Battle Looms in Missouri 1931 General Assembly
James F. King reports that the 1931 Missouri General Assembly faces a clash over the survey commission. Senator Manuel Davis, Republican, and Representative Langdon R. Jones, Democrat, lead the panel in the Senate and House. Theodore Gary of Macon heads the commission, with Secretary of State Charles A. Becker backing the effort. The conflict centers on taxation shifts to intangible property and planned $200 million in ten years for educational and state institutions. Governor Caulfield aims for modest income tax growth and restrained state spending while Democrats hold the House and Senate, promising cooperation with the administration.
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James F. King
Associated Press
Missouri General Assembly
State Capitol
Survey Commission
Manuel Davis
Kansas City
Langdon R. Jones
Dunklin County
Caulfield
BEC
Gary
Theodore Gary
Macon
Charles A. Becker
Becker
University of Missouri
Ceer
Missouri
Gaulfield
Assembly
Avgetery of Murder Farm Still Puzzles North Dakota Police
In Williston North Dakota police seek Mrs Haven body as crucial link to identity and motive in the Haven family murder case. The farm near Schafer is being combed after the husband and four children were found dead there recently. Farm hand Charles Brannon has varied his account linking a local farmer and an unknown man to the deaths.
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Williston
N. D
Albert E. Haven
Haven
House Democrats urged to oppose drought loans gag rule
Washington December 13 AP House Democrats were urged to oppose all efforts to cut the 60 million dollar Senate loan appropriation for drought area farmers. Rep McDuffie Alabama assistant minority leader predicted a 30 million dollar House committee bill would be brought up next week with a rule suspension to block amendments. He denounced the move as a gag rule and urged party colleagues to defeat it.
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Washington
House
Senate
Representative McDuffie
Alabama
Rebels Routed Near Jaca as Loyal Troops Advance
A fierce dawn battle near Ayerbe and Jaca left about a thousand rebels captured and their equipment seized. General Jorge Fernandez Herdia led loyal forces from Saragossa and Huesca to trap rebels, with officers to be court martialed immediately. Madrid announced the revolt quashed and hinted at executions for rebel leaders, a historic first in fifty years.
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Orbe
Jaca
Berenbuer
Alfonso
Saragossa
Ayerbe
Aia
Jorge Fernandez Herdia
Huesca
San
Spain
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Herdia
Weyler
State Convention To Be Held Here In 1931
Jefferson City will host the 1931 State Convention of the Business and Professional Women of Missouri in early spring with National President Mrs Marian McCrench of Ann Arbor presiding over the event. Local president Mrs Hanna Lindquist Almon leads efforts as a minister and pastor of the Federated Churches of Kingston with Swedish roots evident in her brogue. The treasure chest sale at Miller Theater December 23, displayed at Stokes Electric Shop, funds the convention costs and promotes civic pride.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Marian McCrench
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Hanna Lindquist Almon
Federated Churches of
Kingston
Hev
Clarence Almon
Federated Churches
Hamilton
Organization of Business and Professional Women
Genoa
Italy
Lena Madison Phillips
New York City
State Convention of Business and Professional Women
Miller Theater
Stokes Electric Shop
Franco escape looms in Spanish revolt reports
Ramon Franco, famed aviator, escapes from eight prison and figures in revolt talks. Franco's wife left Madrid for unknown northern destination as martial law is proclaimed at Saragossa garrison. Firefight began at eight this morning with federal artillery followed by cavalry assault. rebels began surrendering as three officers moved toward the lines and cried Viva Republica. Captain Salinas, son of the Spanish chief of staff, surrendered and faced potential execution, with his father to sign.
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Ramon Franco
Franco
Jaca
Madrid
Spain
Saragossa
Huesca
Theattle
Salinas
Sunday Movie Night Benefits Charitable Causes in Baltimore
Baltimore residents and suburban owners, about 200000 people, plan to attend Sunday movies as a charity event. Police Commissioner Gaither approved the Sunday closing suspension in cooperation with philanthropic agencies, despite opposition from Baltimore Baptists and Methodist Ministerial Conferences.
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Baltimore
Charles D. Gaither
Methodist
Magoon and wife found dead in Southern Rhodesia
Dr. R. L. Magoon, famed American big game hunter, and his wife Aubrey were found dead in their bedroom in Umtal t Southern Rhodesia. Police pursue theory that he struck his wife with a heavy instrument and then killed himself.
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Umtalt
Southern Rhodesia
R. L. Magoon
Aubrey
State institutions push self sufficiency to curb costs
The board of managers reports a lean but efficient system at Missouri eleemosynary hospitals. Dairy herds and chicken flocks produce food locally while purchases favor Missouri firms, with savings up to 100 percent. The diet is optimized, prisoners aid supplies, and inmates’ leftovers are cut to reduce waste, as St. Louis patients swell numbers. The board seeks targeted appropriations for new power, buildings, and segregated housing for insane convicts, with emphasis on immediate needs for overcrowded facilities.
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Board of Managers
Hoy H. Monier
Missouri
Monier
Farmington
Farmington Hospital
Sinois Hoad
University of Missouri
Marshall School
J. Vernon
St. Louis
Fulton
State
State School Board
Putton Institution
Tuberculosis Institution
Mt. Vernon
Marshall Institution
St. Joseph Hospital
Banker receiver named for Doniphan banks in Missouri
Poplar Bluff Missouri December 13 AP Eugene L McGee former state representative from Butler County was appointed receiver for the closed Ripley County bank and the Doniphan State Bank in Doniphan after heavy withdrawals. Plans to reopen at least one bank were discussed but no definite action taken. Citizens said another bank would be organized if reorganization proves impossible.
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Poplar Bluff
Eugene Ll. McGee
Butler County
Ripley County Bank
Doniphan State Bank
Doniphan
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