International Murder Mystery Deepens in Vienna Case
Reports from Vienna indicate bloodstains and a trunk found in Ivan Poderjay’s apartment as police pursue leads in the disappearance of Agnes Turverson, an American lawyer. A second woman, Mme Zhivka, links Poderjay to past marriages while Olga Tufverson reflects on her sister’s fate.
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Vienna
Telegraf Today
Ivan Poderjay
Agnes Turverson
United States
Jame 19
van Poderjay
Don Juan
Mme. Zhivka
Belgrade
New York
Miss Turverson
Poderjay
Mme. 2Hivka
Poderiay
Copenhagen
Potterjay
Detroit
Olive Tufverson
Agnes Tufverson
Miss Tufverson
Susane Perran
London
Marguerite Ferrand
Sminster
Lonston
Jean Harlows Former Hobby In Police Court
Charles P. McGrew Jean Harlows first husband faced a drunken in an automobile charge in Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge William R. McKay granted a 180 day suspended sentence after the appearance on June 19 AP report states McGrew was charged and received the suspended term in connection with the incident involving a car alcohol and court action reference Jean Harlow and her three marriages
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Los Angeles
Charles P. McGrew
Jean Harlow
William R. McKay
Weather outlook: cloudy and warmer tonight then unsettled Wednesday
Forecast notes cloudy, warmer tonight with unsettled conditions Wednesday. Isolated showers expected in western and central parts, generally fair tonight, little temperature change. River stage reports vary with small rises noted at Kansas City and other stations. some minor rainfall totals recorded.
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Missouri
West
Saerth
Kansas City
Hermann
Union
Hitchhiker's $10,000 check payoff from kindness
Denison Texas reports Arthur Asmore, a salesman, gave a hitchhiker a lift. The elder man, claiming to be Ed Johnson, promised a future reward. At Malvern Arkansas the man handed over a paper that turned out to be a $10,000 check, later verified as good by Asmore's bank.
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Denison
Tex
Arthur Asmore
Asmore
Ed Johnson
Malvern
Ark
Johnson
Chamber to study local housing amid city shortage
Jefferson City chamber directors at the monthly meeting formed a housing committee to study and report on the local housing situation and to consider the new federal housing regulations. They warned of an acute shortage by fall and approved various organizational actions including a trophy donation and a road sign appropriation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson City
Chamber of Commerce At
Lake of the Ozarks Association
Eldorado Springs
U. S. Highway 54
H. Nolen
R. c. Barnett
Callaway County
Murder charge filed against college athletic instructor
Washington Pa June 19 A murder charge was placed today against George H Bartholomew 49 athletic instructor at Washington and Jefferson College who admitted breaking the neck of George Thomas Manis 23 Officials alleged Bartholomew confessed that Manis went limp in his arms during a fight in a field near Washington The youth had allegedly tried to blackmail him Bartholomew said they went for a ride on June 8 to talk things over and a struggle followed Bartholomews specialty was wrestling
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Washington, Pa
George H. Bartholomew
Washington and Jefferson College
George Thomas Manis
Bartholomew
Manis
Washington
Goat Gland Brinkley May Run in Kansas
The AP reports Dr. J. R. Brinkley, the Milford goat gland specialist, may seek the Republican nomination for Kansas governor. Once based in Milford and later Del Rio, Brinkley ran third in a prior race, fueling speculation he could challenge Gov. Alf Landon as candidates filed before noon deadline.
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Topeka
J. R. Brinkley
Milford
State House
K C Technician Near Death After Infection
Kansas City dispatch reports Mrs. Kim English Elliott, 33, a General Hospital technician, near death from an infection contracted at work. Doctors cited possibilities of septicaemia or spinal meningitis as the cause.
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Kansas City
Kim English Elliott
General Hospital
Dollar angle injected into Senate fight in Missouri
Aylward, Kan sas City campaign manager for Truman, alleges Clark backed fund solicitations from federal employees for Milligan. Clark denies charges and calls for evidence. Milligan and Clark plan comeback remarks as Cochran to launch vigorous U S Senate campaign with multiple radio addresses in Missouri and at Fayette rally.
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Kansas City
Missouri
James P. Aylward
Harry S. Truman
T. J. Pendergast
Aylward
Bennett C. Clark
J. L. Milligan
Clark
Clark-Milligan
Milligan
Kansas City Democratic Organization
Truman
Missoni
Senate
Washington
Charles M. Howell
Fendergast
Charles K. Hay
St. Louis
Patterson
Cark
Cochran
John Jd
U. S
St. Joseph
Springfield
Fayette
Skull fracture fatal to 15 year old youth in Kansas incident
Marion Haynes age 13 of North Miami died in a Miami Oklahoma hospital from a skull fracture suffered during a prank while riding in a truck between Pittsburg and Baxter Springs Kansas. Ben Hale 14 drove the truck for his father Sam Hale. both Hales were uninjured.
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Marion Haynes
North Miami
Pittsburg
Baxter Springs
Kan
Ben Hale
Sam Hale
Hales
Miami
Okla
June Rei Allan
Ewing Towles Dies in Chicago at National Figure in Water Industry
Ephram Ewing Towles, former president of American States Water Company, died of heart failure in Tassavants Memorial Hospital Chicago after winter illness. Born Sept 13 1892 in Jefferson City he rose from Missouri University engineer to key roles with Public Service Commission and American States Utility Company. Surviving cousins in St. Louis. no funeral plans announced.
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Ephram Ewing Towles
Jefferson City
Major T. C
Plorence Ewing Towles
Major Towles
Congress
Supreme Court
State Railroad and Warehouse Department
Young Towles
Washington, D. .C
Missouri University
Public Service Commission
American States Utility Company
Los Angeles
American States Wate
Chicago
Towles
Dionne quintuplets lose weight not shown at Chicago fair
In Corbeil Ontario Dr Dafoy reported the Dionne quintuplet girls have lost a combined 4 1 2 ounces but still feel well. Ovila Dionne heads home as a Chicago exhibit contract ends with no sending the 22 day old sisters to the fair. Rooseevelt signs bill empowering the Supreme Court to set federal court rules, calling it a major judicial reform.
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Corbeil
Ont
A. BR. DaFoe
Chicago
Roosevelt
Washington
Rooseevlt
Supreme Court
Twelve Ordered to Leave City After Raids
Police raids led to twelve people ordered to depart Jefferson City after multiple fights and a liquor and slot machine crackdown. Several pleaded guilty or were convicted, with fines, jail time, or paroled journeys. others faced trials for disorderly houses and operated machines. Raids ended about midnight. some suspects fled or concealed remaining machines in outlying areas. No change of venue denied for St Louis lawyer case on juror corruption charges.
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Louis Nichols
Mabel Fisher
Betty Hutchinson
Gene Bonn
Charles Barton
Emma Hollenbeck
Eugene Bonner
Jess Davis
Bruner
George Tappel
Helen Thomas
Jewell Wisdom
Jefferson City
Ed Warren
Lohman
Mary Cole
Newman Railton
ST. Louis
Fred J. Hoffmeister
Verne R. GC. Lacy
Joseph W. Hartman
Lacy
Hartman
Presbyterians Elect Ozark Pastor Synod Moderator for Coming Year
Missouri Presbyterians elected Dr. John G. Tilton of Webb City as moderator for the coming year at the 200 delegate Synodical conference in Hannibal. He succeeds retiring moderator Dr. Robert B. Robinson of Hannibal. Tilton, a longtime Webb City pastor, has led the National Mission’s Committee and is active in civic life. Dr. Erasmus Thomsen of Amarillo was replaced by Dr. Cleland B. McAfee for Bible Hours. Delegates heard speakers including Dr. W. B. Lampe, Rev. Clarence Almon, Miss Ethel Gaskill, Dr. A. J. McChing, Mrs. J. %. Myers, and Dr. E. P. Westphal. A later session featured Miss M. Marie Preston of Chicago. tomorrow include talks by church teachers of Rome, including Dr. Bl. McCluer of Westminster College.
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Ozarks
John G. Tilton
Webb City
Robert B. Robinson
Hannibal
Tilton
di Tilton
National Mission
State Synod
J. F. Herdfiska
St. Louis
Synaztical Society
Erasmus Thomsen
Amar
Illo
Cleland B. McAfee
Thomson
First Presbyterian Church
W. B. Lampe
Clarence Almon
Hamilton
Ethel Gaskill
Kansas City
A. J. McChing
Springfield
J. %. Myers
E. P. Westphal
Philadelphia
L Vaynod and Synodical Society
M. Marie Preston
Chicago
BL. McCluer
Westminster College
Puiton
Crossley Seeks Drouth Relief Aid for Missouri
Missouri drought relief hinges on Wallace Crossley applying for federal aid. Representative Cannon learns Crossley plans to arrive in Washington for a conference with Emergency Relief Administration officials. Missouri officials urge rapid funds for soybeans, cotton, Sudan grass, and cane seed, warning only three weeks remain to seed crops for effective relief.
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Washington
Cannon
Federy Emergency Relief Administration
Missouri
Walace Crossley
Jefferson City
Crossley
Huorrow Toy
Relief Administration
Nelcerini
W. Y. Mideridge
Missouri College of Agrioul Stutemenis
Etherkige
Z. W. Burch
State College Department of Animal Husbandry
Joliet
Etheridge
Burch
Department of Agriculture
Milligan
Richmond
Federal Relief Administration
Cannan
Mid-West
Wallace Crossley
Harry Hopkins
Federa
Kissouri
Ane
Wallace
Grossley
Hopkins
Inchute
H. A. Buahler
T. J. Edmonds
Hace
Norman Hinthy Ane R. M. Trowbridge
Jack Carmody
There I S No Corpus Delecti I Drank It
In Detroit on June 19 UP Harold McInerney and Aaron Brown argued in common pleas court over a 25 year old whiskey found under a building door owned by McInerney and leased by Brown. McInerney claimed possession and argued there is no corpus delicti saying I drank it.
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Detroit
Harold McInerney
Common Pleas
McInerney
Aaron Brown
Brown
Cours
Dads Approve New Utility Rate Scale
The city council approved the new electrical rate scale proposed by Missouri Power and Light Co. Engineers Burns and McDonald aided in the conference to finalize the scale. A rate for city street lights may be reviewed later. Sewer District No. 55 bids were expected to be re-advertised as the original bid exceeded estimates. A boulevard stop would be placed at Pine and High Streets per the ordinance.
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Missouri Power and Light Co
Burns
McDonald
Pine and
High Streets
Park to Test Bond Issues Validity
Governor Park indicates plans to file a friendly suit within days over the 10 million dollar state bond issue voted May 15 to rehabilitate and remodel penal and elective institutions. Work not expected until summer due to preliminary steps to ensure bond validity. options include compelling State Auditor Forrest Smith to register bonds or taxpayers seeking injunction in Cole County Circuit Court.
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Governor Park
Nex
Supreme Court
Forrest Smith
Cole County
Kerr Tobacco Control Bill Voted On By Congress
Washington June 19 AP The Kerr Compulsory Tobacco Control Measure is said to aid small farmers and raise prices by curbing production An amendment allows the agriculture secretary to raise allotments for growers with less than 1400 pounds base production up to six percent per county Some of the increase may go to those with no base acreage from 1931 to 1932.
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Washington
Representative Burch
Virginian
Agricultuee
Agencies to Pay Drought Area Stock Purchased
Disbursing offices to pay farmers for cattle bought by the federal government under drought relief will be set up within days at Kansas City and San Francisco, it was announced at a meeting here.
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Denver
Federal
Kansas City
San Francisco
Captain Snow Found Alive After 24 Hour Disappearance
Thomas Snow an 82 year old sea captain was found alive in his 14 foot sailing skiff in Slocum's river near Horseneck Beach after being missing more than 24 hours.
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Dartmouth
Mass
Thomas Snow
Slocum’s River
Horseneck Beach
Fire follows tank explosions in Jamestown tragedy
Fire from gasoline tank explosions killed six people and injured 23 in Jamestown North Dakota after a tank truck near a wholesale depot ignited. The blaze spread to an office building and three 20 000 gallon tanks before burning out. The district attorney opened an investigation into responsibility. The driver Herbert Johnson started the motion that led to the fire then called the fire department.
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Jamestown
Herbert Johnson
Wholesale Distributing Depot
New York Post claims radical list targets LaGuardia and Mrs Roosevelt
Chicago AP dispatch reports Elizabeth Dilling accused of compiling a 1300-name list of radicals said to include New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt. The Post and police deny a secret police operation while Dilling defends her Red Menace book and its radical roster.
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New York
New York Post
Bureau of Criginal Investigation
LaGuardia
Franklin JD. Roosevelt
Nst
John LaGarenne
Buea
McCrossin
Albert WL Tphzabeth Dilling
Kenilworth
Chicago
Post
Roosevelt
Dilling
Russia
Amelia Gran Rade
Elizabeth
United States
Code Directors Stage Walkout Over NRA Price Fix Rules
Seven members of the motor vehicle storage and parking code authority resign in protest. In a letter to President Roosevelt they charge the recovery administration with insincerity and vacillation. Walter T. Candler of Atlanta announced the resignations. They oppose the NRA order removing price fixing elements, saying it would abolish current NRA hours and wages.
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Atlanta
Code Authority
Roosevelt
Recovery Administration
Walter T. Candler
NRA
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