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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
4
A Jefferson City column argues planning and beautification require a strong building code and enforcement. It urges tests for builders, warns against unsafe shacks, notes planned spending on city beauty, and calls for sanitation remedies while colleges close for the year increasing gas use.
The piece critiques prize fighting profits, media hype, and regulation, noting Schmeling vs Carnera style bout earnings around 175000 each and ruined public trust. It contrasts boxing’s legalization with permissive enforcement, recounting an Ohio horse race track scandal where cops and officials avoid closing a 28 day meet amid gambling laws.
The Missouri Island council of the United Commercial Travelers of America meeting in Joplin affirms traveling men remain vital. They are cheerful, intelligent, and well mannered, though mergers and better transport strain jobs. Despite pressures, they keep standards high and towns welcome them for their class and money.
Dr Leonard Haseman argues hawthorn should be removed though it is state flower. He says its fruit shelters Carposina Seraidana, a worm that infects apples, threatening the harvest. Entomologists partly back his stance, despite the plant’s symbol status.
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses stuttering as a speech disorder, noting variable breathing patterns in stutterers. Studies show greater breath tempo variability and interrupted expirations, suggesting breathing control is key to treatment alongside psychological factors. The piece cites University of Iowa research on stutterers and normals.
St Louis detectives probes the June 13 shooting of 54 year old Miss Ella G Meyer a veteran Riddick School teacher. Witnesses indicate the gunman was about 15 years old and fled from the building. A rusted heel from a shoe found by the custodian may relate to the suspect while he fled down three flights of stairs.
In Middletown Grant Roe travels about 100000 miles to earn a law degree while delivering mail on a 40 mile route and commuting 134 miles round trip to New York for classes. In New York Dr Damrosch says radio will offset the disruption to home life caused by the automobile. In Philadelphia Captain Boon urges temperance campaigning at a medical college commencement. In Savannah Henry Ford buys a 3300 acre plantation including Fort McAllister. In Palm Beach the Anglers and Sports Club plans to honor Cuban President Machado with honorary membership on July Fourth.
Natalie and Alan face a fractured union after Natalie leaves their home. As both cling to dignity and hope for reconciliation, misunderstandings deepen. Alan contemplates writing, while Natalie’s departure triggers reflections on loyalty, absence, and the possibility of a second chance.
A Trenton blue laws crackdown targets Sunday actions including purchasing gasoline, buying cigars, dining at hotels, and golf matches. Police report 3,729 complaints to the county prosecutor for grand jury review, following arrests of theater owners and other violators.
The New York Stock Exchange announces the temporary one year suspension of Alexander B. Johnson, a floor member at Throckmorton and Company. It cites profits from trust transactions with Chatham Phenix National Bank & Trust Company and notes two partners resigned and restitution was made. The report also references unrelated advertising text on Sabbath violations.
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