Rural Electrification Push Sparks Senate Debate
Missouri Senate agriculture committee reports favorable on three Senate bills and a House model bill to authorize non profit operation of rural electric cooperatives. John Dalton estimates 23 000 potential members in 27 cooperatives. objections include legal status clarification and a dispute with REA official John Carmody over committee meeting delays.
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Washington
State
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Missouri Rural Electric Co
John Dalton
Kennett
Wek
John Carmody
Rea
Charles QC. Roberson D. Rockport
Wes
Carmody
Lioyd C. Stark
Sen
Roberson
Blind assistance to Senate floor shifts Missouri blind pension plan
The Missouri Senate Social Security Committee reported a bill to move blind pension administration to the Social Security Commission and base payments on need. Gov. Stark urged passage, claiming federal funds would rise to about 375000 dollars annually, enabling roughly 1750000 dollars yearly for blind pensions.
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Geal
Missouri
Senate
Senat Social Security Committee
Blind Pension Administration
Social Security Commission
Lloyd C. Stark
Allen McReynolds
Carthage
Stark
McReynolds
Refugee Jews Thank Paris for Haven on St Louis
The 1907 German Jewish refugees aboard the liner St Louis conveyed relief at escaping forced return to Nazi Germany. They were to be transported from Antwerp to France England and the Belgian interior, with others to the Netherlands, under temporary asylum guarantees to avoid becoming public charges.
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Paris
St. Louis
Nazi Germany
Europe
Cuba
Antwerp
France
England
Netherlands
Four Nations
Cloudy and Cooler Tonight Tomorrow in Jefferson City Area
Weather forecast for Jefferson City and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures. Temperatures high around 62 or 67 and low near freezing. River stage readings show Keokuk at 3.0 feet, Waverly rising, Boonville at 1.0 feet, Hermann at 0.0, with Lake of the Ozarks level around five and a half feet. Setow reservoir noted with fall levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville
St. Thomas
Hermannnna
Ozarks
Setow Fall
ICE FUND RISES PAST $100 WITH SIX DONORS
The fee fund mounted to more than $100 today at the courthouse office of county clerk W. H. Tellman. Moerschel Products Company led donations with $25, while La Palma Christian Sunday School class gave $1.50 and Evangelical Circle No. 4 contributed $1.06. Other gifts included $3 from Progressive Music Club and amounts of $5 and $1 from local groups. More than $500 will be necessary to meet the summer's needs.
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W. H. Tellman
Moerschel Products Company
la Palma
County lowers 1939 levy in Cole county to 3.30 per 100
Cole county set the 1939 levy at 3.30 per 100 dollars of valuation, down 50 cents from last year. The breakdown shows 1.50 school, 0.90 city, 0.50 county revenue, 0.15 state, 0.10 voids and bridges, 0.15 special roads and bridges, with potential further cuts possible next year as county debt reductions take effect.
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Cole County
Grand Jury to Get Facts on Slaying
Sheriff H L Myers said he would present investigation results on the coldblooded killing of 110 week old Haldon Fink to Prosecutor A L Hyzer for possible grand jury action. The baby's family volunteered to be fingerprinted for elimination purposes. Fink's father Irvin Fink, divorced last week, and James Powers were also fingerprinted.
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Clyde
H. L. Myers
Haldon Fink
A. L. Hyzer
Irvin Fink
James Powers
Fink
Judge Sentences Friend to Ten Years for Embezzlement
In Moundsville West Virginia Judge James F Shipman sobbed as he sentenced Frank Ross a close friend and former state tax commissioner to ten years in prison for embezzlement The guilty plea covered one of 17 indictments for the theft totaling 1308 86 The state department reported a loss of 13091 42
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
James F. Shipman
Frank Ross
J. W. Rickey
State Department
Two Convicts Escape Tebbetts Saw Mill
John Woodrow Eaton aged 27 and Harley Lynn aged 23, convicts serving grand larceny terms, escaped from Tebbetts state prison saw mill nine miles east of here last night. Eaton sentenced January 1938 in St. Louis county for three years. Lynn received from Jasper county in March 1987 for a five-year term. City files condemnation suit to create a sewer district against Jennie Turner and Kate Rogers.
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John Woodrow Eaton
Harley Lynn
Tebbetts
Here
Easton
St. Louis County
Lynn
Jasper County
City of
Jefferson
Jennie Turner
Kate Rogers i
Hope Fades for Big Increases in Security Fund
State leaders face a dire outlook as conference reports trim major appropriations by only 145 000 below executive estimates amid a looming social security bill shortfall. Gov Stark warns of a crisis without new revenue as five major measures await action and discussions hinge on direct relief and old age assistance funds.
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Senate-House Conference Committee
Joint Committee
Lloyd C. Stark
Senate
Stark
Budget Department
M. Ds A
Assembly
Federal deficit expected to be $500 million less
Washington reports federal income tax receipts for the year ending June 30 point to a deficit around $500 million below the January forecast of 4 072 259 000. By June 12 accurate figures show fiscal year totals of 5 237 929 346, suggesting a year end of at least 5 700 000 000, versus January's 5 520 070 900 projection. Addie Addison Grandfather Nelse Addison, longtime Jefferson City theatre stage manager, is a grandfather. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Bill Nixon at St Marys hospital. "Strange," he quips, "but I feel a day older than yesterday."
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Washington
Roosvelt
Addie Addison
Nelse
Addie) Addison
Jefferson City Theatres
Bill Nixon
St. Mary’s Hospital
Addie
Roosevelt Urged to Speed Action on Relief Measure
President Roosevelt faced pressure from relief advisers to push Congress to act quickly on the 1.716 billion dollar relief appropriation. With funds set to run dry by June 30, White House officials warned of a potential crisis if the Senate delays action, while WPA and NYA leaders pressed for prompt passage to avoid administration confusion and abrupt program cuts.
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Senate
Harrington
Williams
Washington
Roosevelt
House
White House
Col
F. C. Harrington
Works Progress Administration
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
WPA
Harrington and Williams iI
Enon
Congress
Cliff Weoedrum
Virginia
Public Opinion Closes Tavern Amid Highway Bill Debate
The senate debated a bus and truck bill with amendments seeking to exempt private truckers from PSC fees. A substitute would add about 1 million yearly in highway revenue via PSC permits on private, contract, and common carriers. McDowell offered an exemption. Searcy pressed a three cent gasoline tax. The bill was temporarily withdrawn amid constitutional questions. A separate license tag measure would raise about 809,000 annually. combined they aim to nearly 2 million yearly for roads, while the highway commission prefers the gas tax.
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Senate
Public Service Commission
House
James c. McDowell
Charleston
Searcy
Highway Department
The
Highway Commission
Germany Held Responsible for Black Tom Munitions Disaster
The mixed claims commission reversed the Hamburg ruling and held Germany responsible for the Black Tom and Kingsland munitions disasters. It found German witnesses dishonest and cited fraud, perjury, and suppression of evidence by German officials including Count Von Bernstoft and Franz Von Papen.
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Germany
Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
Black Tom
Kingsland
N. J
United States
International Tribunal
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Hamburg
New York
Reich
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Kingsland Assembly
Count von Bernstoif
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Christopher B. Garnett
Fire Insurance Firms resist refunds in Missouri case
One hundred thirty six fire insurance companies said in federal court they would resist any move to return about 9 5 million impounded in the Missouri rate case to policyholders. They offered to restore funds to the court custodian and have the rate case proceed on its merits.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City Democratic Organization
R. Emmet O'Malley
Pendergast
O'Malley
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Compareres
Homer Berger
Western Fire Insurance Company
Charles R. Street
Chicago
Street
Revision of legal procedure bill moves to court for tips
The legislature seeks changes to the state code of legal procedure inviting the supreme court to propose revisions for consideration at the next session. The senate unanimously adopted a house resolution requesting the court s recommendations after Sen Allen Mc Reynolds Carthage said chief justice would present suggestions. The code reform bill sponsored by the state bar association died in a house committee earlier this session.
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Supreme Court
House
Senate
Allen McReynalds
Carthage
State Bar Association
Jewish Midshipman Told to Change Name
Investigations ordered at the Naval Academy into reports that Midshipman Jay Allen Einstein was advised by his superiors to change his Jewish surname to improve opportunities. Rear Admiral Wilson Brown's office announced the inquiry as Einstein, at sea on the summer cruise, awaits questioning while his father from Mount Vernon New York asserts his son was told his prospects would be enlarged if he changed his name.
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Annapolis
Jay Allen Einstein
Naval Academy
Wilson Brown
Einstein
Mount Vernon
N. Y
John A.“Mckenna
Britain, Japan face off at Tientsin concessions
June 15 dispatch reports a tense stand at Tientsin as British troops with machine guns and Japanese tanks confronted each other across barricades near the British and French concessions. A strong British protest demanded immediate steps to end search and stop actions against Britons and shipments via the Hai River.
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Tientsin
Japan
Edgar G. Jamieson
Hing
Hai River
Jamieson
Headquarters retained in Jefferson City pending space deal
A senate house conference committee approved a house provision to keep the state unemployment headquarters in Jefferson City but made retention conditional on satisfactory office space arrangements in the capital. The commission offices now occupy a shoe factory. The Chamber of Commerce has acquired a lot on East Capitol Avenue two blocks from the capital and submitted modern fireproof building plans designed to house the department, with financing progress described as satisfactory.
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Jefferson City
Commission
W. B. Whitlow
Fulton
Tommorrow
Chamber of Commerce
East Capitol Avenue
Capital Building
Grain markets seek lower freight rates in Missouri river toll plan
Washington June 1 AP Representatives of grain terminal markets on the Missouri river urged a Senate committee to approve a bill restoring transit privileges lost July 1, 1935. John Kuhn of the Omaha Grain Exchange said the Interstate Commerce Commission may reestablish waivers to allow mills to process grain without penalty rates on reshipment to Chicago. Kuhn urged passage of Senator Burke's bill to grant this authority. Charles C. Kelly of Hutchinson, Kansas opposed the legislation saying Congress should not fix rates and warning of possible discrimination against interior Kansas points.
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Washington
Brain
Missouri River
Senat
John Kuhn
Omaha
Neb
Brain Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Burke
D-Ned
Kuhn
Interstate Commerce
Charles C. Kelly
Hutchinson
Kas
Congress
Chamberlain hints at US France joint protest over Japan
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain suggesting possible joint action with Britain France and the United States over Japan using the Tientsin incident to press broader demands in China. He noted Tokyo’s demand for four Chinese accused of killing a Tientsin official and the British blockade. A man named Nicca Ross was stabbed in Callaway County and hospitalized after a fracas.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
Tientsin
China
London
Paris
Tokyo
Britain
France
United States
State Department
Roosevelt
Far East
Mexico
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Nicca Ross
Callaway County
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George H. Tharp
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