Senator Pope Defends Reclamation and Retirement Policy
Utah Dec 7 The national reclamation conference heard Idaho Senator James P Pope defend planned land reclamation and acreage retirement arguing forests on idle land and irrigated acres yield more benefits. He cited low delinquency on reclamation funding and noted irrigated lands produce higher value crops, urging practical economy in land use. Western representatives attended the third annual session opening today and the meeting runs to Saturday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
UPJ
James PF
Pape
D. Ida
Marshall N. Dana
Portland
Ore
Idaho
Pope
United States
National Reclamation Conference
Big Six Reestablishes Team Award System
In Kansas City on December 7 the Big Six athletic directors voted to restore team awards retroactive to 1934 football. Kansas State College earns the first plaque as champions. Golf and baseball become official titles though only five schools met the eight-baseball game minimum. Kansas did not. Golf adds individual and team medals over 36 holes. four-man teams compete. The conference members are Kansas State College, Iowa State College, and the universities of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Nebraska.
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Big Six
Kansas State College
Kansas
Iowa State College
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Threatens War Over Entente Violations Across Europe
Report notes rising tensions as Yugoslavia accuses Hungary of complicity in King Alexander’s assassination. Mussolini moves troops to the Austrian border amid sour Yugoslav-Italian ties. In the U.S., Ringling Brothers refuses to pay a $1010 hospital bill for Ruth Pontico the circus’s typhoid patient, prompting creditors to seek an attachment.
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Italy
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Geneva
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Taly
Mussolini
Austria
Ante Pavelich
France
T Eompeanion
Springfield
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
St. John's Hospital
Ruth Pontico
Circus
Theospital
Child prodigy wishes identity kept secret
Brooklyn reporter details a Brooklyn boy, Arthur Greenwood, described as a prodigy with high intelligence. His father, George H. Greenwood, seeks to shield his name, noting Arthur’s rapid earning ability and early recognition, while education officials debate public credit and the term prodigy.
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Brooklyn
Arthur Greenwood
George H. Greenwood
Brooklyn Boys Continuation School
Arthur
Greenwood
Census names district supervisors for farm census
Washington December 7 AP reports the census bureau announced appointments of district supervisors for the next year farm census. Missouri districts include District 2 Macon John Preston Gillaspy Leonard and District 6 Poplar Bluff Clarence E O Nea l Poplar Bluff.
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Census Bureau
Missouri
Macon
John
Preston Gillaspy
Leonard
Poplar Bluff
Clarence Eo'neal
No Tax Increases Predicted After Roosevelts Talk
Senator King of Utah after a White House discussion predicted no further tax rate increases in the coming Congress. He expects improved business conditions to boost revenue by nearly one billion dollars next year at existing tax rates.
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Washington
King
Utah
Roosevelt
Congress
Finance Committee
St Louis Laundry Drivers Vote Strike Over Contract
Union laundry drivers in St Louis voted to strike next Monday after most local employers refused to sign a preferential contract with union 366. Daniel Murphy of the Teamsters said the strike has international approval. Last year’s strike ended when owners signed, but the agreement expired December 1 and new negotiations have continued.
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ST. Louis
Daniel Murphy
Teamsters’ International Union
International
Sub committee backs Missouri driver license law proposal
A municipal traffic bureau sub committee urged the legislature to enact an automobile drivers license law with driver examinations and a three year license fee of 1. The measure previously passed the house but stalled in the senate.
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ST. Louis
Municipal Traffic Bureau
Automobile Club of Missouri
House
Senate
Park to urge unification of college boards
Governor Park told United Press he will ask the 1935 legislature to place all Missouri higher learning institutions under one governing body to cut costs and avoid duplication. The plan would consolidate the University of Missouri Columbia and School of Mines with five state teachers colleges at Kirksville Maryville Warrensburg Springfield and Cape Girardeau. The single board could be limited to about a dozen members, with economies from mass buying and centralized administration.
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Missouri
United Press Today
General Assembly
Pars
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
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University Board of Curators
Columbia
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Demolay Leader Visit Highlights Missouri Board Meeting Ease
Demolay founder and leader to visit Missouri. They note distance no longer blocks board meetings with a lone educator saying driving from Forsyth to Columbia is as easy as 15 years ago to Springfield. A single board can assemble in Columbia faster than teachers college regents convene in districts.
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Missouri
Forsyth
Taney County
Columbia
Springfield
Teachers College
Two Wrestlers Get Special Parole After Ring Altercation
In St Louis a court granted special parole to wrestlers Ray Steele and Leo Numa after a peace disturbance hearing following a bout at the Arena. Numa was declared winner by disqualification of Steele. Referee Charles Bentrop and fellow wrestler Tommy Marvin also received special paroles. Paroles run to February 28, 1935. During the incident Marvin punched the referee Rentrop, triggering arrests of all involved.
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ST. Louis
Ray Steele
Leo Numa
Steele
Numa
Charles Bentrop
Memphis
Rentrop
Marvin
Tom
Packs
War Department Under Fire In Munitions Quiz
Senatorial investigators said the War Department allowed American arms makers to sell secret processes to foreign powers that could harm the United States in war. Evidence suggested secrets reached other nations as hearings recalled Irenee DuPont’s testimony that the War Department always answered yes while the State Department did not. The committee argued such exchanges benefited the munitions industry by making old equipment obsolete and prompting new purchases. Also cited was that World War II era patent rights helped German U boats. experts noted spy networks could obtain inventions regardless of voluntary rights.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Irenee DuPont
du Pont
State
Bar Departments
State Department
Lusitania
Wife killer hanged at San Quentin Prison
Leo Dwight Murphy was executed at San Quentin California today for the 1926 murder of his bride of 13 days in Long Beach. He died nine minutes after the trap sprung. His second wife Bertha Murphy, who had married him after the Long Beach murder, pleaded for help but was refused and finally telephoned Warden Holohan for a farewell.
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San Quentin
Calif
Leo Dwight Murphy
Long i Beach
Murphy
Bertha Murphy
Long Beach
James
Holohan
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