Federal Judge rules gold clause abrogation valid nationwide
In St. Louis on June 20 AP report, Judge Charles B. Faris upheld Congress abrogating the gold clause in about 100 billion dollars of U S bonds. He said payment may be in U S currency at face value and warned reversal would disrupt transportation and finance nationwide. The decision, in Bankers Trust Co. v Iron Mountain Railroad, set a precedent on the act’s legitimacy and its impact on bondholders and the economy. Also noted an Urbana burial for lumber merchant E F Rose.
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ST. Louis
United States
Chas. B. Faris
Faris
Bankers Trust Company of New York
Congress
Iron Mountain
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
BP Tstees
Ares
Act of Congress
Paris
Bankers Trust Company
Ron
Supreme Court of the United States
Partly Cloudy Cooler with Thunderstorms Across Regions
Partly cloudy and cooler in west and north central areas with thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in southern and central zones. Thursday to be cooler overall with some relief. Kinolls mentions afternoon storms, followed by fair conditions Thursday in most areas, with extreme south favored for warmer or cooler shifts. River stage notes include Keokuk and Kansas City readings and minor falls or rises in several locales.
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Missouri
Kinolls
Keokuk
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville
Hermann
Brien
Perer Day
Bovine beauties enter hall of fame via world fair cowpath
In Chicago two cows from the World’s Fair herd were inducted into the Bovine Hall of Fame by strolling the sole $180,000 cowpath. The path, reserved by deed for livestock, runs through a concourse to the Board of Trade Building. Real estate brokers peg lost rent at about $10,000 yearly.
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Chicago
Bovine Hall of Fame
West Monare
Board of Trade
Brinkley to seek Kansas governor nomination in 1934
John R. Brinkley of Milford Kansas files for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Topeka amid a history of medical license revocations and two prior independent bids. He claims temporary Texas residence and faces possible contest over Kansas residency as the state contest board weighs the challenge.
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Topeka
John R. Brinkley
Milford
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Brinkley
Temporario
Tex
del Rio
Rio Grande
Villa Acuna
Kansas
Gotton Shower Annoys Springfield Folks
Springfield Missouri June 20 The Gotton tree on a residential block showers its cottony pods over homes. More than 20 residents petition the city council to cut down the 75 foot tree. Neighbors report cotton fills screens and sneezes from the drifting fibers. Owner listed as J W Lewis officials seek consent to remove the tree.
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Springfield
Gotton
J. W. Lewis
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Secretly Married Man Dies in Missouri Crash
Joseph R. Crosby 21 who died Monday in a motor car crash near St Joseph Missouri had wed May 2 in Lawrence Kansas to Julia Louise Penny of Fairmount. Funeral services were held tomorrow in Lansing Kansas and New details emerged about the concealed marriage.
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Lansing
Kas
Joseph R. Crosby
St. Joseph
Lawrence
Julia Louise Penny
Fairmount
Attack on Sikeston peddlers leaves husband dying
Mr and Mrs W J Hammond itinerant peddlars from LePanto Ark beaten in their motor car near Sikeston Mo with an ax. Hammond fatally injured a basilar skull fracture. wife Ruby Jones age 17 at marriage to Hammond 32 is in hospital. An unidentified youth living with them is missing.
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Sikeston
W. J. Hammond
LePanto
Ark
Th Hammonds
A. A. Reed
State Highway Patrol
Reed
Hammond
Ruby Jones
Marked Tree
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Cape Girardeau
Henry Cunningham
Hammonds
Ale
Highway Patrol
Arkansas
EB. R. Copeland
Jonesboro
Farley Defends New Deal at John Marshall Talk
Postmaster General James A. Farley assailed critics who called recovery legislation unconstitutional. Speaking at John Marshall College of Law in Jersey City he argued the Roosevelt doctrine favors the many over the few and implied John Marshall would support the new deal.
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Jersey City
N. J
James A. Farley
John Marshall College of Law
Farley
John Marshall
Cal
Mississippi River Yields Body Of Unidentified Woman
A fisherman recovered the body of an unidentified woman about 55 years old from the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau Missouri. Coroner J A Moore said the body had been in the water four to five hours with no missing persons reported locally. Another item notes a motor caravan of over 50 cars from Kansas City will depart June 20 for J L Milligan campaign events in Sedalia. In Leavenworth Kansas, the bodies of two drowning victims, Juanita Milligen and Ella Chapin Williams, were recovered near the Fork Leavenworth Bridge after being swept downstream in the Missouri River last Sunday.
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Cape Girardeau
Mississippi River
J. 4. Moore
TUCK
Kansas City
J. L
Tuck) Milligan
United States
Friday al Sedalia
Leavenworth
Eas
Juanita, Milligen
Beverly
Ella Chapin Williams
Missouri River
Fork Leavenworth Bridge
Gargotta Denied Directed Verdict in Army Pistols Case
United States District Judge Merrill E. Otis refused a directed verdict for Charles Gargotta a North Side political worker charged with receiving and concealing stolen army pistols The request followed the state evidence and defense said they would offer little or no testimony The trial which began yesterday proceeded swiftly focusing largely on weapon identifications in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
United States
Merrill E. Otis
Charles Gargotta
North Side
Three Defendants Named in $3250 Wreck Suit
Kroger Groc and Baking Co of Ohio sues former Lieutenant Governor E H Winter Senator J G Morgan and M L Francis in federal court for $3250 alleging negligence and unlawful speeding in a May 26 wreck at California Missouri. Drivers accused of high speed and failure to warn while Kroger truck was cautious. Morgan and Winter reportedly injured with ribs and bruises.
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E.H. Winter
Sen
J. G. Morgan
M. L. Francis
Kroger Groc. and Baking Co
Ohio
Kroger
California
Kroger Company
Winter
Francis
Park Paroles Three Deportation Sentences From Missouri Penitentiary
Three Kansas City convicts at the Missouri state penitentiary were paroled by Governor Park for deportation to their native countries. William Martin of Canada serving 10 years for first degree robbery in 1930. Earl Lindberg of Sweden serving 5 years for burglary and larceny. Robert Rogers, a Black resident of the Bahamas Islands, serving 10 years for first degree robbery. They will be handed to George J. Harris district director of naturalization in St. Louis on Friday.
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Missouri State Penitentiary
Kansas City
Governor Park
William Martin
Canada
Roy Watrous
Earl Lindberg
Sweden
Robert Rogers
Bahama Islands
Rogers
George J. Harris
Naturalization
St. Louis
Divorce Suit Draws London Society With Prince as Reporter
In London a high society courtroom buzzed over Edward James versus his Viennese dancer wife Tilly Loesch James. Prince Serge Obolensky acted as correspondent while Mrs. James testified, showing distress under cross examination as the case drew intense public interest.
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London
Edward James
Marshal Field
Tilly Loesch James
Prince Serge Obolensky
Volunteer Firemen Battle Green Ridge Manse Blaze
In Sedalia Missouri on June 20 a Presbyteria Church at Green Ridge burned overnight. A volunteer bucket brigade saved the pastor's adjoining residence. The manse housed Reverend H Dillham and was about fifty five years old with an estimated loss of three thousand one hundred dollars.
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Sedalia
Presbyteria
Green Ridge
H. Dillham
Bonds Missing in Missouri Drainage District Case
Missouri drainage district bonds worth 5101 000 disappear leading to the detention of Adam B. Young of Caruthersville Mo. The bonds were tied to the St John tevee drainage district New Madrid Mo and 14 000 of the issue was located with an 18 year old Memphis woman labeled an innocent victim. Young says he bought 12 500 of the bonds at 14 cents on the dollar and duties continue as Memphis Missouri officials seek clearance.
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New Madrid
Miami
Fla
Missouri
Adam B. Young
Caruthersville
Will T. Griffin
Memphis, Tenn
St. John’s Tevee
Griffin
Memphis
L. C. Scarbéro
Scarboro
Young
Mao
FE. F. Sharp
Sharp
Attormey
Presbyterians Urge a Driver for Temperance Education
In Chicago on June 20 the Missouri Presbyterian Synod adopted reports urging stronger temperance education and denouncing lotteries. The church plans to continue education programs, launch new efforts, and host the 1935 annual meeting at Westminster College with delegates staying in college facilities.
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Missouri Presbyterian Synod
Sued and Synodeal Society
Saint Conterriggé
Presbyterians
John G. Hilton
Webb City
Westminster College
KS. McCluer
Westminster
W. A. Murdoch
St. Lows
Syhatt
Foreign Missions Board
E. B. Whitcomb
St. Joseph
Ue Board of Christian Education
W. M. Gardner
St. Louis
A. B. Jackson
First Presbyterian Church
Sunday School Council of Religious Education
Synod and Synodical Society
Wiikeonth
Brooks
Kansas City
Prec Hodson
la Piola
Allen Duncan
Kioberty
P. Weslpnal
Philadelphia
Yonlehter. McCher
County records first liquor law conviction in Mississippi County
In Charleston Missouri Mississippi county scored its first conviction under the new state liquor law when Jim Smith was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail for possession of untaxed liquor. A prior trial ended with a hung jury.
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Cole County
Hugh Maxey
Paul Schaefer
P. M. Campf
Sb. Peter's School
Otto House
Lutheran School
Charles Hemmel
Immaculate Conception School
H. GB. Hartison
Jefferson City
National Congress of P.T. Associations
Mt. Vernon
Hettie I. Jaach
Charleston
Mississippi County
Jim Smith
Smith
Smiith
Chrouik Court
Iron Door of the Death House Drives Him Mad
Canon City Colorado June 20 AP The clanking iron door on Colorado prison death house drives condemned killer William Gedy Kelley toward mania He fears each opening summons death and has collapsed twice He begged the prison chaplain and prayed refuge till the sundown death time remains uncertain to him
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado Prison
William Gedy Kelley
Roy Best
Kelley
Old Man Till Foley Found Dead In Burned Shack
Eminence Missouri authorities say 95 year old Till Foley was slain and his body burned in a shack south of town. Neighbors Henry Veith and Bill Young found the house after his wife Jane Foley reported concern. Coroner G B Houston to hold an inquest. Foley believed to have been dead 2 to 3 days with robbery as motive.
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Eminence
Till Foley
Tio
Here
Vanced
Foley
G. B. Houston
Henry Veith
Bill Young
Nighbors
Ruth Roosevelt Visit To Grandparents In White House
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, six weeks old, left Fort Worth by plane with her parents Mr and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt to visit her grandparents at the White House. The departure was closely guarded and reporters were not allowed near the plane.
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Fort Worth
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
White House
Scullin Won't Crack Down On Beer Sellers In St Louis
St Louis city excise commissioner Harry Scullin announced he would not interfere with liquor licensed establishments that also sell 3.2 beer under state permit on Sundays. The ruling allows bars to stay open beyond midnight as city ordinance bans Sunday sales after midnight.
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ST. Louis
Harry Scullin
Scullin
Veteran Sedalia resident dies during visit in Missouri
St Joseph Missouri June 20 AP Janus Schmid seventy two died today at his daughter Mrs Luther Luckett home while on a vacation visit. He and his wife lived near Springfield Missouri and arrived last week to visit their daughter son in law and two grandchildren. He had been ill three days and had lived in Sedalia Missouri for many years before moving south seven years ago. Burial will be at Sedalia.
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ST. Joseph, MO
Janus Schmid
Luther Luckett
Schmid
Springfield
Sedalia
Missouri
Swedalia
Fire sweeps plant of Harvester firm in Chicago
A large fire destroyed seven abandoned International Harvester Company buildings at a 251 acre Deering plant once tied to Cyrus McCormick. A wrecking crew was at work. officials blamed an overburned blow torch. Damage estimated under 100000.
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Chicago
Pire
Deering
International Harvester Company
Deering Company
McCormick Harvester Company
Cyrus McCormick
Mobil
Michael J. Corrigan
German Bullet Ends Life of British Soldier Student
A German bullet fired in the Somme battle killed James Willis 17 of Gordon Road South Hills England. Willis, a sergeant with the Scottish regiment, died after complications followed his recovery on the Anglo African freighter.
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Los Angeles
Somme
James Willis
Gordon Road
South Hills
England
Willis
Auch Films Star In Fear Of Kidnappers
Hollywood heiress Hazel Forbes received two extortion letters demanding payments of 5000 and 2500 with threats of death. She lived in fear for over a week before handing the matter to authorities and installing guards at her home.
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Hollywood
Calif
Hazel Forbes
Pal Luvely
Miss Forbes
Gunmen fail 10 loot bank Crescent Oklahoma raid
Gunmen invaded Crescent Oklahoma near Guthrie held citizens at bay for about an hour while attempting to steal Farmers and Merchants Bank safe. They kidnapped six people including night watchman Joe Stanfield who was released unharmed later, while the group fled without loot. Police formed posses. gunfire injured no one.
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Guthrie
Okla
APY
Crescent
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Joe Stanfield
Stanfield
Cushing
Oklahoma
Hugh Adams
Cimarron River Ridge
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E. F. Rose
Shenandoah
Rose
Landon
Woodring
L. ©. Henry
U. S
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Gene
Gargotta
Kroger Groc. Co
Winter, Morgan and Francis
PARK
Manse
Florida
Fulton
Frederick Weber
Amd
John Dillinger
James Stewart
Ruth Roosevelt
Folka Watch
Sooner Town
Night Watchman
Clara Cunard
Paul Smith
Rose Cook
Red” Reynolds
Ralph Godrey
Gunard
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