Finger Woman in Kelley Kidnap Trial Set for September
Mrs Nellie Muench and Isaac D Kelley face trial in Audrain county Mexico Mo with a $25000 bond for appearance while Judge Nolte grants change of venue from St Louis county amid a lengthy hearing. Prosecutors allege kidnapping for ransom in the Kelley case and sister of Judge Tipton is identified as the finger woman.
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Kelley
Nellie Tipton
Isaac D. Kelley
Mexico
Wenit
Julius W Nolte
Wayton
Pudge Nolte
Ench
St. Louis County
Cirit
Audrain County
Everett Evans Escapes Cole County Jail
Everett Evans escaped Cole County jail by scaling a fence and outrunning a deputy near the railroad yards. He rode a freight to Kansas City, where he turned himself in two nights later, worn out from hiding and publicized as sick of the chase. Sheriff Snorgrass notes the escape carries a two year penalty if recaptured.
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Everett Evans
Cole County
Kansas City
United States
Snorgrass
Sam
Former Local Educator James U White Dies at 72
James U White, longtime educator and former superintendent of city schools 1893 to 1897, died suddenly at Lodi in Wayne County at age 72. A Missouri Republican figure, he led in Carthage and other districts, campaigned for state superintendent, promoted free textbooks, and held banking ties in Greenville and Flat River. Survived by his widow Virginia and four children in Kansas City, Okmulgee, New York City, and Boston.
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James U. White
Lodi
Wayne County
White
Jefferson City
Carthage
Missouri
Farmington
Flat River
Bradfield
Greenville
Virginia P. Gray
California
L. H. Keller
Kansas City
Hester Kretz
Okmulgee
Okla
Elizabeth White
New York City
Samuel E. White
Boston
Mass
Murrell Opens Office and Typhoid Clinic Planned
Health officials announce a typhoid immunization clinic for relief roll families at the Salvation Army citadel led by City Nurse Luella Olson and County Nurse Hetty Joach. Six months and older on relief are urged to receive vaccines. bring relief roll cards. Mayor Beans Ray notes city medical aid requires county welfare approval. Dr. Murrell of Gainesville and wife Mrs Murrell, a registered nurse, establish an osteopathy practice.
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Salvation Army
N Luella Olson
Hetty Joach
Beans Ray
R. E Murrell
Gainesville
Fice
Murrell
United States
Campus shooting case and local notices compile
District Judge O H P Brewer sentences Lois Thompson to 30 days in jail for shooting Daniel Shaw at Northeastern State Teachers College. Also noted are unsettled weather forecasts for Missouri and Iglinots regions, and a brief obituary mention for Mary Lena Hoskins, age 3 weeks, of Centertown.
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Tahlequah
Okla
O. H. P. Brewer
Lois Thompson
Daniel Shaw
State Planning Board Should Be Made Permanent
Hugh Stephens urged a permanent Missouri state planning board at a Rotary Club address, calling national planning essential to New Deal recovery. He noted the board analyzed state needs, prepared 90 charts and 500 pages, and could justify a state funding role beyond current emergencies. He argued the plan offers the best long term economic return and should be nonpartisan and expert-led.
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Hugh Stephens
Rotary Club Today
Stephens
NRA
Missouri Planning Board
Governor Park
Washington
Missouri State Planning Board
Missouri
Union
LePage Issues Three Marriage Licenses
County Recorder Henry LePage issued one license yesterday and two today to couples William B. Schmitz and Alberta Wallendorf of Jefferson City Irving R. Herrmann and Lillian Fern McKown of St Louis and Forrest J. Rowell and Allie M. Pirtle of Sedalia all married by Probate Judge Curtis L. Dunn.
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Henry LePage
William B. Schmitz
Alberta Wallendorf
Jefferson City
Irving R. Herrmann
Lillian Fern McKown
St.j. Louis
Curtis L. Dunn
Forrest J. Rowell
Allie M. Pirtle
Sedalia
Bar Examinations At State House Draw 200 Applicants
About 200 persons crowded the House of Representatives hall today as state bar examinations began and continued through Wednesday.
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Houses of Representatives
Pemberton Gordon resigns as director of state radio
Pemberton Gordon, director of the state owned WOS radio station, resigns effective July 1. Col. Marvin Casteel announces policy changes ending sponsored programs and forbidding private firm advertising. No successor named. Sergeants Clark and Wherryitt are qualified radio operators.
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Pemberton Gordon
State Radio
State Highway Patrol
Casteel
WOS
Col
Marvin Casteel
S58th General Assembly
Gordon
Kansas City
John P. Gordon
Col. Casteet
Flood danger believed over after Missouri River spurt
After three days above flood stage the Missouri River in the area began to recede yet warnings of renewed flooding persisted. Heavy rain last week pushed levels to 22.8 feet, flooding low Callaway county bottom lands but causing no new major damage. City crews pumped out 400000 gallons of water from basements and cisterns using waste oil to seal backwater and patched soft road spots as the Fire Department finished pumping.
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Missouri
Calaway County
Callaway County
Highway Department
Boonville
Waverly
Kansas City
Omaha
W. A. Curtis
Curtis
Ford Robertson
Roosevelt seeks wealth tax plan this session
Washington June 24 AP Democratic leaders said they would confer with President Roosevelt at 5 p.m. to press his wealth tax program this session. Senator Robinson and Speakers’ aides expect action before adjournment, possibly mid August, while Senate leaders defer a joint resolution extending nuisance and excise levies worth about 560 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Robinson
Burns
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Senate
Hannibal to stage Mark Twain pageant despite rain
The premiere of Mark Twain's first 100 years was set for tonight in Hannibal as part of the Mark Twain centennial celebration. Eleven hundred locals will perform in an outdoor theater for 5,000 seats, with the coronation of Miss Marion Rupp as queen of the pageant. Shows will run again tomorrow and Wednesday.
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Hannibal
Mark Twain
Lfe
Marion Rupp
Fear Toothache May Halt Endurance Flight
Meridian Mississippi June 24 AP ground observers feared a toothache could force a landing of the Ole Miss plane flown by AL Key and his brother Fred Key. They began June 4 and must stay aloft until 2:12:30 p.m. Thursday to beat the 1930 Chicago endurance record of 553 hours 2 minutes 30 seconds set by John and Kenneth Hunter.
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Meridian
Miss
Ole Miss
AL Key
Fred Key
John and
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
Alma Francis Drinks Carbolic Acid By Mistake
Mrs Alma Francis of Michigan street was treated at the hospital yesterday after drinking a small amount of carbolic acid by mistake. She has fully recovered.
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Alma Francis
Michigan Street
National strike wave hits sectors across the country
Across New England and other states, workers press wage demands triggering widespread walkouts. Textile mills in Unbridge, Putnam, Woonsocket, Pascag, and Lowell halt while tankers operated by Cities Service face stoppages. Guardsmen mobilize as pickets clash with authorities in Washington and Nebraska.
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Associated Firss
United States
New England
United Textile Works of America
Unbridge
Harry
Mass
Putnam, Conn
Woonsocket
B. I
Pascang
R. I
Lowell
Mags
International Season
Cities Service Company
Tipton Sewer Project Funds Authorized by Ickes
Washington June 24 Secretary Ickes announced checks totaling 1,007,243 on 65 non federal PWA projects including Tipton Missouri for sewers and a sewage treatment plant and Kahoka for water system improvements. In Missouri, Geo Firebaugh 19 suffered knife wounds and remains hospitalized after a road house fight near Fredericktown. Thomas Roach was released on bond for felonious assault. Rainey Pendleton 40 broke a leg from a fall in Meta Illinois Ohio area. he twisted his ankle on loose gravel and fell.
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Washington
Ickes
PWA
Missouri
Tipton
Kahoka
Tronton
Geo. Firebaugh
Fredericktown
Madison County
Thomas Roach
Lodi
Wayne County
Rainey Pendleton
Meta
Chicken Stealing Dog Escapes Gun
A chicken stealing dog in Allown evaded execution after a tourist offered to take him in. Residents had complained of the dog's depredations despite prior whipping and shooting attempts. An officer planned to execute the animal, but a woman in a car requested and received custody of the dog.
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Allown
Two Injured in Gragsh Auto Crash Near City
Miss Estelle Old twenty two suffered serious injuries and Gathol Alice minor injuries when their car rolled over three times in a field six miles north of here on Highway 63 after midnight Sunday. They were taken to the hospital where Old remains under care. Alice returned home. The car from the south misjudged a sideroad curve. three men in a second vehicle aided the injured before departing. Both workers at Ghermans here.
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Estelle Old
Gathol
Alice
Here
Miss Old
Aliee
Allee
Obituary of Jefferson City Pioneer Family Member
John A. Laux, 64, died Sunday morning at his Clark avenue home after two weeks of illness. Born in Jefferson City, he lived there all his life and worked as a carpenter for many years. He was the son of George and unnamed Laux, pioneer residents. Surviving: five brothers Peter of Glendale Dunklin county Missouri Louis George Henry and Ed Laux, and sister Mrs. Earl Fardani of Topeka Kansas.
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Ohn
A. Laux
Clark Avenue
Mr.Laux
Jefferson City
George Laux
Peter
Glendale
Dunklin
County
Louis
George
Henry
Ed Laux
Earl, Fardani
Topeka
Kan
Maniac Gerald Thompson tied to ten assaults in Peoria
Twenty five year old Gerald Thompson, a sex slayer, allegedly beat ten girls in the same fashion as Miss Mildred Hallmark whose body was found in a cemetery ravine. Police planned statements from nearly 30 other women, with some names kept in a diary. Thompson confessed to the killings and is held in a secure jail to prevent threats of lynching.
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Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Pretty Mildred Hallmark
Jekyll Hyde
Thompson
Miss Hallmark
Bloomington
Springfield
Trial at Fulton mirrors Scottsboro case in jury bias
Fulton Missouri June 24 Judge Hughes overruled a motion to quash the juror panel for the trial of Anderson Logan a 46 year old negro charged with the shotgun murder of his wife Angela 72 The defense charged improper selection by the sheriff as to negro jurors Drawn from Callaway County Callaway county bears a southern pre Civil War atmosphere with witnesses saying few if any negroes have served on grand or petit juries while others note many sober intelligent negroes over 21 exist in the county The Scottsboro reference notes a US Supreme Court reversal of death sentences in Alabama where juries excluded negros
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Fulton
W. ©. Hughes
Anderson Logan
Fulton, Mo
Hove
Ala
Callas Way
Columbia
Angela
Carter
Callaway County
Hughes
Scottsboro
U. S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Pete Owen
Callaway
Howard Lang
Boone
Lang
High Court Reverses Libel Suit Decision
The Missouri Supreme Court Division No. 1 reversed a St. Louis circuit court ruling that awarded $20,000 in damages for libel to James P. Sullivan of Lincoln National Life Insurance. Sullivan had sued S. L. Morton of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance over a letter accusing him of twisting and rebasing.
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St. Louis
Fames P. Sullivan
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
State Supreme Court
Sullivan
S. L. Morton
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Morton
Lincoln Company
Girl Who Confessed Burying Baby Is Freed
Mi chaline Olkowski, who confessed burying her newborn baby five years ago, was released by Wayne County Prosecutor Ducan C. McCrea after five days in custody. He congratulated her on upcoming marriage to Walter Rogen sues, who supported her engagement ring and wedding plans.
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Detroit
Michaline Olkowski
Ducan C. McCrea
Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office
Walter Rogensues
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