Supreme Court rules juries must be instructed on law
The Missouri Supreme Court Division No 1 today disapproved past rulings and held courts must instruct juries on law and evidence when necessary to decide cases according to law and evidence. The decision, written by Judge Frank E Atwood, transfers the case to the court en banc and follows a remittal ruling in a $7350 personal injury suit against East St Louis Railway.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Bar
Frank E. Atwood
Atwood
East St. Louis Railway
Emma Dorman
Supreme Court
Missouri. Pacific Railway Company
Walter Goodwin
Marshall
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
William May
Wood River
Jennie May Truesdale
May
Wasbash Railway Company
Lemuel H. Brim
Rosedale
St. Louis
San Francisco
John W William Son
R. E. Hulbert
Hulbert
Memphis
George H. Klasing
Fred Schmidt
News Men Banned by Creole Politicians
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 12 Upset in the Louisiana House defeated a motion to withdraw floor privileges from newspaper reporters by a 55 to 33 vote. Sponsors called press coverage misleading while opponents said the move would hide details of proposed new tax measures.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House
Weather Sentiment Mixed With Warmer Temperatures
Partly cloudy and warmer for Wednesday with generally fair skies. Showers are forecast in the western areas with easing cloudiness tonight and river stage readings for Kansas City and nearby towns show minor rises.
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Wernesmer
Klingis
Fookats Sree
Kansas City
Frantic Mother Finds Offspring in Clothes Basket
A worried mother reported her 3 year old son missing for hours. Police searched but found no lead until she called again and announced relief after discovering the boy asleep in a clothes basket. Assistant Chief Moorer asked how they found him.
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Lane
Moorer
Ork
Hin
Bank Robbery Baffles Old Monroe in Missouri
Two unmasked men robbed the Bank of Old Monroe shortly after opening at 9 am taking about 560 dollars. They forced cashier E. H. Goss and assistant Miss Blanche Hemmersbyer into a car, drove them beyond town, released them, and fled north after noting a blurred license number. No violence used.
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Old Monroe
Bank of
E. H. Goss
Blanche Hemmersbyer
Goss
Old
Monroe
Lincoln County
Supreme Court awards widow $10000 in Jordan death case
Julia Jordan administratrix of Jasper N Jordan won a Missouri Supreme Court ruling reversing a lower court and reinstating a verdict for the plaintiff in a 1920s accident case. The July decision held the car train collision caused no cause of death for Jordan. The case originated from a St Joseph street intersection collision in 1924.
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Julia Jordan
Jasper N . Jordan
Missouri Supreme Court
St. JosSeph Street
St. JosSeph Light Heat and Power Company
Supreme Court
Jordan
John T. Sturgis
Sturgis
Relief Directors of States Here Today
Nine states gathered for a labor conference to boost interstate cooperation in creating jobs for the unemployed. Presiding were Mary LaDame of Washington, assistant associate of the federal labor department, Stanley B. Mathewson of the federal re employment office, and Arthur J. Alt, secretary of the Wisconsin industrial commission, with other officials present.
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Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Iinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mary LaDame
Washington
Federal Department of Abor
Stanley B. Mathewson
Federal
Arthur J. Alt
Militant Young G O P Chooses New Chairman in Washington
Henry P. Fletcher, named national committee chairman, calls for rebuilding party vigor with younger militants. He signals cooperation with the independent congressional committee, aims to pay a deficit, and plans Chicago as campaign HQ. He may meet Senator Borah and appoint aides including John D. M Hamilton.
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Washington
Republican Party
Henry P. Fletcher
New National Committee
Fletcher
Hoover-Curtis
Hoover
Chicago
Joint Congressional Committee
Everett Sanders
National Committee
Johnson
Cal. Cutjling
N. M
LaFollette
Boy of 12 Arrested in KC Theft Spree
In Kansas City on June 12 AP reports 12 year old Jack Nexman was arrested in connection with a theft of over $60 from a filling station. He reportedly admitted part of the money was spent on an airplane ride a quart of gun and a pistol. The juvenile court will consider the case Friday.
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Kansas City
Jack Nexman
Valice
Affirm award for accidental death in Missouri case
The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed a 37 796 award by the State Workmen's Compensation Commission to Sylvia Ruth Bolin for her husband William M. Bolin's death from carbon monoxide in a Swift a Co garage incident in Centerville Town Missouri. The ruling noted evidence of a $1 173 payroll shortage and another Swift salesman in Centerville with company instructions.
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State Workmen's Compensation Commission
Sylvia Ruth Bolin
William M. Bolin
Swift & Co
Missori Supreme Court
Bolin
Centerville
Town
Packing Company
Leurance M. Hyde
City plans wait federal approval for bond funded fire stations
The city shows 59 931 40 in bonds and premium in the treasury after a six month wait since voter approval for city hall improvements and two fire stations. Funds allocated include 2 666 00 for city hall 31 165 50 for fire stations and 3 099 90 for East Capital Avenue work. Fire board supports approval of two city lots for stations near Chestnut and Miller and at the end of Miller Street by Highway 50. Plans await Washington sanction before contracts and construction can begin with government funding expected to cover part of the amount.
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Henry Elts
Mississippi Valley ‘Trust Company
East Capital Avenue
Madison Street
Capitol
Chestnut Street
Miller
Miller Street
Highway 50
St. Louis
Washington
Fixing Tire Prices Declared Illegal in New Jersey
In Trenton New Jersey on June 12 Vice Chancellor John H Backes ruled state code tire price fixing illegal Sears Roebuck and Company was charged with selling tires below the state set price but above national code prices arguing national code precedence The judge said this is a national recovery not just New Jersey and the governor overset their authority by setting higher prices than those approved by the president.
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Trenton
N. G
New Jersey Code Authority
John H. Backes
Sears Roebuck and Company
New Jersey
Train Wreckers Fail To Kill Austrian Minister
In Vienna today Austrian train wreckers attempted to derail a main line express carrying Emil Fey the minister of public security A bomb was found last Saturday above the office of Prince Ernst Von Larhemberg vice chancellor Both tracks were torn up but the train was flagged in time to avert disaster
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Vienna
Emil Fey
Austria
Ernst von Larhemberg
Fey
Budapest
Tugwell Brain Truster Nomination Clears Senate Panel
The agricultural committee reported favorably to the senate the nomination of Rexford G. Tugwell for undersecretary of agriculture by a 2 to 1 vote. Eleven Democrats and Republicans supported Tugwell while Senators Ellison D. Smith and Henry D. Hatfield opposed. A brief session followed with little debate as leaders eyed possible unanimous consent to advance the measure.
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Washington
Agricultural Committee
Senate
Rexford G. Tugwell
Ellison D. Smith
S. G
Henry D. Hatfield
R. W. Va
Tugwell
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
George McGill
Kan
John H. Bankhead
Ala
William J. Bulow
S. D
Attie W. Garaway
Ark
Homer 'P. Bone
Wash
Louis Murphy
James P. Pope
Ida
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
Democrats
George W. Norris
Neb
Arthur Capper
Peter Norbeck
Lynn J. Frazier
N. D
Bronson i Cutting
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Henridx Chipstead
Minn
Elmer Thomas
Okla
McNaty
Capper
Smith
Plan to Expand Air Force of Great Britain
London June 12 AP The Canadian Press reports the British air force expansion plan aims to add 30 squadrons about 1600 aircraft. The government intends to bring the air force to par with any other nation within striking distance.
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AIR Force OF
Great Britain
London
Becker to Address Liquor Conference In Chicago
B J Becker state liquor control supervisor today accepted an invitation to address a national liquor control conference in Chicago next Monday and Tuesday He will discuss Problems of Administration and Enforcement Wallace Bowers and Jack Hoffman will also attend the conference.
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B. J. Becker
Chicago
Motorized Cavalry to Camp at Whiteway Bail Park Tomorrow
The mechanized 1st Cavalry Regiment of the U S Army will reach the Jefferson City area tomorrow and set up overnight at Whiteway Bail Park. Commanded by Col A R Chaffee the unit includes about 709 men and 200 machines capable of 59 mph.
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1St Cavalry Regiment
United States Army
Jefferson City
Whiteway Bail Park
Dobbin
Dobbin” Banished As Obsolete. the Unit, Which Is Commanded By Col. A. R. Chaffee
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Pb. Knnox
Swope Park Lagoon
Kansas City
Ft. Knox
Hexe
Gary
Dillinger Relative Interrogated After Freight Train Stop
Police question four youths aboard a freight train. one claims relation to John Dillinger as a second cousin. The piece also reports an Missouri attorney general opinion on primary ballot filing deadlines for candidates who paid fees but failed to file declarations by June 8 1934, potentially affecting several candidates.
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Cole County
Campf
Cosnouiktee
McKittrick
Elliot M. Dampr
Covell Newvith
Mile
Direkx
Bin
Attorney General
Reopening federal court for pleas and hearings on charges
Judge Reeves reopens federal court with guilty pleas to be heard this evening and juror selection under way in cases including Lake of the Ozarks land condemnation and power company dispute. Clifford Booker pleads guilty to transporting a stolen car. Ben Bernhorst pleads not guilty to untaxed liquor possession and posts bond.
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Albert L. Reeves
Union Electrics iPower and Light Co
Charles IG. Harvey
Firiny Srocks
Lake of the Ozarks
Warsaw
Clifford Orville Booker
Dyer
U. S
Edna Morris
Counby
North Salem
Ind
Columbia
Ben Berhorst
Frebhurg
Bernhorst
Mob dissuaded from lynching suspect in California killings
In Susanville California peace officers persuaded a mob to disperse after seeking lynching of Alost, a suspect in the murder of five people amid a family feud linked to Sicily. Sheriff Lea vitt urged the crowd to sleep it off as 40 deputies returned home. Authorities say knives were found near the bodies of Joe Pazio his wife their son and daughter and a friend. The feud dates back 20 years in the town.
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Susanville
Calip
Pele Alost
G. B. Leavitt
Trem
Alost
Joe Pazio
John
Sadie
Anna Amisiani
Sicily
Police hold Filipino suspect linked to Chicago and New York murders
Police said they verified information from an anonymous tip that Jose Cahola a 28 year old Filipino also known as Ben Cruz and Fred Soria is wanted for murders in Chicago and New York. He is charged in Chicago with the murder of Santos Playton on March 9 and in New York with the murder of Terry Mole in March 1933.
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ST. Louis
Jose Cahola
Chicago
New York
Ben Cruz
Fred Soria
Chicapo
Santos Playton
Terry Mole
Cahola
Po- Shiba
State Patrol To Guard Balloon On Its Flight
B Marvin Casteel head of the state highway patrol assured National Geographic Society that patrolmen would aid in guarding a huge gas balloon expected to land in Iowa Illinois or Missouri. The takeoff window runs from June 25 to July 11. Major Hepnich and Capt Stevens of the Army air corps join the flight with valuable instruments.
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B. Marvin Castee
State Highway Patrol
National Geographic Society
Rapid City
South Dakota
Missouri
John Oliver la Garce
Society
Casteel
la Garce
Iowa
Illinois
W. E. Hepnich
A. W. Stevens
U.S. Army Air Corps
Ted
Two Gunned Men Kill Officer in Oklahoma Shootout
In Miami Oklahoma a police officer Jack Dunway died after gunmen opened fire as officers questioned them following a Southwest City Missouri drugstore robbery. The two attackers were killed, a suspect Frank Shinn, 21, was held for questioning. The shootout involved two pistols carried by each gunman and left witnesses unable to identify them.
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Miami
Okla
Frank Shinn
Webbers Paris
Ola
Jack Dunaway
S. Johnson
Will Bilis
Dunway
Shinn
Conway
Johnson
Ellis
Bob Siiinn
Webbers Falls
Shaaway
Shini
W. L. Young
Democratic candidate seeks court order over filing blockage
Calvin Luallin, Democratic candidate for Henry County Clerk in the August 7 primary, asks the State Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to force Ray Dooley to accept his filing. He alleges the clerk and deputy locked the office at 4 p.m. June 4, the filing deadline, preventing him from filing and that searches failed to locate him.
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Calvin Luallin
Henry
State Supreme Court
Luallin
Ray &. Dooley
Luaklin
Dooley
Youth Indicted for Extorting Doris Duke Given Probation
Thomas Layden a 17 year old was named in indictments charging extortion of Doris Duke and Thomas N McCarter. He pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence plus three years probation from Federal Judge Fay.
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Newark
N. AL
Thomas Layden
Bin
Doris Duke
Thomas N. McCarter
Pubiic Service Corporation of New Jersey
Fay
Layden
Shot Accidentally Dead in North Conway Hospital
William A. Embry a 27 year old insurance agent died in a North Conway hospital after an accidental gunshot from a companion aboard a tow boat during a hunting trip. Embry had been staying at a local cottage on vacation with his wife present. authorities sought the second shooter’s name.
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North Conway
N. H
William A. Embry
Sears Borough
Embry
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