29 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Daily Capital News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1937
Page
1
The piece notes a shared human streak of insanity and suggests its variability. It reflects on how no one is perfectly balanced and claims that this common trait links people worldwide. The editorial voice questions universal balance and implies a humorous tolerance.
A speaker criticizes market play by gamblers who push prices down to buy low at a new high, then push up to profit. The speaker likens the New York Stock Exchange to a slot machine, calling it an honest contrivance by comparison.
A Chicago minister described the devil as the author of disease and suggested influenza is a tool of Satan to worsen humanity’s woes, a vivid moral framing that reflects wartime flu anxieties and religious rhetoric.
City merchants were urged to boost 1938 Christmas sales by increasing advertising budgets. The passage notes that advertising is essential to move goods. The piece also references a murder case in which the gun used in a July Rochester Callaway killings remains unsolved, with investigators expecting to identify the culprit.
A festive call urges readers to settle financial obligations and moral delinquencies, wipe out animosities, drop grudges, and start the year with resolutions and the Christmas spirit everywhere they go.
On January 4 the citizens of Alabama vote to choose a United States Senator. Congressman Hill is favored but Thomas J Heflin remains a competing candidate. Sympathy for Heflin due to his illness could affect votes, yet it may not sway the outcome enough to return him to the Senate.
Corn receipts in St Louis Monday reached 758 cars, an all time single day high. Compared with last year’s 60 cars, the increase shows a much stronger crop this year. With corn moving at 1,191,000 bushels daily, corn again appears king of all grain crops.
A total of 679 employees at Stark Bros. Orchard and Nursery Co. in Louisiana Missouri received a Christmas bonus based on wages since June 1 totaling 57,521 dollars for two bonuses this year. This season’s bonus is 20 percent larger than last December’s.
A group of young men faced a county court for conduct linked to alcohol during the Christmas season. The incident shows how excess spirits led to mischief, trouble, and potential ruin, with the youths set to answer publicly in a legal setting.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company lists 500 employees earning $10,000 plus annually. Walter S. Gifford tops the year 1936 with $210,625, followed by many at over $50,000 up to $82,500. Critics urge economies to bridge the gulf between white collar and shirt-sleeve workers, likening it to Dives and Lazarus.
Newton Baker, who served as Secretary of War under Woodrow Wilson, died at age 66. A pacifist by belief, he organized and mobilized the nation’s army during World War I with notable efficiency and calm intellect. Wilson praised his remarkable mind and leadership. Peace to his ashes.
St Louis reporter Herman Da Costa, praised for experience, is commended alongside Judge Sevier for his selection as circuit court reporter.
Federal jail inspector Anderson commended Cole county's jail and Sheriff Walt for exemplary operation calling it tops among the state's hastiles counties and first class in every respect.
Omar Ragan of Bismarck Missouri remains safe as two assailants tried to rob his drug store. One attacker was killed and the other hospitalized. Meanwhile authorities seek the key to a Warren Ohio Christmas Day tragedy, where alcohol is blamed for a daughter shooting her mother.
Community chest contributions in the United States rise 3 percent to 83 million this year from 1936. About 9 million contributors across 8500 agencies gave in campaigns, yet the total would not cover three weeks of the national unemployment relief bill, highlighting insufficiency for towns and cities nationwide.
The casualty list for the holidays is rising with more deaths from accidents during the Christmas season. Predictions say rural returns will push the toll to about one thousand, a figure intended to jolt public awareness of safety first. The piece laments the public’s tolerance of a fast pace that ignores danger signals.
New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey is said to favor a life sentence for sculptor Robert Irwin who strangled Ronnie Gedeon, her mother Mary Gedeon, and killed boarder Byrnes with an ice pick after detecting him during the murders. The DA reportedly believes it would serve no social purpose to seek the electric chair, a stance critics call unusual given the brutality of the case.
The Fortune Magazine poll of nineteen prominent Americans did not include Roosevelt. Senator Borah led with 11.9 percent, followed by Hughes at 11.1 percent. The order then included Farley, Vandenberg, Ford, Landon, Hull, LaGuardia, Mrs. Roosevelt, Hoover, LaFollette, Murphy, Earle, Hopkins, Johnson, Lewis, Wheeler, Green, and Rockefeller Jr. Analysts note Borah’s top position, while Hughes may not seek the nomination.
In a town near the Capital City a preacher wagered a year’s pay to anyone who could prove a logical reason to drink to see out the old year. No one accepted, arguing there is no logical basis for getting drunk to celebrate. The piece endorses sober New Year parties as a good example for the next generation.
Governor Stark urges drastic action to jar pension frauds from the old age roll. He calls for publishing names of pensioners to provide evidence for the social security commission to weed out ineligible recipients, ensuring funds go to those truly incapacitated and in need.
The piece reflects on a bustling year of notable events and predicts that the coming year will bring even greater news. It urges readers to subscribe to their local newspaper to stay informed about national and world events as they unfold.
The 1937 medical advances spotlight dementia praecox and new sulfanilamide uses. Others include measles virus ID, infantile paralysis exposure via nasal sprays, diverse pneumococcal serums, and vaccines for whooping cough and diphtheria via nasal delivery. Insulin and metrazol shock therapies for adolescent insanity show progress, while brain and heart surgeries, new anesthetics, vitamins, iron lungs, and public health matters broaden care and safety.
Residents of Louisiana Missouri voted 84 to 68 against abandoning the 1865 Civil War charter drafted by U.S. Senator John B. Henderson. The city council had called a special election to switch to a population classification under Missouri revised statutes. Population is about 3,500 to 4,000. Louisiana remains among few towns in the state not under this charter system.
Montgomery Ward and Co. reported nine months ended Oct. 31 net profit of 15,287,784 after tax on undistributed earnings, up from 12,977,442 a year earlier. Earnings per common share rose to 2.73 from 2.61. Third quarter net profit after surtax was 6,238,230 versus 5,875,580.
Setting fire to sugar cane fields before harvest is described as a common practice in Australia and Hawaii and is stated to occur also in Florida and Cuba. The note highlights practice across diverse regions and implies agricultural burning norms exist in these areas.
San Francisco dispatch reports a special plane carried a reel of film showing the Panay bombing on the Yangtze. Norman Alley, wounded photographer, supervised unloading under armed guard as the film moved toward New York and Washington for public release.
Southerly winds up to 70 miles an hour battered coastal waters from Hammond Oregon to the British Columbia coast. Floods and mudslides displaced businesses and homes, closed railways, disrupted wires, and forced rivers over banks while forecasts call for more rain and chinook warmth. A GN train derailment near Monroe left a brakeman dead and the engineer injured. Alaska and the Yukon report extreme cold as resumption of transport improves in parts of the region.
In St Louis on December 28, Judge George H Moore sustained government motions to dismiss 17 petitions by Anheuser Buschs brewers and subsidiaries seeking 171279 dollars in federal income tax refunds plus interest for 1924 through 1926. The claims were denied by the commissioner of internal revenue.
White is a practical auto color as it reflects radiant heat and avoids absorption. Black tops absorb heat, making them the worst choice for hot climates.
Air is not the only conductor of sound as liquids and solids can carry sound more effectively, though they change its quality significantly.
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