Youth Drowns After Boat Sinks in Weir's Creek
Armin Bock, 15, a high school junior, drowned in an 18 foot hole near the Miller Street tunnel in Weir's Creek while riding in a leaky boat with friends Billie Seal and J B Moreland. Rescuers located his body after a half hour. pulmotor failed to revive him. The accident prompted emergency dives by Harald Countryman and Jim Mitchell as bystanders urged for help. Bock is survived by his parents and four sisters. the body lies in state at Tanner Funeral Home.
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Armin Bock
Weir
Miller Street
Bock
Billie Seal
J. B. Moreland
Wiggins
Armiin
Moreland
Ywo
Harald Countryman
Jim Mitchell
Miller Street Fire Department
Missouri
Ernest Bock
Harrison Street
Selma White
Pauline Sapp
Hilda Lammers
Jefferson City
Frieda Meyer
Lesle
Tanner Funeral
Wheatly
E. E. Mansur
Foster S. Wheatley
Thomas J. Kelly
Walnut
Drowning Death Reported of Robert M. Davis in Texas
Robert M. Davis, 25, former city resident and cadet at Hicks Field, Tex., was drowned there. He is son of Judge Walter N. Davis and Mrs. Davis, formerly residents of this city. Also noted is the reinstatement of lawyer B. R. Williams, 69, of Macon, by the Kansas City Court of Appeals after a two-year suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Davis
Hicks Field
Tex
Davis
Walter N. Davis
Kansas City
B. R. Williams
Macon
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Fair Warmer Tonight and Tomorrow in Jefferson City Area
Tonight and tomorrow in Jefferson City and vicinity will be fair with a rise in temperatures. Highs near 79 and lows around 51, with Sunday expected a high of 77 and a low of 53. River stage readings show Waverly at 20.4 rising 0.9, St Thomas at 30.4 falling 1.0, and Lake of the Ozarks just under full.
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Jefferson City
Waverly
Raconville
St Thomas
Lake of Ozarks
1000 Soldiers to Get Crop Leave at Camp Robinson
Camp Robinson Arkansas reports the 35th division will issue three day passes to about 1000 soldiers to aid harvests at home. The request cited wheat planted before mobilization and now ripe, risking crop loss without home arrangements. The two Dodge City brothers prompted the measure as an example of typical pleas.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
35Th Division
Arthur J. Erickson
137Th
Kansas) Infantry
National Guard
Dodge City
Kan
Donnell Links GOP Leaders to Job Conference
Lav. Forrest C. Donnell convened a Republican leadership conference to settle a quarrel over office patronage. Attendees included G.O.P. state chairman Charles Ferguson, vice-chairman Cleta Smith, national committeeman Barak Mattingly, national committeewoman Mrs. Victor Remley, and secretary Fred Sueck. The group aimed to discuss appointments needing Senate confirmation before adjournment, following a public rift with Ferguson over patronage.
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Lav
Forrest C. Donnell
Charles Ferguson
Willow Springs
G.O.P
Cleta’Smith
St. Louis
Barak Mattingly
National
Victor’. Remley
Liberty
Donnell
Ray Mabee
Unionville
Senate
Bernard Rademann Dies on Farm Near Jefferson City
Bernard Rademann aged 58 died at his home on a Route 2 farm this morning after over a year of illness. Born July 19, 1882 in Germany he came to this county as a child. He married Bernadine Wickenberg on June 4, 1932 and leaves three sons Lawrence Herbert and Clemence of Jefferson City, two children preceded him in death. Surviving siblings include Henry Jefferson City Bill Bunceton John Wardsville Anton Folk and Emil Yearling Neb and a sister Mrs S W Mueller of Jefferson City.
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Bernard Rademann
Here
Rademan
Germany
Bernadine Wickenberg
Lawrence
Herbert
Clemence
Jefferson City
aFive
Henry
Bill
Bunceton
John
Wardsville
Anton
Folk
Emil
Yearling
Neb
5. W. Mueller
Indictments Hit Firms Over Food Price Charges in Chicago
A federal grand jury indicted sixty nine persons, firms, and organizations in Chicago on food price charges. The list includes thirty one canning companies and three national canned pea marketing associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rotary Club at Tweedie Factory Meeting
The Rotary Club met today at Tweedies Factory as guests of Charles and William M Tweedie. About 75 attended with 20 employed by the Tweedie Factory. A factory tour was given for the Rotary members and luncheon was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Tweedies Factory
Charles
Wm M. Tweedie
Tweedie
Rotary
Injuries in Sunday Wrecks Near This City
George Rhoads aged 54 of Russellville is in serious condition at St. Mary's hospital after his car hit a bridge near his home Sunday. Eldon teen Pauline Hader, 17, is seriously injured after being struck by a Forsythe driver on Highway 54 five miles south of Eldon. Hader suffered a double fracture of both legs. John E. Vieth of Highway 54 south of Jefferson City had minor injuries when his car overturned on Saturday.
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George Rhoads
Russellville
Camdenton
St. Mary’s Hospital
Highway 54
Jefferson City
Farewell party for Polk county agent Bob Kallenbach
More than 400 people from across the county gathered at Robi W. Kallenbach near Brazito to bid farewell to Bob Kallenbach who had been named county agent. The Cole county court withholds annual supplies funding over a draft mix up. Kallenbach offered to resign after urging to stay. Farm leaders called the gathering a demonstration of farmers’ feelings toward him.
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Robi. W. Kallenbach
Brazito
Kallenbach
Polk County
Leo DeBroeck
Cole County Farm Bureau
Cole County
Farm Bureau
Bob Kallenbach
McKittrick Reopens Missouri Insurance Hearings
Chicago June 16 AP Attorney General Roy McKittrick of Missouri reopened antitrust hearings to block 123 stock fire insurers from operating in Missouri. He planned to review 139 exhibits of memorandums by Russell D Hobbs, adviser to the subscribers actuarial committee, claiming a conspiracy to fix rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roy McKittrick
Missouri
McKittrick
Russell D. Hobbs
Western Actuarial Bureau
Subscribers Actuarial Committee
Brokers Accused of Sharp Practices in SEC Action
Chicago June 16 AP A Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Abe L Hoffman today accused W K Archer and Company of Kansas City Missouri brokerage house of sharp practices and business ethics such as would put to shame practices of the yellow kid Weil
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Securities and Exchange Commission
Abe L. Hoffman
W. K. Archer and Company
Kansas City
Yellow Kid Weil
Flogging Case Moves to Polk County Jurisdiction
In Camdenton Missouri two school teachers Hilda Rheads and Aldytha Keith and osteopath Dr Robert A Turrell were charged with flogging Max Caldwell after he allegedly attacked a teacher. Their lawyers secured a venue change to Polk county where the trial will begin in September. All defendants were released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camdenton
Max Caldwell
Morgan Moulder
Camden County
Jackson
Polk County
Robert A Turrell
Hilda Rheads
Aldythea Keith
Portrait unveiling marks Clark in state gallery
Son Bennett Champ Claris is to attend tomorrow’s unmasking of the long-covered portrait of former Speaker Champ Clark. The $1,000 portrait was funded by the 1939 Missouri legislature to honor WWI-era figures in the gallery beside the house floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett Champ Claris
Champ Clark
National House of Representatives
State House
Clark
Morris
Robert Edward Coontz
Enoch Herbert Crowder
Arthur Lee Willard
Coontz
U.S. Naval Forces
Crowder
Willard
U. S. Sie
Former Resident Grace Shott Dies in Greeley Colorado
Grace Shott, 47, a former Jefferson City resident, died in Greeley Colorado yesterday. Survived by second husband Fred A. Shott, two children in St. Joseph, father D. D. Collier, and five sisters in Jefferson City, St. Louis, and Chamois. Body to be brought here for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Shott
Almeda Hutchinson Dies at Centertown
Miss Almeda Hutchinson, 84, died at her Centertown home. Born in Ohio, she moved to Missouri with parents Washington and Hannaly Hutchison, settled in Elston and later Centertown, where she was the last of her family. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2:30 PM from Centertown Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almeda Hutchinson
Centertown
Ohio
Missouri
Washington
Hannaly Hutchison
Elston
Centretown
Baptist Church
Union official moves to end shipyard tieup and city strike
Harvey W. Brown of the Machinists union plans to rush to San Francisco to urge compliance with President Roosevelt on the shipyard strike. In California, CIO and AFL machinists rejected the National Defense mediation board’s recommendations. In Amesport Pennsylvania city workers struck over recognition and wage issues, halting garbage collection and street repairs. Mayor Lysle dismissed five workers and warned of more dismissals. The shipyard strike widens while CIO and AFL persist, with both sides seeking higher wages and overtime pay. A separate two-year contract ratified by 34 CIO locals eyes Atlantic coast shipyards to prevent defense delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harvey W. Brown
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
San Francisco
Roosevelt
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO
AFL
Washington
Brown
Aeneesport
George Hi. Lysle
Lysle
Defense Mediation Board
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Atlantic Coast
Ickes accuses Aluminum Company of America of monopoly
Interior Secretary Ickes told a senate committee that if history records the current war as due to rigidity in industry it may reflect the recalcitrance of the Aluminum Company of America. He said the company blocked aluminum output by rivals and called it "as perfect a monopoly as ever devised by man."
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Washington
Ickes
Senate
Aluminum Company of America
Truman
D-Mo
Tekes
Blackout Drill Discussed by Jefferson City Officials
Officials and American Legion members in Jefferson City talk of practicing a city blackout. Blackouts have occurred in several major cities, and local leaders plan to discuss the drill at upcoming meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Jefferson City
Senate approves defense highway bill for air ports
The Senate unanimously passed a $250 million plan to build a network of 400 defense road flight strips for emergency bomber landings. Sponsored by Sen. Hayden, it shifts three-fourths of costs to the federal government, far above the prior 50-50 split, with 78,000 miles targeted for work across the federal road system.
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Washington
Senate
House
Carl Hayden
Ariz
Roosevelt
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Fedral
McBellar
Missouri River Crest Near Lexington and Boonville
The Missouri River crest passed Lexington as riverside towns faced rising waters. Boonville measured 22 feet with forecasts showing Jefferson City 23 feet and St Louis 26.5 feet by midweek while backwaters flooded bottomlands from Brunswick to Kansas City. Rain ended and temperatures rose slightly as officials predicted falling stages after the crest.
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St, Louis
Boonville
Missouri
Mississippi
Lexington
Allen New Chairman of Young Democrats
Paul Allen of Jefferson City is elected chairman of the Young Democrats' Second Congressional District. Other officers chosen at last night's Boonville meeting include Mary Opal Hughes of Keytesville as vice chairman Marion Lamb of Moberly as second vice chairman Harold Kenton of Norborne as treasurer and Margaret M Pine t of Jefferson City as secretary. Bors State Ready for Election Fulton Mo June 16 AP Youths rally to beat peers from St Louis and Kansas City in tomorrow's gubernatorial election at Boys State the American Legion training camp in government.
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Paul Allen
Jefferson City
Young Democrats
Boonville
Mary Opal Hughes
Keytesville
Marion Lamb
Moberly
Harold Kenton
Norborne
Margaret M. Pinet
Fulton
St. Louis
Kansas City
American Legion
Blair Gains Four Votes in Maries County, recount progress
Recount in Maries County shows Judge Sam C. Blair gaining four votes and Harry L. Buchanan two in Belle with Vienna overturning some gains. attorneys expect moving to Miller County court next. Nine votes unaccounted for prompt continued counting as Miller and Morgan counties await tally.
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Maries County
Sam C. Blair
Harry L. Buchanan
Miller County
Vienna
Belle
Maines
Bair
Buchanan
Tuscumbia
Alroy S. Phillips
Cate
Blair
Miller
Morgan
Dinwiddie
Monifeau County
Death of Mrs Margaret Enloe at California Missouri
Mrs Margaret Enloe 90 died yesterday at her daughter Mrs Rhoda Fritz's home near California Missouri. Born in Kentucky in 1851 she married Alfred Boston in 1874 who died in 1881. She later married Abraham Enloe in 1887 and moved near Russellville. Enloe died in 1895 and she lived with her daughter who survives with one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Enioe
Rhoda Fritz
California
Enloe
Kentucky
Alfred Boston
Abraham Enloe
Russeilsville
Tax plan presented to House Ways and Means Committee
Washington June 16 Up A 1 billion dollar excess profits tax plan was presented to the house ways and means committee by the staff of the joint congressional committee on taxes. Gerald Higgin, a six year old boy, suffered a deep gash in his left leg after sliding from an old car near his home at 1226 East Atchison. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxes
Gerald
Homer Higgins
E. Atchison
Welles Orders German Consulates Closed by July 10
The United States, after rescuing the last 35 survivors of the Robin Moor, clamps a padlock on all German consulates and orders removal of Nazi agents, library and related agencies, while noting this does not break diplomatic ties. Capetown hosts the rescued sailors aboard a British ship as battles rage in North Africa and tensions with Russia rise over a Pan-European program.
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Associated Press
United States
Robin Moor
Washington
Berlin
Sumner Welles
German Library of Information
Railway Tourist Bureau
German Tranocean
Welles
Germany
S. S
Libya
Suez Canal
London
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Black Sea
Middle East
Tissoue
Damascus
Djezzine
Mediterranean
Sidon
Gambut
U. S
America
Recife
Brazil
Capetown
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Boy
Robert Davis
Texas
Bernard Rademen Des
Eldon
J. E. Vieth
Bob Kallennbach
Mpkittrick
Polk
Greeley
Ralph Jobel
Harvey Brown
M’keesport, PA
IGXES
Aluminum
Fall Ooon
Land Company
George Wallau
Jefferson City Land Company
Wallan
Callaway
Allen
Margaret Pinet
Maries
Belle and Vienna
Versailles
Mao Margaret Enloe Ove
Y. 6
Vazi
Cape Town
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