Big names predicted in Coster Musica inquiry
Federal official Brien McMahon foresees indictments of prominent figures as probes into the Coster Musica case widen. McKesson & Robbins vice president Frederic Wingersky testifies about gun running plans and a 100000 rifle contract. District Attorney Dewey cites $18,000,000 missing and financings through fictitious drug firms.
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York
McKesson & Robbins
F. Donald Coster- Philip Musica
Brien McMahon
U. S
Washington
Coster-Musica
McMahon
Coster- Musica
Frederic Wingersky
Boston
Wingersky
Joseph F. Ruggieri
Canada
Thomas E. Dewey
Philip
Dewey
W. W. Smith & Co., Ltd
Montreal
J. P. Meyer Company, Inc
Brooklyn
Woodtone Company, Inc
Manning Company
Philip Musica
Weather Summary for Missouri and River Levels
Fair to start in northwest Missouri then becoming fair in the east and south with light rain in the morning. Cooler Tuesday with a rise in temperatures by Wednesday. highs near 49 and lows around 21. River stages show Kansas City at 2.0 feet and Lake of the Ozarks four tenths below full. Boonville and other gauges near zero change.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville
Thomas IttsCéid
Lake of Ozarks
Record Deep Freeze Hits Europe Amid Storm Lows
Snow and sleet swept across Europe causing at least 20 deaths and crippling communications. Temperatures plunged to record lows from Scotland to Greece with Britain reporting 26 F and ten deaths. Berlin and other cities faced extreme cold while shipping halted on the North Sea and rivers froze.
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London
Europe
Scotland
Greece
Britain
Germany
Berlin
North Sea
Danube
Regensburg
Oder
Amsterdam
Hungary
Lodz
Poland
Deaths in Sofia and provinces as cold wave grips Bulgaria
In Sofia one man and two others in the countryside died from freezing. A Black Sea storm claimed at least three sailors with distress signals from several vessels. A Varna derailment injured six passengers.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Varna
Boast Costs Life of Youth in Maryland
GIRDLETREE Md Dec 19 AP A 14 year old youth George Hudson died after bragging about electricity he could endure. He hurled a coil of chicken wire into the air across a high tension line and was struck by 2300 volts of electricity, dying instantly.
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Maryland
Girdletree, Md
George Hudson
George
Roper Sends His Last Annual Report to FDR
Daniel C. Roper forwarded his final annual report as secretary of commerce to Capitol Hill. He, who resigned last week, summarized business developments and department bureau work, estimating national income at about 66.8 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, versus 67.3 billion the prior year.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Capitol Hill
Roper
Train Wreck Claims 30 Dead Near Rio de Janeiro
Officials of the Central Do Brasil railway said 30 persons were known dead after an express freight train collision 70 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. The disaster occurred today and involved a major Brazilian rail line.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Central Do
Stark Leaves for Home After Council of State Governments
Governor Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri departed for home after attending a Council of State Governments meeting and planning discussions with state officials.
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Stark
Washington
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Council of State Governments
Snyder Defense Attacks Testimony in Alderman Case
In Los Angeles detectives report attorney Jerry Giesler grilled state witnesses in Martin Snyder's murder case. He challenged Myris Alderman and Ruth Etting testimonies, claiming they contradicted charges of kidnapping and attempted murder. He argued Etting and Snyder's daughter Edith offered limited or no proof of gun use.
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Ruth Etting
Los Angeles
Martin
Gimp” Snyder
Jerry Giesler
Giesler
Myril Alderman
Miss Ettine
Snyder
Miss Etting
Alderman
Ruth Snyder
Miss Snyder
Edith Snyder
Ex-Governor Warren McCray of Indiana Dies at 73
Warren T. McCray former Republican governor of Indiana died of a heart attack at his home near Kentland at 73. He served 1921 to 1924 and spent three years in federal prison for mail fraud before a 1930 pardon. He had run Orchard Lake stock farm raising Hereford cattle and had been ill for about a year.
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Kentland
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
McCray
Atlanta
Hoover
Orchard Lake
McKittrick Calls for Board to Enforce Missouri Liquor Laws
Springfield reports Attorney General Roy McKittrick urged replacing the single liquor supervisor with a three member board to end dictatorial enforcement. He urged changes to the escheat and income tax laws, claiming substantial uncollected taxes and potential annual gains of up to 5 million dollars by closing evasion and broadening corporate tax definitions.
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Springfield
Roy McKittrick
Missouri
E. J. McMahon
McKittrick
Theft of 22 Cars In Year Is Solved
Police announced the solution to a string of 22 car thefts carried out by three youths and two accomplices. Two youths confessed. the group used cars for trips to neighboring towns and dates with local girls unaware the cars were stolen. The breakthrough came after items from a car stolen Friday from Dr. E. E. Mansur were offered for disposal. Charges expected today.
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Jefferson City
E. E. Mansur
Roosevelt Flags Rail Aid Among Broad Economic Plans
President Roosevelt urged a congressional program balancing budget aims with social welfare and rail relief. He discussed rail problems with Gray and Harrison as a health and welfare coordination group prepared a report for Congress. A $50 to $65 million first year federal outlay was proposed, with state matching.
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Roosevelt
Carl Gray
Union Pacific
George Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
Harrison
Josephine Roche
Congress
State rests case against Kansas City unionist
Kansas City, Dec. 19 AP The state late today rested its case against Joseph Arvin accused of common assault against a rival laundry workers union organizer. Only two prosecution witnesses were called.
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Kansas City
Joseph Arvin
Capone Might Stay in Prison to 1942 for Mental Treatment
Chicago December 19 AP District Attorney William Campbell said Capone suffers from paresis a brain disease and could remain jailed until 1942 for treatment He noted Capone is lucid about three of four weeks but irrational about the remaining quarter Attorneys for Capone will confer with Washington officials on possible dispositions including keeping him at Alcatraz for full sentence or transferring him to a Los Angeles jail for medical care and other options.
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Chicago
William Campbell
al Capone
Capone
Washington
Tion
Brien McMahon
James V. Bennett
Federe Bureau of Prisons
Campbell
Acatraz
Los Angeles
Clark
D-Mo
Missouri
Washington Evening Star
Louis Johnson
America
South America
Europe
Orient
PWA
CCC
Farm Production in 38 Not High Says U S Crop Board
The U S Crop Reporting Board released its final 1938 crop report noting per capita farm production was not high despite bumper crops. Wheat 930,801,000 bushels. corn 2,542,238,000. rice 52,303,000. yields above average but total area harvested below the pre drought period. Production overall stayed 4% above the pre drought level.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Crop Reporting Board
Great Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
Alias Santa Claus appeal seeks urgent help for children
One hundred twenty five children remain without an Alias Santa as responses lag. Jefferson City High School adopted twenty one yesterday and students repair and redecorate old toys. with only days left, officers urge immediate action to aid underprivileged children.
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Santa Claus
Jefferson City
Alias
Marshall Man Bound for Trial in Slaying of Daughter
Clay Berryman was bound over for the January term of Saline county circuit court after a preliminary hearing on first degree murder charges. He is accused of fatally shooting his 4-year-old daughter Patsy at his estranged wife’s home on November 28.
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Marshall
Clay Berryman
Saline County
Berryman
W.C. Pelot
Patsy
Pratt Returns Home From St. Luke's Hospital
Burt W. Pratt, recently discharged from St. Luke's hospital in St. Louis after an operation, returned to Jefferson City over the weekend and is convalescing at his home 204 Ash Street. He is a son-in-law of Judge J. G. Leslie.
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Burt W. Pratt
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Ash Street
Pratt
J. G. Leslie
Japan objects to U S loan to China opens door to war doubt
In Tokyo Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita calls Allied open door policy obsolete and says extraterritorial rights and concessions in China must be abolished gradually. He criticizes the U S Export-Import Bank for authorizing a 25 million dollar credit to China as ill advised.
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Machiro Arita
China
Morgenthau
Japan
Treasury
Uni
Stabilization Fund
Federal Reserve
State Department
Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
United States
Britain
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ium
Portugal
Netherlands
Far East
Manchukuo
Pan
Westphalia Infant Dies of Pneumonia
James Arthur Rehagen seven months old of near Westphalia Missouri died Sunday afternoon after a brief pneumonia illness. Survived by parents three sisters Mary Evelyn Helen and Walter. Grandparents Frank Rehagen Hubert Herx Meta. Funeral at St Joseph church at 7:45 this morning.
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James Arthur Rehagen
Otto C. Rehagen
Westphalia
Mary
Evelyn
Helen
Walter
Frank Rehagen
Hubert Herx
Meta
St. Joseph Church
Pope Pius XI Rests after Long Ceremony in Vatican
Vatican reports Pope Pius XI, 81, spent a restless night but showed no special harm from a taxing ceremony he presided over yesterday. He has refused to curtail activities since his heart attack on November 25 and is resting today, with pallor noted as the only lingering sign.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Escaped Convict Oliver Recaptured in Portageville
Portageville police chief Charles La Font said he arrested William Carl Oliver, who escaped from the Missouri penitentiary on October 23 while serving a highway robbery sentence. Prison officials planned to fetch Oliver in Jefferson City after transfer tonight.
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Portageville
Charles la Font
William Carl Oliver
Missouri Penitentiary
Oliver
Jefferson City
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