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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
3
A Missouri sheriff cites a 1930s speech claiming economic hardship cut juvenile delinquency as fathers spent more time with sons. He notes reformatories dropped from 453 in 1933 to 278 last year, arguing parental engagement matters more than wealth in guiding youths.
A large American daily runs a post Memorial Day issue heavy with war coverage. It includes business pieces on foreign naval prospects and exchange rates, defense spending, and merchant marine wartime roles. It also presents numerous general war essays, foreign and American war preparations, several war scene pictures, and editorials on fear of new conflicts. A police question on nuisance law follows a voter’s lament about noisy neighbors, roosters, and a roller rink nearby. A Western robbery, and a critique on vagueness in America close the issue.
The Washington Daybook reports AFL and CIO harmony in Oregon’s primary vanished in Seattle over which union should bargain Alaska salmon cannery wages. NLRB votes showed AFL ahead 1,560 to 1,307 with disputes about fairness and potential picketing looming. The piece notes late salmon runs, delayed ships, and limited progress toward Alaska grounds. It also includes brief, unrelated items on Capitol Hill desks and a brass cannon inscription.
Dr Taya Galdston discusses syphilis treatment advances noting Ehrlichs salvarsan as a milestone and the potential of combining fever therapy with anti syphilitic drugs. Animal studies show no germ transmission with combination therapy, though human trials are scarce and inconclusive.
Public figures from Kay Kyser to Dr Karl Manninger and Dr Frederick Pack weigh in on anthem norms, women’s rights, Utah archaeology, and government roles. Observations span music, feminism, geology, and politics with wartime and labor perspectives.
Washington reports officials prepared a sweeping 42 month federal lending and spending program totaling 1.3 to 1.4 billion dollars. Direct soil conservation, relief and parity payments, plus storage loans, would total about 1 billion next year with up to 350 million for surplus grain storage. Weather and price trends push toward a record crop outlook, with corn and cotton projections extended and prices at multi year lows.
Lynn Massachusetts AP report quotes Dr William Hall Molden describing the Wei Weis primitive Indians as the healthiest people alive with no tuberculosis syphilis cancer or heart trouble He cites diet lack of stress and money worries as keys and notes high blood pressure in elders He argues deterioration begins after contact with missionaries and clothes are worn They practice polygamy have no formal marriage rites and rely on dogs for hunting and guarding.
United States District Judge John Caskie Collet agreed to replace Judge Merrill E. Otis in hearing the suit of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union against Donnelly Garment Company of Kansas City. The three KC attorneys said the company asked Otis to disqualify himself due to a prior opinion. Otis will step aside if Collet presides. The case was remanded by the Supreme Court on May 16.
In Salt Lake City on June 2 a middle aged man and woman paroled from Utah state prison after serving part of five sentences for killing their former mates were married. Elizabeth Droubay, 46, and Rupert A. Dewitt, 43, tied the knot with ceremony performed by John A. Herter, county marriage license clerk and LDS bishop. Dewitt had pleaded guilty to second degree murder of his wife in 1928, Droubay for killing her husband in 1933.
ST LOUIS June 2 AP Fi ling of a writ for a review of his appeal automatically stayed for at least 30 days the start of a 10 year prison term for Wilfred Jones yesterday. Jones an attorney was engaged in the appeal process awaiting further action.
One defendant was found guilty of mail fraud in connection with the Muench baby case. The verdict highlights alleged schemes involving improper handling of documents, with prosecutors seeking sentencing enhancements based on motive and impact on victims.
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