Stand collapses during royal review kills and injures many
In Bucharest on June 8 a grandstand collapse at a royal review maimed and killed dozens. An official toll cited three dead but private estimates reached 24 with about 700 injured, 380 to 400 hospitalized as 3,000 spectators watched King Carol’s anniversary parade. A second stand fell earlier with no casualties as King Carol and Prince Nicholas helped with rescues.
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Sedalia Man Heads Disabled Veterans in Missouri
Sedalia man S J Timborious was elected commander of the Missouri department of the Disabled American Veterans at the close of the 14th convention in Sedalia. St. Joseph was chosen for the 1937 gathering, Frank C Nelson Webb City was elected junior vice commander, Fred J Harris Kansas City was reappointed state adjutant.
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Missouri Woman Hurt in Auto Crash Near Hannibal
A Missouri woman, Ethel Moore, 52, of University City, was injured when her car overturned on U S Highway 36 fifteen miles west of Hannibal. The wreck occurred yesterday and details of her condition were not immediately available.
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Farmer Uncovers Counterfeit Treasure on North Carolina Farm
On a Chestnut Ridge farm D Swann plowed up 310 so called gold coins, then many more. He learned in Asheville the coins are counterfeit, likely tied to a ring busted 30 years ago. A separate report notes J M owned a remarkable double eagle and a golfer’s odd reaction at Bobby Jones course. Fire disrupts Greendale church service as piano is carried out and worshippers gather outside. Hollywood director Clarence Brown sustains a broken elbow after fox hounds chase and fight on his estate.
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Accident in Omaha Ends in Vehicle Rollover
A Brent tire blew out causing a single vehicle to roll over several times. The injured driver, a woman named Brent, was being taken by ambulance to a Hannibal hospital. Witnesses at the scene described the crash.
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Nevada Woman Dies in Crash Near Stockton Missouri
Mrs. Marie Hicks thirty of Nevada Missouri was killed as she rode on the left front feeder of a car driven by her husband Grant Hicks. One other person was injured and a number of sons were hurt in a collision Sunday with a car driven by John Harrison of Tiffin on Highway 14 eight miles west of Stockton Missouri.
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De Soto Farmer Tries Suicide in St Louis Basement
Elmer Sweb, a De Soto Missouri farmer, identified himself and told police he attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor blade. He had been in St Louis for a week and was found in the basement of the old courthouse Saturday night. He is in serious condition at City Hospital.
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Acid throwing sparks taxi war in St Joseph unions clash
In St Joseph Missouri acid was hurled from a moving car into a taxi, injuring driver Blass Montemore and passenger Alfred Sellars. Three men linked to labor disputes were held on attempted arson charges as other drivers suffered minor burns in related attacks. Authorities found acid traces in a suspect’s car and warned of further attacks.
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Alfred Sellars
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Clayton Woman Heads Missouri GOP Group
Mrs. J. M. Hutchison of Clayton was elected president of the Missouri Federation of Republic Women’s Clubs during a meeting in Rolla on Saturday.
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Arsonist 15 Sought After Bronx Fires
Police search over 300 officers for a 15 year old arsonist blamed for a spree of seven fires in New York City's Bronx borough over two months. A woman died and several others, including a child and a policeman, were injured in incidents tied to ignited baby carriages in Old Law Tenement Houses.
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