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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
2
A discussion on homeless men wandering from town to town and the need for their return home. It argues many come from broken families or lack ties, urges young men to quit roaming, seek work, and accept help, warning wandering paths lead to permanent homelessness.
The Capital City shows better employment with the East End International Shoe Factory adding 175 workers to about 350 total and aiming for 600 soon. The Tweedls plant runs at full capacity and government efforts push street and public ground jobs amid hopes all seeking work find honest livelihoods.
A Missouri movement led by civic groups aims to cut motor car license fees, arguing highway cost reductions since 1922 justify lower charges. Critics question benefits for farmers and suggest shifting road maintenance to the state, alongside broader tax relief. The impulse gains from Missouri Automobile Club support.
The piece discusses a new train from Mainzburg to Berlin covering 180 miles in 142 minutes at about 77 mph. It credits concealed door knobs for wind resistance reduction and notes historic speeds of earlier trains without such features. The Globe-Democrat quips that the flying Hamburger lacks a true record unless nine different door knob types are installed.
A Chicago News summary laments a widespread craving for excitement and rapid stimulation. It notes that books, work, and even religion suit the restless spirit, replacing the calm, steady virtues of the past with a feverish race for risk and quick profits.
The St Louis Star notes Frank Nitti, blamed by police for ordering about twenty killings in the Capone faction’s reach. Police claim they could name many victims and executors, yet lack court evidence for a single conviction. They say the only option is to shoot Nitti when necessary, a fate echoing in other big cities.
Columbus Ohio Dec 29 AP Aton gathered from 2 900 undergraduates used to support a claim that college increases interest in religion. Rev John W Miller pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ohio State University presented the figures before the North Central Conference meeting of college church workers. He said Campus influence destroys interest yet noted church attendance recovers after graduation.
For the week ended December 24 carloading rose marginally for a few lines versus the prior year but fell short of the immediately preceding week. St Louis-San Francisco moved 9 903 cars, St Louis Terminal 26 571, Missouri Pacific 16 908, International Great Northern 2 940, Gulf Coast Lines 2 135, Wabash 10 492, and MM K and r lines 5 672. Increases over last year were seen at St Louis Terminal, Wabash, and International Great Northern, though the gain partly reflects a shorter loading week last year caused by Christmas.
In Kansas City on December 29 AP reports one of four men held for trial on bank robbery and murder charges in Minneapolis has been identified by police from photographs as a participant in the Plaza Bank of Commerce robbery. Leonard Barton, aka Lawrence Barton and other aliases, faces trial January 3 in Minneapolis. other suspects Owen Lewis, Robert Newbern, and Clarence Colton have dates set in early January.
MACON MO Dec 28 AP Doctor H A Smoot 54 pastor of the first Baptist church here since last June died suddenly yesterday while working in his basement His widow survives him Smoot had been pastor of a Sedalia church prior to moving to Macon this year.
Jacksonville Illinois December 29 AP vandalism blamed today by State's Attorney Walford H Absher as he investigated a Wabash passenger train wreck inside city limits just before 7 40 p m that killed engineer John Rapp of Springfield Illinois and H L Meyer of Decatur Illinois and injured two others while a baggage man Harry Rosas of Jacksonville was scalded and a grocer London Bimmons Negro cook suffered a broken leg. Preliminary inquiry showed the switch lock was opened wide and its red danger light removed. The wreck followed two prior railroad violence incidents in the area including a dynamiting near Taylorville and cached dynamite under a bridge near Litchfield.
In a breezy scene at a country house on Long Island, Linda Averill juggles guest tensions and a heat soaked morning. Cousin Amos vanish s into the terrace as Tom and Linda plot a late start to see him off while a seaside escape and misunderstandings loom over the house with the party’s private drama unfolding.
Linda races through the hall to Amos's room after a fatal balcony fall. She discovers a torn railing and a hidden assailant as a stranger grips her with a cloth before she is knocked unconscious. Tom disappears toward the raft as the waters close in.
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