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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
2
The school board refused to pivot from the Miller street site, insisting funding limits force a distant Fischer tract purchase. Planning boards once eyed the creek site for an athletic field and playgrounds but the Southside loses new schools, with the distant land deemed too far for a proper athletic field.
The piece decries partisan maneuvers by Democrats as they clash over pivotal seats in the Missouri supreme bench and the Kentucky United States Senate. It claims governors pressure employees, firing or cutting payroll to punish alignment with rival blocs led by Kansas City bosses and support for preferred candidates.
A debated proposal urges building an auditorium now to save money. Proponents argue a $300000 hall would leave a $150000 surplus, with future valuations boosting tax capacity while debt declines. Delaying to two or three years would shift costs completely to the city.
Washington Daybook notes a paradox of high per person phone ownership yet sparse coverage per square mile. It compares the U S figure of about 13 433 400 telephones with England and Japan and highlights density differences across territories. Also recounted is Senator Prentiss M Brown of Michigan joking about a white night gown mailed to his Lansing hotel room and a humorous insistence on traditional sleepwear.
A study by Dr Manfred Ex cent and Dr Kraemer of 200 patients finds 73 percent use laxatives, with many overusing. The doctors note laxatives rarely cause organic disease but warn of psychological distress, urging cautious parental guidance, diet changes, and thorough medical review for chronic constipation.
The readable lines discuss reforging a narrative for French veterans and leaders like Petain, Kruschev, and Taine in a wartime context. It references visiting the United States and procuring samples, suggesting a commentary on cross national wartime rhetoric and veterans’ roles.
What Congress Is Doing summarizes AP briefing on today actions in both chambers. House and Senate move on relief and funding totaling 3.753 billion, with committees considering investigations into WPA politics, rail road job insurance, radio inquiry, and antitrust review. Earlier sessions sent civil aeronautics and maritime labor board bills to the White House and conference panels advanced relief and flood control measures.
Valparaiso Indiana where Dr Harley W Buller former head of the university science department used a radio to lure turkeys from a henhouse. After 400 young birds were killed he kept the radio on all day and night driving away the predators and making the turkeys thriv e to music and speeches. In Bristol Connecticut Arthur Gardekas helps classmates by printing copies of a will he found and sold them for a dime each. In Kaysville Utah farmer Otto Ludwig says a cow died after a truck crash while being transported home as the animal danced and caused the wreck. In Chicago cops and robbers game bets end when toy cap pistol sales are halted by police with a candy store operator arrested for selling the toy pistols.
Mayo Foundation physicians presented findings at the AMA scientific exhibit on how a single drink warms the fingers while three drinks may warm the toes. Vasodilation drives heat loss control in the skin of face hands and feet. Meal timing and cigarette smoking influence skin temperatures, with potential links to varicose vein diagnosis and arteriovenous fistulas treated by surgery.
In St Louis on June 14 AP reports Lutheran lay groups met for youth conferences and planning ahead of the centennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and other states. Delegates from 27 districts discussed youth issues and prepared recommendations for the synodical convention opening tomorrow. Major topics include doctrinal settlement and church fellowship with the American Lutheran Church. Committees agreed on terms for possible agreement. The Bororos of South America are cited as among the world’s tallest peoples at about six feet four inches.
NEA Service profiles Richard F. Vale and family living in a 40 foot trailer as they wander the United States. Since 1929 they have traveled 120000 miles in every state except Connecticut. They rely on nomad lifestyle income and modern trailer comforts to evade traditional work.
A list of Democratic nominees for Cole County positions includes H P Laup for Representative, Carl F Wymore for Prosecuting Attorney, Al Markway Bennie F Renn J Edwin Hickey for Circuit Clerk, Guy M Sone for Probate Judge, Champ Clark Emmel Curtis L Dunn Tom L Parrish for Recorder, George J Scott for Presiding Judge, E S Bond for Associate Judge, and W Dixon for County Court.
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