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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
2
The Society of Automotive Engineers proposes a universal license law with tests, periodic vehicle inspections, standardized traffic signs, lighting standards, and enforcement to curb repeat offenders. Missouri Pacific promotes Highway Safety Clubs with ten simple commandments for cautious driving and accident prevention.
Cole County court halved relief bills by cutting red tape and expert services. Trenton N.F. trimmed cases from 3,682 to 1,602 and monthly costs from 100000 to 30000 after state and federal winding down relief. A city manager credits eliminating sentiment and politics with savings while adopting businesslike administration and double investigations. Police chief advocates 25 citizen deputies for stress periods. Yale washing note on winking. Iowa study claims 35000 relatives found. Primary politics loom ahead with election day fate hinted.
Congress remains hesitant to cut military spending below a billion dollars annually but aims to include defense restraint in party platforms. Army and navy appropriations total about 1.098 billion with non military items excluded. The London treaty permits new construction and two battleships costing 51 million each may be started after the treaty takes effect, with plans already drawn.
Historical note traces Pasteur's work on germ origin and how airborne dust carries bacteria. It cites a recent English hospital study showing haemolytic streptococci in ward dust persisting at least 25 days, with formalin fumigation destroying the germs. Emphasizes disinfection to prevent hospital infection.
A collage of quotes from U S and international figures and newspapers touching on democracy free press propaganda and public policy including remarks from Secretary Wallace Supreme Court leaders Fiorella La Guardia and Baron von Teuber plus entertainers and journalists. The items reflect debates over government power press freedom and social reform within a historical context.
Gov Alf Landon will attend a Lawrence University of Kansas commencement in a 10 minute greeting to the graduates while friends push his presidential nomination in Cleveland. His daughter Peggy Anne and his father John Landon travel with him as police escourt meets him at the city limits. The plan to broadcast his remarks nationally was dropped though the university radio will carry the program.
President Roosevelt returns to the White House to study bills and outline a 4000 mile tour. He attends funeral services for Speaker Joseph W Burns in Nashville and will travel to Little Rock Dallas and Vincennes with planned rear platform appearances. He will speak at Arkansas 100th anniversary and Texas Independence centennial celebrations.
St Joseph Missouri June AP report states Howard Smart announced his candidacy for county judge a year ago and campaigned vigorously. He believed he would win but overslept and failed to file the official notice of his candidacy on the last day.
Cleveland June 8 AP Women take leadership roles at the Republican gathering with Alice Longworth and Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms among the active delegates. Mrs Helen Griffin guides women at Frank Knox headquarters as the Kansas native helps rally support while other delegates mingle in London headquarters.
Poplar Bluff Missouri June AP Bill Thompson an auto mechanic who invented a new automobile brake says he will remain in Poplar Bluff after receiving money from a New York patent exchange. He may take 150,000 cash or 25,000 cash plus royalties of at least 15,000 yearly for 17 years and plans to open a garage business. He expects to decide this week.
Delegates include 52 women at the convention with expectations of placing names on committees shaping party policies. Mrs Longworth declines interest in vice presidency while Mrs Simms, tied to the Hanna family legacy, plans a reunion. Peggy Ann Landon from Kansas, daughter of the governor, arrives to assist the 1934 campaign effort.
Fayette Missouri June 8 The annual Missouri Pastors School opened today and will run through Saturday Enrollment is expected to reach about 200 Dr Frank C Tuckey of St Joseph is dean Speakers will include Bishop Jom M Moore of Dallas Dr Karl Stolz of Hartford Conn and Dr Frank Hickman of Duke University Faculty includes Wesley C Davis of Southern Methodist University Mrs H R Steele of Nashville Dr J Fisher Simpson leadership training director of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and Dr C C Washbure of Nashville
Former Missouri Senator James A. Reed, a Democrat, urged Republicans to adopt three key planks: preserve the U S Constitution, maintain court independence, and avoid foreign entanglements. He said the approach could win Democratic votes but noted he is not advising the GOP and distanced himself from partisan action.
In Cleveland, numerous statesmen stood in exposed positions hoping for a bolt of lightning to break a deadlocked convention, recalling how a lightning strike once shaped Warren G. Harding's fate and the unpredictable path after several days without a decision.
Three persons were seriously injured in a three car crash on U.S. Highway 136 near Marceline Missouri Sunday. Injured were Stanley Olive and Lela Olive of Chicago and Floyd Head of Brookfield, all taken to a local hospital.
President Roosevelt plans a Southwestern tour with stops in Texas Arkansas Indiana and Kentucky to rally Democrats while White House aides say the trip is non political Hearst disputes Ickes claim he is the GOP backer predicting Landon will win the nomination and election He travels from Little Rock San Antonio Houston Dallas Fort Worth Vincennes Hodgensville and back to Washington June 15
AP dispatch from Cleveland June 8 notes a satiric soda named the GOP Sundae and quips about convention life. It recalls Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth with a traveling constitution, Kansas Rep Guyer labeled various titles in a hotel, and Sen. Jesse Metcalf’s surprise at weighing loudspeakers. Cecil B. De Mille attends as Hollywood delegate while former Vice President Dawes joins as Illinois delegate.
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