Missouri electricity bills show wide gaps in city rates
A federal Power Commission report covers 617 Missouri communities across 103 utilities, with St. Louis offering the lowest 28 kWh price at $1.07 while St. Joseph tops at $1.60. The study details 15 to 800 kWh bands and notes public vs private ownership not compared.
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Washington
Missouri
Federal Power Commission
Commission
Power Commission
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Maplewood
Sedalia
Moberly
Columbia
Flashes of Life and Other Brief News Items
A beauty shop defense in a burn during a permanent wave suit led to court and a verdict for the shop. A Melbourne woman’s act of kindness may have saved her life during a windstorm. Bolly wood’s Leon Gordon and foreman Lester Morton describe a snake incident after fleeing a car collision. A Nebraska scientist finds a spider caused a seismograph reading, not an earthquake. A leading rubber firm unveils a white sidewall tire plant for renewing or converting tires.
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Associated Press
Orangeburg
Leon Gordon
Lester Morton
Gordon Ranch
Torch Singer Defends Self In Love Theft Case
Ruth Etting denied stealing the affections of pianist Myrl Alderman in a $150,000 alienation suit. Deposition excerpts reveal her responses and remarks on love, with references to past marriages and a 1930s trial context. Snyder, Etting's former husband, is appealing a 20-year term related to the shooting.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Etting
Alma Alge
Myrl Alderman
Alderman
John T. Houser
S. S. Hahn
Miss Etting
Martin
the Gimp
Attorney Hahn
Mr. Hahn
Mr. Alderman
Dr B C Bateman Arrested After Hospital Escape
A day after escaping a veterans hospital in Fayetteville Arkansas Dr B C Bateman a Poplar Bluff spectacles salesman wounded in a gun battle with Everett Estes Van Zant Missouri was arrested in Lanagan Missouri three hours later. Patrolman W E Grammer said Bateman offered no resistance. Prosecutor W H Mitchell Douglas County exonerated Estes saying he acted in self defense. Bateman claimed his wife had been kidnapped but she later said she left his car due to his drinking.
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Pineville
B. C. Batemen
Poplar Bluff Spectacles
Ava
Bateman
Everett Estes
van Zant
Lanagan
Veterans’ Hospital
Fayetteville
Ark
W. E. Grammer
Estes
W. H. Mitchell
Douglas County
Friday Radio Schedule and Sign Off Notes
A dense OCR style Friday schedule lists KWK KW and KW stations with programs from 5:58 to 10:30 including Sign On Early Birds Religions on the Air and Breakfast News. It also notes local segments like Tales from Inkwell and Sport's Final with multiple daily program pointers and musical features.
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KWK
Grady Cantrell
Dave Wright
Jill
Hall-Hall
Ray Schmidt
Kiss-Bag Snatcher Sought After Surprising Kiss Attack
Police search for a kiss bag snatcher in Somerville after a thief jumped from a car, kissed a woman on the cheek, and grabbed her handbag with a small amount of money inside. In East Liverpool, the Columbiana County brass band campaigns to raise a mile of pennies for uniforms and gear, asking individuals for 16 pennies per foot and organizations by the yard.
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Somerville
Mass
Eugene O’brien
East Liverpool
Columbiana Country Brass Band
Deaths Last Night and Political Figure John Owen
The report notes the death of Representative Emmett M. Owen of Georgia after a long service. It also mentions James Brown, 78, recognized as a Mormon church patriarch in Evanston. England schools in Hove suspend homework and promote hobbies. A giraffe uniquely lacks vocal cord sound production among mammals.
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James Brown
Evanston
Wyo
The
Mormon Church
Hove
Sussex
England
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Lasalle
Melbourne
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Nebraska Wesleyan
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Temple Stephens CO
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Jefferson
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T. S
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van Camp
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Aspiring
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Johnson’s
Acceserece
BarHngton House Point
Torch
Myri
Hahn
Sng Ct
London
North Southwark
Aston
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Abbey
Worth Southwark
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Missouri Pottery and Supply Company
St. Louis County
W. G. Soutien
Princess Beauty Salon
Merle Norman
E. Billy Cosmetics
Herman's
Emmett M. Owen
Georgia
Alecomfort
RINSO
Phil A. DA
Sunbury
the Exchange National Bank
W. A. Dallmeyer
R. E. Dallmeyer
Federal Reserve System
John Sinclair
Federal Examination and Supervision
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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