Presbyterians Abolish Book Committee
MARSHALL, Mo June 20 AP The Cumberland Presbyterian assembly voted after two hours of debate to abolish its permanent committee on denominational books a censorship body. The final vote abolished the committee after a 45 43 reconsideration and large standing majority. A memorial protesting modernistic authors text books was debated but no action taken.
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Ft. Knox
Reagin
Education Board
Christian Education Board
C. A. Galloway
Waynesboro
Tenn
C. C. Wait
Russellville
Ark
C. H. Hurley
Memphis
J. A. Davis
H. T. Curtis
Austin
Tex
Illinois Synod
McAdow Mutual Memorial Society
Dickson County
Cumberland Church
H. M. Guynn
Lawrenceburg
W. E. Hudgins
Union City
S. C. Mitchell
Nashville
E. T. Mitchell
T. C. Callicott
Muskogee, Okla
Judiciary Committee
Measure Regulating Burial Societies Passes House
The measure regulating burial societies clears the House amid claims of broken faith by the attorney general’s office. Keating cites ouster suits prepared against nearly all societies, allegedly halted by promises from society representatives to restrain opposition to regulatory bills. South Missouri lawmakers defend the societies as their primary backers. The note recalls the first midget automobile shown at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
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Ations
Tram
Keating
Missouri
San Francisco
Murray Quits Public Works Post and Pendergast Fallout
Murray resigns as Kansas City Public Works chief amid a string of blows to the Pendergast machine. The shakeup follows Boss Tom Pendergast’s federal indictment for income tax evasion and the resignations of H. F. McElroy and water director R. Emmet O’Malley as investigations into city affairs continue. Murray’s departure leaves the machine’s grip on city hall under renewed scrutiny.
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E. Mont Reily
Puerto Rico
Harding
Kansas City
Reily
Murray
Pendergast
Tom Pendergast
Jackson County
Leavenworth
Kas
H. F. McElroy
McElroy
R. Emmet O'Malley
Stark
O'Malley
State Highway Department
City Hall
Senate approves bill to extend sales tax and relocate commission
Senate passes a bill extending the sales tax while settling the unemployment compensation headquarters dispute. A proviso requires Jefferson City to provide modern fire proof quarters satisfactory to the commission, which remains in a shoe factory building. Voters in Sedalia Fulton and St Joseph districts backed the measure 19 to 12, with Columbia and Sedalia among cities bidding for the headquarters.
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Senate
Jefferson City
Charles Ewen
Sedalia
W. B. Whitlow
Fulton
Francis Smith
St. Joseph
Commission
Columbia
Whitlow
Day at Capitol in Jefferson City
Senate passed a sales tax reenactor and ordered a night session for Saturday adjournment. House revived an effort to regulate burial societies by passing a bill for cash payments to members. Similar bills were killed this session.
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Capitol
Jefferson City
Senate
House
Lavish Bond Promoter's Courtroom Lifestyle Revealed
New York June 20 AP Witness described champagne and lobster in Bill Buckner's diet two summers ago as he led a Philippine railway bondholders committee. Buckner and co defendant William J Gillespie bought lavish wines and seafood in July 1987, with a $29 chair item. Trial includes Filipino senator Felipe Buencamino John Stuart Hyde British film figure C Wesley Turner. Government portrays Buckner as defrauding bondholders by funding high living while lobbying for redeeming the defaulted issue. Evidence also shows Buckner and Gillespie ran a $1 566 hotel bill at the Carlton in Washington July 12 to Aug 19 with liquor purchases by the bottle and the drink. Defense calls Buckner hospitable. prosecutor counters bondholders’ interests.
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New York
Bill Buckner
Philippine Railway Bondholders’ Committee
Dorothy Mattox
Hotel
St. Regis
Buckner
William J. Gillespie
William P., Jr
Felipe Buencamirio
John Stuart Hyde
C. Wesley Turner
Gillespie
Carlton Hotel
Washington
John Minton
U. S
Wiliam Power Maloney
Heavy Rain and Hail Lashes St Joseph Roads Shops
A major storm dumped over an inch of rain in thirteen minutes at St Joseph causing crop damage. Hail a foot deep blocked Highway 59 and shattered twenty five plate glass windows plus many in farm homes. Water three feet in an alley behind Commercial Street after the 23 minute storm. Rain total about four inches. Groceries washed from displays floated through streets. one injury reported Bernard Witt cut leg when a window blew in at a tin shop.
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Highway 59
Commercial Street
Bernard Witt
First transcontinental auto trip completed in 1903
A. H. Nelson Jackson, with mechanic Sewell K. Crocker, completed the first transcontinental auto journey in forty four days of actual travel.
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A. H. Nelson Jackson
Sewell K. Crocker
RichestRadium Ore Requires Million-Pound Yield
A single gram of radium in final form needs about 1,000,000 pounds of ore from the Eldorado mines in Canada, believed to be the richest in the world. This stark fact highlights the immense scale of extracting tiny quantities of the element.
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Eldorado Mines
Canada
Women Flee British Colony At Tientsin Amid Siege
About 120 British women and children began an exodus from the besieged Tientsin British concession as a Japanese blockade enters its second week. General Sugiyama accused Britain of neutralist bias and pledged a resolute policy until Britain recognizes Japan’s East Asia order. Refugees planned to sail to Tangku and transfer to ships bound for Chinwangtao and Pehtaiho beach resorts north of Tientsin. Food supplies remained tight behind electrified barricades guarding the concessions.
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Tientsin
Gen Sugiyama
Japan
China
Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Sugi
Hai River
Wingsang
Shegking
Chinwangtao
Pehtaiho
Sugiyama
U.S. Protest Over Japan Blockade Tientsin Rights
The State Department took two actions to support claims that Japan’s blockade could harm foreign rights in China. A protest to Tokyo over bombing of American property in China was filed by Eugene Dooman, with a request to publish exchange notes. A Dooman representation at Amoy protested the Kulangsu blockade affecting food transport.
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U. S. Washington
State Department
Tientsin
China
Tokyo
Eugene H. Dooman
Dooman
Kulangsu
Amoy
Hull
Foreign Office
Minnesota Man Kills Two Then Himself in Tyler
Sheriff Harry Croft reports Claire Miller about 38 killed two people and wounded a third before shooting himself near Tyler Minnesota. Victims include Marcelline Filter 16 and Alvin Green 40. A diary found on Miller suggested a planned attack linked to his relationship with the girl and a prior warrant spree.
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Tyler
Minn
Harry Croft
Claire Miller
Marcelline Filter
Miller
Alvin Green
Croft
Green
Filter
E. W. Filter
Change in American Speech and World Interest Noted
Washington June 20 AP Capt R T McDonnell, fresh from Shanghai and Boston, says America looks better after ten years with bustling life and more news abroad. He cites improved diction aided by radio, faster business pace, and widespread interest in Europe and Asia, contrasting with the isolation of 1929.
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Washington
United States
R. T. McDonnell
Shanghai
Boston
McDonnell
Radio Responsible
Far East
Middle West
Congress
America
Europe
Asia
Urges Law to Tax Government Stocks
President Roosevelt pressed for action on a bill to eliminate tax exemptions on future issues of federal state and local securities while acknowledging uncertainty about passage this session. Hearings set for June 28 by the House Ways and Means Committee. He vetoed a bill affecting Rainbow Bridge exemptions to correct an oversight and said the broader revenue bill, passed by the House and approved by the Senate Finance Committee, is a good one.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Senate Finance Committee
Stark Leaves for Home Silent on Talk With FDR
Stark departs New York for Missouri after meeting with officials including Hopkins Clark and Cannon. He says no discussion of charges with FDR occurred and notes Murray’s successor will be appointed in Washington. Gov Means and Lt. Cottrill traveled by train due to a late appointment delaying the return flight.
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Murray
Washington
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harrington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hopkins
Clark
Cochrane
Cannon
Missouri
Lewis Means
George Cottrill
St. Louis
Missouri National Guard
New York
Gen. Means
Reading Railroad Sues Motorman Over Collision
A Reading railroad sues motorist Nathan Finks for damages to a locomotive and three coaches after a collision last year. The company claims the train was properly manned and warned by whistle, while Pennsylvanian Finks failed to control his car.
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Reading
Railroad Today
Nathan Finks
Reading Company
Fink
Grocers Attack Druggists at K Meet in Kansas City
The National Association of Retail Grocers adopted resolutions denouncing druggists for trying to dominate shopping by restricting sale of home remedies and household supplies to drug stores. They urged a ban on tropical refined sugar imports to protect home sugar refiners, pressed descriptive labeling, and opposed manufacturer only labeling. Speakers linked showmanship and chain-store growth to business practices.
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Kansas City
National Association of Retail Grocers
United States
A. F. Guckenberger
New York
Barnum’s Circus
Sally Rand
Jones
Milton M. Gair
Redlands
Calif
Canada
Press of America
Gair
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