Scrutiny of Van Sweringen Scheme in Missouri Pacific Purchase
Senate investigators examined how the Van Sweringen brothers allegedly controlled the Missouri Pacific system using dummy firms to skirt laws. They cited purchases in Omaha Fort Worth Kansas City and St Joseph totaling about 20 million in 1931 and questioned the transfers through Terminal Shares and Terminal Trust while alleging violations of Missouri law and the Clayton Antitrust Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
van Sweringen
Senate
Wheeler
D. Mont
Railroad Finance Investigating Committee
L. W. Baldwin
John P. Murphy
Omaha
Fort Worth
Tex
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Ma—a
Alleghany Corporation
Terminal Shares, Inc
Terminal Trust
William C. Potter
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Sweringens
Gverzealou
Clean elections call Missouri maid governor to act
Jesse W. Barrett of St. Louis, defeated Republican candidate for governor, urges Gov elect Lloyd C Stark to restore clean elections in a Missouri Farmer article. Barrett argues election boards in Kansas City and St Louis must be chosen carefully and rural voters must wake to city boss frauds including fraudulent registrations. He questions a Kansas City ward vote where Roosevelt led Landon by a wide margin against census population and asks Stark to rise to the occasion and make his name in Missouri history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse W. Barrett
St. Louis
Lloyd C
Stark
William Hirth
Missouri Farmer
Hirth
Barrett
Kansas City
St. Lor
Roosevelt
Landon
Missouri
Grand Jury Probing Election Fraud Probe In Missouri
Kansas City, Dec 15. Federal Judge Reeves ordered grand jurors to punish open flouting of election laws in Western Missouri. Listed are W T Grant Kansas City insurance official Cecil B Campbell Trenton automobile dealer Edward W Applevy Springfield farmer William E Deemer Carthage realtor Eli Goodwin Webb City contractor H F Holland Sheridan merchant Ralph A Huscher Higginsville bank president J Miller Ash Grove farmer Donald Rabey Maryville insurance salesman Emmet Phornburgh West Plains merchant Millard Thurston Fulton accountant Wood Arnold Kansas City vice president of insurance company Harry B Collins Kansas City transit manager Harry Lett Hopkins farmer Elmer Thomason Kansas City lumber dealer C Lester Tall Kansas City wholesale merchant rd M James Kansas City secretary of china company George V Horton Springfield quarry operator J E English Kansas City vice president of bank J Memmetti Boonville loan company official
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Albert L. Reeves
W.T. Grant
Cecil B. Campbell
Trenton
Edward W. Applevy
Springfield
William E. Deemer
Carthage
Eli Goodwin
Webb City
H. F. Holland
Sheridan
Ralph A. Huscher
Higginsville
J. Miller
Ash Grove
Donald Rabey
Maryville
Emmet Phornburgh
West ‘Plains
George V. Horton
J. Memmettl
Boonville
Third Trial of Macon Murder Case Opens
Macon Ma Dec 15 The third trial of James Hunt a Macon county former charger with the murder of C C Noland Savannah Mo salesman opened here today The marhing was spent in selecting a jury The other two trials ended when juries failed to agree on a verdict The state aided by Assistant Attorney General J E Taylor charged Hunt shot and killed Noland when the salesman hunted near here with Miss Blanche Stamp local farmer's daughter Hunt was a former sweetheart of the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
James Hunt
Macon County
C. C. Noland
Savannah
J. E. Taylor
Hunt
Na- Tend
Blanche Stamp
Seven Pupil Scarlet Fever Case Sparks Quarantine Controversy
The junior high school was sent home today due to scarlet fever as seven pupils were ill since Sunday. Parents complained of quarantine evasion and children attending classes when siblings were infected. Health officials urged isolation and early doctor visits with specific home care steps from school nurse Miss Hetty Joach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Joach
Jefferson City
Miss Joach
Keating Denies Part in Baby Hoax Case
Edgar J. Keating Kansas City attorney and Missouri House member denied he had any involvement with the Gift of Goa baby hoax in St Louis. He stated there was no connection between him and the hoax case and urged inquiry focus elsewhere.
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Keating
ST. Louis
Der
Edgar J. Keating
Kansas City
Missouri House of Representatives
Man in Florida Surpasses 230 Hours of Continuous Talking
Ocala reporting Det. 15-(UP) Howard Stillman reached his 230th hour of continuous talking and singing. Doctors found no stroke and linked illness to a brain disorder with no clear cause. Stillman babbles at times yet also discusses topics from comic strips to divine revelation as he weakens quickly.
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Ocala
Fla
Det
Howard Stillman
Stillman
Light Highways Proposed Over Roads To Cut Night Crashes
Columbus Ohio December 15 AP An authority on highway lighting suggested that lights be placed above highways rather than on automobiles to curb night accidents. Dr Frank C Caldwell chairman of the National illuminating engineering society committee on street and highway lighting said lighted highways offer a logical way to reduce accidents due to poor seeing.
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Columbus
Frank C. Caldwell
National Muiminating Engineering Society
Missouri bids open for furniture equipment at four buildings
Bids from about a dozen firms will be opened tomorrow at the University of Missouri for furniture and equipment for four of six buildings completed under a 1.5 million construction program. Structures to be equipped include the conservation laboratory the home economics building the engineering laboratories and Walley Williams hall an addition to the School of Journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri
Conservation Laboratory
Ripley County Habitual Criminal Convicted in Doniphan
In Doniphan Missouri a Ripley County jury deliberated about five minutes before convicting Walter McGee age 28 of violating the habitual criminal act. Judge R. J. Cope sentenced him to ten years in the penitentiary. McGee was arrested weeks earlier with a pistol and burglar tools and had two prior sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doniphan
Ripley
Walter McGee
R. J. Cope
McGee
Indictment in U S Mail Fraud Case Ties Jacob Baker Heirs
A federal grand jury indicted 28 people in Pittsburgh area on charges tied to the Jacob Baker Heirs Association. Prosecutors say the scheme used an imaginary Revolutionary War era estate to collect millions from more than 3,000 victims across multiple states. Leaders include Emory Liken Biddle of Altoona and William Morrow Cameron Smith of Washington D C, with other defendants from Johnstown Altoona and Pittsburgh.
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Fittsburgh
Federal Grand Jury
Jacob Baker
Johnstown
Altoona
Pittsburgha
William Morrow Cameron Smith
Washington, D. C
Emory Liken Biddle
Pittsburgh
Margaret Lighthill
Bertha Ross Dodson
C. A. McCollum
Mendon
Lanigan
Jacob Bakers
Pennsylvania
Jury Probe 0055 Not Bother Pendergast
Excerpt from a jury probe shows Pendergast resisting questions on fraudulent registration or voting. He denies knowledge of fraud, rebukes attempts to put words in his mouth, and asserts his willingness to discuss if pursued by Judge Reeves and Milligan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendergast
Pendergast rejects charges amid grand jury investigation
In a defiant interview, Pendergast vows to support Fred Bellemere and George Aylward for reappointment to the election board, dismissing rumors of charges while asserting a lifetime of vigilance against scrutiny. He defends friends, downplays allegations, and insists the courts will act only when guilt is proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Tam
Fred Bellemere
George Aylward
Slic
Jeague Ay Milligan
Santa Claus Visits Washington School in Plattsburg
Raleigh A. Shaver, six feet nine inches tall and beardless, planned to give Christmas presents to Washington school pupils for Negroes in Plattsburg Missouri. Shaver owns 1,800 acres and has donated about 340,000 worth of toys over 31 years, visiting 63 Clinton county schools previously. This year he can visit only six due to poor farming conditions. American women spend about 40 percent more on footwear than British women.
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Plattsburg, Mo
Santa Claus
Washington School For
Raleigh A. Shaver
Clinton County
Missouri students press for 250000 union fund on campus
On December 15 in Columbia Missouri students circulated petitions urging President Broderick A Middlebush to add about 250000 to the 1937 88 budget for a student union building. The move may be too late to affect the budget presented to the state budget officer on November 4. Middlebush planned to meet the budget officer in Jefferson City tomorrow as the university weighs funds for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
APJ
University of Missouri
Broderick A. Middlebush
Middlebush
Jefferson City
Westminster
Charles Baird
Sons and Daughters of Missouri
Union
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers in New York for 10 day holiday
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers arrived in New York for a ten day holiday. The actress said their marriage would be delayed by the death of her sister Lottie Pickford. Rogers flew from Olathe Kansas to join her as she reached New York.
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Mary
Buddy
N.Y
New York
Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Lottie Pickford
Rogers
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