Low gasoline grade supplied state amid probe findings
Attorney General Hoy McKithrick traced alleged discounts and grade substitutions in a State Highway Department contract with Standard 611 Co. Testimony cited McCain of Purity Oil Co. alleging cheaper gasoline and removal of blue coloring, with Anderson's unclear financial dealings noted and challenged during the Donnelly committee hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoy McKithrick
Standard 611 Co
State Highway Department
Donnelly
W. RB. McCain
Purity Oil Co
Springfield
McCain
Standard
State Highway Commission
J. A. Anderson
Highway Department
Anderson
Theresa
McKittrick
Red Crown
Highway Departments
Phil M. Donnelly
Princeton
State aid proposed for junior colleges in Missouri
A House bill would grant state aid to junior colleges like Monett Moberly Trenton Jefferson City Kansas City Platte River and St Joseph on the same basis as high schools. Introduced by Speaker W H Meredith and Rep McCawley the plan would let high school graduates pursue a two year college near home and save state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monett
Moberly
Trenton
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Plat River
St. Joseph
W. H. Meredith
4. L. McCaviley
McCawley
Inaugural Parade Barricade Reshaped as Guard Says No
Washington February 23 AP The inaugural committee declined an offer to place Arlyne Brown as the world’s champion girl revolver shot behind President-elect Roosevelt for the March 4 ceremonies. Dewey Godfrey of the St. Louis Democratic committee proposed the assignment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dewey Godfrey
St. Louis
Democratic Committee
Arlyne Brown
Cermak Shows Improvement After Assassination Attempt
Miami February report states May or Anton Cermak's condition is definitively better with a definite change for the better noted by Dr. W. Snyder at 1 a m. A Paraguay aviation school fire in Asuncion killed two army officers, including Silio Escobar, son of General Eco. The United States remains the largest consumer of asbestos in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
W. Snyder
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Asuncion
Parguay
Silio Escobar
Eco
Gran Chaco
United States
Zimba the KC Zoo Lion Faces Death by Euthanasia
Kansas City Missouri February story reports Zimba a timid lion at the Kansas City zoo facing euthanasia after a failing health bout. He had been gifted by Russell Voelper, cared for since cubhood and became terrifically frightened by the zoo environment and rejected food, companionship, and even the lioness Sylvia.
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Kansas City
Zimba
Kansas City Zoo
Russell Voelper
Sylvia
N. T. Clark
Voespel
Clark
Opera Singer August ta Lenska Tries Suicide In Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports Madame August ta Lenska a 51 year old former Chicago grand opera performer and church singer recovered from bruises after she threw herself in front of a street car. Police say she admitted attempting to end her life and was pinned beneath the front guard requiring a fire department squad to extricate her. The motorman said she darted into his path and appeared to seek the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ta Lenska
Madame Lenska
Flowers for her grand-bad at Miami hospital
Miss Vivian Graham granddaughter of Mayor Antoni Cermak of Chicago enters Miami hospital where Cermak, wounded by bullets meant for President-elect Roosevelt, is being treated.
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Vivian Graham
Antoni Cermak
Chicago
Miami
Cermak
Roosevelt
Flashes of Life News Bits From Across the Nation
A collage of brief regional notes includes a Maryland Institute registrar fielding a query about a whistlers class in New Castle Pennsylvania, Alaska discussed by a mayor, Italian violinmaking varnish rediscovery, a Portland police chief birthday gag linked to George Washington, and San Francisco police tolerating a child collecting ignition keys as a lesson for drivers.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Milternberger Smull
Maryland Institute, Jart School
Whistlers
Smull
Portland, Ore
Leon V. Jenkins
George Washington
San Francisco
Paul Sutton
Paul
Sixty-Five Kiwanians Attend Birthday Party at Missouri Hotel
Sixty five Kirwanians their wives and friends gathered at the Missouri hotel for a birthday party honoring George Washington Carl Schultz Emil Schott and Rev Ed Bernekamp whose birthdays fall this month A birthday cake gifts songs and brief addresses marked the event Victor Lyons sponsored the program and William F Knox spoke cautioned against blanket tax cuts while urging government economies and continued essential services.
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Missouri Hotel
George Washington
Carl Schultz
Emil Schott
Ed Bernekamp
William F. Knox
John H. Pork
Victor Lyons
Wiliam P. Knox
Chile Earthquakes Hit Iquiqui and Surrounding Towns
Severe shocks damaged buildings in Iquiqui and nearby towns and were felt across the nitrate region. Washington reports seismographs recording a quake centered about 4,000 miles southeast of the capital, starting at 3 19 18 a m Hastings time with a peak at 4 45 a m and ending at 6 15 a m. The quake was moderately strong and the news mentions US stamp purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iquiqui
Chile
Nitrate
Washington
Georgetown University
Hitler chipped away at Hindenburg's access in German politics
In a Nuremberg campaign speech Bavarian People's Party leader Fritz Schaeffer charged Adolf Hitler sought to curb President Paul von Hindenburg's free will, amid rumors of a planned abduction after the March 5 election. The claim, reported in Swiss papers, was said to be too alarming for denial by the Hitler government.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf
Hitler
Fritz Schaeffer
People’s Party
Nuremberg
Salvation Army Plans Services at Citadel in Jefferson City
Salvation Army will hold special services at the Citadel on 414 Jefferson Street Saturday at 8 p.m. Brigadier Victor Lundgren of St. Louis Divisional Headquarters will speak, assisted by Mrs. Lundgren Major Herbert Pugwire and Major James Fookes. The event is open to the public as part of Salvation Army Prison Sunday activities nationwide. Temperance, Michigan raid nets two men and beverages above legal content. Ted Rokicki and Joe Ali charged with violating prohibition laws.
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Salvation Army
Jefferson Street
Victor Lundgren
St. Louis
Lundgren
Herbert Pugwire
James Fookes
Detroit
Temperance
Michigan
Ted Rokicki
Joe Ali
Bill to Cut City Tax Caps Faces House Review
A Missouri House Ways and Means committee favorably reported a bill designed to cap municipal tax rates at 60 percent of current maximums for general revenue. Opponents argued the measure would worsen deficits in St. Louis, potentially $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, damaging the city’s finances and reputation. The committee also approved measures transferring funds to the general revenue pool and aligning pipeline taxes with railroad levies, while advancing bills on delinquent tax penalties and a penny stamp tax on oleomargarine.
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House
Ways and Me
A. L. McGawley
Jasper
Charles J. Dolan
Charles L. Cunningham
St. Pouls City
St. Louis
Delan
Senate
General Revenue Fund
Dale
Ray County
Missouri
Casey Questions Ran in Senate Debate on Kansas Law
M E Casey told the Senate his view on Ran as the City chamber of commerce led by Conrad H Mann had endorsed the bill. Casey quipped that Mann might not have read the law. Langdon Jones, author, said no Kansas law features were in the bill though it used ideas from multiple states. Buford considered visiting Milford Kansas to consult Dr John R Brinkley. Casey said he need not go.
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City Chamber of Commerce
Conrad H. Mann
Casey
Conie Mann
Langdon Jones
Kansas
Mexico
Carter M. Buford
Milford
Kan
John R. Brink-ley
Settlement in county court over donkey dispute
A county court case on detention of two donkeys ends with the judge advising settlement after lunch. On return, the plaintiff shows a black eye and the defendant a bleeding nose. both claim they followed the judge’s advice. Hill allegedly gave the other man a beating and the other returned the donkey.
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Theudgee
Hill
Col Robins Guests at White House in Recovery Visit
Col Raymond Robins, fully recovered from a memory loss episode, spent a night at the White House as a guest of the president. He is pictured leaving the White House after the visit.
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Col. Robins
White House
Oarolina Mountain
Col
Raymond Robins
Policeman questions driver after man collapses on street
A motorist says he stopped to let a pedestrian cross when the man fainted. Officials probe how the incident unfolded as bystanders react.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Policsian
Motorist
March Eye Care Tips Warn of March Eye Harm
March winds irritate eyes and prompt cautions to bathe eyes daily with eye cups and lotion. Make toracic acid solution at home from boracic acid for cost savings, use eye cup after exposure, and avoid rubbing an injured eye to prevent infection. seek an oculist if needed.
State aid six sought for junior colleges in bill before Rouse
Missouri senators and educators faced a public hearing on a bill to tax tobacco to fund schools. Charles A. Lee praised the current school law but asked for more money, while L B Hawthorne warned a one month shorter term is needed without funds. Other speakers included George Melcher T J Walker and J H Neville. The bill by Senator McDowell would impose a one cent tax per five cents of tobacco price, mainly from cigarettes, yielding about 3 million dollars yearly into the state general fund with one third to the school fund. Fred L. English argued for a painless general sales tax instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Ways and Means
Charles A. Lee
Lee
L. B. Hawthorne
Mexico
Missouri
George Melcher
Kansas City
T. J. Walker
Columbia
School and Community Magazine
J. H. Neville
Kirksville
McDowell
Charleston
Jones
Kennett
Fred L. English
St. Louis
United States
Breakfast visitors turn to robbery in Houston
At Houston Texas on February 22 two young men visited the home of T. O. Spurlin asking for breakfast. Spurlin fulfilled their request but after eating the pair held him at gunpoint and robbed him of 63.69 dollars.
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Houston
Tex
T. O. Spurlin
Spurlin
Magic Methods Make Our Cigarettes Best For Your Throat
An advertisement promotes cigarettes claiming magic methods improve throat comfort. The copy markets a brand by presenting techniques and implied scientific backing to reassure smokers seeking milder irritation.
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Wright Field
Dayton
New Castle
Charles RB. Mayne
Alaska
Triest
Italy
Cnly
Persia
Ferruccio Zaner
Stradilvarious
Zanier
von Hindenburg
Bill
M. E. Casey
Ran
Busch
The
News and Tribune Building Directory
Monroe Street
Capital News
Post-Tribune
T. J. Brown
Girl Scout Headquarters
United Press
Wisconsin
Kathryn Gens
Liberty
Wis
Aself Keil
Alicia Hart
ROUSE
Johnson
Waxoff
Ts-Cent Johneen
Speelsi
Cook Paint & Varnish Company
Nancee
Paris
High ST
Camel Res
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