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Jefferson City Post Tribune

Location

Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1936

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Bill Against Strike Breaking Becomes A Law

President Roosevelt signed 53 bills including measures against strike breaking and for expanding the army air corps. The actions, announced as he prepared his Philadelphia acceptance speech, include making it a felony to transport workers to obstruct peaceful picketing interstate or in foreign commerce and authorizing more airplanes to reach 4,000 planes in five years.

Washington Army Air Corps Roosevelt Philadelphia

Legislation Debates Include Wartime Subsidy and Wage Bills

A number of veterans in the regular army are noted alongside resolutions. One measure seeks an investigation of corporations manufacturing and distributing agricultural implements. Among pending bills on Silos desk the ship subsidy bill and the Walsh Vealey bill would set wage and hours specs in government contracts.

Sil Walsh- Vealey

River contracts awarded exceed two million dollars

Washington reports war department awarded river and harbor work contracts totaling over 2 million dollars. Woods Brothers Construction Co of Lincoln Nebraska received the largest, for dikes and rebuttments on the Missouri river between Decatur Bend and Louisville Bend for 949,514.40. Other contracts included Standard Dredging Co for Winyah Bay South Carolina 454,611.60 W. P. McGeorge of Pine Bluff Arkansas for Missouri river works 280,504.60 and multiple awards to Woods Brothers for ranges from Monona to Tiesville Bends and Calfornia Blair Bends Omaha district, plus Kansas City Bridge Co for Rockport to Florence Bend 296,767.25.

Washington War Department United States Woods Bros. Construction Co Lincoln Nebr Missouri River Decatur Bend Louisville Bend Standard Dredging Co New York City Omaha Calfornia Blair Webr Lille Sioux Bend Kansas City

Aged Woman Hit by Speeding Car in Jefferson City

An elderly woman was struck by a speeding car in Jefferson City injuring her seriously. Authorities plan criminal negligence charges against the driver, Mooreman, who was operating the car at the time. The incident follows another Turner family assault earlier in the year, with both victims named Dally Turner and the injured mother identified as Mrs. Turner.

Pital Jeferson City Bruner Butler Mooreman Naighter Turner Dally Turner Ernest Knott West Water Street Lafayette and High Streets Miss Turner Lafayette Street

Missouri Outdoors Boosts Wayne County Reserve Appeal

Outdoors in Missouri will increase the attraction this year at the Wayne County reservation. Jefferson City bass fishers Billy Smith Fred Landwehr and Louis Landwehr returned from a single day’s casting with 19 black bass weighing 100 pounds averaging over 3 pounds. The catch near Reelfoot Lake Tennessee stunned locals as angling reports note a bass abundance and a waller tied to the 1812 earthquake site. Federal duck stamp rules and fishing habitats are discussed along with local park plans for July 4 and cabin constructions in Ozark regions. The Fish and Game Department will resume the weekly water condition report and other fresh fishing info is offered through Evertson’s.

United Press Jefferson City Billy Smith Fred Louis Landwehr Reelfoot Lake Tennessee New Madrid Mississippi Fish and Game Department L. Preston Forn Secion Lake of the Ozarks Evertson Sportsman Versailles

Ex-Conwight Held as Suspect in Attempted Assassination

St Louis June 25 AP County authorities arrested an ex convict as a suspect in an attempted shooting outside a garage behind Harvey Miller, 25, a government witness in an auto theft trial. Miller was struck in the abdomen and his companion Charles Fricke, 32, wounded in the leg but not seriously. Miller, who pleaded guilty last April on interstate car theft charges, had testified for the government. sentences were deferred pending further trials.

ST. Louis Harvey Miller Miller Charles Fricke Fricke

Abrogation Debate Dominates Committee Session 96 13

Members lingered through the night as the committee weighed a constitutional abrogation and related planks on farm policy monopoly money and foreign affairs. Governor Peery noted a sentiment against a constitutional amendment plank, signaling a push for liberal interpretation to permit the fed.

Plank George C. Peery Virginia Honev

Phillies pound Dizzy Dean as Cardinals fall in opener

Philadelphia Jews defeated St Louis 13 to 4 in the first game of a doubleheader. Home runs by Chiozza, Grace, Norris, and Camilli drove nine runs while the Cardinals failed to capitalize on early chances. J Dean Munns Ogradowoski Kowalik Johnson Grace.

Philadelphia Phillies Dizzy Dean St. Louis Cardinals Chiozza Grace Norris Camilli St. Louis Phila J. Dean Munns Ogradowoski Kowalik Johnson

Doan’s Pills Offer Relief for Back Pain from Tired Kidneys

Uprooted ad copy explains backaches stem from tired kidneys and touts Doan’s Pills as a long proven cure. It claims kidneys should pass about 3 pints of waste daily and warns waste buildup causes fatigue, swelling, headaches, and dizziness. Aimed at general readers, it urges readers to consult a druggist for Doan’s Pills.

Doan Doen

Missouri’s Clark and 1940 presidential buzz in 1949

Missouri's Democratic delegation in Philadelphia ponders a Clark for president scenario as Governor Park and state leaders weigh how to back his bid to overturn the two-thirds rule. James P. Aylward, a Pendergast ally, remains Clark’s closest Missouri backer amid crosscurrents with the Kansas City machine.

Philadelphia Missouri Governor Park Roosevelt Champ Clark James P. Aylward Kansas City James A. Farley Clark AAA NRA Guffey Pendergast Missouri Feaders Aylward

Death in Missouri Pacific wreck near Valley Park

Miss Lina Jamerson a 47 year old Memphis Tennessee woman died at the Missouri Pacific hospital from injuries after a Special passenger train collided with a freight train near Valley Park in St Louis County Tuesday morning. Twenty one black passengers and 13 Missouri Pacific employees were injured in the crash, which a railroad investigator said resulted from the freight train failing to stop at an automatic electric signal. The special train carried a black delegation to a Baptist Young People's Union convention at Kansas City.

St. Louis Lina Jamerson Memphis Tenn Missouri Pacific Valley Park St. Louis County Ccmncident Taneed Jan Baptist Young People’s Union Kansas City

Crowd Storms Union Hall in Gadsden Alabama

Several hundred persons rushed the United Rubber Workers of America office in Gadsden. They damaged furnishings attacked nine occupants and forced them to flee. Police reported no serious injuries among named individuals including George B. Roberts and Lester Thomas, with fights erupting before officers arrived.

Gadsden Ala United Rubber Workers of America Tayyn George B. Roberts American Federation of Labor WW. Thompson L. Gray John B. House Lester Thomas W. A. Boyle J.C. Leslie C. S. Holmes E. C. Ludlow

Schuschnigg Hopes to Settle Quarrels With Germany

Vienna reports Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg presented a four point plan to Adolf Hitler to secure German recognition of Austria's independence, noninterference in Austrian politics, Austria's sovereignty over monarchy restoration, and a clear disavowal of Austrian Nazi support.

Vienna Kurt Schuschnigg Austria Germany Otto of Hapsburg Schuschnigg United Press Adolf Hitler Hitler

Murray's Force to Picnic at Rehagen's Westphalia

A picnic will be held this afternoon and evening for members of Matthew Murrey state public works administrator and their families at Rehagen's in Westphalia. Contest and athletic events precede a barbecue supper. Arrangements are led by L. W. Fitzpatrick Joe Ragland A. C. Lingley G. L. Patterson and Miss Ella LaFollette.

Matthew

Landon jokes on women in cabinet and worms during fishing remark

Gov. Alf Landon answers a reporter about women in his cabinet with a wink saying yes Mrs. Landon. He jokes about not using worms in Colorado, but in Kansas when he wants to fish, illustrating a light moment on the campaign trail.

Denver Alf M. Landon

Missouri braces for another heat wave and rising temps

A low pressure system moving from Montana toward Missouri signals a new heat wave. Overnight temps fell to the mid 50s in parts of Missouri while St Louis and other cities logged 64. Daytime highs reached up to 88 with scattered showers possible in the north as the forecast calls for fair conditions elsewhere.

ST. Louis Weather Bureau

Mrs James Franklin Sings at Kiwanis Club Luncheon

Mrs James Franklin a local soprano and past St Louis Municipal Opera performer entertained the Kiwanis Club at today's weekly luncheon. She sang The Desert Song One Alone from Show Boat Why Do I Love You from Show Boat Il Bacio and Poor While the article ends abruptly no final set list is given.

Kiwanis Club James Franklin St. Louis

Robbers Fire On Armored Car In Downtown Lawrence

In Lawrence Massachusetts a gun battle between payroll robbers and a police guard and bank employee injured two robbers and a bank worker. One robber was reported near death, another wounded, while a third escaped in a car. The trio attempted to seize the payroll as the armored truck halted at Central Railroad Station.

Abbott Corkum Bay State Merchants’ National Bank Corkum O'Brien O’brien

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