30 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
1
Washington March 30 AP March income tax collections have run over 500 million dollars, exceeding the President Roosevelt budget estimate by more than 75,000,600. The report notes the higher levy intake affects fiscal projections and reflects stronger revenue during the month.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard married in Kingman Arizona, choosing a desert town for the ceremony. The couple then traveled home by car via Needles and Daggett, planning to live at Gable's San Fernando Valley ranch after a brief honeymoon and a prior history of high-profile relationships.
In Buenos Aires on March 30 AP reports police barred a liberal conference intended to aid Spanish Republican refugees. Invitees included Kathryn Lewis and American delegates tied to an International Conference for Democracy in America in Montevideo. Police prevented nine delegates from entering the meeting hall.
Kansas City report details a doctor using silk thread, steel wire, beads, and a spring to inch open a constricted esophagus. Over ten days, beads from grain to hickory nut sizes were guided down and then drawn back, widening the passage. Mrs. Agnes Gregory, age 32, can now swallow solid food. The doctor's name remained unnamed.
McIntosh, a man who escaped by swimming from his car with his young son, described the wrecked bridge area half a mile downstream. He reached safety, assisted others, and recalled cries as several victims clung to driftwood before he helped halt more vehicles headed toward the damaged span.
Rupert Lewis survived an hour in flood waters after his truck and several cars plunged from a washed out bridge near Jackson Mississippi. He fought the current for hours and credits a girl and her father for aiding his recovery before police transported him to town. In other notes, the Joliot Curie cyclotron at the New College of France aids cancer research with artificial radium production.
Tru man D Wade sold his prize setter to a Salisbury Maryland resident over a hundred miles away. A week later the dog walked home to Phoenixville on foot, and Wade reclaimed the hound after a show of affection and returned the purchase price. In Roxboro a man found his coat forgotten on a tree with a wren nesting inside the pocket guarding seven eggs. In Wichita a teen carried a home made blank cartridge to school. it discharged near a radiator causing burns.
The Social Security Board reports $34.7 million in unemployment benefits paid to insured workers in February, up about 35.5 million from January. About 850,000 workers drew benefits the week ended February 25, rising to over 1 million by mid March. February gains reflect the first full month of payments in 18 states that began claims in January, while other states saw a slight decrease.
A nostalgic ad touts Tanlac as a cure for stomach and bowel upset and nervous fatigue. It claims stronger energy, steadier nerves, better sleep, and freedom from laxatives, citing 55 million bottles sold as proof of effectiveness.
El Paso Texas March 30 A year has passed since Mrs Weston Frome and her daughter Nancy were tortured and slain in West Texas. The case remains baffling with no motive clues or suspects. Investigators changed hands, a few clues like a handkerchief and matches persist, the Packard car was found abandoned and the bodies discovered near Van Horn.
A brief guide promising quick relief for anal itching and irritation from piles. It advocates using a remedy called Ice Mint, claimed to ease itching, pain, and healing of sore spots, available at drug stores with low cost.
JOPLIN Mo March 30 AP Fearful parents of a nine year vigil learned their son Emmett Askew age 28 was wounded in a gun fight with railroad officer Dempsey Southard Tuesday. He gave his real name George Laurence as doctors notified the hospital authorities.
A family near Irwin Mo reunited with their son for the first time since July after noon nearly nine years apart. Despite looming death the joyous moment occurred in a hospital ward as the parents embraced the son. In 1890 283 manhours yielded 100 bushels of wheat, but by 1930 mechanization cut that work to 49 hours.
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