British French ships bombed in rebel raids on loyalist seaports
In Denia and Castellon de la Plana the British freighter Isadora and the French freighter Brisbane were struck in insurgent air raids on Mediterranean ports held by government forces. Five people were killed including a European nonintervention observer, with ten injured. The Brisbane's master Captain R. Guynol was among the seriously injured as fires spread and a destroyer offered aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denia
Spain
Brisbane
European Non-Intervention Committee
Jones
Bullock
Gendia
Isadora
Castellon de la Plana
Brisa
Wonor
Valencia
R. Guynol
Jefferson City Day in St Louis Endorsed by Leaders
Mayor Jesse N Owens and civic and business leaders back a Jefferson City day in St Louis next Sunday. The KWOS Kellogg special train to visit the Missouri Pacific route will carry baseball and opera fans, with seats set aside for both events. Many plan to drive, crowd expected, and participation hinges on affordable rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
St Louis
Kwos-Kellogg
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Forest Park
Jesse N. Owens
Owens
St.clints
Recall of Talks Ties Kidnapping Case to Suspect
Mrs. Wilson P. Cash, aunt of kidnapped Skeegie, recalls last week’s talk with Franklin Pierce McCall before his arrest. She said she wished to know who did it and that she would like to see the culprit burn, but she cannot recall McCall’s exact reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton, Fla
Wilson P. Cash
Skeegie
Franklin Pierce McCall
McCall
Britain seeks way to halt attacks on shipping
London reports Britain urgent to curb insurgent Spanish air attacks after bombings in Spanish waters. The Brisbane freighter was sunk at Denia and the Isadora disabled at Castellón de la Plana, prompting talk of an international aid patrol and raising questions for Mussolini. The Vatican urged continual insistence on safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Algiers
Denia
England
London
Britain
Brisbane
Isadora
Castellon de la Plana
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Francisco Franco
Vatican
Occasional Showers Tonight and Friday in Jefferson City
Occasional showers expected tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Temperatures reaching a high near 68 and a low around 38. River stages show modest rises and falls at Boonville Hermann Union and nearby points. Lake of the Ozarks level remains below normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Rive
Waverly
Boonville
Maaan
Vise
Thomas
Vay
Hermann
Lake of the Ozarks
School Board Plans Site for New Athletic Field
The school board will meet tomorrow afternoon to consider site options for an athletic field. Areas urged include the territory between Adams and Jackson and McCarty and Miller, with plans submitted. Possible locations are the Schott Property on Dunklin street, the Fischer property in Woodcrest, and City Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Jackson
McCarty
Miller
Schott
Dunklin Street
Fischer
Woodcrest
City Park
Man Sought Gas Chamber Death Prompted by Crime
Robert West, 22, paroled killer, told Clayton police he murdered Vivian Brewer 20 to die in Missouri’s new lethal gas chamber. Brewer, of Maryland Heights, was shot in a car with Kenneth Buddemeyer. gold miner James Bunton was wounded. West, paroled by Gov. Stark last October, had confessed to robbery earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Missouri
Robert West
Vivian Brewer
West
Clayton, Mo
Bland
Miss Brewer
Kenneth Buddemeyer
Brewer
Bunton
St Louis County
Lloyd C. Stark
St. Louis County
Warden questions Wests claimed work on gas chamber
Warden Sanders said Charles West, a confessed killer in Clayton, worked on the gas chamber only briefly at the start of construction and he doubts West ever worked on it. West had a clean prison record with no red ink. James Bunton, seriously wounded, is a former Jefferson City resident and Missouri Pacific foreman who moved to Colorado in 1929 and is Herman Bremmerkamp’s brother-in-law, well known in railroad circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Charles West
Clayton
West
James
Bunton
Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific Freman
Flour Mill Labor Hearing Adjourns In Missouri
A NLRB hearing into union charges of unfair labor practices at Majestic Flour Mills in Aurora Missouri was adjourned at noon today until Monday morning. Attorney Daniel J Leary said the adjournment was to study the plant shipments to determine interstate commerce status. Seven more former mill employees testified, claiming they were discharged in August 1935 for union activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
NLRB
Majestic Flour Mills
Daniel J. Leary
Leary
BE EN Uns
Grasshoppers Threaten Southwest Crops As State Guards Mobilize
Grasshoppers by the billions march across the deep southwest and Rocky Mountain region threatening farms and cattle. National guard detachments move into infested New Mexico and Texas Panhandle areas while Colorado, Oklahoma, Montana, and Wyoming mobilize resources to combat the pest. Crime: None.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springer
N. M
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
National Guard
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Oklahoma
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
McCawley Pushes Qualified Voters Movement
Former State Senator A L McCawley of Carthage promotes the Qualified Voters Movement to put a broad set of amendments on the Missouri constitution ballot. Proposals include redistricting, higher legislative pay, state home loan bank, and old age pensions with property liens, plus tax reforms and ballot initiative changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. McCawley
Carthage
Cawley
McCawley
CT. Oas
Census of Missouri park visitors underway
Ninety WPA workers and CCC enrollees began a census of Missouri parks and forest visitors to aid next season planning. Enumerators will count occupants entering 24 areas and check their origin through October. The state planning board along with the state park board and federal agencies will use the data to develop a statewide park plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
CCC
Missouri
State Planning Board
State Park Board
Youths Held for Court in Federal Case Transporting Stolen Car
Dewey Leighton Kessler John Jack Carpenter and Francis Marvin Jirinee waived preliminary hearing before Commissioner Eqna Morris in Federal Court. They were held for United States Court with likely trial in Kansas City. Witnesses from Washington D C Gove Kan Indianapolis Ind and Columbia Mo attended. The youths were arrested in Gove Kan at Columbia Mo requests and the car was said to be stolen by them from Toledo Ohio. Assistant U S District Attorney Sam C Baker attended from Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Leighton Kessler
John
Jack Carpenter
Francis Marvin Jirinee
Eqna Morris
Siglenanto
United States
Kansas City
Washington
I de C
Gove
Kan
Indianapolis
Ind
Columbia
Jin Gove
Toledo
United States District Attorney
Sam C. Baker
Missouri PWA plan eyed as governor speeds review
Governor Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri assigns an expeditor to Washington to speed a proposed 78 million dollar PWA program. He says Ed gar Eagan and an expediting committee will work out details before a follow up meeting. Stark also discusses a naval ROTC unit for the University of Missouri with Navy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Public Works Administration
Howard A. Gray
Gray
Edgar Eagan
Stark
Eagan
Navy
Naval R. O. T. C
University of Missouri
Kidnapping threat to Arkansas man
W A Stoner told officers an armed man appeared at his son's home in Tuckerman and threatened to kidnap his seven month old grandchild unless paid 11000. Mrs Stoner grabbed the infant and ran as the assailant pursued until the father in law appeared and the gunman fled. State police and Jackson county authorities investigated yesterday but found no trace of the gunman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckerman
Ark
W. A. Stoner
Fireworks Festival Endorsed By Mayor
Mayor Jesse N. Owens urged Central Missourians to spend June 30 in Jefferson City for a full day of morning afternoon and evening fireworks events. He praised Lions Club and local merchants for coordinating with rural neighbors to bridge Christmas and fall events and called for the festival to become an annual, well supported community celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse N. Owens
Jefferson City
Lions Club
Owens
One Injured as Car Rolls On Road Near Moreau Park
Jim Haley driving a returning from Busch Lake car swerved to miss a collision on a crest of hill road near Moreau Park. The vehicle rolled over. Jack Lindley was injured and five others escaped with minor injuries. Passengers included Jim Haley, Sam Haley Jr, Carl Sommers, Bill Bushman and Frank Leslie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lindley
Busch Lake
Moreau Park
Jim Haley
Lingley
Jim
Sam Haley, Jr
Carl Sommers
Bill Bushman
Frank Leslie
Reopen Debate On Pay Clause For Wage Bill
A southern bloc demands wage differentials and threatens a floor fight, forcing a joint committee to reopen talks on pay provisions of the wage hour bill. They propose a seven year path to a 40 cent minimum with sectional exemptions, while Senators Ellender and Pepper push harsher terms and early action on a 25 cent minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Ellender
D-La
Pepper
Dfla
Randolph
D-Wva
Senate
D-Fla
Columbia Man Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting
E A Trowbridge president of the Columbia Kiwanis club and agriculture professor at Missouri University was principal speaker at the Kiwanis meeting at Petits in Columbia. Out of town guests included J W Whitaker Moberly Carl Keller Moberly J M Alston Columbia Lee F Shannon Sedalia and Cliff G Scroggs Jefferson City attended as a special guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Trowbridge
Columbia Kiwanis Club
College of Agriculture
Missouri University
Kiwanis Club
Petit's
J. W. Whitaker
Moberly
Carl Keller
J. M. Alston
Columbia
Lee F. Shannon
Sedalia
Cliff G. Scroggs
Jefferson City
Initiative petitions filed on pensions and tax reform
Democratic organization begins circulating initiative petitions for fall voters. One proposal would lower eligibility for old age pensions from 70 to 65. Another, by former State Sen A J McCawley of Carthage, seeks to revise the state taxing system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Democratic Organization
A. J. Me
Cawley
Carthage
Hundreds Flee as War Drives China Refugees Masses
Massive flight spreads from Canton and Hankow as Japan presses south and west. Refugees, now totaling about 30 million, crowd coastlines and roads while government offices move to convert Nanking’s capital area into a military camp amid a 350 mile front assault.
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Shanghat
Japan
China
Canton
Chengchow
Lunghai
Peiping- Hankaw
Fapan
Hankow
Chiang al- Shek
Chicago
Chengehow
Wankow
Peiping-Hankaw
Nonan
Anhwei
Changko
Chango
Checheng Simed
Hsuchang
Shengchow
Liquor Use Shifts as Missouri Reports 1937 Figures
Missouri’s 1937 annual liquor report shows per capita beer use rising while 5 per cent beer and 3.2 beer declines. Total wine and liquor consumption fell from 1936, with tax receipts and license data detailing permits, license types, and distillery sales alongside monthly wholesaler figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
State Liquor Control Department
Liquor Department
Kidnapping Case: Franklin McCall Arrested in Florida
FBI and Miami authorities recovered the $10,000 ransom and found the five year old victim James Batsley Cash Jr dead near his home. Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, a truck driver, admits writing ransom notes and placing the third note. investigation continues for possible co-conspirators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Theody
James Batsley Cash, Jr
G-men
J. Edgar Moorer
Federal Bureau At Investigation
Franklin Pierce McCall
Justice of the Peace
S. B. Kenetick
Homestead
Cash, Senior
McCall
Cash
Shreiff D. C. Coleman
M. I. Braxton
Princeton
Braxton
George Ray Worley
Arthur Gomez
D. C. Coleman
Jed Hoover
Otto
Homstead
Coleman
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Marseille
France
Cash Case
Robert. West
Arnold William
sDoubts- West
Rockies
Union County
Edie County
Clyde Tingley
Q.V.M.M.C.T.O.A
Movement
Kansas
Columbia, Mo
Arkansas
Dixie Solons
Pendergast
M’cawley
Ing
Lad
Hoover
Franklin McCall
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