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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1937
Page
3
The piece notes the clash of eager youth and rheumatic elders in the insurgent Spanish army. It cites homeguard veterans in Victoria guarding postoffice steps while hundreds of young soldiers inside the post office send letters and telegrams. The tone mirrors a wartime column on morale and recruitment.
The piece portrays elderly guardians at a memorial scene amid conflict, detailing their resilience and dedication. They endure noise and danger, supported by families delivering meals, while one veteran stood for two days guarding an entrance, later recovering from exposure. The narrator notes the grandchildren share the legacy of war and valor.
A $46,000 school building unit was dedicated at Wiley Post's parachute jump site in Maysville Oklahoma to memorialize the famed aviator who died in an Alaska crash with Will Rogers in 1935. Dr John G Hervey of Philadelphia gave the dedicatory address praising Posts achievements as monumental as Columbus and Galileo.
Colorado National Guardsmen deployed to halt grasshopper invasions in Colorado Springs. Guard trucks haul sawdust from Rocky Mountain ravines to plaster poison on infested fields, amid nationwide efforts to curb the pest outbreak.
Gov Ammons declares an emergency over a plant problem described as a bait issue. The statement references established plants and a phrase about a 4 out to areca, with unclear surrounding context. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that about 100 000 cotton farmers are entitled to more than 3 500 000 dollars in refunds for cotton tax exemption certificates bought under the repealed Bankhead act. The decision says farmers were coerced to buy certificates via the National Surplus Cotton Tax exemption pool. The act limited the 1934 35 crop year quota to 10 060 000 bales and imposed a 25 dollar per bale tax on production over the allotment.
In Brookfield Missouri on June 28 an apparent tumble from a window left Peggy Joan Gilmer, age 3, with a scratch on the right knee. She reportedly slid through a couch window and fell twenty three feet to the lawn, sustaining only a minor injury and no serious harm.
Treasury figures show the administration faces a roughly 200 million dollar shortfall from its economy campaign, with revised forecasts lowering January targets. Expenditures through June 23 ran 102 million above revised estimates while receipts may top the revised target by 56 million, setting a projected year deficit near 2.67 billion and a public debt around 36.3 billion.
Detroit June 28 AP Ford Motor Company attorney called the National Labor Relations Board charges of unfair labor practices untrue and said the board based the formal complaint on events including a May 26 beating of UAW organizers outside the Dearborn plant. He noted a formal answer would be filed and a July 6 hearing set in Detroit. The complaint also accuses the company of circulating propaganda and firing 37 employees for union activities.
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