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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
7
City council directs drafting of ordinances for installing parking meters in Toledo and licensing bicycles. In other notes, reference recalls Charles Dickens' father’s confinement in Marshalsea Prison, Southwark, London, which was demolished in 1849.
United Press reports Missouri WPA marks one year with 200 projects finished and $31,852,508 spent. 1,700 projects remain, 90,000 on rolls at peak. current payroll about 65,000 as workers shift to other agencies. Matthew S. Murray, Missouri WPA chief, notes ongoing tasks and limited celebration.
Missouri WPA details show 4 352 projects passed state checks and near 4 000 won presidential approval with local funding averaging 18 6 percent. Murray defends nonpolitical stance while noting 90 percent of workers came from relief rolls and funds mainly used for labor and materials.
An Arctic expedition along the Pechora region by the Verquta River reports high quality coal in thick layers. Amid 1830s rail history, officials of the first American railway hesitated to carry government mail and risked night trains to speed deliveries.
Everett Stark 35 a Miller County farmer faces first degree murder charges for the slaying of partner Everett Bilyeu 52 on the Bilyeu farm four miles north of Iberia. A preliminary hearing was set for daiy 3. Stark pleaded innocence at arraignment and remained jailed on a $2,500 bond as prosecutor Starling said the bond was too small. Mrs Bilyeu widow filed the murder complaint after a coroner's jury found Stark discharged a shotgun. Stark was arrested shortly after the shooting Sunday.
June 25 AP Haile Selassie exiled emperor of Ethiopia departed by train for Geneva to direct his conquered nation’s last diplomatic stand against Italy. Fewer than 40 people watched. only an elderly woman cried God bless you. An hour and a half later Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden departed by plane from Croydon at 3 30 p m for Geneva.
Geneva debates options for Italy Ethiopia crisis with sanctions, bargaining, or moral boycott. Pro-sanction voices urge继续 action under covenant. opponents favor lifting sanctions and a peace bargain. A separate note: Marine Sgt Eugene May sues for 25000 over a torn nose in a 193? accident.
Kansas Governor and Republican presidential nominee Al Landon arrived in Denver with his family for a Colorado vacation. He spoke at a press conference in a station room, praising Colorado’s outdoor life and thanking residents for the warm reception, with Democratic Governor Ed C. Johnson greeting him.
In Philadelphia on June 25, AP reports the fate of a statement by Alfred E. Smith and four anti-New Dealers urging the convention to nominate a "soundline Democrat" for president. James A. Farley, Democratic national chairman, said he had not received the letter and knew of no one who had. Farley joked about being blamed for losing it and declined to say why an invitation to Smith to attend the convention would be extended to any delegate.
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