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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
5
Special correspondent reports Camp Maries welcomes 65 Boy Scouts. First day includes tests, handicraft, and a surprising 12 year old Indian Lore student not enrolled in the course. Staff and campers plan a field of honor baseball game after a campfire hosted by the Triquois Tribe.
Former President Herbert Hoover urged voters to elect an anti-New Deal congress this fall, saying the administration has been experimenting on the people. He spoke before leaving for British Columbia on a fishing trip with former cabinet members Ray Lyman Wilbur and Arthur Hyde.
Sanford Bates, former federal prisons head, proposed an island penal colony for habitual criminals who could live with their families. He said confinement for life could be justified if social order requires it, and families might accompany inmates on the island. The report includes rail and town notes from the Seattle conference.
A thrush foraging at West Englewood tennis club was killed when Ted McKinley’s powerful serve struck it as it crossed the court. McKinley buried the bird after the hit, while its mate’s plaintive notes were heard in a nearby tree.
The treasury closed the year after eight consecutive deficits yet owed less to private investors than a year earlier. Despite a $1.36 billion spending surge, the national debt rose about $700 million, helped by idle gold. Trust funds added $1.049 billion for investment, leaving roughly $350 million to retire securities. The debt stands near $37.1 billion and could hit $40 billion next year.
Rochester report says James Roosevelt, treated at Mayo Clinic for stomach ailment, is indignant over a Saturday Evening Post piece on his insurance business. A statement from A J Lobb notes Roosevelt will have no comment while hospitalized and will consult his attorney. The article by Alva Johnston claimed Roosevelt earns up to 250000 dollars. In Arizona, the Kaibab squirrel with a pure white tail is found only in Kaibab forest.
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