Army Officers Plan Flight In Huge Calotype Balloon
Washington June 14 Wan intends a stratosphere flight by National Geographic Society and the army air corps in a 3,000,000 cubic foot gas bag launched from a Black Hills basin near Rapid City South Dakota Major William B Kepner will pilot with Captain Albers and Stevens as observer The takeoff is planned for the first day after June 22 The project includes careful inflation checks a balloon attached observer aircraft and a large parachute for safety If successful the ascent would reach about 15 miles up and reveal the edge of the atmospheric layer with a plunging sky from blue to black
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Washington
Wan
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
Black Hills
Rapid Cry
I. D
William B. Kepner
Albers We. Stevens
Miss Biggerstaff to Trial August 20
Kansas City AP reports Miss Martha Biggerstaff former treasurer of the Woman's City Club faces trial August 20 on 17 indictments for misappropriation of club funds and funds of several members Judge Darius Brown reset the date after a prior illness pause and a prior continuance.
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Kansas City
Martha Biegerstaff
Woman’s City Club
Darius 4. Brown
Ex-convicts questioned in death of Milwaukee railroad agent
William A. Payne, chief of police in Excelsior Springs Ma, said two Missouri ex-convicts were being questioned in the death of Carl Kennedy, a Milwaukee Railroad special agent shot in the heart near the railroad yards. Kennedy had been watching for freight car thieves for two weeks. Suspects are Alvin Swofford and Clarence Ler alias Humbard Barr.
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Excelsior Springs
API
William A. Payne
Missouri
Carl Kennedy
Milwaukee Railroad
Kennedy
Payne
Alvin Swofford
Clarence Ler
Clarence Humbard
Clarence Barr
Dashing Czech Officer Held on Bigamy Charge
Grand Rapids June 14 AP Relatives of Agnes Torvertson fear she died after her December marriage to Capt Ivan Poderjay in New York. Poderjay, detained in Vienna on a bigamy technical charge, admitted a prior marriage and acknowledged a second union with Miss Turverson. He claimed a loan from Turverson and discussed Mile. Ferrand as another wife, while Ferrand vouched for his honor.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Agnes Torvertson
Ivan Poderjay
New York
Lester &. Rapp
Vienna
Ponderjay
Agnes Turverson
Detroit
Ted
Poderjay
Miss Turverson
Milo
Margaret Ferrand
Miss Tufverson
Mile
Ferrand
Miss Tiverson
England
Tufverson
Poterjay
Miss Talverson
Europe
Southampton
Miss Tulverson
Mile. Ferrand
Mme. Poderjay
United Press
Local News Briefs From Jefferson City Area
A series of short items reports thefts, vehicle damage, and local notices. A store on West Elm Street lost two corn flakes packets. Thelma Stranfil’s car on East McCarty Street was damaged. a police blotter notes cows eating gardens on Dunklin Street and police routed invaders. Also, marriage licenses issued for Geo Bethel and Helen Shikle. taxi permits due July 1. Missouri River rise noted. joint memorial services announced. funeral for William Wadill in Kirksville. George Hildebrand freed from jail. Rosa Davis injured by flying glass in a taxi collision. First Cavalry Unit headed from Jefferson City to St Louis en route home with many locals watching.
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Dunklin Street
Fk. Knox
Whiteway Ball Park
St. Louis
Jefferson City
U. S
Amiy
Kentucky
Kansas City Hog Prices Rise to New Highs
Choice fat hogs sold up to 4.30 per hundred pounds in Kansas City on June 14, nearing the 1934 February peak and the March 20 high. The market jumped 85 cents since last week, the largest four day rise since April 1929.
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Kansas City
Millers Meet in Sedalia Minnesota? Wait Missouri Grain Millers Association
The Missouri Grain Millers Association held a session in Sedalia on June 14 discussing the code of fair competition grain legislation and other trade matters. More than 100 people attended.
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Millers Meet
Sedalia
Missouri Grain Millers Association
Indian policy flayed by Greek chief at McAlester powwow
Sapulpa Oklahoma June 14 Indians plan a mid summer protest against Commissioner John Collier. Joe Bruner principal chief of the Indian National Confederacy leads five tribes in demanding an educated Indian commissioner. They seek Collier's removal payment of larger tribal claims and end to meddling with Indian affairs. A pow wow is proposed to unite tribes for negotiation with officials and avoid further conflict.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Oklahoma
Joe Bruner
Indian National Confederacy
Five Civilized Tribes
McAlester
Bruner
Washington
John Collier
National Indian Affairs
Collier
Redmen
Confederacy
Garalinas
Lemonlands
America
Pavnwow
Oil Production Control Bill Not Brought to Vote
Washington June 14 The House Interstate Commerce Committee voted 12 to 6 not to consider the Disney administration oil production control bill this session. The panel adopted a resolution to create a subcommittee to investigate the need for oil legislation and report to the next Congress. Most observers see the move as ending prospects for oil legislation in this Congress.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Disney
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Texas
House
Senate
Rain Moves Through Kansas and Missouri Cities
Rain totaling up to three inches drenched parts of Geary county Kansas and eastern Kansas and Missouri. Cattle were killed by lightning in Geary. Reports of light showers followed in Motherly and Maryville while Topeka and Leavenworth saw modest rain totals. Kansas City Missouri received nearly an inch, stalling some commuters. Fort Scott and northern Leavenworth county logged heavier totals amid a thunderstorm.
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Kansas City
Geary County
Kansas
Missouri
Motherly
Prospect
Maryville
Atchison
Kas
Seneca
Columbia
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
To- Peka
Ottawa
Manhattan
Fort Scott
Lt |Connty
Clay Center
Bethany
St. Joseph
Chillicothe
Lexington
Harrisonville
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Urges Personal Charm Boost
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as the solution to bodily decay caused by bile buildup. It claims a free flow of bile restores charm, warns against laxatives, and urges purchase in 1993 with a bold endorsement of the product's mild vegetable extracts.
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Carter
Directiona
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