Woman flier hurt and pilot dies in crash
In Westbury New York on June 28 AP report states Viola Gentry known as the flying cashier and Jack Ashcraft were attempting an endurance flight when their biplane crashed into a hickory tree. Ashcraft died. Gentry suffered critical injuries and was hospitalized. Weather and low gasoline cited as factors.
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Westbury
N. Y
Jack Ashcraft
Viola Ketry
Ashcrafft
Gentry
Nassau County Hospital
Mineola
Roose- Yelt Field
Henry Hicks
Nursery
Ashcraft
Miss Gentry
Brooklyn
Manhattan
East River
New York
Roosevelt Field
Arthur Ward
Hicks Nursery
California
Riverside
Calif
William G. Plummer
Cyrus J. Wallace
March
Plummer
Mitchell Field
N.Y
Army
Meadowbrook Country Club
Yore Balfour
Herman Walthers
St Bonis
Denman Named to Federal Farm Board
President Hoover announced the appointment of James C. Stone of Lexington Kentucky Carl Williams of Oklahoma City and C B Denman of Missouri as three of eight Members of the Federal Farm Board in a Washington bulletin.
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Washington
Hoover
James C. Stone
Lexington
Carl Williams
Oklahoma City
C. B. Denman
Missouri
Federal Farm Board
Auto Thieves Caught In Springfield Missouri
Springfield Missouri police detained Arthur Large alias Clarence Gibson and John Shrum alias John Beil for investigation into motor car thefts in Michigan and Ohio. They were arrested while attempting to sell a new Ford coupe. Large confessed to stealing the car from a St Johns Michigan garage after robbing a cash register and said they also stole tires. He identified themselves as members of a Westside Chicago gang and fingerprints were sent to Chicago Belliview and other cities for ID.
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Springfield
June di
Arthur Large
Clarence Gibson
Chicago
John H. Shrum
John R. Beil
Michigan
Ohio
Large
Shrum
Nolice Chief Pike
St. Johns
Mich
Hellview
Belliview
Gladys Brockwell Injured In Car Crash Near Calabasas
Green actress Gladys Brockwell remained in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital after an auto wreck last night near Calabasas. P Stanley Brennan, advertising man of Los Angeles, also injured with broken shoulders and facial cuts. Brockwell sustained multiple fractures including jaw and skull. doctors held little hope for recovery.
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Los Angeles
Cali
Gladys Brockwell
P. Stanley
Brenfian
Calabasas
Cal
George Burrell
Miss Brockwell
Brennan
Miss Brackwell
Ventura
Missouri U Professor Grand Divorced Suit Filed
Mrs Lillian M Rogers wife of University of Missouri professor Paul B Rogers filed for divorce in Boone County citing threats against a child and repeated insults. She alleges he told her she was inferior and would not approve of a son and that custody of Paul Jr and Douglas Marcel is sought with alimony and costs.
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Columbia, Mo
Lillian MM. Rogers
University of Missouri
Rogers
Paul, Jr
Paul Jr
Douglas Marcel
Woman Gantt Steals $14 000 in Topeka Robbery
A woman held up the Security Benefit Association payroll in Topeka and escaped with about $14 000 after kidnapping A J Perch and forcing him to drive to the scene. The suspect fled on foot, abandoning clothing and leaving the revolver behind. police searched the area.
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Gantt
Topeka
Kans
W.L. Stalens
Security Benefit, Association
A. J. Perch
Kansas City
Stalens
Louis Streit
Association
Central National Bank
Statons
Association Hospital
Stalons
Strelt
Perlich
Streit
Tige
Petrich
Security Benefit Association
Traffic Police Target Chestnut and McCarty Corner
Night traffic at the Chestnut and McCarty Streets stop drew concentrated police attention. Dozens of youths returning from a state park dance paid fines of three dollars or received admonitions as mounted officers patrolled the quiet hour.
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Chestnut and
McCarty Streets
Chestnut
McCarty
State Park
Funeral of Robert Jamie Jamieson at Baptist Church
Funeral services for Robert Jamie Jamieson, 20, of 667 Lafayette Street, who died after a lingering illness at home, were held at the Colored Baptist Church with Rev. Hardiman presiding. Burial followed in the new City Cemetery. He was the son of Rich Jamieson, survived by one brother and one sister.
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R. Jameison
Baptist Church
Robert Jamieson
Lafayette Street
Colored Baptist Church
Hardiman
New City
Young Jamieson
Rich Jamiewn
Sedalia youth chosen for Edison test in New Jersey
Sedalia youth Otto Heisterberg is Missouri’s representative in the Thomas A. Edison examinations at Orange, New Jersey. Heisterberg scored eight on the June 7 test, ranking highest among 173 Missourians. He will join Edison laboratories for further exams, with a four year technical scholarship awaiting the final winner. Other top state honorees included Justin Ray Kirkwood Samuel F. Denoke Charles Hawkins Frank Shang Frank W. Davis Bernard Gross Edward Fremon Lyman Fourt Fred Mitchum and Herbert Holmes.
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Otto Heisterberg
Sedalia
Caulfield
Missouri
Thomas A. Edison
Fast Orangs
N. J
Heisterberg
State Department of Education
State Educational Department
Prades
Mr. Edison
Wast Orange
N. 2
Edison
Justin Ray
Kirkwood
Samuel F. Denoke
Fredericktown
Charles Hawkins
Springfield
Frank N. Shang
St. Louis
Frank W. Davis
Monett
Bernard A. Gross
Edward Fremon
Lyman # Fourt
Vandalia
Fred W. Mitchum
Henry County
Herbert Holmes
Marshfield
Three Arkansas Counties Hit by Liquor Raids This Week
Boone, Searcy and Newton counties in Arkansas saw 31 residents arrested in regional liquor raids by federal prohibition agents over the past days. Thirteen arrestees were brought to Harrison. All 31 are free on bonds ranging from 1000 to 4000 dollars. Included among those held are the Rev. E. B. McIntire a pastor merchant and Mrs. Dave Collins 60 of near Jasper in Boone County.
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Harrison, Ars
Boone
Searcy
Newton
Arkansas
E. B. Mc&ntire
Dave Collins
Jasper
Boohe County
Bids Plentiful for $2 Million Road Projects Across State
The state highway department received 149 bids for 96 miles of road costing about 2 million dollars. Over two days, hundreds of bidders attended in one of the era’s largest turnout settings. Yesterday 149 bids were filed for 35.8 miles at about 1.8 million dollars across 18 counties. Winners will be announced after a highway commission meeting later in the month.
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State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Trapshooting Contest at Jefferson City Gun Club Sunday
Members of the Jefferson City Gun Club will hold a trapshooting contest at the club grounds Sunday morning at 8 30. Invitations have been mailed to many shooting enthusiasts in this section of the state and a large number of entries are expected. Prizes will be awarded to high scorers and lunch will be served at the grounds.
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Jefferson City
Coffman brands Gould treacherous over liquor comments
L. H. Coffman district superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League calls Senator Gould of Maine treacherous for liquor modification remarks. He says he is disgusted with public figures he accuses of hypocrisy making prohibition enforcement harder.
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Springfield
L. H. Coffman
Anti-Saloon League
Senator Gould
Maine
Bobby Jones Struggles Through Rain To 28 In Second Open Round
Bobby Jones, who led the national open after a 63 in round one, slipped to 28 strokes on his second round this afternoon in heavy downpours at Mamaroneck. His scorecard showed 454 364 345 28 across the outward and inward circuits.
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Mamroneck
Bobby Jones
Jones
Mentor Missouri Sees Wholesale Killing Of Dogs
In Mentor 12 miles southeast of Springfield residents kill dogs on sight after a rabies scare. A dog owned by T W Hunt showed odd behavior and a head was sent to Jefferson City for inspection. Some locals immunized pets while others are slaughtered without ceremony.
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Springfield
Mentor
Here
Jefferson City
T. W. Hunt
Bureau
Conferences on Child Health in County and City Next Week
Miss Elizabeth Simon of the State Board of Health announces monthly child health conferences in city and county schools. Nurses, mothers, and beat workers will attend and examinations may refer defects to family physicians. A detailed July schedule lists school sites and times across numerous towns.
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Elizabeth Simon
State Board of Health
Finelty
Moreau Heights
Pairview
Central School
Broadway
Lutheran School
Park School
A. Mn
West End
Marion
Centertown
Jefferson City
St. Peter’s
Osage City
Union Chapel
Well Known Couple To Be Married Tomorrow
Announcement of Alfred Probst and Miss Alice Siebeneck of this city to wed tomorrow afternoon at Immaculate Conception Church. The couple are well known locally and friends offer congratulations and best wishes.
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Alfred Probst
Alice Siebeneck
Immaculate Conception Church
Pioneer Taos Woman Found Dead In Home
Mrs Margaret Eicholz a Taos pioneer died in her home after neighbors forced entry upon discovering she had missed for days. She leaves a son four sisters and many relatives. Funeral at the Catholic Church in Taos Saturday at 1 with burial in St Francis Cemetery Taos.
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Margaret Richolz
Taos
Einholz
Mall Eicholz
Ben Stegman
Frank Lootens
Henley
Ben Meyer
Hermann
Kansas
St. Francis
Lampkin Declines Non Educational Federal Proposals
Uel W. Lampkin president of the National Educational Association in Atlanta says the group will not accept suggestions from the treasury or other non educational federal officials. He adds the association seeks guidance only from educational authorities and emphasizes schools must teach alcohol harm and law observance.
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Atlanta
Uel W. Lampkin
Maryville
National Enducational Association
Federal
Treasury Department
Anna D. Sutter
Prohibition Division
the Treasury
Slight Injuries in Dunklin and Monroe Crash
Virgil Duncan, a local resident, was slightly injured yesterday afternoon in a two car crash at the Dunklin Monroe intersection. The Ford roadster he drove and a Hudson coach operated by M N Windle collided, causing heavy damage. blame was not fixed by police.
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Virgil Duncan
Monroe
Dunklin
Ford
M. N. Windle
Ford Touring Car Stolen From Monroe Street Parking
Motor car thieves struck in the Capital City taking a Ford touring car owned by Herbert Tanner of 925 Madison Street from a 300 block Monroe Street parking spot. Tanner parked the vehicle shortly before o'clock and returned to find it missing. Police alerted. citywide search and notifications to surrounding towns yielded no trace of the vehicle.
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Herbert Tanner
Madison Street
Monroe Street
Tanner
Free Bridge Plan Advances In Missouri Chamber Agenda
The Missouri chamber highway committee led by CIM Scruggs held a meeting to push a free bridge within a year and pave Highway No 50 between the Osage River bridge and Union. President Stephens proposed a plan for a tail-free bridge and a concrete road survey showing No 50 carries rising traffic. Directors expect to announce a secretary choice Monday among three finalists.
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Osage River
Union
Chamisher of Commerce
Cim Scruggs
Stephens
Vivley
Wiese
Cedar Gily
Montegomery
Jefferson City
Osage River Bridge
Missouri
Wisplan
Law Highway Committee
Country Club
Chamber
C. G. Scruggs
W. A. Dallmeyer
EL W. Decker
E. H. Winter
T. L. Price
Foster Games
William Bayer
Means Ray
W. B. Malone
Possession Charge Reform Reduces Penalties in Local Court
A Bannipal resident paid 85 dollars in police court for intoxication and possession of a small liquor amount. city and county authority dispute settled. intoxicated with minor liquor on person now treated as city offense with fines from 25 to 100 dollars instead of state charges.
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W. Wilson
Bannipal
John Barleycorn
Leslie A
Springfield Man Dies After Auto Crash at Street Intersection
Vernon Johnson 19 of Springfield was fatally injured when an auto carrying two companions crashed into a truck at a Street intersection. Dr Fullbright treated Johnson at the scene and he was rushed to a hospital. his companions and the truck driver were unhurt and the cars were demolished.
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Springfield
Vernon Johnson
Gilliord
Johnson
Fullbright
Fulbright
Freak Windstorm Ravages Farmington Pennsylvania
A freak cone shaped windstorm struck Farmington on the national highway east of Uniontown tearing two houses a garage a service station and the Bell Telephone office. Trees were uprooted and utility wires down cutting off regional communication. Initial reports of other towns damaged proved false as lines were restored.
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Uniontown
Farmington
Here
Bell Telephone
Somerset
Ohio
Pyle
Confluence
Heisterberg Glad He Won Edison Award
SEDALIA Mo June 28 AP Otto Heisterberg chosen by Governor Caulfield as Missouri representative at the Edison examinations East Orange N J Heisterberg resides here with his mother and an uncle
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Sedalia
Otto Heisterberg
Caulfield
Missouri
Thomas A. Edison
East Orlange
N. J
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Osceola
Warsaw
Tuscumbia
Riss Hermann Svieeeee
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Thos. Edison
Gov. Caulfield
Coffman
Sen. Gould
Margaret Eicholz
Matt Hicholz
J. C
Uel Lampkin
Dunklin ST
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Chamber OF Commerce
Goodrich
Harry Blackwell
Goodrich Tire
NO. 50
Scruggs
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