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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1935
Page
3
The president criticizes the Supreme Court for blocking executive power, arguing the constitution permits necessary changes while protecting democracy. He warns against demagogism as Huey Long and utopian ideas gain traction, stressing the need for guided leadership and collective wisdom.
A critical editorial argues that Hitler speaks of disarmament and pacts while expanding submarine production. Britain reportedly accepts some terms but the writer questions sincerity, urging a clear stance from Germany and a credible peace plan.
An old dispatch notes ex gangsters and notorious gun molls like Kathryn Kelly and Evelyn Frechette, now in Milan federal prison, performing menial tasks and losing their front page glamour. The piece contrasts their drab confinement with past fame and adds a brief image of Jefferson City gardens as a quiet counterpoint.
A movable barn with farm animals tours New York City to show children what cows sheep and yard fowl look like. The piece argues city life can limit rural knowledge and warns frequent constitutional changes risk eroding the document, urging presidents to respect its bounds.
The piece notes America's early progress from horse and buggy days and questions the push toward industrial codes under an ex Army officer in Washington. It references Roosevelt and the 1932 Democratic platform, contrasting optimism with concern over potential cartel and guild entanglements as the nation faced rocky times.
A president defends Americans’ cheerfulness while critics call for halting economic experimentation. Editors urge Roosevelt to respect constitutional safeguards, acknowledge policy errors, and focus on strengthening American government and business confidence.
A collage of quotes from leaders and public figures critique New Deal policy, relief programs, and postwar security. It references a back-to-the-farm movement, distrust of gov payments, investment cautions, and calls for international collaboration, with voices from Kansas to Britain and figures like Mussolini and Shaw.
Washington dispatch reports politicians see the 1936 Democratic platform likely endorsing constitutional expansion to grant federal authority on social and economic issues. The issue could realign parties, as Roosevelt asserts a broader constitution, while courts and conservatives watch reactions among figures like Glass and Bailey as the campaign shapes up.
Missouri farm numbers rose one percent from 255940 in 1930 to 280658 in 1935 per census. Nine counties recorded declines led by Pemiscot dropping 20 percent to 4463 while Butler climbed 45 percent to 2946. Census chief William L. Austin cautioned figures may be revised downward to fit farm definition.
Poplar Bluff Missouri June 3 AP Mrs Lula Bowman 61 of Poplar Bluff was killed and four others injured when Louis Frentzej associated with a motor company in St. Louis lost control of his automobile on Highway 7 near here Sunday afternoon Frentzej was taken to a hospital with serious condition Mrs Grace Barnett and two children Norman and Julian of Kirkwood were rushed to a hospital at Flat River
New York June 3 The first week after the Supreme Court invalidated the NRA saw industries nationwide continuing wage and hour provisions. Retail prices largely held, liquor and steel sectors maintained code rules, and large chains kept employee policies. Business leaders urged stability and interstate talks to replace NRA codes while pledging no wage cuts or hour increases.
Hershel H. Wallace, 25, relief worker, was killed by a Union Pacific freight train near Kansas City Kansas yesterday. His wife and two children live at Noel, Missouri. Authorities said it was death by own action.
Washington correspondent recounts post Schechter era ambivalence among New Deal advisers and lawmakers. The piece highlights diverse NRA viewpoints, Supreme Court moves, and fanciful plans to adjust federal roles, stressing confusion, retreat gaps, and the humorous yet sobering chaos in federal policy thinking.
Hollywood reports final divorce decree granted to Virginia Bruce from actor John Gilbert after a year of legal proceedings. Bruce received 42,500 dollars as property settlement and child support for their 21 month old daughter Susan Ann, marking Gilbert’s fourth marriage. The couple wed August 10, 1932, with Bruce’s cruelty suit filed a year earlier.
Shattered farm buildings along a ten mile path in Wellington area marked yesterday's tornado route. Damage nears 100600 dollars. Injured include Oscar Scott family and W H Barbour of Rowe, plus South Haven residents Mrs Barber Mrs Bacon and Marylyn Bacon.
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke to 78 Drake University graduates in Des Moines warning against a political bureaucracy. He urged merit over political favor and cautioned about forces that would limit opportunity and initiative, stressing freedom and the Bill of Rights. Hoover said some fear competition and seek routine jobs, but many built Iowa and America through self-government and enterprise.
Worcester Massachusetts June 3 A man believed near death in a hospital today after taking sleeping powder in what authorities described as an attempted death by own action. A deadly black widow spider was ruled out as the cause. The patient is the son of a Buffalo railroad worker.
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