Economist Testifies At Monopoly Inquiry
Dr. Willard Thorp, Dun and Bradstreet economist, told the Monopoly Committee that 0.2 percent of corporations hold 52 percent of assets and 0.01 percent employ 12.3 percent of workers. He noted industry concentration ranges from one firm in aluminum to four firms with 2 percent of output in women’s wear and cited interlocking directorates and joint purchasing as alternate concentration forms. Thorp’s ‘prologue’ data traced growth, small-business mortality, and factors unsettling orderly commerce as Isador Lubin began the series.
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Washington
Willard Thorp
Dun
Bradstreet
House
Sherman Arnold
Tetney General
Thorp
Isador Lubin
Federal
Labor Statistics
State Debate League Opens At Columbia
Missouri State Debating League begins in Columbia with thirty three high schools in practice rounds. Kenneth Hackman of Brentwood is elected speaker for the third consecutive term. Thirteen bills are assigned to committees to be voted on tomorrow evening. Cole county results include Jefferson City and Centertown.
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Columbia
Capital News
Missouri State Debating League
Missouri
Kenneth Hackman
Brentwood
General Assembly
Cole County
Jefferson City
Centertown
Weather Missouri Outlook and River Readings
Cloudy skies give way to fair conditions with morning rain in extreme east. Cooler Saturday followed by sunny warm conditions Sunday. Temperatures reach a high of 58 and a low of 43 with rainfall around 0.86 inch. River stages show declines in several gages, including Kansas City at 3.5 feet and Boonville at 0.6 feet, with Lake of the Ozarks nine and a tenth feet below full reserve.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville
St. Thomas
Cwnaae
Hermann
Lake of Ozarks
Navy Overrules Critics to Approve High Pressure Boilers
The Navy General Board endorses high pressure super heat boilers for six new 35 000 ton battleships amid a long running debate on warship design and construction delays. Secretary Swanson and President Roosevelt were briefed as Congress eyes the dispute and lawmakers consider organizational changes to the Navy.
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Washington
Navy
General Board
Swanson
Roosevelt
First California lethal gas chamber executions occur
In San Quentin the gas chamber was used for the first time to execute two of five inmates, Albert Kessel and Robert L. Cannon. They walked into chairs, received cigars and whiskey, and died after about 12 to 15 minutes. Witnesses included Dr. L L Stanley Warden Court Smith and Rev. George O Meara.
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San Quentin
Calif
California
Folsom
Albert Kessel
Robert L. Cannon
L. L. Stanley
Cannon
Kessell
Court Smith
George O’meara
J. C. Geiger
San Francisco
Douglas Spent $1 362 In Election Campaign
Judge James M. Douglas reported to the secretary of state that he spent 1 362 in his successful race for the supreme court. Douglas, a Democrat who defeated Conway Elder of St. Louis, listed contributions at 240 including 100 from former Sen. James A. Reed of Kansas City. Former Lt. Gov. Phil A. Bennett of Springfield said he spent 793.84 in his unsuccessful Republican bid for congressman from the sixth district. Bennett lost to Rep. Reuben T. Wood in a close fall contest.
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James M. Douglas
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Douglas
Conway Elder
St. Louis
James A. Reed
Kansas City
Phil A. Bennett
Springfield
Bennett
Reuben T. Wood
Former Jefferson City Resident Dies in Ohio
Word reached here yesterday of the death of Mrs. Claytie Hayven Dawson widow of the late S. A. Dawson at her home in Van Wert Ohio She was about 50 years old and had lived in Jefferson City for fourteen years She left here December 13 after the death of her husband who worked with the firm of Dawson and Tanner.
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Claytie Hayven Dawson
S. A. Dawson
Vanwert
Ohio
Freighter Damaged by Fire in Boston Harbor
Fire gutted three cargo holds of the freighter South lure in Boston tonight before firefighters could control the blaze. Fire Chief Samuel Pope said the Moore and McCormack Line vessel and about 1,000 bales of unleaded cotton likely suffered at least $150,000 in damage.
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Boston
Samuel Pope
Moore and McCormack Line
Birth of Eight-Pound Son to Runkle Family
Mr and Mrs Leonard Runkle of 1120 East High announce the birth of an eight pound son at their home yesterday. The new arrival joins the family as a baby boy and adds happiness to the household.
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Leonard Runkle
East High Street
Bond Says Water Plant Price Is Reasonable
Jefferson City city attorney John O. Bond tells a fifth ward meeting that the price for the local water company is reasonable and close to its actual value. He contrasts the $700,000 figure once used before the Public Service Commission with a proposed $1,075,000 purchase, calling the lower figure a bargaining tactic.
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Fifth Ward
John O. Bond
Jefferson City
Bond
State Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Normandie Crew Defies French Requisition Order
In Le Havre the Normandie sailors refused a government requisition and joined a strike with waiters and stewards. Officials warned the sail might be delayed for New York, as the navy ministry seized the liner after protests against Daladier decree laws and demands for higher wages.
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LE Havre
France
Normandie
French Line
New York
Navy Ministry
Daladier
Escapes 24 Hours After His Taken to Boonville
Two youths escaped from the Boonville training school the day after admission. Henry Stanford, 14, from Vernon County, escaped about 1 p.m. Robertson, 16, of St. Louis County, fled about 6:30 p.m. This marked Robertson’s third escape from the institution.
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Ville
Highway Patrol
Henry Stanford
Vernon County
Andrew Jackson Robertson
St. Louis County
Robertson
Nations commit to anew German Jewish emigration plan
A six nation vice chairmen committee under the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees approved a renewed drive to move about 600 000 Jews from Germany under the Kennedy plan. Progress noted in finding homes for refugees, but success hinges on German cooperation and a change to the flight tax rule.
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London
Men of Six Nations
Germany
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Brazil
Argenina
Boy Shot to Death on Way to Church
In Kansas City on December 2, prosecutors charged Carroll C. Coffeen 56 with first degree murder for shooting Earl Matthews 14 as he walked to early mass near Guardian Angel church. Coffeen said I shot him because I feared he was going to hold me up. The boy was shot in the back. authorities noted the alleged aggressor was unlikely. Coffeen pleaded innocent and was held without bond for a December 20 preliminary hearing.
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Kansas City
Carroll C. Coffeen
Earl Matthews
Mass
Coffeen
Russell T. Boyle
Guardian Angle
C. J. Strasburger
Louis J. Mazuch
Daladier Urges Leniency as Strikes Spread in France
Paris dispatch reports Premier Daladier calling for employers to reinstate workers who joined the general strike and to honor existing collective contracts. He warned against mass reprisals as about 80,000 were discharged and 20,000 still striking amid tensions with Italy and Germany over colonial aims.
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Paris
Italy
Germany
Daladier
Hitler Predicts Enduring Nazi regime in German Youth
Reichsfuehrer Hitler addressed 30,000 Suctenland Germans in Reichsmark rally, saying the new generation is growing up and being educated in Nazi groups from age ten onward. He warned older idols had failed and outlined an economy based on production, not wage grows, as elections loom for deputies in former Czechoslovak territory.
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Reichenberg
Germany
Nazi
Hitler
Works Service
Army
Black Guards
Fuehrer
Police to Drop Kidnap Case If No Evidence Found
Police warned they will withdraw from the kidnapping case if clues do not corroborate 18-year old Mary Brown story within a short time. Major Elmer Munshower said investigators will search until they have exhausted all options and then discontinue. Mary Brown said she was held in a hut after being abducted and released near her home. Some officers and Washington area doctors were checking her injuries while others questioned relatives and neighbors.
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Oxon Hill, Md
Mary Brown
Elmer F. Munshower
Maryland
Washington, D. C
William B. Brown
Mary
Lucy
Missouri reels from short revenue to fund budget requests
State Auditor Forrest Smith reported the 1939-40 revenue estimate at about 84 million dollars with 28 million earmarked for schools and 56 million for general state operations, leaving departments 400 thousand short of their requests. He urged strict economy and noted the social security commission sought 48 million, to leave only 12 million for others. figures are subject to revision before legislative recommendations.
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Missouri
Forrest Smith
Smith
State Social Security Commission
Fisher Body Plant in Flint Closed by Strike
Flint Mich Dec 2 AP Fisher Body plant No 1 shut after UAW CIO workers voted 3434 to 433 to strike over day wage vs piece rate pay. About 6400 GM workers affected as Buick final assembly line paused due to bodies halt. Officials say strike authorized by international union. GM says contract breached. No Saturday work. resumption unlikely before Monday.
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Flint, Mich
Fisher Body
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Motors Corp
Fisher Body Co
Buick
Flint
UAW
International Union
Fisher
Parent-Teachers Group Meets at Vienna Today
The Tri-County Council of the Parents-Teachers Association for Maries Phelps and Pulaski counties will meet in Vienna tomorrow. Attendees include R. P. Kroggel from the State Division of Speech Education and district and local education leaders from Jefferson City Rolla Dixon and Vienna.
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Vienna
Tri-County Council
Parents-Teachers Association
Maries
Phelps
Pulaski
Ethel R. Parker
Maries County
R. P. Kroggel
State Division of Speech Education
Jefferson City
Fred L. Dunlap
Parents- Teachers Association
Man confesses to slaying pastor father in drunken stupor
Sheriff says Robert Bready, 29, confessed shooting his pastor father Dr. Russell H. Bready, 62, near their home during an early morning walk to sober him up. He recalls little of the incident and faces first degree murder charges after giving details of a revolver and drinking fortified wine.
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Bainbridge
Joseph Vincent
Robert Bready
Russell H. Bready
Young Bready
Lester §&. Reid
Dowrey
Bready
Vincent
Lowrey
Pontiac
Mich
Chillicothe
Reid
Young
Sentence Passed on 13 In K. C. Election Fraud
Federal District Judge Albert L. Reeves sentenced eight more defendants in Kansas City vote fraud cases, bringing the day’s total to 13. Jack Reynolds received two months in jail and a $500 fine for his role in the 1936 general election. the seven others faced one year of probation after pleading nolo contendere and were fined $100 each for Democratic and Republican precinct roles.
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Kansas City
Albert L. Reeves
Jack Reynolds
Louis Hutson
George L. Walker
Warren Childs
Angie Livingston
Lydia Muldrow
Lena Stewart
Charles Snedaker, Jr
Ste Genevieve Man Joins Security Commission
Governor Stark named John J. Tlapek of St. Marys Ste Genevieve county to fill the social security commission seat. He will serve until June 30 1942, is a Democrat and retired businessman active in civic affairs, formerly a director of a telephone company. Nick Cave heads the commission in Columbia.
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Stark
John J. Tlapek
St. Marys
Ste. Genevieve County
Social Security Commission
N. W. Brickey
Festus
Tlapek
Christian Brothers College
St. Louis
Nick T. iCave
Columbia
Four sentenced in espionage case for selling US military data
Federal Judge John C. Knox imposed two to six year terms on Otto Voss, Erich Glaser, Guenther Rumrich, and Johanna Hofmann for selling military information to Nazi Germany. Hofmann received four years. Voss six. Glaser and Rumrich two years each. The judge warned of harsher fates in Germany and noted the case recalls World War I methods.
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New York
Germany
John C. Knox
United States
Nazi Germany
Knox
Johanna Hofmann
Europa
Voss
Otto Herman Voss
Erich Glaser
United States Army
Mitchell Field
Island
Guenther Rumrich
Miss Hofmann
Bernsdorff
Chicagoans Urge Ickes To Make Race for Mayor
A group of Chicago citizens sent telegrams urging Secretary Ickes to run for mayor. Notables signing include Prof. Paul Douglas, Hull House head Miss Charlotte Carr, G. L. Quilici, Lillian Herstein, and officials from the Chicago Lawyers Guild and Teachers Union, among others.
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Chicago
Ickes
United States
Paul Douglas
University of Chicago
Charlotte Carr
Hull House
G. L. Quilici
Chicago Lawyers Guild
Lillian Herstein
Chicago Teachers Union
W. E. Rodriguez
Henry Dwyer
City Manager Committee
Abraham Plotkin
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Erich von Schroetter
The
German-American League For Culture
Dean Douglas Elected Music Group Director
Frank Coulter of Joplin was elected president of the Missouri Music Educators Association at a Missouri capital session. New officers include James Billinger Hannibal Harold Lickey Marshall and others with Dorothy Parker Deere Winnie Shaffer and James Robertson among directors.
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Columbia
Frank Coulter
Joplin
Missouri Music Educators Association
James Billinger
Hannibal
Harold Lickey
Marshall
Harlan Spring
Kansas City
Anna Louise Huggins
Flat River
Eugene Mahnel
St. Louis
J. R. Huckstep
Chillicothe
Dorothy Parker
Deere
Winnie Shaffer
Edger James Robertson
Springfi
Dean Douglas
Jefferson’ ‘City
Stark Paroles Convicts Governor's Parolee for Armed Robbery
Gov Lloyd C Stark paroles George Stewart who served ten years seven months of a 25 year sentence for first degree robbery in Jackson. The action marks a notable clemency move in the state.
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Stark
Lloyd C. Stark
George Stewart
Dex Gies
Jackson
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