Liquor Bill Faces House Opposition Amid Session Turmoil
A motion to reconsider the controversial liquor control bill failed to gain support and was withdrawn. House and Senate conferees earlier renamed, and the measure faces renewed, uncertain prospects as Missouri starts an unusual $1 a day session to address liquor control and revenue needs.
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House of Representatives
A. L. McCauJey
Jasper County
Center
Wiliam BG
Weakley
Pike County
House
Joint Conference
Senate
Phil M. Donnelly
Lebanon
Albert M. Clark
Richmond
M. #. Casey of Kansas City, P. S. Turry
Festus
Cliff Titus
Joplin
House Committee
Iunior
W. HB. Meredith
Ways and Means
Governor Park
Missouri
Unsettled Snow Tonight Across Illinois Regions
Occasional snow expected tonight in northern and eastern Illinois with lighter accumulations in the west and central areas. Cold air moves in from the west with diminishing conditions Thursday morning. River stage readings show rises and falls at Stand 8 20 and Stand 14 with noted changes yesterday.
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Illinois
Sres
Ipares
George Vandament Douses Daring Clown in Street Brawl
Policeman George Vandament counters a burly tramp who taunts him with a fight. Vandament delivers a swift left in a street clash that leaves the tramp with a splinted fist while the public asks what tools the force keeps.
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George Vandament
George
Chief of Police
Missouri CWA payroll totals in Missouri for last week
The state CWA auditing department reports a civil works payroll of 1,111,838 dollars covering 92,203 workers on CWA projects statewide. St. Louis city leads with 27,461 workers earning 377,310 dollars. Kansas City region and Jackson County also show substantial totals.
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Missouri
Wallace Crossley
St. Louis City
St. Louis County
Kansas City
Jackson County
Boone
Pettis
Evel Reeae
Montreau
Maries
Callaway
Miller
Seeeeee
Four Men Rob Texas Bank Take Hostages
Four men robbed the First State Bank of Marlin Texas taking about $40000 and kidnapping the vice-president W Bradshaw and possibly two other employees Miss Andrew Peyton and Lee Humphrey reported missing believed in the robbers car Sol Golding a cotton buyer found the empty bank and a sack of silver left behind in a rear room Police assume Peyton’s kidnapping after witnesses note a woman in the getaway car rear seat
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Marlin
Tex
First State Bank of
W. Bradshaw
Andrew Peyton
Lee Humphrey
Sol Golding
Golding
Miss Peyton
Chicago Barrooms Ordered to Reform or Close
Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly warned barroom proprietors to behave or quit. He said licenses would be revoked for taverns that sell to minors or serve as gathering places for undesirables as 14 bars already closed.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Flan Initiates Prosecution of Kansas Officials
The Kansas board of managers met in Topeka to plan impeachment trials of Attorney General Roland Boynton and State Auditor W. J. French. Hearings begin January 8 with Boynton first. Sen. Fred M. Harris, chief special counsel, reviewed evidence with the prosecuting groups. A witness list was among the matters considered.
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Peka
Kansas
Board of Managers
Roland Boynton
W. J. French
State Senate
Boynton
Fred M. Harris
Landon
Push for monetary reform faces US political clash
Washington December 27 AP Lines for a congressional skirmish over monetary matters are forming as President Roosevelt prepares his state of the union and budget messages. Republican leaders Norris and Lea plan conferences before the 73rd congress opens. A constitutional amendment to change electors is urged, potentially altering past presidential outcomes.
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White House
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Reed
Capitol
McNary
Congress
Friends
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norris
New York
Alfred E.) Smith
Hoover
Wilson
United States
Coolidge
John W. Davis
Davis T Bat
Senate
House
Relief Officials of K C Headed to Jefferson City
A Kansas City relief committee will travel to Jefferson City tomorrow to press the state legislature for prompt relief legislation. C Whit Pfeiffer said funds for local relief will run out within a month unless action is taken, and Jackson County will need about one million dollars for the next fiscal year.
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Kansas City
Jeffison City
C. Whit Pfeiffer
Emergency Relief Committee
Jackson County
Two Divorces Filed in Circuit Court
Henry W. Bobner sues Anna W. Boliner for divorce alleging desertion after a 1913 marriage. They separated July 4, 1931, with three children aged 15 to 19. Also Geller-Ward Hasner and Company sue BE H Koehm for 528.20, to be tried in February term.
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Henry W. Bobner
Anna W. Boliner
Geller-Ward Hasner and Company
BE. H
Condemnation of Lynchings by Tennessee Citizens
A Nashville mass meeting adopted resolutions condemning lynchings and mob action in Tennessee. The action follows the hangings near Columbia of Cord Cheek a 19 year old black man accused of attempting to attack a white girl. Cheek was released from Nashville jail before mob abducted him and hanged him in Maury County.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Elc
Columbia
Cord Cheek
Cheek
Maury County
Grand
Death claims woman war correspondent
Portland Oregon December 27 obituary reports Jean Bryan Stckels aged 63 died today. She was noted as the only woman Spanish War correspondent and is mourned by colleagues and family.
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Portland, Obe
Jean Bryan Stckels
Viaduct Project Approved Over Rail Tracks on Highway 6
The State Public Service Commission granted permission to the state highway commission to construct a viaduct on Highway No. 6 over the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad tracks in Sullivan County.
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State Public Service Commission
State Highway Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Sullivan County
Vatican Says Russia's Religious Situation Unchanged
Osservatore Romano asserts the Russian religious climate remains unchanged by Maxim Litvinov's assurance to President Roosevelt that Americans would have worship freedom in the Soviet. The Vatican organ notes Litvinov only redirected Roosevelt to the Russian Constitution, which it says enshrines persecution and atheism.
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Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Roosevelt
Litvinoff
Frigid Weather Grips North America Amid Relentless Cold
United States and Canada endure a sweeping sub zero wave with record lows from 56 below in White River Ontario to 27 below in Fargo North Dakota. Chicago reports 9.2 below with 12 deaths from exposure as New York shovels 11 inches of snow and cities brace for more cold and snow.
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Associated Press
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Ohio Valley
Dakotas
Mercury
White River
Ontib
Canadian Prairies
Alberta
Quebec
Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis
Fargo
Grand Forks
N. D
Charles City
Towa
Chicago
Central States
New York
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
St Louis Labor Board Orders Bakery Strike Talks
The St Louis Regional Labor Board ordered Colonial Lippman MutHer and Nafziger Bakeries of Springfield Missouri to meet with striking drivers by noon Saturday. It warned that failure to bargain would be sent to the National Labor Board as a NRA violation. The board noted the owners' stance that the strike was unauthorized and the drivers’ contract proposal unlawful.
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Des
CAPI
National Labor Board
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Hve
Daughter of Senator McAdoo in Critical Condition
Mrs. Edward S. Cowles, daughter of Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California, is seriously ill with pneumonia in New York. Her father is flying from Los Angeles to be at her bedside.
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New York
Edwards. Cowles
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Los Angeles
Behrens Quits As Revenue Collector After Twelve Years
J H W Behrens resigns after twelve years as deputy revenue collector for the government with headquarters at Jefferson City. His resignation, accepted today, ends a period exceeding a month. Behrens will open a tax accounts office in the Beck building with Calais Groce expected to succeed him in charge of processing tax work.
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J. H W. Behrens
Jefferson City
Ano
Behrens
Beck
Calais Groce
Westphalia Marks Jubilee of Pastor Father J C Melies
Westphalia honors Father J C Melies on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination with a high Mass at St. Joseph's Church. A procession, extensive clergy attendance, and multiple gifts followed the service as family, friends, and parishioners joined in celebration and a dinner at the rectory.
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Westphalia
St. Joseph's Church
J.C. Melies
Mae Feild
Father Melies
J. 11. Meties
C. A. Schmide
Bl. Thomas
Pather Winkleman
William Ebert
Taos
Bather Mejies
Salem
Titi
Dolores Schmitz
Lavean Redel
Vincen Berleau
Father Hoegen
Meta
Fugel
Vienna
L. FH. Bruns
St. Louis
H. J. Schuesster
le H. Bruns
Dixon
G. Pick
Freeburg
Jos. Wealhties
Charles Schilling
Argyle
Geo. Hankap
Bonnols Mil
WH. Kuper
Loose Creek
H. Mayer
St. Elizabeth
P. J. Donley
Sk Louis
William Fischer
Linn
Lehman
S h-Auhort
George Fuge
Frankenstein
Jos. Lubeley
Vogehveid
Wardsville
FP. Dieckmann
Columbia
Jd. Nolk~er
Morrison
G. Grellner
Sir Louis
Father Willerding
Jefferson City
Father Melis
Herbert
Entcrant
Jefferson Gily
Stalin Roosevelt Win Red Requests From McBurney Estate
In San Pedro California on December 27, 194? the estate of 65 year old J G McBurney faces a request to grant Joseph Stalin and President Roosevelt $1000 each from McBurney's estate after his death from a heart attack. Four children are left $1 each.
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Roosevelt
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San Pedro
Cal
Patest
Joseph Stalin
Aged Scotts Station Woman Anna Winge Dies
Mrs. Anna Winge, a longtime Scotts Station resident and German immigrant, died after a year of illness at age 87. She lived west of Jefferson City for nearly forty years, was widow of Joseph Winge, and leaves son William. Funeral is planned Friday morning.
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Scotts Station
Winge
Germany
Jefferson City
Joseph Winge
William Winge
St. Feler's Church
Ashland County Loses Most Officials to Civil Works
Ashland Wisconsin December 27 1933 37 public offices were vacated as officials resigned to join the Civil Works Administration The exodus included the city engineer six city councilmen five county supervisors a village president four town chairmen and twenty minor post holders County administrator Pat Twomey also resigned from the Glidden school board to qualify for his new role.
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Ashland
Wis
Ashland County
Civil Works Administration
Pat Twomey
Glid Jen
News code sits awaiting FDR’s review on desk
Washington December 27 The newspaper code along with more than forty others remained on President Roosevelt’s desk with no definite sign of when he would study them to decide whether to grant approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Derby Bass Home Damaged By Boone County Fire
A fire at Derby Bass’s home near Deer Park in Boone County damaged part of the roof. A defective flue is believed to have caused the blaze. Jefferson City volunteers assisted after a bucket brigade could not control it, and the fire was extinguished before the 22 mile response could reach Deer Park.
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Derby Bass
Deer Park
Boone County
Jefferson City
Nothing So Unselfish as a Mother's Love Returns Child
St Louis judge orders Betty Jane Coleman eleven returned to her mother after seven years in adoption. The court notes there was no law to transfer custody and cites a mother's unselfish love despite the ward status in the will.
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ST. Louis
William D. Berker
Betty Jane Coleman
Betty Jane
Margaret Tichacek
Barry
Edward Pinch
Bond Issue Resolution Advances From Committee
The House constitutional amendments committee endorsed a senate resolution to place a proposed constitutional amendment before voters. It would authorize a $10 million bond issue to rehabilitate state and penal institutions, potentially funded as a federal loan and a $3 million grant. The panel plans to act again tomorrow.
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House Electosynary Matituctions
Senate
J. W. Armstrong
Pulaski County
Federal Public Works Administration
House Constitutional Amendments Committee
BE. W. Coney
Pettis County
D. L. Bales
Reed Declines To Comment On Politics After Honeymoon
Former Senator James A. Reed refused to amplify a statement that he was back into politics after a southward honeymoon trip. He maintained a silence policy as he resumed work at his law office, returning with Mrs Reed, the former Nell Q Donnelly.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
South
Temperature Dip Records Brief Snow Forecast
Gathering clouds after midnight kept the low from hitting zero. Five above at 11 am was the lowest. Snow was forecast for tonight or tomorrow with a further temperature drop by tomorrow afternoon.
Freight wreck near Calvert kills three crew and five horses
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed near Calvert Texas after hitting livestock killing engineer R J Delhomme fireman Pred Wallace and brakeman Otis Green all of Mart. Three tramps riding in a overturned tractor boxcar were not identified and bodies may remain buried as wreckage is cleared.
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Missouri Pacific
R. J. Delhomme
Pred Wallace
Otis Green
Mart
Rhetago
P. H. Kendall
Calvert
Shabib
Houston
Kendall
Street railway men push drive against cut rate taxicabs
Street railway workers join employers in a campaign to force taxi firms under a code of fair competition. W D Mahon, international president of the Amalgamated Association of Streetcar and Electric Railway and Bus Operators of America, asks for wage and hour regulation, bonding for public protection, and operator qualification before taking cabs. The union represents about 8,000 of 225,000 transit workers. no official taxi code proposal is before the NRA.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
W.D. Mahon
Mahon
WRA
Arkangas duo held on assault charges in renewed feud
Marshall Arkansas December 27 AP Hearings waived by City Marshal J H Barnett and his two sons Oscar and Robert held for grand jury action on assault to kill stemming from a street battle in the Barnett Henley feud. Four Henleys were to have hearings butMayor Frank Smith said they would also waive and be held for the grand jury.
Senate Banking Groups to Meet on Insull Collateral
Chairman Fletcher plans a special meeting of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee this week to review a Reconstruction Finance Corporation report. It shows Insull securities were among collateral posted by the Central Republic Bank of Chicago to obtain a $90 million government loan. Former Vice President Dawes headed the bank.
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Fletcher
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Insull
Central Republic Bank of Chicago
Dawes
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