Bond hearing on bogus bonds shown in Topeka
In Topeka a preliminary hearing for Ronald Finney and Leland Caldwell ended with bail set at 50 000 each and their bound over for trial on forging and selling spurious municipal bonds. The case involves Hutchinson and Salina bonds tied to a $1 000 000 securities scheme with federal charges pending.
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Topeka
Ronald Finney
Leland Caldwell
Shawnee County District Court
Allen Meyers
Toneka
Jeter
Court of Topeka
Tom B. Loyd
Stele
Tris
Nower Yains Jae
Finney
Boyd
Caldwell
Chicago
Hutchinson
Saina
Shawnee
Oswald
Goodell
State Fiscal Agency
Finner
J. J. Schenck
Meyers
Harold Obee
Russell Reed
Superior Printe Company
Reed
Salina Board of Education
Schenck
Topeka Bank
Harry Betzer
Citizens State Bank
Spuriens Hutchison and
Salina
Betzer
Bernice Long
Salina Board Ofeducation
Strasbourg on flag provokes French rebuke from Berlin
Paris reports the French ambassador was sent to Berlin to demand an explanation for a flag reading Strasbourg and Germany wake up presented to a Hitlerite battalion at Kehl. The banner, allegedly gifted by Hitler in Nurnberg on Sept. 3, replaces Kehl with Strasbourg under the eagle and swastika, signaling French Alsace is the battalion’s garrison. Kehl lies across the Rhine from Strasbourg, now French.
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Paris
Berlin
Strasbourg
Germany
Kehl
France
Reich
Hitler
Nurnberg
Rhine
Strasbroug
Maine Votes to Strike 18th Amendment in 21st Amendment Push
Maine, rebuffing prohibition roots, approves the proposed 21st amendment by about two to one, becoming the 26th state to back repeal. Renalists target Maryland Colorado and Minnesota with similar contests while prohibitionists press their stance.
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Associated Press
Maine
Maryland
Colorado
Minnesota
Arizona
Washington
Idaho
New Mexico
Michigan
Wisconsin
Elhode Island
Wyomig
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Nevada
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Iowa
West Virginia
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Alabama
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Police probe story of girl captive for year
Chicago report details the rescue of Margaret La Gette a 28 year old Jacksonville nurse who said she was held for over a year in a second floor flat above a State Street cafe owned by Theodore Economakos. She described beatings and requests for help while under guard and said she was taken from Jacksonville after being lured with a job offer. The suspect previously served time for receiving stolen property and may be returned to prison. The girl will be sent home.
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Chicago
Margaret La_Gette
Jacksonville
Fla
Theodore Economakos
State Street
Miss la Gette
St. Luke’s Hospital
Economakos
South Market St
Ea Ia
River Gages to be Installed Nationwide Under PW Funds
The Public Works Administration allotted 150000 dollars to the Agriculture Department for replacing river gages in 33 states, hiring about 1200 men. Each gage costs around 1000 dollars as the Weather Bureau reviews flood warning services to decide locations. States receiving new gates include Kansas four, Missouri six, Nebraska two, and Oklahoma four.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Pearsall quits dairy under NRA plan in Illinois
Benjamin A. Pearsall head of a dairy products firm in Elgin announces he will close his plant by month end rather than operate under the National Recovery Act. He calls the plan coercive and fears boycott, saying he will stay out of business until it ends. A 1926 Buick with 1933 Missouri tags 440-524 found abandoned near Ninth and Vermont streets is seized by police for tag check.
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Elgin
NRA
Benjamin A. Pearsall
Pearsail
Missouri
Ninth and
Ver- Mont Streets
Boards to Enforce NRA Code in Every City
NRA compliance boards will be set up nationwide to investigate violations, hold hearings, and pursue voluntary compliance with blue eagle agreements. They lack executive power and may report to Washington for action. Boards include two employee reps, two employer reps, a consumer rep, and a neutral lawyer, plus a chairman. They will also decide hardship exemptions and extensions of hours under union contracts.
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Washington
NRA
Huch
Johnson
New York
Will H. Hays
Cuba declares new government as Welles stays at National Hotel
United States Ambassador Sumner Welles remains in the Hotel Nacional as army officers opposed to the Cuban regime shelter there. Government forces besiege the hotel while Provisional President Ramon Grau San Martin is sworn in and proclaims Cuba free with a stable government. Bloodshed fears loom as hundreds of officers resist the new order and ceremonies unfold at the presidential palace and legislative chambers.
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Havana
United States
Sumner Welles
National
Welles
National Hotel
Ramon Grau San Martin
Cuba
Oseekly
Prohibition Repeal Gains in Maine Vote
Maine delegates set for December 6 repeal convention in Augusta as 80 delegates tilt wet. Election shows a strong anti prohibition majority with 112 249 for and 52 358 against across counties. two thirds of precincts uncounted. A Kansas City man, Ben Schwartz, was arrested for speeding in the 900 block on Massachusetts Street after noon. He posted a five dollar bond for September 18 court. New for V-8 Hamilton’s ready.
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Portland. Me
Augusta
Neal Dow
Ben Schwartz
Kansas City
Massachusetts Street
Henry Smith
James Messer
City Force
Schwartz
Bank Supervisors Back Federal Deposit Insurance Plan
The National Association of State Bank Supervisors voted to support temporary deposits insurance, aligning with the Roosevelt administration and the Banking Act of 1938. They will send a Washington committee to define which state banks qualify. Senator Vandenberg praised the idea as fair, while some officials warned the plan could strain state banks and risk fund bankruptcy, citing Kansas history of a $7 million deficit after 20 years of guarantees.
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Chicago
National Association of State Bank Supervisors
Arthur K. Vandenberg
Michigan
American Bankers Association
Washington
Guaranty Corporation
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
H. W. Koeneke
Kansas
Koeneke
Old Settlers Dinner Reservations Open At Local Church
Names are being received for the Old Settlers dinner to be held Thursday at 2 30 PM at the First Methodist church. Reservations may be made with Mrs W H Sears Mrs Lily Henry Holmes and Dr Edward Bumegerdner. The meet will open at 10 AM with reminiscences after the dinner. Eligibility requires fifty years in the vicinity or parents who lived here fifty years ago. Dues are twenty five cents and the dinner price is thirty five cents.
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Old Settlers
First Methodist Church
W. H. Sears
Lily Henry Holmes
Edward Bumegerdner
Inquest Planned Into Death Of George M Sunday
An inquest will be held in San Francisco into the death of George M Sunday son of evangelist Billy Sunday. He died after a fall from a fourth-floor apartment window Thursday night while four doctors treated a fractured jaw. Doctors say death followed shock from injuries while under anesthesia.
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San Francisco
George M. Sunday
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Edgar H. Howell
Boynton Is Questioned In Municipal Securities Probe
In Topeka Harris, special counsel for Gov. Landon, questioned State's Attorney General Roland Boynton regarding profits of 1700 from a 400 investment and a 1000 campaign contribution linked to bond broker Ronald Finney, as the inquiry into bogus municipal securities continues.
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Topeka
Fred M. Harris
Alf M. Landon
Roland Boynton
Harris
Boynton
Ronald Finney
Finney
Lost Child Found After Nightlong Search Near Juptin
Bloodhounds locate six year old Bobbie Rooks asleep on a bed of fringe in a thicket half a mile from the farmhouse after a long overnight search. He wandered from a suburban farm home and came close to abandoned mine shafts and a creek bank in a wooded sparsely settled area northwest of Juptin Missouri.
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Juptin
Bobbie Rooks
Death toll reaches 29 in Rio Grande flood aftermath
Brownsville Texas September 12 The AP reports five more bodies raise the death toll to 29 from a tropical hurricane that swept the lower Rio Grande valley and adjacent gulf coast last week. Floodway breaches near Hidalgo and Willacy counties are near control as engineers foresee water stopping within hours.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande
Hidalgo
Willacy
Government Sets Watch on Racketeering
J Edgar Hoover announces the Justice Department will crush bootleggers and illicit liquor dealers if prohibition ends. He says every agency will train to meet new lawless shifts and that many bootleggers will pivot to racketeering.
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Washington
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Department
Bureau of Investigation and Crime
Hoover
Coal Deadlock Opens as NRA Envoys Seek Unified Code
Donald Richberg, NRA general counsel, told coal operators at a hearing that irreconcilable groups may force proceeding without them. He urged each regional group to name reps for an advisory committee to craft a single bituminous code or divisional codes. If no agreement is reached, leaders may seek government help. The session adjourned after 20 minutes with instructions to submit representatives to Hugh S. Johnson by 3 p.m. for redrafting.
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Washington
Donald Richberg
The
Recovery Administration
Tok
Riehberg
Richberg
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Missouri Penitentiary Placed Under Quarantine
Missouri State Penitentiary was placed under quarantine as a precaution against encephalitis spread. Prison board chairman Stephen B. Hunter said no new prisoners would be received and visitors barred until the epidemic subsides. No cases were reported at the prison.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Penitentiary
Stephen B. Hunter
Cubs Rally To Victory Over Shillies In League Tilt
Cubs win 2 2 to 1 over the Shillies as Wahr drives in runs with a timely hit and Carrulli nails a triple. Pittsburgh takes a doubleheader from Brooklyn to cement second place race, with Wakefield and Thurston affecting the outcomes. Yankees edge Tigers in closing game with Briges hurling effective relief and Walker delivering key hits. Coffman holds Red Sox to four hits as Browns win 4 1. Newark Bears top Rochester Red Wings 6 2 to start the International League playoff.
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Adolph Carulli
Cubs
Shillies
Brooklyn
Wake Hare
Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Tod Thurston
Lopez
Melne
Grace
UC HA
Leonard
Hoyt
Paden
New York
Cincinnati
Yankees
Tommy Bridges
Detroit Tigers
Toin
Dixie Walker
Iide
Gerald Walker
Detroit
Detroit Clan
UOI
Bridges
Hogsett
Auker
Haysworth
Unie
Dickes
Goston
Dick Coffman
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox
Coffman
Boston
Nentemaley Andrews
Fullerton and Ferrell
Cleveland
Newark
N. J
Newark Bears
Rochester Red Wings
More Students In School This Year
City opening day school attendance rose above 1932 by 41 pupils to 2901. Elementary totals were 1595 this year versus 1598 last year. high school up 64 from 620 to 671. Junior high fell slightly from 645 to 637. Readings by school include Cordley 346 Lincoln 38 McAllaster 205 New York 219 Pinckney 398 Quincy 145 Woodlawn 242.
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All City
C. E. Birch
Neal R. Wherry
Cordley
Lincoln
McAllaster
New York
Pinckney
Quincy
Woodlawn
Court Grants Petition in Bonfils Estate Case
Denver court grants Mrs. Clyde V. Berryman 25 000 annually from the 12 000 000 Bonfils estate after a judge ruled a clause encouraging divorce was against public policy The ruling follows bids by Mrs Bonfils widow to take her widow s share with a 50 000 annuity Note The death penalty section reports two Negroes Blair Barkley 19 and Thurman Burkley 18 sentenced to die by electric chair for the murder of Katheryn Prince 21 in Dallas jury deliberations under five minutes nine lines of text present with limited context
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Denver
Clyde V. _ Berryman
F. G. Bonfils
George Luxford
Bonfils
Berryman
FP. G. Banfils
Dallas
Katheryn Prince
Blair Barkley
Thurman Burkley
Grover Adams
Gas prices steady after large 11.5 cent rise last week
Local gas dealers expect motor fuel prices to hold steady for now after a 11.5 cent per gallon increase effective last week. Current prices with tax run 14.7 cents for lower grade, 16.2 cents for regular, and 18.2 cents for ethyl and high test fuels, tied to higher crude costs in Oklahoma and Kansas and refinery overhead from a recovery program.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Tocal Oil
Jackson Refuses To Quit In Johnson County Sheriff Row
In Olatha on September 12 AP reports Sheriff J A Jackson of Johnson County refuses to resign after attorney general Roland Boynton requests ouster for alleged intoxication in public and mistreatment of prisoners. Jackson, president of the Kansas Peace Officers Association, says he will seek the supreme court if needed. Lamson Defense Rests in San Jose on murder trial of David A Lamson after arguing Mrs Allene Lamson died from an accidental bathroom fall at Stanford University campus home.
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Olatha
Roland Boynton
Athless
J. A. Jackson
Johnson County
Jackson
The
Kansas Peace Officers’ Association
Supreme Court
Lamson
Restsurthouse
San Jose
Cal
David A. Lamson
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Stanford
Roosevelt Advised to Start Inflation by Senate Chairman
Washington reports Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harrison urged rational inflation to lift commodity prices. He said prices must rise to help bankers and farmers who need aid, while Roosevelt prepared to reconvene his recovery council after talks with financial advisers and consideration of new steps to aid price stability and NRA credit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Recovery Council
NRA
Critical condition of Mrs. Chatterton after Lawrence crash
In a Sunday night multi car collision at Nineteenth street and Learnard avenue Mrs. Orville Chatterton 1112 Rhode Island street suffered a fractured skull and was described as extremely critical. Others injured included Mr. Chatterton Mr. and Mrs. Stone and VanRoy Ayer with bruises lacerations back injuries and a fractured pelvic bone. The series of eight crashes across Lawrence and Douglas county housed 33 people with varied injuries and total vehicle losses.
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Chatterton
Rhode Island
Memorial Hospital
Orville Stone
Mrs. Chatterton
Alice Nadine
Chattertons
Stones and Ayer
Nineteenth Street
Learnard Avenue
Lawrence
Douglas County
M. Burchett
Lincoln Street
Eighth
Mavle Streets
Otto Whiteside
North Ninth Street
Stone
Ayer
Nineteenth
Learnard
Bruce Myers
Sibley Road
Vacancies To Be Filled in Logan County Session
Topeka reports no candidate has stepped forward for Logan county's state representative seat at the upcoming special session. Special elections are set for next Tuesday in Logan and Republic counties to fill vacancies caused by deaths and resignations. Names include L. C. Uhl Jr. of Smith Center and A W Relthan, plus Republican William C. Ferry and Democrat Sanford Bellville in other counties. no report yet from Wallace county.
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Topeka
Logan County
Logan
Republic
Smith
Wallace
House of Representatives
I. i. Allens
Frank J. Ryan
Ryan
Ride Sanford
Belleville
William C. Ferry
L. C. Uhl, Jr
Smith Center
A. W. Relthan
Wallace County
General Household Utilities to launch aggressive ad drive
Chicago reports William C. Grunow president of General Household Utilities Company told 800 distributors in convention the firm will begin an intensive newspaper advertising campaign. He praised the daily press for aiding public support of the national recovery program. Oil output declines in Oklahoma and Texas reduce national crude daily production by 59 thousand barrels last week.
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Chicago
William C. Grunow
General Household Utilities Company
Soan
Daily Press
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Stock Market Index Eases to 87 5 After Day of Losses
The stock market index averaging 90 stocks stood at 87 5 yesterday sliding from 88 4 the day before as traders reassessed gains and losses across major sectors.
Thirteen Seek Local Post Office Job in Washington
Thirteen applications were filed with the civil service commission for the local postmaster position paying 3600 a year. The list includes W C Hamilton, Roger Williams, Dr E G L Harbour, Frank Fitzpatrick, Samuel Scott, C C Langston, Cecil Howard, George March, Charles Holmes, Galen Gorrill, Ellis Johnston, James Masters, and Harry Dodderidge. Appointment date is uncertain as qualifications are reviewed after the filing window closed.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
W. C. Hamilton
Tennessee Street
Douglas County Central Democratic Committee
Roger M. Williams
E. G. L. Harbour
Connecticut Street
Frank G. Fitzpatrick
Kentucky Street
Samuel C. Scott
Carpenter
C. C. Langston
Missouri Street
Langston Memorial Company
Cecil F. Howard
George M. March
Charles B. Holmes
Galen A.gorrill
Vermont Street
Ellis T. Johnston
New Jersey Street
James L. Masters
Harry A. Dodderidge
Open Licensing Quarters for Agricultural Admin Offices
Agricultural Administration licensing and enforcement headquarters opened in Kansas City today. Frank C. Baker regional manager for Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming announced proposed milk marketing agreements in Kansas City and Wichita, Kansas.
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Kansas City
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Frank C. Baker
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Wichitta
Kan
Baker
CAPTURE BANDIT SUSPECT IN WRECK NEAR WHEATLAND WIS
A fleeing gunman Pete Carroll twenty two was found unconscious in a wrecked car after a five mile chase near Wheatland Wisconsin. He suffered a broken neck and was hospitalized. Carroll, linked to Oklahoma gunman notoriety, was reportedly driving a stolen vehicle from Puebla.
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Pete Carroll
Wheatland
Wic
Puebla
Here
Oklahoma
Carroll
Kansas Weather Forecast Now and Tomorrow
Forecast reports cloudy skies with possible showers and a cooler trend tonight and into Wednesday. Morning conditions vary by city with cloud cover and light rain in Manhattan and sprinkles in Wichita. Road conditions: dirt roads generally good except muddy near Salina. Douglas County roads reported as good. Temperature data captured from 7 p.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today with noon readings and yesterday’s maximum and today’s minimum noted.
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Manhattan
Wichita
Salina
Douglas County
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