Forgeries Tied to Typewriter Fraud in Emporia Banks
State investigators probe forged bank instruments tied to loans escrowed in a Tone-7 economy. Pratt county and Woodson county officials report forged securities deposited at Farmers Bank branches in Lyon and Neosho Falls. Warren W. Finney of Emporia, father of Ronald Finney, faces embezzlement charges as authorities trace forged securities across Emporia and neighboring towns.
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Toreka
Pans
Woodson
Ec Shearman
Pratt Coun
Savenes
Rrani
Erithet
Lyon County
Cosho Falls
Wandsen
Tae Emporia
Neosho Falls
Warren W. Finney
Emporia
Landon orders probe into Cherokee county embezzlement case
Gov. Alf M. Landon directs state to investigate Cherokee county officials over alleged embezzlements tied to former county treasurer Homer L. Cline now under arrest. He asks the attorney general to lead the inquiry and report findings. The inquiry follows a county attorney’s preliminary probe and a morning conference with Attorney General Boynton.
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Topeka
Cherokee County
Homer L. Cline
Alf M. Landon
Raiandtol
Asant
Cline
Shouse
Boynton
Sixteen desert victims counted in south western tragedy
AP report details sixteen people perishing from heat in the southwestern desert. Five bodies located near Mexicali including Elisa Huerta and her family. a 43 year old man Gus A Donahoe died of thirst near South Gate, California. A car stalled on the San Felipe road left occupants in danger. Two Mexican fishermen rescued some, delivering them to Mexicali hospital.
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Mexicali
Phoenix de
Gus
A. Donahoe
Southgate
Calif
San Felipe
Elisa Huerta
Ruperto
Amelia
Rosa Ahumada
Francisco Lujan
Eliseo Ramirez
Ahumade
Mirs
Huerta
Kansas Weather Forecast and Conditions Summary
Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Morning skies partly cloudy to clear. Coffeyville reports rain while Manhattan Salina and Topeka see varied conditions. Dirt roads mostly good with fair in Wichita and Emporia. Douglas County roads good. Temperatures recorded yesterday show varying maximum and minimum values.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Salina
Topeka
Coffeyville
Wichita
Emporia
Douglas County
ANOTHER 6-MONTH HITCH FOR FOREST ARMY
The War Department moved to extend the civilian conservation corps for six more months. Discharges will occur from September 30 to October 15 with possible re-enrollment. The corps aims for 300,000 members for the second period, with selections from state quotas to replace losses. Units will shift for winter work and some relocate to the Tennessee Valley project.
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Washington
War Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Labor Department
Veterans Administration
Tennessee Valley Project
Fear A Hurricane Rips Cuba and Threatens Havana
A 60 mile wind roared through Havana as a hurricane swept 200 miles of Cuba's northern coast causing wrecked boats, damaged signs, and scared residents. No casualties reported by early afternoon as rescue squads formed. separate advisory notes a second disturbance near Puerto Rico with a British freighter in distress and the Josephine Gray seeking immediate help.
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Havana
Cuba
Isabella
Caibarien
Varadern
Matanzas
Miami
Fla
Josephine Gray
Abel
Final Service Sunday Speaker at Outdoor Union Service
Dr. Clement Richards of the Kansas vocational school at Tope will deliver the final outdoor union service in South Park at 7 45 p m Sunday. The Hi Y club of the high school conducts it with Leonard Whitington as president and RF Wood as sponsor. Members on the program include James Garrett tenor Frank Gartler xylophone Carl Knox solo William Knos prayer and Bob Hunt scripture. In bad weather the service moves to Trinity Lutheran church.
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Clement Richards
Kansas Vocational School
Tope+a
South Park
Leonard Whitington
RF. Wood
James Garrett
Frank Gartler
Carl Knox
William Knos
Bob Hunt
Trinity Lutheran Church
TWO BOYS INTO A LAKE Chanute Scouts Had Adventure
Two Chanute Kansas Boy Scouts with eight passengers rode a speed boat on Lake Michigan when the craft caught fire. Marvin Trimley 13 and Billy Heller 10 plus others jumped into the water. Coast guard cutter rescued all. none injured. Scoutmaster R. McTrimles led the group homeward from A Century of Progress visit.
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Chicago
Marvin Trimley
Billy Heller
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Chanute Boy Scouts
R. Mc Trimles
Marvin
Henry Ford plans profit sharing not in NRA code fight
Detroit and Washington dispatches report uncertainty over Henry Ford's next move amid NRA code talks. Sources deny rumors of new profit sharing schemes, noting Ford's payroll participation via a long standing employee bank. Labor officials discuss codes, Johnson and Ford's stance, with no clear statement before next Tuesday deadline.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
NRA
Ford
Lever
Ford Motor Company
Washington
Sept
Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Cates
Johnson
War Could Be Met Air War Within A Year Says Nouvelles
An article in Dernieres Nouvelles claims Germany could wage air and land war within a year. It notes industry at full capacity since May 1, with poison gas in six weeks, explosives in three months, rifles and machine guns in six months and heavy artillery in ten. Paris reports Daladier outlining France's new frontier defenses costing 100.6 million dollars along 125 miles. Also, Dorsey-Liberty post American Legion units plan a radio broadcast from Salina via KFBI at 5 PM Sunday.
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Strashoure
France
Germany
Anon
Dernieres Nouvelles
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Hitler
Nurn- Lere
Creighton Haskell Game Not Shifted to Soldier Field
Creighton and Haskell will not move their October 7 football game from Omaha to Chicago’s Soldier Field. A conference with Haskell officials and interior department officials decided against the transfer due to unresolved financial terms and other difficulties.
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Omaha
Creighton-Haskell
Chicago
Soldier Field
A. A. Schabinger
Creighton
Taove
Haskell
Department of Interior
Interior Department
Century of Progress
Paul L. Fickinger
Fickinger
Gus Welch
Century of Progress Exposition Pays Large Bond Debt
Chicago officials report the Century of Progress has paid 2,000,000 dollars, 20 percent of its bonded obligations, on a cash basis for two weeks. Concessionaries have added 14,062,374.89 dollars to the coffers and 4,806,000 dollars has been paid at concession rates by over 12,000,000 attendees.
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Chicago
Reds Top Cubs 7 3 In NL Baseball Upset
Cincinnati Reds defeat Chicago Cubs 7 to 3 as six hits and eight walks help shakily pitched win. Malone Nelson Hartnett and Frey lead offense. crowd reports and line scores show strong early inning surge.
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Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
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Nelson
Hartnett
Benson
Frey
Lombardi
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Richards
Frankhouse
Spohrer
Ereandl
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Mancuso
Brandt
Hogan
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Larry Wrench
Bill Hallahan
Pittsbursh Pirates
St. Louis’ Cardinals
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O'Farrell
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Saumes
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Cooke
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Fioy
O41
Aia
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Ferrell
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Dickey
Philadelphia
Alnams
Foxx
Washington Senators
Joe Cronin
Des Cramer
Washington
Whitehill
McColl
Chapman and Sewell
Bolton
Cain
Cochrane
Finney
James
Child Labor Pledges End Under NRA Codes
Washington reports that the National Recovery Administration codes ended child labor in many establishments. About 1,000,000 workers pledged not to employ anyone under 16, with some allowances for ages 14 to 16 outside school hours. 1930 census shows 197,621 youths 10 to 15 employed outside agriculture.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Blue Eagle
Kansas Electric Bus Plan Moves City Rail to Road
Kansas Electric Power officials testified on paving over street railway tracks in Lawrence. If approved, the KK U loop will switch to buses, improving service and routing flexibility while the company pays about 337,296 for resurfacing under city supervision.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
C. W. Amidon
KK. U. Loop
Amidon
City Commission
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
KK. E. Po
No Decrease in Deaths From Sleeping Sickness
St Louis reports the sleeping sickness outbreak continues with 27 deaths and 383 cases in the last week, 53 fatalities and 599 cases since July 6. City and county totals rise as the disease spreads from suburbs toward St Louis proper, with 19 city and 34 county deaths to date. NRA signs list five members. Brinkman’s Bakery and Roach Grocery mislisted. Exchanges to observe Labor Day holiday, markets closed until Tuesday.
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St. Louis
Iit
U. S. Public Health Service
NRA
B. Hosford
Brinkman’s Bakery
Roach Grocery Store
Journal-World
New York
Chicago
Work of 4-H club members at fair opens evening program
More than 100 boys and girls enter at Mount Hope nursery under the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce for an 8 13 o clock closing program. The varied program includes a parade of livestock, judging, music, a style revue, and speeches by Delbert Richardson and others amid dairy, beef, hog, and foods exhibits by local youths.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Fourth Street
Almarin
Nottingham
Delbert Richardson
Future Farmers of America
Manhattan
Della Bond
Lena
Vera Flory
Judes
Cal Kinzer
Walter Hank
Bob Gerrill
Harold Braime
Frances Bichelmeyer
Mary Bichelmeyer
Helen Hubbard
Geneva James
Natali Poxread
Mary Rexroad
Elizabeth Skinner
Dorothy Nuttall
Alberta Jackson
Kinsana
Ruth Duncan
Mildred Skinner
Pearl Henry
Ruth Bertschimer
Lorraine Woodward
Morrel Woodward
Nina Woodward
Lorene Slauchter
Edna Horton
Alma Henry
Hazel Glenn
Irene Savecker
Lucile Blough
Ruby Tindell
Arlene Flory
Iola Johnson
Francis Boehucker
Eurenia Brune
Thelma Fishburn
Ruth Brune
Opal Dietz
Bank Deposits Rise in Kansas Despite Decline from 1932
Topeka Sept 1 AP An increase of 11 724 553 75 in deposits of state and private banks and trust companies in Kansas during the nine months since May 31 was reported by H W Koeneke state bank commissioner. Deposits totaled 120 951 511 43 as of July 32 1933, against 126 263 043 74 on June 30 1932. He noted a long term annual decline around 95 million and said banks have improved reserves and liquid position, urging public confidence.
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Topeka
Sept
Kansas
H. W. Koeneke
Koencke
Lawrence merchants aid NRA drive boosting payrolls
Lawrence employers report 99 full time and 61 part time workers added through the NRA canvass led by I C Stevenson. 21 more hires expected by tomorrow as the drive expands with women volunteers under Miss Agnes Thompson and Mrs W C Hamilton, who will announce a county wide consumer NRA canvass date. The campaign aims to grow employment further with fall business.
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Lawrence
NRA
I. _C. Stevenson
C. B. Holmes
Johnson
Agnes Thompson
W. C. Hamilton
Liquor Charges Against Kansas City Men After Truck Stop
Charles Wilson and Harry Hull of Kansas City Kan were jailed awaiting arraignment before Justice Charles Springer on liquor possession and transportation charges. Police stopped an oil transport truck Wednesday night finding more than two units of whisky in the cab. The air tank trailer attached to the truck was released by County Attorney R B Stevens but a district court confiscation action was filed against the Chevrolet truck owned by Wilson and Rey Fountain of Kansas City Mo. Arraignment was expected later today.
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Charles Wilson
Harry Hull
Kansas City
Kan
Charles Springer
Wilson
Hullza
Oscar Peterson
Howard Moore
R. B._Stevena
Chevrolet
Wilson and Rey ‘Fountain
Wilson and
Hull
Lauor
County Causes Trouble in Federal Relief Compliance
Leavenworth county is blamed for delays in meeting federal poor relief rules, says state director F. H. Marvin. He named Donald Van Valen of Cleveland to direct relief distribution in Leavenworth and Conganoxie until October 1, and warned no federal funds will be released for other parts of the county until a qualified case worker is approved by the county board.
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Leavenworth County
F. H. Marvin
Marvin
Donald van Valen
Cleveland
Ohio
Leavenworth
Conganoxie
Admit Other Murders Near Dallas Confessed by Two Negroes
Bluitt and Thurman Burkley, Negro defendants in the Miss Kathryn Prince case, confessed they killed Miss Pauline Corman 17 of Dallas and Abel Schrieber of Galveston in a parked car near Dallas on June 17, 1931. William Decker, chief deputy sheriff, obtained the statement. Bluitt said he shot Schreiber and Thurman said he shot the girl. The pistol used had been hidden. The double murder closely resembled the Prince kidnapping and slaying and the wounding of Mace Carver.
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Dallas
Tex
Bluitt
Thurman Burkley
Kathryn
Prince
Pauline Corman
Abel Schrieber
Galveston
William Decker
Schreiber
Thurman
Miss Prince
Mace Carver
Dallas Wordnesday Nicht
New Case Worker Begins Work Here
Miss Mary Elizabeth Jamison, Douglas county’s new case worker, arrived from Chicago and started familiarizing herself with the county office. She has studied unemployment relief in Chicago and will work with F H Marvin on federal relief provisions, ensuring relief funds reach those most in need and that children have access to schooling and adequate supplies.
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Mary Elizabeth Jamison
Douglas County
Chicago
Poi University
Miss Jamison
F. H. Marvin
Kansas
Lawrence
Yankton
University of Chicago
Weekly Trade Review Shows Business Upturn
Dun and Bradstreet reports continued forward movement in business and trade with no hesitancy. The NRA actions have timed to boost fall buying, August sales up 5 to 35 percent, retail gains outpacing slower industrial activity, production above last year, favorable to 1931 figures. Demand for all kinds goods remains insistent.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
NRA
Tynes
All Kansas Regiment Reunion Starts Friday
Abilene Kansas September 1 AP officers and enlisted men of the 353rd infantry known as the all Kansas regiment which earned the Croix de Guerre for the St Mihiel drive plan a three day reunion beginning Friday about 400 veterans are expected Brig Gen James H Reeves wartime commander and now head of Fort MacPhersons fourth coast artillery district will join the gathering The regiment fought in the Lucey Sector from August 4 1918 to November 11 crossing the Meuse into Stenway throughout the war front line duty except for moves between sectors
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Abilene
Kan
353Rd Infantry
St Mihie
James H. Reeves
Fourth Coast Artillery District
Fort MacPherson
Lucey
Meuse
Stenway
All Kansas
Three Suspects Questioned in Weldon Beating Case
Robinson Illinois reports Bernard Weldon a 14 year old farmer near death after a beating by three suspects. Prosecutors grilled the trio for twelve hours and declared them innocent. Weldon’s sister Mary Schroeder died from injuries. daughter Anna, 47, likely to recover as authorities plan to bring her to jail. A crowd gathered outside the county jail but officials downplayed risk of violence. In Chicago a Dartmouth student William Martin 22 fell to his death from a seventh floor window after attending a fraternity dance.
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Jasper
Crawford
Chicato
William Martin
Dartmouth
la Crosse
Wis
Brevoort
Stock market index drops amid thin trading
A terse market note shows 90 stocks covered with minor moves, naming Ford and Hamilton related items amid unclear Thursday trading activity. The fragment hints at V-8 engines and Ady references without a clear event or outcome.
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