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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
3
A health tip advocates natural laxative foods for bowel regularity. It urges breakfast with Kellogg's All-Bran and plenty of water, claiming the cereal provides bulk and vitamins B and E, with Battle Creek produced product sold by grocers.
Japanese planes dropped explosives near Canton and nearby railway stations for the thirteenth day. Stations Yingtak Sheklung Shiukwan on multiple lines were hit. no hazardous devices on the city. Locomotives and coaches were damaged on one line as Chinese troops and volunteers tried to deter future raids.
A 12 foot python named Horace escaped from a chiropodist's home in London causing fear and locked windows as Scotland Yard and police hunted the reptile. The search ended when a maid found Horace asleep behind a wardrobe in the chiropodist's residence.
In Guinobatan locals knelt in streets as Mayon volcano rained stone and ash. Legaspi postmaster said the fiery mountain expelled incandescent rock more intensely than during the past week. Ash showers reached villages and plantations, threatening hemp and coconut crops across four southeastern Luzon provinces. Refugees received promised relief amid fears of food shortages.
Portland set for the annual rose festival as 4,250 hotel workers walk out citywide. Elevator operators switchboard clerks bellhops chambermaids and porters joined the strike to press for union recognition. About 750 of the hotels' 2,000 employees remained at work.
Sheriff S J Mc Cathim said a large Arkansas and Louisiana posse failed to locate the outlaw band blamed for two bank robberies along the Arkansas Louisiana border near Magnolia. The group, led by Charles Chapman and Floyd Hamilton, included a third man and possibly a woman. The gang was suspected in the Minden Bank and Trust Company holdup for 25000 and the Bank of Bradley heist for 685 dollars.
Kansas City June AP reports a fourth federal grand jury will be impaneled June 20 to investigate irregularities in the 1936 general election. United States Attorney Maurice M. Militigan said the first three grand juries indicted 257 persons with no acquittals among those tried.
New York AP report says Lillian Hlavati, 20, pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter for stabbing her father John Hlavati last Christmas after he allegedly came home drunk and attacked her mother Anna. Judge Patterson set June 23 for sentencing. maximum term 15 years.
A coroner notes that the deceased’s vital organs showed no trace of alcohol. The report follows routine toxicology tests and will influence the ongoing autopsy findings. No cause of death is yet released pending further examination.
Evansville Indiana June 9 A P says Ollie Kissler aided in the rescue of four people after their motorboat capsized in the Ohio River He dragged the river until he recovered the boat motor and saved property and lives
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