William Green urges a public works program
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor called for Congress to appropriate funds for relief and a huge public works program during the labor conference with Frances Perkins. He urged adoption of a six hour day and five day week in public and private employment and reestablishment of buying power through wage increases. He called for unemployment insurance legislation and addressed the home mortgage problem.
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Washington
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor Conference
Secetary
Frances Perkins
Green
Economic Reform Proposals Highlighted by President Green
President Green advocates immediate constructive action for wage earners and the unemployed, including mortgage amortization and lower land interest. He backs the child labor amendment, strict immigration enforcement, national economic planning, a new federal data agency, banking control, and extending credit to states for public school maintenance.
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Green
United States
State high school music finals set for May at Missouri
Columbia Missouri March 31 AP high school musicians will contest in six vocal and fifteen instrumental events at the state championships during Interscholastic Week May 4 and 5 at the University of Missouri. Classes A B and C divide schools by size with district finals for B and C at State Teachers Colleges. Vocal solos choral groups and instrumental solos and ensembles feature the program under James T Charels dean of the College of Fine Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri
James T. Charels
College of Fine Arts
University
iCASH REGISTER CO REOPENS FACTORIES
Edward A. Deeds, chairman of the National Cash Register Company, announced that all manufacturing units at Dayton Ohio would resume full time operation on Monday. The move affects 3,500 employees who had been working half time.
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New York
Edward A. Deeds
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Ohio
Promising Uprising in Business Seen in Eighth District
In the Eighth District Federal Reserve Monthly review for March the upswing in business is noted as promising for the latter part of the month though data are fragmentary. February business continued recessionary trends from January and late 1932.
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ST. Louis
Eighth District
Federal Reserve Monthly
Mariner Joins the Caterpillar Club in Missouri
Branson March 31 AP Tad Wiess of East St Louis Illinois and two companions were overturned in a boat on Lake Taneycomo Wiess towed his two companions to safety and kept the overturned boat afloat He was the only one who could swim and would qualify for a Caterpillar Club style honor according to the report
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Branson, MO
Mariners
Tad Wiess
East St. Louis
Til
Wiess
Lake Taneycomo
Bozt
Drug store chain Louis K Liggett files bankruptcy petition
In New York on March 31 the Louis K Liggett Company filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. The firm operates about 450 drug stores in 3135 states. Directors approved the move, citing insolvency, with vice president W B Watt signing the petition.
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New York
Louis K. Liggett Company
East 42Nd Street
W. B Watt
Woodring Named Washington Assistant Secretary of War
President Roosevelt nominates Harry H. Woodring former Kansas governor to be assistant secretary of war.
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Woodring
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
BEER SALE AT ARMY POST TO BE MADE LEGAL
President Roosevelt reportedly decided to allow sale of 3.2 beer in states where permitted at army posts, naval stores and canteens but not aboard naval ships. No crew-officer discrimination. requires approval to modify naval and army regulations restricting alcohol on stations and premises.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tornado Death List Scars Texas Arkansas Regions
Tornado winds battered Mohank San Augustine Shelbyville Huntington and Hall Summit before veering into Arkansas Mount Holly and Mississippi Delta towns. Homes wrecked, churches damaged, and multiple injuries reported as twisters cut a wide path from Texas into Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi.
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Mohank
San Augustine
Shelbyvilles
Huntington
Texas
Louisiana
Hall Summit
Arkansas
Mount Holly
el Dorado
Texas Highway Engineering
Center
Shelbyville
Mobile
Tennessee Wade
Davenport
Miss
Mississippi Delta
Clarksdale
Marks
Quitman County
Memphis
Tenn
iCAPITAL CITY GIRL HONORED AT M U
Ten University of Missouri students were initiated into Pi Lambda Theta, an honorary fraternity for women in education. Named initiates include Dora Brengarth Slater, Thelma Crigler Nevada, Hazel Guffey Monegan Springs, Mary Ellen Horner Caruthersville, Letha Knight Willard, Margaret Liston Anita, Ya Jessalee Mattilew St. Louis, Hellen Phillips Columbia, Helen Louise Schultz Jefferson City, Alma Swenson Columbus North Dakota.
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Columbia, MO
University of Missouri
Pi Lambda Theta
Dora Brengarth
Slater
Thelma Crigler
Nevada
Hazel Guffey
Monegan Springs
Mary Ellen Horner
Caruthersville
Letha Knight
Willard
Margaret Liston
Anita, Ya
Jessalee Mattilew
St. Louis
Hellen Phillips
Columbia
Helen Louise Schultz
Jefferson City
Alma Swenson
Columbus
N. D
Reserve Officers Meet in Columbia May 19 and 20
Missouri Department of the Reserve Officers Association plans its annual convention in Columbia on May 19 and 20. Co. Paul S. Bliss of St. Louis, president, announced opening with 420th Pursuit Squadron from Kansas City. Governor Park and Maj. Gen. Hagood will speak at the banquet. other leaders include Col. Williams of New Orleans and Col. Herron of Washington, D. C., among others.
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Columbia
Missouri Department of the Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States
Paul S. Bliss
St. Louis
Kansas City
William
Wright
Scabbard and
University of Itssour
Guy B. Park
Johnson Hagood
Omaha
Adj
Harald W. Brown
Jefferson City
L. Kemper Williams
New Orleans
National Reserve Officers’ Association
D. Herron
Washington, D. C
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney, Sc
7Th Corps Area R. O. A
Walter Williams
University of Missouri
First Missouri wildlife rescue trace to Delaware chief
Research shows an 1824 letter from William Anderson, chief of the Delawares, to territorial Gov. Red Head Clark sparked early conservation and relief efforts for Missouri’s game. He described losses of horses, cattle, tools, and food, urging aid as abundant game had been depleted by settlers. The note appears in a Missouri Game and Fish Department annual report chapter.
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Missouri
White River
State Game and Fish Department
Justice Mill
Southwest Missouri
State Securities Department
Game and Fish Department
William Anderson
Clark
Cane Girardeau
Anderson
Wildlife Resources of Missouri
Missouri Game and Fish Department
Springfield Theater Controversy Settled
In Springfield Missouri after two days of talks exhibitors and union theatrical workers settled a wage dispute. Two daily booth operators will be reduced to one per shift. Remaining operators take a 2.50 weekly cut to 55 dollars. A maintenance man or stagehand employed by the theater faces a ten percent salary reduction.
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Springfield
Charity Withholds Fuel Aid From Idle Men in Paris
Paris Missouri March 31 AP local charity committee rules no fuel will be supplied to families with an able bodied and idle man during winter. Chopping digging wood or coal remains accessible to all in need. Past donations have gone to households where men loafed. In extreme cases fuel may be hauled to the home if necessary. Those who ignore the ruling will lose aid.
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Paris
Missouri Pacific petitions to reorganize and suit filed
A group of shippers seeks restoration of receivership to pursue 1 million dollars in rate overcharge claims as Missouri Pacific, Gulf Coast lines, and International Great Northern face debts. Plan for capital restructuring is in progress, with trusteeship possible. President Baldwin to operate the properties under court supervision. Dr. Fred McKinney of the University of Missouri elected national president of Psi Chi.
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Texas and Pacific Railroad Go
Missouri Pacific
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway Comppany
Gulf Coast Lines
International Great Northern
Faris
Baldwin
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nats Group
Columbia MO
Fed McKinney
University of Missouri
Psi Chi Psychological Fratenity
Open verdict in Schlueter death at inquest
An open verdict of homicide was returned at an inquest into the shooting death of Mrs. Anna Schlueter in her bed. Husband Willam H. Schlueter, Oak Hill School principal, suspected two men who had threatened him over a loan. Testimony showed no firearm in the home and no footprints under the window despite mud, with powder burns near a headboard bullet hole suggesting the shot could not have come from the bed foot.
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ST. Louis
Maron
Anna Schlueter
Willam H. Schlueter
Oak Hill School
Schlueter
Charles Busch
Farmers urged to join in clean up movement
Jewell Mayes secretary of the Missouri State board of agriculture urges farmers to participate in a statewide farm clean up day. He says the effort will foster self respect and community pride for all farmers in the state.
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Jewell Mayes
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Mayes
Ohio River Flood Rise Report From Cairo and Paducah
Ohio River rose 0.7 feet to 489 feet over 24 hours amid flood watch. Paducah measured 45.8 feet, 2.8 feet above flood stage with a 0.2 foot rise. New Madrid reported 38.9 feet in the Mississippi, flood stage 34 feet.
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Cairo
Ohio River
Paducah
New Mac David
Mississippi River
Slaying of Mrs Schlueter Baffles Police Probe
St Louis police pursued leads in the murder of Mrs Anna Schlueter as she lay beside her husband William H. Schlueter Oak Hill School principal. The couple was attacked Wednesday night. the prowler fired two shots and escaped through a window. Schlueter was held under $1500 bond as investigators questioned his statement.
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ST. Louis
Anna Schlueter
William H. Schlueter
Oak Hill School
Schlueter
Texas official cuts his own salary in Texas county
County superintendent Forrest L. Dunigin asked the county court to reduce his monthly pay by 25 dollars and the court granted it. He based his salary on the 1930 census rather than the 1926 or presidential election vote, arguing economy and proper interpretation of salary laws. Dunigin, unmarried, has two years left in his term.
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Houston
Moq
Texas County
Forrest L. Dunigin
U. S
Dunivin
Two Sisters Welcome Twin Sons in Paris
The birth of two sons to Mrs Alva Jones and Mr George Jones is reported from the home of their sister north of here. The parents’ names and the location are given with brief notice of the event.
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Paris
Alva Jones
George Jones
Here
Former Missourians Given High Post In California Agriculture
Jewell Mayes secretary of the Missouri state board of agriculture announces the appointment of A A Brock a former Missourian as director of agriculture for California Brock born at Half Way Polk county is a relative of former Lieutenant Governor Phil Bennett of Springfield Missouri
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Jewell Mayes
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
A. A. Brock
California
Brock
Half Way
Polk County
Phil Bennett
Springfield
Spring Puppy Trials Set For April 9 In Sedalia
The Sedalia field trials association will hold its annual spring puppy trials on April 9 in Sedalia Missouri. Entries are expected to include more than twenty hunting dogs. An unrelated note estimates that only one in twenty men reaches six feet in height.
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Sedalia
Sedalia Field Trials Association
Dream of Nujol treatment promises laxative relief
This vintage ad warns against laxatives causing dependency and outlines a new Dream of Nujol treatment. It claims the product soothes the bowels, absorbs poisons, and aids natural waste disposal at a low daily cost, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle tonight.
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Labor Federation
Bones
Icash Register CO
Mariner
J. D. Reed Coal CO
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Drug Store
Caton’s
Highway 50
Virginia St. West
Coryell Station
West High Street
Coryell
Richmond
Harvey
Albert McCollum
James Wrisinger
Country Club Christian Church
Neodesha
Kas
Lawrence
Willard Cut
Pittsburg
Icapital
M. U
Springfield Theater
Withhold Charity
William Schlueter
Man Roes
Ana
Ata
National Biscuit Company
West 14Th Street
New York City
Uneeda
Gray
Milan
Hat Department
Tess Bowser
the Meyerhardt
the Miller
High St
Central Trust. Co
AAY Insurance Agency
Rexall Drug
Lawson
Segal
Chilton
Graysons
Wellington
A. Brandenberger Drug
E. High St
Rexall Store
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