
Irene Meeker
State Social Welfare Board
Parsons
Half a Million Germans Reported Lost by London Broadcast
A London short wave broadcast cited by NBC claimed half a million German soldiers were lost in the last ten days. Paris authorities were said to estimate the figure, with English circles noting heavy losses in the Frankfort division from attacks on the Aisne.
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New York
London
NBC
Paris
Frankfort
Aisne
Hospital Wedding Follows Dodge City Car Crash
Miss Rosemary Davis of Emporia and Robert H. Faith of Colorado Springs wed at Faith’s bedside at St. Anthony hospital as he recovers from a highway crash three weeks earlier. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Claude Large with the couple’s families present. Faith remains hospitalized for three weeks before moving to Colorado Springs.
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Dodge City
Kan
St. Anthony Hospital
Rosemary Davis
Emporia
Robert H. Faith
Colorado Springs
Colo
Claude Large
First Christian Church
R. A. Davis
John H. Faith
Boulder
George H. Faith
Wichita
R. G. Klein
Wilma Gasser
Rutherford Drew
Dean Stockton Named To State Advisory Committee
Dean Frank T. Stockton of the School of Business has been appointed a member of the marketing advisory committee for the Division for the Blind within the Kansas State Department of Social Welfare.
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Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
Division For the Blind
Kansas State Department of Social Welfare
Fall Leaf Social Notes Include Local Visits
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Reetz and Gretta Lou with Mrs Faubion in Tonganonie. Kansas City visitors Mr and Mrs Jim Dyer called on Mrs Vitt. Happy Hour club met at Alma Reetz house with Dollie Reetz and Freida among attendees.
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Fred Reetz
Gretta Lou
Faubion
Tonganonie
Jim Dyer
Kansas City
Frank Vitt
Happy Hour Club
Alma Reetz
Dollie Reetz
Freida
Reetts and relatives host gatherings and visits
Mrs. Seele assisted the hostess. John Vitt of Hesper and Roy Daugherty of Eudora did carpentry at the Vitt home. Holmes of Kansas City and Landon of Lawrence dined with the Bryants. Katheryn and Edna Bryant remembered after their marriage. Mrs. Elsele and son John visited Frank and Katheryn Bryant. Wayne Witt and Norma Jean Stembring drove to Kansas City. Katherine Reetz attended the mother daughter tea at Salem church. Richard Bryant moved from St. John’s hospital to Carsie Hummelgaard’s home in Leavenworth. Mrs. Frank Bryant improving after a fall. Von Gunten of Eudora visited the Reetz and later Fred Reetz. Schellack relatives helped celebrate Mrs. Harry Schmidt’s birthday near Lawrence.
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Katheryn
Edna Bryant
Arthur Felsele
Aon
John
Frank Bryant
Wayne Witt
Norma Jean Stembring
Kansas City
Katherine Reetz
Sarah Houseman
Salem Church
Eudora
Richard Bryant
Harry Schmidt
Lawrence
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