Walker Sees Cash Ties in 1927 Broker Account
Mayor James J. Walker testified before the Hofstadter committee about withdrawals from a joint brokerage account with Paul Block after 1927, denying any business link to Russell T. Sherwood and noting profits from an oil stock pool. He described receiving $26,000 in bonds via John J. McKeon and said Mrs. Walker later deposited them.
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New York
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
James J. Walker
Russell T. Sherwood
Walker
Sherwood
Paul Block
Seabury
Atlantic City
John J. McKeon
McKeon
Countless Kindnesses Shower on Walker
Mayor Walker testified before Hofstadter committee detailing sources of funds and gains. He cited $246,692 from a joint brokerage with Paul Block with no personal contribution, $210,000 profit on an investment by Esmond O'Brien, and $26,000 from a Cosden oil pool. Bonds were received from banker J.A. Sisto.
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Block
Walker
Esmond O’brien
Atlantic City
Cosden
Seabury
Fis Slesonesed
Press “Lye
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Paul Block
J.A. Sisto
Tax on Messages Approved by Senate
Washington May 26 The finance committee recommendations for taxes on telephone and telegraph messages were approved by the senate without a record vote. Rates set ten cents on telephone charges from fifty cents to one dollar fifteen cents from one to two dollars and twenty cents on over two dollars on tele graph messages five percent on cables and radio messages ten cents. The senate restored newspaper exemption from the new communications tax in the revenue bill including leased wires telephones and tele graphs. Senator Dill argued against taxing radio wires seeking to exempt non commercial uses from the five percent tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Finance Committee
Senate
Dill
D. Wash
London court hearing on rector amid im morality charges
London May 26 AP Several young women injured as crowd surged to Church House Westminster for the trial of Rev H F Davidson, 62, rector of Stiffkey, amid sensational testimony about a photograph showing a young girl nearly nude. Police locked the church and barred the crowd as the defense denied knowledge of nudity while claiming the image advertised bathing suits.
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London
Church House
Westminster
H. F. Davidson
Stiffkey
Davidson
Nebraska storm kills three near Trenton and floods Bristow
A Nebraska storm brought heavy rain and hail across the north, killing three people near Trenton and causing flood rescues near Bristow. Roads, bridges, and rail lines suffered damage in northeastern counties while grasshoppers were reportedly wiped out by the downpour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Trenton
Bristow
Mail plane arrives with mystery SOS hoax near Boston
Boston May 26 AP wireless stations on the New England coast tracked a coast guard response to SOS calls that sparked a search for the Europa mail plane. The German pilots arrived at Boston airport without knowledge of the calls and said fuel shortages forced a stopover. Three destroyers stayed at sea, hoping a ship sent the alert, while radio officials investigated possible hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Europa
New York
Coast Guard
Department’ of Commerce
Three Clinics Tomorrow In City Hall Buildings
Three clinics set for tomorrow will be held in both the New City Hall and the Old City Hall. The Well Baby Clinic runs 2 to 4 PM in the New City Hall under Dr. Harry Gilkey. The Orthopedic Clinic also runs 2 to 4 PM in the Old City Hall. The Mental and Nervous Clinic operates 2 to 4 PM in the Old City Hall under Dr. G Leonard Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Old City Hall
New City Hall
Harry Gilkey
G. Leonard Harrington
Senate Rewrites Excise Tax Schedule In Revenue Bill
Washington May 26 AP The Senate rapidly rewrote the entire excise tax schedule of the billion dollar revenue bill restoring house provisions on jewelry cameras firearms matches soft drinks candy boats cosmetics and other items while easing auto taxes to two and four percent. A 30 cent ticket exemption proposed by the committee contrasts with the prior ten cent limit. Debate loomed on aSales tax amid capital speculation after Hoover meetings with publishers and House Republicans showed mixed support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Capitol
White House
Hoover
Bank Robbers Captured Near Numa Iowa After Bank Heist
Two bandits Louis Walk of Des Moines and Frank C Wein_ing of Burlington robbed Citizens State Savings Bank in Cincinnati Iowa then fled. A posse trapped them in a woods five miles north of Numa. One suspect died by own hand as escape failed. the other was captured. More than 3500 dollars recovered. A stolen car used in the robbery was found burned nearby.
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Numa
Iowa
Citizens State Savings Bank
Cincinnati
Here
Uma
Missouri State Line
Rapanoose County
Louis Walk
Des Moines
Frank C. Wein
Ing
Burlington
John Fletcher
Weining
Walk
Decrease in Deposits Reported for Kansas Banks
State bank commissioner H W Koeneke reports a $40,060,000 drop in deposits across Kansas state and private banks and trust companies in the past year. Total deposits fell to 129,225,464 on April 11 1932 from 169,399,365 on March 2 1931, with resources loans and discounts cash and capital also down and the April 11 count 664 banks versus 753 in 1931.
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Teneke
Kansas
H. W. Koeneke
Recess in I C C Grain Freight Rate Hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission recessed the reopened grain freight rate case as examiner George J Hall was recalled to Washington. Arthur L Mackley announced the hearing would resume in Seattle on July 11 with closing testimony in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
George J. Hall
Arthur L. Mackley
Hall
Seattle
Wash
Los Angeles
Former Congressman Charles Reavis Dies at 62 in Nebraska
Charles Frank Reavis, 62, a former Nebraska congressman, died early today at a Lincoln hospital after a short illness. He served in the U.S. House representing Nebraska and was active in state politics. The death was reported from Lincoln, Nebraska, with AP as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Frank Reavis
Nebraska
Prohibition Plank Sparks GOP Platform Tension
Washington May 26 AP The Republican convention prep stirs unease over the prohibition plank as Hoover weighs resubmission plans. Drys plan to press capital next week while party leaders face scheduling and consultative gaps with con gress possibly in session and key figures unbriefed on the President's talks.
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Washington
Hoover
Fess
Brown
James Francis Burke
National Committee
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Haskell graduation events close Lawrence year
The Haskell Institute opens its commencement with a cantata Tukwana of the Peace Pipe in the chapel tonight at 8. Seniors of the junior college and high school will stage a Washington bicentennial play tomorrow in the chapel with no admission, while the Haskell graduation occurs Monday at 4 in Hiawatha hall with Chancellor E H Lindley delivering the address. In Lawrence, end of term activities wrap up with Lawrence High seniors graduation tomorrow night by Dr. Burris Jenkins, about 153 diplomas expected, grade cards handed tomorrow at 10. Junior high ninth grade promoted to senior high at 1:80 this afternoon. pageant Thru the Portal, American Legion and Auxiliary medals awarded for scholarship and service. elementary schools finish classes this afternoon and teachers conclude final reports tomorrow.
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Haskell Institute
Haskell
Tukwana
Peace Pipe
Eula
Smith
Albert Bach
Washington
Hiawatha Hall
Wilh
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Burris Jenkins
Kansas City
M. F. Hyde
H. L. Baker
C. L. Heatherington
American Legion
Lawrence Stoland
American Legion Auxiliary
Marie Bell
Wilder S. Metcalf
Capone appeals to high court over tax evasion case
Al Capone, the Chicago gangster serving a sentence at Atlanta for tax evasion, asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to review his case. His counsel Michael J. Ahern argued the indictment was fatally defective and that the ten year sentence covered offenses barred by the statute of limitations, citing a Massachusetts tax case as precedent.
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Washington
al Capone
Chicago
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Michael J. Ahern
Capone
Ahern
Massachusetts
JAPAN GENERAL SHIRAKAWA DIES OF BOMB WOUNDS
General Yoshinori Shirakawa, Japanese commander in chief who drove Chinese forces from Shanghai, died from wounds suffered on April 29 after a relapse this week. He was 62, rose from minor ranks in the Russo Japanese war to supreme war councilor. The report notes his long service and final injuries in Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Tsai Ting-Kai
Shirakawa
Oread H E Chandler to Speak at Training School Ceremonies
University of Kansas education professor Oread H E Chandler will lecture on Signing Off during the annual Oread Training school commencement in Fraser theater next Tuesday. The program includes Oread glee club and trios, class honors, the Oread medal, DAR prize for outstanding American history work, and a list of graduates led by Arthur Allen and Erwin Branson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Chandler
University of Kansas
Oread Training School
Fraser Theater
Oread Glee Club
Oread
Daughters of the American Revolution
Car Upset on Highway Injures Two Lawrence Men
Two Lawrence men, Maywood Zimmerman and Jess Crum, are in Memorial hospital after a Ford roadster overturned on highway 73 W about a mile north of town at about 1 pm. Zimmerman has a fractured collarbone while Crum has multiple scratches. They were transported by ambulance. A large maple tree branch fell onto Tennessee street in the 600 block this afternoon and was cleared by city workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Maywood Zimmerman
Jess Crum
Tennessee Street
Forty Douglas County Farmers Tour Farm Bureau Hear Talks
Forty Douglas County farmers joined the annual Farm Bureau tour to study legume crops hog raising and terracing. They viewed alfalfa plots at G W Cashman and William B Kirby farms west of Lawrence and a hog demonstration at J H Saunders east of town. Lunch was served at the number 6 schoolhouse by Farm Bureau women via the Douglas County Bankers Association. L C Williams from Kansas State College spoke on soil fertility and market-minded farming, advocating balanced stock and crop farming and cooperative marketing where farmers control it. This afternoon a terracing demonstration at Oscar Hurley farm and another alfalfa plot at H G Seele farm were on the schedule.
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Douglas County
Farm Bureau
G. W. Cashman
William B. Kirby
Lawrence
J. H. Saunders
Douglas County Banker’s Association
L. C. Williams
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Williams
Oscar Hurley
H. G. Seele
Jude Anderson Named New Undersheriff in Douglas County
Jude Q. Anderson, 29, a lifelong Douglas County resident, was appointed undersheriff by Sheriff Jack Dunkley to fill the vacancy created by Joe Dyer. He will assume duties Monday and reside at 1205 Rhode Island Street. Married to Bertha Glenn, a former rural school teacher, Anderson brings farming and National Guard experience to a county protection force including Vogler and Price.
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Jude Q. Anderson
Douglas County
Clinton Township
Jack Dunkley
Joe Dyer
Rhode Island Street
Anderson
J. T. Anderson
Clinton
Old Belvoir
Lawrence High School
Lawrence Business College
Belvoir
European Travel Film Shown Tonight at Orpheum
A travelogue titled 10,000 Miles Thru Europe by Mr and Mrs R Bryson Jones of Kansas City was screened at the Orpheum theater with an accompanying lecture. It covers France Germany Czechoslovakia Switzerland Austria Hungary and Yugoslavia with tinted stills by Mrs Jones. The event is hosted by Glenn E Charlton and repeats this evening for insurers and Charlton clients.
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Europe
R. Bryson Jones
Kansas City
Orpheum Theater
Glenn E. Charlton
Lawrence
France
Germany
Eahechoevakia
Switzerland
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Jones
Thompson Campaign Work For Lieutenant Governor Bid
Jack Thompson a 1926 University graduate visit Kansas cities in support of his father Charles W. Thompson the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. Thompson has lived in Topeka ten years after forty years in Marion and is president of the Aetna Building and Loan Association. He advocates legislative adjustments to ease property tax burdens. Leland Thompson and older son Lis also a University graduate.
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Jack Thompson
University
Lawrence
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Topeka
Marion
Aetna Building and Loan Association of
Leland Thompson
Lis
Father of Amelia Earhart Fleshes KU Link in 1888 89
Edwin S Earhart father of Amelia Earhart studied at the University of Kansas during 1888 89 earning an LL B in 1889. He died September 25 1930 in Los Angeles with ties to Atchison and Phi Gamma Delta. Other details not found in KU records.
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Edwin S. Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Putnam
Atlantic Ocean
University of Kansas
K. U
Mr. Earhart
Los Angels
Earhart
Atchison
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Snowfall Grips Central North Dakota In May
Snow up to seven inches blanketed central North Dakota as rain and snow spread across the state and Minnesota. Temperatures remained low with freezing conditions forecast statewide. Entomologists noted grasshoppers' survival hindered by the cold spell, especially between Ruse and Drake where snow was heaviest.
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Minot
N. D
Central
North Dakota
Minnesota
Ruse
Drake
Bismarck
Stinot
Rain A Crop Aid Boosts Douglas County Fields
A steady night and morning rain refreshed crops in Douglas County. .28 inch fell by 7 am aiding wheat oats corn sorghum and truck gardens while pastures hay and clover improved despite dryness. Alfalfa stands have been cut this year and Kaw Valley Cannery began packing about 60 000 cases of peas from 555 acres, aided by recent moisture.
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Douglas County
Kaw Valley
Columbus Foods Corporation
W. H. Pendleton
Relief bill hearing as Garner plans open discussion
Speaker Garner’s 2.1 billion relief program will be debated in a Democratic conference set for this afternoon ahead of a bipartisan insurgent meeting on employment measures. The closed-door caucus will not bind members. Rep Arnold of Illinois will preside. Independents led by Rep LaGuardia will meet tonight to discuss relief proposals and LaGuardia plans to offer his own proposal.
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Washington
Garner
Arnold
Illinois
la- Guardia
N.Y
Baseball scores and standings from May 26
National League results include Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn with 3 2, 3 4, and 3 2 scores amid late-inning rallies and homers by Clark, O'Doul, and Kelly. American League highlights feature Gehrig's homer, Yankees shutout of Washington, Foxx and Bishop homers for Athletics, and Detroit beating Chicago 11 to with strong pitching as rain delays push Cleveland, St Louis, and Kansas City into postponements. Communist Party convention news enters Chicago as advance guard mobilizes for the Saturday nominating event.
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Pitttshirch
Miishurch
Cincinnati
HA Neal
OY Harris Swift
Grace
Lucas
Lombardi
New York
Lopez
Frederick
Clark
Brooklyn Dodgers
Giants
Inox
Watson Clark
Carl Mulchel
O'Doul
Kelly
Brooklyn
Ant
Ff Ant
Mon Clark
Hubbell
Hoban
O'Farrell
Boston
Philadelphia
Frankhouse
Cunningham
Nichole
Cantwell
Harsrave
Cot
Minus
Nichols
J. Elliott
V. Davis
Washington
Lou Gehrig
Senators
New York Yankees
Ata F
Angas
RFF
Hay
Ana
Dickey
Crowder
Berg
Maple
Max Bishop
Jimmy Foxx
Athletics
Red Sox
Th Kame
Earnshaw
Cochrane
Heving
Parham
Ilisenhee
Moore
Connolly
Detroit
Chicago
Caraway
Gregory
Fieher
Thirara
Caraway Gregory
iFleber
Gruhe
Bridges
Ruel
Maine
Detroit Frasier and Worth
Cleveland
St. Louis
American Association
Kansas City
St. Paul
Ain
Wyatt and
Communist Party Convention
Communist Party
Baker University commencements opens with board meeting
Baker University marks its 74th commencement with a Saturday start including a trustees meeting and a 10 30 a m graduation Monday. Dr Charles W Gilkey of the University of Chicago will deliver the commencement address. Alumni and university luncheons are planned Saturday and Sunday with tickets required for Sunday. Graves of former trustees and faculty will be decorated Monday morning at Baldwin cemetery prior to the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker University
Board of Trustees
Charles W. Gilkey
University of Chicago
Baker Alumni Secretary's
Baldwin Cemetery
Werter R. Davis
William A. Quayle
J.E. Schnedly
A. A. 3. Cavaness
Henry Barricklow
J. M. Sullivan
Baker
Centenary Hall
Roy F. Mills
New Church
Quayle Bibles
Alpha Delta Sigma
Sigma Alpha Mu
Case Library
Quayle Union
Charles Rann Kennedy
The
Ober acquires one third of Charles E Wry company NY
H B Ober has bought a one third stake in the Charles E Wry company of New York a buying and promotions organization serving more than fifty independent clothing stores. He will share equity with Wry and Herbert L Silver and devote most effort to buying and developing promotional ideas with offices at 200 Fifth Avenue. Ober will keep his local store stake and plans a July return to Lawrence. C P Radcliffe will manage the Ober store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Ober
Charles E. Wry
Fifth Avenue
Ober
Lawrence
C.P. Radcliffe
Weather forecast notes unsettled cooler conditions and frost risk
Kansas forecast calls for unsettled cooler weather with possible frost in the northwest. Friday should be generally fair, warmer in west and north central areas. Morning clouds give way to sun, with rain near Pittsburg and Ottawa noted earlier. dirt roads mostly muddy except good at Coffeyville, Arkansas City and Wichita.
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Kansays
Itsburg
Manhattan
Salina
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Wichita
Douglas County
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Irving Steingut
Storm
Martin
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la Guardia
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Rush County
Great Bend
Kan
Shaffer Otis
Morgan and Flynn Deeprock Oil Corporation
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Shaffer
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Clarence Gulley
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L. H. Percival
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Eee
Arthur Allen
Erwin Branson
Walter Bloch
Dwight Henry
John Holmes
Archie Mills
Berry Senne
Robert Woodward
Boyd Reese
Dorothy Brown
Kathleen Eustace
Frances Grey
Frances Holcom
Romola Hammon
Fern Kasson
Rosa Belle Pebley
Ida Jean Polson
Karl Kuglin
George Shaad
Jude Anderson
Dunkley
Fred Vogler
George Price
K.U
Newton
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Ark
Southern Association
Pasadena
Cal
Seismological Laboratory
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Pawnee Rock
C” Scott
Baker U
Hamilton
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