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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1930
Page
6
The manager of Standard Oil Filling at Mulberry and High Streets was held up by a masked bandit who forced him to open a safe and locked him in a wash room. Loot about $120. Doolin identified the bandit if captured. two suspects were arrested and released after lack of identification.
The Bank of Hartsburg with 282 720 total resources merged Farmers Bank of Hartsburg which had 65 500 resources. State finance department announced this is the first bank consolidation this year with L Busch as president and D W Busch as cashier of the new bank while J A Alexander was president and H A Niemeyer cashier of the Farmers Bank.
Felix Mertens 18 son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Mertens of near Osage Bluff died at St Marys Hospital Sunday morning from pneumonia and complications after a brief illness. He was born in St Thomas and educated at St Thomas School. Survived by parents four brothers and four sisters. Funeral is Wednesday at 8 am from St Margaret's Osage Bend with Solemn Requiem Mass. burial at Osage Bend. The Father Theodore Mertens expected to attend town and Mr Mertens anticipated.
Representatives from three local chambers of commerce traveled to Washington to press for help fighting the Missouri river damage near Harmony. They cited destroyed railroad tracks and potential highway destruction and planned to meet War Department officials.
The forecast notes mostly fair skies for Missouri and Illinois tonight and Tuesday with slightly warmer temperatures in the southern Missouri region. Illinois expects south and central portions to stay mostly fair tonight. The report is compiled for the AP by the Automobile Club of Missouri and includes general weather and road condition notes.
Several candidates filed declarations today for state senate seats. Haymes of Springfield seeks the Democratic nomination for the 20th district seeking another term. DeFord of Winston Dav ies County runs for the Republican nomination in the 8th district. Painter of Carrollton currently serves as the Democratic incumbent. Alroy Phillips of St Louis, former Workmen's Compensation Commission chair and former state senator, seeks the St Louis Circuit Court judgeship full term.
Frank Land of Kansas City urged International Demolay alumni at their third annual conference to remain a force for right living in civic religious and commercial matters. Ross Webb offered the opening invocation as delegates from 31 states and Canada gathered in Kansas City.
Two persons were reported missing and six others rescued when an Air Ferry collided with a tug near Oakland. The craft struck the tug pilothouse, nosed into a barge, overturned in the Estuary, and trapped eight occupants. Rescue launches freed the survivors.
With only days left in the filing period candidates for county offices and ward committeemen rushed to file with the County Clerk. About fifty filings occurred including forty for committeemen. Notable entrants include James H. Jones the county engineer seeking the Democratic nomination for probate judge alongside Curtis L. Dunn the incumbent. Other filed names span Republican and Democratic contenders for presiding judge probate judge recorder of deeds county clerk circuit clerk collector and prosecuting attorney across Cole County.
A fire destroyed the box shop at the Dillman Egg Case Factory in Caruthersville, Missouri, threatening adjacent structures. About 200 workers may lose jobs as the mill's future remains uncertain. damage estimated at 150000 dollars. Frank Dillman, vice president of Associated Industries of Missouri, owns the company.
Mrs. G. W. Seitz of 525 W. McCarty Street welcomed a tenant to two lighthousekeeping rooms after an ad appeared in the Post-Tribune. The notice encourages using classified ads to find tenants and to call for an ad-taker.
County Court members debated funding for the County Farm Bureau with a $75 monthly allowance for office help and maintenance. Judge Henry Bode refused to sign the warrant, saying no law authorizes the expenditure and inviting mandamus to compel signature. Judges Dix and Bond supported the reduced request amid financial stringency. action to compel signing had not been decided.
The Senate overrode President Hoover's veto on a Spanish War Veterans pension measure by a 61 to 18 roll call, with 28 Republicans and 32 Democrats voting for the override. If the House sustains, an amended bill may be introduced immediately, with an $11 million outlay and provisions challenged by the veto.
Sadie Farris 20, mother of a baby girl abandoned in a boiler near the Liberty Memorial, departs for Jefferson City with the infant. Father Wesley Farris, who confessed placing the baby in the boiler, was sentenced to five years. The mother, recovering from a broken ankle, was released by the county prosecutor’s office without charge.
Firefighters responded to a Cedar City home on Clarence Case street where a roof fire caused about 25 dollars in damage. A fumigating candle ignited a Bavonette at J L Boles 702 East McCarty causing a minor blaze with slight damage. A brush fire at Monroe and Atchison prompted a department run with no damage reported.
In Wichita Kansas on June 2 federal agents destroyed 6000 gallons of whiskey and alcohol seized in Sedgwick county dry raids. The operation, led by U S Marshal Don Melvor, involved city prisoners armed with axes and hatchets. Containers were smashed and the liquid flowed into the Arkansas River while bonfires consumed the wreckage.
George Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace at a private dance at 404 West Elm Saturday night and was fined one dollar and costs in Justice Smiths Court. Chester Puckett and Walter Hiskens paid 15 dollars and costs each for drunkenness in police court.
The body of Ben Lueckenotte, drowned in the Osage River Saturday afternoon, will be buried tomorrow at 10 from St. Peter's Church. The casket rests at Dawson-Tanner parlors and then at the family home 208 West Atchison Street. Glenn Hyder, noted college giant, 5.9 inches tall with hat on, visited the office. he is a college graduate with Barnett and Schute shows.
Herbert Schriefer, 19, formerly at Wright's Grocery, was killed while cutting weeds near a transformer at the Western Light and Power Company plant in Meta. He touched a 13 200 volt live wire, was found unresponsive, and died about two hours later. Survived by parents Henry and My wife, brother Alfred, and sister Hilda, with funeral planned from Babbtown Wednesday morning.
A 500 pound enraged black bear killed keeper Emerson Joyce at a Watertown park. The bear, angered after cubs were removed, dragged Joyce into a cage as park officials rushed to help, finding the body crushed with a broken neck. Police recovered the victim’s body later.
The Faris Trust and Savings Company of Clinton Missouri won at the United States Supreme Court. Tax levies by Henry County in 1928 and 1929 were set aside as discriminatory. The bank argued the tax used full stock value while other property was taxed at 73 percent or not taxed. The county claimed agricultural exemptions and classifications.
Springfield Illinois June 2 AP unless Harry Ross can produce John Babcock alive today the State of Illinois will attempt to convict him for murder. Ross signed a confession but denied it later and pleaded not guilty. He said Babcock was killed after a dispute over a $4 car bought for junk. Bones found at a bridge near Florence are charged as the victim.
Sam Mellvain, 65, of Ashland, Pa., collapsed at the Pacific hotel in Rowland after arriving to rest while waiting for a train. He had sought work at Bagwell Dam but was refused due to illness. Taken to Wymore-Garden parlors, his body will be shipped to Ashland. The deceased was not known locally.
The body of J. W. Gilliland former foreman at Hugh Stephens Printing Company boundery died in Dallas Saturday night. The funeral is set for 6 am tomorrow from St Peters Church with burial in St Peters Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and three children Catherine 15 Donald 11 and Harry. He resided here thirteen years and was a noted book binder.
A janitor described six men dragging a hatless, coatless Hebrew youth from Beth Hamidrosh Hagodol Temple during services. The victim fled into the synagogue shouting for Rabbi Brode and was seized outside, placed into two nearby cars, and driven away as chaos followed.
Bobby a Boston bull terrier alerted Mrs Wheeler and family at 3723 Warwick Boulevard in Kansas City. Miss Roma Wheeler, 16, and Maxey Biggs aided in rescue as flames spread up the rear wall, causing about 3000 dollars in damage.
A Sunday crash near Gentertown killed Mrs. May Wirges and injured six other travelers. A second collision on Highway 50 left Emory Phelps with a gash, broken back, and other five hurt. Witnesses cited excessive speed and a brake failure as causes. several cars overturned, with passengers hospitalized or treated locally.
In Columbia Missouri on June 2 AP reports Miss Effie F Graham filed suit against E F Britian Jr for 2400 alleging he converted funds from Investors Realty Co stock she entrusted him to sell. She valued the stock at 2406 when handed to him while he worked as an agent for the defunct W H Young & Bros Inc.
The appointment of Thomas J. Layson age 38 of Trenton Missouri as an assistant United States district attorney was announced at the office of United States district attorney William L. Vandeventer. Mr and Mrs George Young returned to St Louis after visiting friends at the Osage River.
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