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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1936
Page
4
Guilliano Bossi of Rome invented a two barrel shotgun in 1616 with barrels arranged one above the other. The device featured stacked barrels and marked an early design in the evolution of firearms.
Opera star Marion Talley stars in Fallow Your Heart for Republic. The ad praises the Dodge automobile for its lavish beauty, elegant interior, and smart lines while noting a surprisingly low price.
President Roosevelt signed the $992,524,492 treasury post office appropriation, approving ocean mail contracts and a DC funding, while vetoing a pension benefits restoration bill for officers and enlisted reserve corps. He cited it would place non federal personnel on federal pensions, a radical policy shift. The president planned for Philadelphia and Hyde Park weekend travel after these actions.
Kirksville Missouri records a 50 degree low marking the third straight chill morning this June. Government observer J S Stokes notes the lowest June temperatures in nearly a decade. a 47 degree reading was logged on June 26, 1926.
In Garden City on the Gold Coast, burglars entered the bedrooms of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Coe while they slept and fled with jewelry valued at over 400000 dollars. The haul included a 300000 dollar pearl necklace, a 33000 dollar small necklace, a 38000 dollar diamond ring, a 24000 dollar diamond and platinum wedding ring, plus a 400 dollar gold clock, a 300 dollar gold cigarette case and cash totaling about 150 dollars from Mrs Coe.
Mathew S. Murray, state WPA chief, mails letters to about 49 Missouri municipal county and school officials asking if work under the WPA is the proper method to meet unemployment versus dole, if current work is useful, and if more useful tasks exist under a continued program. Replies will be tabulated for public release.
In Poplar Bluff Missouri on June 24 an AP report states five people were injured, one seriously, when a truck tire blew out causing the vehicle to veer into a ditch. Injured were Mr and Mrs Jack Hartman and Mr and Mrs George Oswald of St Louis, plus M O Garner on a farm near Naylor. The two families had visited Garner's farm and were en route to St Louis to take a train.
Missouri's 48 delegates arrive at Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention. Governor Guy B. Park plans Atlantic City outings and a late return to hear Senator Joseph T. Robinson as permanent chairman. Several delegates and supporters consider trips to New York, Washington, or local Cardinal baseball games as the convention unfolds.
A high pressure compressed air line explosion at Trico Products Corporation in Buffalo New York killed Otto Mueller of Ebenezer and injured fifteen people including 33 year old machine operator Howard Kreiter. Windows were blown out and partitions ripped on the fifth floor of the automobile accessory factory.
James C. Lucas, an Alcatraz inmate, stabbed Al Capone with scissors in a San Francisco Bay prison. Capone was wounded in the back and Lucas was placed in solitary confinement while authorities review the case. The U.S. attorney said no plan exists to bring Lucas to Chicago for trial unless Capone dies.
TOKYO June 24 AP Japan rejected as practically meaningless the three power London naval treaty today. The cabinet, following the lead of the Japanese delegation that walked out of treaty sessions last January, refused a British invitation to join the pact. Japan objected to the stop gap agreement signed March 25 by the United States Great Britain and France for lacking naval parity clauses Japan had insisted on.
After Lucas struck, he fought back with a punch and knocked his attacker down before a guard intervened. Capone walked to the hospital unassisted following the incident.
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