15 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1939
Page
1
Mrs Catherine Markway 77 mother of Assistant Chief Ben Markway and Cole county Collector Al Markway died last night at her Wardsville home after a fall on September 3 last year which left her with a broken hip and long illness.
Bedfast. Her death was attributed to pneumonia. Born at Taos October 25 1861 she married Fred M. Markway August 10 1880. Lifelong resident of Taos and Wardsville she was active in St Stanislaus church and the Married Ladies Sodarity. Surviving are her husband ten children and many grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at St Stanislaus church Sunday at 10 o'clock.
In a presentation at the International Cancer Congress, Drs. Pfeiffer and Miley described using frostlike copper sulfate crystals formed with blood to differentiate cancerous from healthy blood. Analyses of 1,500 samples showed 36 percent accuracy for cancer detection and near zero for non cancer, with liver trouble causing failures. Mouse testing indicated cancer could be flagged two to six weeks earlier, with patterns differing by cancer type and malignancy stage.
INDIANAPOLIS Thos Shaw a 1 negro tried to win a tavern jitterbug contest but went bust dancing so hard he dislocated his right knee. He needed City hospital treatment and missed the contest’s end. Publicity COLORADO SPRINGS Roy Howerton planned a wagon stunt but the team ran away, unseating Howerton as the wagon circled a circular parking area. Oklahoma City Highway Patrolman Clark booked two drunken driving cases in the same car. Minneapolis Cop confronted a driver with a fire in the car as he wrote a ticket then lifted a warning after noting the back of the car was on fire.
President W B Head reported no new negotiations after yesterday as union and non union workers faced interruptions at plants. Deputies and guards maintained vigilance while short circuits and ropes disrupted lines. Clinton plant found foreign substance in turbine oil, causing bearings to burn out. 3009 kilowatts will be repaired. Union leader Ervin Wilson urged peaceful intentions and denied sabotage.
Portsmouth officials revealed 25 bodies found in the Squalus hold after 115 days entombed in the damaged submarine. A possible missing man may have been lost through an open hatch during salvage. Alfred Priester of Roseland, S. L., identified tentatively among the dead. Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. Momsen noted the likely rapid deaths of those aboard, as doctors and forensics worked through the night to identify victims.
A Berlin communique said Polish war vessels in Heisterwest harbor were sunk by bombs. German air force reported success against targets in western Poland despite bad weather as it supported the army facing encircled Polish forces.
Continued from page one. Muelroy dies after years in office, earning the nickname Judge while serving county court in a largely administrative role. In Omaha, Mrs. Catherine Pickens sues for divorce from her husband, waiting three years. Judge Frank Dineen grants the decree.
Germany accelerates conquest of Poland in a two week blitz, dominating the main highway and advancing from north south and west. Warsaw and Lwow face heavy attacks as Poland is split, with 33 million citizens affected by occupation and flight amid widespread destruction and casualties.
Observers noted were tactics to engulf the cities from north and south as Za Mose transformed rapidly from a peaceful medieval town to a battlefield. The drive through Zamose at twilight showed a town centered on a square near an ancient cathedral.
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