Jefferson City Chamber Presses Industry Growth Plan
President Stephens outlines a progress program urging industry to attract and develop jobs, improve highways, and enhance city beautification. The plan includes toll-free river bridge, double track rail, Bagwell dam, a flying field, and river barge line with strong Chamber support.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Parish
Giky
St. Louis
Bagnell
Simonsen
Highway Department
Missouri Pacific
Bagwell Dam
Reorganized Chamber of Commerce
Patriotism in Education and Public Funds Contested
A public and private education stance asserts that love of country and patriotism must be central in curricula. It condemns un-American theories, calls for halting public funding to such institutions, and urges decisive action against sources of propaganda. The piece comments on crime, moonshine, police conduct, ballot access for women, and a hypothetical presidential candidate.
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United States of America
Narrow circle of living interest shapes newspaper news
A columnist recalls a reader in Independence who cares only about her small world and school activities. The piece argues newspapers must touch readers life interests or fail, using a dog fight versus an anarchist chase as contrast.
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Independence
Examiner
Congress
Circe
Main Street
Moscow
Independente Examiner
Public playgrounds on vacant lots aid child welfare
The bulletin from the Children's Bureau notes cities in the U S and Canada use vacant lots as temporary playgrounds in exchange for tax exemptions or small rentals. It argues this two way benefit helps ten year olds have play spaces while cities acquire permanent playgrounds to prevent street truancy when owners sell land.
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Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Canada
The Toll the Winds Take
Cape Girardeau Missourian reports figures from Travelers Insurance showing windstorms and tornadoes caused about 2000 deaths and $50,000,6000 in 1928. High winds caused most damage. tornadoes were less deadly but feared. The article notes no effective wind or tornado prevention.
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United States of America
Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford
Cape Girardeau Missourian
Hoover Cornerstone Reflects Hoover Era Growth in Commerce
Herbert Hoover as President will lay the corner stone for a new Commerce building, the largest department structure in Washington. The same trowel used by George Washington in 1793's Capitol ceremony marks Hoover's symbolic link between his early Commerce tenure and current presidency.
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Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Washington
George Washington
Capitol
Union Republican
Birthday Club Notices and John Wesley Biography Highlight
The Post-Tribune extols two birthday boys Gerald West Livingston aged seven and Joe Beb Nach aged four. A feature recalls John Wesley founder of the Methodist Church born June 17 1733 in England and his lifelong habit of asking questions.
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The
Post-Tribune
Gerald West Livingston
E. High
Joe Beb Nach
Lee Street
Church
Wesley
John Wesley
John
Johnvs
Jacky
England
Methodist Church
Jefferson City
Burning Lava Destroys Japanese Village
Fires from the Komaga volcano lava flow destroyed a village near Hakodate Japan after its eruption today ending a decade of quiescence. The eruption prompted emergency responses as residents fled and authorities assessed damage and hazards.
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Hakodate
Japan
Komagatake
Two Celebrity Friends Plan Quick Wed On Arrival
Paul Page known for sudden fame in films and Ethel Allis once a Ziesfield beauty were longtime friends. They met on a steamer to Los Angeles and vowed to marry within months, saying they were “just like that” upon reaching port.
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Paul Page
Ethel Allis
Ziesfield
Los Angeles
Out Our Way Destruction After Mount Komatake Eruption
The piece reports Ikusajawa village destroyed on the southern slope of Mount Komatake. Villagers escaped to Nanae nine miles north of Hakodate by waiting train. Smoke enveloped Wanae and reached Hakodate with Hondetsu reportedly burned and Dorlon on the western slope endangered by fires. The 1856 eruption had nearly deforested the area.
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Ikusajawa
Nanae
Hakodate
Wanae
Hondetsu
Dorl
Komatake
Secretary Nan’s risky chase to clear a clue
Nan Carroll, Morgan’s private secretary, pursues a faint lead from the Grace Cox case transcript. She visits Annie Crayfish, ex Riverside Country Club maid, hoping the woman’s memory ties to a crucial name and a hidden motive in Iris Morgan’s scandal.
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Hee
Lonors Wirce
Nan Carruole
Joan Curtis
Irtis Moilgan
O F Morgan
Arch
Little Curtis
Merle Curtia
Bex
Nan
Willis Todd
Marcinze
Nap
Ale
Morgan
Won
John Curtis Morgan
McTeague
Wan
Mr. Morgan
Grace Cox
Brainerd
Tim
Ion
Riverside Country Club
Annie Crasish
Bertha
Crayfish
Taining Morgan
Annie Crayfish
Country Club
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Mrs. Crayfish
Penn
The Night Court Drama of Grace Cox and Mrs. Fleming
Nan uncovers a bribery plot as Annie Crayfish recalls aid from Mrs. Fleming and the Arizona trip. Grace Cox stands accused of forged letters linking wealthy club members to a crime. Nan pushes Annie to testify, seeking justice for Grace.
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Arezona
T. B
Mama
Madge
Nap
Annie Crayfish
Annie
Nan
Arizona
Grace Cox
Annia Crayfish
Dire Fleming
Miss
Mrs. Fleming
Annia
Dozen Feasted Lives Lost in New Zealand Quake
A New Zealand earthquake killed four men and left two missing after a landslide blocked the Westland River. Another man perished at Fall Rock Cement Works, with the Westland district reporting the disaster.
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Wellington
New Saland
Feast
New Zealand
Westland River
Westland District
Fall Rock Cemerge Works
Florida House Condemns Entertaining Negroes
The Florida House of Representatives passed by 71 to 13 a resolution condemning social policies of the administration involving entertaining negros in the White House with white ladies.
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Tallawassee
Fla
Florida House of Representatives
White House
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