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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
1
Agricultural experts bankers and rail officials met in Chicago on June 3 to plan a campaign addressing concerns about low meat prices. Leaders opened by denying a crisis in beef and pig production and aimed to inform consumers about market conditions.
Queen Mary, barefooted ruler of the Gypsy tribes, lay dying at Methodist Hospital in Omaha as her subjects gathered outside. The 50 year old mother of eighteen children, with King Peter of the Lake-John bands, divined from a spring water infection blamed for her illness. Six specialists attended her as at least twenty families from the tribe encamped nearby, while police dispersed crowds that disturbed other patients. Her neck bore a chain of gold pieces as she faced death with the queen’s neighbors and rival families paying tribute outside.
Western agricultural groups and major industry leaders convened to urge consumers to buy more livestock products while prices are depressed. Speakers included Everett C. Brown of the National Livestock and Meat Board and executives from Armour, Wilson and other firms. The gathering, backed by agricultural and financial institutions, aimed to counter weak demand and push for further price reductions to benefit both consumers and those serving them.
A. R. Aven asks Greenfield circuit court for a change of venue in the trial on charges of kidnapping Mrs. Alma Wilson McKinley last fall. The request was filed today in court.
Michael Burke a 16 year old accused of slaying two men faces a murder charge in Juvenile Court. The court sought jurors for his capital punishment trial in the holdup killing of John Fisher a mechanic. Burke nicknamed a one man crime wave is also charged with killing John Brown a constable during the same spree.
Kansas City June 3 AP Social confusion from rapid world changes confronts Christianity with new problems Dr A W Beaven Rochester NY president keynote address names Russia fascism and industrial decline as factors He urges church to use intelligence and purpose to solve modern challenges and questions progress versus ascent.
In Lansing Kas June AP Ed Armold says the board will meet with Warden Milton F Amrine of state Penitentiary today to seek a settlement. If none, an announced hearing Friday will decide guilt or innocence on charges of neglect of duty incompetency inefficiency and misconduct. John Hamilton Republican state chairman says he represents Warden Amrine, a Republican appointee of former Governor Clyde M Reed.
At 7 a.m. Do-X tried to rise for two hours to resume a delayed trip to South America from Porto Praia Cape Verde Islands. The German flying boat had arrived from Portuguese West Africa and was to test takeoff and landing before a possible Brazil flight.
English viewers watched the Derby by television from the parade to the finish. The telecast came via the Baird Television Company in cooperation with the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Leaders of Catholic young peoples organizations were arrested on political warrants issued by the prefect. Attorney Corsanego, honorary general president, was among those detained and may be confined to Lipari. The Vatican crisis continued with Pope Pius and Mussolini sticking to hard lines while hints of negotiations surfaced.
About 100 army aircraft left Fairfield Air Depot Dayton Ohio en route to western and southern home stations after serving in the east. Flights will pause at several bases including Nashville Scott Field Kansas City Fort Riley KoS Kes Colorado Springs Cheyenne Salt Lake City Reno Muskogee and Fort Sill as part of staged stops.
Maryville Missouri June 3 AP fire destroyed a cattle barn owned by Bellows Brothers renowned shorthorn breeders. Damage was estimated at three thousand five hundred dollars.
Evelyn Brown, 15, Beaver Dam Wisconsin, was killed after firing at Roy Ashley who wounded her and then killed her with a shot to the head while an attempt to kidnap ended in his own gunshot wound and hospital care. Eyewitness Elmer Nelson family reported only Ashley and the girl were in the car. Ashley later told Frank Schultz he was shot by the girl who then shot herself.
Bishop James Cannon Jr files a $500000 libel suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court against Representative Tinkham alleging publication of a June 19 1930 article accusing him of violating the federal corrupt practices act. Cannon says the claims harm his name as a citizen and churchman and seeks $250000 in compensatory and $250000 in punitive damages.
Ten people were killed and about a dozen injured when a new suspension bridge near Li Beur collapsed while trucks loaded with sand crossed. The drivers and ten passengers, including the chief engineer of Gironde, died in the failure.
Chicago on June 3 report of Jules Tewlow a 3 year 6 month old boy weighing about 100 pounds with 35 inch waist and a size 11 shoe. Father photographer Frank Tewlow describes him as normal and notes his reading spelling and arithmetic. Jules aims to be a photographer like his father when grown.
At the National Editorial Association convention in Atlanta on June 3, leaders urged cooperative effort and mutual support between newspapers and radio. John Benson of the American Association of Advertising Agencies argued newspapers should view radio as an ally, not a rival, noting each medium has exclusive advertising fields. Major John Cohen of the Atlanta Journal echoed that radio is not a competitor and urged papers without stations to leverage radio to boost advertising and publisher advantage.
Schuyler M. Smith, longtime assistant bridge engineer for the Wabash Railroad, is named bridge engineer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and placed in charge of the $1,200,000 Boonville bridge project. Announcement came from the railroad’s St Louis headquarters on June 3.
New York June 3 AP Jack Kirkland confirmed Nancy Carroll screen actress filed divorce suit in Mexico on grounds of incompatibility. The couple marked their seventh anniversary. Kirkland said they remain friends and mutual respect exists. Carroll rose from chorus girl to star after starting as a stenographer and appearing in Paramount productions.
The passage notes a split in a relationship where both parties decide to maintain independence to stay happy. It emphasizes there was no dramatic fallout and that the realization came from mutual respect rather than conflict, marking a careful separation.
James J. Ellis, president of the Dade Park Jockey Club and a wealthy oil and farm operator, escaped two supposed kidnappers on Carter road near Owensboro. After his car stalled from no fuel, he was forced from the vehicle but ran toward a nearby field where bystanders were alerted. Authorities reported one assailant was struck during the escape.
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