Alfonso's Son Plagued by Hapsburg Curse
Paris dispatch reports Gonzalo, 19, youngest son of Alfonso of Spain, bedridden in Louvain from a bleeding foot wound caused by hemophilia. The curse purportedly drives Alfonso’s heirs to defy royal duties, with the Prince of Asturias vowing to marry a commoner in Lausanne and Infanta Maria Christina planning independence and a move to America.
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United rPess
Paris
Hapsburgs
Alfonso
Spain
Gonzalo
Louvain
Belgium
Prince of
Infanta Maria Christina
America
Redistricting Bill To Take Effect In Missouri
Missouri Republicans will not seek a referendum on the redistricting bill, passed by the 1933 legislature and signed by Governor Guy B. Park. The plan creates nine Democratic and three Republican congressional districts, with one doubtful seat, giving Democrats a large delegation. Representative O K Armstrong notes party leaders decided not to present the issue to voters in the next general election.
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Missouri
O. K. Armstrong
Greene County
Arthur Curtis
Guy B. Fark
Twenty Children Buried in Mishap at Public School
In Winona Ontario an electrical storm accompanied a chimney collapse at the Public school. About twenty children were buried under bricks and debris as the chimney crashed through the roof. Only Gerald Wilbur, six, was reported seriously injured.
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Winona
Ont
Gerald Wilbur
Explosion Damages Cleaning Plant on Lafayette Street
A gasoline explosion damaged the cleaning and pressing establishment owned by B. M. North at 620 Lafayette Street shortly after noon. The frame building and clothing were ruined, with damages estimated at $1,000. Two fire trucks responded to the alarm.
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B. B. North
Lafayette Street
North
Conspiracy Claim Emerges Over Mitchell Trial Testimony
United States Attorney George J. Medalie argued there was almost a conspiracy to sensationalize the court’s refusal to allow Mrs. Charles E. Mitchell to testify in her husband's income tax evasion trial. He questioned Mitchell about a stock sale to his wife in 1929 alleged to be a sham to dodge taxes.
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New York
United States
George J. Medalie
Charles E. Mitchell
T Medalie
Mitchell
Senate Republicans press for sales tax vote
Senate Republicans pressed for a 1 to 2 percent sales tax as a substitute for proposed corporation levies to fund the $3.3 billion public works program under the Industrial Recovery Bill. They planned amendments to strike sections authorizing presidential licensing of industries to force fair trade agreements if voluntary steps fail.
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Washington
Senate
Bell Telephone engineer deaths on office building floor
Bell Telephone Company equipment engineer Frank F. Vance, on sick leave, plunged to his death from the twelfth floor of a Kansas City office building. Authorities say a nervous breakdown weeks earlier contributed to the tragedy.
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BELL
Kansas City
Frank F. Vance
Southwestern Bellephone Company
Net of Evidence Tightens Murder Case at Stanford
In San Jose on June 1 AP reports prosecutors expanding circumstantial evidence against David Lamson for bludgeoning his wife Alma at their Stanford University home. Police chief H A Zink hinted at new details, including a quarrel the Friday before the killing. Defense attorney Ed Rea claimed Lamson offered a convincing, straightforward account of his movements and considered questioning nurse Dolores Roberts in writing rather than live. Separately, a Chicago Exposition feature describes Beacon City aiding motorists with labeled highways and information booths to reach the fair efficiently plus lodging and transport options along the Illinois Central and Dirneis Central lines.
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Cal
David 14
Lamson
Allene
Stanford University
H. A. Zink
Palo Alto
Lamson Last
Ree
Chicago
Beacon City
Omnols Central
Chicago Tribune
Fairgrounds
Dirneis Central
Lincoln Highway
Ilinois Central
Patch Differences Over Bank Measure
Washington June 7 AP Chairman Steagall said House and Senate differences on the Glass Steagall banking reform bill would be resolved satisfactorily and a bill would pass this session. He noted a Roosevelt letter with objections to the Vandenberg deposit insurance amendment. The Senate also passed the House bill allowing Oklahoma 32 percent beer pending White House approval.
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Washington
Steagall
Ala
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
White House
Talmadge Elected President of Millers Association
Chicago June 7 AP F J Talmadge of Kansas City was elected president of the Association of Operative Millers. Two new executive committee members were chosen: Jess Carter of St Joseph Missouri and W J Harding of Yukon Oklahoma.
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Chicago
F. J. Talmadge
Kansas City
Association of
Operative Millers
Weer
Jess Carter
St. Joseph
W. J. Harding
Yukon
Okla
New Veterans Regulations Expand War Veteran Pensions
A memorandum from the Veterans Administration outlines amendments to wartime and peacetime disability pensions under President Roosevelt. Key changes raise rates for certain war and Spanish American War vets, add new loss of use provisions, special rates for multiple losses, and extend pensions to dependents and specific groups while limiting reductions and clarifying burial and student-age rules. The document details twelve amendments affecting rates, eligibility, and survivors.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Roosevelt
Nicaragua
Haiti
China
Congress
Treasury Calls on Public to Lend a Sillion
Washington June 7 The treasury urged the public to subscribe about 1.5 billion dollars for a broad recovery program. Secretary Morgenthau framed the appeal especially for small investors offering 10 000 dollar or less subscriptions as partners. The plan includes 500 million five year notes at 7 percent and 400 million nine month certificates at 3 4 percent to fund public works and repay maturing debt. The notes cannot be redeemed before June 15 1938 and both issues are tax exempt except for estate taxes.
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Washington
Treasury
Wroodin
Rooscevelt Administration
Missouri College to Be Transferred to Winthrop Harbor
Rev Francis X McCabe announced that St Vincent’s College will move from Cape Girardeau Missouri to Winthrop Harbor. The college asserts status as the oldest theological seminary west of the Mississippi and has secured a 250 acre lakeside site with 4000 feet of frontage on Lake Michigan. The school is planned to open in September 1934.
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Waukigan
Francis X. McCabe
de Paulniversity
St. Vincent's College
Cape Girardeau
Winthrop Harbor
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
McCabe
Roosevelt oil bill backed by Senator Thomas action
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma said after a conference with President Roosevelt he would renew the drive to give the Secretary of Interior control over the oil industry to curb production.
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Washington
Thomas
Okla
Roosevelt
Secretary of Interior
FE Underwriters Adg'n Organizes in Jefferson City
Organization plans for the Jefferson City Life Underwriters Association were perfected by 35 representatives of insurance companies. Officers named include George E Hackmann as president Ralph Hammond as vice president E d Adams as secretary Harry S Rowland as treasurer L D Thompson Robert Young and Tom Parrish as board members. The group will meet here monthly and includes representatives of legal reserve insurance firms within 35 miles of Jefferson City.
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Jefferson City Life Underwriters Association
George E Hackmann
Ralph Hammond
E. d. Adams
Harry S. Rowland
L. D. Thompson
Robert Young
Tom Parrish
Legal Reserve
Jefferson City
Bonds Authorized by Iowa Council to Replenish Sinking Fund
The State Executive Council authorized issuing 20 million dollars in public funds bonds to replenish the sinking fund and free public money held in closed banks. The move enables release of funds tied up by bank closures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Executive Council
Kingston's Ball Bearing Roller Skates Guarantee
Kingston's ball bearing roller skates are guaranteed for one year with all the latest improvements. Advertisement from A. Brandenberger Drug Co., the Rexall Drug Store, 130 East High.
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Kingston
Brandenberger Drug Co
Rexall Drug Store
East High
Gole Omry Cows Dominate Top of Central Herd Reports
Central Missouri’s Sour Herd Improvement Association shows Cole County herdsmen lead the region. Gay of Ayrshire Dairy has three of the ten high cows, with top totals of 1466 pounds milk and 66 butterfat in a month. Allen Brothers Jersey ranks among the top five herds. Model Dairy averages 204 milk and 26 fat per cow. The association records 24 cows over 60 fat, 99 over 40 fat, and 94 over 1000 pounds of milk in the month.
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Central
Wise ‘Sour Herd Improvement Association
Missouri
Cole County
Co. M. Gay
Ayrshire
Allen Brothers Jersey
Allen
Model Dairy
Oklahoma Bandits Make Good Escape
An all night search of bogey river bottoms failed to locate the robber pair who fled with 2000 dollars from the First State Bank of Bokchito. Sheriff's officers from four counties persisted in the hunt as bloodhounds from McAlester prison aided tracking. The fugitives allegedly used mustard on their soles to hinder the dogs.
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Durant
Okla
First State Bank
Bokchito
McAlester
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