Youth slain en route to sick mother found near Blanchard
Elmer Sheehy Poplar Bluff Missouri youth on way to his ailing mother was found slain beside Kansas City Southern tracks near Blanchard Louisiana. Police suspect robbery and murder with no money on the body. letter fragments indicate a Christmas day message from an elder brother. Identity confirmed by Natchez and Woodville connections.
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Shreveport
Jan
Elmer Sheehy
Poplar Blue
Blanchard
Sheehy
G. H. Nichols
Natchez
Miss
A. W. Whitlock
Natchez, Miss
G. B. Plaisance
W. T. Prudhomme
Woodville
Poplar Bluff
Bud
William Sheehy
Whitlock
Logansport
Feveport
Pine Bluff
K. C
Fyouth
Frelgner
Dry Plans for 70 Canadian Patrols on Border
The Treasury Department has sent to Ottawa a detailed border enforcement program for prohibition. It calls for 500 new ports of entry and a consolidated border patrol with about 2,000 agents across five agencies to curb smuggling, pending Canada’s agreement on port locations.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Pto
Coast Guard
Immigration, Narcotic, and Customs
Flye
Queer pre nuptial arrangement shocks Souberton party
An unusual marriage contract signed January 2 by William Kenneth Moyer of Chicago and Ethel Oylette Amelia Oen of Sun Prairie Wisconsin provides that if no child is born within two years either party may apply for an absolute divorce without consulting the other. The contract was prepared before marriage.
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Souberton
William Kenneth Moyer
West Warren Boulevard
Chicago
Ethel Oylette Amelia Oen
Sun Prairie
Wis
Wey
Town Notes Across St Louis and Local Wells
P. Gold buys stock for new store in St Louis while West End P T A meets at 3 30. Rev Walter Connor visits Sertges in Pleasant Hill. Mrs James Blais Sr and daughter return from St Louis. Mrs Henry Ells hosts bridge at home. Junior High Part Teachers Association meets at school. Local residents visit Pleasant Hill and Atlantic City trip planned for Mr Fisher and Mrs Fisher. Oscar Schneider improves after broken leg. Miss Dorothy Andersen ill at home. Lambuth Missionary Society meets. Park P T A gathering at 3 30 with Madeline Otto and Leona Herkstroeter noted. Arthur Ito resigns flying post to take college job in Illinois. Mrs J M Kallenbach, relatives return to St Louis. Art Club first meeting after holidays tonight. L T Powers in charge. Anne Adams Chapter meets with many members present. American War Mothers hold morning meeting. luncheon and memorial for late Mrs Porth. T B Edwards joins Missouri Drug Store as druggist. Raithel hosts dinner with Kruse and Raithiel families. Miss Margaret Nobiec spends holidays in Columbia. Helen George departs for Fulton. Professor Ballann and Mrs Rollman visit Enid Oklahoma. Miss Anna Schweer away at Clinton. G T McCue in town on Illinois Central business, returns to St Louis. Margaret Melin and Aldred Heidbreder visit parents. Roy Richards moves to Chicago for new work.
Western Union Chief Sees No Menace in Merger
Newcomb Carlton president of Western Union testified before the Senate interstate commerce committee that the British radio and cable merger posed no menace to American business. He called the idea a fantastic bogey and favored competition, noting Western Union's stake in the Far East and opposing repeal of current regulation. Carlton supported the RCA and ITT merger but warned of potential reprisals if the British monopoly seeks world control. The committee weighs a bill for a new federal communications commission that would bar such mergers.
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Washington
T Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Carlton
Owen D. Young
Radio Corporation of America
Merbers
Radio Corporation
Western Union
Far East
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Couzens
Federal Communications Commission
Heir Accidentally Killed at Pacific Coroner's Verdict
A coroner's verdict found Raymond Barnett, 13, the heir to a share of $1.8 million from the estate of late circuit judge Washington Irving Wallace of Lebanon Missouri. He was killed when a shotgun discharged while he and others talked in a road near his home. The weapon was described as old and unsafe. Barnett and his guardian John Gradle, plus his aunt Grace Smith, had filed suit claiming two thirds of the estate was not mentioned in the will.
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Pacific
Raymond Barnett
Washington Irving Wallace
Lebanon
Thomas Shaffer
Frankily
Barnett
John Gradle
Grace Smith
Pine Lawn
Wallaces
Ab Lebanon
Louise G. Wallace
Wallace
Longer Skirts Bring Dainty Footwear and Heels
St Louis January 7 AP Footwear fashion shifts as longer skirts drive dainty heels and colorful shoes. High heels regain popularity with new tones to match spring dresses. Snake skin and lizard and python options rise in higher grades while black and brown shades dominate early spring. Men's shoes stay conservative with perforated designs. prices remain similar to last year.
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ST. Louis
Jan
Shoe Retailers
Suspected Sliver Body Found in Barn Near Independence
The body of George Hofstetter, a former trapper and alleged slayer of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weddle, was found in a barn 12 miles northeast of Independence. He was accused of killing the couple after they opposed his planned marriage to Mary Jane Hunter, a cousin of Mrs. Weddle. The cause of Hofstetter's death is undetermined.
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Independence
Dan
George Hotstetter
Albert Weddle
Here
Hotstetter
Weddle
Mary Jane Hunter
Hofstetter
Financial Market Edges Narrowly in Low Volume Trading
New York stock prices moved within tight bounds as turnover hit a yearly low. Brokers described a deserted scene with call money at 4 1/2 percent, time money steady, and short term bankers acceptances up 1/8 point. Major moves included Woolworth, Kresge, and Bellas-Hess gains, while Pennsylvania railroad drifted lower on a looming inquiry into holding companies.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Franklin Manufacturing Company
Nash Jmotors
Woolworth
Kres¢e
National Bellas-Hess
Widow of D086 Adams Faces Death Penalty Case
Springfield moves to apply death penalty to Meada Adams 26 widow of a triple murderer and her associate WN C Faulkner 30 after a string of bold holdups. County Attorney George Skidmore says the new Greene county law section will govern the prosecution.
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Springfield
Meada Adams
George Skidmore
Man’s death sentence in robbery case ends by suicide
Meada Adams and Faulkner deny involvement in the robberies as Dobb, husband of Adams, killed two female relatives during a drunken rampage and mortally wounded a police officer. He was sentenced to hang last fall but died by poison in the county jail. A police report claims a $400 diamond linked to two victims was found in her bag.
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Meada Adam
Dobb
Adams
Faulkner
Voeriqus Charge Against Joplin Man
JOPLIN MO Jan AP George H Huddleson 55 a shoe repairman is jailed without bond charged with criminally assaulting a 17 year old girl after luring her to his shop. He is married and has three children.
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Joplin
Jan. T
George H. Huddleson
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T. B. Edwards
Sedelia
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Sedalia
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Arthur Kruse
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Margaret Nobiec
Columbia
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Fulton
William Woods College
Ballann
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Clinton
G. T. McCue
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House Interstate Commerce Committee
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