California hunt for Chicago socialite missing matron
Mrs Huot Boke Schaffner 36 a Chicago society matron is missing in Carmel California. Sheriff orders air search after trackers scented a trail to the ocean and nearby woods. Husband en route from Wyoming and maid guard the household amid uncertainty as to abduction or voluntary disappearance.
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Carmel
Calif
Huot Boke Schaffner
Chicago Society
Carl Abbots
Monterey
Ocean Beach
Chicago
Nate
Abbott
Abbot
Mstrom
Caneh
Echo
Pins Woods
Dory
Joseph H. D Schafiner
Wyoming
Mire
Schafiner
Recall Law Applying to Mayors Termed Unfair
A historical note on recall attempts against mayors, with Gideon’s term ending amid liquor charge issues. The piece cites failed recall efforts, legal actions, and editorials urging citizens to nominate capable, honest leaders and support them fully. It mentions Durst’s remarks on qualifications and critiques of political sniping.
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Gideon
Nolle
Springfield
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Durst
Lorges
Meher of
Police Court Case Near Stops Radio
Chicago December 19 UP The City of Chicago against Harry Bromovitz for speeding was aired from Judge John Gutknecht's traffic court. The judge pressed Bromovitz on alleged insults to the policeman and Bromovitz replied with hostile remarks. The speeding charge was dismissed and Bromovitz fined 1 for contempt of court.
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Chicago
City of
Harry Bromovitz
John Gutknecht
Bromovitz
Gutknecht
Tulsa Boy 17 Shot in Vacant House
Carl Pulliam, 17, was shot dead while playing with two pistols in a vacant Tulsa house. Police questioned four youths, including Paul Lumary who said he fired the fatal shot was an accident. The incident follows recent local gun deaths and a murder charge against Phil Kennamer in a prior case.
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Tulsa
Oslo
Carl Pulliam
Teant
Earl Porter
Paul Lumary
Wiliam Bearman
Owen Xt
Porter
Lumary
John F. Gorrell
Sidney Born, Jr
Phil Kennamer
Gorrell
Beer Dealers Favor Single License Plan
Beer dealers in the state back a single license plan with a $3 initiation fee and minimum annual dues of $5, based on a 2 cent per barrel assessment on all beer sold. About 125 of 260 eligible dealers have joined the organization. a 15 member board of directors was elected including Ed A. Favier and George F. Addison among others.
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Jennings
Ed A. Favier
Jefferson City
George F. Addison
Salem
Frank T. Dugan
Kansas City
Jack Gordon
St. Louis
Gharies Greiser
Joplin
J. E Katherns
EK. L Krenger
H. E. Linneworth
Harry Miller
St. Joseph
G. C. Ogle
Cuba
Herman Radtke
Leeper
A. P. Sparr
F. W. Schramm
Palmington
M. P. ‘cDeng
Columbis
Ten Indicted in Oklahoma Insurance Fraud Ring
Federal indictments charging mail fraud were returned in Muskogee against ten men linked to a life insurance ring operating in Oklahoma Arkansas Texas Missouri and Kansas. They allegedly obtained about 47000 from Modern Woodmen of America by faking deaths and collecting double indemnity policies. The accused include Jack Fullerton Clifford Morgan Ira Carter Jesse F. Watkins L. A. Tittle Ewell B. Short Roy Heathcock Yom C. Rodey and an unnamed defendant not yet arrested.
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Mcskogee
Ohio
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
United States District Attorney's Office
Woodmen of America
Muskogee
Jack Fullerton
Clifford Morgan
Riverside Community
Ira Carter
Jesse F. Watkins
L. A. Tittle
Ewell B. Short
Roy Heathcock
L. C. Caudle
Lane Grocer
Yom C. Rodey
Drumright
Christmas truce in Saar amid plebiscite calm
The League of Nations plebiscite commission bowed to a Christmas truce from December 23 to 27 to keep peace in Saar amid the looming January 13 vote. Nazis and anti Nazi groups urged restraint as British, Italian, Dutch, and Swedish troops prepare to reinforce, while Saar girls were cautioned against relations with foreign soldiers.
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Saarbruecken
Saar Basty
Saar
League of Nations
Missouri State Life creditors paid in liquidation
The General American Life Insurance Co. has begun paying claims to 2,782 creditors of the Missouri State Life Insurance Co. as part of the liquidation. State Insurance Superintendent R. Emmet O'Malley filed the report in circuit court. The Missouri State Life, insolvent since Aug. 28, 1933, had its assets and claims sold to General American under a purchase that allowed former policy holders to continue coverage or file liquidation claims.
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ST. Louis
Der
General American Life Insurance Co
Missouri’ State Life Insurance Co
Circuit Pan
State Insurance
R. Emmet O'Malley
O'Malley
Missouri State Life
General American Company
General American
Busch Indicted Under Brewers Code in Lake Charles
Anheuser Busch Inc of St Louis was named in a western district Louisiana federal indictment charging violation of the Brewers code. The Lake Charles division federal case alleges subsidizing retail beer outlets and providing equipment for exclusive sale of Anheuser Busch beer. Penalty cited is a fine, not prison.
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Ansheuser Busch
Savings deposits in state show rise this year
Missouri wage earners and those in higher salaries saved for Christmas as state finance reports a 3 percent rise in deposits in state banks for the four months ending November 5. Demand deposits climbed 8 percent as payrolls grew, with funds built in anticipation of purchases and rising wages.
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Missouri
State Finance Department
Werdnesday
San Diego
Calif
Sanford Baldwin
Framingham Center
Mass
Corstmes
Lindbergh Pield
Iaid Baldwin
Relief focused plan to balance 1937 budget urged
A proposed relief program aims to avoid new debt through 1936 by limiting unemployment relief and emergency spending to a minimum. It relies on expected surplus receipts and repayments from lending agencies, plus trimming the general fund balance. The plan promises fiscal stability, reduced inflation fears, and steadier federal revenues to spur private investment and business recovery.
Car not tied to gangster Karpis in Kansas case
Topeka Kansas detectives said fingerprints on an abandoned car found near Cottonwood Falls do not match John Hamilton or Alvin Karpis. Hamilton is an aide to John Dillinger. Karpis is wanted in the Bremer kidnapping case in St Paul.
Children Tested for Tuberculosis in Cole County
Fifty one children aged up to twelve were given tuberculin tests yesterday by the Cole County Tuberculosis society in the courthouse. Results will be announced at 10 o'clock Friday morning in the circuit court room.
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Cole County Tuberculosis Society
Circuit Court Room
Mayors Association declines sponsor public utility bills this year
The Missouri Municipal Association meeting in January discussed bills to strengthen municipal funds security and empower cities to license 3.2 beer dealers if the law stays. Proposals include appointing marshals and tax officials in smaller cities and allowing mayors and assessors to join county boards of equalization. Homer L. Pruett presides. Jefferson City Mayor Means Ray named to arrange the January 16 session.
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Homer L. Pruett
Centralia
Ege
Planns
Senate
House Municipal Corporations Committees
Means Ray
Jefferson City
Gity
June Rose
Harry D. Durst
Springfield
G. C. Ludwig
Chicago
American Municipal Association
Missouri
Marion Lamb
Moberly
City Attorney's Association
Troops Fire on Mob Attempting to Lynch Negro
Chaos at the county courthouse as troops confront a mob seeking to lynch a Black man. Gunfire, bayonets, and tear gas leave multiple wounded and two dead, with bystanders injured and the crowd dispersing after repeated assaults. Local guards and officers manage the siege amid heavy smoke and shattered glass.
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Everett Patterson
Herschel Neely
W. M. Clayman
Baronet
James Bledsoe
Jess
Court House
Tenise
Edwards
Col
John KR. Stark
Nashville
Ballex
Poren
Lawes
Herris
Isie
Early Revision of Coal Code Sought
Washington December 19 The coal industry weighs an early conference among bituminous operators to strengthen enforcement of the industry code A spokesman for a large portion of the field says a meeting may be called within days NRA plans a January 9 public hearing to hear price fixing and petroleum concerns giving coal leaders a chance to organize a separate meeting in Washington to discuss their problems
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Washington
Ling
NRA
Insull Testimony Details Fraud Charge Defense
Martin Insull testified denying fraud while recounting his rise from office boy to utility magnate alongside his brother Samuel. He defended stock transfers as bonafide sales to protect the Middle West Utilities, saying he sought to avoid harming stockholders and the company, with plans discussed with Samuel and no concealment. He described market impacts and referenced Hoover’s 1939 business talks as context.
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Sago
Martin Insull
Gay
Samuel
Ness
Middle West
Martin
LE Pnitosnniie Fce
Rise
Martin Insill
Samuel Insull
Washington Flexner
Insull
Insall
Samuel Insall
Hoover
America
Eng
Thomas A. Edison
Cornell Uni Vers
Tennessee mayors push tax on churches and schools
Nashville report notes a municipal lease proposal and a controversial measure to tax churches and schools. The resolution 325 passed amid broad disapproval, echoed by Tennessee mayors calling for a general sales tax.
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Nashville
Tennessee
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Karpis
Mayors Organization
George H. Bigelow
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Grant
Franklin
McKinley
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Salmon P. Chase
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