28 Jun 1939
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Newspaper
Daily Capital News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
1
The piece notes Senator Borah opposing a proposed 500 million loan to foreign nations, while reflecting on domestic policy debates. It also reports on Pin Oak Camp Girl Scouts, crime, health, labor statistics, local policing, obituaries, Louisiana politics, and General Assembly actions.
A column of varied notes cites FDR on avoiding idleness and Warner’s blunt lines about luck and responsibility. It reviews a New York restaurant incident with an unidentified man found with nearly $5,000 in his pockets and discusses trade as a family matter. The piece also covers safety campaigns for July 4, subsidies to farmers, calls for economy, a St. Louis postmaster appointment, past presidential candidates, and local civic events including a Fireworks Festival to aid city playgrounds. It ends with praise for Warrensburg’s The Star Journal photo edition and its editor Wallace Crossley.
Goebbels taunts Britain over Far East crisis as Japan blocks Tientsin and Germany eyes Danzig. Polish towns dig air raid trenches while observers weigh Nazi propaganda, Japan strategy, and Anglo French cautions in a tense international backdrop.
Arthur Nowell a Kansas City union station red cap testified at a Labor Department hearing that travelers expect fair income under the wage-hour law but tips have fallen. He said red caps and porters should be paid full wages with tips not counted as wages, noting he earned only 19 and 15 cent tips daily and never received a paycheck.
The Citizens' Road association launched a campaign to resubmit its three cent gasoline tax and a road-building program to voters in 1940. President R. Brownlee claimed passage is virtually assured, criticizing the legislature for hindering highway planning and revenue efforts while urging a conference of stakeholders to present the measure anew. Farmers raise 70 percent of their own food.
June 27 in New Orleans reports Earl Long, now governor, facing graft probes and political foes as he builds power with the Maestri machine. The narrative links his rise to Huey Long’s legacy, discusses public graft concerns, and notes Russell Long’s growing profile at LSU and marriage.
Mr. J M Harris of Arkansas City Kansas credits KruGon with relieving long standing constipation improving sleep and easing joint and muscle pain. He reports direct pleasant action regular elimination and overall improved well being after trying the medicine despite initial skepticism. KruGon is sold by Brandenberger Drug Co in Arkansas City and other local druggists.
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