Kansas City Police Placed Under State Board After Senate Vote
In Jefferson City on June 14, the Missouri Senate approved Bill 18 by 25 to 8 with an emergency clause, transferring Kansas City police oversight to a four member board appointed by the governor. Gov. Lloyd C. Stark hailed the move as a blow to Tom Pendergast and his machine after a lengthy party battle, while pledging cooperation to implement the new control.
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Kansas City
Lloyd C. Stark
Tom Pendergast
Senate
Stark
Pendergast
Waterloo
Supreme Court
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
R. Emmett O'Malley
Bryce B. Smith
H. McElroy
Otto Higgins
McElroy
William Boyle
Smith
Boyle
Allen Southern
New York
Fair City
Journal-World Vacation Address Offer
Advertises sending the Journal-World to a vacation address this summer for 40 cents per month.
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Journal-World
Fishing quiz tests anglers knowledge in 12 NEA items
Jimmy Donahue presents a classified page fishing quiz series by NEA Service with 12 questions. Each question assigns pond-weighted points, aiming to total up to 15 pounds for perfect, with 10 pounds or more signaling success.
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NEA
Jimmy Donahue
O. K
Insect Eater Released After Grasshopper Diet Revelations
A 51 year old World War II veteran in Lincoln Nebraska declared the edibility of insects after eating about 250 live grasshoppers daily. He swallowed them whole and washed them with molasses solution. Police released him finding no law against the diet.
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Lincoln
Neb
Over 1000 Attend Picnic on Santa Fe Outing
More than 1,000 persons joined the annual Santa Fe railroad picnic in Emporia Kansas as two special trains and numerous autos brought crowds. The event included a parade picnic luncheon athletic events music and addresses with Santa Fe officials from Topeka and division points in attendance despite brief showers.
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Emporia
Kan
Santa Fe Railroad
Big Four Brotherhood
West
Santa Fe
Topeka
Three Drown In River Rescue Tragedy At Boeuf River
In Rayville Louisiana on June 14 a ten year old girl slipped into the Boeuf river. Two farm wives and the girl's aunt jumped in to save her and they all drowned. Victims were Edna Joy Long 10 her aunt Mrs Wilbur Long 18 and Mrs W O Smith.
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Rayville
Boeuf
Richland Parish
T. M. Sayre
Edna Joy Long
Wilbur Long
W. O. Smith
Deaths and Funerals for Andy Matthews at Funk Chapel
Funeral services for Andy Matthews age 53 of 722 Grant Street will be held at Funk chapel tomorrow at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Andy Matthews
Grant Street
Funk Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mail subscription offer for summer reading
A Jour nal World subscription promises summer enjoyment with a monthly rate of 40 cents for mail delivery.
Republic Company Faces Kansas Gas Proration Dispute
Wichita Kansas June 14 Republic Natural Gas vice president in charge of operations told the corporation commission his company produced its Kansas wells wide open despite the proration order setting definite allowables for the Hugoton field. He said full obedience would have required complete shutdown of 42 wells in March and 60 in April.
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AlIfred Hurlburt
Republic Natural.Gas
Corporation Commission
Kansas
Hugoton
Hurlburt
Jack Jones
Republic
Jones
Texas County
Oklahoma
Land Department
Supreme Court
Baseball Scores and Trades Across Leagues June 14
Detroit swept a doubleheader with Boston 9 8 as Red Sox pitchers walked 12. Yankees and Indians traded Earl Averill to Detroit for Harry Eisenstat and cash while Cleveland and New York split a separate game. Chicago and Washington also played as St Louis hosted Philadelphia in a night game.
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Weiland
Cincinnati
Higbee
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Eisenst
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Harry Eisenstat
Mayor Feiker Says Working Wives Prefer Jobs Over Family
Northampton mayor William H. Feiker told Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt that working married women would rather keep their jobs than have a baby. He argued divorced and separated women should be treated like married women for public office and said he would seek resignations from 11 working wives by June 15 while awaiting a state supreme court decision.
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Mass
William H. Feiker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Feiker
State Supreme Court
Youth Kidnappers Captured After Prison Escape
In Buena Vista Colorado on June 14 James Williams aged 17 and Robert Blair age 19, last of six youths who abducted Warden Walter W Johnson and escaped from the Colorado reformatory, were captured today. Hunger forced them to shoot when found. the warden was released outside the institution and helped lead the manhunt that brought four others re arrested Monday.
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Colo
James Williams
Robert Blair
Walter W. Johnson
Colorado Reformatory
Roosevelt signs firearms bill forfeiting to law agencies
President Roosevelt signed a bill giving federal courts power to confiscate firearms found in the possession of felons and to turn them over to the arresting law enforcement agencies. The measure aims to strengthen seizure authority in felony cases nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hamburger man guillotined for treason in Berlin
Herbert Israel Michaels of Hamburg was executed by guillotine after conviction for preparing for high treason. He was accused of forming illegal groups in northern German cities, spying on the German army, planning attacks on vital industries, and serving the communist international.
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Herbert Israel Michaels
Hamburg
Communist International
Oil prices split as refiners raise tank wagons in 42-state run
Tulsa dispatch notes crude and refined prices moving opposite directions amid east Texas proration unease. Sinclair Refining boosts tank wagon prices across 42 states while Standard Oil of Indiana and Continental Oil raise prices. Illinois and Kentucky crude cuts follow a rising Illinois output.
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Okla
East Texas
Sinclair Refining Co
Harry F. Sinclair
Consolidated Oil Co
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Continental Oil Company
Oklahoma
Illinois
Kentucky
Sohio Corporation
Standard Oil of Ohio
Kansas
Illinois and Midwest oil wells show rising completions and new yields
Illinois reports 1,490 completions this year versus 445 last year as national totals lag with 10 988 to 12 064. Cowley County Kansas Tittle Poole No 7 Waite test suggests 22 000 to 25 000 barrels daily potential. Schultz No 1 in Wabash County Illinois yielded 244 barrels in 24 hours. Gibson County Indiana Cooper pool extended. Payne County Oklahoma Ram sey pool records a 30th gusher, No 3 Gray showing 9 485 barrels potential. Western Lea County New Mexico opens a new producing area.
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Oil & Gas Jonas
Illinois
Cowley County
Kan
Tittle -Poole
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Ill
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Cooper Pool
Gibson County
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Oklahoma
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Betsy Ross Flag Day Festivities Stir Philadelphia
Philadelphia marked Flag Day with parades and speeches recalling Betsy Ross and the first Stars and Stripes. Tours focused on the Betsy Ross house on Arch Street while debates lingered over who sewed the original flag.
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Betsy Rose
Stars and Stripes
Betsy
Valley Forge
Betsy Ross
Washington
Ross
Arch Street
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