Federal agents seize three stills on two county farms
Agents raided two farms in the county and arrested Herb Talken and another man. They found a 150 gallon operation and a second still, 2,000 gallons of mash, and 11 gallons of finished whiskey. Talken posted bond after waiving hearing. the other suspect faced a $3,500 bond. Authorities had monitored the sites for weeks amid reports of a local speakeasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Peter
Herb Talken
Ben Talken
Talken
Peters
Ben Falken
Glenn bill authorizes 19 million loan aid for levee districts
In Washington on June 17 AP reports the Senate passed the Glenn bill to authorize 19 million dollars in interest free loans for drainage and levee districts to refinance bonded indebtedness for flood control works. A revolving fund of 95 million is authorized, with yearly appropriations capped at 19 million. Loans target farmers on artificially drained land or flood protected areas. The measure goes to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Glenn
Tinois
Free Arkansan Of A Murder Charge
Batesville Arkansas June 17 Justice of Peace Evans released Earl Nichols from a murder charge for the slaying of his brother in law Jesse Barber 35 Cord near here June 6 Nichols shot Barber after Barber had killed his estranged wife and wounded Nichols Mr and Mrs I W Foerschl visiting relatives in St Charles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Ark
Justice of Peace
Evans Today
Earl Nicholls
Jesse Barber
Cord
Here
Nekholls
Barber
Nuckolis
Weather snapshot for several states hints at warmth
Fair tonight and tomorrow with warmer conditions. northwest and extreme north portions expect slight warming on Wednesday. Illinois shows fair tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer skies in the northwest. Missouri weather and roads compiled for the Associated Press notes clear conditions across all points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Rat Killer at Jail Turns to Rooster Verses Rats
A terrier bought to clear Cole County's jail of rats mutilates the jailyard by killing four rats and later abducts a prized rooster. Deputy Snorgrass praises the dog as a solution, while Sheriff Prenger notes the dog’s mischief. The pair debate keeping a rat ridden jail or a chickenless yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick Snorgrass
Cole County
Snorgrass
Sherrif Prenger
Chick
Americans Lead Field for British Open After 36 Holes
June 17. With eight Americans among 114 players, the British Open begins tomorrow in a 72 hole medal event. Scores dipped to 58 for 36 holes yesterday as MacDonald Smith and Jim Barnes led at 148 and 150 respectively, Horton Smith 151, Don Moe 155, F C Stevens Jr 157, with the low 100 players and ties advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyloke
Eng
MacDonald Smith
Jones
Jim Barnes
Horton Smith
Don Moe
F.C. Stevens, Jr
St Louis WGC T O opposes Breuer reappointment as U S district attorney
The St Louis WGC T O executive committee adopted a resolution opposing the recent reappointment of Louis H. Breuer as U S District Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. It blasted enforcement in St Louis as unsatisfactory and cited family ties and alleged political interference as issues in the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Hoover
Louis H. Breuer
United States
District of
Missouri
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Mitchell
St Louis Population Revised Up to Eight Hundred Twelve Thousand
Revised census figures release shows St. Louis population at 818,252, up 45,355 since 1920. Preliminary total was 817,334, with absentees counted but missing from Chamber of Commerce list not included. Also notes Open House and Tea by Missouri Methodist auxiliary in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Missouri Methodist Auxiliary
Hendrix Hall
Columbia
Hendricks Named Missouri VFW Commander At State Meet
H Q Hendricks of St Louis was unanimously nominated as department commander of the Missouri United Spanish War Veterans at Springfield. Other officers named include Ben F Schuetz of Kansas City senior vice commander J A Dearmond of Butler junior vice commander Wallace B Hodge of Jefferson City department surgeon W L Sharp of St Louis and J Melville of Nevada chaplain. Election to be held tomorrow as about 200 veterans attend the convention. Cape Girardeau invited as next year’s host city but decision deferred to the new administration council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
H. Q. Hendricks
St. Louis
Missoui United Spanish War Veterans
Ben F. Schuetz
Kansas City
J. A. Dearmond
Butler
Wallaceb. Hodge
Jefferson City
W. L. Sharp
J. Melville
Nevada
H. A. Finke
Cape Gi
Monroe noted author dies at 73 in Florida hospital
Orlando, June 17 AP Kirk Monroe died in a local hospital after a long illness. The author of 35 books for boys was best known for Flaming Of Feather and Through Swamp and Glade. His Florida explorations are used as reference on Seminole life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Kirk Monroe
Monroe
Florida
Hoover Eyes Treasury Surplus In First Full Year
President Hoover anticipated a comfortable treasury surplus by the end of his first full fiscal year. Cash receipts from foreign governments and a strong quarterly income tax drive veterans of the period toward a potential surplus exceeding 100 million dollars. Treasury officials avoided exact figures while noting a total yearly revenue likely above four billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Treasury
United States
Fred Williams Named Fallon Postmaster
Frederick D Williams was appointed postmaster of Fallon Missouri on May 3, date shown in source. Williams succeeds prior postmaster and assumes duties at Fallon office, reflecting standard postal appointments of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Falton
Frederick D. Williams
Fallon
New Tariff Law Takes Effect at Midnight
President Hoover signed the tariff bill at 12:59 pm. It revises rates in over a thousand instances and goes into effect at midnight. Customs officials prepare for ships to rush port to beat old rates and to administer new ones, with limited photos allowed during the signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Fellon
Francis G. A. Eble
Customs
Smoot
Utah
Shortridge
California
Hawley
Oregon
Treadway
Massachusetts
Watson
Indiana
Bacharach
New Jersey
Lavere
Representative Treadway
Ogden Mills
Plea for New Teeth in Prohibition Law
The Southern Methodist Board of Temperance urged enactment of law enforcement measures sought by President Hoover. Senator Sheppard of Texas introduced the plea, made public by Bishop James Cannon Jr. The Lobby Committee, chaired by Caraway, will report on Cannon’s testimony, but is not expected to take a stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Southern Methodist Board of Termiperance
Hoover
James Cannon, Jr
Sheppard
Texas
Cannon
Caraway
First Carload of 1930 Wheat Loaded for Missouri Pacific
St Louis June 17 The first carload of 1930 wheat on the Missouri Pacific lines was loaded today at Kiowa Ban for shipment tomorrow morning to Kansas City the railroad announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Kiowa
Ban
Kansas City
Edmonds pushes ahead with filling station at busy corner
Dee Edmonds proceeds with erecting a Chestnut Dunklin Street filling station despite a hung jury verdict on a charge of building plan noncompliance. City officials warn of possible demolition after retrial next week while residents cite zoning and traffic concerns. Mayor Jenkins and Chamber of Commerce plan strategies, including curbing cuts and potential injunctions, as council consent debates the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Edmonds
Chestnut and
Dunklin Streets
Edmonds
Paul Steppleman
Rose
Chamber of Commerce
Wagner Place
Jenkins
Jos. Pope
Pope
Conrad Waldecker
W. &. Pope
Fea
Denial of Gandhi Patani Meeting Reported in Bombay Dispatch
London dispatch cites Exchange Telegraph denying negotiations for a settlement between Mahatma Gandhi and Sir Prabhasanker Pattani. The item follows census figures for Webster, Dallas, and Dent counties in Missouri with listed losses.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Prabhasanker Pattani
Missouri
Webster County
Dallas County
Dent County
Baby Smiles and Dimples Because It Wants a Home
A pretty baby girl with dimples smiles at visitors as she seeks a home. Abandoned after birth, she suffered exposure before rescue. the case drew social concern and legal action against her mother and grandfather. Now in welfare care, she longs for a wholesome environment and a chance at life. Contact Mrs. Laura G. Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Welfare Association
Laura G. Green
Bracelet figure dominates Secrest trial with three witnesses
In Kansas City a federal court delayed ruling on a Missouri rate fight involving state insurance officials. Judge Merrill E Otis told the court the injunction decision would be postponed to July 2 after a hearing attended by judges Otis Kimbrough Stone Reeves. Insurance interests awaited a New York conference to see if a tentative pact would halt the 16 2 3 percent rate hike and reinstate the previous rate, with litigation to be dropped and a state supreme court test case planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Albert L. Reeves
National Insurance
New York
State Supreme Court
Yun
Repurt
Otis
Order for a million in equipment for Bagnell Dam
St Louis June 17 an order exceeding 1 000 000 for electrical equipment for the Osage River hydro electric project at Bagnell Missouri has been placed with West Light Power Company of St Louis The order includes six 23 888 kva waterwheel generators and seven 150 kilowatt motor generators from Longhen street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Osage River
Bagnell
Mac
West- Light Power Company “of
Lonthen St
Bishop Joseph H Schlarman consecrated in Belleville
In Belleville Illinois at St Peters Cathedral Rt Rev Joseph H Schlarman was consecrated bishop of Peoria with Cardinal Mundelsen as consecrator. About 15 000 to 20 000 attended. He was named bishop in April by Pope Pius XI and succeeds the late Bishop Edmund M Dunne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, III
George Cardinal Mundelsen
Chicago
Joseph H. Schlarman
Peoria
St. Peter’s
Msgr
Schiarman
Pius XI
Rome
Edmund M. Dunne
Letter Found After Suspect’s Capture Near Stevens Farm
In Columbus Kansas AP report Joe Thompson of St. Louis was detained by a neighbor after leaving the home of farmer W. C. Stevens Sunday night. Police found a letter in his pocket addressed to his Indiana sister, written while Thompson was at the Stevens residence describing getting something to eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kas
Joe Thompson
St. Louis
W. C. Stevens
Here
Indiana
Thompson
Stevens
Break Up Kidnap Gang at Detroit
Detroit police said a kidnap ring that extorted hundreds of thousands of dollars over two years was broken. Seventeen members were named. eight were arrested in two days, seven jailed, one dead, with only Joe O Riordan still at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Joe O'Riordan
O’riordan
Primary NJ: Nation’s eyes on Newark race for U S Senate
Nation watches New Jersey primary as prohibition dominates. Ambassa dor Dwight W. Morrow and Sen. Frelinghuysen compete with Fort also in the race. Analysts expect a record turnout with 500000 to 650000 ballots. Campaign ends with radio addresses as supporters claim victory. Prohibition stands as key issue with Morrow seeking repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Joseph
Frelings Snay Torna
W. Fort
Prohibition
Ambassador Morrow
Frelinghouse
Morrow
Fort
State Anti-Saloon League
Baseball Results From May Games With Delays and Scores
Baseball results show Chicago at New York postponed while St Louis at Brooklyn and Cincinnati versus Boston feature incomplete lines. Final scores listed include Boston 6 over Cincinnati 4 and Philadelphia 5 over Pittsburgh 4 with multiple substitutions and homer details noted in terse boxscore wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Campbell
Sth
Sucker
Forth
Smith
Brandt
Frankhouse
Spohrer
Homer
Chatham
First Nighters and Post-Tribune Classified Ads
Miss Kalic Kolb of 920 W. McCarty Street is a first nighter who replies to the Post-Tribune classified ads as soon as they appear. Keely’s ad for two unfurnished rooms drew four callers, yielding satisfactory tenants, with readers urged to call 213 or 152 for quick real estate results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalic Kolb
W. McCarty Street
Post-Tribune
Bracelet Evidence Dominates Roy Secrest Trial
Crowded Jefferson City court today heard testimony on a fragile white gold filagree bracelet alleged to have belonged to Miss Elyda Anderson. A witness who didn’t testify in the first trial claimed to have seen Anderson wear the bracelet, while defense questioned the precise identification amid intense courtroom scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Secrest
Jefferson City
Elyda Anderson
Highway 50
A. P. Barton
F. B
Tanner
Dawson-Tanner
John Tart Hager
L. A. “Happy” Arnold
W. A. Creel
Ruth Nations
Chester Pollack
Carney Stone
Lorraine Doss
T. C. Pooley
J. A. Mitchell
Leota Mitchell
Roy Herrick
Cg, Roark
Lucille Seymour
Miss Anderson
Fulton
Barton
M. G
James Blair, Jr
Westhues
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Herb Taiken
Joe
Arkansan
Mrs
BM Foerschel
St. Charles
Ding Horton Ith
W. T.U
Lou Breuer
Hodge
RK Monroe
Treasury Surplus
Gandhi
Pattani
Secrest
Bagnell Dam
Rev. Schlarman
Colorado River
National League
Pittsburgh
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