Actress Constance Bennett Marries Gilbert Roland in Yuma
Hollywood gossip recounts Constance Bennett marrying Gilbert Roland in a spur of the moment ceremony at Yuma Arizona after a drive from Hollywood. Bennett, 33, has a long marriage history including annulled first marriage to Chester Moorhead and a 1926 union to Phil Plant. Roland, 35, claims no prior marriages.
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Missouri flood toll and road closures broaden reach
Osage and Meramec rivers flood warnings widen as gates at the dam remained partly open and Lake Taneycomo fell. Dozens of state highways stayed closed across Christian, Phelps, Pulaski, Benton, Stone and Ozarks counties while Cape Fair isolates and Eldon–Tuscumbia reroutes form key detours. Rescue teams recovered the body of Capt Elisha Carter after he drowned while aiding students on Salt River.
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Taneycomo
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U.S. 41
Elisha Carter
Mexico Military Academy
Salt River
Missouri
Tobruk Siege Deepens As Axis Tanks Fire On Italians
News from Tobruk reports growing rift between German and Italian forces. German tanks targeted retreating Italian infantry, Australian patrol captured 846 Italians and several officers, including a German, while tanks and rifles repelled a subsequent assault. Despite heavy fighting, no ground was gained and morale remains high among besieged troops. The RAF has air superiority, but Axis raids persist on Tobruk harbor as bombardments continue.
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Cairo
London
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Messerschmidt
German War News on Greece and Balkans Tensions
War sources warn against trusting British claims of Greek progress while noting limited disclosures for security. Rumors on Laval’s return to the cabinet lack confirmation as Hitler directs contact through Darlan. Greek politics appear provisional under King George, with Antonescu viewed as stabilizing Balkans and Spanish editorials opposing England attract German attention.
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Laval
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Montoire
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
Philippe Petain
Jean Darlan
Otto Abelz
Hitler
France
George
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Iron Guard
Antonescu
Fuehrer
Balkans
England
Observer S
Iberian Peninsula
Retired minister dies in Osage City
H H Blount aged 87, a retired Methodist minister, dies at home in Osage City after a three day illness. He lived in Camden county before moving to Osage City eight years ago. Survived by wife Anna and six children C Blount Jefferson City Howard Blount Onawa Paul Blount St Louis Mrs Zelia Anderson Aledo Mo Mrs Julia Snelling Richmond and Mrs Ruby Kinsley Central City. Thirty five grandchildren and eight Brent-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted near Zebra Missouri tomorrow afternoon.
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Osage City
Blount
Camden County
Anna Blount
C. Blount
Jefferson City
Howard Blount
Onawa
Towa
Paul Blount
St. Louis
Zelia Anderson
Aledo
Julia Snelling
Richmond
Ruby Kinsley
Central City
Tve
Zebra, Mo
Floods Drownings Across Three States Reported
Weather across Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma brought showers and winds with several drownings. Missouri rivers rose near 23.2 feet at Hermann and 13.8 feet at Hannibal with no damage noted. St Louis reported 3.5 feet as rivers emptied into larger systems.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Hermann
Hannibal
Mississippi
St. Louis
Steel plates slip from freight car on Kansas route
In Kansas City April 21, workers repair or replace about 7000 dollars worth of poles signal boxes and battery cases from a shifting load of steel on a freight car. The 19 tons of 12 inch plates tore through the car and damaged five poles nine battery cases and five signal boxes along the 17 mile stretch to Bucyrus Kansas. Trains were delayed for hours while a temporary signal system was set up.
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Kansas City
Iran
Bucyrus
Kans
Escapes at Whittier Reform School Spur Crisis in California
Whittier Calif April 21 AP restless and confused by the seventh investigation within months 60 youths fled the reform school yesterday by nightfall more than half had returned some came back voluntarily since December 217 boys have escaped 125 this month from a 232 capacity institution most have been returned.
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Flanagan
Edward J. Flanagan
Omaha
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William B. Cox
Cox
Osborne Assctiation
New York
Gov
Olson
Greece Faces All-Out War As Axis Drives In Europe
German forces push south from the Balkans toward Thessaly and Thermopylae as Bulgaria occupies northern Greece. Allied lines falter while Mussolini’s troops advance in North Africa. British and Greek troops retreat toward southern harbors amid renewed Italian and German advances.
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Pindus Mountains
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Trikkala
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Greece
Stefani
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Lydia Pinkham's Tablets for Monthly Disturbances
Advertisement promotes Lydia Pinkham's Tablets to relieve symptoms of premenstrual distress including cramps headaches upset nerves and bloating. It targets women experiencing mood swings fatigue and paleness and urges trying the product for relief.
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Lydia Pinkham
Fouro
Pinkham
Missouri Receives Unemployment Service Grant
Ed McDonald regional social security director announced a grant of 787829.90 to Missouri for administration of its Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service programs for the period ending June 30.
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Kansas City
Ed McDonald
Missouri
Motorized bed shown at medical meeting
Boston physicians described a motorized bed that imitates a sea voyage and tilts head up or down in three speeds to aid circulation. About 250 units have been placed in hospitals and clinics, with reports of improved clarity, sleep, and relief for arteriosclerosis, diabetes, and congestive heart failure cases.
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Boston
American College of Physicians Today
C.E. Sanders
Kansas City
Texas Woman Freed Of Murder Charges
Emporia Kansas April 21 AP murder charges against Mrs Marguerite Ellis 23 of Houston Texas in the death of Mrs William B Cox were dismissed by County Attorney Sam Mellinger at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing for William E Cox husband.
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Emporia, Kas
Marguerite Ellis
Houston
Tex
William B. Cox
Sam Mellinger
William E.cox
Airport News: Youths Enlist. Flights Resume After Rain
Four youths joined the Army at Camp Robinson Arkansas and flew home to Jefferson City about 4:30 P.M. Saturday then returned Sunday. Ralph Ainsworth and Kenneth Sanders, Jefferson City natives, rode a five passenger Stinson. Flight instructor Dave Harnland and photographer Robert Blosser filed flood pictures over the Missouri Osage Maries rivers. A Marshall Field Kansas plane en route to Fort Leonard Wood stopped at the airport. Lieut H Ragland led the ship with Sgt W H Petty and PFC B Sullivan aboard.
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Ark
Jefferson City
Ralph Ainsworth
Kenneth Sanders
Stinson
Dave Harnland
Robert Blosser
Missouri
Osage
Maries
Marshall Field
Kansas
Fort Leonard Wood
Treasury tax plan secret for present unfolds in Congress
A House Ways and Means Committee debate reveals possible 25 to 50 percent tax hikes, revival of WWI levies, and broader excise taxes. Speculation ranges from higher income surtaxes and a lower $4,000 threshold to potential increases on cigarettes and liquor. A related item notes a man bound over to district court for a death case with no trial date set.
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Clark
Idaho
Congress
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Monkey Shelters in London Home Show Flea Trouble
A London report describes a home with a private gas proof air shelter built for a monkey during air raid fears. A cleaning lady recalls the monkey used the shelter and even had fleas. The piece also notes Governor Donnell proclaiming Journalism Show Days at the University of Missouri.
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London
Moire
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