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Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 5

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fu FIVE SPRINGFIELD LEADER PRESS THURSDAY EVENING, I ionurcb TDiioTf NOVEMBER 16, 1933 PLANE FIRM PURCHASED BY SWEDE CHRISTOPHER By Presidential Pardon POWER TRUST FACES INQUIRY BY LAWMAKERS START WORK ON NEW B0IS DAfcC CHURCH Ground was broken yesterday fir the new Methodist Episcopal, South, church. St BoU DAre, on Via site of the old Christian church there. The. main auditorium, basement, and four Sunday school rooms ate to be built by volunteer -labor of members to a large and field stone also being donated. Cost of the structure Is expected to be about Members expect St least to get the building enclosed this winter.

-Pastor the Rev. Marvin Jeffers, who la In charge of the work. IFirsfMonth of Special sion Ends Wifh Numerous Irons in Fire; Parks Fa- vorite Measure Reported Faborabfy After Hearing II. WILL BUT CATTLE. GOAL Relief Corporation to Purchase $500,000 Worth of Texas lyjti iiwtiiirf mm WASHINGTON, 1 The federal surplus rtlief corporation decided 'today to purchilaa $500,000 worth of cattle from ranges In Texas, paying farmers, a minimum of per 100 pounds.

Administrator Harry XL. Hopkins also let It be known that be plans to buy coal fob distribution to the needy. The jpmount to be purchased hss not been determined, however, nor a-time -get for tfcrf purchases to TWO YEARS FOR UMFHRfES Paul-W. Umphries, 31, a young man of good' appearance. who never had 'been.

In trouble' this morning 'pleaded guilty In circuit court to a eharge of movlpg mortgaged automobile 'the state jmd wasjwhtenef'towo years in Algoa The rportgage on the automobile, had been- given to the Cowden-Bulck company. Um-phrire formerly wee In the dry cleaning business here and his father is a Minister. He Wss-arreated In Lae Angeles and returned here early this weft by Sheriff 8cott Curtie. ITafct a bar As- 9 priifunrrr. if ttwS ru La (taw wwtar and anrii as1 -1---.

cirtiaa-tediPKtisnsIsbsfc Aliost lnstant Reliel inthisW Ask you doctor" about this. And when bny. see that get -1. --j TOGUESSK Collapse IS USED AS A CURE FOR DISEASE? BMTTLE.K3R 1WSTTJOPHV? Answers an Page Nine you you the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets They dissolve anost And thus work almost instantly when you take them. And for -gargle.

Genuine BAYER Aspirin Tablets dissolve so completely they leave no irritating Get a boot or 12 tablets or a botUe of 24 or 100 at hay drug (torsi Canrod Xaan hours becauas the -guayds at the bouc of detention did not answer their telephone. Louis Mead Treadwell, young government prosecutor of tha Ksnsas City business leader on lottery charges growing- out of affairs by the Fraternal Order.of Eagles, spent an hour trying to reach tha Jail-and finally sent a messenger boy there to reuae the guards. OOESNOTMUtM INC NCAST 9i ns tnuM rw xT JEFFERSON CITY, Not. Thtrfirst- month' of. the 'Special session of Missouri state legislature ended today with senate and house embroiled in a fight over pub-lie utilities, liquor regulation and a.

slides The! percent sales leyr mended by Governor Park to rlse ttAMMMO lor unemployment and school relief, and a liquor control 'bUl still were in the embrjronio Interest, meanwhile, centered on a -I house Investigation Into methods employed by legislative represents-three of the so-called power trust. The composed of Rep-' reeentativa H. O. Maxey, Bates Representative Henry P. Lay, Benton county, and Hepre-aentatlve Lawrence Presley, Dellas county, la.

preparing to do a Viorj ough Job of delving into activitlee of the utility lobbyists. if- Park After Utilitle lC' Ths Investigation will be financed by an appropriation for. hiring a 77 prosecutor and investigator. One of Its 'chief objects, it wss f-. learned, would be-to probe circom-stances surrounding paaaag of the "Buford Mystery bill at thp.liusl session of.

the regular legislature to 1 abolish the public service eotnmls- aha. The governor- vetoed the measure; Governor Park, although he fused to discuss the matter, la known determined to get to the. bottom of this- utility business. He la Irked over opposition of utn-lty interest to his four bills msk-lng passible the of mu-: niclpal light, gas, water and sewage plant with federal recovery funds. The governorls incensed at an attempt to the original house committee from three to seven Ploor Leader Xdgkr Keatlng.

rinm dtp, -conferred first with Albert C. Laun, real estate and tax-7 atlbd expert "oTShS TJhloh'Electrtc and Power company of St. Louie, and Anthony -Buford, legli-lative representative of brewery and insurance company before introducing a enlarklng 7 the committee membership. The house adopted KeatingS tug gestton on his plea that ah see- tlana of the state should be repre however, prevailed -upon theJMdy toJeconslderJU ac- ttOIL Maxey, Lay and Presley an the avowed anU-utUltyi men of. the bouse.

It la apparent that addition of four men to the committee perhaps would weaken Its effectiveness. Action ra Sales Tax The home continued perfecting a tax- of one -quarter of 1 percent on all retail sales and transactions In tho state. -After, completing work The Swallow Airplane company of Wichita, Kan, cqpcem which led way' In commercial aircraft manufacture after the Worl4- war, has been purchased by E. B. "SWede" Christopher former Bpringfieldisn.

Information was received here by "Swede brother, '-f Manufacture of a new Swallow will get underway at once, young Christopher announced upon purchase at tha factory. A twivplace. slde-by-alde, cabin plane is planned, to be sold at popular pricesT Christopher's purchase of the Swallow company' typical jit the. progress he has made Uf aviation In the past few yean, his friends declare. He received wide publicity for hjs fqpgrtlsnal airplane salq a fevTyrs ago when -he.

was western regional sales, manager. Iw Travel Air plane. For the past yeai he has operated the- Christppfte Airplane Service company at Wichita. GAS STATION IS FOBBED BY POCKMARKED GUNMAN -r A pockmarked bandit held up the attendant at the Wilcox fining its-Mon, about 300 yarda outside the City limits, and fled with a companion In a decrepit automobUi after obtaining $3 AS. bounty of-Aeeri were notified early 'this morning.

Police and county officer were notified of tho robbery, but they found no trace of tha beqdlte. I A A Kansas CityLeader Starts For Home After Serving rfouf" HoursTn Prison. If Tkt Sreaafafig Inn MEW YORK, MOV. is-conrad H. Mann; saved from a five months' prison sentence by a pardon from President Roosevelt, turned- to hia Kansas City home today, happy and grateful, 7 Mann, president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, "had entered -the federal house of detention -to start serving the sentence for violation of the federal lottery laws In connection with enterprises of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which he was formerly national president.

Pour hour later ha left the prison a free man, as a result of the Isa t-mlnuta pardon; With team ln hls ayes, Mann said was deeply grateful to President Roosevelt for giving -him his freedom. Hsu wevedjsJfljflel goodbye to the prison guard as he drove away. Previously he had been described as being all broken up." The former Eaglea head spent the night at a hotel and planned to leave todajrfor hte hqme by air, plana. Surrounded by U. B.

marshals and attorneys, Matin stepped through the door of the government prison to' the sidewalk of West street when Jdeak-wlnd howled up from the sea. His eyes wen tearfllled and his hands shook as he accepted the congratulations of the little group waiting for ,1 -1 Gratefal to Eaoeevelt There's little 1 can say very 11 1-tle--only. that Im deeply grateful President BootevHt, said the Missouri business leader who once served as a member of former President Hoover's unemployment ecm- Thats -all ha could say to me when I told him ha was free, (aid Chief U. S. Marshal Ray Mulligan, only that he waa eternally grateful to How did you feel when you ward thtrnewsr askedTUrittortwy, Clyde Taylot of, Kansas City, Who waited fw hie' client in a taxicab before the Vanhoilse-llke detention cant tell, you that, for I don't know myself, said Mann, but can ten you.

I. waa mighty glad to get out. Vm going right back, to Kansas City at soon as I can. What else la there to be done!" --Nothing geld fanner Oongrem man James Morin of Pennsylvania, for Maum with Tisylbr, nothing at all. You're free right now to do wpat you Release Delayed Mann posed for photographers on the sidewalk before' tbe prison, turned and waved a Jovial goodbye to the night guard at the gate a different man -from the-prisoner who; four hours before, waa described byhis -attorney-as-'an-brokeh up at tbe surrender.

-Gosh, rm cold, said Mann, and he was assisted into the taxL Once In the cab he talked to newspapermen for a moment over the half-open window, shouting to makp himself heard above the notes of the trucks rambling along tha- water-front. 1 "Yes, he sgld, Im getting back to Kansas City as soon as possible. Ali 1 wan to say 1c Hut rm mighty grateful to the president. Mum'S release was delayed two WMCN fH UVStT' Constipation Drove Her Wild Nature btyrereltia 41 atlreiCilii tta reMrerfreiUre tte bwnH for as.GaUebca TUMS" 5S 1 How One Wonm Lost 20 Pounds of Fat Lost Her Prominent Hips J)ouble Chin Sluggishness Qalaed PkyMeal VlgetA Shapely Yiathfal Figaro If you're fat first remora the eaussf Take a half tsaapoonful of Krinchw Salta In a glass of hot water In the morning go light on tatty meats and sweets In 4 wsefci get on tbs scales and not how many pound of fat hava vanlahsd. Mallet alM that yas hava (shred hi immair.

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For it will' check an ordinary cold almost ms fast as you caught iL AN LEX YOU Don't er oil aad ter sale if youll TAX A. NEEDNT; WAIT--DRAIN REFILL NOW They pour at sub-zero temperatures Give easier Yet could be Used with perfect safety in mid-summer. Will not sludge. Now ready at all Standard 1 Get act for thn easiest tmrting winter jouVe'ever experienced. At all Standard Stations P.

't youll now find two new winter grades of Iao-Via Anti-Sludge Motor Oil-lO-W and 2(VW. These, new grades not only meet the latest recommendations of ear nuura- 1 1 fseturers for winter motor oila, but 20-W pours at 5 below aero, and 10-V pours at 20 below zero. At those temperatures these oils let your motor turn ovey easily givif 1 7 1 positive lubrication And yon dont need to wony these oils thinning out 1 dangerously under the heat of They are so little affected by high temperatures V-digt they could be used with perfect safety in your motor' oh the hottest summer dsiy( 1 i I though they would give somewhait higher consumption fa howeather. Because these new 1 1 olls.cfe not kludge you will get Just as quick, positive dihhfetfon of lubricant In on this- measure, the body was to take up the admlBlatrattenled percent levy. -The proposal probably will hot be completed this week.

The question of iwwtht state gVttiid regulate the sale of liquor proved vexing. Senate committees already hais. formulated a act of policies agatfist local option, againet state salq and against return of the idd-ttms aa-- but are encountering difficulties in drafting the' measure. PARK BILL ADVANCED 7. JEFFERSON CITY, Mov.

IS Municipal. officials today had won" gyirmisii over utility men as the house municipal eorporationa after heated debate, ihvor- ably reported a ted to permit cities under T5j00b. population, by a ma- Jorily vote, to Require or build electric, gas, water or sewer plabta. Although aeveral persons at the hearing last nlght urged that action on the bill be delayed, the committee voted unanimously to send to the of the bouse. The bin, which waa Introduced by Represen tattve William Weakley, democat, Pika county, is similar to the four measures now.

pending in the While the Utility interests did not appear at the house -hearing, they had voiced strong opposition to the bills last Monday at a senate hear- log, suit mayors and other city officials from a score of municipalities earlier bed urged that the bills lsheled-do-pasL" Japanese viviparous snail wings forth its young alive and already wearing shells. Kill the Cause Of Skin Trouble -This formula for-Skin dlaaues a astounding tbs most sksptleal the marvelous way it heals sststs cssss of Ringworm. Amietsk Foot. Brnsma. Titter, Kch and othar parasitic skin troublsa.

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