Still filibuster on anti lynching stalls tax revision talks
Washington dispatch reports a slow start to Congress with hope of passing a farm bill but little chance of enacting more than one or two presidential recommendations during the special session. The anti lynching measure blocks progress in the Senate while tax revision efforts press on amid Democratic leadership reluctance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Robertson
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Barkley
Senate Agriculture Committee
Riley
N. C
Dixie Bibb Graves
Ala
Congress
Burns Fatal to Child Rescued in Kansas City Fire
A Kansas City blaze on the second floor last night left 1-year-old Robert Wooten dead from burns. Four other children were rescued by 13-year-old Glenn McKenzie and by firefighters. Robert and Meredith Wooten, his sister, were unconscious from smoke. Meredith was in dangerous condition. Glenn lowered his sister from an upper porch and carried Robert and Meredith on his shoulders to safety.
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Kansas City
Robert Wooten
Glenn McKenzie
Robert
Eddie Wooten
Jerry Wooten
Meredith Wooten
Allison McKenzie
Medrith Wooten
Medrith
Glenn
Adoption papers finalized for abandoned boy in court
A brown eyed auburn haired boy, abandoned by his mother two and a half years ago, appeared in circuit court and became John Ervin Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H Brooks. Adoptive parents, former deputy constable and current police officer, have cared for him since he was three weeks old. final papers await two year period before completion. The birth mother has never inquired about him.
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Dimmitt Hoffman
John’ Ervin Frooks
J. H Brooks
South
Prospect Avenue
Transient Bureau
Brooks
Pettis County merges relief with Social Security Agency
The Pettis County relief organization will merge today with the Social Security Agency. A new countywide system will handle direct relief, child welfare, and old age pension affairs from the old post office building. Roseanne Dugan will lead as senior visitor and secretary, with district home visitors and a roster of appointees to support investigations and case disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis County Relief Organization
Social Security Agency
Roseanne Dugan
Pettis County Social Security Commission
H. F. Fricke
Loretta Whitson
Margaret Calvert
Malcolm Scott
Elmer Herrmann
Dugan
Pettis County
Sedalia
Snow Covers Most Missouri Areas This Weekend
Snow fell in nearly all Missouri sections with the heaviest totals in the northwest and north central. Marshall reported 2.15 inches by 10 a m while Kirksville had three inches. Jefferson City awoke to its first snow of the season. Kansas City and Columbia reported snowfall with Springfield seeing flurries and a potential heavier fall.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Marshall
Kirksville
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Columbia
Springfield
Joplin
Hannibal
St. Joseph
Moberly
Chicago
Mount Baker Lodge
Bellingham
Wash
Pennsylvania
Cambria County
Penn
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Colorado
Helena
Mont
Divide
Sidney
Neb
Ten Known Dead In Raging Typhoon
The central Philippines reels from a powerful cyclone with ten confirmed fatalities and widespread casualties as winds reach 100 miles. Leyte and Cebu bear six and four deaths respectively, with millions in property damage. The storm shifts toward the China Sea while uncertainty remains about Manila and central Luzon.
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Associated Press
Manila
Philippines
Leyte
Cebu
China Sea
Luzon
Jobless census returns rising in Sedalia
Sedalia post office reports about 8,500 unemployment census cards distributed by postmen with around 1,000 already returned. Postmaster Edward P. Mullaley notes a help office on the second floor for card completion and questions, open through Saturday evening after regular windows close. The census targets those able to work but unemployed or under employed, not the permanently unable. An 81 year old man on the card stated he is able to work.
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Sedalia
Edward P. Mullaley
Mullaley
Red Cross Enrolling Gains Reported in Drive
Reports from Red Cross headquarters show gains over last year as the membership drive proceeds. General chairman Philip McLaughlin urges thorough territory work with a goal to close before Thanksgiving so every county prospect is seen. A flood disaster last year reduced national funds, prompting a special effort to rebuild.
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Red Cross
Philip McLaughlin
Youths flee in stolen Plymouth crash in ditch
Five Sedalia youths in a 1937 Plymouth stole the car near Sixth street and Ohio avenue about 6 45 pm. Patrolman Paul Corl shot the rear tire near Third street and Lafayette avenue, sending the car into a ditch on Highway 50. A 16 year old girl Anna Leicher was hospitalized with a sprained back, four others were in custody.
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Paul Corl
Highway 50
Bothwell Hospital
Sixth Street
Ohio Avenue
Paul E. Carl
Third Street
Lafayette Avenue
Anna _ Leicher
W. A. Leicher
East Fifteenth Street
Benny Barber
B. Barber
East Third Street
Charles Burk
C. F. Burke
South Beacon Avenue
Charles Weiderman
Smithton
Sedalia
Anna
Benny
East Sedalia
Charles
Third Stree
Lamine
Broadway
Nelson
Cal Rodgers
John J. O’brien
Corl
Lester V. Estes
Estes
Lafayette
Third
Charity Dance Planned by Sedalia Junior Chamber
Plans for a Thanksgiving charity dance and Kiddies Revue are advancing under the Sedalia Junior Chamber of Commerce. The event will take place Tuesday night, November 23, at Convention Hall in Liberty Park. Admission is a bag of groceries. bags available at local merchants. Transportation is offered by Sedalia Bus Company for couples with full grocery bags.
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Sedalia
Wenner’ Brothers Drug Store
The
Smoke House
E. E. Siegel
Viscount Cecil Wins Nobel Peace Prize for 1937
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, formerly Lord Robert Cecil and a British cabinet member and League of Nations advocate, received the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize in Stockholm. He has helped draft the league covenant and serves as president of the League of Nations Union, returning from a White House visit with President Roosevelt.
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Stockholm
Viscount Cecil
Chelwood
League of Nations
Lord Robert Cecil
League of Nations Union
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Storthing
Mayor Bryce B. Smith seeks re election in Kansas City
Kansas City Nov 18 The Star reports Mayor Bryce B. Smith will seek another term and lead the T. J. Pendergast faction among candidates. Pendergast recently stated he would backing incumbents affiliated with him who wished to run again.
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Kansas City
Bryce B. Smith
The
Star
T. J. Pendergast
Pendergast
Confession Evidence Debate in Newton Trial
Rev C E Newton faced prosecutors bid to admit a claimed confession in the slaying of Mrs Dennis Kelly. Defense argued the statement was coerced amid questions about how it was obtained and who pressured Newton’s family as the trial held in Pittsfield Illinois.
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Pittsfield
Ill
C. E. Newton
Dennis Kelly
Merrill H. Johnston
Pike County
A. Clay Williams
Walter Stillwell
Marion County
Missouri
Newton
Stillwell
Daniel T. Johnson
Grace Newton
Hannibal
Kelly
Johnston
Roy Englehart
Illinois
Mark Twain
Paris
Mississippi River
Baptist Church
Mailman
Merrill Johnston
Monroe County
Mrs. Kelly
Myra Hanan
Wendell Johnson
Two Die In Jefferson City Country Club Fire
Jefferson City November 18 two black employees died in a devastating fire at the Capital City Country Club clubhouse five miles west of the city. Porter John Burton and cook Mabel Burton perished in ground floor rooms. Claude Buchanan steward his wife and Alfred Frank escaped after being alerted by smoke. Fire broke out about 1 am. cause undetermined. Building burned to the ground. $50,000 loss. $7,500 clubhouse insurance. Members recall the club as a landmark on Highway 50 toward Kansas City.
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Jefferson City
Capital City Country Club
John Burton
Porter
Mabel
Cook
Claude Buchanan
Steward
Alfred Frank
Buchanans
Frank
Highway 50
Kansas City
Reciprocal Trade Pact Talks With Great Britain Start
Secretary Hull announced that the United States and Great Britain will begin formal negotiations for a reciprocal trade agreement. The move aims to deepen commercial ties and may set an example for other nations while implicating broader political shifts. Hull urged public suggestions on export products for consideration.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Hull
London
House of Commons
Ottawa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Brussels
Italy
Germany
Japan
State Department
United Kingdom
Canada
Britain
Heavily Guarded After Recaptured O Connell Kidnap Suspects
Syracuse N Y November 18 two recaptured members of a gang convicted in the 1933 O Connell kidnapping were placed in separate cells in Onondaga county detention quarters as state and city officers hunted for the third participant. John Oley and Harold Red Crowley said they liked their freedom and were moved yesterday from the Syracuse police station to await prosecution on escape charges.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
O’connell
John Oley
Harold “Red” Crowley
Onondaga County Court Building
Marriage License Issued for Charles Richardson and Minnie Keown
A marriage license was issued to Charles L. Richardson and Minnie Ople Keown, both residents of Marshall. The record notes their Marshall addresses and the license being finalized for their matrimony.
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Charles L. Richardson and
Minnie Ople Keown
Marshall
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O’brien
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Tell
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