State owned car overturns killing two near Fulton
Fulton Missouri June 12 Special Haris 19 nephew of Lieutenant Governor Frank G Harris of Columbia drove a state owned car that overturned on Highway 54 killing one woman and injuring another. Louise Yancey Leatheman 27 former deputy recorder of Callaway County died. Martha Lutz recovering from serious injuries had taught at New Bloomfield. Harris and Jean Corey were mildly hurt Nancy Maughs uninjured. The party had been on a pleasure trip to Kingdom five miles north of Fulton. J H Harris family previously lived in Kansas City and Jefferson City.
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Fulton
Haris
Frank G. Harris
Columbia
Highway 54
Here
Louise Yancey Leatheman
Callaway County
Harris
J. H.harris
Martha Lutz
New Bloomfield
Jean Corey
Nancy Maughs
Kingdom
J. H. Harris
Roy
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Pair Draw Fines In Court For Fighting
Ben Weber and A T Smith were fined in police court after a Madison Street fight. Weber, the alleged aggressor, paid 2 dollars while Smith was fined 1 dollar. Both men appeared to have sought confrontation after threats with a knife and gun were reported. They were arrested and released on bonds.
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Ben Weber
A.T. Smith
Madison Street
Weber
Smith
Weber 38
Leslie
Brookfield Shoe Factory Gives 5 Percent Wage Increase
OORFIELD Mo June 12 Edward Johnson superintendent of the Brown Shoe Company here notified 425 employees that pay was raised 5 percent effective this morning. The plant operates at maximum capacity and the raise ranges from 2 to 10 dollars a month, with greater gains for piece work wages, totaling several hundred dollars weekly.
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Oorfield
Edward Johnson
Brown Shoe Company
Mother Kills Two Children and Self in Florida
In Miami on June 12 a mother, Kathryn Lund, was charged with fatally harming her two daughters Ruth, aged two, and June, twelve, with a hatchet before taking poison. A house note hinted at easing burden for the husband and included a final plea for forgiveness and safety for the children.
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Miami
Fla
Ruth Lund
June Lund
Kathryn Lund
Waa
Weather forecast: showers, cooler in parts tonight
Missouri forecast shows unsettled north with thunder showers in the south, cooler in east and south. Tuesday looks generally fair and cooler in extreme southeast. Northwest should be somewhat warmer. North generally fair with possible southern thunder showers and cooler tonight and Tuesday. Kansas City Waverly Boonville readings noted with stray data and a dated typo.
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Missouri
Waols
Kansas City
Babson Warns Against Big Graft Scandal in U S
Boston June 12 AP Roger W Babson statistician warned that public works and farm relief may open the way for the biggest graft scandal in U S history and a reaction too ugly to contemplate He urged caution as Roosevelt seeks inflationary measures and noted the risk of political machine influence in large public expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Roger W. Babson
United States
National Association of Purchasing Agents
Babson
Roosevelt
Week End Raids Fail to Find Evidence of Bruner Men
Police conducted weekend raids on six alleged homebrew joints led by Bruner but found no alcohol. John Brye was arrested Sunday on Lafayette Street in a Negro's house, charged with vagrancy and sentenced to a year in jail with a stay requiring immediate departure from town.
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John Brye
Lafayette Street
Penitentiary Swine Odious to City Residents
Complaints about offensive odor from penitentiary hog pens in the northeast city area near Chestnut Street and E Capitol Avenue. Hot weather drives stench from the prison rock quarry to neighboring homes, prompting residents to seek city council action to remedy the nuisance per local ordinance.
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Chestnut Street
E. Capitol Avenue
Prison Rock Quarry
Ghostnurt Street
Hanes urges civic bodies to consider federal aid
Clarence Hanes, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, urged Rotary Club members to use federal public works money. He said Congress appropriated one billion dollars for state projects with the federal government paying 30 percent of costs as a grant. He urged Jefferson City civic bodies to plan improvements such as Central Park completion, river front work, and city highways while noting eventual repayment by the public. Mrs Earl Grub sang soprano solos for the club.
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Clarence Hanes
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Congress
Missouri
Hanes
Jefferson City
Central Park
Jesser
Earl Grub
Rotarians
Mrs Cruzen Named Missouri Employment Supervisor
Governor Park appointed Mrs. Mary Edna Cruzen State Labor Commissioner to supervise employment for Missouri under the Walter-Peyser act. She recently met with Frances Perkins in Washington on labor problems and will oversee employment in various industries.
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Governor Park
Mary Edna Cruzen
Missouri
Walter-Peyser
United States Employment Service
Two Marriage Licenses Issued by Recorder LePage
Marriage licenses issued today by Recorder Henry LePage went to William K. Sheffer of La Tour Missouri and Bernice F. Picke of Chil Angee Missouri. They were wed by Rev Guthrie S. Birkhead pastor of the E Capitol Avenue Christian Church. Jesse George Harkeep and Myrtle Blake both of Stanton Me were married here today.
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Henry LePage
William K. Sheffer
la Tour
Bernice F. Picke
Chil- Angee
Guthrie S. Birkhead
E. Capitol Avenue Christian Church
Jesse George Harkeep
Myrtle Blake
Stanton, Me
Navy veteran August Fischer returns to Jefferson City
August Fischer. third class electrician mate, after completing a four year Navy enlistment, returns to his uncle BH Eggert at 801 Washington Street in Jefferson City over the weekend. Fischer is undecided about re enlistment.
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August Fischer
BH. W. Eggert
Washington Street
Navy
Jefferson City
Fischer
Car aldolet Brewing Company Incorporation Filed
Incorporation papers for the Car aldolet Brewing Company of St Louis were filed today with Secretary of State Dwight H Brown. The firm will begin business with 26000 dollars in capital stock. Incorporators are William J Compton Fred M Hoelzer of St Louis and Nick Ems of Kimmswick.
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Caraldolet Brewing Company
St. Louis
Dwight H Brown
William J. Compton
Fred M. Hoelzer
Nick Ems
Kimmswick
Catholic Hospital Association Opens Eighth Convention
In St. Louis the eighteenth annual convention of the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada opened with a solemn high mass celebrated by Archbishop John J. Glennon. Several hundred delegates arrived for the event.
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ST. Louis
Catholic Hospital Association of
United States
Canada
John J. Glennon
Opera attendance hits 62000 for opening week at Municipal Opera
St Louis AP records that attendance at the Municipal Opera last week reached 62,000, the largest for any opening week in the opera's history. A revival of Florodora, a sensation of the 1930s, is set to play tonight as the second production of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Municipal Opera
Merchants Urged to Display Flags on Flag Day
Mayor Means Ray asked local merchants to show the Stars and Stripes in front of their businesses on Wednesday June 14 as Flag Day is officially observed nationwide.
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Means Ray
Insurance policy in nick of time
NSURANCE POLICY IN NICK OF TIME SEXESTON Mo June 12 ABP W V Stancil farmer applied for hail insurance at 2 P M Friday which became affective 24 hours later At 3 45 P M Saturday Stancil s cotton crop was riddled by vice pellets He wild collec.
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Sexeston
W. V. Stancil
Stancil
Heat Routed by Alaskan Breeze Over Mid West
A strong southeast wind and showers swept across the Midwest and South, cooling highs by up to twenty degrees after a week of extreme heat. Salina Kansas dropped from 104 to 60, while Oklahoma City registered 83 as winds cooled the region from Montana to Ohio and northern Missouri.
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Kansas City
Alaska
Rockies
Atlantic
Lweather Bureau
Canada
Montana
Idaho
Missouri
Kansas
Michigan
Tlinois
Indiana
Ohio
Salina
Kas
Oklahoma City
Texas
Municipal Ownership of Public Utilities Advocated at Missouri Meeting
W J McCarroll of Fulton urged broader municipal ownership of utilities at the Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities convention in Poplar Bluff. Mayor W A Lanner welcomed attendees, with about 400 expected from 60 towns. Officials from Macon and St Louis led the morning technical talks.
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Poplar Bluff
Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities
W. J. McCarroll
Fulton
McCarroll
W. A. Lanner
Missouri
E. C. M. Burkhardt
Electric and Water Department
Macon
Mrs Alfred Smith Receives Via Veritatis Medal
In Chicopee Massachusetts on June 12 AP reports Mrs Alfred Emmanuel Smith wife of the former New York governor received the Via Veritatis medal at the College of Our Lady of the Elms commencement exercises from Bishop Thomas M O Leary. The medal honors a laywoman for faithfulness and devotion to the Catholic Church. Reverend Patrick B Doyle called Mrs Smith an inspiration and adviser to a major American leader, noting her steadfast Catholic faith.
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Chicopee
Mass
Alfred Emmanuel Smith
New York
Thomas M .O’leary
Springfield
Our Lady of the Elms
Smith
Patrick B. Doyle
America
Showers And Temperature Drop Bring Weather Relief
A two hour temperature drop from 96 to 76 brought relief after several hot days. Sunday reached 98, near the season high. Crowds found relief in pools and streams near Jefferson City and at the Lake of the Ozarks. A light shower fell this morning with no heat related casualties reported.
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Lake of the Ozarks
Jefferson City
Two Women Slayers Paroled by Governor Park
Ada Leo Biggs of St. Francois county and Bertha Addis Dodson of Butler county, both serving ten years for second degree murder, are released on parole by Governor Park. Biggs testified the shooting of John Crisp was accidental, while Dodson killed her stepfather William S. Simpson. Other parolees include Raymond Wade, Robert Cantrell, Melvin Thomas, Ira Sholty, Archie R. Smith, Guy Snyder, Richard A. Bivins, and Glen Dewnzy, with terms ranging from two to three years and dates dating back to 1922.
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Governor Park
Ada Leo Biggs
St. Francois County
Bertha Addis Dodson
Butler County
Qech
Biggs
John Crisp
Dodson
William S. Simpson
Raymond Wade
Greene County
Robert Cantrell
Stoddard County
Melvin Thomas
Douglas County
Ira Sholty
Wright County
Archie R. Smith
St. Louis City
Guy Snyder
Howell County
Richard A. Bivins
Glen Dewnzy
Ripley County
Moberly Factory to Get Shoe Contract
The Brown Shoe Company announced that 125000 pairs of shoes ordered by the U S Army and for the Civilian Conservation Corps will be produced in its Moberly Missouri factory. The first consignment of 4000 pairs was shipped from Moberly today.
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ST. Louis
Brown Shoe Company
U. S. Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
Moberly
Special Assistant Chosen To Handle Job Applications
Washington June 12 AP Secretary Wallace named Julien N Friant of Cape Girardeau Missouri as special assistant to process Farm Adjustment Act job applications. More than 20 000 applications already filed with hundreds daily. Friant to oversee relief loans for drainage and irrigation districts is planned for Emil Schram Hillview Illinois.
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Washington, Jume
Wallace
Julien N. Friant
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Friant
Emil Schram
Hillview, I
Petition to merge two Missouri life insurers
A petition to merge Central States Life Insurance Co with $100,000,000 in force and American National Insurance Co with $13,600,000 in force was filed today with State Superintendent Joseph B. Thompson. Both firms are based in St. Louis. A hearing will be held here June 26 as Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioners sit as a commission.
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Central States Life Insurance Co
American National Assurance Co
Joseph B. Thompson
St. Louis
Insurance Commissioners of
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ex-Convicts Named Robbers of Rosebud Bonds
Albert Holmes, once jailed in Kansas City, linked as ringleader of a trio that robbed three Rosebud residents on March 13 of 25 600 in U S government bonds. Victims Rufus and Simon Mason identified Holmes, with Flora Mason also present. Police said Klein and Bettros, both of St Louis, held bonds and the pair were recaptured near Hotel Statler.
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Rufus
Simon Mason
Flora
Sherif W. L. Maupin
Conade County
Masons
Holmes A Hermann
Charles Klein
Tony Bettros
St. Louis
Hotel Statler
Klein
Bet- Tos
Wichita, Kan
Board of Education Securities
War Debt Issue Injected At World Economic Conference
The world economic conference opened with King George and Ramsay MacDonald urging harmony. MacDonald raised the war debts, pressuring a coordinated solution without delay. Hull gave no mention of debts, while Britain seeks a $75.95 million installment to spur a crisis move. Currency stabilization aims for a wide range during the talks.
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U.S
Conference Hall
London
George Vo
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Washington
Cordell Hull
MacDonald
Great Britain
Drowning Tragedy After River Rescue Near St Louis
In St Louis area near the Meramec River two men died while attempting rescue. Clarence Friend 21 and Fred Eb Rosner 18 were unemployed workers. Friend drowned after saving Rosner then sought aid for the latter’s wife.
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Louis
Alfred EB. Rosner
Clarence Friend
Meramec River
Friend
Schmeling to sail to Germany to wed
Max Schmeling former heavyweight champion announced in New York he will sail for Germany on Wednesday to marry Anna Ondura a German musical comedy actress. The announcement follows his defeat by Max Baer at Yankee Stadium last Thursday.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Max Baer
Yankee Stadium
Germany
Anna Ondura
Plan Probe Into Chicago Plane Crash
Assistant State's Attorney Don M. Long announced that charges of criminal negligence might be brought in connection with the World's Fair sightseeing airplane crash in Chicago that killed nine people. The disclosure outlined possible legal action as investigators assess the fatal incident and determine accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Don M. Long
King's and Premier Press Conference Highlights
King George and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald spoke at the London world economic conference opening. The King urged cooperation to reach global goals and restore prosperity, while MacDonald called the gathering the gravest in history and stressed addressing war debts and world recovery without harming others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George of
England
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Brmsay MacDonald
High Court Upholds POC On Der Refusal of Union Electric Share
The Missouri Supreme Court upholds the Public Service Commission’s denial of Union Electric’s bid to buy 26 percent of Laclede Power and Light stock. Union Electric sought 3360 voting trust certificates at 214.06 each to gain a board seat and closer cooperation. The court found the commission justified, cautioning against monopoly and noting the public interest. 승인
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Comission
Union Electric Light & Power Company
St. Louis
Laclede Power and Light Company
Supreme Court
Cole County
Union Electric
Laclede
Louis H Egan
A Electric
Laurance M. Hyde
Public Service Commission
Appellant
Farmer stabbed to death in St Louis holdup
St Louis county truck farmer Martin Mindunicky, 35, was stabbed to death near Commission Row after delivering produce. A robber killed him during a holdup, and only the money he carried was found. About 30 minutes later Willie Walker, 42, was also stabbed to death in a robbery a mile away. Two men washing bloodied knives along the Mississippi River were arrested and identified as suspects by a witness.
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ST. Louis
Martin, Mindunicky
Commission Row
Willie Walker
Mindunicky
Mississippi River
World Economic Conference Opens Under King George
Delegates from nearly every nation gather in Kensington as King George opens the first plenary session despite rheumatism. Ramsay MacDonald, as chair, urges cooperation to battle the global slump and maldistribution, stressing the gravity and scale of the crisis.
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Kingdom City
Brookfield
Bruner
Cruzen
ST. Louis Brewery '5 Incorporated
Catholic Hospital Association
Alagkan Breeze
Mid-West
Milo
AL Smith
Bol
Park
Moberly Factory
Jorg
Rose Bud
U. S
High Court
POC
ONDER
UNION
Farmer
King George Himself
Dewitt MacKenzie
George
New &Eulogical Museum
Kensington
Rasbrum
Flesu
League of Nations
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