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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1936
Page
2
A coroner jury cites criminal negligence in the year’s first auto fatality in Jefferson City. Police seek to deter repeat offenses, urging strict traffic law enforcement. The death of Mrs Turner prompts calls for cautious driving, reexamining boulevard stops, and preventive measures to avoid future accidents.
The piece notes a revival of world expositions with Chicago Texas Centennial and Great Lakes Expo Cleveland drawing attention as New York plans a 1939 fair. It also laments Emil Hopen’s death, praising his charitable acts for children, and comments on traffic policing, political debates, and rapid societal changes including art and speed.
Herbert Plummer traces a new era in Republican leadership through key dates. Landon rises as new party head while Hoover gains international prominence and Borah reshapes foreign policy. The Cleveland convention signals shifts as Fletcher exits, leaving a changing political landscape.
The onset of measles brings fever that often rises with the eruption. Most serious risks are enteritis, bronchopneumonia, and middle ear inflammation, especially in malnourished or recently ill children. Isolation, warmth, fresh air, and prompt medical care are advised.
A collection of opinion clippings shows critics doubting President Roosevelt and public figures like Tugwell Hopkins and Farley. Readers from Lowell Mass Lafayette Ind Kansas City dispute policy and reform ideas.
Washington report notes 1 035 Missourians will join the Civilian Conservation Corps in early July to fill vacancies. Fechner said the survey shows 145 383 men left camps nationwide in the year ended May 31. Missouri quota includes 866 young men 17 to 28 114 veterans and 54 local experienced men.
Med set at June 29 report from Blue Springs Nebraska says four men burned seriously when a Burlington freight train struck a gasoline transport truck at a grade crossing. Driver F O Hutchins escaped injury. Injured are Herman Brothers and George Kohman both Lincoln engineers, Harry Hartzell head brakeman, and Glen Patton Wyrore rider. Train cars derailed and Lincoln-Wymore line traffic to resume hours later. Brothers listed as most seriously injured.
West Plains Missouri June 29 AP about 3500 persons attended the fifth annual Howell County Old Time Singing Convention at Peoples Park Sunday many from more than 100 miles distant. The event was sponsored by the West Plains Chamber of Commerce.
Washington June 29. Party leaders from Democrats Republicans and others start their 1936 vote drive across the nation after Roosevelt formally accepted the Democratic nomination at Philadelphia. Roosevelt plans meetings with Horner and Murphy as Landon works on his acceptance speech at Estes Park to rally the GOP.
Knox County prison cook William Long was struck by a 44 caliber bullet fired from a bucket of coal as he emptied fuel into a stove. The shot occurred without a slug removal at a hospital. officials cannot explain how the cartridge mixed with the coal.
Burlington Iowa reports the new Union party plans a week of organizing efforts with a focus on the money issue. Governor Lehman reelection prospects remain unsettled after a Roosevelt breakfast meeting, possibly announced late summer. George H. Moses announces Senate candidacy in New Hampshire opposing Keyes and Bridges. The Communist party led by Earl Browder aims to reach 10 million voters with red literature, Norman Thomas campaigns nationwide, and many Congress members plan home visits before January.
Kansas City, June 29. Clarence W. Lyman 36 a painter died after his car and a fruit truck from Columbia collided on U S 401 east of Kansas City. Truck driver Carl Holloway and passenger Keith Prenton of Columbia were not injured.
U S congressman William Lemke, 57, of North Dakota, announces his candidacy to lead the Union party. A veteran reformer, he touts a shift in political factions and vows voters will back their own interests in November. Lemke rose from North Dakota politics, helped draft the Frazier Lemke farm debt refinancing bill, and once led the Non Partisan League as attorney general before entering Congress in 1932.
Police seek two men who abducted and beat Barnes Boyd 26 and robbed him of money and his auto after stopping his car at the St Joseph County Club. Boyd, related to local business leaders, escaped when they slowed near an intersection and he leapt free. Police note a broader regional demographic statistic and a policy tidbit about London policewomen resigning upon marriage.
Reverend L M Birkhead Unitarian minister and Civil Liberties Union official asked President Roosevelt to investigate alleged plans by white shirt terrorists. He cited a Chattanooga letter listing strategies to seize local governments and to overturn Washington, with Kansas City as a western HQ and over a dozen similar groups in the area. The missive warned harsh measures against corrupt officials and hinted at revived Black Legion exposure.
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