World code on aerial warfare goal of Britain
Britain aims to draft an international code governing air warfare. In the Commons Chamberlain outlined three principles to curb civilian bombing while noting practical difficulties. Discussion followed on nonintervention in Spain and the British Italian pact of friendship with nine powers backing the plan.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Philip Noel Baker
Laborite
House
I Italy
Chamberlain
Commons
Mrs Middlekamp Dies in Kansas City at 55
Mrs Clara Middlekamp 55 wife of former State Treasurer George H Middlekamp died last night at St Marys hospital in Kansas City after living there 18 years. The couple moved from Hawk Point in Warren county where Mr Middlekamp served as treasurer and Mrs Middlekamp was active with Cherry Street Workers and the Wednesday Club.
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Kansas City
Clara Middlekamp
George H. Middlekamp
St. Mary's Hospital
Middlekamp
Jefferson City
Middlekamps
Hawk Point
Warren County
Edwin P. Deal
Tater
Succed
Arizona Official Invites Stark To Visit State
Arizona Dan Kennedy of Phoenix the governor’s highway department representative arrived in Jefferson City to invite Gov. Lloyd C. Stark to Arizona He will present Stark with Reg Manning’s Cartoon Guide of Arizona Kennedy also plans to visit a Lions club in St Louis tomorrow
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Arizona
Dan” Kennedy
Phoenix
Gov. R. C. Standard
Highway Department of Arizona
Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
Kennedy
Stark
Reg. Manning
Lions Club
St. Louis
Fair Tonight and Tomorrow with Warmer Temperatures
Fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow with highs near 60. River stage readings show varied changes across Jefferson City Waverly Kansas City Keokuk Boonville Hermann and Lake of the Ozarks with several noted rises and falls.
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Jefferson City
Fair Im Waverly
Kansas City
Keokuk O
Boonville
Thames
Hermann
Lake of Ozarks
Wrexervoiz
Hague Ends Testimony in Free Speech Trial in New Jersey
Newark June 21 AP Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City finishes his federal court testimony in the free speech trial. He protests Judge Clark’s ban on him making a public statement about Morris Ernst of CIO and ACLU. Defence to call one more witness then adjourn.
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Rewark
N. J
Frank Hague
Jersey City
William Clark
CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
Hague
Democratic National Committee
Clark
Ernst
ACLU
Craebunsel
William Callahan
The
Catholic Worker
New York
New York Legislative Committee
Hiccoughing Robin Needs Owner's Return
In Schenectady New York on June 21 AP reports Mrs J W Ham tired of caring for a six week old robin found abandoned in its nest. A physician diagnosed the bird's hiccoughs as caused by caterpillar hair in its crop after ten days of trying to help. The owner is hoped to be found soon.
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Schnectady
J. W. Ham
Escape linked to burglary arrest in reformatory case
Police linked a home burglary at H. C. Rademan’s 1124 Fast High Street to the escape of Lawrence J. Hefner from the Algoa reformatory last evening. Bloodhounds failed to track Hefner, who had five years for robbery and earlier escaped a Boonville farm.
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H. C. Rademan
Fast High Street
Lawrence J. Hefmer
Algoa
Hefner
Rademan
Jackson County
Boonville
Joseph Rodriguez
St. Louis
Rodriguez
Schuberts
Japanese air raid strikes Chinese port towns
Eighteen Japanese raiders bombed American Texaco property in Wuchow, Kwangsi, with one bomb hitting Texas Oil grounds and others near Asiafic Petroleum and Standard Oil. Damage described as slight, no casualties. A Japanese seaplane also bombed Swatow, drowning six people at a local locomotive shed.
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Hong Kong
Texas Oil Company
Wuchow
Kwangsi Province
Texas Company
Asiafic Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company
Swatow
Kwangtung Province
Janitors Renamed by School Board
The school board met last night and elected all janitors for the coming year namely Engelbrecht Ahlers Hale Richardson Knott Schulte Stoehr Sehfaller Sanders Roesch Brocksteck Enloe Sturm Graham and Mrs Murrell Re Named Governor Stark today reap pointed Mrs L D Murrell of Marshall as a member of the board of trustees of the Confederate soldiers home at Higginsville for all term ending Dec 1 1939 She is snow treasurer of the board.
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BE. M. Engelbrecht
William Ahlers
Herman Hale
Perry Richardson
Henry Knott
John A. Schulte
L. J. Stoehr
J. Sehfaller
D. L. Sanders
Frank Roesch
A. W. Brocksteck
Tandy Enloe
E. H. Sturm
Roy Graham
Petershagen Loses License For Year In Court
Petershagen must forgo driving for a year or face 385 days in jail after a drunk driving arrest. He was chased by police at 60 mph and warned by Prosecuting Attorney Wymore that a guilty plea would yield license loss or jail, while a trial could be pursued as a felony in circuit court.
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Buster Petershagen
Justice Wheatly
Petershagen
Wymore
Justice Court
Eirseuit
Two Jailbreakers Sought in Ozarks
A posse of state police and Polk county deputies searched south of Humansville for two men thought to be jailbreakers from Medford Oklahoma. A stolen 1936 Ford was found abandoned near Humansville, tying to William Kraft and Roy Rushing who escaped on June 13. The governor accepted an Independence news club address and will speak at the VFW convention in Chillicothe on July 4.
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Springfield
Polk County
Humansville
L. B. Howard
Highway Patrol
Medford
Okla
Wakita
William Otto Kraft
Roy Rushing
Harry Butler
O. L. Viets
Stark
Mews Club of Independence
the Veterans of ‘Foreign Wars
Chillicothe
Benson Aread In Minnesota Primary Vote
Minnesota voters in the Farmer-Labor primary backed Gov. Elmer A. Benson over challenger Hjalmar Petersen as results slowly came in. Benson led in Minneapolis but trailed overall with 124,831 to 129,479 after 2140 of 3739 precincts reporting, while the two Farmer-Labor candidates were seen as drawing far more votes than GOP and Democratic rivals. Republican Harold Stassen led his party while Peterson attacked Benson amid Roosevelt’s ouster of Victor Christgau as WPA administrator.
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Minneapolis
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Hjalmar Petersen
Benson
Petersen
Fron
Hennepin County
Harold Stassen
Thomas Gallagher
Stassen
Martin Nelson
George Leach
Harson Worthrop
Gallagher
Fred Schliplin
Michael Murray
Victor Anderson
Charles Lethert
Joel Anderson
Alhough
National
Roosevelt
Victor Christgau
WPA
Christgau
Talter
Capitol
Hinl
Annual Drive for Ice Fund Under Way
The annual campaign for ice for the poor has been launched by a council designated committee with Mrs. James T. Blair Jr. as chair and William H. Tellman as treasurer. Donations may be left at the county courthouse office. Funds help buy ice for the sick and babies unable to afford it, distributed through nurse Eva Bremmerman. The group aims for at least $500 to cover a hot summer and relies on past donors as last year’s money ran low.
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Council of Clubs
James ‘T. Blair, Jr
William H. Tellman
Tellman
R. C. Goshorn
E. Simonsen
Eva Bremmerman
Spy Ring Probe Head Quits Post With FBI
New York June 21 AP Leon G Turrell head of the espionage probe resigns from the FBI citing health strain and desire to write. His work helped indict eighteen persons by the federal grand jury after three and a half months on the case. Turrell, 42, served ten years with the bureau and pressed long hours.
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New York
Leon G. Turrell
Federal Bureau of
United States
Turrell
Federal Grand Jury
Turreu
Ave
J. Edgar Hoover
Torrel
FBI
Strike Threat Endangers St Louis Water Supply
St Louis faces a threatened strike at the city waterworks that could cut water to homes and industry. After a meeting between city officials and AFL engineers union reps, the action was deferred for a week. The union demanded 20 days of paid vacation. without it pumps could stop at midnight.
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St. Louis
Bulletin
St.~louis
AFL Efgineers’ Union
Harry F. Kline
Howard’s Bend
Chain of Rocks Baden
American Federation of Labor
E. E. Wall
Public Utilities
Police Warn Against Use of Firearms in City
Chief Marty Mackey warned residents to stop using firearms inside city limits and to curb fireworks before July 4. Reports of boys with rifles increased after school dismissal, with 22 longs cited as deadly within a mile. Rifles would be confiscated and offenders prosecuted. juniors would assist in gun safety education. Fireworks sale to be permitted Friday but banned for use until Monday, with crackdowns on sidewalk firecrackers in uptown.
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Lerey Templeton
Marty Mackey
Mackey
LeRoy
Templeton
Maine
Markey
Uptown
Lights Turned Off In Arizona Capitol
Phoenix June 21 The Arizona state government offices were dark after the capitol and annex lights were cut off. Board secretary Co M Zander cited a 1500 deficit in the light bill and said he ordered the power shut off. He blamed waste and new cooling units for the shortfall.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Capitol
Annex
Co. M. Zander
Zander
Traffic Count On High Street Indicates Heavy Congestion
Traffic survey shows 2503 cars at Madison and High during 7 to 9 PM with 2497 at High and Monroe. Peak hour 8:05 to 8:40 PM records 1039 and 1015 cars respectively. Double parking and continuous backing up worsen congestion. Donald Berry of the National Safety Council reports progress and plans to brief Chicago with recommendations for enforcement ordinances and extra traffic officers after July 4.
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Madison and
High Streets
High
Monroe
High Street
Madison
Donald Berry
National Safety Council
Jefferson City
Chicago
Legion Post Scores German Bund Inii
Commander Sue C Lozier of the local American Legion Post said a resolution will be introduced at the next State Legion convention condemning the German American Bund for un American activities that embarrass Americans of Jewish and German descent in the Bunds debasement of American political ideals The post adopted a resolution naming the Bund as fostering insolent and seditious activities in a country that recognizes its legal right to exist under the very government it belittles and despises We deny that any American citizen can pledge allegiance to the Nazi Fascist or Communistic forms of government without denying allegiance to the United States
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Sue C. Lozier
American Legion
State Legion
Bund
Lozier
State Highway Department
United States
Kidnap Charge Dropped in Mahan Case Kansas City
A state kidnapping charge was dismissed today in the case of W H Wally Mahan who is serving a year in prison after pleading guilty to breaking windows during a vandalism wave against Kansas City businesses.
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Kansas City
W. H
Wally) Mahan
Kansan City
Nazi Press Defends Anti Semitic Drive In Berlin
Berlin reports say the Nazi press justifies the anti Jewish campaign as self defense against Jews swamping Berlin. An editorial in the Reichsführer Beobachter claims foreigners provoke persecution while noting exemptions for foreign Jews and relaxation of some living abroad.
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Berlin
Today
Reichsfuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Wochkiseher Beobachter
Austria
Ministry of Economy
United States
Beobachter
Reich
Gainesville murder trial is postponed in Missouri
Trial of Buoy and Ralph Taylor for the murder of Palmer Gilliland, Ozarks rancher, was reset for Thursday morning in Gainesville. Judge Gideon overruled a defense request for delay but gave two more days to contact witnesses. The brothers, sons of a local physician, previously faced a hung jury. Gilliland's body was found June 10, 1937, on a Tayor farm amid a disputed $486 stock deal.
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Springfield
Buoy
Ralph Taylor
Palmer Gilliland
Ozarks
Robert L. Gideon
Gainesville
Gideon
Taylor Brothers
Ozark County
Juilliland
Taylors
Almartha
City Chamber looks to fund uptown site for new field
A Chamber of Commerce committee led by President Richard M. Nacy will meet to explore funds to buy and prepare an uptown site for a school athletic field. City officials, the school board and business leaders discussed preserving the Fischer tract and possibly bridging a creek to ready the new site. A steering plan and bond issue option were floated, with council action expected after Wednesday night meeting.
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Richard Mr. Nacy
Chamber of Commerce
Sehect Board
Lts
Chamber of Commoerce
Fisehcu
Uptown
Creck
Owens
William
Kennedy Roosevelt Meet at Noe Park Picnic
Kennedy reported to Roosevelt on international affairs and then left for Boston after a private picnic with John Boettiger and his wife. Roosevelt focused on late Congress actions, signing thirty six bills and vetoing seven yesterday.
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Hyde Park
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Roosevelt
White House
Kennedy
John Boettiger
Boston
Congress
Templeton Bey Wounded Boy Improves at Hospital
Leroy Templeton, 13, wounded by a stray bullet while watching swimmers at Chestnut Street pool, was improving at the hospital. He likely will not be operated and the bullet will stay in his back. Doctors say the bullet misses vital organs and the boy should be back at play within a few days if no complications arise.
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Leroy Templeton
Chestnut Street
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Winterport
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