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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
4
Londoners flee top floors as air raids feared. Thousands move to suburbs and stockpile food. Shops tout bomb proof shelters and gasproof rooms for rent. Private schools plan evacuation to the countryside if war comes. residents seek gas masks and shelter arrangements amid escalating preparations.
Mrs Emma Jobe of Jefferson City credits KruGon with restoring bowel and kidney regulation, easing heartburn and sour stomach, and ending dizzy headaches after years of illness. She praises the remedy as different and effective, sold by A Brandenberger Drug Co with mail order options.
The Walton-on-Thames notification signals air raid preparations as Britain moves to supply every person in the British Isles with a gas mask. By summer's end 45 million may be equipped, with over 35 million already produced and stored. At Blackburn factory 800 workers turn out 100,000 masks weekly, tested by a reporter's ten minute trial.
An orange spider venom from Curacao in the Dutch West Indies is reported by Dr. Roy Upham of New York Medical College to prevent shipboard illness. A weak venom solution given before sailing may reduce motion sickness by dampening nerve messages between balance organs and the brain.
Nine victims from the March 1 TWA crash were recovered after a 20 mile mule train through six feet of snow to Wawona. Rescue crews identified all bodies, with eight ejecting from the wreckage and one stewardess remaining in the fuselage. Coroners ruled accidental death and a jury convened for inquest.
An ad describes kidneys containing tubes that purify blood and claim daily waste passage of about three pounds. It targets readers with backache, fatigue, and swelling, urging consult of a doctor for a advertised product to cleanse urinary tubes and remove toxins.
Washington questioned why Betsy Ross is doubtfully linked to the flag. Records show she was paid for sewing in May 1777 for naval flags, and the 1777 resolution followed soon after. Historians note candidates include George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Francis Hopkinson, with Hopkinson a strong potential designer from Bordentown and Philadelphia.
In St Louis a woman and her sister were struck by a street car during a cemetery visit to place flowers at their mother's grave. Miss Cathrine Higgins, 37, died and Miss Nellie Higgins, 38, was seriously injured with a fractured [injury]. The sisters were walking arm in arm when the accident occurred.
Chester, June 14. Workmen remodeling into a garage at the Friends meeting house uncovered evidence that the horseless carriage is becoming a permanent feature. The incident followed a fractured arm injury to skull and John Higgins, 38, during the event.
Cameron Missouri reports funeral services for Esther Owen age 89. A longtime Missouri resident for 71 years she was injured in an automobile accident two years ago and had been helpless since. The obituary notes her long residence and passing.
Five teen boys died in two separate accidents near St Louis. Four drowned in an abandoned clay mine pit and one in an unused quarry. Victims in the mine were Robert Hanneken Cosmo Formosa George Bruemmer and Joseph Arthur Stock. Quarry victim was Charles Vail Rhodes. Bodies recovered from fifteen feet of water by city divers.
A passerby saw Rhodes struggling in the water and the youth sank before rescuers could arrive. Authorities mourn the death as family is notified.
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