Rehearsal Set for Blc Wedding in Wilmington Del
Franklin Roosevelt Jr and Ethel Du Pont rehearse in Wilmington on June 29 as guests arrive by train and car for tomorrow's 4 PM ceremony at Christ Church. The scene at Owls Nest includes intimate parties, a Harvard Fly Club gathering, and arrival of bridesmaids and ushers.
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Wilmington
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
du Pont
Roosevelt
Owls Nest
Eugene du Pont
Wihnington
Christchurch
Miss du Pont
Harvard
Owds Nest
James Roosevelt
John Roosevelt
Franklin
Alfred B. Hallowell
Boston
Olivia Morgan
Renovate and Remodel Mansion in Major Upgrades
The mansion undergoes extensive renovations including new wall canvases in the library and halls, new doors for eastern bedrooms, concealed heating units with improved distribution, and portable air units. Ground floor carpets moved to the second floor, new rugs, drapes, and chair coverings. A redesigned kitchen features linoleum flooring, metal cabinets, and repaired woodwork. upstairs guest rooms gain a new bathroom and hardwood floors.
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Maore
Voskamp
Govs
Snor
Raf
Tawr
Perfect Pinochle hand and hospital drama
Jam es Demopoulous, 38, collapsed after staring at a double sequence in hearts in a perfect Pinochle hand worth 1 500 points. Hospital attendants said he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Police sergeant Charles Busse reported other players heard him faint.
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Racuse
SY (Ap
James Demopoulous
Demopoulous
Geant Charles Busse
Bomb terrorism charge tied to CIO organizer
The CIO organizer Hall faces charges of plotting bombings across bridges rail lines and mills. Authorities traced explosives stored in Warren union HQ and in a milk can at the Johnstown CIO office for five days. Police report finds nitro glycerine and a machine gun among recovered evidence as steel plants in Youngstown resume with guard protection.
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Wines
B. J. Gillen
Commilles
Youngstown
National Guard
Hall
Highland Power Company
Scott
Republic Steel Corporation
The
Light and Power Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Trumbus Cliffs
Republic
Buchwalter
Bundas
Boraweie
Budas
City
Cleveland
CIO
Joinstown
Franklin
Gautier
Cambria Works
Gene Peral
C. R. Ellicott
Johnstown
Indiana
Townsend
House
Perkin
Picks and Pregnancies Passages In Jefferson City Area
Pickups J W Mattox of Fulton and Miss Regina Miller of Jefferson City underwent sensile etomies at their physicians office this morning. Mrs Co W Marvin of Elton underwent a major operation at St Mary's hospital today. The d week old son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Roth died at St Mary's hospital this moorning after pneumonia. Annual colt show plans to be formulated at a meeting of family agents from Cole Miller Callaway Moniteau and Osage counties here. Mrs J H Marr a former resident of Jefferson City died in Sedalia yesterday after a short illness. Joseph Guyton of 1217 Elmerine received treatment at St Mary's hospital today. Suspect death by own action in Bethany Missouri where Grover Good's body was found by Sheriff Leland McCollum. Good left a note indicating intent to drown.
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J. W. Mattox
Fulton
Regina Miller
Michigan Street
Jefferson City
Co. W. Marvin
Elton
St. Mary's Hospital
Sud
Raymond Roth
Virginia Street
St Mary's Hospital
Cole
Miller
Callaway
Monilteau
Osage
J. H. Marr
Sedalia
Bethany
Juneau
Grover Good
Big Creek
Leland McCollum
Good
Kansas Wheat Harvest Under Way Across State
Harvesting of Kansas' largest wheat crop in years is in full swing nationwide except in extreme northern and western counties. Weather has been excellent, with early yields higher in the central region and lower in the eastern third and western Kansas. Some weights reach 60 to 65 pounds per bushel in the great wheat belt of the middle third.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Ozark Poet J Lon Dennis Dies In Auto Crash
Mansfield Missouri June 24 funeral services held for J Lon Dennis 85 Ozark poet and folklore enthusiast killed Sunday when struck by an automobile near Mansfield He was president of the seven county picnic association which meets annually in Springfield.
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Ozark
Mansfield
J. Lon Dennis
Springfield
Sloan Saved Millions in Taxes via Personal Holding Firms
Washington June 29 AP A Securities and Exchange Commission expert testified before a congressional tax inquiry committee that Alfred P Sloan Jr chairman of General Motors and Mrs Sloan saved about 1.9 million in taxes from 1934 to 1936 through personal holding companies. Fortas also cited Mrs Wil Nemina du Pont Ross of Mantchanin Del saving 40405 in 1936 via Renappi Corporation plus transfers of homes estates and assets to the company. He named Henry L Doherty president of Cities Service Carter Lupton and Mrs Helen F Raskob among others with similar setups. Fortas noted five Sloan holding companies yielded tax avoidance of 470000 in 1934 425000 in 1935 and 1025000 in 1936. He described Doherty’s firm as a hub for many interests and said the practice amounts to pyramiding portable funds. The committee adjourned until tomorrow.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Congressional Tax Inquiry Committee
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Sloan
Abe Fortas
Commission
Wil Nemina du Pont Ross
Mant Chanin
Del
Renappi Corporation
Ross
Fortas
Henry L. Doherty
Cities Service Company
Carter Lupton
Chattanooga
Helen F. Raskob
John G. Raskov
Democratic National
Doherty
Henry L. Doherty and Company, Inc
Jersey City
N. J
Doherty and Company
Doherty Research Company
Improved Equipment Company
Gas Securities Company
M Doherty
Portas
Doherty Company
Pocket Books
Cities Service
Missouri to hire Capitol hostess for statehouse
Missouri will employ a capitol hostess after July 1 as the board of the permanent seat of government approves the position. Mrs Nelles T Lasley Shel bina is named for the post at 140 dollars a month to greet visitors and direct staff to keep the statehouse tidy. Governor Stark proposed the idea with approval from Attorney General McKittrick, Treasurer Winn, Secretary Brown, and State Auditor Smith.
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Missouri
Capitol
Veteran Washington U. teacher to resign after long service
St. Louis reports that Otto Heller, 74, the university's longest serving faculty member, will end his connection with Washington University at term end. A native of Germany he arrived in 1891 as the first German professor and for years held multiple roles including dean, department chair and editor. He plans to write lecture and travel portions of his time.
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ST. Louis
Otto Heller
Washington University
Heller
Germany
Heiler
In Spain War Abroad Faces Deadlock Over Isolation Pact
An Associated Press report notes Britain and France balking at a neutrality patrol for Spanish coasts, with Rome Berlin talks resuming and a hands off Spain sub committee to reconvene Friday. Meantime General Franco's forces push on two fronts toward Valmaseda and near Madrid as Basque towns hold. An unrelated note says erosion will shrink the Confederates Memorial at Stone Mountain by about one inch per 100,000 years.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Spain
Count Dino Grandi
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Russia
Belgium
Portugal
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Francisco Francco
Santander-Bilbao
Valmaseda
Bilbao
Madrid
Confederata Memorial
Stone Mountain
FACES QUIZZING OFBIS OVER MISSING OFFICE CHECK
Jefferson City youth A. L. Forbis is to be quizzed by U S agents about the disappearance of a payroll check from the office where he worked.
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Oft-Tribune
A. L. Forbis
Jefferson City
U. S
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Penney's
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