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Four Officers Slain By Daring Gunmen Kansas City, Juno 17.?Blaain* >?? chine guns turned Kalians City ? union station plaza into a scene o horror today aa woven officora and ? prisoner were airtbuahed, five of them killed outright and two others wounded in a brief but deadly burst of flro. The wholesale killings resulted from an effort by gangsters to release or slay Frank Nash, notorious Oklahoma tram robber and kidcr,; being relumed to the Federal pus.m ?t Lea ven worth where he escaped three years ago. I \Vjifn the murderous rattle, of ma-, chine gun bullets ceased, Nash, the, desperado, was crumpled dead in an I automobile ho had entered the moment of the attack. Lifeless about him were: Raymond F. Ca'ffrej, special agent of the United States bureau of investigation. ^ Otto Heed, chief of police of McAloster, Okla. Frank Hermanson, Kansas Olty detective. o W. J. Grooms, Kansas City detective. The wounded woro F. J. Lackey, special agent at Oklahoma City of the United States bureau of investigation whose condition is considered critical, and K. E. Vetterli, agent in charge of the Kansas City bureau of investigation who returned the fire . of his assailants as they drove awa>. Lackey was shot three times^i the buck. Vetterli suffer^ a slight wound in the left arm. At Washington, Attorney General J rumpling* issued an order setting! the ent ire justice department on the | trail of the killers ami .specially a*-j signed a detail from points near Kan-, sa> ( i s to the case. II,. .vet men to checkihg thru, the names, .lata, fingerprints and. photographs in the tiles of the Lea-, veiiw i til penitentuu y. I -It i- my hope," Cuniinings said, "that ri the field of law enforcement i ami n tbe detection and prosecution, of i pimi*. 1 may be able to bring about a better coordination of state and Federal activities." ^ 1 Nash, a member of the A1 Spencei gang which terrorized northeast Oklahoma ten years ago. was arrested by agents'of thFTittreau of investigation, department of justice, at Hoti Springs,- Ark., yesterday after a long, and relentless search. -1 don't think they intended to kill i Nash," Vetterli said in recounting the| deta.U of the slaughter, apparently staged by four men armed with machine guns who had hidden themselves near the officers' car and caimiy waited for them to gr??up themM'lves about the automobile. We went to the station to meet. I in- officer-5 who were bringing Na-h f:-,.m N 't Spring-." Velterl: vontmUl d. "U.i\ "iiond I'affroy and 1 drove to ' . .; a t i,:. .11 ii. i OH'. 1 he two Ka!. i ; \ .i. t ert.v***-. ll< mian-on .iiid G. . ?.r. ! ? i " > i - to tae .-tat: n it: ti e r , .... \\ met tin- M --our: I'a. .he tia.n en i -tarted cyver t> I aff'vy , a!. i., ,i -on h .-ii ; i, e -tation dim ac; e - - f l o!il ti e ea -* ?! o" - ! the "There were eight ot N>. lllC'lud.ng Nash. the prisoner and seven officers. We were to enter Caffrcy's car and the Kansas v'lty detective- wore to follow us to Leavenworth tn their ca r. "I was standing at the rear and west side of Caffrcy's car. In the back seat wcto l^ackey and Smith, the agents from Oklahoma, and Otto Reed, chief of police at McAle.-ter who ? ante up with the prisoner. "Caffrev was to drive. Nasn had ;n . v',. .J; ;Vcr's -eat temporarily until the car wa- loaded and then tow move over into the - ther *?on* r.r w i.e'i wa- ' up o *' r .. a . . M 1 " ' I i. "'ar- " g '> ^ ./ a oa-. 1 Mr. t kr.ow i \a ' > Ft-,- he wa- very close t,? a-. -I cr-.uche.; under the mur.Jefou* fire. 1 believe there were ner ntacnine guns working. t??. . Herman-,?r. and Grooms fell : - the pavemcn, : j. <r v * ,-)f t he m"-, re'." fvoil.e- 1'iudied. ' The w nd-hte.d - f ( affrev's ear wa -plmter.-d. Tr.e m?-r. :n-:d< of it were power'..'5- before .the roc fire fr<-m tr.e rat'..n- g "I f,:: -O -re pavi men: I fe'.i J sting.' g p" r ' m;. left arm. Wher the fi-.r.g a- ! I' w.t- all ov.-i in a flash 1 '"d. a pump (fur. a re escaping an ?v-r mared vv,-t ward out ..f :h- ' parking^ 1 >t.' A young mo'orvye.e patrolman M ke "Fanning, da-ho i from the s'a News of Interest in and Near Bethune | Bethune, -June 20.?The B. Y. P. U., Ignve a HDcittl ?t the home of Mrs. L. | D< Robertson. After several hour# pleasantly spent the young people went to Olyburn's ice cream parlor | where refreshments were served. The Christian Endeavor Society staged a play "Finger Prints at the school auditorium Monday evening. The proceeds will he used for the benefit of the society. I lull "ii Mel sod. Jr. gave a party ati his home Saturday evening complimenting his guest, J. If Y\ alters, of I'hernw. (iames wire played ?n<l punch v\ as served throughout the evening. Mrs. Royce Raker, who has been visiting relatives in Aberdeen, N. C., and her daughter, Miss Mary Aliee Raker, who has been spending some time with relatives in Sumter, have returned home. Misses Maggie and Nettie Rrannon spent the week end in Columbia with their niece, Mrs. Wade Atkinson. Tom Smith, who has held a position at Oxford, N. C., is at home for the vacation season. Mrs. Clara Davis and children and Mrs. Ixjve Hearon spent several days last week in Rishopville visiting relatives. Miss Mary Louise McLaurin, who I has been teaching in Greenville, is at home. , Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Foster and children are spending some time in Spartanburg county with relatives. J. M. Olyourn is visiting with B. E. Keisler near Lexington, they having gone for a fishing trip. Fred Josey, who has been a mem?ber of th<^ faculty of the Georgia Military college, at Milledgeville, is at home for the summer vacation. Miss Mary Estridge of Kershaw has been visiting friends here. Miss Mildred Manning, of Clio, is visiting friends here this week. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Heard and children <>f Shiron are gueM-s ot relatives here. Misses Frames Rethune and Harriett Mays are attending the Young People.-/ Conference of the Presbyterian church at Clinton. S. C. Mrs. Carl lieu-less, of Hartsville, spent last week with her sister. Mrs. Homer Fields. Massachusetts For Repeal Rostoii. June 11.?Massachusetts stood i:i the repeal column today?the eleventh consecutive state to go on record in favor of repeal of the eighteenth amendment. It was a sweeping victory with the rc-pealists piling up a margin of 4 to 1 in the stater at large and a ratio of 10 to one in Boston. The ten states already on record in favor of repeal were: Wyoming, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Rhode Island, Delaware, Wisconsin and Nevada. May production of steel reached a total of L',001 ,'.HH gross tons, as compared with 1 .<>r>2.N.'P> tons in April. tion at the sound of the tiring. "There he is, Mike." Mrs. Lottie i West, a traveler's aid worker shoutj eil. pointing out one of the assasms | silt* described a- a big fellow weighi ,r.g Jbo pounds. The ofiaer leveled hi- rev??,vei and i t" k fit 1 berate aim. tiling three ! t,'t:t -. The huge machine gun tier, M:<. West -a. .. fed! to the ground. . but i n.ecl ci mpar.ion> "ti the runt. rg b'-ard "f the ear which dashed a w a y. ! Fiom accounts of the ambush given 1 by Mrs. West, Robert Frills, a cab \ starter, , Charles Moore, toxical) driver, who, sat in a car nearby, officers j believe three or possibly four men , tired upon the officers from the right 1 and left at the same time. They beI lievc the death car was parked near i that of the officers in anticipation of 'their appearance and that the assas' ins were concealed among other au! totnobiles nearby. The youthful motorcycle officer ! -aid he was certain four men rode in the hack sedan as the machine gunn-'i's drove away. The suddenly deadly -sweep of ttie fro if. the guti muzzles a few feJt from th? gr. up of officers i ..i 11: ii g -.ght f"i' vv eek -end ,iv - cr aped a". t'e station onvv.'ii nnou.g i iui's. a group \ t ; - -'t VV -I'd t 0 .-..ft nffleV i . . * I * \ ' . -. : v . . t -!' a n.a KN., v. a - a ft ieii i of Harry Bai i of t.'.c 11 convicts vv .<c . - fr :u the Kansas prison ir Mem :.a; 1 >;iy break. He had bier, sought by Federal of ' :\cer- for questioning with the pri-o: break at *he Federal penitentiary a 1?-.,V. r,Worth in December. DXIl vvhen Y\ ai der. 1 . R. W hitc, .r charge, was kidnaped an i w 'in io ' by escap.ng <. or.v .c:-. ! He vv a - a friend of Harold F n air,., former Federal e?r.viet, cur. 1 v o-ted smuggling firearms .- -o tr.< i pr.-or. f 1 r the bn-uk. r, T. J H gg n- h of dc-m *: vi s t txpres-.-d be.o f that the a"a k wa - a plot f - the r- 1< : -e . - Na-h b 1 a ->Jv engineered 1* ,* 11 a r * e y J*a.. c y , who may not have been present a - its execution, " j Ample Forage Crops Best In Hog Feeding iOlem*on OoUejfe, June 17.?"The farmer who has a nice h>t of pigs which can be fed out thia fail will without a doubt realize a substantial income from this feeding operation," say* Prof. L. V. -Starkey, chief of animal husbandry here, urging farmers that it is particularly important to provide now for an abundance of forage crbpa for the more economical feeding of hogs. "Many of the hogs over the state are being fed in lots which contain very little forage. Frequently these hogs are on old permanent pasture lots, which we must realize are by no means'as effective as forage crops, either from the standpoint of economy of gain or the health of the hogs. Permanent pasture lots used year in and year out are bound to be heavily infested with internal parasites, which results in a lack of thrift in the hogs and slow, expensive gains. "If forage lots are not fenced it will be a good plan to cut some forage an<) carry it to thehu Soybeans may be handled in this way. If soybeans are not available certain weeds, such as pig weed and pursley can be gathered by hand and thrown into the lots." Plant Feed Crops To Help Save Day Olemson College, June 17.? lne rising price of corn, oats, hay and other feeds makes it imperative that South Carolina farmers produce a sufficient supply of feed on thuir own farms rather than trusting to make ! .sufficient cotton to sell at a pi.ee tiiat will permit them to buy their feed supplies, thinks It. \\. Hamilton. extension agronomist. Hence his suggestion that every effort be made to get in a large acreage of forage land feed crops this season. I rtft4 is not too late tv> plam oin I ami wherever soil is in condition to (plant, a few extra acres per piow I should be put in." Mr. Hamilton advises. "Furthermore, every available acre should be sown to some hay crop, either cowpeas, soybeans, velvet beans, sorghum, Sudan grass, or fime combination of these plants. It an 'abundance of h;iy is made, work animals and dry cattle may be earned through the winter on the hay, having the corn for feed next spring, or for feeding to hogs from which quick cash returns may be obtained this fall and winter." Since in some sections of the state dry weather the past few w--ek- has ; materially decreased the prospects for a good corn yield, Mr. Hamilton ! urges that farmers facing this situlation plant cowpeas and soybeans as i soon as possible s<> that a sufficient 'amount of high quality teed a .1 be | produced. Mayor Kidnaped j And Then Robbed Darlington, June 17.?Held up at the point of a pistol by two masked white men as he drove in his t:riveway, Dr. O. A. Alexander, Darlington's mayor and well-known physician, was robbed of a small sum of money Friday night. Police officers were searching tonight for the perpetrators of the boldest crime of such character committed here in recent years. Doctor Alexander was held up as he was getting out of his car. Making certain that he had no gun. the men forced him to get back in to the car. One stood on the running board and the other drove it off. | After going some distance up a mam residential district the men -topped. f>hi the mayor to get out. i They then locked his can and t.urcw ( .'re k< y- a - far up the free* pt'S. The*, wu.'iid away a- ( ..imly a- if r.<chir.g ua- air. T: - i. k . u-r. i v *.' >. * ring * h- cor' ... - - >. . v with . .. h W.1 - v t : !. iT '*. ... No I'ri v inu- I7\|H Tieiu e. \ \ . m * fa* n : :* ma it- a t O. -- . . ' ol in > > t r.a i ' i ^u. ; i <a : < .... a >.m ?n > . -a a ivi ii. As h;> widow paid the l?et - re' marked, -adiyi "Henry *a a - a good - f hu.-hand, but he hadn't had ar.y exi per :enee with My wheels.' ?Tne 1'atht tinier. * i Andrew I>a.m.ar Patterson. or.ee a ' powerful financial figure <>f New : Orleans. Iui.. committed suicide the (other day and his body in soiled and . onk'-mro clothing. :ay in a m'rgue for >e\v ra 1 d a \ s l?ef ore it w a - . ;ent ifm :. He made rru.it h c.t nis n hey. ? . ^ f . . . ["] ] '. t. '' . t kl.. I kill I It kk li k ! I > b ; n e =c. (,..v, riicr Sholtz of Florida ha.! ' - gr.ee; a law of that state making j < ..tr.apir.g a capita; crime. Chicken Pox Virus Also Saves Turkeys Clemson College, June 17.?Tur-1 keys can be vuccinated effectively with the same virus as used for chickens to prevent chicken pox, says P. 11. Gooding, extension poultryman, answering inquiries from farmers who have lost turkeys from chicken i ppx. ___ "Tostn i{< vaccination of turkeys in- ] dicate results about the same as with] chickens," Mr. Gooding continues, quoting as illustration the 'Oregon Experiment Station results. "Two farm flocks in that slate numbering* <53 and 1500 were vaccinated, with 100, per cent takes following one 'stick' or puncture per fowl and no detrimental effects. "It is probably best to vaccinate turkeys for chicken pox as soon as} the youngest poults reach eight weeks of a?e, and the earlier this can be done the better." Full directions for 'preparing .the virus and for vaccinating turkeys as well as chickens are given in Extension Circular 1&58, 'Chicken Pox Prevention," which may be had free from the Division of Publications at Clemson College and from country farm agents. The sales tax law of North Carolina will go into effect at 12:01 a. m., July 1st, and it is estimated that the tax will raise revenue to a total of $0,000,000 the first year. The stabilization of the dollar and the pound at once and flVmly is soen as the result of the London economic conference yesterday making an American delegate, James M. Cox, of I Ohio, former governor and presidential candidate, chairman of the monetary commission, and Georges Bonnet, finance minister of France, the secrotary of the same commission. The ratio is expected to be about $4 to the pound, and the value of the dollar in London rose sharply'to $4.06, the guess of the financial district there as to the exact ratio. The ratio is to be^kept constant Iby joint manipulations of the Federal Reserve (bank and the Bank of England, and after a temporary trial of the method, stabilization will become permanent, if it works. Secretary of War, George H. Dern, presented diplomas to the 346 members of the graduation class at West Point Military academy on Tuesday. Tho senate investigators will >. B opon tho inquiry into the banklifl methods of Now York and othH banks on Juno 26th, at which thl the affairs of the Kuhn, U<ob coal pany and the Dillon, Head compi^B will bo looked ihto, Tho affairs oil the Chase National ltank of Nty| York will be taken up later, accor*| ing to iMr. Pecora, counsel for thifl senate committee. Cesares Serviatti, so-called Blt#| belird of Italy, went on trial ye?ttr-l day at Pezia, in the most widelj| heralded murder case of Italy in mit| years. He is charged with the mur-l der of three, women to whom be nudtfl matrimonial advances and then got| their life savings. | Bishop James Cannon made thm| speeches in as many churches o| Oklahoma 'City, Okla., on Sunday la| the campaign against repeal of tfa| 18th amendment in that state. j I ^REAL ESTATE^! I RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY HUNTING PRESERVES I Repairing and Care-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE | I DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. I Crocker Building ? Telephone 7 j 5 J NO, T. NKTTLKP ? M. G. MULLKg What Makes a Safe Tire? I ^ ... I KNOW I A.RE you willing to risk your life on advertising statements claiming blowout-proof and unblowuhle tires? One manufacturer gives as tbe reason for elaiming blowout-proof tires?the use of one ply of another color?another, a patented "no breaker" construction ? a mail order house, high stretch "elastic" cords, etc., etc. Actually the fundamental cause of a tire blowout is the flexing of the tire which causes friction of the fibers in the cord, resulting in heat and causing the rubber to soften and _ the cords to deteriorate. ~ the MASTERPIECE (] I of TIRE CONSTRUCTION ! Un edJ ! There is a reason why ^Firestone Tires have won the 500-mile Indianapolis race for 14 ^^Lcon secutive years, the most gruelling tire test. The reason is the Firestone patented extra process of Gurn~Dipping which saturates every fiber and insulates every cord with pure rubber?wliicti gives sirengui iu mo cuius mm friction and heat in the fibers# This yeur 42 drivers in this race equipped their cars with Firestone Gupi-Dipped Tires and not a single driver had any tire trouble. Race drivers know why Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires are safer and not subject.to blowout and will not risk their lives on ordinary tires. Your life and the lives of your family are often in danger at the high road speods of today and you should not take greater risks than the race drivers who make sure that they have the best and safest tires they can buy?Firestone. Come in today. We will give you a liberal trade-in allowance for your old tires on new Firestone High Speed Tires?the safest tires in the World. For.1 ) A . 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