Seek More Light on Finney Deals In Topeka
Topeka September 18 AP seeking further details of the dealings of Ronald Finney accused bond forger and his father Warren Finney with the Kansas bogus municipal securities conferred today with three national bank examiners. Governor Landon asked the comptroller of currency to send the examiners for a conference on Finney transactions with the Topeka bank. The gathering included Gov Landon special counsel and county and federal prosecutors. Investigators had earlier noted forged bonds among bank assets and questioned a $150000 state funds transfer tied to the Finneys.
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Topeka
Ronald Finney
Warren W. Finney
National Bank
Irwin D. Wright
Kansas City
EF. Allen
Mark Rooney
Alf. M. Landon
Comptroller of Currency
J. F. T. O'Conner
Finneys
Bank
Landon
Fred M. Haris
Hugo Wedell
Don Little
Lester Goodell
Shawnee County
Paul Harvey
Dan Cowie
United States
Allen and
Rooney
National Bank of Topeka
O'Conner
Carl McKeen
Examiner Allen
Allen
Tom B. Boyd
Boyd
State Treasury
Eureka Bank
Fidelity State and Savings Bank
Emporia
Finney
McKeen
Topeka Bank
Will
French
Heat Keeps Kansas in Summer Linger, Cooler Air Forecast
Topeka dispatch notes scorching mid-summer heat persisting across Kansas defying calendars and public wishes. Meteorologist Flora predicts cooler temperatures by tomorrow afternoon with highs around 90 or higher today and possible scattered showers, though no rain fell over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Lazia posts $5,000 bond in federal tax case
Kansas City AP reports John Lazia North Side Democratic leader posted 5000 bond on federal indictment for income tax evasion in 1929 1930 and failure to file in 1930 He signed bond with Phil Mc Crory and is set for trial at the November term of federal court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Lazia
North Side
Feneral
Phil McCrory
Lazia
Dr Allen Visits Father at Kansas City Birthday
Dr F C Allen University of Kansas athletic director spent Sunday in Kansas City with his father who marked his eighty second birthday by gathering four sons at home. The elder Mr Allen has long supported Methodist Episcopal church South activities in Independence Ma and attended conference sessions.
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F. C. Allen
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Allen
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Independence
Mr. Allen
Forest C. Allen
W.T. Allen
Mr. Alen
Hubert Allen
Elmer Allen
Homer T. Allen
Harry B. Allen
Washington, D. C
Southern Methodist Church
Officers Stop Stolen Car Pursuit Near Lawrence
Late Saturday night motorists interrupted officers attempting to strip a stolen Chevrolet sedan on Lone Star Road six miles southwest of Lawrence. The car bearing licenses to Judah Mix of Eskridge was pushed into the county jail yard. End is held for the owner. Chicago Milk Strike Ends. Chicago milk strike ends as picketing farmers disappear from Jag wars and shipments move to receiving centers unmolested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Road
Lawrence
Judah Mix
Eskridge
Chicago
Lamson Defense Vows Aggressive Appeal To Save Life
San Jose and San Francisco report that defense lawyers for 31 year old Stanford press executive David A Lamson will press for a new trial and seek every available remedy after a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson. A court battle over Lamson custody of his 2 1/2 year old daughter Allene Genevieve is also planned. An Examiner article by George H Hegerich cites jurors describing their attempted “accident theory” tests in lamson home.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
Lamson
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Edwin M. Rea
Maurice Ranking
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence and Nearby
Obituaries note Carrie Patchen age 58 of 447 Elm Street funeral Tuesday 2 PM Rumsey Brothers burial Memorial Park. Survived by husband E Patchen two sons Thomas and John of Lawrence a brother Charles Beebe of Dickenson MO and mother Mary Gulley of Lawrence. Also Christianna Thompson 83 of Independence MO dies. services 4 PM Tuesday Rumsey funeral home burial Maple Grove. Surviving sons J F Thompson Lawrence J A Thompson Topeka O G Thompson Kansas City MO and daughter Ethel Meadows Lawrence. Bruce Creighton son of Roy and Mrs O W Maloney dies suddenly infantile paralysis. widow formerly Angie Morrow of this city visited Lawrence last spring.
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Carrie Patchen
Elm Street
Rumsey Brothers’ Funeral Home
Seth W. Slaughter
Memorial Park Cemetery
Christianna Thompson
Independence
Rumsey Funeral Home
Charles A. Puls
Maple Grove Cemetery
J. F. Thompson
Lawrence
J. A. Thompson
Topeka
O. G. Thompson
Kansas City
Ethel Meadows
Bruce Creighton
O. W. Maloney
Roy Creighton
Greenwich
Conn
League sponsors one day public affairs school in Plymouth
The League of Women Voters will sponsor a one day school on public affairs and government at Plymouth Congregational Church on September 27. Edith Rockwood of Washington DC, secretary of the National League’s public welfare and government department, will instruct. She has worked on Washington legislation on unemployment and Muscle Shoals. Local civic group chairmen assist. Topics include child welfare education living costs and women in industry. An all day meeting will feature Q and A and general discussion as the state legislature convenes this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Plymouth
Edith Rockwood
Washington, D. C
National League of Women
Miz Rockwood
Washington
League
Choir Will Rehearse The Boys Vested Choir
Trinity Episcopal church will hold its first choir rehearsal of the year Thursday at 7 30 p m at the church. The Boys Vested Choir enters its third season under Prof Howard Taylor with twenty two members last year and strong support for their singing. Any interested boys between ages 10 and 13 are welcome at the first rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Taylor
Trinity Episcopal Church Music
Lawrence
Trinity Episcopal Church
Taylor
Song of Sones at Dickinson Show Delivers Quiet Dietrich Tale
Marlene Dietrich appears in a restrained role as a young German girl who goes to Berlin, inspires a sculptor, and endures a love triangle with an army colonel. The film unfolds slowly with less action than typical Dietrich pictures, but remains worth watching. Brian Aherne co-stars opposite her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Dietrich
Berlin
Marlene
Brian Aherne
New York Stage
Moonlight and Pretzels shines at Altha Varsity run
The Varsity hosts Moonlight and Pretzels, a light frothy musical with radio and screen stars. Arthur Pryor plays the earnest young producer aided by Leo Cari as the saving angel. Mary Brian provides the love interest as tunes and staging impress. capacity crowds noted. Tulsa University schedules six home games with season tickets at 8 dollars plus tax and tiered ticket prices for Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas matchups. Heat halts St Joseph schools as 93 degree heat prompts half holiday. superintendent F H Barbee reports most classes dismissed.
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Altha
Varsity
Angel
Arthur Pryor
Joe E. Brown
Ernest Young
Leo Cari
Mary Brian
Peter Pan
Tulsa
Tulsa University
Kansas
Tulsans
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A. & M
Tulse
Arkansas
Oklahoma City University
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Public Schools
Mercury
F. H. Barbee
Byrd's Second Antarctic Expedition Prepares for Two-Year Stay
Load of supplies begins at Boston navy yard for Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's second Antarctic expedition. A crew of 70 scientists and adventurers assembles to supervise stowage aboard Bear and Pacific Fir. The ships aim to reach Little America with equipment, sled dogs, tractors, and a twin motor plane for exploration and mapping. September 25 is set as sail date.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Boston Navy Yard
Byrd
Little America
South Pole
South Magnetic Pole
Navy Yard
Admiral Byrd
Oles
America
Roosevelt Field
L. L
Ver Sur-Mer
France
Lawrence reminiscences and a near miss in the sky
A former football star returns for school events and hints at changes in family routine after his wife and child join him. An airplane over North Lawrence sheds cowling pieces, one near the Union Pacific station and another close to a parked car, with a third still missing. Scoop Hill releases a blue ink Blue Eagle edition of the Fort Collins Express Courier, prompting local chatter. J Frank Jones urges safety during Rotary Week, calling for taxi courtesy.
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North Lawrence
Union Pacific
Hill
Lawrence
Blue Eagle
Fort Collins, Col
Express- Courier
Personal notes from readers travel and visits
Personal notices list travelers and visit plans from Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Asher Mrs. Domenico Gagliardo and baby John Garver Prof. and Mrs. W. R. Smith and Mrs. J. N. Gordon and Mrs. Earl Marshall Mrs. W. H. Quakenbush and son Roger Mrs. Sadie Griggs visit relatives and attend Chicago fair The item also notes two new encephalitis cases in Kansas City AP report totals 34 cases in the area.
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H. H. Asher
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Domenico Gagliardo
John Garver
Chicago
W. R. Smith
Boulder
Estes Park
Smith
Colorado
Mr. Smith
J. N. Gordon
Earl Marshall
Elburn
Ill
T. H. Marsh
James
R. C. Welborn
W. H. Quakenbush
Roger
Norton
Pledge totals rise at university in Kansas and Missouri
A long list of sororities and fraternities from multiple campuses shows pledges across Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Delta Pi and others plus members from Beta Theta Pi Phi Delta Phi and Phi Gamma Delta. Names and hometowns span Lawrence Topeka Kansas City and surrounding areas with many students listed by Greek chapter and city.
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Haneas
Helen Winchell
Walie Gamma -Phi Beta
June Adair
Wathera
Kan
Emily Margaret Alen
City
Han
June Benton
Kansas
Chky
Machine Bishop
Kansas City
Bernita Brooks
Parson
Virginia Burgess
Avanell Bushmeyer
Trey Campbell
Ogden
Utah
Mary Katherine Dorman
Ruth Kelier
Holton
Helen Jedlicka
Mary Jane Lumsford
Cleda Ferne Melintyre
Pleasanton
Mary Jane Roly
Heth Gregory
Defeatur
Harriet Harris
Louise Leep
Laura Alice Cunningham
Lawrence
Delta Zeta
Helen Butterfield
Imogene Beamer
Hilda Mae Bushey
Elda Mae Clevenger
Vivian Deichert
June LaPierre
Rockhill
Lars Lippitt
Meadville
Billoween Macoubrie
Velma Markham
Topeka
Rachel Shetton
Johnson
Alpha Delta Pj
Eleanor Anderson
Kathleen Tesgarden
Lacysne
Billie _Tindal
Osborna
Wilma Tuttle
Michigan
Mary Wilson
Kappa Alpin Theta
Ruth Armstrong
Scott City
Frances Burrow
Kathryn Cannon
Bartlesville
Oka
Alverta Chaney
Indopen
Betty Creaver
Milwaukee
Mary Katherine Dougherty
Insep
Clex
Dorothy Snyder
Winfield
Pas Strandberg
But Swarthout
Jane Warren
Betty Williams
Mac Nan Wilson
Josephine Burrow
In Phi Alpha
Rozella
Flood
Wichita
Jana Fitzpatrick
Mary Catherine Siebers
Rosemary McNamee
Tonganoxis
Kansas City Men Lead Fraternity Membership Drive
A long list of names and cities across Kansas and nearby states includes Dick Wright Lawrence and Jack McGrew Kansas City addressed in a sweeping fraternity roll call. The piece threads through many towns and colleges, naming dozens of members from Pi Kappa and Sigma Phi Epsilon and other groups, reflecting a widespread membership drive.
Cuban Crisis As Grau San Martin Hints Surrender
Provisional President Ramon Grau San Martin told foreign press he may surrender as Cuba faces intensifying labor troubles and growing strikes. Americans islandwide grow nervous as 37 business groups threaten a 24 hour shutdown to protest worker violence and political instability.
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Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Cuba
Gray San Martin
Six Members Chosen on Local Compliance Board
A local compliance board to further the NRA campaign in Lawrence was announced today after a county NRA executive committee meeting last Friday. The six named members include A. G. Smith J. H. Parker M. T. Coolidge C. B. Russell Miss Agnes Thompson and John Brand who acts as temporary chairman. A seventh member will be selected as permanent chairman later.
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NRA
Lawrence
Chesen
A. G. Smith
Lawrence Paper Company
J.H. Parker
Fischer's Shoetore
M. T. Coolidge
Cutter Hardware
C. B. Russell
Reuter Or Fan Company
Agnes Thompson
John Brand
Landon Files Protest Over Publishing Plate Lease Ban
Governor Alf M Landon protests to NRA administrator Hugh Johnson against a publishing code provision banning leasing electro type plates to state plants printing school texts Textbooks for Kansas grade schools are published in the state plant which leases plates from copyright owners The policy would hinder Kansas large text book investment and state printing aims Rexroad Holds Seat: Election not called for Rexroad successor by landon rule says Rexroad can not be replaced until senate rules on status and Riddle remains in office as he serves as assistant to federal public works engineer Paulette
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Publishers
Kansas
Toneka
Roland Boynton
R. J. Paulette
Shooting affray near Kansas River bridge leaves two jailed
Investigators recount a shack by the Kansas river north bank near the bridge where Albert Mann aged 60 and John Williams aged 45 were wounded in a clash. Williams fired a .22 rifle and Mann a .32 revolver before both men were captured and held in jail with hospital and city detentions pending charges. Police note differing accounts from Mann and Williams as county officials review the case.
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Kansas River
Albert Mann
John Williams
Mann
Memorial Hospital
Williams
Marin
R. B. Stevens
Vogler
Sir Stevens
Litbur
Dowers
Huston Turner
Ralph Hubbel
Floyd Hunter
Daylight Saving Ends in Metropolitan Area Sunday
Daylight saving time ends next Sunday in the metropolitan area, ending at 2 a.m. on September 24. Afterward, timepieces switch to standard time, giving residents an extra hour of sleep but removing the daylight in evenings for the season.
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New York
Voltaire at the Patee sparks four day run for Arliss
George Arliss delivers another strong Voltaire portrayal as the film opens a four day engagement at the Patee. cast includes Doris Kenyon, Margaret Lindsay, Theodore Newton, and Reginald Owen. the picture centers on historical figures surrounding the French Revolution. Birthday gathering keeps Dr. Forest C. Allen and family in Independence Missouri as they mark his father W. T. Allen's 82nd birthday. The elder Allen attends a Southern Methodist church conference with his sons. Three bandits fail attempt at the Dearborn Inn in Detroit as a hotel night force is disrupted by a alarm and a call to police.
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George Arliss
Voltaire
the Patee
Arliss
Doris Kenyon
Pompadour
Margaret Lindsay
Theodore Newton
Reginald Owen
Dearborn Inn
Detroit
Henry Yard
Dearborn
Frank Shaw
Shaw
Young Bandits Rob Bed Two Officials on Downtown Street
Two youthful bandits robbed two Arctic Dairy Products officials on a downtown street corner, taking 1150 in checks valued at SIL30. Police reported the incident occurring today with no injuries. Threat of further action looms as investigators seek suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Arctic Dairy Products Company
Death of Dr Samuel H Anderson 83 in Kansas City
Dr Samuel H Anderson aged 83 longtime Kansas City physician died at home after 52 years of practice. A KU graduate, he led the Kansas City Homeopathic college for years. Survived by widow, three brothers including Dr Arthur Anderson of Lawrence, and a sister Mrs A Coffin of Sierra Madre. He had practiced in Lawrence before moving to Kansas City about 40 years ago. Funeral plans not announced.
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Kansas City
Samuel H. Anderson
Anderson
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kans
A. J. Anderson
Samuel Anderson
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