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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
8
A veterans gathering lauds the service of former soldiers who defended liberty in wars from Mexico to World War I, while urging continued public service. The city debates library tax cuts, noting a surplus and Mayor Ase’s stance on fiscal economy to preserve a modern library.
Jefferson City grapples with third carnival this season as operators avoid city limits to dodge gambling laws. Mayor Asel and the police clamp down, forcing revenue losses and nuisance concerns. County Court cooperation urged to regulate carnival companies, who rely on city revenue and bring games of chance that favor the house. Prosecuting Attorney and Sheriff have not yet acted.
A community service argument urges closing carnival gambling outfits as they drain money and harm mostly uninformed, especially youth. Law enforcement should protect residents by ending such operations, while acknowledging the dangers of practices like double parking noted in a separate street action.
The Kansas City Journal-Post argues that any stock market rise would reflect psychology rather than real gains. It cautions a Germany debt pause alone won’t boost business, and that prosperity hinges on actual improvement rather than optimism, influencing Hoover’s reelection chances.
In Missouri and elsewhere the idea of preprimary or preferential conventions is discussed to improve candidate quality for state offices and Congress. Advocates say conventions could endorse a candidate in each race without barring primaries, while critics warn the plan may handicap momentum and does not resolve underlying primary flaws. The piece argues the direct primary has failed, fueling calls to abolish it for state nominations and rely on delegate conventions safeguarded by law.
In a valley near Mossy Rock Washington two survivors of the Hatfield and McCoy feud era live in quiet peace. Ben Hatfield and Bill McCoy describe their westward move after the fighting ended, note temperance beliefs, and recount family ties including Mary Hatfield-McCoy and their descendants. They say the feud’s violence has faded though memories linger, and they share stories of weddings, kinship, and the long arc from war to neighborly coexistence.
Springfield Missouri reports 12 year old Thomas Hainer drowned in a lake on government site for a Federal Hospital. Curtis Trask, 14, fell in but was rescued. The incident occurred yesterday as youths played on a homemade raft.
Kansas City opens a three day prosperity party after approving a 40 090 000 bond issue for public improvements. Festivities begin with a 30 minute whistle blast and include air flights autogiro demonstrations, theater entertainments, and park amusements. The Missouri Valley tournament at Rockhill Tennis Club and golf exhibition with Tommy Armour Jimmy Thompson George Von Elm and Rey Long also attract visitors.
Felice said Wade Cummins a 43 year old World War II veteran confessed to the May 26 robbery of First National Bank of Augusta Kansas involving about 6009 dollars. Detective Maness quoted Cummins saying the holdup was planned during fishing and the trio fished at Santa Fe Lake while pursuers searched. Cummins was arrested yesterday in a government hospital at Excel-
Hollywood June 25 AP Carman Barnes an 18 year old novelist from Chattanooga Tenn who came to Hollywood six months ago to appear in her own story as a pit feature is removed from the film The Road is Reno Paramount says she will appear later in a role better suited to her personality Peggy Shannon will replace her in The Road to Beng which is not one of Barnes stories B P Schulberg says the change is to give her acting experience before featuring in her own story
A 1600 item collection owned by D. D. Denby of Greenfield Mo is showcased at Missouri’s State Museum in the Capitol. The artifacts largely come from Dade and adjacent counties and include arrows spears belts knives tomahawks beads pipes and ornaments. Notable pieces include two skulls one flat head from the Gadde tribe estimated at 600 to 1000 years old and a carved red catlinite pipe with ceremonial lightning marks. One skull shows a hole suggesting trephining or war club impact. Experts from the Smithson Institution and University of Arkansas weigh the relics for study.
Irene’s schemes for Tommy collide with Gaylord’s business world as a hospital stay reshapes loves and loyalties. Beryl returns transformed, torn by remorse and a burning need to protect her sister, while Gaylord weighs danger and desire in a tangled step toward reconciliation.
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