Al Smith guest of honor at Vatican College dinner
Charles Hoester recounts Al Smith's May 28 visit to the North American College in Rome. Monsignor Sheen, Bishop Walsh, and Father McCormick attended as about fifteen guests. Smith spoke informally about meeting the Pope, joked about 1928 accusa tions, and recalled his Rome audience. Msgr. Sheen followed with a forty minute improvised talk.
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Gregorian University
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Smith visits North American College and Rome Mass
The narrative recounts Al Smith's arrival at the North American College in Rome, with Monsignor Sheen and Bishop Walsh in attendance. It covers a humorous Cohen story, a Corpus Christi sermon by Msgr. Sheen, and Smith's interactions with students and church figures during the visit, including a Mass at St. Susanna's.
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St. Loi
Jefferson City
TELEPHONE TYPES OF LEGISLATURE IN NEBRASKA UNICAMERAL REVIEW
A Tribune analysis compares Nebraska unicameral to Missouri bicameral in cost, bills, and sessions. It notes 870 bills this year vs 1042 in 1935, 220 laws enacted, a $54 million two year budget, and 98 days of work. Debate centers on non party nomination and calls for higher pay and longer sessions with fewer sessions otherwise.
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Tribune
Post
Associated Press
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Jefferson
Missouri
Nebraska
U. S
Enforced Parking Ban Resumes In Hog Alley
Police revive the no parking law in Hog Alley after months of inattention. Warnings and tags issued as the program runs a video enforcement trial for weeks before shifting attention to other laws. Residents note enforcement limits amid council traffic demands and urban upkeep concerns.
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Commercial Avenue
Isolationist act and the Deutschland incident
Washington Daybook discusses the neutrality act mislabeling it as isolationist and analyzes Secretary Hulls stance amid the Spanish and German clashes. It questions applying pressure to Germany while Spain remains at war, noting Borahs push to brand belligerents and Hulls reluctance to act harshly.
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Deutschland
United States
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Hull
Germany
Spain
Ruling Out Cancer Causes and Curious Theories
Dr Lago Galdston explains how many items have been blamed for cancer from aluminum utensils to milk and even road surfaces. He warns that early correlations are often false and cites examples like soft asphalt linked to infant mortality. The piece concludes that cancer’s cause remains unknown and not due to common foods.
Nagel Publishes A Boy s Civil War Story
The Hannibal Courier-Post notes Charles Nagel, famed St. Louis lawyer, has released a new book titled A Boy s Civil War Story. It recounts his youth including 15 years in America from 1849 through the Civil War, and reflects his vigor in law, public life, and writing. The piece highlights Nagel and his German immigrant parents, who moved from Texas to St. Louis to escape conscription, shaping a tale many Missourians may welcome as a window into pivotal postwar years.
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Texas
Hannibal
CASH ONLY FEUD OVER CREDIT AND BEEF IN TRAILER LOCALE
A Kansas Republican letter argues cash basis for groceries and warns creditors will be forced to collect in cash. The remark suggests trailer living shifts commerce to cash and prompts critique of theater’s audience as the theater’s worst enemy.
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Cherryvale
Kans
Three Fiend Slayers to Chair in Indiana
Williams Kuhlman Frank Gore Williams and Joseph Poholsky were electrocuted in the Indiana state prison for the mutilation murder of Harry R. Miller a retired Cincinnati fire captain. A fourth man Heber L Gimmy Hicks is under sentence but has appealed. Miller disappeared June 11 last year from his New Trenton summer home. A body with head and hands missing was found in a culvert near Eminence Kentucky ten days later. His head and hands were later found embedded in concrete in a lake near Carrolton Kentucky. State attorneys say Miller was killed for his money.
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Joseph Poholsky
Indiana
Harry R. Miller
Cincinnati
Heber L. Gimmy Hicks
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Eminence
Carrolton
Trapped Electricians Saved at Kansas City
A 3,000 pound conduit cable fell into a manhole box at the new city hall trapping four electricians. Over two hours of frantic work freed them with James Murray, 53, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg. The others escaped serious injury.
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New City Hall
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Betsy Ross Myth as Congressman Origin Taint
AP Feature surveys flag legend around Betsy Ross who allegedly helped craft the first American flag. Historians note lack of congressional records and doubt direct ties to Washington. Some cite Francis Hopkinson as likely designer, yet the original flag remains unproven and the Betsy Ross tale endures.
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United States Flag Association
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George H. Grebie
Byron McCandless
Francis Hopkinson
New Jersey
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Marine Committee
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Board of
Admiraltty
United States
Madison Girl Dies in Bus Truck Crash Victim
Mary Heser Cunningham, 22, of Madison Missouri, died last night as the fourth fatality from Tuesday's truck and bus collision in Burlington Iowa. Coroner Chris Adank said an inquest likely won’t be held until Friday due to conditions of remaining injured passengers.
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Mary Heser Cunningham
Madison
Chris Adank
Veteran Missouri River pilot Louis Rosche dies at 89
St Louis dispatch reports Capt Louis Rosche a veteran Missouri River pilot who once served with Mark Twain under Capt Horace Bixby died yesterday at 89 Funeral services are set for tomorrow and his wife had died exactly twenty years earlier Rosche began on the Mississippi in 1859 and later commanded boats carrying pioneers up the Missouri river.
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Louis Rosche
Mark Twain
Horace Bixby
Missouri River
Loyalist Strong Man Promises To Save Bilbao
United Press reports Inda lecio Prieto, loyalist defense minister, pledges to build a 500000 strong, fully trained army to save Bilbao and threaten Madrid, with plans to expand naval units and mobilize specialists, amid a reorganized cabinet and talks with Gen. Miaja and Poza on the Aragon front.
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Louis Walter
United Press
Perpignan
Indalecio Prieto
Bilbao
Prieto
Prieta
Guadalajara
Spain
Madrid
Sebastian Poza
Aragon Front
Former Judge McAnally Dies After Hotel Plunge
John A. McAnally a Kennett Missouri former judge of the twenty second judicial circuit died in St Louis after tumbling from a ninth floor hotel window. He was found on a third floor roof by hotel staff who noted he had checked in shortly after midnight carrying $130 for safekeeping. Approximately sixty years old he had been active in Republican politics and was appointed to the bench in 1931 by Gov Henry S Caulfield succeeding the late Judge Walker. He is survived by his widow and three sons.
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John A. McAnally
Kennett
Downtow
Marquette
Charles Wynn
McAnally
Jong
Henry S. Caulfield
Ss. Walker
What Congress Is Doing By the Associated Press Today
Senate considers accepting house amendments to tax inquiry resolution while joint labor committee holds wage hour hearings and appropriations subcommittee studies relief bill. House weighs immigration rules as agriculture committee continues farm grant talks and flood control officials meet. Post office panel starts foreign mail legislation hearings. rivers and harbors debates Bonneville dam bill. Yesterday the House passed minor bills and the Senate was in recess.
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