Soviet ship’s crew face peril amid Arctic ice
Ninety crew and passengers aboard the icebound Cheliuskin faced possible abandonment as Arctic pack ice trapped the ship near Davidoff Island. Provisions were landed on the ice and an emergency plan prepared as another Soviet icebreaker struggled to reach them amid shifting winds and storms.
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Rockefeller Says Better Times Are Coming for America
John D. Rockefeller Sr recovering from grippe in Oregon says better days are coming and that he has begun to live. He plans wintering in Florida as usual, calling Thanksgiving his happiest. A fire destroyed Mrs Milton’s chicken house and prize fowl valued at 5000 dollars due to a defective heater.
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Texan to file murder charges against Chican
El Paso dispatch reports John Penn assistant district attorney said murder charges will be filed today against Arthur G. C. Wilson 28 of Cleveland Ohio in the case of Mrs Irene Diebolt 28 of Cleveland found slain near Van Horn Texas east of El Paso on November 7. Diebolt had been beaten, a cord tied around her neck and all clothing removed except silk stockings. Sheriff Chris P. Fox said Wilson left Cleveland with Diebolt in September.
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Broker found shot to death in New Mexico
William W Nielsen a broker was found shot to death in a shed at his home in Santa Fe New Mexico. A coroner s jury soon after returned a verdict of death by self action Nielsen born in Hartford Connecticut was president of the Rocky Mountain Electrical Association in 1982 and was with New Mexico Power Co before opening a brokerage office in the city in 1924 he married Katherine Ware in Springfield Missouri there are no children
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Public Works Bill Faces Senate Death After House Passage
Weakley Public Works Utility bill, approved by the house, has been referred to the senate municipal corporations committee where similar measures died. The proposal would allow cities under 75 000 to borrow to build or acquire plants with revenue bands, backed by the administration but opposed by large private utilities. If enacted, cities could access federal Public Works funds, while opposition and delays loom as the senate conference focuses on timing and restrictions. The administration also backs another tax saving bill referred to the senate ways and means committee.
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Pike County
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Mon- Macon
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Dry Guillotine Ship Sails with Convicted Prisoners
The La Martiniere, a convict ship from St Martinie Re France, sails to French Guiana with a second cargo of banished prisoners. For fourteen days they are confined in eight cages on deck, with 300 daily air breaks, tight guards, and restricted movement as 4000 miles separate them from home.
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Jefferson City set for Bennett Clark conference
Senator Bennett Clark is due in Jefferson City Tuesday for talks with political leaders and will address a joint session of the Missouri Legislature at 2:60 PM. The day also carried obituaries, marriages, and local civic updates including Capitol Avenue work plans and a forgery warrant.
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McCarty
Chestnut Street
National
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Red Cross officer to visit Jefferson City for life saver exams
A.P. McCue, Red Cross field representative, will visit Jefferson City December 4 and 5 to instruct and examine Life Savers at the Junior College swimming pool from 4 to 6 p.m. The event continues the Red Cross service the local chapter has secured for the city.
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Mother and Daughter Hurt in Auto Crash
Mrs Ida Bybee Hanni and her daughter were injured when their car ran off Highway 61 near Folia Missouri. Both received cuts and lacerations and were taken to a hospital. They were returning to St Louis after spending Thanksgiving in Hamilton.
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Car drivers jailed after first double parking check
Police Chief John Bruner said twelve automobile operators were arrested in the first check on double parking and two hour parking today and will be haled into police court tomorrow morning.
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Willie Sharkey Hangs in Ramsey County Jail
Willie Sharkey, alleged Chicago gangster, hanged himself with a necktie in a Ramsey county jail cell. He was among four Touhy gang members recently acquitted in the Hamm kidnapping case. Sheriff Moeller said death occurred between 5 and 6 am during hourly rounds. Sharkey had complained of a headache earlier.
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George H. Moeller
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Gus” Shafer
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Brother of Andrew Mellon 15 Dead
R B Mellon 75 president of Mellon National Bank and brother of Andrew Mellon died at his home in Pittsburgh after a month of illness. He lapsed into unconsciousness hours before death with wife Jennie King Mellon son Richard K Mellon and daughter Mrs. Sarah Cordelia Scaife at his bedside. Richard Beatty Mellon helped build the Mellon business empire centered at Pittsburgh and was noted for philanthropy.
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Match Point Scoring Changes for Contract Players
The Capital News and Post Tribune explains a new match point scoring system for the contract players. Six points awarded to the best hand, five to the second, continuing accordingly. Maximizing score possible for a pair if they excel across 24 boards reaches 144 match points. Players need not compute points. the director tallies. Entries at newspaper offices are $2 for all three evenings. no eliminations until after the second night.
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Capital News and Post-Trbune
Sikeston Bulls Celebrate Sole Score In Thanksgiving Grid Fray
In Sikeston Missouri on December 1 AP reports the annual Thanksgiving football game between Sikeston and Charleston High Schools ended with Sikeston scoring the only touchdown in Q1. A near riot followed the final whistle as players and spectators clashed on the field.
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Charleston
Wynekoop Court Plea Denied in Murder Case
Chicago December 1 AP new disclosures show Earl Wynekoop’s friends with many women as prosecutors pursue bond denial. He faces accessory to murder charges over Rheta Wynekoop’s death during an operation. Arraignment on the accessory charge delayed to December 11. Judge David also denied bond for Wynekoop pending December 11 hearing. A notebook found at the Wynekoop home reportedly codes his women friends by numbers. Attorney Tyrrell withdrew from Dr Alice Wynekoop’s petition, citing her indictment and ill health.
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Rheta
Harle
Joseph B. David
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Wynekoop
Earle
Tyrrell
Alice L. Wynekoop
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McKittrick ruling forbids incidental fees for nonresident students
Attorney General Roy McKittrick ruled that school districts cannot collect incidental or monthly fees to bridge state tuition gaps for nonresident high school pupils. The Jefferson City High School proposal of 3 dollars monthly is ruled tuition. The decision reaffirms that nonresident tuition must be paid by the districts where pupils reside and excludes extra charges. In a separate item, a riverfront squatters settlement dispute led to a fatal shooting of 21 year old Roush Dyeus.
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Elliott M. Dampf
Cole County
Jefferson City
McKittrick
Superintendent of Public Schools
Missouri Hamlet Ceases To Exist In Johnson County
Blackwater Missouri, one of the county’s oldest towns, officially ceased to exist today after a county court order to vacate and disincorporate. The lots streets and alleys were returned to original owners A H Colster and H W Simmerman.
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Johnson County
A. H. Colster
H. W. Simmerman
Betty Co Ed to mark centennial at Oberlin College
Oberlin D Dec 1 AP Betty Co ed will celebrate its centennial Sunday at Oberlin College founded Dec 3 1833 by Rev John J Shepherd and Phi P Stewart. President Ernest Hatch Wilkins will deliver the Founders Day address as alumni and students hear greetings. Oberlin’s early policy of co education faced distrust but today over 80 percent of U S higher learning institutions are educational.
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Oatrlmn College
John J. Shepherd
Phi P. Stewart
Finny Chapel
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Jean Frederic Oberlin
France
United States
Hold Man for Slaying Over $18 Debt Quarrel
Macon Missouri December 1 1941 Tom Craig 45 was held on a charge of assault with intent to kill Elijah Smith 65 after a quarrel over an eighteen dollar debt allegedly owed Craig The case centers on a fatal argument that ended with a stabbing in a local residence police reported today
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