Roper Resigns as Commerce Secretary Amid Hopkins Speculation
Daniel Calhoun Roper abruptly resigned as secretary of commerce for personal reasons. Rumors on Capitol Hill link Harry L. Hopkins to the vacancy, with aides noting Roper’s clashes with new dealers and his effort to bridge business leaders with Roosevelt policies. Some senators see Hopkins as a stronger Democratic standard bearer if appointed, potentially shaping the cabinet before 1940.
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Homer S. Cummings
Roper
Hopkins
Nazis May Increase Jewish Wealth Levy
Berlin officials signaled further heavy levies on Jewish wealth as the first installment of the 1.0 billion mark tribute tied to the Von Rath case fell short. Jews offered bonds stocks and real estate to meet the Nov 12 20 percent levy on fortunes above 2000 dollars, amid questions of immediate cash availability.
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Berlin
Finance Ministry
Ernst von Rath
Paris
Only Two Bar Exams To Be Held in 1940
The Missouri state board of law examiners said in St Louis that starting in 1940 there will be two bar examinations annually, instead of three. Secretary Thomas F McDonald said the change, approved by the state supreme court, will place exams in March and September on the second Monday of each month.
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ST. Louis
State Board of Law Examiners
Thomas F. McDonald
State Supreme Court
Weather Update for Missouri Sees Warm Spreads and Rain
Increasing cloudiness over eastern and southern Missouri with warmer temperatures on Friday. Saturday brings clouds and light rain to the east and south, with colder air overall. Highs near 47, lows around 21. river stage readings show Keokuk and other gauges steady with small rises. Lake of the Ozarks at 9.4 feet below full, several locations reporting minor increases or declines.
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Missouri
United States Drops Inter-American Pact at Lima Parley
The United States abandoned hope of a continental defense pact at the Lima conference and proposed a Pan American peace constitution of 23 articles. Argentina resisted a broad defense pact, seeking wording that would cover aggression from any direction and risk U S policy changes.
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U. S
Lima
Peru
United States
Argentina
Latin America
Washington
Stark Cochran discuss Missouri housing funds and social security
Governor Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri conferred with Representative Cochran about social security and housing matters for the state. They debated public assistance timing, urged ironing out differences before year end, and plans to seek housing funds and PWA project financing with Interior and Agriculture officials.
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Washington
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Cochran
D-Mo
Lewis Means
Social Security Board
Stark
Interior Ickes
PWA
Wallace
Board of Managers
The
Council of State Governments
Columbia Office Closed By Congressman Nelson
Congressman W L Nelson said his Columbia office has closed and files moved to Washington for the new session. All business will be conducted through the Washington office until the session ends, the statement said.
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Columbia
Congressman Nelson
W. L. Nelson
Congress
Washington
Pershing Arrives in Tucson for Winter at Resort Hotel
General John J. Pershing arrived by train in Tucson accompanied by his sister Miss May Pershing to spend the winter at a resort hotel. He declared he felt very fine, sir during the trip.
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Pershing
Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Miss May Pershing
Festus Bank Heads Accused of Making False Book Entries
Warrants charge N. W. Brickey and Charles E. Porter with false entries totaling 88 590 dollars at Citizens Bank of Festus. Bonds set at 15 000 dollars each. Brickey, Festus mayor and judge, to surrender tomorrow. Complaint cites ledger entry misrepresenting demand deposits as of Sept 1 or within three years.
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ST. Louis
N. W. Brickey
Citizens’ Bank of Festus
Charles E. Porter
United States
John A. Burke
U. S
William Fahy
Brickey
Festus
Ifferson
State Social Security Commission
Herbert H. Freer
Harry C. Blanton
Bricker and Porter
Postpone Young Demos Meeting Until Tuesday
Cole County Young Democratic club members vote to postpone tonight to Tuesday night. Election of officers will be held then and members will review a new constitution and by laws drafted by a committee led by Judge Foster Wheatly. Meeting time set for 7 30 in the circuit court room.
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Cole County
Kiwanis Hear Bagley On Keeping Fit Through Play
Arthur E. Bagley, director of physical education for Metropolitan Life in New York, spoke to the Kiwanis Club at Petits about keeping fit through play and exercise. He is a noted director and gymnast with a 75 minute daily broadcast record for ten years.
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Arthur E. Bagley
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
New York
Kiwanis Club
Petit’s
Bagley
Metropolitan Company
Large Number of Needy Children Await Adoption on Christmas
Ray, president of Jefferson Citys Alias Santa Claus Clubs, urges locals to adopt needy children for Christmas. Citizens should phone 3139 to arrange adoptions and provide toys, candies, nuts, and cookies, offering warmth and joy to youngsters awaiting a hoped for holiday.
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Santa Claus
Ray
Jefferson City
Santa
Alias
Santa Claus Club
Wallace: Crop control might be permanent due to markets
Secretary Wallace warned in his Roosevelt annual report that foreign market losses and weaker domestic demand post 1950 push crop control into a more or less permanent role. He cited European self sufficiency, tech gains, and slow population growth as factors reshaping agriculture toward marketing over production.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Carolers Performance at Capitol Rotunda
Jefferson City High School Music Department presents the Capitol Carolers on Thursday December 22 from 8 to 9 pm. The Capitol Carolers include the Junior High School Chorus of 110 voices and the A Cappella Choir of 40 voices directed by Milton Bennett and accompanied by the High School Orchestra.
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Jefferson City High School
Capitol
Milton Bennett
Chamois Sailor Chosen As Company Honor Man
Raymond E. Sieg of Chamois, who enlisted in the U S navy last September, was chosen as the honor man of his company for the week ending Nov 26. Sieg, son of Mrs Winzola Sieg, received the honor from his instructors at the naval training station in San Diego.
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Raymond E. Sieg
Chamois
U. S. Navy
Navy
Sieg
Winzola Sieg
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Exchange Bank Christmas Party Set for Saturday
The Exchange National Bank announced its annual Christmas party will be held tomorrow afternoon starting at 2.00 or 2.30 and lasting until 5.00. Children will march in single file for candy from employees, and a large decorated Christmas tree will be inside the bank. About 4,000 children attended last year.
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The
Exchange National Bank
Self Defense Stand Taken by Snyder in Telling of Shooting
In Los Angeles on December 15 AP reports Colonel Martin Snyder testified his shooting of Myr Alderman occurred after Alderman produced a pistol while sitting on a piano bench. Snyder claimed he fired only in self defense and not to kill Alderman, while Alderman’s former wife Alma testified about their separation and shared sightings of Etting with Alderman.
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Snyder
Los Angeles
Martin Snyder
Myr Alderman
Ruth Etting
Alderman
Miss Etting
Edith Snyder
Alma
Beverly Hills
New York
California
Jerry Geisler
Bullet From Boy's Gun Kills Youth at Lamar
Capt. R. E. Moore said the bullet that killed Quentin E. Rose, 13, near Lamar last Sunday came from Harold Baggs, 15. Baggs allowed officials to examine his rifle after fearing a stray shot could be involved. Sheriff Wattenbarger believes the shooting was accidental if the rifle is confirmed as the fatal bullet.
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R. E. Moore
State Highway Patrol
Quentin E. Rose
Lamar
Harold Baggs
Baggs
Moore
Harold
Charles Baggs
Young Rose
Chris Wattenbarger
Barton County
Rose
Wattenbarger
Kennedy Not Optimistic About European Peace
Kennedy says he is not optimistic about peace in Europe during a two month visit home. He criticizes the Munich four power pact for lack of appeasement effects and urges staying out of any coming war if possible. He cites two alternatives to the Munich accord economic chaos or war and argues to try for a better option.
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New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
England
Europe
Kennedy
Munich
Sistie and Buzzie Not To Be at White House
Seattle dispatch reports that Sistie and Buzzie Roosevelt will not spend Christmas in the White House. Mrs. Breise says the family will observe the day at their home, indicating a private holiday.
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Sistie
Buzzie
White House
Seattle
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
John Breesis
Franco Restores Full Citizenship to Former King Alfonso
In Burgos on December 15, 1936, Franco presided as the council of ministers restored Alfonso XIII’s full citizenship rights and all personal estates in Spain, including the San Santander summer palace Magdalena. The decree voids the 1931 republican cortes actions depriving his legal rights and patrimony.
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Spain
Council of Ministers
Burgos
Alfonso
Francisco Franco
Franco
Juan
Italy
Magdalena
Santander
Generalissimo
London
Finland Pays Full War Debt Amid Global Payments Update
The treasury reports a debt peak of 39.4 billion with $730 million of new bonds sold. Finland uniquely completes its $232,935 installment, while Hungary makes a small partial payment and 13 nations face 160.2 million due today. Czech demand cites territorial losses hindering debt talks.
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Washington
Treasury
Finland
Hungary
Lsesad
Justice McReynolds Doubts Kentucky Women Use Rouge
Supreme Court Justice McReynolds questioned whether Kentucky women use cosmetics during a tax case on the 1936 luxury tax act. The exchange centered on what counts as cosmetics with counsel listing rouge lipstick powder and related items.
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Washington
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Kentucky
Charles I. Dawson
Louisville
Defense rests without testimony in St. Louis bombing trial
Isadore Londe's defense chose to rest without presenting witnesses after the state finished its case. Judge Flynn overruled a demurrer, jurors were sworn and the panel began deliberations but did not reach a verdict by midnight. Witness Louis Lee Baker identified the bomber from the stand amid ongoing security concerns.
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ST. Louis
Isadore Londe
Michigan
Londe
Sigmund Bass
William Hough
William B. Flynn
Louis Lee Baker
Nef Eineck
Baker
Walter W. Bullock
Inquisitive Mice Spark House Fire Tragedy
Florence New Jersey December 15 two inquisitive mice chewed a box of matches at William Brining s home causing the matches to ignite his hunting coat. The fire ignited a pocketful of shotgun shells and pellets scattered through the house. Brining and his family jumped from the floor below and discovered the dead mice.
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Florence
N. J
William Brining
Brining
Missouri Dairy Herds Win 11 State Milk and Butterfat Championships
Missouri eleemosynary dairy herds across six institutions, totaling 913 cattle with 823 purebreds, claim 11 of 14 state championships for milk and butterfat production. Records show avg state cow yields 4000 pounds milk and 159 pounds butterfat, rising to 11426 and 390 in 1937. Bus Angie Ormsby, a purebred Holstein owned by Fulton state hospital, produced 25301 pounds milk and 940 pounds butterfat in a year, six times the state average.
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Missouri
United States
W. Ed Jameson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Eleemosynary Institution
Angie Ormsby
Fulton State Hospital
H. W. Norton, Jr
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Jameson
McKesson and Robbins Chief Identified as Musica
FBI and state probes focus on the McKesson and Robbins leadership after F. Donald Coster is named Philip Musica a man with a long criminal record including grand larceny and perjury. Fingerprint identification ties Musica to past convictions and a 1906 1916 1920 series of sentences and clemencies.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins
Coster
Musica
Taft
Bennett Not to Contest Reuben Wood's Election
Springfield dispatch reports Republican Phil A. Bennett will not contest the Sixth District congressional race against Reuben T. Wood. Bennett cites expense and fear of seating denial by the new Congress, though he claims proof of irregularities exists including Sedalia’s First Ward where Wood led 357 to 25.
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Springfield
Reuben T. Wood
Phil A. Bennett
Wood
Bennett
New Deal Congress
Sedalia
French Chamber Begins Debates on 1939 Budget
The chamber of deputies opened the 1939 budget debate in Paris aiming for rapid passage to sustain rearmament. Leaders set a 66 hour limit for action by December 23 and temporarily paused foreign affairs questions. Premier Dalaier's government agreed to a general foreign debate next year. Bonnet assured no land concessions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
Chamber Party
Italy
Georges Bonnet
Uber
France
Eva Tanguay Impr HOLLYWOOD Illness Improves
Eva Tanguay, once a top idol, had been seriously ill last week and was reported tonight by a physician to be much improved.
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Eva Tanguay
Impr
Hollywood
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