Foster withdraws from Missouri state superintendent race
Springfield, Mo June 21 AP long rumored withdrawal of W Foster from the Democratic nomination for Missouri state superintendent of schools. Foster endorses Lloyd W King of Monroe City and urges support while stating the cause is more important than the candidate. He had denied withdrawal rumors earlier and said he is in to the end.
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Springfield
Tenathers College
Foster
Lloyd W. King
Monroe City
Missouri
King
W. ¥. Foster
Charles A. Lee
Grover M. Cozean
Frederictown
Yoster
American priest slain by Chinese Communists in Fukien
The Dominican mission reports Rev. Father Urban O. Martin of New Orleans was murdered by Chinese Communists at Fagan in Southern Fukien. Another missionary, Rev. Father Bravo, captured in January, is missing and presumed killed. Churches and seminaries around Fagan district were occupied last month. no further details available.
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Hong Kong
Dominican
Santug
Urban O. Martin
New Orleans
China
Fagan
Fukien
Father Bravo
Lutheran appeals for educated clergy at Lutheran synod
In Albany June 26 Rev. Theodore Graebner urged delegates to seek a highly educated ministry. He warned that contemporary opposition is well organized and hinders the gospel by closing avenues to potential recruits and diluting its appeal.
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Albany
Theodore Graebner
St. Louis
Missouri Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Fair Tonight and Wednesday Cooler in Extreme North Missouri
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures in extreme northeast portions. Thunderstorms expected this afternoon or tonight in central and northeast areas. Rivers show minor rises with small changes noted in Kansas City Waverly Boonville and Union readings. yesterday’s figures recorded.
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Missouri
Artiy
Cooller
Ox- Avenue
Kansas City
Waverly
Union
Boy bites dog sparks health inquiry in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama on June 26 a three year old boy was reported to have bitten a dog prompting a visit to the city health department rabies division. The frantic father sought whether the baby should be examined after the incident, clarifying the dog was not the patient.
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Birmingham
Ala
Te City Health Department
Strike Threat Looms as West Coast Ports Tense
Seattle unions were asked to join a general strike by the local strike committee of the International Longshoremen's Association. In California and Oregon tension rose as National Guardsmen prepared for emergencies while Mediation efforts continued. Violence was reported in Seattle and San Francisco as crews confronted strikebreakers and ships waited to unload at fleet piers.
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Seattle
International Longshoremen'’s Association
Charles W. Doyle
Central Labor Council
Central Council
San Francisco
National
Pacific Coast
Edward PF. McGrady
Seth E. Howard
California National Guard
Frank Merriam
McGrady
Iat
Dollar Line
Jefferson
Portland
Bert G. Doherty
Oakland
Joseph Owen Named to State Board by Governor
Stephen K. Owen of St. Joseph, former Buchanan County prosecuting attorney, appointed by Governor Park to the board of managers of the state penitentiary and reform institutions for a term ending June 19, 1938. Owen succeeds Allen Reynolds. Dr. M. A. Bliss’ term also ends and a successor is not announced. Other members include W. Ed Jameson, Dan G. Taylor, Les C. Deason, and James W. Davis.
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Stephen K. Owen
Republican
Owen
Buchan County
Dr. Bliss
W. Ed Jameson
Fulton
Dan G. Taylor
St. Louis
Les C. Deason
Hannibal
James W. Davis
Chillicothe
Preliminary hearing in murder case for John Winningham
John Winningham, a penitentiary convict, had a preliminary hearing before Judge J G Leslie on a charge of murder in the first degree for the April slaying of Edmund Seewezyk in a dispute over where to hang a picture. The case was bound over for circuit court. Winningham, serving five years for grand larceny from Lafayette County, allegedly stabbed Seewezyk, serving ten years for robbery from Jackson County, with scissors.
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John Winningham
J. G. Leslie
Winningham
Edmund Seewezyk
Lexington
Scewezyk
Lafayette County
Seewezyk
Jackson County
Walker and Betty Compton Offered NYC Exposition Show
James J. Walker former New York City mayor and his wife Betty Compton received a $100 000 offer from Lew Dufour manager of the Ha Waiian Gardens concession for a five week personal appearance at the World's Fair in Chicago. The proposal reached London by telegraph last night.
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Chicago
James J. Walker
New York City
London
Betty Compton
Lew Dufour
Ha Waiian Gardens Congession
Sign By The Road Clip Off Two Fingers
Springfield Missouri June 26 A sign by the road clipped off two fingers from the left hand of Harry Langwell Autre or a youth Langwell rode between two boys in a roadster his arm hung out of the window dazzling lights from an approaching car blinded the driver the car brushed the hand against the signboard severing the second and third fingers ending a sad roadside accident
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Springfield
CAPJ
Harry Langwell
Langwell
Lanwell
Daddy Browning Too Sick To See Sunshine
Edward Wes Browning a New York millionaire known for adoptions and marriages remained in critical condition after a Saturday cerebral hemorrhage. He has been in a semiconscious state as daughter Dorothy Sunshine Browning arrived but was barred from entering due to his medical condition.
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New York
Edward Wes
Daddy
Cease and desist order on unregistered mining stock sales
Neal J. Ross Missouri securities chief issues a cease and desist against International Mining and Milling Company led by A G Iseng. The firm allegedly offered unregistered securities from Las Vegas offices with properties in Randsburg Palmetto Salome and Hornitos California and Palmetto Nevada while claiming Las Vegas mining interests.
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Neal J. Ross
International Mining and Milling Company
A. G. Iseng
Kansas City
Ross
Securities Department
Las Vegas
Nevada
Los Angeles
Calif
Randsburg
Hornitos
Palmetto
Nev
Salome
Aviz
Missouri
Army and Navy plan aerial flights to Alaska in July
Washington June 26 AP The Army and the Navy will stage separate flights to Alaska in July. Twelve Army bombers will train and photograph from Nome early in the day while twelve Navy patrol planes will fly from San Diego to the Pacific coast to Dutch Harbor. The Army leg will start in early July and the Navy leg on July 17 with multiple stops in American and Canadian cities en route. Officials call the flights a coincidence and say they are not a joint defense maneuver.
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Washington
Junne
Army
Navy
Alaska
Nome
San Diego
Pacific
Dutch Harbor
Final Arrangements For Jefferson City Horse Show
Promoters and backers finalize details as entries surge for the Jefferson City Horse Show at Whiteway Park. More than 100 entries from 31 exhibitors, a $1,000 premium, and a strong Central Missouri showing mark the two day event opening with parades and a Drum and Bugle Corps drill. Local riders from Columbia and nearby towns join riders from Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska in competition beginning 8 pm tomorrow and Thursday.
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Jefferson City
Whiteway Park
American Legion
Farge
GB. A. Duensing
Old School
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Columbia
R. B. Glenn
Gertrude Craig
Eleanor Taylor
J. T. Palmer
Claude Drew
Paul Bell
Tom Chandler
Joe Harris
Kenneth Nichols
Zuber Schneider
Ruth O O'Maley
W. B. Cook
California
Temple Stephens
Moberly
Theodore Christian
Callifornia
B. B. Tucker
Sedalia
Mothers
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Plan To Restore Wildlife Of U5
Secretary Wallace allocates 8.5 million dollars to begin work on a wildlife restoration program linked to President Roosevelt’s committee. The plan envisions land retirement from farming and 46 states with 400 projects spanning 5 million acres, aiming for rapid action though funding levels beyond initial reports remain debated.
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Washington
Jhine
Wallace
Thomas H. Beck
Roosevelt
Dixie Solon Faces the Acid Test Today
Jacksonville June 26 AP Park Trammell Florida's junior United States senator and senate naval affairs committee chairman faced an 18 year Washington record test before voters in the second Democratic primary. The race against Claude Pepper of Tallahassee drew center stage as nominations equaled election.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Park Trammell
Florida
United States
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Washington
Rammell
Claude Pepper
Tallanassee
Illinois on Track of Another Arson Ring
Chicago June 26 The state said it is pursuing a second arson ring as 17 accused in custody face arson and conspiracy charges. Prosecutors say the group includes about a dozen torch men plus insurance adjustors and merchants connected to fires that cost about 100000 and may have endangered lives. Assistant state’s attorney Wilbert P Crowley planned to seek warrants against those already arrested in felony court.
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Chicago
Wilbert P. Crowley
Boston Banker Will Oud for Morgenthau
A Boston banker, about 40, chosen by Secretary Morgenthau to guide national financial affairs, will leave on a month long vacation next week in Montana.
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Boston
Morgenthal
Washington
Jame
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Montana Wilds
Medics Endorse Withholding Care for Delinquent Patients
In St Louis area news the St Louis County Medical Society backed a Lincoln County resolution calling for withholding treatment from delinquent patients. The measure aims to curb nonpayment by listing debtors and circulating the list to physicians. The acting head, a Coolidge relative, oversees treasury duties tied to the Democratic party lineage.
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Louis
St. Louis County Medical Society
Lincoln County Medical Society Treasury
Thomas Jefferson Cool
Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Party
Treasury
Labor situation in Imperial Valley investigated
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford urged a state grand jury inquiry into Imperial Valley labor conditions. He accused officials of tyrannical rule and a manufactured Communist hysteria by growers seeking cheap labor. He recommended state Attorney General help due to perceived bias of local district attorney and urged improvements to working conditions.
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United States
Final Plea to Supreme Court to Hear Kaufman Case
Kansas City killer Paul H. Kaufman, condemned for the Webb City murder, again seeks relief before Missouri’s Supreme Court. Attorneys request transfer to full court and rehearing, arguing to halt Friday execution. division 2 upheld death sentence and declined review. Governor Park has new clemency appeals but no grace is assured.
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Missouri Supreme Cont. Division No. 2
Moliots
Kansas City
Paul H. Kaufman
Bani
Paul Kauffman
State Supreme Court
Colorado
J. B. McDonald
R. Stone
High
Kauffman
Avis Woolery
Webb Gilby
Telbunes
Cas’ Weath
Linda Itiths
Hauffmans
Towne
Governor Park
Price Cutting Described as Acute Problem in Beer Industry
Washington June 26 The federal alcohol control administration held a hearing on price cutting in the beer industry. Dr Herbert Doran of New York University testified that the code is general and that destructive price cutting must be defined. Brewers dominated the discussion amid nationwide plant distribution and legalization pressures as industry officials seek remedies and address competition among about 600 operating plants.
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Washington
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Prewers 'Code Authority
Herbert Doran
New York University
Lo General
Br. Doran
Stumbles and dies on Ashland railroad trestle
Ashland Nebraska June 26 Harold Young 10 and his twin Donald with uncle Henry Wollen and Erin Woten 6 were crossing a railway trestle when Harold stumbled heard a Burlington passenger train and was killed. Two other youths and a girl held on charges of kidnapping and highway robbery in Leavenworth Kansas, suspected in related offences.
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Ashland
Neb
Harold Young
Burlington
Here
Young
Donald
Henry Wollen
Erin Woten
Leavenworth
Kas
Harold
Roy Mur F
Jay
Rand
Oilinois
Sky wedding aboard Pilot Gregorys tri motor plane
In Columbia Missouri on July 26 AP reports Kansas City aviator Ben Gregory has piloted fifty seven marriages in the clouds. Tonight he will wed Miss Ruby Lagore of Deepwater to Edwin Farris of Columbia from his tri motor plane circling over the airport, with Rev Edward Payne performing the ceremony.
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Columbia
Cupid
Ben Gregory
Kansas City
Ruby Lagore
Deepwater
Edwin Farris
Gregory
Edward iPayne
Youths Arrested After Premature Fourth of July Shoplifting
Two 14 year old boys were arrested after a reported premature celebration of the Fourth of July. Police recovered items including fireworks, a new pencil, and a box of 382 caliber rifle shells from their possession after shoplifting incidents at four local stores in Kongegon County.
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Kongegon
Vamphinis
Colorado executes halt delays for Graham murder case
The Colorado Supreme Court paused plans for a second lethal gas execution, delaying Chas E. Graham's death by granting time to obtain Grand Junction records and 30 days to file a challenges. Gov Johnson urged an appeal while prosecutors pressed legality amid prior insanity rulings and a related damages suit.
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Denver
Tlans
Colorade
Atate Supferi
Chase E. Graham
Axe Siryer
Carl Treland
siMer
Vernie Glavier
George Morris
Grand Junction Cole
Grand Jonection
Lea
State Supreme Court
Colorado
Uavenle
Valatives
Graham
Ed C. Johnson
Jennie Craget
Allen
Judd Graham
St. Louis
William Cody Kelley
Kelley
Colohoz
Russell Browning
Dirie Child Starved and Hurt in Torture Case Probe
A 12 year old girl Mary Virginia Johnson was hospitalized in Jasper Alabama with wounds and malnutrition amid a torture inquiry. Fayette county authorities hold Mrs Bert Porter on $400 bond as a hearing nears on ten charges of assault and battery with a club. The child came to Porter after her mother's illness and death left the girl in others custody.
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Jasper
Ala
Payette
Mary Virginia John
Fayette County
Hogepital
Bert Porter
Porter
Old plainsman would nab outlaw needs nag
In Washington on June 26 an aging western plainsman, hopeful for justice, learns the DOJ has no horse. He seeks John Dillinger and a $10 reward, telling J Edgar Hoover he learned to shoot under Buffalo Bill. Hoover explains the department lacks horses.
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Washington
Department of Justice
John Dillinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Buffalo Bill
Hoover
Milwaukee Strike Brings Armored Cars to Streets
Across Milwaukee streets armored cars patrolled as a strike by operators and electricians left mass transit functioning with barricades and tense crowds. The dispute centers on reinstating 13 discharged workers and union demands for unit bargaining while the city’s electrical plants face potential shutdowns.
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Milwaukee
Jime
jStreet
Hround Company
Regional Labor Board
Milwaukee Blee Company
Blue Eagle
Jotfictus
Streat
Mutual Benet Association
Kers
Lakeside
Electric Company
Mens and Power Service
Milwaukee Electric Co
Voma& Stand
Res
NRA
Joseph Urbansli
Hosital
American Federation of Labor Unions
National Labor Board
Compan
B. Way
Gene Tunney's Newborn IDare Has Real Wallop
A second son born to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Tunney weighs eight pounds eleven ounces. The former heavyweight champion says the baby already has a knockout to his credit by punching at the nurse, a playful sign of his early vigor. Gene Lay [der Tunney, their first son, was born in November.
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New York
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Gene Lay
der Tunney
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