Mrs Thomasson Still On Stand In Muengh Case
In St Louis on December 4 AP cross examination of Grace Thomasson the key wit ness in the gift of God baby case continued with Roy Rucker Kansas City attorney clashing with District Attorney Harry C Blanton and the court. Mrs Nellie Tiptott Muench her husband Dr Ludwig O Muench Mrs Helen Berroyer and Wilfred Jones are accused of using the mails to obtain money from Dr Marsh Pittman by claiming he fathered a son the city’s appeals court had ruled was not Pittman’s. The trial nears its ninth day with Thomasson nine times married on the stand most of the time. Cross questioning began Wednesday led by Verne R C Lacy. Muench had expected to gain 250 000 from Pittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Grace Thormasson
Roy Rucker
Kansas City
Harry C. Blanton
George H. Moore
Nellie Tiptott Muench
Ludwig O. Muench
Helen Berroyer
Wilfred Jones
Marsh Pittman
Muench
St.Louis
Wallis Simpson Arrives in Rouen Amid Camera Clash
Wallis Warfield Simpson, linked to King Edward's crisis, lands incognito in Rouen from London and travels to Cannes. A French actress is pushed aside by a bodyguard when attempting to photograph Simpson at the De La Poste hotel as officials note no registration is needed.
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Rouen
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward of
England
English Channel
London
Inoon
Cannes
Hotel de la Poste
Paris
Allharice
Mrs. Simpson
King Edward
New Haven
Dieppe
Second Death Reported in Lamar Crash Involving Ark. Driver
Pat Dalton, 38, of Waldron Arkansas, died in a Lamar hospital from internal injuries after a highway crash Wednesday that killed Mrs. Florence Putnam of St. Paul Minnesota. Elva Thexton and Leonard Young were injured. Waldron resident Dalton and Young were in a Dalton owned truck when it collided with a car skidding on wet pavement.
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Lamar
APJ
Pat Dalton
Waldron
Ark
Florence Putnam
St. Paul
Wallis Third Among the Most Discussed
New York readers pick Wallis Simpson as the third most discussed figure of the year in Time magazine’s poll, marking the first time a woman appears on the list. Franklin D. Roosevelt tops the poll, with Edward VIII second, and Alfred M. Landon fourth among 1936 contenders.
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New York
Wallis Simpson
Time Magazine
Amnrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
King Edward VII
Roosevelt
Edward VIII
Alfred M. Landon
James A. Farley
Mussolini
Low Gehrig
Francis Townsend
Ernest Simpson
Liberty picks 1937 Willian Jewell co captains
Bud Brand and Bob Bowles were elected co captains of the William Jewell College football team for 1937. Both juniors, they were chosen at Liberty following the annual selection meeting.
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William Jewell Liberty
Bud Brand
Bob Bowles
Liberty
Willian Jewell
Junta
Dates for the 1937 Missouri State Fair announced
Sedalia Mo December 4 The International Association of Fairs and Expositions in Chicago set the 1937 Missouri State Fair for August 21 to 28. Charles W Green secretary of the Missouri Fair was chosen president of the Midwest Fairs Association uniting nine states Missouri Kansas Iowa Illinois Oklahoma Minnesota Louisiana Nebraska and Arkansas.
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Sedalia
Chicago
Charles W. Green
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Louisiana
Nebraska
Artans
Retail Trade Bursts of Speed in St Louis Picketing
Gasoline Service Station Attendants Union began picketing more than 100 stations in St Louis and St Louis County accusing wage and hour violations and union refusals to deal. They demand a 48 hour week with monthly wages for managers at 110, attendants 95, and apprentices 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
I L. Forwitter
New York
Der
Dun & Bradstreet
Weekly Review of Business
Baldwin Refuses Compromise in King Edward Crisis
Continued discussion shows Baldwin adamant against concession as Edward faces resignation, possible abdication, or ongoing conflict over throne, government, and the controversial Mrs Simpson. The story hints at Edward's options and secrecy in maneuvers involving France amid church and government critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Baldwin
Suspect Held in Tulsa in Gerdts Horse Deal Fraud
Police Chief John O'Brien announced Tulsa authorities hold three men in connection with a $450 horse racing confidence scheme tied to farmer Carol Gerdts near here. Weeds indicate soil conditions and Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llan- byg is noted for its long Welsh geographic name of 55 letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
John O’brien
Tulsa
Okla
Carol Gerdts
World army to police peace urged by Prof Garner
Prof James Garner of the University of Hull , in a speech to University of Missouri students, advocates a world army of nations to enforce peace. He denounces Europe as a powder keg and says collective security is the only path after failed treaties. The talk highlighted a university arts and science week program in Columbia, Ma. plus an education conference with college leaders from Kemper Junior College Central College Northwest Missouri State Teachers College and Washington University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Ma
James W. Garner
University of Hainnis
University of Missouri
Europe
Garner
Col
A. M. Hitch
Kemper Junior College
E. P. Puckett
Central College
Uel W. Lamkin
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College
George
Screen Actress Marries AP Man In New York
New York December 4 AP Ervine O'Brien Moore stage and screen actress will wed Sunday to Mark Barton prominent New York newspaper man Miss O'Brien Moore recently finished a reading role in her latest film Black Legion while Barton has returned from war correspondence on the southern front in Ethiopia He is now city editor of the Associated Press in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ervine O’brien Moore
Mark Barren
O'Brien Moore
Black Legion
Barton
Associated Press
Ethiopia
Milton to Appear in Insurance Probe
Rep A J Sabath announced David M Milton a New York financier under subpoena to appear as hearings resume. Milton linked to Missouri State Life collapse and General American Life taking control, with witnesses noting profits of about 1 million dollars from selling policies in 1936. Sabath urged a law to curb speculative buying and selling of life insurance firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. J. Sabath
Congressional Committee
David M. Milton
New York
Milton
Eqquiry Corporation
Missouri State Life Insurances Company
St. Louis
General American Life Insurance Company
St. Louis Company
Arthur Coburn
Dallas
Tex
Southwesteas Life Insurance Company
General American
Sabath
Ihfe
Girl 18 Kills Step Father While He Sleeps
Marie Minghetti 18 told Police she shot and killed her stepfather George Spencer 44 as he slept after a night of intoxicated quarrels. She retrieved a 12 gauge shotgun, woke her mother, and confessed at the police station.
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Watsonville
Cal
Dee
Marie “Minghetti
George Spencer
Matt Graves
Graves
Ruth
Jimmy
King Edward Marriage Debate Sparks Mixed Public Sentiment
In London and across Britain, public opinion on King Edward's potential marriage to Wallis Simpson is divided. While some favor his happiness, others oppose granting her queen status, and many cite his World War I service and recent poverty tours as reasons to respect the throne without a royal marriage.
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Alexandra
Mary
London
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Wales
Mrs. Jones
King
Mrs. Simpson
Marrices
Europe
Labor Party
Military Pays Final Honor To 10 Officers
A funeral service in Aurora Missouri honored ten officers with regimental colors leading the procession. The 203rd Coast Artillery Unit band and National Guard batteries from Columbia Boonville Nevada Jefferson City and Marshall followed in open ranks to the hearse. Police directed traffic along McCarty Street for two hours before the service.
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Church Land Cemetery
McCarty Street
Toth Infantry Brigade
35Th Division
Jefferson City
Missouri
National Guard
St. Mary's Hospital
203Rd Coast Artillery
Aurora
128Th Field Artillery
Columbia
Boonville
Nevada
70Th Infantry Brigade
138Th Infantry
Marshall
Fayette
Strangler of Girl Goes to Gallows at San Quentin
Albert Walter Jr., 25, son of a Boston salesman, was hanged for the silk stocking strangling of June 416, Blanche Cousins of Idaho Falls. He dropped through the trap at 10:01 a.m. and was pronounced dead 100 minutes later. Father George O Meea, a San Rafael priest, accompanied him to the death chamber. Walter said he had crowded many lives into one he considered wasted.
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San Quentin
Calif
Albert Walter, Jr
Boston
Blanche Cousins
Idaho Falls
Ida
Walter
George O'Meara
San Rafael
iMany
NYA reports emphasize work over scholastic awards for Missouri students
The National Youth Administration released its first complete report on high school employment. About 8,200 Missouri students receive work pay, not scholastic honors, with $6 monthly wages for full-time hours and varied jobs from clerical and library tasks to landscaping and community services.
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Missouri
National Youth Administration
Champ Clark Buckner
NYA
St. Topis City
St. Louis County
Kansas City
Independency
Excelsior Springs
Mexico
Macon
Columbia
Women’s Educational Work Camp Opens in Mexico
A new program launches in Mexico offering an educational work camp for older girls who are out of school. The initiative combines literacy classes with practical work tasks to create pathways back to formal schooling and improved employment prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Unidentified Man Killed by Train at City Crossing
An unidentified man aged 55 to 60 was killed by a freight train at a city crossing early today in St. Joseph Massachusetts. The victim’s head was severed with no other injuries. He wore gloves from an Omaha store and a shirt labeled from a Council Bluffs shop.
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ST. Joseph
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Peopie’s
Oil firm to raise crude price in large markets
Dana Moran president of Continental Oil announces a 17 cent per barrel price increase on crude 40 degrees gravity and higher, effective January 4, 1937, citing the industry’s statistical position.
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Ponca City
Okla
Dana Moran
Continental Oil Company
Moran
Loot Hits Eight Maryville Stores
Sheriff Ed Wallace reported today burglars looted eight Maryville establishments last night taking 93 dollars and merchandise from drug stores, restaurants, oil stations and a garage.
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Maryville
Der
Ed Wallace
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Betty Jane Sawhill
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Wallis
Crossley
Llanfairpwelgwyngyllgoger
Echwyrndrobwellhandysiliogagoch
Anglesea
World Army
Prof. Garner
M.A
Insurange
Badwin
Clement RB. Attlee
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Bages
Albert Walter
State
Phil A. Daflmeyer
Cail
E. High
Jefferson Uncle Ben
Acme
AC M Paint & Glass CO
Mckey, Mer
Wich
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