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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1931
Page
2
A reflective essay praises medical science for preventive gains like drops in typhoid and diphtheria deaths, while noting rising rates for diabetes cancer and heart disease. It also condemns a recent Jefferson City carnival for gambling and disorder, calls for stricter control, and hints at political scrutiny of public payrolls and inflation.
City authorities adopted parallel parking to improve traffic flow and curbside appearance in business districts. Enforcement will address time limits. result expected to ease congestion and reduce dangerous crossings. The piece also notes a $600,000 bond issue for civic improvements and praises Jefferson City leadership in planning and beautification. A State Park swimming pool offers cooling relief with a call for a west end city pool.
Roger Babson, famed economist, told the Advertising Federation of America in New York that business has seen its worst, recovery will be slow but headed in the right direction, and the country will enter another period of marked prosperity. He advised newspapers to inform the public with simple truth and urged merchants to advertise.
The New Republic criticizes President Hoover for not proposing a comprehensive plan to prevent future depressions. It urges an orderly, global approach to business regulation and calls for opposition to Hoover, while noting that most people find such a plan complex. The Kansas City Star is referenced as out of step.
Marianna Pollak, a 1914 Sarajevo witness, recalls the Archduke Franz Ferdinand murder and ensuing anti Serb riots. The Czech born student describes crowds, gunfire, and the panic that sparked World War I, with details of the assassination, aftermath, and her later life studying advertising in Los Angeles.
St Louis June 28 AP Police sought five men who escaped last night by sawing bars on the north side and lowering from a second floor sill. The fugitives are Russell Storck 22 Earl Conklin 22 James McPherson 21 Raymond McKay 18 and Howard Hayes all of St Louis County. They were jailed on robbery charges awaiting grand jury action.
New York reports that the department of research of the Federal Council of Churches criticizes payments of honorariums by motion picture producers and distributors to clergy and religious officials. The treasury official testified to paying expenses and fees to many members of religious and social organizations, prompting concerns over conflicted policies.
In Ottawa United States on June 29, 16 year old Howard Smith was rescued unharmed after being trapped in a well for 22 hours while repairing a pump. J W Spencer Kellogg of Seneca Michigan helped lower a rope and mine rescue volunteers widened the hole to reach him.
In a cramped West 68th apartment Liane Barrett, 18, battles heat and hunger while her mother Cass Barrett, 45, frets over rent and work. Cass prepares for a New Art Theater role in The Mark of Mao as Liane sells lunches and dreams of escape, amid rehearsal nerves and mounting summer strain. The scene captures a fragile family balance and the toll of poverty during wartime.
Cass is invited to join Mrs Cleespaugh’s Willow Stream theater company for the summer, with hopes Cass can bring her daughter Liane. Vernon Wells arranges the plan while Cass weighs leaving the city for a country season and a new chance away from the heat.
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