Seven Guilty In Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial
Seven defendants were convicted by a federal court jury in Oklahoma City of the $200,000 ransom kidnapping of Charles Urschel, wealthy oil man, under the Lindbergh law mandating up to life imprisonment. Acquittals were issued for three others as trial wrapped after hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
Denver
R. G
Boss) Shannon
Paradise
Texas
Urschel
Berman
Clifford Skelley
Minneapolis
Shannon
Armon
Edgar
Vaught
Congress
George
Kelly
Desperado
Memphis
Tenn
Kathryn
Fiegete
Sam Kronick
Sam Kozberz
Isadore’ Blumenfield
St. Pau
Herbert K
Hyde
Kronick
Kozberg
Price Fixing Provision Sparks Code Worries in Washington
Washington dispatch reports the NRA and farm officials clashing over price fixing rules designed to stabilize prices. A retail prohibition on undercutting costs plus a 10 percent markup faces likely rejection, with final codes awaiting President Roosevelt’s approval and pending Hyde Park promulgation.
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Washington
NRA
Johnson
Food and Grocery
Po EE
Farm Administration
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hearinks
Six held in banker's kidnapping receive varied sentences
In Edwardsville Illinois a jury sentenced five men and one woman for abducting 77 year old banker August Luer of Alton. Norvell and Fitzgerald received life terms while Gitcho and Charles Chessen were given five years. Mrs Chessen named as the leader by other defendants.
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Chessen
Gitcho
Norvell
O'Malley
Fitzgerald
St Louis
Gracie Adams
Edwardsville
Hil
August Luer
Alton
Ill
Eugene Norvell
Percy Michael Fitzgerald
Lil- Han Chessen
Mike
Als
Christ Mela. Gitcho
Charles Chessen
Fineer
Luer
Jurymen Selected for November District Court Term
Thirty six jurymen from Lawrence were chosen for the November term. Judge Hugh Means called the jury to duty on November 7 at 9 o clock in the morning. Named jurors include O W Owen J H Hutton Kenneth Forney George Duncan L A Hunter H W Emick J F C Broecker John W Waggoner G D Breakey Charles Cowell L S Purcell George Molitor Raymond A Williams J D Viets Sohn C Carter Wayne Allphin O Seedee LA Schellack Fred Darley Denchfield Philip aie Ira Christie Palmyra George Hunzinger J L Cebriet C L Shira M M Joljer ines Banks Eggert Bert Jewett Wale ee M d Pierson George Coffman Kanwaka Charles Spray Grant W G Johnson Lecompton.
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District Court
Hugh Means
Lawrence
O. W. Owen
J. H. Hutton
Kenneth Forney
George Duncan
L. A. Hunter
H. W. Emick
J. F. C. Broecker
John W. Waggoner
G. D. Breakey
Charles Cowell
L. Ss. Purcell
M. M. Jol Jer
Ines Banks
Eggert
Bert Jewett
Wale
M.D. Pierson
George Coffman
Kanwaka
Charles Spray
Grant
W. G. Johnson
Lecompton
Fragmented testimony in crisis night raid
A witness describes a chaotic night when armed assailants forced entry using machine guns. She mentions fear for relatives including two 14 year olds and a 54 year old, while noting the assailants showed no sympathy and demanded others to flee or hide as the boy, aged 22, remained bewildered and silent.
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Keenan
Aly
Kansas impeachment probe nears as bond scandal widens
A Topeka legislative committee, chaired by Rep. C. S. Bloss, probes a million dollar Kansas bogus municipal bond scheme. State Treasurer Tom B. Boyd resigns Oct 1 as investigators prepare a comprehensive report for Monday, with statements and exhibits from witnesses, while officials like Attorney General Boynton and State Auditor French face questions. The inquiry links Ronald Finney to campaign contributions and forged signatures, and follows earlier financial misconduct investigations into state officials.
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C. S._ Bloss
Winfield
May
Atchison
Blood
Sedgwick
Guilfoyle
Dickinson
Fink
Wilson
Nevins
Ford
Buzick
Lincoln
Tom B. Boyd
Fred M. Harris
Alf M. Landon
Harris
Hugo Wedell
Don Little
Rolan Boynton
Will J.french
Boynton
Ronald Finney
Frank J. Ryan
W. T. Markham
Ryan
Arkham
Legislative Committee
School Fund Commission
French
Finney
Landon
Investment Department
The
National Bank of Topeka
Rons Finney
E. E. Quinton
Leland Caldwell
Boyd
Caldwell
United States
Frank Flack
Chicago
Ottawa car dealer robbed by two well dressed men
Reported at Ottawa a car dealer was robbed by two well dressed men near Overland Park. One man distracted the dealer with car trouble while the other relieved him of a watch and cash totaling six dollars before the suspect fled. Price returned home before the incident was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ottawa
Overland Park
Weather Forecasts Vary Across Kansas Tonight
Readable fragments indicate fair weather in parts of Kansas tonight with improving conditions by Sunday. Mentions cities including Wichita Dodge City and Pittsburg with notes on roads and temperatures. details are garbled but point to a temperate, dry preview for Douglas County and surrounding areas.
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Kansas
Wichita
Dodge
City
Pittsburg
Douglas County
Kanase Creighton football report from Omaha venue
Journal-World will announce a Kanase Creighton football game in Omaha tonight at 8 pm. A telegraph wire will carry a complete description to the newsroom for crowd listening on New Hampshire Street behind the Journal-World building. Phil Edwards will announce with floodlit lot lighting provided by W. O. Hamilton.
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Omaha
Journal-World
Newampshire Street
Phil Edwards
Hanna Radio Shop
W. O. Hamilton
Three men questioned in Cox wife child disappearance
Chicago police held three men for questioning in the disappearance of George M. Cox of New Orleans and Chicago. A mysterious telephone call to New Orleans from a pen station led to arrests. Davis, 27, Isle Royale crewman, was handed to investigators. Berkac, a merchant and Cox friend, and Wentz, initially Alen, also detained. Cox had said his wife planned to leave him.
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Chicago
George
M. Cox
New Orleans
Cox
Em’lones
Illiam Davis, Jr
Isle Royale
Government Bureau’ of Investigation
Pe Oline
American
George Wentz
Allen
Wentz
Oil on Unpaved Highway 10 Near Zarah Bridge Delays Travel
Residents reported state workers spread oil on a two mile unpaved stretch of highway 10 near the Zarah bridge. The oil depth reached about an inch in spots, making travel near impossible for Kansas City bound motorists until the surface absorbs the oil. The section was left unpaved temporarily to allow the bridge to settle before paving.
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DeSoto
Zarah
Kansas City
Zarah Bridge
Street clashes kill six in Havana as communists clash with soldiers
In Havana on September 30, street battles between communist demonstrators and soldiers left six dead and 14 wounded, including an American. The riots followed a mass parade honoring a Cuban communist leader who died in Mexico, provoking clashes outside the park. Local authorities struggled to evacuate casualties as night fell.
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Havana
Mexico
Reneral Park
Cepa
Two Projects Aiding the Needy Approved
Miss Mary Jamison reports eight additional CCC jobs for Crested staff will be chosen in ten days. Applicants may call the courthouse office for information. in person applications are not requested. Selected men must be single, 18 to 25, physically able for manual labor, and not previously enrolled. Pork distribution from government relief will aid needy families, with packages four pieces per pig, through the state emergency relief committee in Topeka.
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Mary Jamison
Tobs
Conservation Corps
Apie
Topeka
Vtoday Fixe
Coust County
Court House
Jamison
Emerncy
Ore
Fall Pig Crop Likely To Be Little Affected This Fall
Washington report notes government market activities ended with about 6.2 million pigs under 100 pounds sent to premature slaughter and 200 thousand sows, as farmers rejected higher prices and held back. Officials had expected large purchases but farmers halted selling, keeping the fall crop near original estimates. George N. Peck estimated farmers would receive over 39 million dollars from swine marketed, with packers earning over 5 million and 100 million pounds of meat slated for distribution to needy in coming months.
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Washington
Pizate
Farm Adjustment Administration
George N. Peck
Evening Radio Ramn Reveals Sons and Daughters Voices
Brief notice urges Fellows and Rebekahs to tune in for an evening program from 6 to 7 o'clock featuring a ramn presented by the sons and daughters of deceased members. The piece emphasizes participation and community remembrance within the organization.
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Rebekahs
Roosevelt Plans Step to Implement Vast Relief Enterprise
President Roosevelt indicated he expected to announce within the week the method for carrying out the large relief program.
Kansas State Beams Past Emporia Teachers in First Half
At Manhattan on Sept 30 AP reports Kansas State College leads Emporia Teachers 12 to 0 at halftime. Graham carried for 8 yards on two drives and later scored on two plays as K State overturned a momentum shift with a 40 yard aerial drive and a fumble recovery setup. Rhode Island led Maine 6 0 and Army 19 Mercer 0.
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Kansas State College
Manhattan
Emporia
Kansas State
Saakeny
Kansen State
Graham
Biane
Cant State
Emma
Balloon lands near Moscow after stratosphere flight
Reports from Moscow say a Soviet balloon ascended to the stratosphere and landed about 80 miles from Moscow. Three Russian balloonists reported reaching 19,000 meters in a bid to set a new record, surpassing Auguste Piccard’s 16,700 meters.
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London
Reuters News Agency
Moscow
Auguste Piccard
Jonnaires in Chicago for Convention
A fragmentary item notes a convention event in Chicago tied to Jonnaires with discussion of a fair and attrition. The readable text is sparse and obstructed, yielding a brief mention of organizers and venue but lacking full details or outcomes.
Funds raise to cover court costs for Greek groups
The supreme court forced the two universities’ fraternities to pay court costs after a long tax dispute. Bill Avery of Delta Upsilon spearheads a drive to raise funds by Oct 5 to satisfy the execution. Sheriff Dunkley warns property sales if funds are late. back taxes and penalties were partly relieved by a legislative act last year, leaving under $100,000 still at issue.
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Supreme Court
Tober
Starkweather
Bill Avery
Delta Upsilon
Dunkley
Douglas County
Ely
President Roosevelts coal code takes effect soon
Hyde Park N Y Sept 30 President Roosevelts new deal moves to regulate the troubled coal industry. He signed the captive mines agreement bringing iron and steel companies under the coal code and ordered the code to take effect Monday. The step affects about 75000 miners and aims to harmonize hours wages and working conditions with broader recovery plans. Roosevelt named Hugh Johnson to lead the code machinery and to appoint an agent to implement the new rules. He emphasized that conditions will be favorable to both miners and employers within the specified regions and timing.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
al. P
Roosevelt
Fornson
Iron and Steel Companies
All Western
Pennsylvania
Hugh §. Johnson
Donald Ere
National Reco
Iron and Steel
Im. K . Anene
Rally Invitations Sent to Every Home Tomorrow
Community organizers announce a rally inviting every man, woman, and child to attend at a local venue on Sunday. The event emphasizes inclusive participation and encourages families to bring neighbors.
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C.S.T
Fel Reno
Okla
A. Spe
Bailey
Shannons
Minnesota
Herbert K. Hyde
Joseph B. Keenan
United
States Attorney General
Rce
Oklahoma
Toof
Detroit
United States Senate
E-tower
Otton
Anne
Good.k. U. Rally
Depot
Santa Fe Station
University of Kansas
Jayhawkers
Creighton
K. U
Sir- Ma Chi
Woodrow
AL Vha Tau Omega
Ad Lindsey
Mike Getto
Frank
Pi Beta Pie Alpha Delta Pi
Delta
Tepinchore
Pi'Phi
Thea Morgan
Thetas
Sven Phis
Bul Phipps
Er Univer
Snus
Alpha Thets
Indiana Street
Varsity
Abteci
Union
Pi Phi
Tae Gara
Tae Balfola
Spartie Idea
Journal-World Party
Iris Rea Phis
the Baits
Death
Allan “Diddle
Asher
Delta Apailon
A. D
Alpha Delta
Buil
Joe Cook
Grahasi
Rhode Island
Maine
Army
Mercer Fonon
Egbert Bert A. Hunt
Vernon
Ban- Het
Art
Arthur Capper
Marraige
Ion Butler
Iris Noland
Wrence
Thomas
Theodore Assman
Pencers
Jonnaires
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