Heavy fines proposed in curb auto wrecks drive reform
Police plan to file in all wreck cases and arrest careless truck drivers after a series of crashes. Ed Perry's car at 8 Washington Street was damaged in a hit and run. a license match tied to N A King. Edward Hayworth, cited for speeding at Jefferson and McCarty, paid a $10 fine, not the usual $3 for first offenders. Purdy case delayed while city debates restitution as civil matter. A dairy truck driver cited for 40 mph marked the start of a crackdown on speeding delivery vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Perry
Washington Street
N.A. King
King
June R. Rose
Edward Hayworth
Jefferson and
McCarty
Hayworth
Boulevard
E. Stieferman
Harding Street
Issa
J. M. Purdy
Purdy
Tne
Sevier
Horner
Tageen
Thermometer at Swift's Highway Home Records Warmth
Government thermometer at the home of Mrs. Frank Kliegel on Swift's Highway showed 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon as the warmest period of the year. At noon today the mercury stood at 90 with prospects for a new season high by mid afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kliegel
Swift
Dallas Pastor Hanged in Church Believed Faction Fight
Police probe the assault on Baptist supply pastor B. P. Brown in Dallas who was stripped bound and hanged at his church by four masked men. He was a baggage clerk by trade and suffered minor injuries. No arrests reported as investigators seek motive tied to factional strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
B. P
Brown
Weather Outlook Mostly Fair With Cooler Weekend
Mostly fair and not quite so warm weather forecast. Warn that Saturday afternoon could bring cooler readings in extreme north portions and in central and north portions Sunday. Kansas expects generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with not quite as warm temperatures, especially in the extreme north portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narth
Kansas
Porstion
Damages Awarded in Defamation Suit Over Pamphlets
A Kansas City jury awarded Mrs. Josephine Fisher 125000 damages in a defamation case stemming from a pamphlet circulated at an Eastern Star convention. The verdict allocated 50000 compensatory and 75000 punitive damages against eight defendants including Mrs. Edith Ambruster St. Louis and Mrs. Josephine Myers Kansas City. Fisher said her name was vindicated as she recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Circuit Court
Josephine Fisher
Eastern Star
Edith E. Ambruster
St. Louis
The
Western Star
Josephine Myers
Oakie Myers
John W. Truesdale
Higginsville
John P Austin
W. W. Grow
St. Joseph
C. L. Strange
John H. McGuire
Marshall
Bond v Taylor case opens July Circuit Court term
The Bond versus Taylor case is slated as the first trial in the July adjourned Circuit Court session. Thirty one cases are set for trial in the thirty day period with nearly 290 on the Cole County docket, more than a year likely to dispose of all. The docket was re-set by attorneys and Circuit Clerk Richard Nacy. No criminal cases are to be tried, continued to October. The circuit deems itself among the busiest in the state and cites lack of legislative relief.
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J. D. Bond
H. I. ‘Taylor
Richard Nacy
Cole County
Hill sets new course record in Transmiss meet
Mrs Hill of Kansas City shattered the women’s course mark at the Trans-Mississippi event, posting 72, five under par. She made four birdies and, after a rocky start, steadied to reach the finals, surpassing Glenna Collett’s 75 record from six years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Transmis
Lows Country Club
Lune
Kansas City
Glenna Collett
Mrs. Hill
Dayton Pro Takes Early Tourney Lead
Dayton pro Jock Collins blasted a 67 to open a Western Open from Miami Valley Club Dayton boosting his 36 hole total to 121. Walter Bacon posted even par 25 on the outward nine and neared a two stroke midway edge, while Gene Sarazen and Ed Dudley shared third with 70 after the opening nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Valley Club
Dayton
Jock Collins
Walter Bacon
Gene Sarazen
Schamffion
Ed Dudley
Wilmington
Del
Farm Problems Course At Missouri College Of Agriculture
Farnp Agent Lucker urges Gale county bankers managers and others to join the short course offered by the Missouri College of Agriculture at Columbia Missouri from June 23 to July 2. Lecturers include Harry A. Wallace M F Miller and O R Johnson with representatives from the Federal Farm Board and other prominent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale County Exchange
Missori College of Agricultue
Columbia
Missouri
Lucker
Harry A. Wallace
Wallace Farmer
M. F. Miller
Missouri College of Agriculture
O. R. Johnson
Department of Agricultural Economics
Federal Farm Board
Burnett Funeral Held in Cedar City After Drowning
The funeral of Henry Burnett was held at Cedar City this morning after his death in the Osage River at Merton's Ferry on Wednesday. Authorities concluded an inquest was unnecessary and the drowning was accidental based on late yesterday's investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burnett
Cedar City
Burnett
Osage
Merton
Hoover's Orders Punish Plane Pilots Quickly
Washington June 19 AP Frank Byerley of Detroit was suspended 60 days for flying over the Harding memorial dedication ceremonies in Marion Ohio last Tuesday Secretary Lamont announced the findings prompted by President Hoover's demand that pilots who flew over the gathering be punished John Corradi Joseph C Mackey Harold Disel horst and Grant C Melvin of Columbus would be fined The action rests on the pilots operating their aircraft in a manner detrimental to public safety and the ceremonies’ interests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Byerley
Detroit
Marion
Ohio
Lamont
Hoover
John c. Corradi
Joseph C. Mackey
Harold Diséelhorst
Grant C. Melvin
Columbus
Jockeys Hurt In Cleveland Track Pileup
A fourt spill in the Second race at Bainbridge Track in Cleveland left three jockeys seriously injured. Lloyd Fage of San Diego likely fatally injured with a fractured skull and severed vertebras after being unconscious. Danny Frereate, Tommy Fowler and Don Meade sustained injuries but recovered or escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bainbridge Track
Lloyd Fage
San Diego
Calif
Fage
Hilda A
Danny Frereate
Primlin
Tommy Fowler
Homes destroyed in Andean hamlet in Peru quake
An earthquake yesterday leveled several homes in the Andean hamlet of Tinta Peru. Mountains collapsed rockfalls and cracks opened in village streets as residents faced damage and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cu2zo
Peru
Tinta
Baseball Results National League Scores and Pitchers
National League games show St Louis beating Boston 11 to 7 after leading 105 104 000 to 43 runs. Pittsburgh defeated New York 5 to 16 with Kremer and Phillips matching up against Mitchell Hevirg and O'Farelt. Hallahan Wilson Siebold Sherde Moss McAfee Cronin and Kremer noted for scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Boston
Hallahan
Wilson
Siebold
Sherde
Moss
McAfee
Cronin
Pittsburgh
New York
Kremer and Phillips
S Mitchell
Hevirg
O'Farelt
Body of unknown youth found after train fire dash
A 48 year old looking youth was killed riding a Missouri Pacific train at Cole Junction. His body, viewed by more than twenty men, remained unidentified despite radio broadcasts and inquiries to Bea ville directions. Special agents work with local police to determine identity as undertakers hold the body until week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Cole Junction
Beaiville
Missouri Pacific Special
Strawberry growers receive nearly a million in shipments
AP reports approximately 470 railroad cars from Arkansas and 70 cars from Missouri carried strawberries this season. John T. Stinson, director of agricultural development for Missouri Pacific Lines, announced the total value near $200,000, reflecting shipments in the Arkansas and Southern Missouri districts served by the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Arkansas
Missouri
Missouri Pacific
John T. Stinson
Beehive Band Stops Money Car at Federal Building
A swarm of honey bees halted traffic at a downtown transfer point in Kansas City. They swarmed a Federal Reserve money car, crossing the loop holes and moving about the guards. Few were stung as the bees wandered through the area in a curious display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Federal Building
Federal Reserve
Istreet
Judge Orders Wine Returned to Owners
In Bronx, Judge Coleman ordered the return of 500 gallons of wine seized from the Bronx Store of Fruit Industries Inc. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former assistant attorney general, is general counsel for the firm. The business deals in California unfermented grape products and held a permit to sell fermented wines for sacramental purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bronx
Coleman
The
Fruit Industries, Inc
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
California
Duel in Musgissifp Fatal to Merchant
In Georgetown Mississippi a pistol duel on Main Street left merchant W D Fleming dead from a heart wound and Dr J H Woods wounded in the head. The two men had long standing ill will linked to Fleming’s wife being a patient of Woods.
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Georgetown
Miss
W. D. Fleming
Rockport
J. H. Woods
Fleming
Woods
Meming
Kansas City Motor Fatalities Reach Fifty in 1931
Kansas City's motor car fatalities rose to fifty with the death of Carl Fielder, 33, who was struck by a car driven by a man identified only as a Negro, in June 1931. The casualty brings the year’s toll to the new total as police investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Carl Fielder
Oliver Sevier Dies of Cancer in Springfield
Oliver Sevier , brother of Prosecuting Attorney Nike G. Sevier, died at his home in Springfield Missouri after a brief illness. He was 45, born in Jacksonville Illinois, lived in Jefferson City as a youth, then moved to Springfield. He was a shoe cutter turned traveling salesman, unmarried, with two brothers and two sisters as survivors. Body to come to Jefferson City, services likely Monday by Rev Paul Weber, burial at River View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Sevier
Nike G. Sevier
Springfield
Jefferson City
Wymore- Gordon Undertakers
Sevier
Jacksonville
Cc. M. Sevier
Nike Sevier
Lee Sevier
Public Service Commission
A. Seymour
Ellis Elliot
Paul Weber
The
Baptist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Wunderlich Funeral Sunday Afternoon
Jacob Wunderlich longtime Schubert neighborhood resident dies after long illness at age ? funeral set for 2 pm Sunday from the family home Rev Berlekamp to conduct burial at Riverview Cemetery remains to be moved from Wymore Cordon parlor to the home tomorrow Wunderlich never married and survived by sister Mrs Barbara Weith and several nephews and nieces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Wunderlich
Schuberts
Rev
Berlekamp
Riverview Cemetery
Wymore Cordon
Wunderlich
Barbara Weith
Go After Aimee in Income Tax Drive
The government seeks 21 339 from Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson Los Angeles evangelist for 1927 and 1928 taxes. A hearing before the board of tax appeals is set for next Wednesday. McPherson says she reported all taxable income. Much of the unpaid amount came from Ange lus Temple funds used in her defense after her 1926 disappearance.
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Washington
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Negro escapes mob of lynchers in Huntsville
In Huntsville Alabama a black man named Jasper, convicted of pestering a young white girl, reportedly escaped from two unidentified white men who moved him from a jail cell. Police say a nearby woman reported he fled from his abductors, though details remain unsettled. The case prompts protests from international civil defense groups.
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Huntsville
Als
Thomas
Jasper
International Faber Defense
Bak
H. C. Blakemore
Ruth Nichols Flight Delayed To Sunday Start
AP by New York report says Ruth Nichols cannot depart Floyd Bennett Airport for Harbor Grace Newfoundland until Sunday after damage in landing from Jersey City on her planned solo Atlantic crossing. Mechanics labored overnight and two days more work were required.
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New York
Ruth Nichols
Floyd Bennett Airport
Jersey City
Atlantic
Miss Nichols
Harbor Grace
N. Fi
Missouri Gideons to distribute 271 Bibles at state convention
The Missouri Gideons, over 100 strong, will hold their state convention in Clearmont with plans to place 27 Bibles in Jefferson City hotels. Speakers include G. R. Nelson and W. E. Kittel, with dedicatory services led by church leaders and Lt. Gov. Winter. A fatal truck crash near Clearmont killed George Clark Robinson, 23, of Kansas City, injuring none of his companion.
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Clearmont
George Clark Robinson
Kansas City
Highway 1
Here
K. Lane
Anderson Transfer Company
Omaha
Missouri Gideons
Missouris Hotel
Hubert L. Metvat
St.Louis
E.W. Berlekamp
St. Louis
BE. H. Winter
G. R. Nelson
W. K. Beil
Joplin
B. W. Fields
W. E. Kittel
Topeka
Kans
First Baptist
First Presbyterian Church
Central Evangelical Church
Baylay
Christian
First Presbyterian
Jefferson City
Missouri
Central
Madison
A. B. Jackson
Paul Weber
First Baptish Church
G. S. Birkhead
Christian Church
Gideons
Fred M. Willians
Shore Hotels
Trusty convicts escape Missouri prison yesterday
Three trusted Missouri penitentiary inmates escaped yesterday and were being hunted in Central Missouri by guards and county officers. Charles McDonald, serving five years for manslaughter from Lincoln County, and George Mann, serving 40 years for felonious assault from Cass County, escaped from a prison farm near the penitentiary. McDonald began serving January 6, 193[?]. Mann from May 6, 1929. The third fugitive, Jack Smith, assigned to the prison garage, stole a car yesterday afternoon and fled on an errand. Smith had a two year sentence from Jackson County for embezzlement dated July 29, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Smith
Jackson County
Doctor Graves Studies Inmates at Missouri Prison
Dr. Wm. W. Graves with Dr. Ram bo spent two weeks examining physical traits of Missouri State Prison inmates. He found an well-run, overcrowded institution under Warden Rudolph and Director Simos, with hopeful plans to ease crowding via the Intermediate Reformatory and restore many inmates to usefulness. In Jefferson City he lectured to the Cole County Medical Society on inherited physical fitness and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. W. Graves
Department of Neuro-Psychiatr Ae ‘University
St. Louis
W. W. Rambo
Missouri State Prison
Rudolph
Simos
Graves
Jeffersonity
Cole County Medical Society
Plans for a French battleship held up in Paris
Paris officials approved France’s naval program for 1981-82 with spending up to 1935 totaling 20 million dollars. A proposal to build a 23,060 ton super cruiser to counter Germany’s Deutschland remained in committee for further consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Germany
Deutschland
Meeting to Pole So Still Planned Berlin Reports
Dr Hugo Eckener in Berlin expresses optimism after a wireless from Sir Hubert Wilkins confirming plans to meet at the North Pole and AP news that Graf Zeppelin completed a successful water landing on Lake Constance. Eckener, awaiting further Arctic news, quips about pursuing a seal in the Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hugo Eckener
Samiolowitson
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Hubert
North Pole
Associated Press
Graf Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Arctic
Canadian nurse petitions rehearing in U S citizenship case
Marie Averill Bland, a Canadian nurse living in New York City, who was denied naturalization after the Macintosh decision, fled and filed a petition for rehearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marie Averill Bland
New York City
Supreme Court
French deputies confront temperance crisis over wine consumption
Paris June 19 The chamber of deputies debated a brewing temperance crisis as wine intake declines. Deputy Louis Proust urged raising tax on mineral waters drunk at bars and urged restaurants to include wine with dinners. Most deputies agreed drinking has fallen and action is needed before it worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Louis Proust
Loire
Chamber
Advert Classifieds Range Sale Ad Toasts a Sale
A Post-Tribune style classified note by Andrew Felg of 304 East Ashley St promotes a gas range for sale. The ad targets readers with a bold pitch and provides the wire range contact numbers 213 and 132 for submitting household goods notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Felg
Ashley St
Post-Tribune
ASEL REQUESTS 2-Cent CUT IN CITY TAX LEVY
Mayor Henry Asel asks Jefferson City council to reduce the tax levy by 2 cents per hundred dollars valuation for the year 1931. He would veto an ordinance fixing a 60 cent library levy, proposing a 3 cent library levy and total 88 cents per hundred. He cites library surplus of 8572.25 and forecasts future valuation growth to offset needs. He plans a full financial report in July and cautions economy to ease taxpayers during the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry CG. Asel
Csty Coucil
Asel
OFC
Jefferson City
Free Public Library
Free Public Brary
Jeffererson City
Auto Destroyed By Fire Near City
An automobile owned and operated by Frank Brunner of 715 West High Street was destroyed by a blaze 15 miles west of the city last night. Brunner could not determine the cause and his attempts to extinguish the fire were futile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brunner
West High Street
Brunner
General Gomez Elected President of Venezuela
Caracas June 19. General Juan Vicente Gomez, a former president and long-standing power in Venezuelan politics, was unanimously elected president of Venezuela today. The announcement marks Gomez’s return to the nation’s top office after years of influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
Venezuéla
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