Local Schools Remain Closed As Hannibal Faces Coal Shortage
The Hannibal fuel committee reports schools will stay closed until relief arrives as a cold wave lowers temps. Officials note 500 tons of school coal may be distributed to citizens in need, following a miners union discussion in Washington. Springfield closures are cited as a parallel, with high coal prices affecting Hannibal.
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Hannibal
John K. Hills
Miners’ Union
Washington, D. C
Board of Education
Yonge
W. A Storr
Springfield
Coal shortages and plant closure hit local industry
The Storr Ice and Coal Co received a carload of Pennsylvania lump coal and will sell at 485 per half ton. Two cars of slack coal were released to the city by Burlington railroad. McIntyre and Jones distributed orders approved by the fuel committee. Atlas Portland Cement plant No 5 announced a temporary shutdown, throwing hundreds out of work and halving output. Current coal on hand totals about 21,000 tons, expected to last until early next year with no further curtailment unless necessary.
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Pennsylvania
Storr Ice and Coal Company
Burlington Railroad Company
McIntyre and oJnes
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Van L Kraft Dies 51 in Burlington
Funeral services for Van L. Kraft, a Burlington railroad machinist, will be held at 2 30 this afternoon from O Donnel brothers funeral home. Rev H B Cox of Fifth Street Baptist church will conduct. Interment in Mount Olivet cemetery. Died after an eighteen month illness. Survived by wife Mrs Mother Kratt, daughter Mrs William Groff, mother, three sisters and two brothers.
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van L. Kraft
Burlington Railroad
Mt. Olivet Heights
O'Donnel Brothers
H. B. Cox
Fifth Street Baptist Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mr. Kraft
Tie
Mother Kratt
William Groff
Tragic Tree Fall Claims Young Life in Galesburg
Ten year old William Francis Hubner died after a fall from a tree causing a fractured skull. He was taken to a Galesburg hospital, and his body arrived in Hannibal Monday for burial. The family, long in Galesburg with relatives in Hannibal, will hold services at 2 30 p m today at the Church of Immaculate Conception with burial at Mount Olivet cemetery.
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William Francis
Wiliam Hubner
Galesburg
Hannibal
Large Crowd At Ladies' Dance
Father Mathew hall was crowded Monday night for the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen annual dance. Call's orchestra provided music from 9 o'clock until after midnight as tickets sold well in advance.
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Father Mathew
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Call
Red Men Open Membership Drive
Scipio Tribe of the Red Men launches a membership campaign announced at the lodge meeting last week. The losing side will advise the winners at the drive’s close. Strong interest noted among active participants driving recruitment.
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Scipio Tribe of the
Red Men
Dancing Academy To Give Dance In Armory Hall
Arch Little conducts weekly dances in Armory Hall starting at 9 o clock and ending at 10 p.m. Call's orchestra provides the music for the event popular with attendees.
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Dancing Academy
Victory Dancing Academy
Armory Hall
HAPPENINGS IN HANNIBAL Fadward Milan Purchases Local Property
Fadward Milan purchases the emiuke house on South Main street in Hannibal and rents an adjoining building where he has recently moved. He adds fixtures and a new front to the place. Mrs. Thomas Jones and J. Touls return from visits. The text notes several residents visiting relatives in Hannibal Quincy and Monroe City and mentions plans to erect a bank building as work nears completion.
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Milan
Emiuke
Connie Quirk
South Main Stret
Thomas Jones
J. Touls
Hannibal
Thelma Jones
Monroe City
Miners and Operators Near Strike Settlement
Unofficial word from Springfield Illinois says miners heads agreed to a 14 percent wage increase offer from Fuel Administrator Garfield. Officials traveled to Indianapolis for a conference, with expectations that workers would return to mines by Friday and the strike would end. Hannibal readers followed The Whig for the latest settlement report.
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Iannibal
Springfield
Ill
Garfield
W. A. Storr
Storr
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Hannibal
Whig
Washington
Peter Strass Dies in Hannibal at 46
Peter C. Strass, a well known Hannibal resident and truck gardener, died at 7:30 Monday morning at his sister Mrs. Rose Cosgrove's home on James Road. He lost a leg years ago in a Burlington railroad accident and worked as a railroad car repairer. Strass belonged to the Knights of Columbus Council, Modern Woodmen of America, and Ancient Order of United Workmen. Funeral arrangements are pending. He was 46 and survived by his mother, sister, and a brother Frank Strass of New Mexico.
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Peter C. Strass
Rose Cosgrove
James Road
Strass
Burlington Railroad
Hannibal Council
Knights of Columbus
Modern Woodmen of America
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Cosgrove
Frank Strass
New Mexico
Willett Funeral Held From Church
Charles Willett died last week at 715 Lyon Street. Funeral services were held at 11:30 A M Monday from the Church of Immaculate Conception with interment at St Marys Cemetery.
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Charles Willett
Lyon Street
Church of Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Ann of Green Gables at Hannibal Playhouses
Mary Miles Winter stars in Ann of Green Gables at Hannibal Playhouses Park Theater features Mabel Normand in The Jinx at Broadway Star. The Colombian government plans an aerial mall service to serve several cities in that republic.
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Star Theater
Mary Miles Winter
Republic
Cold Wave Brings Subzero Temperatures Across Region
A northwest cold snap drives temperatures plunging from Canada into Hannibal and surrounding areas for days. By Monday afternoon Hannibal stood at 20 above, with a 20 degree drop expected by morning and readings forecast as low as five below zero. Record lows include Bismarck 20 below, Sheridan 10 below, and Duluth 20 below as Rapid City and Marve Mont register six and 22 below.
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Hannibal
Waldron
Bismark
S. C
Sheridan
Marve Mont
Duluth
Minn
Rapid City
Neb
Coldest Winter Weather Predicted This Week
Forecast warns of snow Monday and snow Monday night with today’s cold start. Prepare for the coldest spell of the winter as temperatures drop across the region.
Holdover Whisky Stocks Barrred From Sale
Holdover stocks of whisky can be sold only if purchased from the eight authorized wholesalers. A St Louis ruling by United States District Judge Faris, backed by the attorney general, blocks sales of wartime prohibition liquor and any whisky not bought from the eight favored wholesalers. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Moors says action will be taken against violators.
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Hannibal
United States
Faris
St. Louis
Internal Revenue
Moors
Woman Dies In West Buried In Hannibal
The remains of Mrs. Rebecca Baas who died in Los Angeles Calif reached Hannibal Saturday and funeral services were held at 2 30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from W M Smith's undertaking chapel with interment in Mt.
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Rebecca Baas
Los Angeles
Calif
Hannibal
W. M. Smith
Undertaking
Olivet Cemetery Service Led by Park Methodist Pastor
Rev F P Mapel conducted services at Olivet Cemetery for an elderly woman aged 83 who had left Hannibal more than sixty years ago and was formerly connected with Park Methodist Church.
Pool Hall Raid Brings Guilty Pleas and Fines
A Saturday raid on an East Hill Street Negro pool hall led to multiple pleas. Col umbus Lasley John Carroll Ike Barkley Lou Green and P W White pleaded guilty to gambling and were fined ten dollars each. Henry Williams Columbus Lasley pleaded not guilty. Clarence Holland pleaded guilty to assembling men to gamble and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
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East Hill Street
Columbus Lasley
John Carroll
Ike
Barkley
Lou Green
P. W. White
Henry
Williams
Clarence Holland
Katy Discontinues Issuing Trip Passes
Regional directors rule that trip passes for Burlington, Wa bash and M. K & T railroad employees are to be discontinued except for deaths in families or extreme illness cases. The order aims to eliminate all unnecessary travel.
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Burlington, Wabash
Gallagher Funeral to Be Held Today
The funeral of Mrs. Ann Gallagher will be held at 8:30 this morning from the Church of Immaculate Conception with interment in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Ann Gallagher
Church of Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Sugar fair price fixed at 12 cents refinery base
CHICAGO December 9 sugar may be sold at 15 4 cents per pound Major A A Sprague head of Illinois fair price committee announced Monday This figure is based on a price of 12 cents per pound at the refinery Wholesalers may charge a maximum of one cent per pound profit and retailers two cents per pound An effort will be made to push direct sales from refineries to wholesalers and to limit resales within the trade If any trades occur total profit for wholesaler and jobber must not exceed one per cent margin In New Jersey an inventor resigns from a heavy oil lubrication system to do away with grease caps on motor truck chassis
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Chicago
Major A.A. Sprague
Ilinois Fair Price Committee
Major Sprague
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