Justice Hughes Resigns From Supreme Court
Hyde Park, N Y June 2 AP President Roosevelt accepted Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes request to retire from the Supreme Court on July 1 Health and age prompted the decision Hughes letter cited increasing difficulty The president expressed deep distress yet favored health and strength as paramount Rumors named Robert H Jackson and James F Byrnes as potential successors The report notes Hughes will retire as ponier justice effective July 1 and the court faces a second vacancy before that date
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William D. Hassett Taok
Hughes
Supreme Court
James C. McReynolds
Jackson
Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Justice Hughes
Roosevelt
Sever
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
High Tribunal
B Hughes
Ponier Justice
The
United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Intentio
Ughes
Missouri Weather: Cloudy with showers and cooler spell
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms in east and north central Missouri. Tuesday cools with highs around 81 and lows near 64. southeast sees occasional showers, west central cooler. River stages show minor changes with slight rises and falls. Ozarks level about 1.1 feet below normal.
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Missouri
Kansas City
T. Thomas
Beamans
Ke of Ozarks
Mrs Leona Jones 57 dies after yearlong illness
Mrs Leona Jones lifelong county resident dies at 5 15 pm yesterday at the home of her daughter 1731 Monroe street after a yearlong illness She was 57 born Oct 16 1883 near Russellville daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Heware married to James H Jones May 3 1895 in Russellville They later moved to Jefferson City survived by husband two Jefferson City daughters Mrs Hickey and Mrs Hedley Irwin another son Corp Howard W Jones in West Point NY and a son Howard Little Rock Ark also two daughters Helen Jane Hickey and Orlando Ann Hedley Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at the Baptist church Rev Carl G Campbell. burial Riverview cemetery Body to be released from the Buescher Funeral Chapel until service time.
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Leona Howard Jones
James H. Jones
Orlando
Monroe Street
Jones
Risellville
Heware
James, Jr. Jones
Russellville
Jefferson
Official Returns Show 236 Votes for Quotas
Official returns from Cole county show 236 votes in favor of the marketing quotas and 19 against. Both absentee ballots favored the quotas, the Agricultural Conservation Association office said. Fourteen challenged ballots were cast for the quotas, two against. Marketing quotas to hold the price of United States wheat above world levels were approved in a nationwide election Saturday.
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Cole County
Agricultural Conservation Association
United States
Use of Convict Labor Disturbs City Council
The Jefferson City council debated prison manfactured materials and convict labor in street building. A three cornered clash pitted pro union aldermen against attorney Dampf, who defended using prison rock after contracts. The issue was sent back to the street committee, while other business included a joint meeting plan and library and park board appointments.
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Jefferson City
Ellisit Campi
Cardinal Street
August Weigel
Campf
Weigel
Missouri
R. E. Dorr
Dampf
Dorr
Prison Rock
Barney Branson
Laborers' Union
Jefferson Heights
West End
Jesse
Howard Cook
Oliver Bassman
Charles W. Carson
Library Board
William Tweedie
E. W. Berlekamp
Arthur W. Ellis
Park Board
Sam Eveler
Jefferson
Woman Rescued After Leap From Osage Bridge
Two Jefferson City women escaped a fatal plunge when one leaped from the K Ozark Delta bridge over the Osage River and floated 300 yards to safety. State patrol and fishermen located her near the Osage mouth, rescuing her uninjured and taking her to St Mary’s hospital before she returned home.
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Jefferson City
Osage
K-Oza Delta
Were
St Mary's Hospital
Mari-Osa
Maries River
Firemen Start at Top and Fight Fire in New York
Firemen began at the 11th floor to battle a blaze in an apartment house and moved downward as embers ignited successive awnings. Each floor from the 15th to the 2nd faced new fires, but firefighters eventually stopped the flames with all issuing awnings consumed.
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New York
Sabotage Hints In Bomber Crash At San Diego Bay
SAN DIEGO Calif June 2 AP Sabotage hints in the crash of a 250000 dollar British Liberator bomber into San Diego Bay drew FBI attention after part of the craft with four fliers presumed dead was recovered A Consolidated Aircraft spokesman cited evidence of sabotage and FBI chief Harold Nathan said preliminary inquiries are standard in such cases F C Cooper British purchasing agent noted the possibility of sabotage but said he would not declare it until a full investigation is complete The four motor camouflage bomber failed to respond to controls after takeoff from Lindbergh Field rising then sideslipping and crashing on its left wing One of the five crew members was seriously injured one body recovered and three missing Listed casualties included William Wheatley Alan Austen Bruce Craig William H Reiser and Lewis McCannon The plane tested thoroughly but the aft tail section remained submerged
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Bay
FBI
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Great Britain
U. S. Navy
Army
Harold Nathan
Ind
F.C. Cooper
Lindbergh Field
William Wheatley
Chester
Consolidated
Alan T. Austen
Kansas City
Bruce Craig
Chicago
William H. Reiser
Cambridge
Mass
Lewis M. McCannon
Wovdstock
Qaval Air Station
North Island
Wheatley
FDR Moves Toward New Aid Decisions
President Roosevelt signals potential decisive steps to aid Britain as two bills expand mandatory priorities and allow Canadian ore ships to use American Great Lakes ports. The moves extend the priority system to Britain and other defense vital orders and authorize subcontracts under shortages rules.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
England
America
Grat Lakes
White House
Office of Production Management
War and Navy Department
Britain
Mixed Reaction to Property Acquisition Plea
The War Department asked President Roosevelt for blanket powers to seize property for defense. Sent with a bill, the plan drew varied reactions on Capitol Hill. Approved in advance by the President, the Navy, and the Office of Production Management, the authority would be sweeping.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Capital Hill
Navy
Office of Production Management
Miss Julia Skain Succumbs in Home
Miss Julia A. Skain lifelong Cole county resident died at her home on Marshall street at 315 p m after a week of illness. She was born in Cole county to Michael and Ella Skein who came from Ireland. Survived by brothers and sisters John Stain Mrs. George Luce Effie Shain of Jefferson City Mrs. Alina Huntington and Miss Kate Skain Kansas City Richard Skein San Francisco and Edward Skain Oakland. Funeral services at Immaculate Conception Church with burial in St. Peter's Cemetery.
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Julia A. Skain
Cole County
Marshall Street
Skain
Michael
Ella Skein
Ireland
John Stain
George Luce
Effie Shain
Jefferson City
Alina Huntington
Kate Skain
Kansas City
Richard Skein
San Francisco
Edward Skain
Oakland
Cah
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Peter's
Debutantes Face Dilemma As Drafts Cut Social Season
ST LOUIS June 2 AP The social set shifts to smaller events as more men are drafted. Debutantes plan to come out this summer while many eligible bachelors remain. Traditional grand balls give way to afternoon gardens and outdoor dances, recalling wartime practices.
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ST. Louis
Hitler Mussolini Hold Briefing After Crete Victory
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred at Brenner Pass after the Crete battle, with foreign ministers present, proclaiming complete agreement while eyeing next moves in Africa and the Mediterranean. Generals Keitel and Cavallero joined the talks as a new military situation emerged.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Crete
Africa
Mediterranean
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Balkan
Red Sea
Desert
Wilhelm Keitel
Ugo Cavallero
Believe U S Attitude Topic of High Level Talks
Rome June 2 AP Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met on Brenner Pass to discuss responses to President Roosevelt's defense plan for the western hemisphere, navy buildup, and roles for French West Africa and the Azores. They also reportedly debated the next axis war and Crete's fall, with private fascist forecasts of Crete as a base for Italian attacks on British imperial fleets in Alexandria and Cyprus.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
United States
Navy
French West Africa
Azores
Atlantic Islands
Crete
Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Cyprus
St Louis Plans Tent City for Soldiers
St Louis officials including Mayor William Dee Becker discussed a 4000 man tent city to house soldiers on weekend visits. A site will be chosen within a month, to host trainees from Fort Leonard Wood Scott Field and other army posts bunking Friday noon to Sunday night in the city.
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ST. Louis
API
Briz
James Julio
William Dee Becker
St Louis
Fort Leonard Wood
Scott Field
Defendant Bound Over On Embezzlement Charge
Herschel Adcock faced embezzlement of a motor vehicle after a preliminary hearing before Judge Foster Wheatley. He was bound over to circuit court and released on a $2,000 bond.
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Herschel Adcock
Foster Wheatly
Republicans pay $25,000 in Donnell contest fight
Treasurer Wight reports the Republican state committee spent about $25,000 to win the McDaniel contest over Gov Forrest C Donnell. More than 10,000 contributors donated from small to large amounts to the fund in St Louis on June 2.
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ST. Louis
Republican State Committee
Lawrence McDaniel
Forrest C. Donnell
Ra . Wight, Jr
Funeral Services 4 Today for Veteran Capital City Grocer
Funeral services for Peter Kaullen, 80, Jefferson City grocer of 40 years, who died Sunday, will be held at Immaculate Conception church. He was a director of the First National Bank and the Jefferson City Building and Loan Association, and survived by three daughters. his wife died in 1923.
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Peter Kaullen
Jefferson City
Immaculate ‘Convention
Kaullen
Hle
Loose Creek
Italy
First National Bank
Jefferson City Building and Loan Association
St. Peter's Cemetery Association
St. Peter's, Benevolent Society
Rights of Columbus
Immacate Conception Church
Peter Muen
William Goodin
Jeff Markham
Louis Rost
Leona
Kate
Peter Joseph
Order of Incarnate Word
San Antoniio
East School Safety Council Plans Summer Activities
The East school safety council will stay active through the summer with about 250 members from East school. Harold Remley, principal, will supervise weekly meetings from 3 to 4 am on Wednesdays, inviting students from Immaculate Conception and Moreau Heights to join. The group aims to promote safety education for grades 1 to 7 and will include recreational activities after meetings.
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East School Safety Council
Immaculate Convention
Moreau Heights
East End
East School
Harold Remley
Road District Deposits for Right-of-Way Costs
The Jefferson City special road district deposited 1075 dollars with the Cole county circuit clerk to cover purchase costs of right-of-way for route A. Three property owners filed exceptions to the damages awarded by the condemnation commissioners. William Tillman, traffic officer, has returned home from convalescence after a six week pneumonia siege to 211 Olive Street.
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Jefferson City
Cole County
Louis Jacques
Tellman
William
Tillie) Tellman
Olive Street
French Colony Warfront Likely Next Battleground
Cairo dispatch reports Syria cut off contact with Egypt and hints that the French ruled Middle East may become the next warfront. German motorized units landed at Latakia, with troops arriving from the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish sources confirm Latakia arrivals amid unclear numbers. British lines say Haifa pipeline remains cut and German forces may linger near Kirkuk. in Iraq, Emir Abdullah returns to leadership in Baghdad while Rashid Ali Gailani hides in transit.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Mediterranean
Ankara
Latakia
Mediterrandan
Iraq
Haifa
Mosul
Kirkuk
Emir Abdullah
Baghdad
Rashid Ali Gailani
Tran
Persia
Swift British Action In Syria Predicted
London observers predict rapid British military action against the French mandate in Syria to stop German forces from gaining a foothold and to bolster Turkey. Britain prepares for a possible German air assault as Cyprus is evacuated and defenses are reinforced.
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London
Syria
Middle East
Turkey
Britain
Mediterranean
Bet
Crete
Cyprus
Ankara
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Aegean
Dardanelles
Royal Navy
Nazifuehrer
Iraq
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Charles. Evans. Hughes
Leona Jones
J. H. Jones
F.D.R
War Office
Julia Skain
Duce Meer
Brenner Pass Parley
U.S
Capital City
School Safety Council
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