A City Plans for Better Play and Recreation
In Jefferson City a public survey seeks a city plan to expand parks and recreation. Authors urge creating accessible play spaces, pools, and multiple neighborhood parks to serve families and workers, noting current deficits and the need for wholesome leisure.
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Post-Tribune
the Tribune
Post
Tribune
Renee G. Goshorn
Associated Press
Jefferson City
Dfo
Missouri
Highway Department
Tam Thumb
Washington Park
Plan Commission
Crop Outlook Bright Across Missouri States
The week brought unusually strong prospects for Missouri crops. Wheat is harvested in the central region, oats are heavy in the north, and corn looks ideal statewide after early planting and recent rains. Farmers anticipate a bumper corn crop and a favorable year for agriculture statewide.
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Missouri
Extortionists Battle in Ozark Hills Shootout
In Cape Girardeau Missouri on June 28 officers and a wide-area posse hunted three bandits from St. Louis across Madison and St. Francois counties after a dawn gun battle on Highway 61. The gang, tied to an extortion plot threatening local citizens, issued $2500 demands with letters mailed from Cape Girardeau. Six men were detained. a suspect is believed wounded. Sheriff Nat M. Snider led the statewide search with heavy hardware.
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Cape Girardeau
Ozark Hills
Madison
St. Francois
St. Louis
Cape Girlardeau
Fredericktown
Highway 61
Here
Reaelvea
Organized
Underworld of America
Highway No. 61
Cape Girardgau
Nat M. Snider
Gaps Girardean County
Mechanical massage devices condemn by medical council
The American Medical Association's Council on Physical Therapy notes machines for massage and exercise, including vibrating and shaking devices, are not unreservedly beneficial. They argue such devices can foster false curative beliefs, aid only one body part, and may deter full-body exercise.
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Gustav Zander
Cool Nige
Council On Physical Therapy
American Medical Association
Lashes of Life and World Notes Drift Across Newspapers
A collage of brief items from New York and abroad mentions Miss Signe Holmer in Michigan gifting a cherry pie to Mayor Walker, a welfare pie misadventure, a Wilmington treasure hunt by plane, League of Nations aid for white collar workers, a British monocle wearer Pemberton Billins, orchid style at Auteuil races, Conover A Thomas retiring after a long railroad career, and a reopened Hungary Yugoslavia bridge ending the war era isolation.
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New York
Michigan
Walker
Signe Holmer
Miss Holmer
Mingor
Wilmington
Del
H. Belin DuPont
League of Nations
Pemberton Billins
Auteuil
France
Philadelphia
Conover A. Thomas
Rahway
MN. J
Pennsylvania
Budapint
Himgary
Jugoslavia
Danube
Killer Surrenders After Fatal Shooting at Niagara Mission
Frank Ross. 37, wanted for the shooting of Rev. Edgar R. Wood and wounding two congregation members, surrendered near Niagara Falls. He carried a pistol and admitted planning to murder Wood and others after practicing in woods.
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Niagara Falls
Frank Ross
Edgar R. Wood
Ross
Mission Intendig
Wood
Mildred Ross
Leona Kuh
Leonard ‘Towe
Electric rabbit tracks link to Lingle murder in Chicago
A Chicago theory ties dog racing tied to Al Capone interests to the June 5 murder of Tripune police reporter Lingle. Investigators consider two motives: Capone mob finances and rivals pursuing extortion schemes. The piece also notes dog racing was then illegal and a hospital scene with a boy visiting his aunt ends the fragment.
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Chicago
Duke Lingle
al Capone
Tripune
Capone
Lingle
Ingle
Tired of Sleep
Fragmentary quotes show Paun Jienna saying they get only two hours of sleep daily and manage by resting at night, highlighting exhaustion and sleep deprivation.
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Tye
Jienna
Optimist and pessimist debate outcomes
An exchange contrasts a cheerful optimist urging that conditions aren’t dire with a cautious pessimist noting persistent problems. The brief dialogue frames differing outlooks on current prospects and potential solutions.
Hoover to private sources for crime commission funds
President Hoover announced he would secure 100000 from private sources to complete the enforcement commission program. Senate cut the upaid appropriation to 50000 but allowed it for prohibition inquiry pending further action. He summoned commission members to emphasize the need for full enforcement of all criminal laws.
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Assf
Hi Enforcement Commission
Senate
Hoover
Co Inference
Withersham
Dean Roscoe Pound
Henry W.anderson
Mussolini Signals Defense Push Over France Frontier Tensions
Rome reports Premier Mussolini and the Council of Ministers approved national defense measures amid France’s fortification along an Italian frontier. The plan raises exchange taxes to fund defense, aiming to boost Italy’s armed forces by half a billion lire at the 1930 31 year start, with allocations listed for army navy aviation and the Black Shirt Militia.
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Rome
Thep Council of Ministers
Mussolini
France
Duce
Italy
Thompson philanthropic mining magnate dies at 61
Colonel William Boyce Thompson, mining magnate and philanthropist, died at his Yonkers home of pneumonia at 61 after a four year illness following a stroke. His wife Gertrude Hickman Thompson and daughter Margareth Schulze were with him. brother J Edward Thompson was en route from Phoenix. His interests spanned copper in Montana diamonds in Africa and sulphur in Texas. he served as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1914 to 1919 and was active in Wall Street. Born in Virginia City Montana, he enjoyed flower culture as a hobby.
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Yonkers
William Boyce Thompson
Gertrude Hickman Thompson
Margareth Thompson Schulze
J. Edward ‘Thompson
Phoenix
Arizona
Montana
Africa
Texas
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Wall Street
Virginia City
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