Four Honorary Degrees Awarded by Missouri U
The University of Missouri conferred honorary degrees on Arba S. Van Valkenburg Henry J. Haskell Edward E. Wall and Tom K. Smith at commencement closing the universitys ninety third year Van Valkenburg a judge and former US circuit court of appeals member Haskell editor of the Kansas City Star Wall St Louis director of public utilities and Smith president of Boatmen s National Bank in St Louis The university praised each man as an adopted son and noted their distinguished careers in law journalism public utilities and banking.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Arba Seymour van Valkenburg
Henry Joseph Haskell
Kansas City
Edward Everett Wall
Tom K. Smith
St. Louis
van Valkenburgh
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Haskell
America
Kansas City Star
Oberlin College
Missouri
College of Engineering
Its University
Thomas Fitch Rowland
American Society of Engineers
Fom K. Smith
Its State University
Ice
American Bankers’ Association
Finance
Prepare for New Rise by Late Friday
Passenger traffic will be blocked on 13 south of Clinton, 35 west of Warsaw, and 17 north of Tuscumbia as part of ongoing closures. The notice warns of continued delays and detours through late Friday.
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Clinton
Warsaw
Tuscumbia
Levees Fail as Flood Waters Overrun St Louis Area
The AP reports crumbling levees and rising Missouri River floods inundating thousands of acres in St Louis County as farmers CCC and FERA workers push earth and sandbags to hold back the river. Nearby Grand and Osage rivers were receding but danger lingered in parts of the state. The Mississippi rose above flood stage in St Louis city but posed no immediate danger.
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St., Louis
St. Louis County
St. Louis-St. Charles County
Hermann
CCC
FERA
Highway Department
Grand
Osage
Brunswick
Osceola
Tuscumbia
Hannibal
Missouri
Kaw Flood Danger Is Less at Kansas City
Northeast Missouri streams receded as flood danger eased in the Kansas City area. Army engineers said the Kaw and Missouri rivers pose no serious threat to the city, though lowlands west of town remain at risk. Crests were expected at the Kaw-Missouri junction soon as attention shifted downstream.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Army
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Army Division
Kaw
Acquitted Murder Widow Drowns Self After Note
Alma Victoria Rattenbury, newly acquitted of murdering her wealthy husband, Francis Mawson Rattenbury, drowned in the Stour near Christchurch after stabbing herself six times. A note found on her body named lover George Percy Stoner, a chauffeur later convicted and sentenced to death. Stoner denied intent.
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London
Alma
Victoria Rattenbury
Stour
George Percy Stoner
Rattenbury
Pentonville
Francis Mawson Rattenbury
Mitchell
Governor Park works to clear desk on Missouri bills
Governor Park pressed to finish business after a fishing trip, targeting eight measures including pensions, planning board, eleemosynary aid, and a sales tax proposal. He promised to decide the Hess dog-race bill soon and hoped to finalize appropriations before a governors conference in Biloxi.
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Governor Park
State Planning Board
St. Louis
Biloxi
Miss
Lake of the Ozarks
Guy B. Park
Toledo Strike Threatens Walt Industry Closure
The strike shut a large plant and laid off 1200 workers. H. J. Darrow, works manager, said the walkout would cost the company thousands of dollars in losses and disrupt production across the facility.
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Toledo Edison
Office Workers’ Union
Toledo
Walt
H. J. Darrow
Roosevelt and Wallace seek amendments to save agriculture act
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace agreed to seek congressional amendments to safeguard the agriculture adjustment act against the Supreme Court decision killing the NRA. They plan to ensure the government's authority to levy processing taxes and align marketing licenses with the Schechter ruling while preserving farmers voluntary adjustment programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Supreme Court
NRA
Secretary of Agriculture
Schechter
Mrr
Suspreme Court
Kidnapping Suspects Identified as Thieves Name List Emerges
A report indicates six kidnapper suspects named after recognition by a witness. Four additional suspects are identified, with details continuing as authorities compile the case. The piece notes ongoing investigations and pending charges affecting these individuals.
Abduction Case Ties Seattle Area to Hidden Captivity
Federal detectives traced a ransom paid for George’s release to eastern Oregon and identified suspects linked to a Tacoma street kidnapping. A three and a half hour drive from Tacoma housed the boy in a suburb near a halfway point between Seattle and Tacoma. The boy provided details of two unseen captors and a possible third. Searches by Washington state police continued for the second residence and the abductors as investigators pieced together the movement from Tacoma to Angle Lake and Renton.
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Weyerhaeuser
Oregon
Tacoma
Travis
Washington
William Cole
George
Seattle
Angle Lake
Renton
Warner Family Flees Estate Over Kidnap Threats
Harry M. Warner, famed cinema producer, his wife and two daughters abandoned their 23 acre estate near Mt Vernon after threats to kidnap the girls. Police chief said they left for the west but Warner's New York office denied the move and said the family quit the property due to the scare.
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Mt, Vernon
Harry M. Warner
Here
Michael Silverstein
Warners
Silverstein
West
Hollywood
Warner
New York
150 Trestate miners to work in Joplin district
About 350 to 400 miners returned to work as three large mines and a tailing mill resumed operations in the Picker field near Picher. Up to 1,000 men expected back by Saturday, aided by national guardsmen. two more tailing mills to reopen tomorrow. Six mining firms signed a back-to-work pact with the Tri-State union.
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Joplin
Picker
National
Dines
Velie Mine Corporation
Kropp
Saint Nicholas Mining Company
Royal
United Zinc Corporation
Peru-Laclede Syndicate
Atlas Milling Company
Cardin Milling Company
Picher
Lion
Velie Corporation
Admiralty Zine Company
Douthat
Tri-State Mine, Mill and Smelter Wagers
Cal
Tri- State Union
Tri-State
United Zinc Smelting Corporation
Velie Mines Corporation
Atlas. Milling Company
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Missouri U
van Valkenburg
Henry Haskell
E. E. Wall
Jaume Delivery
Central Hatchery
Selterven City, Me
John Hancock
Park
Pension, Planning Board
Oliver Myers
Carroll T. Proctor
Myers
U. S. Department of Labor
J. E. O'Connor
Jefferson City
Central Missouri Trust Company
Tosacto Co
Lily Richards
Lake Buller, Fla
Mike
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