Columbia Gas Tank Blast Kills One Burns Six
A high magnitude gas oil explosion near Columbia Missouri fatally burned Leland Neely four and injured six others. M M Norton thirty six a Skelly oil manager was killed instantly. Several victims suffered severe burns and were treated at area hospitals. Firefighters battled flames at the scene and prevented spread to nearby tanks and cars.
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Columbia, Mo
M. M. Norton
Skelly Ci Company
Lee Baine
Margaret Crane
Leland Neely
Norton
McBaine
James
Crane
Neely
Columbia
HITCH HIKER GETS FREE RIDE TO JAIL
Edward A. Perkins, 21, Milwaukee, planned to hitchhike for a better ride and ended up jailed after a Tellroad special agent stopped him. The officer gave him a ride to jail as part of the incident on the road to make motorists stop.
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E. Wyo
Edward A. Perkins
Milwaukee
Tellroad
J. Burke
Britain Rejects Debt Payment in Goods Proposal
London reports Britain rejected the American suggestion for payment of war debts in Hind goods as impractical and a threat to Anglo American trade. The note favors a final settlement of the debt while noting the same economic impact as payment in goods or services, with Vice President Dawes cited in support.
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London
Great Britain
Steve Hul
Weather Brief Missouri Sees Unsettled Thursday and Friday
Missouri faces unsettled conditions on Thursday and Friday with lingering showers and variable winds. Forecast calls for scattered storms and cooler highs, keeping residents alert to evolving weather patterns through the end of the workweek.
Democratic Defense Of New Deal Costs Sparks Campaign Debate
Washington dispatch notes Democrats defend the New Deal cost as essential to counter downturn as Republicans attack heavy spending. House figures show total appropriations at about 2.87 billion for the session, with over half for emergency programs. GOP leaders warn of bankruptcy while praising wartime level of expenditure.
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Washington
Democratic Congress
Roosevelt
Congressional Record
House
Bolton of
Ohin
Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
White House
Buchanan
D. Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Motherhood and death row awaiting clemency in Sing Sing
Anna Antonio, 28, faces execution after a long appeal process. Her 3 year old son Frank visited the death house, and she spoke of nervous tension and family heartbreak. Gov Lehman's action remained uncertain as other inmates await their fate, with Ruth Snyder the last woman executed in New York.
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Ossineng
Anna Antonio
Sing Sing
Frank
Antonio
Peter Cavelio
Schenectady
Cape
Albany
Fred Capello
Ossining
Phyllis
Marie
Herbert H. Lehman
Vincent Sasita
Sam Farraci
Joseph Murphy
Ruth Snyder
New York State
Three Men Slain in Kentucky Battle at Lackey
In Lackey Kentucky three men were killed after a dispute over a bus ride. The dead are Menifee Bradley 22 Malcolm Allen 37 and Len Nolen 30. Bradley allegedly threatened Allen prompting a fatal pistol exchange. Nolen died after firing on Bradley as Allen lay wounded.
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Kentucky
Lackey
Menifee Bradley
Malcolm Allen
Len Nolen
Ep Lafferty
Garreet
Ned Bradley
Nolen
Hindmen
Bradley
Allen
Jen
Alen Fotally
Vallees Sign Peace Treaty
The Vallee divorce dispute paused as Rudy Vallee and Fay Webb Vallee signed a summer tacit agreement. It delays hearings until November 19 on alimony of over 100 weekly and related costs while Fay seeks a California divorce. New York injunction halts the California case and the signing was witnessed by Supreme Court Justice Cotillo who likened it to Versailles.
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New York
Rudy Vallee
Arrest of Papen Speech Collaborator in Berlin
German secret police arrested Edgar Jung, the publicist who drafted material for Vice-Chancellor Franz Von Papen's Marburg speech. Jung was seized at his apartment after police sought permission to enter his bathroom, writing secret police on the wall. Political circles sense Nazi radicals acted after Papen's March statements, aiming at collaborators rather than Papen himself.
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Berlin
Edgar Jung
Franz von Papen
Marburg
Jung
von Papen
Fung
Kidnapped Van Nuys man found safe after trip
George Smalley, wealthy Van Nuys businessman, vanished while on a business trip from Washington to Kansas City. Relatives feared foul play but a letter from Smalley clarified his route to Texas with plans to return by July 4. Authorities were alerted after his silence since June 16 amid reports of a Democratic state assembly nomination.
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van Nuys
Calif
George Smalley
Here
Washington
Hackensack
N. J
Kansas City
Smal-leyned
Texas
Smalley
Alfred
State Assembly
Dynamite Plant Disaster Kills Ten in Olympia Area
Ten people are dead and five injured after two explosions at the Dean Powder Company dynamite plant near Hawks Prairie, eight miles northeast of Olympia. Victims include a 12 year old boy. several named workers perished as the plant and surrounding area burned. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as blasts leveled the facility and spread debris over the countryside. The plant made explosives for stump clearing and agricultural use. cause of the fire that triggered the blasts was not immediately known.
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Olympia
Wash
Dean Powder Company
Hawks Prairie
Here
Oliver Wilson
Henry Dean, Jr
Charles Garpenter
Hazel Epples
Denn
Alvin, Smith
Andrew Harden
J. C. Adams
John Clausen
Clarence Qlery
Pearl Alert
William Barto
Glenn Moyer
Roscoe Deed
Bente Yarhor
George Dean
Tacoma
Ponce
J. A. Dean
Roscoe Deeds
Henry Denn
Dean
Hazel Eppley
Deeds
Missouri towns share in vast PWA allotments
Washington reports the Public Works Administration approved a 3.01 million dollar allocation for Missouri and other states. Readies 181,739 man months of direct employment. Projects include water systems in Dexter and Adrian, sewer work in Eschola and Dunklin County, a Washington bridge, St. Louis park and street repairs, plus schools, electric plants, and police facilities across multiple counties and cities.
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Washington
Lhe Public Works Administration
States
Alaska
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Dexter
Adrian
Eshoka
Wentzville
Lancaster
Marrville
Monett
Jonesboro
Ark
Pacific
West Plains
Dunklin County
St. Louis County
Monroe City
Webb
St. Louis
Jackson County
Missouri
Shennandosh
Iowa
Hannibal
Independence
Clay County
Liquor Haul Recovered Near Arrow Rock
Federal and county officers uncovered two stills and 680 gallons of liquor near Arrow Rock in Saline county. Three men, John G. Garner, 32, John Wringle, 27, and Everett Downing, 22, were arrested and arraigned on six counts under the Internal Revenue Act. Wrinkle pleaded guilty. Garner and Downing pled not guilty and face preliminary hearings Saturday, June 30. The trio is jailed in Cole County.
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Arrow Rock
Saline County
John G. Garner
John Wringle
Everett Downing
U. S
Edna Morris
Wrinkle
Garner
Downing
Cole County
Bank loss follows theft from Black farmhand in Fulton
Billy Howe, a Black farmhand in Fulton, once lost $400 in a bank failure and recently saved another $400, which he sewed into his trousers. Last night two white men visited his shack, assaulted him, and took the money.
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Fulton, Mo
Billy Howe
New High Price Set for Cattle at World’s Fair Grounds
Chicago June 27 A new high price for cattle not equalled since January 1322 was established today when a load of 20 Hereford steers sold for 10.40 per hundred pounds. The load originated at the farm of Fred M Attebery of Mit Neh and weighed about 1229 pounds.
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Chicago
Fred M
Attebery
Mit Neh
Pied Piper campaign to exterminate rats in city
The city launches a rodent campaign led by Dr. G. Brace Prince and deputy health officer R. Ferris. Extermination aims to curb rats and mice due to health and economic concerns. Authorities warn rats spread bubonic plague and other diseases, citing historical outbreaks and the Hong Kong epidemic as context for decisive action.
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Jefferson
Pied Piper
Hamlin
G. Prince
R. “. Ferris
Tim
India
Hong Kong
Bruce
Milwaukee police use tear gas in second night of strike violence
In Milwaukee Wisconsin police hurled tear gas bombs to quell about 5000 demonstrators at the Kinnickinmie car barns during a two day strike by Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company workers. Police also used clubs. one officer was stabbed and several people were injured or arrested.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Kinnickinmie
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
West Sie
Denial of Writ in Kelley Kidnap Case
The Missouri Supreme Court denied a defense writ to block Judge Julius Nolte from presiding at the Kelley kidnapping trial. Four defendants Felix McDonald Bart Davis Angela Rose Grant Nellie Muench face kidnapping for ransom charges in St Louis. McDonald is in prison and Davis and Grant in county jail, Muench at large on 23000 bond.
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J. D. Kelley
St. Louis
Julius BR. Nolte
State Supreme Court
Ernest M. Tipton
Court En Blanc
Springfield still backs Roosevelt in poll from Missouri
In Springfield, Missouri, incomplete returns from 31 U S Senators with 1935 terms show 542 yes and 474 no on the Literary Digest poll asking approval of Roosevelts first year acts and policies. Springfield is identified as Senator Roscoe Patterson.
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New York
Uo S
Jefferson City Horse Show opens with famed judge Gra Ward
Jefferson City opens a two day horse show with Gra Ward of Minneapolis as judge and Walter Robertson guiding announcements. Key organizers include E A Dumsing and Cletus Zuber leading a cadre of business supporters, with exhibitors from Missouri and neighboring states.
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Jefferson City Horse Show Association
Gra Ward
Colonel Ward
Minneapolis
Minn
Walter ¢. Robertson
Saline County
Jefferson City
Mr. Robertson
Dwight Dh.brown
Missouri
E. A. Duensing
Oda Owens
Kenneth Nichols
al Senevey
Cletus Zuber
Robert Dallmeyer
Ed Ruwart
W. B. Simpson
Jefferson City hosts large opening night horse show crowd
About 1500 to 2000 people including Governor Park and state officials attended the opening night at Whiteway Park. The Drum and Bugle Corps led events sponsored by the American Legion Post. Winners across nine classes featured Jeanne's Choice and Kazan among top horses with riders from Jefferson City, Columbia, Kansas City, and Omaha.
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Governor Park
Whiteway Park
Guy B. Park
Jefferson City
Middle West
Jeanne
Kenneth Nichols
Kazan
Jack Schneider
Ora Ward
Minneapolis
Walter Robertson
Marshall
American Legion Post
Dixie Lee
Martha Harris
Columbia
Check
Gayle Gray
Kansas City
Morning Glory
Mary Schultz
Brownlee
Buddy Owens
Southern
Brandeis
B. B. Tucker
Roxie Peavine
Clay Bryant
Madison
Woods
Lincoin
Neb
Merry Maiden
Chester Michael
Marguerite Schneider
Jeanne’s Choice
Marie Ellis
May Day
Jeanne Stephens
Moberly
My Gracious
Helen Kline
Wonder Boy
Davis Stables
Hannibel
Rex O
Eleanor Taylor
Rita Nanette
Rita Manette
Town Talk
Hannibal
Mary Virginia
Brandeis Stables
Omaha
My Goodness
Meberly
Lady
Dorsey Ford
Blue Bonnet
Senator Craw-ford
George Brandeis
Peter Belwin
D. A. Orth
Chicago
the Entrance
George Roberts
Clinton
Marcella
Ella Pride
Jada Rose
Geo. Roberts
Sporting Vision
High Noon
Omah
Kagan
Aigh
Joan McDonald
Milligan portrait removed from HOLC office in St Louis
A portrait of Congressman Jacob Ly Tuck Milligan was taken down from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation office in St Louis after HOLC official G C Vandever spoke with State Rep Redick O'Bryan. Vandever said the federal office may seem biased as the picture honored a political candidate. Milligan seeks the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate. O Bryan and Milligan have wartime ties and remain friends. Some HOLC staff were said to be recommended for federal appointments by Rep John J Cochran and Senator Bennett C Clark, both Milligan opponents or supporters.
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ST. Louis
Jacob Ly Tuck
Milligan
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Redick O'Bryan
Moberly
HOLC
G. C. Vandever
O'Bryan
Vandever
HOAC
John J. Cochran
Bennett C. Clark
Milk Control Law Made Ineffective in St Louis
St Louis board of aldermen unanimously passed a milk control ordinance that doubles inspectors but eliminates the inspection fee funding, rendering the health department measure virtually unenforceable. Health officials sponsored the bill but say the ordinance is innocuous for enforcement as written.
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ST. Louis
Health Department
Board of Aldermen
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M. M. Morton
Margared Grane
Charles G. Dawes
United States
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New Deal
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Yountville
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Julius P. Saunders
The
Indian War Veterans
Yountville Veterans Hospital
Vallees
Rudy
Papen
Folton
Washington, Mo
Callaway
MOB
Tennessee
Held
NRA
Harriman
Chattanooga
Kelley
Springfield
Earl Gibson
Jack Shafer
Hlesner Taylor
W. W. Reed
Topeka
Kans
Theo
Christian
California
Twin Woods Stables
Lincoln
Chester
Michael
Dune and
Bell
Temple Stephens
Drum and Bugle Corps
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