Recreation group finds joy in old time games and songs
In Springfield Missouri a group of middle aged men and women plus teacher-organizers gathered for a recreational school opening. They sang gospel tunes played by a flutist and pianist, guessed tunes, played circle ball and games, and enjoyed a lively parlor party and relay. The effort aims to counter the new leisure with arts, crafts, music and other adult courses through an emergency education relief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Board of Education
Paris And Brussels Plan Joint Defenses In 1914 Repetition
Paris and Brussels agreed on common defensive measures to guard against a repeat of the 1914 German attack. Edouard Daladier and Paul Hymaers, meeting in Paris, outlined Belgium’s plan to develop its own system in cooperation with France while remaining independent of that country.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Edouard Daladier
Paul Hymaers
Murder charge planned in Turley ouija board case
County Attorney J. S. Gibbons said he would file a first degree murder complaint against Mrs. Dorothy Irene Turley and possibly against 15 year old Mattie Turley who confessed to shooting Ernest J. Turley at the direction of a ouija board to aid the mother’s marriage prospects. Turley died from wounds after being taken to a San Diego naval hospital. Mattie pleaded guilty to attempted murder in juvenile court, with a state industrial school recommendation. The mother’s habeas corpus appeal remains under advisement as she was bound over as an accessory.
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Turley
Naval Reserve
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Mattie
Superior Court
Gibbons
Births and licenses noted in Jefferson City brief
Mr and Mrs Dan Healy announce a son born this morning at St Marys hospital. County Recorder Henry Lepage reports 376 marriage licenses issued this year as five couples applied. The brief lists several couples and other local notes including births, visits, and weather updates.
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Dan Healy
Stom County
Henry Lepage
Emil W. Hirschman
Osage Bluff
Pawa Mueller
August Hartwig
Chamois
Elizabeth Cox
Freedom
William Borgmeyer
Keelztown
Anna Fennewald
Westphalia
Glen Waddill
Rosemary Mohnen
Roy Horstman
Mokane
Mae Lee
Steedman
Texas air ace flies sick child to a specialist
James Wedell, famed racing aviator, flew 1400 miles from Texas to Baltimore and then to Washington in a daring emergency to bring five month old Sue Trammell from Houston to Johns Hopkins for brain surgery with Dr. Walter Dandy. The baby was described as satisfactory after the flight.
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Baltimore
Sue Trammel
Houston
Texas
John Hopkins Hospital
Walter Dandy
Haltimoe
James R. Weldell
Logan
Sue Trammell
Touston
Tex
Hopkins Hospital
Wedell
Walter E. Dandy
W. B. Trammiell
Ww. W. Fondren
Paul Kunkle
Dandy
Kunkle
West Columbia
New Orleans
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Charleston
S. C
N. C
Washington
Deserving Democrat Learns Ropes in Kansas City
Randall Wilson of Bethany Missouri a lawyer recommended as assistant U S District Attorney for western Missouri spent the day in Kansas City acquainting himself with the office and records If named he would supervise income tax cases including charges against John Lazia Democratic leader in the city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Randall Wilson
Bethany
U. S
Western Missouri
Wilson
John Lazia
Head of Vast Carpet Company Dies at Home
William Hetherington aged 74, who rose from factory mechanic to president of the Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company, one of the world’s largest carpet firms, died at his home. Francis Long has recovered from appendicitis and plans to return to work next week. Ralph Viet, eight days old, died this morning at his parents home on Route 14.
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Vast Carpet Company
Wonkers
William Hetherington
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
Francis Long
St. Louis
Ralph Viet
Frank Viet
Women pilots near new flight record in Miami
Helen Richey and Frances Marsalis battled fog and low clouds as they pushed toward the women’s refueling endurance flight mark. On the seventh day aloft they aimed to equal eight days four hours six minutes, with a potential official record if they exceed that by 5 09 pm tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Helen Richey
Frances Marsalis
Senator Wheeler Seeks Unlimited Silver Coinage Support
Senator Wheeler of Montana claims textile-state lawmakers back his bill for 16 to 1 silver coinage with gold. He cites former opponents now backing the plan, notes 33 senators approved free silver last session, and argues remonetizing silver would raise silver country costs and deter dumping. He plans to introduce the bill at session start and expects enactment barring White House alternative.
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Washington
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
United States
White House
Princess Cantacuzene Seeks Divorce From Bruce Smith
Princess Bertha Cantacuzene filed for divorce in Louisville on cruelty grounds and sought custody arrangement for their 22 month old son Bruce Michael. The marriage linked to Washington society, with her notable ancestry as a Grant descendant. She was in Sarasota County, Florida. Bruce Smith was present in Louisville.
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Louisville
Bertha Cantacuzone
Bruce Smith
Smith
Bruce Michael
Michael Cantacuzene
Washington
Grant
Clarissa P. Curis
Boston
Bertha
Sarasota County
Florida
Thomas Floyd Smith
Louisville Paper Company
Plan to Train Missouri CWA Workers at University of Missouri
A three day institute to train workers in compiling relief and CWA data opens Friday at the University of Missouri in Columbia. 29 will be employed after exams. program aims to improve relief and CWA reports, with sources standardized for state and federal offices. Directors include Dr E J Morgan and A R Gephart.
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Cwa-Missouri U
BE. L. Morgan
Sociology
A. R. Gephart Heid
Missouri Relief Jand Reconstruction Commission
Civil Works Administration
University of Missouri
Columbia
Wallace Crossley
CWA
George Baughman
University
A. R. Gephart
State Relief Federal
D. ©. Carter
B. G L. Hiiiak
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
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Dee
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Emil Dircks
Lee Rackers
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Kirkwood
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Warrensburg
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Misouri University
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Taos
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Frances Colen
Ft. Wayne
Ind
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Indiana
Ill
Texas Air Ace
Little Sue
Trammel
Johns Hopkins
K. C
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New York
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Solon
Montana
Bryan Ratio
Princess Gantacuzene
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Public Works Fund
GWA
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