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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1930
Page
2
T LOUIS June 25 AP Colins Crain 61 a farmer of Poplar Bluff fell dead in Union Station yesterday from heart disease. His son Loren Crain of Ruege Mo identified the body. Crain had been visiting relatives in town and was preparing to return home when he died.
Walter M. Wilson a 60 year old business school teacher and father of five is under arrest in Chicago on Mann Act charges after eloping with Sylvia Huff 17. Mrs Wilson says the law must take its course as she awaits the outcome and vows to support her family. The couple was arrested in Joliet and may be returned to Arkansas City.
D. H. Doane of St. Louis spoke at Missouri University on the closing session of the land valuation show course. He argued production costs dominate the agricultural problem and that good land, seed, management, and labor are needed for profit at current prices. The shift to larger farms may push some farmers to expand while others become tenants of bigger holdings.
New York, June 14. The second generation of theatrical celebrities is rising, led by the Barrymores with Ethel Barrymore's daughter and John Bennett's daughters. Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields, and Oscar Hammerstein II are among heirs expanding into Broadway and Hollywood. Addie Foy rises from Ripples to fame, signaling a continuing family legacy in American theater.
The passage lists offspring of famous performers and producers across vaudeville and Broadway. It names Pat Rooney, Barbara Newberry, Marie Saxon, Pauline Saxon, Owen Davis Jr, Doug Fairbanks Jr, Willie (Willie) Coler Jr, the Costello sisters, Eva Le Gallienne, Eugene ONeill, James ONeill, and William Brady Jr, noting their theatrical lineages and ongoing big names in entertainment. It emphasizes enduring “royal families” in the show business world.
In Columbia Missouri on June 25 the Weather Bureau bulletin reports extreme heat and low humidity intensifying drought across eastern Missouri. All crops except corn are seriously damaged though corn remains in excellent condition with strong growth. Wheat harvests underway north of the Missouri River as heat waves intensify. Seasonal rainfall sits at about 65 percent of normal.
Pelican Rapids Michigan June 2 AP A girl’s bubble of an extortion plot burst today and in its place was a tale of personal safety related torture to win her grandparents consent to attend school. Miss Viola Hunt 18 confessed to Sheriff O J Tweelen that her tale of torture by three men Sunday after receiving notes demanding 30000 on pain of death was a myth.
The injured Miss Hunt reportedly slashed her body with a knife and tied her feet before binding a handkerchief around her neck. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Anne Holt said they would have sent her to school if she had shown such desire, according to police.
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