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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
2
Henry Ford told the New York World's Fair crowd that most nations present are weary of war and would avoid it if they could. He spoke in a long prepared address about progress coming from deeds, not laws, and noted the arrival of Ford’s 27,000,000th car at the exposition.
The speaker recalls the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, where a gasoline powered pump inspired him to build a carriage mounted engine. He notes his early costs under a dollar and claims it sparked the forerunner of 27 000,080 engines. He argues the fair showed the world’s progress rests on work over profit and that nations’ exhibits reflect pride rather than warfare.
The First State Bank of St. Peter, Minnesota, has become a member of the Federal Reserve system. It has capital of 25000 dollars and total resources of 425495 dollars, increasing the St. Louis Fed district’s member banks to 392.
In St Louis a man entered Everett L Paton's tavern, drank three beers, and brandished a revolver demanding cash from the till. The bartender dismissed him, and the robber left without money. In Salisbury an ad promising a million dollar rain to Delmarva farmers triggered a real downpour overnight. In Santa Fe John Cummins was fined twenty five dollars after using six hooks and multiple poles, drawing officials' ire.
John Elbert Williams, an admitted burglar in Denver, withdrew his plea for probation and asked Judge Robert W. Steele to sentence him to prison where a dental ward would provide a new set of false teeth. The judge approved the sentence. The report also notes widespread misconceptions about counterfeit money and a land area measure in Argentina.
Governor Lloyd C. Stark proposed raising social security appropriations for Missouri to 32 million dollars from 29.75 million to fund the aid program for 1939 40. He urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to back the increase, warning of a possible special session to address the relief crisis as current funds would exhaust by January 1, 1940.
Eugene Weidmann, set for execution, paid 450 francs for a cemetery plot at St Pierre in Versailles where Henri Landru died. A German woman named Frau Carlier, acting for Weidmann, bought the lot after his pardon appeal was rejected by President Lebrun. Weidmann is to be executed tomorrow for the killings of six people including 22 year old Jean de Koven.
Brooklyn resident Miss De Koven enticed to Weidmann’s villa at Saint Cloud where Karl Weidmann strangled her on July 23, 1937 and buried her body. The execution set for Louis Barthou Square in Versailles will be among France’s most shocking crimes since Landru’s 1922 case. Roger Million, 37, spared to life in prison after a late commutation, was convicted with Weidmann.
Hardinsburg Kentucky was selected as moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by the general assembly. The minister, serving since 1917, was chosen yesterday to lead the denomination.
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