Missouri suffers drought with scattered soaking rains
Unusually dry and warm weather spread across Missouri this past week. Wheat oats grasses and truck crops suffered from lack of rain while portions of Jackson County saw substantial showers Monday night. Crop conditions vary from fair to good in the east to damaged in the western counties with the Ozark straw cherry crop needing rain. The week averaged near 13 degrees warmer than normal with the state’s high reaching 96 at Brunswick.
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Columbia
Missouri
George Reedler
United States Weather Bureau
Jackson Sworth
Atchison
Ozark
Brunswick
Kansas City Siege Ends In Fatal Shootout With Police
In Kansas City on April 16 a man known as Tom fired from a shack during a two hour siege. Patrolman Morris Cole was wounded and the suspect was killed by police after they breached the door. Police found the man armed with a revolver and a shotgun with a large ammo supply.
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Kansas City
Fom
Morris Cole
Spolice
Tom
Frank Crawford
Megro
Bert Hay- Lock
Hale Quits as Dean of Washington University Law School
William G. Hale resigns as dean effective June 30 after three years in the post. Chancellor Throop cites no explanation but notes it was not requested. Reported differences over budget appropriations suggest a policy dispute with university authorities.
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ST. Louis
William G. Hale
Washington University Law ‘School
Throop
Dean Hale
Law School
Deal Hale
Weisenburger Addresses City Chamber Dinner
The speech urges chambers of commerce to include women and young people, invest in city planning, and focus on practical research to guide progress. It criticizes free riders, stresses local and state-minded citizenship, and highlights growing river and inland waterway development and tourism spending in Missouri.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson City
Missouri
Chamber
Weisenburger Address Headlines City Chamber Progress
Jefferson City audience lauds Chamber of Commerce work as the Weisenburger address links past summer changes to a modern, stay-strong business agenda. Directors list and officers to be chosen with Hugo Arnhold, Oliver Bassman among those named for the new board and Hugh Stephens likely to return as president.
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United Community
Jefferson City
Schniteelbank Five
Weisenburger
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Central West
Board
Eee
Hugo Arnhold
Oliver Bassman
N. R. Beagle
Ben Czarlinsky
H. B. Davis
Harry Yerguson
Foster B, McHenry
William B. Malone
E. C. Moersche
Theodore Oberman
Paul A. Schaefer
Cliff G. Scruggs
John M. Sommerer
A. A. Speer
Hugh Stephens
William R. Tweedie
E. H. Winter
Man Saved From Self Harm in Mississippi River Incident
Louis Beller, 64, waded into the Mississippi River with a 50 pound rock tied to his neck. Leonard Benz, aboard a sailboat, prevented his death by action, pulling him back as water rose to his chin. Beller is hospitalized at Guy Hospital for exposure. Another report notes William Stephens, 49, suffered a possible fractured skull after being struck by a hat, during a game at Sportsman’s Park between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. he was taken to City Hospital.
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ST. Louis
Louis Beller
Leonard Benz
Beller
Benz
Guy
William Stephens
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Sportsman's Park
Stephens
City Hospital
Sunshine and Nujol Promise Better Health at Home
Mrs. Ethel Hickman of Prescott Arizona extols Nujol as a natural internal lubricant that cleared her family from misery and fatigue. She describes personal decline ending after using Nujol, and urges others to try the product bought in sealed packages at drug stores.
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Ethel Hickman
Prescott
Arizona
Curran and Garaway in Tilt at TORY Hearing
The article details indictments by a federal grand jury in Cape Girardeau Missouri for violations of U S laws involving ten defendants including Oliver Ramseger John Smythe Madie Sears Morley Irvin Belt Cecil Underwood Louis Martin Otis Martin Luther Ellison B Graves and Walter Lappe It also notes a federal court acquittal of Jesse Mattingly and a guilty plea by Roy Stroud and covers testimony by Henry H Curran president of the Association Against Prohibition Amendment to the Senate committee about aims and funding of the repeal effort and staff salaries
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Cape Girardeau MO
United States
Pedegal Court
Oliver H. Ramseger
Cape Girardeau
John Smythe
East St. Louis
Til
Jacksonville
Madie Sears Morley
Irvin Belt
Cape Giardeau
Cecil Underwood
Poplar Bluff
Louis Martin
Otis Martin
Luther Ellison
Steele
B. Graves
Pop Jay Bluff
Walter Lappe
Perry County
Jesse L. Mattingly
Mattingly
St. Louis
Roy Stroud
Ripley County
Washington
Henry H. Curran
Senate Leas
New York
Caraway
Curran
Association
William H. Slayton
Crowded Prisons Strain U S Justice System
Attorney General Mitchell states crowded prisons create difficulties for the U S justice system and efforts to manage inmate populations. He notes overflow in state facilities and the need for reforms to address housing, staffing, and rehabilitation programs.
Attorney General Opposes Senate Probe on Prohibition
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony citing prison congestion and rising federal prisoners by 6,277 in nine months. Attorney General Mitchell told an executive session he opposes a Senate investigation into prohibition, warning investigations could trigger difficulties.
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Senate
Mitchell
Probe Links Prohibition Violations to Prison Population Rise
The inquiry details argue that federal enforcement is paralyzed as 1811 of 1999 new prisoners in the last nine months were prohibition violators. The Dyer Auto Theft 4 and the Mann Act are cited as principal causes of prison congestion. A palm tree note highlights date yields.
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Mitchell
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W.T. Carrington
Greece
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