Favoritism at the Prison Sparks Debate
The Tribune critiques parole hearings and the trusty system in Missouri prisons. It argues favoritism fuels mutiny risks and erodes reform, noting outsiders influence, parole inequities, and the danger of convicts roaming city streets.
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Jetterson
Tribune
Rinting Company
Associated Prose
Associated Press
Stey
Jefferson City
Jettersop City
Bussour
Missouri
Popularizing symphonies in small towns and cities
Opinion piece argues symphonies should be affordable and accessible beyond elites. Jefferson City is cited where low prices deflate pretentious culture and grow public appreciation. The piece contrasts big-city gatekeeping with small-town progress and notes political distractions about Roosevelt’s potential third term. It also touches on government honesty and crime reporting.
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Philadelphia Orchestra
Jefferson City
Police to Compile Record Amid Suppressed Reports
Police aim to assemble a strong crime reduction record within three to four months even if necessary by suppressing reports of burglaries and thefts. Pan Americanism is not new to Europe, having been pursued for years.
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Europe
Supreme Court Interpretation of Prohibition Amendments
Washington Daybook discusses how Amendment 21 allowed a state to tax out of state liquor production, violating commerce clause, and how California’s dry state aims may unintentionally shield its liquor industry. It also warns on the 14th amendment due process growth enabling corporate power and raises labor fears over federal guarantees and job security.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
California
Labor
How's Your Health Dr Iago Galdston And Forgetting Theory
The piece explains forgetting as a psychological mechanism tied to emotional attitudes and past experiences. Minor slips reveal inner feelings, while amnesia ranges from retrograde to anterograde forms, often linked to painful histories and sometimes treated with hypnosis.
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Iago Galdston
Matthew Arnold
Frend
Quotes on society and politics from public figures
A collection of brief remarks from Sue Helvarg, R J Cannon, Judge Gifdman, Lady Astor, Fritz Kreisser, and Edward A. Alexander. They comment on beauty, marriage, driving while intoxicated, fashion, art, leisure, and the role of the masses in elections. The snippets reflect midcentury cultural attitudes.
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Edward A. Alexander
New York
Missouri Senate Leader Bets on Champ Clark for 1940
Missouri Democrats rally behind Sen Bennett Champ Clark aiming for the 1940 presidential nomination. Thomas J. Pendergast pledges support, planning patronage deals to boost Clark and perhaps back allied state candidates. Clark, active in campaign work, gains regional and national attention as a potential party leader.
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Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
White House
Thomas J. Pendergast
Clark
Senate
Pendergast
Pike Collitian
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
W.L. Bouchard
Flat River
National Committee
Missourian
U.S. Senate
American Legion
Senator Clark
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Edward VII and the iron contract with his realm
Baltimore writer notes King Edward VII is bound by an explicit set of duties and public expectations. He argues the king cannot marry Wallis Simpson, as royal standards prohibit marrying a divorced American heiress and violating national mores. The piece treats the king's predicament as a failed adherence to formalities and tradition.
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Mencken
Atin
Telters
Waltimore
Wallis Warfield Stimpson
Associated Press
Edward VII
Matey
Hallimore Yellew
Edward
Uris
Moving Pictures
Piccadilly
Strand
England
Tam
Hollywood
Long Island
United States
Murder charge in 15 year old’s death at party outing
Willard Gamble 21 and Leroy Royer 17 face murder warrants from Potosi Missouri in the death of 15 year old Goldie Gay. Miss Hawkins 16 was in the car after a DeSoto moving picture, with the trio driving toward Richwoods. A St Louis lab report attributed the death to poison but witnesses say Goldie took no food or drink in their presence.
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Potosi
Willard Gamble
Leroy Royer
Washington County
Goldie Gay
Pearl Hawkins
DeSoto
Justice of the Peace
James R .Whitehead
Miss Gay
Harry Gay
Richwoods
St. Loui Chemical Laboratory
John Eversole
Miss Hawkins
Aged Woman Dies In Caruthersville Funeral Service Held
Caruthersville Missouri observes funeral services for Mrs Bester F Gibson 82 who died Saturday night She had lived in Caruthersville all her life Her daughter Mrs J Thomas Markey is business manager of the Caruthersville Republican weekly newspaper The story notes a separate unrelated court case about a family member and ruination risks.
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Caruhersville, Mo
Bester
F. Gibson
Reserve Army Officers Meet in City
About 100 regular and reserve officers from Central Missouri attended a contact camp in the House of Representatives. Col C H Mutler urged replenishing officer talent from the organized reserve to meet future needs. Major General Stayton attended and extended sympathy to the widow of the late Adjutant General Brown.
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C. H. Mutler
102 Division
St. Louis
Tola
Missouri
House of Representatives
H W. Brown
Brown
Regular Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Co. Muller
Glen R. ‘Townsend
407Th Infantry
War Department
Clifford B. King
United States
Arrmy
Army
King
Panama Canal
J. M. Shelton
Omaha
Nebr
7 Corp
Rathskeller
Madison
Stayton
Michigan
Church on wheels brings Catholic parish on the road
In Chicago on December 7 AP reports a streamlined religious circuit rider and his trailer will visit parishes via new highway routes. Msgr McKinnis says the priest driver will seek estimates and may travel with a cook. costs capped at about $5,000, with potential for a chauffeur if affordable.
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Chicago
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Preston Grover
Sue Helvarg
New York City
Models’ Bureau
R. J. Cannon
Wis
Jacob Gifdman
Rochester
N. C
Fritz Kreisser
John Stink
Pawhuska
Okla
Baltimore
Aie M. Landon
Kansas
Monticetto
Fla
Ben” Jerkins
Gapitav Gity
Votreamline Church
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