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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1935
Page
4
The piece discusses railroads adapting to competition from highways cars and buses, praising service improvements and payroll benefits. It notes governors and mayors declare Railroad Week June 10 to 15 and argues rail travel supports towns, tax revenue, and regional growth while touching on federal policy debates.
The George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping shocked the nation as federal and local police fortify anti crime efforts. Justice officials vow relentless pursuit, while the rescued boy is home safe. Attorney General McKittrick notes progress in the anti crime drive, and lawmakers retire the old beer can as a relic.
Fragmented OCR reads a satirical riff on Wisconsin dairy laws and a mock revolution over eating cheese with meals. The piece mocks tensions around dairy promotion and political rhetoric while hinting at broader sports notes and oddities.
A European dispatch notes Britain speeding up plane and engine production and planning a defense program for the House of Commons to curb foreign orders, likening the move to prewar Anglo-German naval arms race and warning of potential conflict. Chicago suburb cats must wear bells as a bird protection measure.
Reported discontent rises among 1935 Alaska colonists as tents run short weather turns rainy and swampy sites slow truck moves for household goods. The mood shift signals natural pushback after initial optimism rather than failure, while wartime debt lessons echo in a tongue in cheek note about Finland.
A British or American commentary notes Japanese warnings to China over treachery and anti-Japanese agitation. It argues Chinese reluctance to yield under Japanese pressure but frames Chinese resistance as natural. The piece invokes a French proverb about treachery and self-defense to illustrate its view of the conflict dynamics.
A collage of quotes from Ex-Senator Reed to Mayor La Guardia and H L Mencken, reflecting debates on property rights, labor, constitutions, and national progress. Notable voices include Dr Walter B Pitkin, President Stanley, Senator Capper, Maj Gen Leach, Edward Johnson, Grace Morris Poole, Meyer LaGuardia, and H L Mencken.
Missouri Public Service Commission chairman John C. Collet said Missouri areas are eager to join the rural electrification program once final details are set. He outlined a plan for state sections to apply for REA loans, with federal funds and a 20 year repayment proposal. He suggested highway adjacents form associations to handle the process.
Kansas City June 7 Ap Homer Patterson 25 leaped from the deck of the Sergeant Floyd government boat moored at the dock into the flooded Missouri river and drowned late yesterday police said he had been despondent over a recent divorce and loss of his four childrenAuthorities investigated but the body was not recovered by nightfall
New York June. Supreme Court appellate division judges said they would need 30 days to decide whether 11 year old Gloria Vanderbilt stays with her aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney or returns to her mother Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. Attorney Nathan Burkan had just finished presenting Mrs Vanderbilt's appeal. He said Gloria was influenced to testify that she feared her mother and begged for vindication to enter decent homes again.
St Louis June 7 AP report says City Excise Commissioner Thomas L Anderson urged aldermen to regulate liquor to exclude women from barrooms. He proposed that women drink in public be limited to restaurants not run or operated in a bar.
The Missouri River rose, flooding lowland beneath the dry land bridge as water flowed under the span for the first time. Despite a main channel 400 feet away, dikes were used to divert the river, with flood stage at 9 feet and expected height reaching 14 feet that day.
London report notes Ramsay MacDonald aged 68 in ill health may transfer the premiership to Stanley Baldwin this summer or swap posts, with possible shift of MacDonald to Lord President of the Council. They have belted years as uneasy allies now ruling in a national government formed after a kingly intervention.
Tokyo reports indicate Japan plans firm action in northern China to end anti-Japanese activity. Garrison forces in Tientsin and Peiping are doubled or trebled as Tokyo dispatches staff with secret instructions. Chinese leaders in Nanking seek to defuse crisis while proposing to meet Japan’s demands.
Concordia Kansas June 7 UP report on Kansas river flood survival a coyote brave timber raft with Ray Buckles key flood survivor Buckles fought the snarling animal off sending it into the current later a badger boarded the raft but Buckles and the animal drifted to safety as the flood carried them downstream
The article notes Ramsay MacDonald formed in 1931 and faced glaucoma in 1932 with a three month Canada holiday in 193? health struggles contrasting with Baldwin who led during his absence. It mentions possible reshuffles involving Sir John Simon and Anthony Eden as successor considerations in the British government.
A total of 394 miles of new roads was constructed the first five months of this year. T. H. Cutler, chief engineer of the state highway commission, reported today. Of this amount, 241 miles was graded earth, 148 miles was gravel, and 4 miles was concrete pavement. Under contract are 1,645 miles of roadway requiring an expenditure of $10,578,005.
Boston reports New England’s Millen Faber gang, led by Morton Millen, Irving Millen, and Abraham Faber, were executed by electric chair for the February 2, 1934 Needham Trust Company robbery and Patrolman Forbes McLeod killing. Morton made a will naming Norma, his bride, as heir. Irving saluted, and Rabbi Sedar offered prayers as the trio died.
Six rivermen armed with shotguns and rifles chased a 10 foot estimated river monster in a flooded corn field near Cape Girardeau Missouri. The quarry, later identified as a large alligator gar common to the Mississippi, drew ridicule as hunters fired at crows and woodpeckers.
Federal Judge Merrill Olis ordered a $77,500 judgment against Ben C Ayler and Hugh A Therson for the Scottish Union and National Insurance payment after the Rochambeau hotel fire. The jury had been to decide if Ayler swore falsely in collecting the payout or if he was feloniously connected with the blaze. If found guilty, a writ of attachment would stand. otherwise the insurer would pursue other collection avenues.
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