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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
2
Editorial urges a transparent bond proposal for rehabilitation of school facilities. It argues the board must specify costs and locations, avoid secret deliberations, and inform the public through press coverage to win voter support for a future school bond.
Washington Daybook outlines Wallace of agriculture promoting a Joseph Flan crop insurance tied to crop control and soil conservation. The plan, drafted with farm bureau input, faces farmer skepticism over parity payments, commodity loans, penalty taxes, and quotas. Debate centers on whether farmers will bear crop control costs.
A series of short AP items from Sharon Pennsylvania Anderson South Carolina Kansas City Denver and police chief quotes. A car is reported stolen then found by the owner’s wife loading bundles. a 25 year police veteran carries a gun but has never used it. a golfer hits out of a lake and holes out in par. a girl seeks help to recover a pistol after a failed hold up and turns to police for aid.
Alpine Utah June 7 UP wreckage of Western Air Express plane from December 14 still half buried under unmelted snow on a mountain peak. Guards fired on attempted souvenir seekers and could seal area with soldiers. Bodies of seven aboard scattered among wreckage as investigators prepare to inspect.
German naval revival unfolds through diplomacy and covert tech. From breech of postwar limits to pocket battleships Deutschland Scheer and Graf Spee, Germany evades Versailles caps with welded construction and clever design. The 1935 Anglo German pact allows a 5 percent parity framework while Britain watches a rising seapower.
Cleveland police faced the ninth torso murder mystery in two years with a severed, lime‑eaten skeleton found under a bridge abutment near downtown. Coroner Gerber dated the remains uncertainly as a man, noting bone fragments show surgical dismemberment like earlier victims in Kingsbury Run. A gold bridge tooth clue and a yellowed theater review clipping from 1995 were found inside the burlap sack with the body.
An Association of American Railroads bulletin cites rising grade crossing fatalities and notes that in 79 percent of last year's accidents the train was under 40 miles per hour. The data imply most crashes stem from motorists' carelessness rather than sudden, unavoidable events.
The article portrays President Roosevelt angrily attacking the Supreme Court for delaying on urgent questions during the summer recess. It notes his worldliness with Hyde Park trips and Navy adventures, framing his critique as inconsistent and in bad taste. The piece emphasizes his fury and pattern of clashing with the court.
Hot weather brings drownings at beaches and swimming holes. The article urges readers to know their limits, avoid swimming while tired overheated or full, and practice safety first to prevent tragedies. It notes the administration may be softening on a court attitude and hints at unsettled political matters.
A health column explains impetigo, its causes and spread, noting the role of streptococci and common sites on the face neck and scalp. It emphasizes hygiene, careful shaving, and avoiding self infection, with treatment using soap water ammoniated mercury salve or adhesive tape when lesions are few.
A New York Sun note reports Ambassador Dodd suffering nerves amid party unrest. He contemplates rest in North Carolina hills and cautions about a potential American revolution financed by unknown wealth. He warns of anti-Democratic press and compares dictatorships to Moscow Berlin and Rome.
Randolph county grand jury in Moberly Missouri charged that ten school directors violated anti nepotism provisions of the state constitution and urged ouster if they do not resign. Named were I. Sherwood. Mrs Ruby Thornbury. Forest Martin. R L Kinksbury. Dr F L McCormick. Bryan Naylor. G Moore. Elmer Elliott. Roy Adams. Arthur Haak. Investigators say they will act to implement the verdict.
In Columbia on June 1, Rev. George Mauze of St Joseph First Presbyterian told University of Missouri grads at a baccalaureate sermon their task is to chart new courses against fraud, law evasion, injustice, ignorance, disease, waste and war. Mauze, 30, was named pastor to succeed his father, Dr J Layton Mauze, who died April 23.
ST LOUIS June 7 AP Henry Solomon president of Solomon Manufacturing and his son Harold secretary were free on 1500 bond pending action on charges by deputy state labor commissioner Mrs Lottie C Walsh. She and inspector James O’Brien alleged nine women employees were living at the plant and warrants were filed under a Missouri law prohibiting factory work in a building where employees sleep.
Sam Sparrow, 66, longtime Democratic leader and former chair of the Jackson County election board, died in Kansas City after a four year illness. Born in Daviess County, he began law practice in Clarksville, Missouri, and was a partner to State Senator David A. Ball in Louisville before moving to Kansas City. Survived by his widow.
Miss Cecile Calling of Chelsea Massachusetts visited Capitol Hill to push a national Bachelor Maiden Day praising unmarried adults for their service and sacrifices. She urged June 27 as the observance with flowers cards and tokens and called for a bill to make the day official.
The wedding of Boyce McKnelly of Gary Indiana and Pearl Venable of Flora Illinois was postponed after the death of the intended best man Charles Grinstaff of Louisville Kentucky from a skull fracture. McKnelly and Grinstaff were injured in a crash on the way to the Flora ceremony. the wedding planned for Flora was to be held at a hospital before Grinstaff’s death.
Rain delayed the debut of a new moisture conserving farm implement called the basil ister, planned for drought areas. The Bismarck event was postponed due to wet weather, with officials citing unsuitable field conditions and safety concerns for demonstrations.
A radio schedule lists programs for Tuesday June 8 including music segments from 6:30 to 7:00 and headlines such as Hills and Harmony. Shows feature orchestras, sermons in German, markets, news at noon and in the evening, plus the Washington Senators vs Browns recap and a country church program.
Jean Knott, 54, longtime artist and former King Features staffer who created the Penny Ante cartoons, died Saturday after a brief illness in St Louis. The Senate and House addressed routine business while committee hearings covered wage and hour bills flood control and California-Oregon land grants. Public notices included routine legislative actions and committee hearings continued.
Denver will host the 73rd national Elks convention opening July 11 with more than 40 000 members and families from 1600 lodges expected for a week of parades contests and gatherings including a $2 000 perpetual trophy golf event and a shrine pilgrimage to Cheyenne Mountain Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun site set for July 16 in Colorado Springs.
New York June 7 The National Inventors Congress opened its 21st annual convention and displayed several new devices including a tearless onion slicer an automatic resetting mousetrap a trainmaking apparatus and an automatic fish catcher highlighting innovative progress and practical problem solving.
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