Three damage suits filed in Miller County Court
Three separate petitions by Wendell Manchester Tom White and Nina White allege Union Electric Land and Development Co. and manager Crosby acted willfully and maliciously on November 15 1940 near Bagnell dam Lake of the Ozarks causing damage to a rented skiff and fishing gear. They seek 4500 punitive and 125 actual damages with January term hearings at Tuscumbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom White
Nina White
Cole County
Tuscumbia
Lake of the Ozarks
Bagnell Dam
Union Electric Land and Development Company
Crosby
Pomme de Terre
Union Electric Company
Damages Sought in Multiple Civil Suits Across Counties
A spate of civil actions includes a $25 claim for bodily injury plus $1,500 punitive damages sought by Manchester over a skiff rental dispute, with Tom White and spouse seeking $50 each for damages and the couple alleging ruined fishing gear and public embarrassment. Other suits name Goodman Motor Co. in Eldon and Barnett, with Harry Strait filing, plus 154 delinquent tax suits to be filed by County Collector Alton Hendricks. A $600 damages case involves Farmers Bank of Lohman vs Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. over fire loss and alleged failure to insure, with a January circuit term set in Tus cumbia. The article also notes a conservation course at Tus cumbia High School soon and three new marriage licenses issued to residents of nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Tom White
R. T. Keys
C. J. Quimby
Tennyson C. Apperson
K. A. Goodman
J. C. Callison
Hasel Hattler
C. L. Hattler
Goodman Motor Co
Eldon and Barnett
Harry Strait
Alton Hendricks
G. A. Berry
Farmers Bank of Lohman
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Versa
Insurance Ccompany
Tuscumbia
Tuscumbia High School
Willard Barbee
Clinton
G. R. Haynes
Norman Richardson
Mildred Hall
Bagnell
Willard Grant Thompson
Kaiser
Mary Louise Reven
Lake Ozark
Lyman Clyde Wood
Eldon
Mildred Bernice Scott
Deaths Last Night In Brief Across U S
Charles W Pugsley 62 former president of South Dakota state college of agriculture died. J Sterling Getchell 41 prominent Greenwich advertising executive died. Oswald B Cooper 61 designer of display and advertising type faces died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charles W. Pugsley
Omaha
Neb
Charles William Pugsley
South Dakota State College of Agriculture
J. Sterling Getchell
New York
Greenwich, Conn
Oswald B. Cooper
Chicago
Oswald - Bruce Cooper
Nuptial boom tied to love, says Judge Sabbath
NEA Special Correspondent in Chicago reports Judge Joseph Sabbath, a Cook County Superior Court first-year judge with 55,000 divorces heard, explains the rise in marriages during the draft reflects love not evasion. He notes fewer divorces among youths and faith in youths, while legislation allows waiting before marriage.
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NEA
Chicago
Joseph Sabbath
Superior Court
Cook County
Sabbath
Three Injured In Car Skid Off Embankment Near Eldon
Three people were injured when a car slid over a steep embankment south of the Bagnell junction on highway 54. Mrs. Dixie Quinn of Lake End Camp was hospitalized with a head laceration and bruises. Donnie Stitch and Tom Quinn, both hurt, received treatment in Eldon. Also noted is Miss Ruby Parman’s appendicitis operation in St. Joseph and Eldon school Christmas holidays starting Friday afternoon with a program by the high school faculty and the Beginner band making its first appearance.
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Eldon
Bagnell Junction
Highway 54
Dixie Quinn
Lake End Camp
Versailles
Eldon Hospital
Donnie Stitch
Lake End
Tom Quinn
Gravois Mills
Ruby Parman
Methodist
St. Joseph
Miss Parman
Ray Wise
Helen Rose Creed
Lena Hadley
James Alien
Ruth Jones
Eldon High School
John Liest
Trades and Industrial Education
Judge Sees Good in Reconciliations Despite Divorces
The judge laments divorces caused by indifference and misunderstandings, but boasts of 4300 reconciliations he has effected. He hopes that amid world troubles couples find beauty and faith in the years ahead.
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Fishermen
Corporation
Santee
Dunklin Street
Santa Claus
Harry Byers
Bill Decker
C. of C
Joseph Sabath
Whifflers
San Antonio
Tex
Stokes
Stokes Electric Co
Madison
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