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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
2
Texas, a major sheep producer with no native woolen mill, will inaugurate the state’s first wool mill this summer, marking a milestone in regional industry and livestock processing.
Emma Sarana Hepperman a 46 year old Missouri woman labeled as a five time widow is charged with murder in the poison death of her seventh husband Tony Hepperman. A coroner jury found he died May 28 of poison triggering the murder warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Gas Temme. Hepperman once worked a want ad seeking a motherless home saying she wanted to marry. She says she married her first husband Charles Schwack at 14 and had 12 children, eight dying in infancy, with several husbands dying subsequently and her sixth husband Aloysius Schneider dying after a two day illness. The body of Schneider was exhumed for examination. Hepperman maintains innocence.
St Louis June 5 AP John Kohler 73 suffered severe burns rescuing three kittens from his burning home. He rushed out after a kerosene stove exploded but returned to save the pets, hospitalized with serious injuries.
A wartime tale in a Philadelphia waterfront setting recounts British sailors aboard the tanker Stormy Petrol facing a German U-boat. After a mock football match aboard the ship to delay repairs, the Nazis gamble on victory, but the Old Man unleashes a concealed 3 inch gun, sinking the sub with a decisive amidships shell amid tense deck action.
War department to survey the Grand River dam area in northeastern Oklahoma to assess its potential as an arsenal site. Earl Ward of the Grand River dam authority announced the plan after a Washington trip, with a committee to study the area next week. Ward spoke to 300 people at a meeting of the Northeast Oklahoma Arsenal Association.
The Social Security Board announced on June 5 that 3,503 Missouri residents are receiving monthly benefit checks under its insurance programs. The total monthly payments in the state amount to 2.09, with 982 retired workers receiving benefits totaling 20,827.
The Swiss army closed the southern Valais canton blocking the St Bern ard and Simplon passes in the Alps. Civilians without army passes were barred from the zone and foreigners faced entry restrictions unless specially authorized.
In Moscow on June 5 AP reports Pravda announced military titles for more than a hundred high ranking officers in the army and navy. Three generals of army and three new admirals were named, with several already titled Hero of the Soviet Union. Photographs of many officers filled two pages.
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