Preliminary hearing in King case on paying clerk by brewery
The jury heard that Thomas King of St Louis was accused of drawing pay as a legislative clerk while employed by a St Louis brewery. Prosecutors argued over King’s employment status and the warrants issued in his name as witnesses testified about handwriting and payroll procedures. The hearing continued with witnesses detailing King’s role as a brewery chauffeur and the warrants totaling 730 dollars.
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Bulletin
Foster Wheatly
Thomas King
St. Louis
Circuit Court
Foster
Wheatly
Auditor Forrest
King
Edward Hogan
St Louis
F . Smith
Hogan
Smith
Clark
Court of Justice
John G. Les
Highway Patrol
Mahole
Fischer
Opal Taul
Miss Taul
House of Representatives
Hogan and
Brady
Kites
Oliver Bassman
Fair Tonight and Friday With Mild Temperatures
Weather forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with a possible unsettled spell at times. Temperatures ranged from the low to mid 90s in several areas with nights near the upper 70s. River stage readings inch upward across Keokuk Kansas City Waverly Boonville Jefferson City and nearby towns, with modest rises noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southtaxi
Kansas City
Waverlyeen
Boonvilte
Jefferson
Thomas
Heematin
Fattha Union
Lake Oi
Jefferson City Schools Seek State Grant of 42062.28
The Jefferson City public school system asked the state for a total grant of 42062.28 for next year. The board approved the application and sent it to County Clerk William Tellagan. The district cites a state entitlement of 72250 with 37166.05 deductible, leaving 35085.95 in equalization. The remainder covers high school tuition and incidentals, with 180 days in the prior term and projected local funding from a 1.36 general tax and 0.36 sinking funds. The district reports about 50000 on hand, including 33504 in the teachers fund and 14530 in incidentals. The application notes 4935 white and 270 Negro children aged 6 to 20, with resident attendance totaling 2086 white and 164 Negro in grades 1-8, and 747 white with no Negroes in grades 9-12. Nonresident white high school students totaled 140, with no Negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
William Tellagan
Grodes
Lincoln University
State Swelters in First Heat Wave
A blazing sun hit Missouri as temperatures neared 100 degrees in the western state, with readings from 100 plus in Kansas City and other cities. The Weather Bureau noted very high temperatures across Minnesota Iowa eastern Nebraska western Missouri and eastern Kansas while cooler weather was expected tonight and tomorrow.
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Louis
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
Lexington
Maryville
St. Joseph
Chillicathe
Kansas City
Kidder
Lamar
Jefferson City airport under study to raise operating funds
A Chamber of Commerce special committee weighs financing options to keep the municipal airport running. The group notes annual costs of 1500 with expected revenue of 700, creating an 808 shortfall yearly. They vow to keep the airport but seek immediate funding plans without draining the chamber’s purse.
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Jefferson City
Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Cel. A. Linxwiler
N. R. Beagle
Clift G. Scruggs
C.C. Hanes
Hanes
Judge Denies Stop Picketing Injunction in St Louis
Federal Judge George H. Moore dismissed S. S. Kresge Co. efforts to halt picketing by the waitresses clerks and cooks unions in St. Louis and county. He ruled Norris LaGuardia Act blocks such injunctions and that the company was not engaged in interstate commerce thus outside Wagner Act coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
George H. Moore
S. S. Kresge Company
American Federation 'of Labor
Moore
Wagner Ach
Rev Berlekamp to Tour Europe Soon
Rev and Mrs W Berlekamp will sail from New York on Saturday for an extended Europe tour. He plans to visit England France Germany Denmark Czecho Slovakia Austria Italy and Switzerland and will be away until September. Rev Charles Schwantes will lead the Evangelical church in his absence. He has served as student pastor at Columbia for three years.
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W. Berlekamp
New York
Europe
England
France
Germany
Denmark
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Berlekarmo
Charles, Schwantes
Evangelical Church
Columbia
Dr J H Coursault Dies at 86 at Missouri University
Dr J H Coursault 86 long time University of Missouri education faculty member and former dean died in Columbia hospital after five years of ill health. Survived by widow Edith Logan Snyder of Hannibal and two children Ruth and Theodore of Kansas City. He studied at Ohio Static Harvard and Columbia Universities and taught in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbia
J. H. Coursault
University of Missouri
School of Education
Edith Logan Snyder
Hannibal
Ruth
Theodore Coursault
Kansas City
Coursault
Ohio Static
Harvard
Columbus
Ohio
Recall petitions certified for Joplin mayor election
Miss Maude Fones city clerk certified to the Joplin city council that recall petitions against Mayor Arthur Maher had 1831 signatures, surpassing the 1166 required for an election. The council planned to meet that afternoon to fix the election date.
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Joplin
Miss Maude Fones
Arthur A} Maher
Miss Fones
Haworth Named Acting Social Security Administrator
Governor Stark named George Haworth of Carthage as acting administrator of the new social security law, borrowed from the WPA, with a yearly salary of 6 000. The six-member commission overseeing the law was announced, to supervise $48 million in state and federal funds for 1937 and 1933. Haworth will lead until a permanent setup is in place, while the commission and administrator prepare for broader eligibility and future staffing.
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Stark
George Haworth
Carthage
Haworth
WPA
Joplin
Gate
Social Security Commission
Case Social Security
Jefferson City urged to lift High street as city planning focus
W. J. Tip Brown of Kansas City urged Jefferson City Kiwanis members to launch a face lifting program to modernize High street and attract tourists. He said the uptown district should be rebuilt first, noting 21,000 residents and 315 stores with eight million dollars in 1935 business, and urged the town to keep locals from leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
W. J
Tip) Brown
Kansas City
Missouri State Chamber of
Comateres
Jefferson City
Missouri
Brown
Uptown
High Street
Higginsville
Kirksville
Railway Mail Union Elects Officers in Wichita Session
Convention delegates of the seventh division Railway Mail Association moved to business affairs after yesterday’s opening, electing C. B. Rhoads as president, Bruce Tanner as vice president, and Wilson Davenport for a tenth consecutive two year term as secretary. The seventh district includes Missouri Kansas Colorado. The convention closes tonight.
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Wichita
Kas
Seventh Division Railway Mail Association
C. B. Rhoads
Kansas City
Bruce Tanner
St. Louis
Wilson Davenport
Armgiides Pat Cleke
Missouri
Kansay
Colorado
WPA consolidation halves districts in Missouri statewide plan
Missouri state administrator Matthew Murray announced a five district consolidation of WPA administration with headquarters in Moberly Kansas City St Louis Farmington and Springfield effective July 1 The plan reduces administrators from 31 to five and reallocates counties among districts promising annual administrative savings of about 25 000 or more and monthly costs from 120 000 125 000 to 95 000 The districts are Moberly including 44 counties north of the Missouri River Kansas City St Louis Farmington and Springfield with new and reassigned district heads and assistants plus shifts of personnel from other offices to streamline operations The reorganization aims to balance work across districts and maintain WPA employment for approximately 62 000 workers under the new structure
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WPA
Moberly
Kansas City
St. Louis
Farmington
Springfield
Matthew Murray
Missouri River
Murray
Evely
Henry Reidel
Hannibal
Kim Holman
Charles G. Haake
Frank Monroe
Sedalia
Lloyd Great‘house
George Snider
Flat River
Charles Blanton
Sikeston
George Haworth
Joplin
Guy Wide
Haworth
Slavic
Noble Aldrich
St. Joseph
William Zevely
Jefferson City
Fesser
SS Joseph
Kansas City Lakes
Jacon
Lafayette
Saline
Cooner
Pettis
Cass
Johnson
Bates
Henry
Benton
Moniteanu
Morgan
St. Clair
Vernon
Cedar
St Louis
Penitentiary shuts sightseers during expansion work
The state penitentiary bans all sightseers as a large building program proceeds. Effective July 10, relatives and convict families may visit once a month instead of twice monthly. The restriction is to control the influx of workmen passing through the main gate. Construction includes a new administration building hospital cell block and a garage with a dormitory awaiting occupancy after equipment is installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirden J. M. Sanders
Sanders
Ice Boxes and S100 in Gash Prompts Local Appeals
Newspaper appeals for ice prot and funds to fill ice boxes met with encouraging response as officials of the ice fund campaign report progress. Mrs Eva Bruemmerman urged an ice box for a needy ill family. 12 boxes were donated today. Donations passed the $100 mark with contributions from multiple donors, and county clerk William Tellman will accept gifts in his courthouse office. Over $500 more is needed to supply ice to indigent seniors and families with illness during the summer.
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Ice Fund
Eva Bruemmerman
Purple
Sheppe
RB. J. Turner
Capitol City Telephone Company
Maud Love
Phillip Hess
F. W. Carothers
Upholds Validity of Pending Tax Measures
City Counselor Edgar H. Wayman informed the board of aldermen that six pending measures to raise over 3 million dollars annually are valid. The taxes would affect cigarettes gasoline newspaper advertising revenues amusements safe deposit boxes and private fire and burglar alarm systems. Funds for City Park athletic facilities surpassed 500 dollars by noon as volunteers reported progress.
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ST. Louis
Edgar H. Wayman
Board of Aldermen’s Legislative Committee
Wayman
Letter Delivered Years Later From Miss Simms
A crumpled letter written by Evelyn Simms five years ago arrived today at Lexington, Maine. It had been addressed to Robert Weaver, now married to Simms, with the note mailed from Cavalion by Lee Dixon, the local postmaster. Workers uncovered it in a school during ongoing construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Evelyn Simms
Robert Weaver
General strike gossip fumbles and back to work gains
A nationwide strike scare faded as back to work moves spread in Warren and Youngstown Ohio. Police and National Guard protected Republic Steel workers while Cleveland mediation continued. Explosions near the Warren plant sparked further concern as officials urged restraint and officials warned no general strike call had been issued.
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Associated Press
Warren
CSO
Youngstown
Ohio Steel Valley
Roosevelt
Lionel Evans
Roosevelt T
Anso Tel
Macline. Davey
Ohio
Mediation Board
Federal Board
Cleveland
C. SO
Republic
Bethlehem, Inland, Steel
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Senate Post Office Committee
Washington
D.C
Federal Mediation Board
Gus Tl
SWOC
G. A. Bjorson
Republc Steel Corp
Pine
Walnut
National
C. R. Wheels
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Glerk
St. Louis Brewery
Yeeping
GOURT
Rev. Berlekamp
Old Country
DR. Coursault
M. U
Ougtal Security Administrat
A. B
McGlathlan
Missouri Association For Social Welfare
Warrensburg Star-Journal
State Press Association
W. T. Nardin
St. Louis Mill Company
Federal Reserve Bank
Community Fund
Allen M. Thompson
Thompson
Way
Tip” Brown
Valencia
Spain
Jose Gi Fal Pereira
Leipzig
Railway Mail Union
Association
Zevely
Rolla
Cole I
Camden
Laclede
Miller
Cole 3
Osage
Maries
Phelps, Gasconade
Franklin
Crawford
Dent
St. Franceiz
Iron
St. Genevieve Perry
Reynolds
Cape Girardeau
Bollinger
Madison
Wayne
Carfey
Ripley
Butler
Stoddard Scott
Mississippi
New Muedrid
Periscot
Cdunklin
Snringfield
Shannon
Oregon
Texas
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Wright
Douglas
Ozark
Webster Christian
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Hickory
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Stone
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Barton
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Newton
McDonald
IGE
City Park
Point
Niles
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