Seven Lakeside Buildings Razed By Lake Fire
A blaze at Lake of the Ozarks, near the Dagwell Dam, destroyed seven buildings and damaged a resort hotel. Loss estimated at 40,000 to 50,000 dollars. The Whitehouse hotel was badly damaged. CCC recruits aided firefighting. Jefferson City and Eldon fire departments responded. Several residents, including six women, were forced from rooms. Buildings near the lakefront, many frame with cobblestone fronts, were evacuated as flames spread across about half a city block.
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Lake Ozark
Arc
Lake of the Ozarks
Dagwell Dam
M. BE. Atkinson
Eldon
Whitehouse
Lakeside
Atkinson
CCE
Lake Shore
Kaiser
Jefferson City
Charles Barker
Kansas City
Osage High School
Helen Klingenberg
Alma Lunsford
Ellen Stewar
Wilma
Jewsin
Hazel John
Red)Moore
Heckerman Group
White House
CCC
Youth Hurt When Car Runs Over His Foot
Robert Dunnavant, 17, of 760 Ohio street, received minor injuries yesterday after a car driven by F. H. Carson of Rural Route 2 ran over his foot as he darted across Capital Drive while chased by two boys. He was taken to St Mary’s Hospital where an intern said the injury was not serious before returning home. A second brief item notes a son born to Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Loehner of Algona at St. Mary’s Hospital last night.
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Robert Dunnavant
Ohio Street
F. H. Carson
Capital Drive
Dunnavant
Ernest Dunnavant
Capitol
Nolice
St. Mary's Wepital
Fair and Colder Tonight For Jefferson City Area
Forecast calls for fair and colder conditions tonight with a low near 36 degrees. Friday expected to be fair with moderate temperatures and a high around 60. River stage readings show Keokuk at 19 fall 0.2 and several towns with minor changes. Lake of the Ozarks sits 10.3 feet below full.
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Jefferson City
Keokuk
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville
St. Thomas
Hermann
Union
Lake of Ozarks
501 Votes Will Name Candidate At 1940 Convention
The Republican National Committee announced a tentative delegate apportionment for the 1940 convention. There will be 1,000 full delegate votes, three short of 1936, making 501 the needed majority to nominate for president and vice president. Some state counts changed lightly while others remained the same.
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Washington
Dec.s
Republican National Committee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Republicans Debate Early 1940 Convention Date
A large group of Republican leaders discussed when to hold the 1940 Republican presidential nominating convention. Opinions varied from July to June while some urged flexibility until the January February national committee meeting. They noted Dewey's Minneapolis speech as a strong start and weighed delaying the convention against letting opponents tell their story to voters.
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Washington
Dec
B. Creager
Texas
John E. Hillman
Colorado
National Committee
Ammittee Mencers
Thomas E. Dewey
Minneapolis
Henry P. Pletcher
Rhode Island
Fletcher
Roosevelt
Daniel E. Pomeroy
New Jersey
Dewey
Re‘publican
Joseph W. Martin, Sr
Massachusetts
House
F. F. Taggart
Ohio
Taggart
Prisoner Clara Fish Declared Criminally Insane
Clara Fish, who caused a major prison scandal by giving birth to a baby while serving a life term for murder, was today adjudged criminally insane at Fulton state hospital. Her child, born in 1935, followed her conviction for slashing a St. Louis woman's throat, and she had been among several women disciplined recently for attacking a prison matron.
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Clara Fish
Missouri
Fulton State Hospital
St. Louis
State Receives Large Inheritance Tax Payment
The state today received its largest inheritance tax payment of the year, $272,071, from the 34,779,123 estate of Mrs. Minnie M. Howard of St. Louis County who died February 2, 1937. Ed Arnett, inheritance tax Superintendent, said an additional $90,000 tax is expected from the estate, to go to son C. H. Howard Jr.
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Minnie M. Howard
St. Louis
Ed Arnett
C. H. Howard, Jr
Settlement in Security Fraud Case Pronounced
The state social security commission announced settlement in a security fraud case involving Anna A. Schroeder. After a probate court ruled she collected old age pension funds fraudulently while owning an 82 acre farm valued at 4500, a settlement from her estate was received. The inquiry, led by EB Crow, showed others in the state improperly received benefits, and actions followed in several similar cases.
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State
Social Security Commission
Saaz
Anna A. Schroeder
Schroeder
Christy Enounces for Lieutenant Governor
Dr. John G. Christy of Festus announces his Democratic bid for lieutenant governor challenging incumbent Frank G. Harris. The three time speaker of the Missouri House cites experience from the Kansas City police bill debate and World War II service as strengths for a vigorous campaign. Christy, 42, is married with one child and holds posts as state chairman of the president's birthday celebration and on the Statute Revision Commission.
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John G. Christy
Festus
House of Representatives
Jefferson County
Frank G. Harris
Christy
Kansas City
Statute Revision Commission
Children Hurt In School Bus Crash Near Campbell
Fifteen school children were injured, one severely, when a school bus and a gravel truck sideswiped on a narrow bridge on Highway 43 near Campbell Missouri. Grace Dunning, eight, of Gibson, was most seriously hurt. Bus driver Robert Miller of Holcomb escaped injury. Truck driver Ben Oist was arrested nearby and charged with reckless driving. a constable said he was "addled" by the collision.
New City Police Board Plan Meets Heavy Criticism
A bid by a council faction to depoliticize the New City police force drew broad skepticism. The proposed four member bipartisan panel would wield police chief powers while the mayor retains desk sergeant appointment, with officers remaining Democratic appointees and with no clear path to removal beyond cause. Critics labeled the bill partisan and potentially unlawful, warning it could worsen tensions between the council and police department.
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Theo Men
Ima‘davity
Jefferson City
Missouri Governor Stark visits for routine duties and WPA talks
Governor Lloyd Stark arrived in Washington to meet unemployment insurance officials and WPA leaders about boosting St Louis work quotas. He plans talks with Hopkins on interstate trade barriers, may visit the President briefly, and attends the Gridiron banquet before a New York trip for an award. In a separate case, E A Dunnavant, paroled from Boone County prison after stealing chickens, was arrested in Columbia on a bad check charge filed in 1938 and involving three checks.
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Washington
Lloyd Stark
Missouri
Works Projects Administration
Hopkins
Conference of Governors
Stark
Claude C. Earp
State Highway Department
New York
Association of Accredited Publicity Directors
E. A. Dunnavant
Missouri States Penitentiary
Carl Walz
Columbia
Jefferson City
Dunnavant
Carl Waymoore
State Penitentiary
Boone Be
Boone County
Buck Walz
Wymore
State gasoline tax collections rise in October totals
Missouri gasoline tax collections for October were 31,155,279.77, up 81,426.71 from the same month last year. For the first 10 months of the year the tax yielded nearly 1,000,000 dollars, about 750,000 more than the same period in 1938.
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Missouri
Winds Sweep Great Lakes Regions With Cooler Spell
Winds of 35 to 45 miles an hour rolled eastward today through the Great Lakes region and brought cooler weather to warm spots. Forecaster Gordon Dunn said temperatures would drop below normal. Unusually mild conditions persisted nationwide except in the southeast.
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Chicago
Deco. T
Fap
Great Lakes
Gordon Dunn
Sky Dance to Feature Three Performances in Jefferson City
Promoters announce a big prize contest with 30 valuable prizes to be awarded in conjunction with the Sky Dance show. Bos and Bette will perform three times at 10:30 am 2:30 pm and 9:30 pm with about 30 routines across the day. Entry blanks to be published December 12 with details. The event is a free attraction funded by local merchants and will be lit with 250000 candle power floodlights.
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Jefferson City
Bos
Bette
Bob
News and Tribune
Long litigation over move of unemployment department to Jefferson City
Extensive litigation challenges the constitutionality of a statute allowing removal of a state department from the capital. Bidders worry about a 10 year lease with cancel options, risking $200000 upfront and possible reversal by the legislature. Public concern grows over scattered locations raising costs and public inconvenience, with many communities west of Jefferson City in the mix.
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Unemployment Commission
Jefferson City
Marcullus Place Second in Yearbook Contest
Jefferson City Senior Highs Marcullus earned second in a yearbook contest sponsored by the Missouri Inter Scholastic Press Association at Columbia. Class D entries from schools 700 to 99 enrollment. Springfield took first, Joplin third, Girardot at Central High Cape Girardeau won.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Interscholasic Press Association
Columbia
Tuda
Springfield
Joplin
Girardot
Central High School
Smith and Winn Subpoenaed to Grand Jury
Kansas City dispatch reports State Auditor Forrest Smith and State Treasurer Robert W. Winn were subpoenaed to appear Monday before a federal grand jury probing the use of federal funds in a 317.9 million state building program. They were ordered to bring warrants from petty cash funds. Also subpoenaed were R. W. Russell, Eugene P. Clark, and a Jefferson City banker. Jackson County grand jury continued reviewing city and county government financial affairs.
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Kansas City
Forrest Smith
Robert W. Winn
Federel
R. W. Russell
Eugene P. Clark
State Highway Department
Z. Zuber
Jefferson City
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Finnish Front Braces as Red Army Breaks Isthmus Line
Moscow reports Red Army breached the Kare lian Isthmus defense. HELSINKE 230 Finnish Americans join defense forces. Oslo hosts Foreign Ministers on non military aid. London notes air raid warnings near Firth of Forth. Britain plans support for Finland with aircraft. Berlin says Netherlands must bar exports to England. Paris records patrol and artillery activity on the western front.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Karelian
Helsinke
Oslo
Pinan
London
Firth of Forth
Britain
Finland
Berlin
Netherlands
England
Paris
Europe
Rosyth
Tuiksh Mie
Tearelian Isthmus
Leningrad
Mannerheim
Scotland
Jane
North Sea
Helsinksi
Rusetia
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Roosevelt
Germany
British Isles
Far
Japan
Soviet Russia
United States
Tokyo
Fay
Industrialists accused of using wage law as excuse
Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold charged industrialists with misusing the federal wage hour law to justify higher prices while paying lower wages. Sears Roebuck executive Donald M. Nelson testified that enforcement is inadequate with only about ten agents nationwide, and warned against creating new anti profiteering agencies. He cited past price trends and claimed prices and wages will remain subdued after small planned increases.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Donald M. Nelson
Sears Roebuck Company
Chicago
Arnold
Dan Handle
Nelson
Federal Trade Commission
Monopoly Committee
Sears
Judd Jitters Swamp Phoenix Police With Tips
Phoenix swamped by false tips on Winnie Ruth Judd hiding spot as Deputy Sheriff Ernest Reach notes every clue checked and found futile. Today's search focused miles northeast of the state hospital from which Mrs Judd fled Sunday night. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs C B Pritchett announce the birth of a son at St Mary's hospital.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Judd Jittes
Ernest Reach
Winnie Ruth Judd
Marsderess
Arizona State Hospital
Finland's Main Defense Is Broken in War News
Soviet Russia claimed to break through the Finnish defense on the Tearine Isthmus north of Leningrad as Finland faced renewed Soviet pressure. Britain sent Finnish aid including 30 warplanes while foreign ministers met in Oslo to discuss non military support. Allied and Axis air activity increased with raids near Rosyth and patrols across the North Sea.
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Bagwell Dam
West End
Algona
C. N. Loehner
Algea
St. Mary's Hospital
Glara Foh
Commission
Case Woman’s Estate
Christy Ennounges
Ochool
Campbell
New City Police Board
Federal
Walz
Sky Dance
Mprgullug
Britigh
CPART
West Front
International
Sears Roebuck
Phoenia
Judd
Pritchetts
C. B. Pritchett
West Circle Drive
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