Plans for rapid start on Missouri river channel project
Kansas City August AP reports assistant secretary of war Harry Woodring and Capt Theodore Wyman Jr discussed beginning the 14 million dollar Missouri River channel control work between here and Sioux City. Work to start between September and October with hand labor to employ as many men as possible. Woodring sees river transport as key to regional prosperity and foresees a six foot channel, potentially expanding to nine feet with reservoirs.
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Missouri
Blond Tigress Eleanor Jarman Sentenced in Chicago Case
Mrs. Eleanor Jarman nicknamed the blond tigress by police received a 199 year term after conviction for murder linked to the slaying of Gustave Hoeh a 71 year old haberdasher. Her alleged lover George Dale and Leo Minucci were also convicted with Dale facing the death penalty in the electric chair.
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Chicago
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Gustave Hoeh
Trial hears plea from mother in murder case
A 29 year old divorcee, mother of two, testified and denied any knowledge of the shooting that killed an elderly merchant. She claimed her two codefendants carried out the crime without her participation, while Minneci received a 19 year prison sentence after the jury verdict last night.
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Minneci
Two Prisoners Escape From Morris County Jail in Tunnel
In Council Grove Kansas on August 31 AP reports two prisoners forced a third to help them escape through a jail tunnel last night. A. L. Sheridan returned to sound the alarm, while Roy Woods Decatur Illinois and Will Lilly Indianapolis are held for burglary trial. A fourth prisoner John Gustafson already jailed on federal blackmail charges refused to go and was locked in a cell. Sheridan faces forgery charges. Opera Director Stricken. Oscar Bradley New York musical director of the municipal opera in St Louis is affected.
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A. L. Sheridan
Roy Woods
Decatur
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Will Lilly
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John Gustafson
Sheridan
St. Louis
Oscar Bradley
New York
Municipal Opera
Sleep illness halts orchestra director at desert lane finale
Suffering from sleeping sickness in a Jewish hospital, the orchestra director in the final performance of The Desert Lane collapsed Sunday evening and has been in a semi coma since. In Washington, 3,333 families linked to corps serve 3,693 Kansans in civilian conservation corps camps, caring for 8,833 families and 16,694 dependents at corps headquarters.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Bates Arrives in Oklahoma City in Federal Custody
Albert L. Bates, named as a principal in the Urschel kidnapping case, arrived in Oklahoma City by airplane from Denver. He was handcuffed and guarded by five federal operatives as he landed.
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Oklahoma City
Albert L. Bates
Charles F. Urschel
Denver
Hea
Bates arraigned in Oklahoma City after Urschel kidnapping
Denver reports Albert Bates, hand cuffed to U S Marshal C A Patton and a deputy, indicted in the Charles Urschel kidnapping, left Denver by air for Oklahoma City to face arraignment and further proceedings.
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C. A. Patton
U. S
Albert. Bates
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma City
Police seize suspects after airport raid and theft
Reports say squads of officers armed with machine guns waited at Oklahoma City airport as part of kidnap ing charges. A separate note states a radio was stolen from 760 Lincoln street while the resident attended baseball games at Woodlawn school.
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Oklahoma City
Woodlawn School
Journal-World
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