Darrow aide resigns ties to NRA fascism charge
W. L. Thompson quits the Darrow NRA Review Board in Washington, saying the NRA is steering toward monopoly capitalism. He claims the board’s June 9 statement on price fixing is a maneuver to appease the NRA while failing to curb monopolistic practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnn
National Recovery Administration
Recovery Review Board
NRA
Review Board
Johnon
Thompson
Fiso
Partly Cloudy With Showers Thursday Unsettled
Weather notes indicate partly cloudy conditions with unsettled skies and possible showers on Thursday. In the west and central regions temperatures show little change, while river stages note a fall in Keokuk and a rise in several listed towns. Endicott’s figures for yesterday are included.
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Varlis Etouly Fonlehe
Cuika
Illinois
Keokuk
Kansas City
Uzfala
Waverly
Bounville
Hermann Gnion
Hair growing confrontation sparks traffic-violation tale
In Fort Worth Texas Patrolman J F Robertson records a curious traffic stop. A female driver explains she ran a stop sign after spotting another woman with a similar hairstyle. She says it made her so mad she slammed her car into gear and drove on.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. F. Robertson
Knut Hamsun Sinks After Caribbean Fire. Crew Missing
United Fruit Co radio report says the Norwegian steamer Knut Hamsun burned and sank near Cape Gracias a Dios after nitrate cargo voyage from Iquique to Jacksonville. Captain Frick and 16 crew were rescued, chief officer and 16 others remain missing aboard the sinking vessel. The patrol location was 126 miles east of Cape Gracias a Dios, about 300 miles north of Colon, Panama. The rescuing ship Zacapa, from Port Limon to Havana and Jacksonville, recovered the captain and 16 crew members. The Knut Hamsun, 5272 tons, registered Bergen, Norway, owned by County Line Shores. the Zacapa is 4736 tons, New York registered.
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New York
Jime
Knut Hamsun
S. 5
Zacapa
United Fruit Line
Hamsun
George McBride
Zatapa
Frick
Qui Ta Sueno Bank
Iquique
Chile
Jacksonville
Cape Gracias
Dios
Honduras
Prison arrival set for three Oliver kidnapping youths
Vhrell Marks of Springfield and James Dixon of Joplin, plus Clyde Cornett, will be moved to Missouri state prison after their sentences for the April 19 kidnapping of Patrolman Chester Rk. Oliver near Warsaw. Marks and Dixon received 15 year terms. Cornett, already in prison for earlier abductions, faced escape after the Boonville capture. In a wild 85 mile flight, Cornett abducted the Forsee brothers and Kreuzenstein youth before being recaptured at Higginsville. This report also notes Dolly Elwell’s Illinois children located with a Kansas City great aunt as of June 13.
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Vhrell Marks
Springfield
James Dixon
Joplin
Chester Rk. Oliver
Warsaw
Missouri
Marks
Dixon
Wol. YT. Burney
Clyde Cornett
Oliver
Victor Kreuzenstein
Billingsville
John Jim Forsee
Cooper County
Boonville
Jame
Cornett
Forsee Brothers
Kreuzen- Stein
Kansas City
Higginsville
Arms Meet Impeded by Japan and Russia at Disarmament Talks
Geneva June 13 AP Hopes for a universal disarmament guarantee agreement were dashed as Japan announced reservations on enforcement and Russia required neighbor signatories. The first session of the guarantees committee under Maurice Bourquin saw Tokyo and Moscow take hard lines, complicating a United States backed middle course.
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Geneva
Japan
Russia
Boris Stein
Committee of Guarantees
Maurice Bourquin
Belgium
U. S
United States
Hugh R. Wilson
Robber Slugs Kansas City Drug Store Manager
A robber slugged Sol Witschner, 26, manager of Katz Drug Company in Kansas City, escaping with about $2,000 in cash. Witschner was hospitalized with a brain concussion and possible skull fracture but his condition was not considered dangerous.
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Kansas City
Kas
Sol Witschner
Katz Drug Company
Witschiner
Man Shoots Self After Losing Money on Horses
Dennis A. Clifton, 40, an automobile body worker, shot himself at his St. Louis home after writing a note saying he had lost his money on the horses. Relatives said they did not know how much he had wagered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Dennis A. Clifton
Clifton
Binders Hum A Merry Tune In Kansas Wheat
In Wichita Kansas farmers reap in the drought stricken winter wheat belt harvests valued at 75 million dollars. The 1929 crop is estimated at 30 million bushels more than last year, boosting farmer income and signaling near double the price per bushel achieved previously.
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Kansas
Wichita
Kas
America
Increase in Scout Camproll at Camp Maries this year
Enrollment rose at Camp Maries with 47 Scouts registered across Pioneer and regular camps. Pioneer Division heads on a Gasconade River floating trip under E. B. Doc Headlee, from Gasconade River bridge to Rich Fountain bridge, a new feature drawing older scouts, while the second period nears capacity and third period fills rapidly, signaling a highly successful season.
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Camp Maries
Gasconade River
E. BE
Doc Headlee
Highway 3
Richfountain
Ries
Sedalia
Glinkman
Rains Boost Missouri Crops Amid Mixed Conditions
Missouri’s crop weather bulletin reports valuable rain over the past week aiding immature crops while some early wheat harvests proceed. Subsoil moisture remains deficient below 8 inches and chinch bugs attack corn in several areas, but later rains improved corn condition and fruit yields like apples and peaches.
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St, Louis
Missouri
Roscoe Nunn
Flag Day Observance Planned at Capitol Steps
Final arrangements set for Flag Day tomorrow led by city patriotic groups. Program begins 7:00 pm at Capitol steps with American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, color guards, invocation, flag ceremony, school children receiving DAR citizenship medals, and music led by local bands and clergy.
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Parashial
Capitol
American Legion
Buele
Veterans
Birkhead
Girl Scouts i
Jo Faye Gunn
Adj
Brown
J Star Spangled Bayer
Edad Keene
Rev. Jackson
Edwina P
Chamber of Commerce
Clifford
Scruges
America
A. B. Jackson
Bugler
Chas. Warner
Trigg
Kansas City
Socialists Plan Two Day Missouri Convention in Jefferson City
The Socialist Party of Missouri announces a two day convention in Jefferson City on Saturday and Sunday June sixteenth and seventeenth with over 100 delegates. Activities begin at 3 30 pm Saturday at the Madison Hotel with the executive committee and continue Sunday at the county courthouse. A Capitol steps gathering at 3 pm features Missouri leaders and speakers from Maynard Kreuger George Diemier WC Meyer and Theodore Graham among others.
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Socialist Party of Missouri
Jefferson City
Theodore Graham
Columbia
Madon Hotel
County Court House
State Capitol
Graham
Missouri
Crawe
Maynard Kreuger
University of Chicago
Socialist Party
George Diemier
St. Louis
WC. Meyer
Hog Prices Higher at Gricago News Cheer
Hog prices rose in Chicago stockyards as gains in corn and scarcer feed boosted futures. Trading notes show top hogs at 4.50 dollars, sows and lighter pigs bringing 3.75 to 4.35, with feeders around 3.50 to 3.75. The advance follows lighter marketings and improved farm feeding conditions, according to veteran traders.
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Chicago
Open War on St. Louis Liquor Dispensaries
St. Louis on June 13 AP report says Col. Marry Scullin city excise commissioner launched action against liquor dispensaries operating only with 3.2 user licenses. Scullin alleges many city outlets under state 2.2 permits sold whiskies without paying city taxes.
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ST. Louis
Col
Marry Scullin
Scullin
Kansas farmers seek new jack rabbit recipe
Hutchinson Kansas June 12 A new receipt for cooking the Kansas jack rabbit is sought by Ark Valley farmers. Thousands of rabbits travel from drought stricken Kansas to the river valley in search of green foliage. A tongue in cheek recipe notes dress the jack rabbit bake with a brick then discard the rabbit and eat the brick. The farmers hope a tender meat method would curb the booming rabbit population.
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Hutchinson, Kas
Kansas
Arkansas River Valley
Verdant fugitive captured in Cairo Arkansas
Capy Green Phillips, 23, an alleged ex convict described by police, was arrested at a friend's home in Cairo Alabama and turned over to Arkansas authorities who say he is wanted for the murder of R T Pollock a Rock Island Railroad special agent from Memphis Tennessee at Brink Tex on March 3 Phillips was led by Cairo police with help from Sheriff Charles H Wilson Blytheville ark and all railroad detectives
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Cairo
Capy— Green Phillips
Arkansas
R.T. Pollock
Memphis
Fashion Plate Bandit Robs Welch Bank In Broad Daylight
A well dressed man robbed the State Bank of Welch Oklahoma this morning after opening time taking an undetermined cash amount and kidnapping bookkeeper Miss Garnett Cellars before releasing her miles away. Police identify him as George Ward, a fugitive linked to multiple regional holdups and a recent kidnapping.
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Miami
Okla
State Bank of
Welch
Bee Holloway
Floyd Booton
Miss Garnett
Kansas
Missouri
Lacqullaw
George Ward
Doplin
Stiurlay
Seneca
Miss Collars
Forst
Sudo
Ottawa
Oklahoma
Joplin
Welch, Okla
Southwest City
Pieher
Ward
Bue Salyears Heva
Quapaw
Tugwell Enemies Rally for Last Senate Vote
Washington report notes anti Tugwell forces massing for final Senate vote on Rexford Tugwell’s promotion from assistant secretary to undersecretary. Analysts expect a close margin despite committee approval by 16 to 2. Senators Smith and Byrd poised to lead the opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Ctasr
Rexford
Guy Tugwell
Wold
Laing
Smith
D-Sc
Tugwell
Byrd
Girl Scout Chief Addresses Lions on Aims and Details
Miss Faye Guon, girl scout executive, gave an address on the aims and activities of her organization amid Lions Club discussion. Lions Club members pledged a membership to the Girl Scout camp to be awarded by officers. Newly elected Lion officers will be installed at an evening meeting on June 2.
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Faye Guon
Kgke
Hey
Af Nh
Lions Agate
Maries
Scott
Ab Leday
Will Waddill Dies In Crash Near Lancaster
William C. Waddill, 29, former clerk in the secretary of state's office, dies after a high speed crash on U S Highway 63 near Lancaster Missouri. Companion Tryad Newcam, Kirksville resident, is in dangerous condition. Waddill had been studying for the state bar and lived in Jefferson City for nearly five years. Funeral arrangements delayed.
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Kirksville
UPJ
William C. Wadefill
Secretary of State
Jefferson City
Ray G Waddill
Kirksyville
Calilly
Nea Lancaster
Mao
U.S. Highway No. 63
Unionville
Tryad Newcaim
Isa
Waddill
Hill
Newellm
Tadiay
Charles A. Beck
Jack Waddill
Robert Wadd
William Warddel
Automobile
Juror illness forces mistrial in Ozark murder case
Garthage Missouri June 19 AP A mistrial was declared in the case of Victor Powell of Denver after a juror became ill Judge Wilbur Owen discharged the jury and reset the case for June 18 Powell was the first of five defendants charged in the slaying of B L Van Hoose a Carthage capitalist near his country home on March 3 The body was found March 5 and police initially suspected a kidnap plot Duncan a Carthage mining official was reported ill with a toxic condition endangering his life during jury service.
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Moen
Dame
Powell
van Hoose Shaying
van Woose
Carthage
Charge alleged killer Susanville lumber militiaman
A formal complaint charging a 45 year old Lumber militia man with the knife slayings of five persons here Sunday night was placed on file today by District Attorney Grover Julian in Susanville California.
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Crarge
Susanvilee
Cal
API
Ever Alesi
Lumber Militareman
Grover
Julian
Gunman Slain at Miami May Be Jim Clark
An unidentified outlaw slain here yesterday with a companion and merchant policeman Jack Dunaway may be Jim Clark, last of the eleven prisoners who escaped from Kansas state prison on Memorial Day 1933, Sheriff Dee Watters said. A man named Leroy Denniston, 19, was identified. A farmhouse pair of women cried on learning of the killings.
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Miami
Oxfa
Jack Dunaway
Jim Clark
Kansas State Prison
Dee Watters
Clark
Leroy Denniston
Unre
Cheeloah
Okkt
Chelsea
Vinita
Madge Conner
Charlie Cotner
Galena
Kas
Huth Clanton
Eddie Clanton
Watters
Cleve Clanton
Bill
Baga 2
Iron Horses and Men of First 05 Cavalry Visit Town
The First Cavalry Regiment of Ft. Knox replaces horses with iron tractors and machine pins at Whiteway Ball Park Jefferson City. About 200 troops and tanks arrive after Kansas City march, visit park, inspect gear, and enjoy a 5 pm band concert. Public invited to tour camp. end of visit at nine.
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Ft. Knox
Whiteway
Jefferson City
Ball Park
Wnit
Kansas City
Woman shoots husband after 27 years of abuse on New York train
Mary Colucci, after years of abuse and separation, fatally shoots Joseph Colucci on a Third Avenue car in New York. A friend wrestles the gun away. Celia Colucci, 23, learns her father is dead while her mother is restrained by police.
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New York
Mary Colucci
Joseph Colucci
3Rd Avenue
Lear
Lier
Sam Lauria
Colucci
Grazed Knife Wielder Still At Large In Ohio
An apparently crazed man who has attacked five women with pistol and knife in two weeks remains at large in Defiance Ohio. His latest victim, Rosemary Mansfield 16 daughter of Attorney Vic Mansfield, is recovering from a back knife wound inflicted as she walked a residential street. The assailant’s method matches earlier attacks on four other women.
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Rosemary Mansfield
Vic
L. Mansfield
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Missouri Truck & Terminal Assn
Truck Code Authority
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