Social Activities and Tea for Alma Dallas in Jefferson City
A crowded social page lists events across Jefferson City including First Baptist and Methodist circles, an Eastern Star gathering, and a lemonade tea hosted by Mrs Alma Moerscher Dallas for her daughter Alma Louise Dallas, who recently earned a B.S. from the University of Missouri. The piece notes her July Holland America cruise with Pi Beta Phi sisters, plus local club meetings, weddings, family reunions, and a Library program to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Dallas
Alma Moerscher
Dallas
Alma Louise Dalas
Fairmount Boulevard
Miss Dallas
University of Missouri
Brewer Field House
Jefferson City
el von City
Statendam
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
England
France
Germany
Holland
Switzerland
Italy
Belgium
Local society notes and visits shared this week
Flapper Fanny reports Rev. Birkhead to discuss Jefferson Davis in season finale. Birth announced at St Marys hospital for Mr and Mrs Frank Fausell Jr. Jefferson Chapter Eastern Star meets at 8 pm in Mason Temple. Zane Stanfil Circle hosts picnic at State Park with covered dish at noon. Delta Phi Kappa meets 7:30 pm with William Gaines. Ruth Atkinson arrives from Kansas City to visit Griffin family this weekend. Ruth O Malley travels to Chicago then South Bend for library convention. Eleanor Kraus visits Maplewood with Martin family. Margaret Pigg returns from Liberty and Missouri City. Clarkson couple enjoy two weeks in Kansas City and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth O'Malley
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Colorado
O'Malley
Eleanor Kraus
Maplewood
A. C. Martin
Simple posture exercises for a fit figure from Holly wood tips
A reader seeks quick daily routines for maintenance of weight and suppleness without lengthy sessions. The article endorses easy posture exercises, instructing to lie on the back with knees bent, press straight out, draw in the abdomen, and ensure no hollow in the back, holding briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Socialite Pleads For Civilization At Detroit Meeting
Mrs Grace Morrisson Poole president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs urged a middle course between ultra conservatives and radicals at the federation's triennial convention in Detroit. She stressed preserving the home food clothing shelter education and steady citizenship while avoiding both super-independence and excessive government control. She called for a united effort to curb propaganda and promote peace and agreed removal of war profits as part of cures for societal ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Grace Morrisson Poole
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Colonel J I McMullen Indicted Over Mnaganese Tax Case
Washington June 6 AP Colonel Joseph I McMullen chief of the patients section in the army judge advocate General Office was indicted by a DC grand jury on charges of accepting fees from a firm lobbying against a tax bill. He allegedly received a retainer of 1506 on July 6 1932 from the Cuban American Mn ganese Corporation to oppose an import tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tune
Joseph I. McMullen
Army Judge Advocate General’s Office
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
Manganese Corporation
Exercise routine from Ann Dvorak described
The text directs repeating a posture and a back and stomach keeping routine. It details lying face down with legs straight, toes down, head arched, then lifting the upper body with arms straight, keeping legs still, lowering slowly and repeating ten times. It introduces more exercises to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Dvorak
Bucket of Water Frees Dog When Police Squad Fails
A Jersey City police squad failed to free Eddie Maher's airdale from a wedged position between two garages. A bucket of water softened the dog's coat, allowing it to slip to safety. The item is part of a humorous roundup of odd news briefs from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Eddie Maher
Airdale
Brakeman Wins $25 600 Quit Against Wabash
George E. McNatt of Moberly Missouri, brakeman, won a $35,000 verdict against the Wabash railroad for injuries from a February 20 1929 derailment near Anglum Missouri. A prior trial in 1931 awarded $32,500 but was set aside for a new trial. The railroad contends he was negligent in not signaling the engineer to slow down. McNatt claims excessive speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
George E. McNatt
Moberly
Wabash Railroad
Anglum
McNatt
Supreme Court
Fulton Farmer Held On Assault Charge
Fulton, Ma June 6 Nears Qualls a local farmer was held in Callaway county jail on felonious assault. Qualls is charged with shooting and wounding Clair Conn of Alton who tried to move on a farm rented from Qualls daughter Mrs Bessie Moralis of Alton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton, Ma
Nears Qualls
Callaway County
Qualls
Clair Conn
Alton
Bessie Moralis
Man Convicted in Acid Attack on Woman in Kansas City
Charess Trevault, 35, was found guilty of wounding and disfiguring Mrs Belle Shawly by throwing acid in her face in the district court. The jury deliberated two hours after the August 17 incident. Trevault claimed the act was an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Charess Trevault
Belle
Youthful couple held for kidnap robber
A Cape Girardeau man identified James Colyer of Morehouse and Margaret Walker of Sikeston as the kidnap trio leaders in a May 30 abduction and car theft. Ben Wilson, a Cape Girardeau hotel clerk, also said the couple registered under an assumed name. Colyer and Walker were arrested in Poplar Bluff after Ed Ford reported being held prisoner and robbed by a couple who forced him to drive, then left him and took his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Ford
Steel
New Madrid
Brase
Colyer
Walker
Cape Girardeau
Strike halts work on Clay county court house project
Liberty Missouri June 6 A strike halted work on the new 270000 dollar Clay county court house PWA project All union men walked off yesterday afternoon Contractors shut down A court order requiring local labor preference sparked the walkout called by Kansas City union officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Clay County
PWA
Kansas City
Pennington Charged After Fatal Hutchison Shooting
In Hutchison Kansas on June 6 a Black real estate man George Pennington faced serious charges after a late shooting during a quarrel involving Dr. Lyons a chiropractor and Mrs Pearl Whitlock. Pennington allegedly fired a shot striking Lyons and Whitlock, both fatally harmed.
Fragmentary police report on a shooting case
A fragment describes a man firing a pistol at a woman and mentions a son Frank Penington and Mildred Whitlock, daughter of Mrs. Whitlock, as part of the scene. Details are incomplete and context unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Penington
Mildred Whitlock
Building residents tied to Pennington ownership noted
In a report on the shooting a witness states that the man was held as a material witness. All principals involved lived in the building owned by Pennington and managed by Mrs. Witlock.
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Baptist Church
Chuch
Albert Jobe
Eliig Elliott
Jefferson
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Zane Stanfit
First Methodist Church—State Park
Miss Mabel Green
Green Gables
D. C
Miss McDonald
Kelly-Hyde
Mary McDonald
D. D. McDonald
Trenton
Caroline Hyde
Arthur M. Hyde
James Paul Reilly
Quincy
Sawhan Kelly
Pleasant Hill
Miss Hyde
Fi Beta Phi Sorority
Jewell Morrow Brandenberger
Percy McMahan
Percy B. McMahan
Cooper County
United Daughters of Confederacy
West McCarty Street
McMahan
Winnie Davis
UD. C
Petit’s
Guy C. Million
Boonville
Mrs. MecMahan
U-Delta Club
H. E. Ferguson
Jefferson Street
Avlin Gungall
Fred Richter
Harold Cholet
Rodeman
John H. Rodeman
Bolivar Street
Frank Oncken
Lincoln
Nebraska
William Sunderman
Marguerite
Billy
Charleston
Ilinois
Harry Woman
Labaddie
Julia Meyer
Joseph Sailer
Fetit’s
Public Library
G. A. Thielmann
U. D
J. G. Slate
G.S. Birkhead
Capitol Avenue
Fanny
Birkhead
Jefferson Davis
Frank Fausell, Jr
St. Mary’s Hospital
E. S
Zane Stanfil
First Methodist Church
State Park
Delta Phi Kappa Fraternity
William Gaines
East High Street
Ruth Atkinson
Harry L. Griffin
Margaret Pigg
Cher
Missouri City
Mrs. W. J. Clarkson
Gladys Parker
Alicia Hart
Anny
J.& P. Coats Ee
Head of Clubs
Mayodan
N. C
Alonzo Atwood
Topeka
Kas
Snap
Gage Park
Harry Snyder
Muskogee
Okla
John Lucas
Faith Portz
Wabash
Fulton Farmer
Our Thouse
Israci
Central Trust
Thes
Congoleum
Hig Ske
Axminster
Matt
DR. Phil
Mayer Hardware
Hiram Walker
C. C
Fred Roth
Hotel Roosevelt
New York
London
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