07 Apr 1931
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1931
Page
1
In Yuma Arizona on April 1 Mrs. Hutton Bellah of Los Angeles reports a missing husband who had vanished fifteen months earlier. He remarried and lived with his second wife, ending the mystery by his own act.
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild thorough laxative to cleanse the bowels and improve health overnight. The piece blends product sales with a health warning about internal poison and resulting symptoms, framed as a doctor’s prescription.
Magistrate Vachier said Mrs. Charlotte Nixon-Nirdlinger of St. Louis will be temporarily released within five days on the charge of slaying Philadelphia theater owner Fred Nixon-Nirdlinger.
A sensational May issue teases a true life tale of a youth and his volatile wife Orpha. The piece promises a bloody murder and a hangman’s end framed by a doomed romance, urging readers to buy the May TRUE STORY for the full account and related features.
Gallipolis April 7. Jaimes White 30 and seven of his eight children perished in a log cabin fire at Swan Creek on the Ohio river. George 12 survived severely burned and was aided by neighbors. cause undetermined. The family had recently moved in as squatters after being ordered from Gallipolis.
The Highway and City Beautification Committee at the Chamber of Commerce discussed flower pilgrimages to showcase landscaping and gardening at local homes during spring and summer. Plans include iris and peony pilgrimages, inviting homeowners, hosting a barbecue, and organizing visits around the State Florists convention in late June. Details to be finalized next meeting.
Fred Burke, jailed in Berrien county on a December 1929 patrolman slaying, waived his preliminary examination. The waiver moves his arraignment to April 20 in circuit court before Judge Charles E. White. Burke’s attorney Charles W. Gore gave no clear indication of a guilty plea.
Dodge City Kansas April 7 A school romance ended in a death by own action pact. Margaret Reamy 17 was killed and Lyneil Canady 18 critically wounded with a bullet wound to the head. Searchers found them in a car on a farm yesterday guided by a note saying goodbye. A pistol was in the car.
In Bucharest on April 7 AP reports the boy once called king begins an engineering apprenticeship under Captain Georgescu. The Grand Voivode of Alba Julia works in a palace workshop equipped for auto repairs. He is treated as an apprentice, wearing overalls and hanging his street clothes himself.
A Gandhi appointed inquiry reports that about 500 people were killed in Hindu Muslim riots in Cawnpore. The city is described as a burning battlefield with mosques and temples ablaze. Briton Gain Jones calls the seven days of fighting a disgrace to British rule. The disturbance began after a report claimed a Muslim shrine was desecrated and Hindu nationalists pressed a Muslim shopkeeper to close in mourning for Baghat Singh.
An extension article outlines two effective gopher controls: poison bait and trapping. It details specific bait formulations using strychnine with vegetable or grain bases, plus preparation steps and safety cautions to minimize harm to wildlife. It explains locating main tunnels and carefully placing bait in runs while avoiding disturbance.
Goodland Kansas April 7 Thieves have twice broken into the Sherman county jail and removed liquor held as evidence In one break water was substituted for the liquor, authorities report.
The Missouri Senate faces a turbulent session as Republicans led by Senator J. G. Morgan oppose the proposed congressional redistricting. The plan would create eight Democratic and five Republican districts, while a compromise would yield seven to six. Governor Caulfield has not ruled on action if the bill reaches his desk. The House already killed a similar measure.
Hollywood case outlines a divorce action by Jack Lunden against Lisabeth Seltzer Luden after a party described by Lucien Lunden. He testified parties were forced by his wife to advance in Hollywood, with paid salary of 75 dollars weekly. The gathering drew 12 to 13 guests. ham and potato salad were consumed. liquor led to four drunken men in one room. a spiked club and ash trays were involved. Mrs. Luden filed a cross complaint and was to testify.
Mrs Enrly Newell Blair former vice chairman of the Democratic national executive committee spoke in Dallas under the Democratic women of Dallas county program. She condemned those who would subordinate economic issues to prohibition in 1932 and criticized John J. Raskob's plan to poll the committee on prohibition. Jed Adams introduced her and promised a formal response to Raskob's move, accusing him of obstructing the Democratic party's vision.
In Palermo Italy April 7 AP with 1000 aristocrats from Europe converged for tomorrow's wedding of Prince Henri Count of Paris to Princess Isa bella Marie D Orleans Brag ance. The couple will wed in the villa chapel as nobles fill hotels and royal houses.
The funeral of Charles Truetzel was held Monday afternoon at the home and from St. Johns Lutheran Church in Schubert s with Rev K Schroedger in charge. Pallbearers included six nephews: George Adolph and William Truetzel, George Bolling, and Victor and Clifford Mueller. Attendees from Missouri cities returned home after services.
Major James H. Doolittle, first pilot to fly and land a plane with no cockpit visibility, was awarded the Hermon trophy by the Ligue International Des Aviateurs in Cleveland. Hundreds of aviators attended, including many world figures, to witness the presentation.
The McElroy-Sloan Shoe Company in Fulton Mo will shut its plant on May 15, affecting about 225 workers. The closure aligns Craddock-Perry policy to consolidate production at Lynchburg Va plants, after Fulton residents raised $50,000 to bring the company in 1923 with a wage total target of $500,000 reached in 1927.
John H. Boos arrived home yesterday after visiting his son Leslie Boos and wife in Joplin over the weekend. Boos, a former Joplin resident, spent the stay with family.
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