Missouri News Nuggets Late State Events Condensed
Missouri events from Columbia to Sikeston cover university changes new buildings and a hospital project highway openings court actions highway commission cases and local incidents. Notable items include MU enrollment trends and campus growth, a state antitrust matter with the Millmen’s Association, a fatal lake drowning near Branson, a Martinsburg shooting and Mexico incident, school openings in Bowling Green, and civic projects in St Joseph and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri At Columbia
School of Fine Arts
W University
University Hospital
Millmen’s Association
Barrett
Jefferson City
John Thurber
Branson
Taney County
Lake
Taneycomo
Bransom
Thurman
Joe Kumbera
Martinsburg
T. P. Young
Bowling Green
Gantt-Baker Engineering Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Marshfield
G. E. Bartram
St. Louis
Fulton
Bartram
Kansas City
Lace Trimmed Lingerie and Hats Reflect Spanish Influence
A 1934 survey notes lace leads lingerie decoration with Alencon filet and val insets, ribbons, and bow accents. It highlights evolving silk and cotton undergarments, color trends, and new hat styles with tall varied crowns, ostrich plumes, and ribbon garnitures in American fashion influenced by Spain India and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val
Nice Broad Shoulder to Cry On
ENA WORDEN, a 17 year old filing clerk, faces dismissal after a clash with Grindley Senior. Martin Dyack offers support as Rena discovers a gentler romance grows, proving a man’s hands can work for love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ena Worden
Grindley & Son
Grindley, Junior
Julia Grenell
Rena
Julia
Martin ‘Dyack
Jones-Marcus
J—O
Mary
Andrew
Grindley
Martin Dyack
the Crescent
Junior
Miss Worden
Grindley, Senior
Grind‘ley
Martin
Birds Outpaced by the Fastest Airplane Speed Record
A historical note compares natural speed limits of birds with man made flight. It cites the spine tailed swift at about 200 mph versus the Curtiss navy racer at 266 mph on level flight and suggests higher speeds in dives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Where Colors Come From Colors and sources behind paints across nations
The passage notes pigments and materials from Italy, Turkey, Spain, Holland, and other regions. It mentions dry pigments like amber, red oxide, and Van Dyke brown, plus Orient and European colors using poppy-seed oil as a mixer. It explains drying oil reliance on several countries and recalls four basic colors used by early painters and Tyrian purple as a costly ancient pigment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Turkey
Spain
Holland
Orient
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Giant Niagara Falls Generator Powers Up
The world’s largest electric generator starts operating at Niagara Falls. A 70,000 horsepower vertical shaft turbine is connected to a generator delivering 52,000 kilowatts at 12,000 volts. It uses water equal to seven 5,000 horsepower units yet yields energy equivalent to fourteen such units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
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Missouri News
St. Charles
Warren County
Foristell
Hyde
Highway Commission
Theodore Gary
B. H. Piepmeier
Automobile Club of Missouri
St. Charles County
A. X. Brown
Edina
Ed. 8. Brown
Brown
McMullin Gin Company
McMullin
C. L. Cogbill
Bertrand
E. P. Coleman, Jr
K. L. Taft
Sikeston
Standard of Conmipany
Indiana
Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court
Robert W. Stewart
Chicago
Standard of
Standard
Stewart
Public Service Commission
Missouri- Kansas-Texas Railway
Columbia
Boonville
St. Joseph
Lone Star
Poplar Bluff
Cecil Sanders
Stewart-McGehee Contruction Company
Little Rock
State Teachers’ College
Sprigfield
Kimmons, Walker & Company
Springdale
S.S. P. Lindell
Wichita
Kan
138Th Infantry
Missouri National Guard
State Highway Department
Bismarck
Caledonia
Pettis County
Fewell
Topeka
Jair
W. J. Murray
Fredericktown
Bloomfield
J. M. Harris
W. W. Wheelock
Chicago and Alton Raiilroad Company
Slater
Sedalla
McMullin Gin Co
L. Cogbill
K. L. Toff
Paris
America
Royal Company
East India
Western Newspaper Union
Doubleday, Page & Co
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