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Sedalia Weekly Democrat

Location

Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1938

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Clashes in Tunis as Italian demonstrators protest Tunisia

Tunis reports say police clashed with hundreds of Italian citizens and arrested scores during demonstrations in support of Fascist claims on Tunisia. The Italian consul-general warned France of defense measures if protests continued. tensions rose around consulates amid anti Italian sentiment in Tripoli and Tunis.

Tunis Tunisia Ubaldo Rey Rome Mediterranean Libya Tripoli Giovinezza France Informazione Diplomatica Versailles Paris Foreign Office Counsul

Program for a Cure on Foreign Isms Offered

Veterans of Foreign Wars outlined an 11 point legislative program to curb foreign into the United States. Eugene I. Van Antwerp urged Roosevelt and Congress to keep America out of war and strengthen national defense through loyalty tests and strict immigration controls. The proposals include reporting requirements, dissolving secret groups, criminalizing advocacy of overthrow, and deporting aliens who commit crimes or oppose citizenship.

Washington Veterans of Foreign Wars United States Eugene I. van Antwerp House Committee Roosevelt Congress America van Antwerp Library Or Congress Labor Department

Rabbi Barasch Named Spiritual Leader At Temple Beth El

The United Hebrew Congregation of Sedalia selecting Rabbi Nathan E. Barasch as its new spiritual head. Barasch hails from New Jersey and has served as Army chaplain, led the Jewish Community of Austin, taught at the University of Texas, and practiced law in Ohio. He arrives with twenty years as a preacher and lecturer. Services at Temple Beth El are Fridays at eight, with his sermon today titled Twenty Years Hereafter What Now.

United Hebrew Congregation of Sedalia Nathan E. Barasch Barasch New Jersey University of Cincinnati Hebrew Union College Rabbi Barasch Temple Beth el

Former U S Envoy to Japan Cyrus Woods Dies

Cyrus E Woods aged 77 and former U S ambassador to Japan died in Philadelphia. He stayed in Tokyo during the 1923 earthquake directing American Red Cross relief efforts and declined to leave for dinner.

Philadelphia Pcyrus E. Woods U. S Japan Woods Tokyo

France Worried Over Troop Reports From Spain Front

France expresses concern over unconfirmed reports of Italian troop concentrations near the Spanish border. Demonstrations erupt in Paris as Daladier meets with Lebrun amid rising tensions over Italy Tunisia claims and Rome Berlin axis moves.

Paris France Spain Germany Italy Tunisia Corsica Tunis Albert Leban Daladier Pyrenees Francisco Franco Logrono Catalonia Venice Ethiopia Negus Pantheon Boulevard Saint Michel Boulevards Saint Michel Saint Germain Elysse Palace Lebrun von Ribbentrop Radical- Socialist Party Joachim von Ribbentrop Georges Bonnet Hitler Munich

Marriage Licenses Issued to Bert Ferro and Mildred Motols

Bert Ferro of Deepwater and Mildred Motols of Clinton were issued marriage licenses.

Bert Ferro Deepwater Mildred Motols Clinton

Heavier Christmas toy buying eyed for 1938 season

Santa’s middlemen forecast a national toy bill of 183.75 million dollars for this Christmas, about 5 percent above last year. Merchandisers in Chicago and across the country track shipments and pricing as they project a near 2 billion dollar holiday period and payroll gains of 250 to 300 thousand.

Chicago Merchandise Mart National Consumers Tax Commission

Branded clash as eight guild members are arrested at Hearst building

Chicago on December 8 reports say eight members of the American Newspaper Guild were arrested amid a mass melee on the Wacker Drive picket line outside the Hearst building. About 100 pickets clashed with truck drivers while rubber hoses and fists flew. four were bleeding and several injured were treated at a police surgeon and county hospital.

Chicago American Newspaper Guild Hearst Evening American Morning Herald and Examiner Harry Wohl Chicago Guild CIO American Newspaper Guild Don Stevens Lada Virginia Gardner Nate Aleskovsky Herald and Examiner Charles Cain David Keniston H. Richard Seller Wacker Drive Cain Guild William McCarthy

Conference on Church Unity Discusses Missouri Participation

Delegates from three Methodist branches meet at First Methodist Church to study Missouri’s role in the United Conference in Kansas City this April. About forty attend including Bishops W. T. Watkins of Georgia for the M E South and Charles L. Mead of Kansas City for the M E North. The talks cover church institutions organizations and other Missouri issues affected by the conference.

Methodist Church First Methodist Church Missouri United Conference Kansas City W. T. Watkins Georgia M. E. Church South Charles L. Mead North

Bevington's Farm Fund Fleece Linked to Ball Capture

John Bevington, 54, who saved 550 for a Nebraska farm near Reynolds and planned to buy near Sedalia, lost the money in Kansas City after a brunette woman lured him to a hotel. State highway officers later arrested Mrs. Ethel Ball, 35, found with 240, and police pursued a grand larceny warrant as detectives tracked her to Jefferson City after she escaped a washroom by breaking a window.

Kansas City John Bevington Reynolds Neb Sedalia Bevington Jefferson City Ethel Ball Frank Ball Missouri Penitentiary Robert Cole John Lothridge

Bar Association appoints chair for ethics panel

In Sedalia attorney Donald S. Lamm is named 1938 39 chairman of the Missouri Bar Association Grievances and Legal Ethics committee by President Inghram D. Hook in the current Missouri Bar Journal.

Donald S. Lamm Sedalia Missouri Bar Association Inghram D. Hook Missouri Bar Journal

Threat to Mayor LaGuardia Over Nazi Attacks

Mayor LaGuardia reported receiving a revolver bullet and a note threatening his life if he continued attacks on the German Nazi party. The note bore a Swastika signature and adds to the tense security concerns surrounding city leadership.

New York LaGuardia

Roof Collapse Kills One at Queen Maud Funeral View

A viewing vantage point collapsed during Queen Maud of Norway's funeral in Oslo. One person died and seven were injured as the roof of a small building collapsed across from Our Saviour's church where spectators watched the cortege.

Queen Maud Oslo Our Savoir’s Norway

County Agent J A Morris Tells Of Activities

Pettis County extension work in 1938 focused on soil conservation income and disease control. Morris noted 333 leaders aided efforts in livestock dairy and poultry, with extensive testing vaccination and worm control across cattle sheep and horses, plus soil projects fertilizer limestone and erosion measures.

Agricultural Extension Service J. A. Morris Pettis County Farm Bureau Pettis County Dairy Herd Improvement Association Lloyd C. Stark Twin Cedar Camp Montserrat Pettis Saline County State Office Young Peoples

Ban on foreign propaganda before Parley in Pan American confab

Lima reports that a tentative Argentine proposal to ban European political propaganda may be presented at the Pan American conference opening tomorrow. Secretaries Hull and Latin American delegations weigh a united hemispheric stance against German Italian cultural influence amid ongoing solidarity talks.

Lima Peru United States Americas Argentina Hull Roosevlt Europe

Typhoon Leaves Thousands Homeless in Philippines

A powerful typhoon swept across provinces southeast of Manila causing floods and heavy property and crop damage. Nineteen dead reported. Legaspi city notes its strongest typhoon in years. Two bridge boats worth 100000 dollars sunk in Legaspi harbor. Red Cross and government relief efforts activated.

Manila Mindoro China Sea Sorsogon Albay Camarines Sur Masbate Romblon Marinduque Leyte Samar Tayabas Luzon Philippines Legaspi Red Cross

Auto Collision Leaves Rothgebs Severely Injured

Mr and Mrs Charles W Rothgeb were seriously injured in a head on crash on a farm to market road east of Clifton City near Pleasant Green. They were taken to Bothwell hospital after ambulance transport. Mrs Rothgeb has multiple fractures and chest injuries.

Charles W. Rothgeb South Lamine Avenue Clifton City Pleasant Green Sedalia Gillespie Bothwell Hospital Charles G. Wilson West Third Street Wilson Rothgeb Jim Mayfield Pat Sweeny Boonville A. E. Monroe A. L. Walter

Tightening the Lid on Military Secrets

Washington reports the army and navy tightening restrictions on forts ships and planes to guard secrets. New rules aim to bar unauthorized map makers and photographers from military posts and vessels as Congress moves to fund anti spy measures.

Washington Army Navy Administration Roosevelt Congress

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Parliament OF Don Faurot Porter Robb M. A Smith-Cotton Rotary Kiwanis Noble Cain Frank Black Charles O. Botz Donald Davenport Smith- Cotton Bob Wild Frank Ellis J. T. Alexander Smith-Cotton Music Nellie Monegan Guy T. Callender The W. O. Stanley A. W. Kokendorfer First Christian Church United Hemisphere Brazil Alfranio de Mello Franco Lkely Austria Philippine Legapsia Manila Bay Ocean
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