Roosevelt: United States Will Not Join League of Nations
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated in Buenos Aires that the United States would not enter the League of Nations. He spoke at a press conference hours before opening the Inter-American Peace Conference of 21 nations, remaining at the U.S. embassy offices for much of the morning and receiving honors from the Argentine Congress. Delegates hailed the conference, with hearing speeches from Cordell Hull and Dr. Saavedra Lamas as discussions prepared under a steering committee proceed.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
United States
Ausgust
Gus) Generich
My. Roosevelt
Palermo Park
W School
Cordell Hull
Saavedra Lamas
Hull
Jameston Loses Big Business Building
A fire at Jameston Mo destroyed the largest business building, with losses estimated between 12000 and 15000 dollars. Gallatin and Pattonsburg fire departments aided volunteers to stop spread to adjacent structures. The blaze began in the restaurant around 6 30 a.m. and was blamed on a defective flue.
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Jameston
Gallatin and
Pattonsburg
Henderson Hardware Store
Huntington and George
Masonic Hall
MP Announces Its Car Loadings and Receipts
Missouri Pacific lines report local car loadings and receipts from connections for the week ended November 28, 1936, compared with 1935. MP 24,957 vs 20,742 Gulf Coast Lines 4,504 vs 3,972 International Great North 4,023 vs 3,989.
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ST. Louis
Dec
Missouri Pacific Railway Lines
Missouri Pacific
Gulf Coast Lines
Int-Gr
North
Woes 4200 Matches In Building Tower
Thomas H B Staggers proud of completing a tower of over 4200 kitchen matches balanced on a beer bottle mouth. He explains the base, row progression, and balance needed, noting the first 400 matches are the hardest and could set a national craze.
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Cleveland
Dec
Thomas H. B. Staggers
Staggers
Demand on Bryant to Pay for Foods and Convict Labor
A legal opinion concludes the commissioner of paroles and pardons cannot use convicts as household servants or for manual labor. The commissioner, on a salary, is not entitled to subsistence from the department. Wardens and deputy wardens may be entitled to convict labor but not subsistence.
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Department of Penal Institutions
Parales and Pardons
Jefferson City
Priso
Insurgent Dane Thrown Back Amid Bombardment Exchange
Insurgent forces unleash heavy bombardment as fascist administration tests impact on international relations and peace. Guns and aircraft engage in renewed combat, with lines and tactics described as the struggle continues across fronts.
Girl Dies After Boonville Car Wreck
Mary Hamlin twenty one died in a Saturday night automobile crash in Boonville Missouri. Her escort Marvin Sinclair twenty three was injured and expected to recover. Funeral plans indicated for Prairie Tome and burial at California Missouri.
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Boonville
Moa
Teer 1
Mary Hamlin
Prairigtome
California
Marvin Sinclair
Trial Details Reveal Baby Hoax Plot In St Louis Case
Grace Carolyn Thomasson testified that Nellie Tipton Muench aimed to obtain 250000 from Dr. Pittman by posing with a baby and alleging alienation of affections. Muench, a social figure, and three co defendants faced charges of using the mails to further the scheme.
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ST. Louis
Dec
Grace Carolyn Thomasson
Nellie Tipton Muench
Marsh Pittman
Muench
Supreme Court
Annaware
Pennsylvania
Dr. Pitzman
Thomasson
Hugh W. Thomasaay
St. Louisan
Anna Ware
Pittman
Ludwig A. Muench
Wilfred Jones
Helen Berroyer
Jones
Miami
Missouri faces pension and tax questions in early 1930s session
Missouri legislators prepare for a long January session as they weigh expanding old age pensions to 65, boosting maximums to 30 for individuals and 45 for couples, and funding the plan with higher sales taxes or new revenue. A federal payroll tax and unemployment insurance loom, with a social security study due by December 15.
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Missouri
Back
Associated Press
General Revenue Fund
Guy B. Park
Allen McReynolds
Carthage
Missouri revises blind pension law amid federal grant changes
Lawmakers face a tight budget as Missouri moves to align blind pension payments with federal rules. The state currently pays a flat rate while federal aid relies on need. One lawmaker joked about surviving on a small salary, another warned of a long session ahead.
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Falion
Missouri
Stray Dog Saves Stranger From Drowning in River
In St Louis a stray German shepherd saved Ernest Gustafson, 69, from drowning after he stumbled into the Mississippi River. Levee watchman Henry Urspruck saw the dog dive in, seize Gustafson by the coat collar, tow him to shore, then shake itself and depart.
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St. Louis
Dee, I
Ernest Gustafson
Mississippi River
Henry Urspruck
Gustafson
Secretary Ickes Injured in Auto Accident Near Fredericksburg
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes sustained a slight cut as his car overturned after being forced off a road ten miles north of Fredericksburg. He and administrative assistant E. Burley were en route to Richmond for cornerstone laying ceremonies at the Medical College of Virginia.
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Richmond
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Fredericksburg
Ickes
Burley
Richmong
Medical College of Virginia
Foreign Girls Are Marr ing Our Diplomats
Washington reports President Roosevelt issued an executive order prohibiting diplomatic and consular officers from marrying foreigners without secretary of state permission. The order, dated November 17, urges restraint amid tense world affairs and notes 18 percent of foreign service officers have foreign-born spouses.
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Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Secretary of State
Roosvelt
London
Bradford
Edward VII
Howly
A. W. F. Blunt
No. Bradford
Church of England
Edward
Ely-Walker factory offers Christmas bonus to 612 workers
The Ely-Walker garment factory in Illmo Missouri announced a Christmas bonus totaling between 10 000 and 12 000 dollars for its 612 employees. In Quebec 1935 gold output reached 470 174 ounces, up 80 396 from 1934. King George VI enjoyed breeding budgerigars, a hobby of his.
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Illmo
Ely-Walker Garment Factory
Province
Quebec
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