14 Apr 1932
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1932
Page
1
British missionaries at Changchow near Amoy begin retreat toward Amoy as large Communist forces advance, retreating before Kwangtung Provincial troops. Foreigner residents grow uneasy as the situation develops and troops push back along the coast.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes carry a personal guarantee from W. K. Kellogg. If not the best in flavor, crispness, and freshness, return the empty red and green package for a refund. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek, a standard of value for 25 years.
British officials asked the Asiatic fleet to dispatch a warship to safeguard the port amid a campaign to root out Reds in South China. Reports from Peiping on April 14 say Chinese Red Armies in Fukien approach Changchaow endangering the city. American missionaries on the mainland plan to move toward Amoy. In Harbin Japanese authorities cite a wreck blamed on Red terrorists with several deaths and injuries. Disorder along the Chinese Eastern Railway continues with a derailed freight train near Harbin but no casualties.
The Breadline Frolics, a revue created and performed by unemployed men from public shelters, will be shown in the Loop on April 25. It features skits with biting humor and charity ward performers, and is described as the world’s oddest production with no salaries, contracts, or scenery.
April 14 AP report states Boydston, a gang member wanted for the March 17 Bank of Republic robbery in Missouri, was arrested near Campden Point after a tip from Edwardsville Kansas where he rented a barber shop space. He cited concern for his wife and mother-in-law. Three other suspects, Paul A. King, Vincent Harris, and C F Darling, were detained elsewhere. Darling was shot by an Omaha officer March 31. About $1,000 was stolen.
Louis Everding a 59 year old grocer killed himself by slashing his wrist after beating his wife with a poker and critically injuring her in their St Louis home last night.
In Washington on April 14 AP reports Senate Finance Chairman Smoot urged holders to keep stocks rather than liquidate at current prices. He said intrinsic value backs all stocks and cited one unnamed issue trading at 4.50 that is worth 40 in cash and goods to illustrate market pessimism.
In Norfolk, Dean H Dobson-Pea disclosed secret messages from two other Norfolk men aiding efforts to recover the Lindbergh baby. John H Curtis and Rear Admiral City Burrage are abroad seeking suspects. Major Schoeffel arrived in Vienna as police search for Charles A Lindbergh Jr. in the United States and abroad. Dr. J F Condon described the kidnapers as the shrewdest band yet seen. A cryptic OK from Harrisburg newspapers offered encouragement to the alleged bill holder in the case.
Senate Judiciary subcommittee studies prohibition measures and continues bankruptcy bill hearings. Secretary Mills testifies on a billion dollar tax measure before the finance panel. Commerce committee votes on Wagner employment system bill.
A humorous Hollywood note shows wax dummies failing under heat during filming, while real actors improvise as incandescents burn. In New York Chief Justice Gaston Pessin, 31 and a bachelor, argues lawyers should be his only wife for faster career rise. Providence reports a stolen car used in a murder may yield $198, with $2 daily pay debated for 99 days of evidence impoundment. Rutland considers turning off streetlights next Saturday to save costs, and Kansas City notes Oswald Facaby on bridge tactics.
Los Angeles April 14 AP For more than fifty years a leader in Congregational Church work in the middlewest and California the Rev James Haswell Harwood 94 died last night He founded Moody Church Chicago Drury College Springfield MO helped establish churches in California aided Pomona College and ran the Orange County Institute a preparatory school
Nebraska Democrats hailed 1932 as a Democratic year after Tuesday’s presidential primary results. Roosevelt led with 25,414 votes from 1,833 of 2,049 precincts, while Bryan won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with 81,492 votes to Ritchie’s 47,506. Ritchie conceded.
Buenos Aires April 14 AP reports a possibility that Ambrose Bierce the American writer who vanished in 1914 could be the white man seen by Swiss trapper Stephen Rattin in the Brazilian jungle. A former soldier recalls hearing of a tall fair man named Pierce with the Murcielago Indians. Bierce disappeared in Mexico in 1914 and would be over 85 if alive.
In Kansas City on April 14 the Missouri Valley A A U Boxing tournament reduced the field to 20, with semifinal bouts set. Missouri boxers dominated, winning nine of 11, as four contenders remain in most classes. Featherweights Dick Meters and Joey Alcanter of Kansas City advance to Friday finals.
April 14 report from Shanghai quotes Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu saying China's referral of peace proposals to the League of Nations signals the collapse of talks. He warns Japan may take action to protect its interests and that Armistice negotiations may proceed or halt as needed.
Mrs. Pearl Johnson of Van Buren Arkansas died in St Louis from injuries after an auto crash near Cuba Missouri on Sunday that killed her husband Ira Johnson. Johnson's brother W. A. Johnson of Marchefield California is seriously injured in a St Louis hospital.
Chicago voters faced fraud claims as tallies from Tuesday’s primary rolled in. Republican hopeful Newton W. Jenkins alleged thousands of votes were stolen, promising Senate victory by 50 000 if proven. Downstate counts boosted Len Small and Henry Horney’s governor nominees, with Dirksen unseating Hill and Dieterich leading over Lucas for the Democratic Senate nomination.
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