Twelve Army men killed in midair collision over New York
Twelve air reserve corps members and two other fliers died when two Douglas bombing planes collided near Mitchel Field, plunging into a residential area within New York City limits. The crash destroyed two houses, burned a woman resident, and left no survivors. Mayor LaGuardia visited the scene while witnesses described the devastation as flames and falling wreckage blanketing 289th Street.
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New York
New York City
Army Air Reserve Corps
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Kelly Field
Texas
Paul Burlingame
Louisville
West Point
Mitchel Field
Army
289Th Street
George Noll
F. W. Watkins
F. H. LaGuardia
Unsettled Weather With Rain Tuesday for Jefferson City
Forecast calls for unsettled conditions this afternoon and fair tonight with scattered thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures expected highs near 88 Sunday and 84 Monday with a low around 62. River stage readings for Keokuk Kansas City Waverly Boonville St Thomas and Lake of the Ozarks noted with fall and water level changes.
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Jefferson City
Keokuk
Kansas City
Waverly
Eeesecress
Boonville
St. Thomas
Lake of Ozarks
Growing demand for a new office building in Sedalia
Jefferson City residents press for immediate construction of the proposed Unemployment Compensation Commission office, a $200000 bond project. Chamber of Commerce president Hugh Stephens convened a 20 member committee to urge Gov. Lloyd C. Stark to intervene as the UCC contemplates moving its 500 employee payroll to Sedalia. The group argues building now could proceed regardless of whether the commission stays, hoping the move may be reconsidered.
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Jefferson
Chamber of Commerce
Rumors of Spy Arrests Circulate in Jefferson City
Local rumors claim two men were arrested by FBI inspectors for un American activities amid national drive against subversives. Prison officials and federal offices reported no verification, noting repeated inquiries about alleged fifth column cases, with officials saying there is nothing to it.
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Jefferson City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Plane crash victim well known here
Second Lieutenant Harrison Barns, killed in a U S Army plane crash at Cristobal Canal Zone, was a well known figure in Jefferson City and nearby areas. A University of Missouri and Kemper Military School graduate, he previously lived in Moberly and Columbia where he worked at Harris Cafe. His family recently moved to Columbia and he has a younger brother in journalism school. His parents Mr. and Mrs. J H Barns Sr and sister Miss Mary Barnes, a California, Missouri teacher, survive him.
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Cristobal
Canal Zone
Jefferson City
Barns
University of Missouri and
Kemper Military School
Moberly
Columbia
University
Harris Cafe
School of Journalism
J. H. Barns
Mary Barnes
California
France seeks peace terms as Mussolini Hitler set to decide
Churchill vows Britain will fight on alone until Hitler is conquered. Petain announces France ready to lay down arms, while Berlin claims France’s capitulation. Baltic nations see Soviet troops advance as Russia seeks strategic position and potential offensives. Bordeaux radio station reports and German terms remain unclear among wartime tensions.
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Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Hitler
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United States
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CBS
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British Empire
Marshall Petain
Verdun
Petain
France
Bordeaux
Europe
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Russia
Estonia
Latvia
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Lithuania
Edmond Taylor
Columbia Broadcasting System
Premier Petain
Spain
Taylor
Traffic round up reports two reckless driving cases
A morning tally in the police court and prosecuting attorney’s office shows two drivers charged with reckless and careless driving, one with driving while intoxicated, plus a fourth charge of disturbing the peace. Donald Latham waived preliminary hearing. bond set at 500 dollars. Latham’s prior appearances include no license and prior reckless driving. Peters and Woodson sustained minor injuries but were treated and released. Latham and Woodson uninjured in the Schuberts area accident.
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Donald Latham
Foster S. Wheatley
Wheatley
Latham
William Schatz
Hartsburg
Don Peters
Madison Street
Robert Woodson
Peters
Woodson
St. Mary's Hospital
Burke
Carl Wymore
War Bulletins from Washington to Berlin June 17
wartime summaries report Roosevelt freezing French credits in the United States to prevent marketing of assets. Mussolini and Ci denuncia en route to talks over France armistice. Soviet troops occupy Tallinn Tartu and other Estonian towns after Moscow ultimatum. Britain to take over delivery of over 3100 French warplanes, mostly combat types, from six factories. British admiralty orders ships to maintain crew for gun and fire defenses. Metz fortress surrenders to German detachment, official Berlin report.
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Roosevelt
United States
Germany
France
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Tallin
Tartu
Estonia
Moscow
Latvia
Berlin
Riga
New York
Cadiail
Rah
London
Admiralty
United Kingdom
Jefferson City Leader Appeals for Latin American Friendship
Valedictorian Dr. Alice Parker returning to address the Council of Clubs argues that closer ties with Latin American neighbors can bolster democracy and fight Nazism in the Western Hemisphere. Her remarks at State Park emphasize sympathetic attitudes toward sister republics and democracy in their nations.
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Middle West
Council of Clubs
Alice Parker
Lindenwood College
Yale University
Paris
France
South America
Parker
State Park
Western Hemisphere
First Glass for Airplane Pilots Opens in Jefferson City
Jefferson City's opening class for airplane pilots in conjunction with the national defense program will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Junior College. Manager Guy Randolph says about 20 students enrolled will receive ground training by Henry Rollman, with daylight flight training at the airport. Classes run Monday, Wednesday, Friday for two months, possibly longer, with both day flight and night ground instruction. Herbert K. Hyde of Oklahoma City was named temporary chairman of the Republican convention's resolutions committee.
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Jefferson City
Guy Randolph
Henry Rollman
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Randolph
Hyde
Philadelphia
Herbert K. Hyde
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas E. Dewey
Governor Stark Praises Missouri Named Battleship Missouri
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark thanked President Roosevelt for naming a new 45,000 ton battleship after Missouri. He called the ship a splendid recognition of a state that has supplied many sailors. Stark had requested a state named battleship, with construction contracts let last week.
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Lloyd C. Stark
Roosevelt
Missouri
Berane Ly
United States Navy
Annapolis
Stark
Axis Partners to Meet at Munich to Decide France Fate
Berlin reports France crushed by German military power and seeks peace terms. Hitler and Mussolini likely to meet in Munich to determine surrender or armistice terms as Petain pleads to end fighting. German offensives sever Alsace Lorraine Maginot Line and push toward Orleans and the Loire amid calls of a broken French backbone.
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Associated Press
Berlin
France
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Munich
Axis
Britain
Marshal Petain
Hiller
England
Germany
Pelain
Alsace
Lorraine
Orleans
Loire
Switzerland
Atlantic
Spain
Mede
Parking Meters Test Uptown Parking Experiment
Meters began collecting nickels from uptown parkers this morning with surprisingly few complaints. Most motorists adapted, some avoiding zones with tariffs, and double parking largely absent. City council to meet to consider allowing trucks to park briefly to load and unload without payment and to decide taxi operation within the meter zone.
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Owens
Paroled perjurer in Carlton murder case
Harry Kaempfer of Cape Girardeau, 25, was paroled from Missouri state prison today by Gov. Lloyd C. Stark. Convicted of perjury in the 1933 W. T. Carlton murder, he had served 21 months of a seven year term after a Mississippi county trial on a Scott county change of venue.
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Cape Girardeau
Lloyd Co. Stark
Kaempfer
W. T. Carlton
Mississippi County
Scott County
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