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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
3
Railroads reported 728,525 cars of revenue freight loaded in the week ending last Saturday. A decrease of 4,963 cars from the prior week equals 0.7 percent, while compared with the same week a year ago there is a 43,029 car increase or 6.4 percent and a 79,991 car rise or 12.3 percent versus 1938.
Fred Bommer announces renewed support for the Payne triplets Larry Joe Peggy Virginia and Harry Edmond. The Eldon Lions Club and civic groups plan to assist for a year as parents struggle with livelihood. Larry Joe, once crippled by infantile paralysis, has been under hospital care and recently returned to Eldon.
Jolly cakes and peanut mocha frosting described as delightful Christmas gifts from a granddaughter. Includes a two layer cake recipe with precise steps and a peanut decoration, plus instructions for small custard cup cakes with white icing and coconut and candle centerpieces.
The Payne triplets fund appeals for toys clothing or money via chairman at Eldon. Bommer reports a boy recovering from paralysis and the Sorosis club held a Christmas party planning gift baskets for the needy. Larceny charges involve Herbert Cain linked to a meat theft. bail set at 250 dollars.
A United Airlines mainliner crash near Chicago Municipal Airport killed eight people and injured eight others. Survivors and wreckage analysis point to loss of speed during landing. investigators consider icing unlikely. The dead include pilot Captain Philip C. Scott and co pilot George S. Young, with several other victims and injured personnel listed. The flight originated in New York with stops at Philadelphia Akron and Cleveland.
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