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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1933
Page
4
A column urges taxpayers to scrutinize government spending and tax use, arguing the power to tax can destroy livelihoods. It calls readers to educate themselves, oppose unchecked taxation, and insist on accountability, noting the ongoing mortgage and property pressures faced by farmers and homeowners.
Hugh Stephens was elected chairman of the Missouri Citizens Road Committee, succeeding Maj. Roy Britton. A longtime activist, Stephens helped defeat harmful highway legislation and secure needed Highway Department measures. The committee, a key partner to state road building, will guide public works amid national program challenges.
The national public debt rose by about 2 billion dollars in May reaching 21.441 billion, the highest since 1918. Revenue from most sources fell, with income tax receipts down nearly 201 million. Public works and relief plans may push debt above the 1919 peak.
Dr Charles Mayo of Mayo Hospital Rochester urges boys to avoid alcohol noting its harm to coordination and judgment. He cites education and law adherence as keys as debate over the 18th Amendment continues. The piece mentions 199% beer and a table of logarithms by Prof Mordecai Ezekiel.
The Independence Examiner argues that hanging the men who kidnapped Miss Mary McElroy reflects a jury’s likely decision on the death penalty. It contends life sentences are temporary, cites Kansas’ lack of capital punishment, and warns that official leniency toward crime invites more racketeering, bank raids, and kidnappings. It ends asserting execution would deter future crimes.
Missouri Pacific Railroad runs three privately operated truck lines in Kansas to speed up service. A 174 mile daily round trip with stops costs 33 dollars, far below the freight train’s 123 dollars. The trial aims to prove trucks can deliver faster, cheaper rail-connected freight and may influence industry nationwide.
A meditation on inner freedom and renewed zest for life. The author argues walls of misery are mental and that any person can reach a heightened sense of living, from clerks to elevator operators, once scales drop from the eyes.
Pittsburgh and Dallas dispatches report Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt addressing her son Elliott Roosevelt's looming divorce and noting that each generation has its own attitude standards. She declines comment on a romance claim while en route to Washington after visiting Elliott on the Pacific coast.
In Frankfort Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon and Lieutenant Governor Happy Chandler trade jests over appointing honorary colonels and other ranks. Through their efforts they have commissioned 1240 such titles to date. Laffoon quips he is behind Chandler, who notes he has had only a few days at it.
Merle Fulton of Denver and Paul Schade Salina Kan employees of Triangle Truck Service Company Kansas City reported they were held up by two highwaymen in Kansas City last night. They lost their truck and its load including 500 motor car tires 17 radios 67 cases of candy and other merchandise. They were forced into a car had their eyes taped kept prisoner in a house then driven to highway 71 near New Market where a motorist later delivered them to St Joseph Missouri.
West Point announces the 1933 graduating class members from Missouri. Names listed include Graydon C. Essman from St. Joseph, Duncan Halleck of St. Louis, Benjamin T. Harris of Decaturville, Jesse M. Hawkins Jr. of Trenton, Herman H. Kaesser of St. Louis, Laurence Kelley of Gover, Joseph H. O Malley of Kansas City, Samuel E. Otto of Kansas City, Paul R. Walthers of Cape Girardeau, Oren E. Hurlbut of Brookfield, and others.
Cordell Hull, U S secretary of state and head of the American delegation, talked privately for about forty five minutes with British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the home of Ray Atherton in London. The meeting followed Hulls remarks accusing minority groups in various countries of diverting attention from economic conference goals.
The House approved the administration's amended railroad bill, leaving only Senate action to send it to the President. The measure creates a Federal coordinator to devise ways for carriers to operate more profitably, with minor conferees' changes explained by Rayburn.
Joplin Missouri June 9 AP. D. Tripp sixty eight, formerly of Tulsa, who runs a concession at Ginger Blue, a pleasure resort in McDonald county, was freed of a murder charge in the shooting of Jack K. Miller of Chelsea Oklahoma. The preliminary hearing occurred at Pineville Missouri this morning.
Advance detachments of the Civilian Conservation Corps depart Fort Leavenworth for Plattsburg Hamilton and Richmond Missouri to establish tent camps arrange sanitation water supply and meals for arriving crews. Army officers from Fort Leavenworth assisted in camp selection as Majors and Captains oversee the assignments for Companies 722 733 and 744 at Plattsburg Hamilton and Richmond respectively. Well cured ham is usually best when it is one year old. Lou Carmath 32 of Claremore shot Miller following a short changing charge during a poker game at the resort.
Janet Curtis, a social secretary, navigates romance and career as she abandons a safe path for a live romance with Rolf while facing altered loyalties at home. Her new status and purchases spark envy and ambition, leading to a dramatic confrontation hinted at by a late night argument and a letter from Betty.
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