Court Allows Access To Emporia Bank Records In Finney Case
May see records in the Em porian banker's embezzlement and forgery case as the supreme court grants a writ of mandamus for Finney's defense to inspect bank books and papers dated up to one year before the earliest charge. The ruling aims to aid preparation without delaying the October 23 trial in Lyon county.
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Topeka
Warren W. Finney
Emporian Banker
Supreme Court
Fidelity State and Savings ‘Bank
Emporia
Finney
Emporia Bank
Lyon County
Clarence V. Beck
Hugo Wedell
Beck
Fred M. Harris
Alf M. Landon
E.R. Sloan
John Schenck
Y . Beck
Aie
Sloan and Schneck
H. W. Koeneke
Ruey- Dee
Ebebank
Ronald Finney
Whee
Wedell
Schenck
Japan probes Moscow circulation of alleged rail plot
Tokyo, Oct 10 AP reports a new Russia Japan rift threatens far eastern peace. Japan will investigate Moscow circulated documents claiming a Japanese plan to seize the Chinese Eastern railway. If no good faith guarantees are offered by the Soviet Republic stronger measures may follow.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Far East
Foreign Office
Moscow
Bor
Nippon
Wheat Crop Estimate Upward Revision Report
Washington reports the year’s wheat production at 514 316 000 bushels in the preliminary estimate by the agriculture department. Corn is put at 2 291 398 000 bushels, oats at 698 581 000 bushels. Last year’s totals were 726 385 000, 2 875 570 000, and 1 238 231 000 respectively.
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Washington
Apj
Denn of Zericulture
League of Nations backs minority rights for Jews refugees
Geneva Oct 10 AP With Germany dissenting the League of Nations political commission recommended classifying all numerically inferior groups as minorities entitled to rights under minority treaties. An economic commission plan for a high relief body for Jewish refugees from Germany was adopted, to operate outside the League’s main structure. The measures aim to ease German policy toward Jews, while objections focused on whether all racial linguistic and religious groups should be included. The high commissioner would be appointed by the League Council to seek refugee work globally.
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Geneva
Germany
Political Commission
League of Nations Assembly
League
Economic Commission of the Assembly
High Commission
Economic Commission
League Council
Tear Gas Drives Off the Pickets as Plants Reopen
Tear gas dispersed a large picket line as Weirton Steel operated normally. About 1,500 to 2,000 workers returned amid partial reopenings across Pennsylvania coal fields and related coke plants. Officials said 600 workers at Weirton returned. other plants resumed with varying levels of activity.
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Weirton
W. Va
Weirton Steel Company
Steel Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Steubenville
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Clairton
Ambridge
Poland President Moscicki weds younger social secretary
Warsaw Oct 10 AP Ignace Moscicki, 65, president of Poland, married his private secretary Mme Mary Dobrzanska in a quiet chapel ceremony. Archbishop Ci Kakowski officiated before the premier, the presidential suite, and close relatives. The bride had served as social secretary to Mme Moscicki who died in 1932.
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Warsaw
Ignace Moscicki
Poland
Mme
Mary Dobrzanska
Ci Kakowski
Moscicki
Weather and Market Roundup for Emporia and Douglas County
Partly steady pattern with clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday. Daily outlook notes little change in morning weather for Emporia and Douglas County. Stock market index shows a slight rise with averages around 90, up from yesterday's 82.
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Emporia
Man
Douglas
County Wood
Oaeens
Kathryn Kelly Identified in Urschel Kidnapping Case
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Kathryn Kelly accused in testimony as the buyer of a $250 machine gun used in the Urschel kidnapping. Firearms broker J Klar testified Kelly bought the gun with the same serial number found beside Harvey Bailey at the Paradise farm. Prosecution says she helped orchestrate the $200,000 ransom plot in which Urschel was captured and hidden.
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Oklahoma City
Kathryn Kelly
Charles F. Urschel
J. Klar
Fort Worth
Tex
Kathryn
George
Mackie
Kelly
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Urschel
Kansas City
Klar
Harvey Bailey
Paradise
Bailey
John Roberts
Fs Kirkpatrick
Yulee
Kirkpatrick
Norman
Oklo
Ruth Shannon
R. G
Boss) Shannon
Texas
Joseph B Keenan
Pauline Frye
Ruth
Pauline
Keenan
Shannon Farm
Oleta Shannon
Herbert K. Hyde
Hyde
R. G. Shannon
Shannon
Armon
Ole- Be
Kansas City flood control drive backs Kiro dam plan
A Kansas flood control conference in Kansas City endorsed the 45 million dollar Kiro dam and Lake project. Civic leaders from Topeka, Lawrence and Manhattan attended as debate continued over whether the Kiro plan or the Kaw river alternative should be advanced. Public works funds were hoped for if the conference favored Kiro, with costs estimated between 45 and 60 million dollars.
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Kansas City
Kan
Flood Control Conference
Kansas
Fred Pietzger
Toneka
Greater
Greater Kansas City
Willard J. Breidenthal
Cawker City
Solomon River
Dewar F. Kyle
Solomon Valley Improvement Project
Dan N. Freeman
Beloit
Salt Creek
Mitchell County
Kiro
Metzger
Public Works Administration
Identified Baxter Springs Bank Robber Named Underhill
Wilbur Underhill, famed bank robber, identified from a photograph as one of five men who robbed the American National Bank of Baxter Springs, Kansas, earlier in the day of $3,000. The gang reportedly fled toward northeastern Oklahoma after releasing two hostages, cashier John D. Conrad and assistant cashier E. J. Whitaker.
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Columbus
Kan
Wilbur Underhill
American National’ Bank
Baxter Springs
Oklahoma
John D. Conrad
E. J., Whitaker
Conrad
Kansas State
Rooney
Rad
Underhill
Dave Hasenplaugh
American Businessman Struck in Face in Berlin
An American businessman Roland Velz, a Maryland native and former Ceaceackicet, is struck in the face in Berlin on October 10. The incident occurred during tense postwar street clashes as Velz, a visiting American, reported the attack to authorities as an unprovoked assault amid the city’s political unrest.
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Berlin
Roland Velz
Maryland
Turbulent Cuban Crisis Signals Possible Coup
Fragments report shifting power in Cuba as Grau’s regime falters amid rising opposition. Batista loyalists barricade the National Hotel while mediators seek a compromise. Mendieta backers push for political reentry as talks continue with U S involvement rumored.
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Anne
Mane Geta
Fulgencio Batista
National Hotel
Henia
Grau
United States
Firest
Mendieta
Fiend Era
Florida votes on repeal of eighteenth amendment
Florida voters in Tampa cast ballots for 67 delegates to a Tallahassee convention, weighing repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Governor Sholtz urged Floridians to fulfill the Democratic pledge and vote for repeal while Postmaster James Farley and others move toward early action.
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Tampa
Fla
Ios Delae
Florida
Ostmaster
James Oe Farley
Dave Sholtz
Sholtz
Gangland Killing Ties to Mail Robbery Probe
Chicago reports a gangland killing as Gus Winkler, heir to a power bloc, is found shot in a morgue while investigators speculate the murder was to silence him about a $250,000 Chicago mail robbery last December. Edgar Lebensberger, linked to the case, was previously found shot amid a suicide ruling.
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Chicago
Gus Winkler
Winkler
Edgar B. Lebensberger
Age
Near North Side
Lebensberger
Congresswoman Greenway Arrives in Washington
Washington October 10 AP Mrs Isabella Greenway Arizona's lone representative in the House arrives to familiarize herself with offices. She joins six women in the chamber four Democrats two Republicans Nor ton O Loughlin McCarthy Greenway Mrs Florer Kahn Rogers Massachusetts Her husband Greenway was once linked to a state senate project and a construction leasing plan is noted by AP secretary Ickes
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Washington
Isabella Greenway
Ewis Douglas
Arizona
House
Salitos
Rogers
Massachusetts
Greenway
Capitol
State of Aires
Prison break links to W Z Hammond robbery
Undersheriff Price said today that two men held in Shawnee county jail in Topeka are tied to the Hammond robbery and stock theft. Ex-convicts Adams and Murphy are named in the case. both are in federal penitentiaries serving related sentences. Detectives connected the Hammond brothers to a bank raid and an attempted car theft, with the suspects identified by the victims.
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Jobs
Anderson
George. Price
W.Z Hammond
W. 5
Hammond
Shawnee County
Topeka
Federal Penitentiary
Mionros Adams
Wakarusa
Kedersen
Adame Ia
Yes
Akan
Dave ® Murphy
Federal
Murphy
Cammky
Hammond Rach
Hammond Anderson
Price
Hammed
Bill Feld
Ada
Io Hammonds Hammondshera
And
Douglas
New Yorkers Turn Out in Crowds to Register
New York voters crowded to register amid a heated political fight as McKee and O Brien contend for mayor and party control. The board faced turmoil with dismissals and accusations of sham organization.
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McKee
Brooklyn
Toledo Man Taken After Slaying An Officer
An AP report describes a chaotic search after a deputy sheriff was wounded and a suspect fled. The fragmentary text mentions Toledo and Red as locations or identifiers and hints at a fatal confrontation and subsequent capture or pursuit.
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Toledo
Red
Tete
Mary
Leo, Flanagan
Regents Meet In Topeka On Salaries And Loans
Kansas board of regents held fall session in Topeka and acted on salaries in state schools and the student loan fund at the University of Kansas. Due to low student fees and tax funds, plans to continue the new arrangement were under review. A reduction in the senior commencement fee was noted to cover actual expenses.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Topeka
Eniversity
Kansas
Seabee
Bern
State Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Dickinson Theater
Grand Lodge
Ladies Acanary
Patriarchs
Pea Henter and Watcht
Beloit
Eloit
Mra
Raat
Arkansas
Senra
Minnie Davia Hela Pian
Luther
Alberta Morrow
Arkansas City
Florence
Elliott
Mrsai- Maude - Hart
Winfield
T. Yeaterday
Engien Hall
New Hampshire
South Park
Auxiliary
Toll of Storm at Sea Off Halifax Sees Unclear Seamen Toll
Halifax reports uncertain fate of about 40 seamen after a week end storm across the Atlantic. Greek steamer Annuela is believed lost with 21 crew. Newfoundland schooner Teic returns to Yarmouth. cook Walter Butland from Sydney washed overboard. Unidentified derelict sinks bottom up off Nova Scotia with three masts snapped. ship likely carries 10 men.
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Halifax
N. S
Atlantic’ Seaboard
Israels
Newigs
Annuela
Cape Lookout
N. C
Yarmouth
Cook
Walter Butland
Sydney
Salina Woman Robbed Near Topeka Auto Theft
Mrs Mary Todd of Salina reported being robbed of her car and $235 after a man offered a ride near Topeka She described the assailant as driving an automobile with an Iowa license plate The incident occurred late yesterday as she neared a state boys school and a second vehicle followed the scene
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Topeka
Mary Todd
Salina
Todd
Iowa
Pei Stol School
Toneka
Ithe
Pair Convicted in Riding Bail Case At Ml 7
Washington agent Crow, 27, manager of the Washington Sena was among those convicted in a riding bail case. The report notes two dressed in pair clothing involved in the incident.
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Wasamtan Geen
Ry A Seoh Bway Crow
Washington Sena
Courtship length affects marriage happiness says Chicago study
University of Chicago scientists conclude that courtships shorter than three months or longer than five years raise matrimonial risks. A survey of 6,000 married couples finds three to five years ideal.Graduates show 25 percent higher happiness odds than eighth grade graduates, urban couples struggle more than rural ones.
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Chicaggy
University
Chicago
Burial trip for Bonners Ferry family reaches Kansas
An Idaho family from Bonners Ferry travels by truck to Ness City Kansas for burial of a baby who died in a truck overturn near Whitehall Montana. The husband and an injured son accompany the group as funds are gathered to transport the infant.
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Whitehall
Mont
Anthony Meis
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Sal Wen
Ness City
Kan
Bes
Nes
Eins Kaun
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Will J.french
West Virginia
Qnee
Ransom Taker
D. C. Patterson
Saoette Wathen
I Armon Shannon
Ige
Eland Albert Bates
Armseer
Styn
RH. Colvin
Paris
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Lawrence
Geathy
Lirmor
Lord Aoeraareiél
Helsing Corporation
Fey Carette Apy
Ickea
Consi
Opeka
Ben Ho
Masde
Crampton
Eula
Reaah Saale
Atlantic
ISET
Lodge Oon
Rebekah Ae
Vermont
Radical Auxiliary
Alfred Landon
Patriarchs Militant
Prezen Bellon
L. J. Strohmeier
Wichita Comander
W. Lee Jones
Fredonia Tere
Allan"e. Herr
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Meriden
Mili
Montana
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