Henry Ford Has Too Many Suits And Prefers Wood Chops
United Press survey catalogs idiosyncrasies of famous Americans. Henry Ford, nearing 69, owns about 200 suits mostly light and loose fitting. He enjoys morning wood chopping and fast walking. Other figures like Ziegfeld, Alfred E. Smith, Barrymore, Seabury, Berlin, Cantor, and ONeill are noted for quirks and habits.
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H. Allen Smit
United Press
New York
Henry Ford
Ploreng Ziesfeld
Clarence Darrow
Alfred E. Smith
Ford
Ziegfeld
al Smith
John Barrymore
London
Winkie
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter
Irving Berlin
Tess
Eddie Cantor
Mayor Walker
Eugene O'Neil
John H. Garer
Texas
Mystery man tied to slayings interests Oklahoma case
In Oklahoma City a man linked to the Bleckwell sisters case remained jailed with a potential early release. Sheriff Stanley Rogers warned he would free Coleman unless Shawnee officers claim him on an old assault charge. Shawnee officers were unsure if they would fetch him. The defisée named Coleman in the Earl Quinn trial, but state officials advised against pursuing the man.
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Oklahoma City
Jessie Grit
Zexia
Bleckwell
Kim Coleman
Stanley Rogers
Coleman
Shawnee
Dnan
Colehame
Earl Quinn
Dudley
Potter
Kay County
Tomato acreage in Ozarks cut short
In Springfield Missouri on June g 196? AP reports Ozarks growers will plant about 38 000 acres of tomatoes this year about 10 000 fewer than last year W A Cain secretary and traffic manager Fayetteville Ark says 75 percent already set out remaining unset due to plant shortages and bad weather Conditions similar to last year but twice as many figures sold this year and farmers will receive 8 dollars per ton for tomatoes as decided at the January canners meeting
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Springfield
Oearks
Ozarks Gariners Association
W. A. Cain
Fayetteville
Ark
New York Central Seeks 15.6 Million Loan Approval
The New York Central Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 15.6 million loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to cover fixed charges and taxes due July 1 and August 1. Earlier, March approvals provided 4.4 million, with 1.5 million drawn from the finance corporation. In Missouri, Mrs. B C Person, 46, died after a long illness, wife of Dr Richard G Person, with three sons surviving.
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Washington
Tos
New York Central Railroad Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Coperation
New York Central
The
Finance Corporation
Islington apartments fire ruled incendiary in Cleveland
Cleveland June 9 AP The Islington apartments fire was of incendiary origin, said Chief State Fire Marshal Val Hafner after a 24 hour probe of the ruins. Eleven bodies have been recovered, with at least three more believed buried. No arrests yet, as authorities await more evidence while debris hampers work.
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Cleveland
Islington
Val Hafner
Hafner
Pretty Boy Floyd suspected in Oklahoma abduction near Muskogee
Three machine gunners believed to be Pretty Boy Floyd abducted a man near Warner Oklahoma, commandeered his car, and fled toward Fort Smith Arkansas. Police and deputies staged bank and bridge guards as Floyd and two accomplices eluded capture, with the abducted man released.
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Muskogee
Okla
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Stonewall
Fort Smith
Ark
Garrison Avenue
Oklahoma
Farmer Living Near Keytesville 16 Held For Club Murder
Charles Rogers, a tenant farmer near Keytesville Missouri, is jailed as Coroner Hawkins holds an inquest into the death of Charles Robbins, clubbed to death on Rogers’ farm. Deputy Bert Worsham says Rogers admitted killing Robbins after a prior finger-shot incident. Robbins gave no account. The inquest, on Rogers’ farm 12 miles from Keytesville, followed neighbors reports of shots and a clash.
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Keytesville
Charles Rogers
Hawkins
Charles Robbins
Rogers
Sherif Bert Worsham
Robbins
Worsham
Luther Jackson
Conservatives in Wisconsin Hope to End La Follette Dynasty
Madison June 5 AP Jubilant at harmony in the state conservative Republican convention party leaders say the endorsed candidates will win to end the La Follette dynasty. Former Gov Walter J Kohler was drafted to oppose Gov Philip F La Follette in the primary. Chapple Ashland editor runs against John J Blaine.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Philip F. la Follette
Johnb. Chapple
Ashland
John J. Blaine
Kohler
Chapple
Signature Links Means to Fox in Lindbergh Kidnap Case
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McKean identified her signature on a memorandum authorizing $100,000 in ransom to be paid to a man called the Fox. The testimony occurred during the trial of Gaston B. Means, accused of stealing ransom money from Mrs. McLean, wife of William Randolph Hearst publisher Philip? No, the Washington Post publisher. The defense portrays the McLean transactions as business, while prosecutors emphasize the ransom return sequence and alleged felonious acts.
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Washington
Edward B. McLean
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Gaston Ts. Means
Lindbergh
the Fox
Means
McLean
Washington Post
Cal
M. Robert Guggenheim
Charles A. Lindbergh
T. Morris
Wampler
Gaston B. Means
Williams
Evalyn Walsh McKean
Mrs. McLean
U. S
Lea A. Rover
James 2. Proctor
Rovers
Beavers Rebuild Dam Before Defendant Goes to Trial
In Stone Hill Missouri beaver colonies at Indian Trail State Park rebuilt their dam and lodges after a man Granville Hazel of Salem was arrested for destroying their homes. The beavers restored the structure in two days, repairing leaks and maintaining the dam near the town. The case against Hazel is expected to be a first of its kind in Missouri.
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Stone Hill
Indian Trail State Park
Granville Hazel
Salem
Hazel
Missouri
State Game and Fish Department
Indian Trail Park
Bishop Frank Smith to Preach Sunday in Missouri City
Bishop A. Frank Smith, head of the Missouri Conferences of the Methodist Church, will preach at the Methodist Church next Sunday morning. Elected at Dallas, he is the church's youngest bishop and formerly led the First Methodist Church in Houston for nine years. This is his first visit to the city. He will meet presiding elders and attend boards meetings in Jefferson City on Monday.
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A. Frank Smith
Missouri
Methodist Church
Bishop Smith
Dallas
Texas
First Methodist Church
Houston
South
Jefferson City
Appointment of Cantley contested in St. Louis bank case
A federal suit for receivership over the St. Louis Joint Stock Land Bank was filed by E. E. Partridge of Kansas holder of $4 000 in bonds. He argues that the Federal Farm Loan Board which recently named S. L. Cantley state finance commissioner lacked authority to determine bondholders rights.
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ST. Louis
Talk of monarchy dismissed as foolish twaddle in Berlin
Berlin June 9 AP Wilhelm Von Gayl minister of the interior called talk of restoring the German monarchy foolish and harmful twaddle while presenting the new cabinet's program to the Reichstag today.
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Berlin
Reichstrat Today
Wilhelm von Gayl
Interior
Waste in Office Charged to the Sec of State
Senator Irwin accuses Secretary of State Becker of wasteful spending and favoritism in Missouri. He cites inflated appropriations, car purchases from a road fund, and high traveling costs while arguing Becker would abolish boards and bureaus to cut taxes. He questions loyalty to the Republican party and alignment with Governor Hyde.
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Hyde
General Assembly
bin Coe
Tnius
Board of Permanent Seat of Government
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Medical Board
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Board of Pharmacy
Eleemosynary Institution
Highway Commission
Public Services Commission
Irwin
Alex Slater
Caux
C. M. Hughes
Adair
G. O. Nations
St. Louis
Harry Woodrun
Putnam County
Missouri
John Bulor
Buford
Urwin
John Richardson
Motor Vehicle Fund
Erwin
Sime
G. Steininger
Steininger Insurance Company
Walter Steininger
Secretary of State
Plane fires on at Leavenworth prison flights
Leavenworth Kas June 9 AP an unidentified airplane with yellow wings flew low over the Leavenworth federal penitentiary and was fired upon by two guards on orders from Warden Fred Zerbst to shoot at planes flying low over the prison. No injuries reported and the pilot has not returned.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Fred Gerbst
Zerbst
Department of Commerce
Kansas City
McAdoo Seeks Nationwide Prohibition Referendum
Former Treasury Secretary McAdoo proposes a national advisory referendum to gauge public sentiment on Prohibition. He says the nonbinding vote would not affect the Eighteenth Amendment but could guide Congress on repealing or amending the law. He calls for an act of Congress to authorize the vote.
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Los Angeles
Wiliam G. Meadan
California
John N. Garner
House of Representatives
McAdoo
Congress
Delegates Begin Contests for Seats at National Convention
Chairman Fess of the Republican National Committee said hearings on delegate contests for seats at the national convention would likely start tomorrow. The hearings were set for today but vacancies on committees may be filled first. Fess spoke as he convened the convention arrangements committee behind closed doors to review plans. He avoided discussing the re submission plank, deferring to the resolutions committee.
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Chicago
Fess
Republican National Committee
Tomor Vior
Congress Hotel
Ohio
Brown
Hoover
Resolutions Committee
Prowler Shot by Kansas City Man
In Kansas City Missouri a prowler was shot by a resident after being awakened in the bedroom. The wounded man, who gave the name Howard Troth aged 20, was taken to a hospital for treatment of wounds in both legs. He had recently come from Des Moines.
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Kansas City
Howard Troth
Des Moines
Coolidge Prohibition Condemnation Predicted in Cosmopolitan
In a June House exchange Representative Celler predicted former President Calvin Coolidge would condemn prohibition in the Cosmopolitan magazine July issue, a claim quickly denied by the magazine. Celler then said he meant the issue that goes to press in July, not the July issue. The debate spanned remarks on prohibition, states’ votes, and reactions from other lawmakers as tensions over enforcement and press influence surfaced.
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Washington
Celler
Calvin Coolidge
Cosmopolitan
Today
New York Democrat
Cosmopolitan Magazine
N. YO
Cellar
Blanton
Texas
White House
Geller
Branton
Florida
Ruth Bryan Owen
North Carolina
Yates
Sahara
John D. Rockefeller
Millard
D. N.Y
Rockefeller
Congress
Taxi driver returns after honeymooner tour tale
Springfield Missouri report says Carl Menn, a taxi driver missing since Sunday, was found after driving a honeymooning couple identified as Craig from San Antonio on a wedding and business trip. The couple continued their journey to Van Buren and Memphis while Menn reunited with his family. Now the two are touring Lake of the Ozarks country with Menn’s partner.
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Springfield
Carl Menn
Craig
Menn
San Antonio
I'Tex
van Burent
Memphis
Lake of the Ozarks
Roosevelt Plans to Read 600,000 Words of Walker Testimony
Governor Roosevelt will begin reading Seabury's long testimony tonight as he weighs Walker's finances and Sherwood's role. Seabury asserts Walker income exceeds salary, with nearly $1,000,000 handled by Sherwood as fiscal agent. A removal decision is not expected for weeks.
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Seabury
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Russell T. Sherwood
Hofstadter Committee
Walker
Sherwood
New York
Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life in Kansas Home
Atchison Kansas June 9 AP My and Mrs G G Pickett of Effingham Kansas recently moved from Des Moines Iowa were found dead in their home in what officers termed murder and suicide. Mrs Pickett beaten about the head and throat slashed she lay on a bed. Mr Pickett died from a shotgun blast to his throat. Neighbors discovered the bodies last night and a letter from Pickett cited domestic trouble and illness as motive. Both about 55 years old.
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Atchison, Kas
G. G. Pickett
Effingham
Kas
Des Moines
Hurley Missouri Flood Sweeps Homes and Stores Away
Flood waters from Spring Creek struck Hurley Missouri destroying homes and business buildings. Half of Spring Creek Mill and Howard Inmon's Grocery were torn away. Mrs Bessie Burton's home moved off foundations, damage to Missouri Pacific railway tracks and a marooned motor car, with 48 hours for repairs expected. Numerous families evacuated to higher ground.
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Springfield
Spring Creek
Aitte
Hurley
Here
J. H. Whinnery
Bessie Burton
Howard Inmon
Inmon
Missouri Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific
Crane
D. E. Thomas
M. F. Parsons
Wheat Production Drops Sharply in June Estimates
The Agriculture Department reports June 1 indicate winter wheat at 41,000,000 bushels, rye at 38,700,000, peaches at 38,900,000, pears at 21,500,000, with various crop conditions: winter wheat 64.7 percent normal, other crops ranging from 51.7 to 84.7 in conditions. last year’s totals and prior month figures are cited for comparison.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Durham
Springfield Opposes New Federal Post Office Plan
Springfield residents unite to oppose the Garner relief bill proposing a 600000 dollar federal post office. Postmaster George W. Hendrickson and Mails Superintendent Pat Magee call the building unnecessary, saying the existing office suffices for years. Local leaders from politics and business urge spending on soldier bonuses or other needs.
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Springfield
George W. Hendrickson
Pat Magee
Garner
Charles Newman
John Tk. Woodruff
Federal Hospital
5. F. Freeman
Chamber of Commerce
R T. Peak
American Legion
L. E. Meador
Economic Department of
Drury College
Baseball player Franklin Fort found dead in St. Joseph incident
Franklin Fort, 33, a well known semi pro baseball player, was found dead with his head crushed in North St. Joseph. Police say he was struck by a motor car or truck while on his way home after a party. A companion was found nearby asleep. Investigation continues.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Franklin Fort
North St. Joseph
Fort
Kellogg’s Wax Tite packaging seals flakes fresh
Kellogg’s uses a wax Tite bag inside the red green wrap to preserve every flake from toasting to sealing. The feature is patented by Kellogg.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg
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