Cape Girardeau Youth Dies After Auto Crash
Cape Girardeau youth Estes 18 died of a brain concussion after a collision between a Ford touring car driven by Lester Hahn and a Chevrolet pickup driven by Vernon Stallings on a Cape Girardeau street intersection. Other occupants suffered injuries. investigators say charges may be filed.
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Ten Don t Die Highway Plague Warns Public
A rhetorical exhortation cites numerous crash victims including Virginia N age 25 Horace C age 34 Mannie L age 22 and many others injured or killed in traffic wrecks. The piece argues drunken driving and unsafe roads are intolerable and calls for concerted action to curb the highway menace.
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Collision Injures Local Group At Dreary Tavern Side
A group from St Louis Chicago and nearby towns suffered injuries after a collision near the MecFadde Tavern. Victims include Brown Armour Zella Smith Opal Won Sikes and Ray Miller among others as police investigated the Friday night incident.
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Punico Men Hurt In Auto Truck Wreck
Two Puxico residents were severely injured Saturday morning when their automobile and a Missouri Pacific freight truck sideswiped about eight miles east of Poplar Bluff on Highway 60. The car swerved off the road and turned over into a ditch, being virtually demolished. Tom Crutchfield, a barber, received minor bruises and lacerations but of a painful nature. Elis Benson, a WPA worker, suffered a deep gash in his left shoulder. Both men are expected to recover, doctors said. The truck driver was not identified by the injured men.
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Malden Youth Killed in Accident Monday
Hamney Johnson 19, son of a Cotton Belt railroad employee at Malden, was killed when his car overturned at a curve on Highway 25 near Malden early Monday. Five other local youths were injured, three seriously, after leaving a skating party in Kenne tt. Injured include Everett Peaves Buster Pasques Geraldine Jaques Eugene Akers and Warda Vaughn.
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Used Car Market Demands Two Billion Annual Turnover
Detroit Michigan reports a booming used car trade with Chevrolet dealers showing 123 701 sales in June and 40 straight months over 100 000 as the 1938 total reaches 725 086. Industry estimates place annual turnover near two billion dollars with over 11 million motorists buying used cars nationwide.
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St Louis Radio to Broadcast Frisco Railway History
Kum Ca trustee of The Friscs Railway will host a July radio program on station KMON St Louis at 6 19 p m Sunday July 17. The talk traces railroad growth from early history to the present era, highlighting the railroad’s role in Midwest and Southwest development, as part of a series sponsored by St Louisans Inc.
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Local druggists meet in Poplar Bluff on fair trade plan
W E Holingsworth and C C White attended a Southeast Missouri druggists meeting in Poplar Bluff Monday night where the proposed fair trade law was discussed. A similar Sikeston session was held months ago as efforts continue to unite district druggists to demand the law’s passage.
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Ford patent for rear axle mounted motor car
Henry Ford patents a passenger automobile with the motor mounted over and parallel to the rear axle. The motor is balanced across the axle and drives directly through gears to the axle. Officials note Ford has many patents for radical changes but has not always used them. the patent office compares the new patent to a similar rear motor idea filed a year earlier.
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