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HAPPY new year 44 a A a mlp Jforum KArPY NEW YEAR GREETINGS VOLUME 20 I niled Press Leased Wire. MARYVILLE, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1. 1930 Complete XEA Service. NO.

179 OF COUNTY ARE RATED HIGH Strenuous New Year Celebration in Kansas City Kansas City. Jan. Alarm I clocks that send Kansas City families on their way during most days of the year were unanswered today--Kansas Cityians were recovering from one of I tJie exhausting New Year's eve State Inspector Finds Nodaway in the history of the city. 1 Mild weather which contrasted High Schools in Good Condition. II ARK FIRST CLASS Cn-O(K-ration of Administrators and High Type Teacher Personnel Given Warm Praise.

A high compliment was paid the high schools of Nodaway county last night by Charles Myers of Hamilton, high school inspector for Northwest Missouri, who said the general condition of all the schools in the county is good. He had just completed a twelve -hay inspect ion trip over the county, visiting the eighteen high -schools, traveling nearly 500 miles in making the visits. In Mating that all of the schools will maintain their present status and that one vcre weather of the past two New New Year's eves, attracted thousand; and down-town streets were jammed until early this morning. Theater, hotels and night clubs reported a good night's business. Prohibition agents, wh i threatened to jail vfiyone who carried a hip flask or wav- rd a ginger ale bottle, spent a rather dull evening They raided one restaurant, John Brondon's Italian restaurant, arrested the proprietor and two employes The arrest was based a made in the place Monday.

MARYVILLE CELEBRATES The Weather WEATHER SET Many Attend Dances and Special Is Quiet. HAVE PROGRAM Club Gives Annual Formal Dinner and Attends Party at Ci.unfry tub. Formal and informal dances, a spe- cial movie and vaudeville show and radio watch parties last night ushered I out the old year and welcomed the new year here. The maiority of i Maryville citizens were up at 12 to witness the passing of another year, Celebrations lasted through the early hours of the morning. Last night was the Elk's Club an- nual formal program dance and din FORECAST MlSSOi HI: Partly cloudy 1 cloudy.

Colder tonight and possibly rain in extreme south portions Thursday. Mostly fair with SOBle cloudiness. Colder in extreme southeast portion. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS Furnished by the courtesy of J. Brink, official observer Highest temperature yesterday, 52.

owest temperature during the night, J. Reading at 2:45 today, 40. Highest temjrerature year ago today CHRISTMAS BOX HOLDS FATAL BOMB Explosion Kills Woman and Injures Seven of One Family. 1930 Brings Riot Safe Blowing and Stork to Chicago J. R.

ALLEN FOUND DEAD ON ROADSIDE Chicago. Jan. of the thir-l ties brought the stork, riot and a safe blowing in Chicago today. The first baby was born on the stroke of midnight to Mrs, John Knatek. the third child in the family.

---------Gin bottles and blackjacks new fast Motorists Find Body of Maryand furiously at a dance on South Wabash as the New Year dawned. A hundred participated. No ar- 33. 25. Lowest temperature year ago today 5.

dvol. Skidmore has been restored AVefUgO Temperature During while at the Maryville Country to first class rankinv. Mr. Mvers said that the high seho61 teachers are well qualified for their work, the schools are well equipped and a high quality of work is being done In the high hoots of Nodaway county Fdoeators umplimented. Mr.

Myers said that the schools are managed by a fine group of aggressive school men. He complimented them for the manner in which the administrators co-operated with each other and with the county i schools The county 1 Lstrators are pooling working in a group 3 that of putting educ jJane Mr Myers pleased with the rnai lie G. Somerville, dent of schools, was hearted co-operation superintendents, There are fourtcei third class and one i in the county. The daP school wax ranking by reason a new high school 1 planned to have the upertn tendent of igh school admin- tbi ir i vtc rests, or a common end, at ion on a higher wax particularly in which Les- oun? ecuring the whole- of the iigh school December Highest in History. December just, past broke all existing weather records with a high mean ti mperature of 38 2 degrees, according to J.

R. Brink, local official weather observer. The previous high average temperature for December was 36.3 degrees in 1929, The mean term temperature of 28.3 Deeemb 29 1 The was 5 the low month December as broken by mperature of turi last thirtiet during below on montr an? Not Much being ub was the informal dance given by Cleo Yehli Onhestra. At the Missouri Theater the management it aged its third annual midnight All Very Quiet Although the revellers were up past the midnight hour, the celebrations i and tors were dry as a bone, I and outside of a few cars passing down the Main street, the town was so quiet a pin could be heard hen ped on the pavements. Not a whis was blown and not a church bell ha rung to announce the infant, 1930.

Bo yards orchestra furnished the music for the dance. which ax started shortly after 9 p. Before the lunch hour, li to 12 Marjorie Bruce and danced a waltz duet. lege girls. Misses Mlldrei Highest temeprature on record, 60 degrees in 1897.

Lowest temperature on record, 13 degrees in 1924. Precipitation laxt 24 hours up to 7 a. none. Precipitation year ago today, none. Sun rises tomorrow at 7:42, Sun sets tomorrow- at 5:04.

WINNER OF BIG CONTEST SCORES 1(11) rests were made It took a dozen pollce- rnnTIIVPli nvililllTP ni-n to quell the rucku lUlNlALNhlJ I NAM I Ik The explosion which battered the door on a safe in a Texas company fill- ol Ibt MrmlxTs 01 WK 1 amifv Thov O.lhor 1930 The Opon l-arktf, 2S 0 i SSI00 was goniv ville Man Near Savannah. EXHAUSTION IS CAUSE Death Claimed Real Estate Man a He Climbed Mill Carrying Gasoline. FOR count good Washington, Jan. belated Christmas package which turned out to be a deadly bomb exploded when the family of John Hall red about the kitchen table in their home near here to open it today. Mrs.

Nora Hall Brady, 18 kill-1 Her mother, Mrs Nora Hall, 45, wa: Maryville Bankers Think 1930 biintled. Others mjm wx Mr Margaret Bromic -v, 86. in seven Will Set. Cl op Depres- condtiion from shock; Leslie Hall, 16 sion Ended, finger amputated; Thomas Hall. 8, minor injuries Als hough not predicting the rosiest Two other Hall children were injjured year in history for this county, and taken to Sibley Hospital.

The hos- ville bankers see an end to the de- Marjorie Partridge, 10, First in Your Game. Is pitul was unable to learn their names until relatives came to identify them The Halls lived at Seat Pleasant, Md a few miles outside of Washington. The force of the bomb was so great that Mrs. Brady was riddled with frag- -d MANY HIGH SCORES th menus Her abdomen was shot through 1930 With anything like with numerous slugs. for this county this Box on Porch.

banker believes the populac a iii I tfcMi to fi: map inf lt4 hooii of onl; ne in the lounte in. Mi or Mildi rf unment ss Neil physical Miss Wood- Six col- Christie. Bruce. McMurry. 1 Christie Maysville an adagio ras under Three Tie For Keeond In Content Spon-orcd By Legion Auxiliary And Forum.

rt Mi ss Marjorie E. Par year-old daughter of Mr Partridge, who live in neighborhood south of Ma the Your Country test, sponsored by the Worn iary of thf James Edward the American Lesion, in ge, the 10- ci Mrs. Dale Rockford rvvilli Some left on Buckley learned. Halj. Mrs morning, until the quainted called i who took ut urda night a box was county will end the year front porch of Mrs.

John Carmody Road, It was was addressed to Nora Auxil- ray post of ing hi with An ne ichooj offa ing State Superintendent i Charier A Lee. Fourteen Rale ilici The first class schools of on Junetl or.th rature The count: 1909 im igh uri lor A dan the Dale Sigi How! MaiCloud' Davs num Mr. Brini ind Maryville, Burlington Junetim, Clear- mont, Elmo. Quitman. Skidm m-, Graham.

Barnard, Guilford. Pan i-U, enwood Harmony. Hopkins i Pickering. The high schools of Ar ty, Gay-j nor and Lafayette are tip class schools, known a. Jobe which get state aid.

Arkoe has a two-year high school course, Lafayette a two- year high school course and aynor a four-year high school course. Cotteep- I Junction, which hut a high course, is tanked as a sec-1 ond class high school Mr. Myers accompanied by Mr. Soro- erviJe, visited all of the high schools and most of the consolida ad ward! schools of the county, in his inspection trip o-'er the countl, A first dam high school must have three teachers, offer sixteen units of! approved work, and meet tlx requin I owns ountry Say ments as to building eqmpnent and training of teachers. Teachei ol ainment chairman, Morris Chick.

to a pp ecoration Daily Ft rum. )i in nei was ed co nmittee the Ant' non who ad' ed the com The me mb ers of nail Gray Cruil, Mrs V. be- -ted by H. Culver. ManV at Country tub a record to tributed tlu days dunrn reports cloudy days The rea the inches in in 1906, the was no snc 0 ti 3 40 inches was 02 ui tly clout Ince 189 was tallest whic Decemi on re; and the 1896.

4 when fifteen as mme rh there The ord was smallest Yei ed mo mal nanee Country 9 dng befori Club id it jre 12 Nina Bn then pass including nolse-ma! ed a lance was Neva and cialty and the guests ruhinations. examination pape the committee an Watt Mrs Fern Canon, Mrs Steve Donahue. Had Perfect (core. Marjorie Part ridge who answered perfectly one hundred examination I questions taken from the questions in thirty a 11 receive a bronze medal, given by the Legion Auxiliary. It not been decided whether the mec will be awarded at a public gatherin at the school or tent to he, by mail.

The children of the Partridge family studiously the questions in the contest, us brother. Robert. age 13 tad with two for second place with a mark of 99 on his examination paper. Others a ho on mige ckley found the box Sunday kept the box in the house morning as she was not ac- with the Halls. Today she Tie Hall, brother, the package home Mrs.

Buck- box was light and rattled th it contained nuts, icrsons were injured in the ex- The father of the family is Tci by police for questioning county and district police unit- attempt to solve the crime, 'es that the ppgkage black rxwdt dynamite and Joseph Allen, age 60. Maryville real agent associated with his brothers, John and William Allen since 1908, was found dead about 2 o'clock this morning on a road-side eight miles west of Savannah, When body was found Dr. H. Beaver of Amazonia, coroner of Andrew county, was notified and conducted a view inquest over the body. The verdict ascribed the death to exhaustion.

Mr. Allen, accompanied by R. B. Kent, a farmer living south of Maryville. had driven Andrew county to inspect a farm.

Went for Gasoline When thpy came to a steep hill the car could not get up enough speed to I he general depression of the past makt the grade. Although the tank Wop contained five gallons of gasoline Mr. a normal Allen decided that more gas would be year one needed to give the car enough power to climb the hill. With a lantern in one hand and a five gallon gas can In the other, Mr. Allen set off for a long walk to a farm house to obtain some gasoline.

Mr. Kent remained with the car. That was about 7 last night. Body Found This Morning. A group returning from a New prt sion which has gress of this section and believe that wltl normal year ahead.

year was attributed he verai crojis a sidi -In of this be kin- ind. v. hat the county. in I xphtsion Terrific. was opened in the kitchen Nora Hall Brady, as the family hered around.

The explosion blew a hole in the kitchen floor and xked a door from its hinges. blown from kitchen stove and sier was knocked from the walls of ning in a better Asked for their view? year might Id i comments were made a By C. Pierce, pr Farmers Trust company meni, the general depressi an end. The world mov and this depression has course. I really would have extraordinarily good condition section now and during the come only for the short crop people generally are in a be.O of mind and if the 1930 ero starts out favorably, things fully normal bet the close of the year.

By Joe Jacfcson. president of the I irst National Bank No one possesses the faculty of predicting In advance financial conditions with any degree of intelligence therefore at best only opinions can be made. To me person- aUy I can fore.v nothing to materially change financial ir- cuinstances for 1930 in any different i manner than the year Just closed. The the! judg- well at cycles run its (peeled in this to 1 think 1 frame season wiil be id could not F. L.

Augustine, the first person to the scene, -aid the bodies were adly mangled. The faces of the in- ired were hardly recognizable, he said, he hands had been blown from the ody of Mrs. Brady and one of the oys. hi said. The shtH-s of one of the oung girls had been blown off.

sudden break market values i had a depre- ness generally: not result wii quences in tin it. were not I Missouri had of the inf la hd stock cently experienced has ng influence on busi- however, the same did any serious ennse- locality. If the fact Northwest harvested the poorest Year celebration at 2 in the mcrn found the body about a half- mlle unit from the car. Mr. Allen was lyin.

face downward, the lantern clutched in one hand and the gas con- Mr Kent had fallen asleep In the car and for this reason the search for Mr. Allen did not begin until a few minutes before the body was found by vo Tiie body was brought to Maryville rhLs morning. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Friday morning at St. Patrick's church The Rev. Fr.

Robert Graham, pastor, will officiate. Burcd will be at St. cemetery, Mr Allen was born July, 1869. at Cascade in Jones county. la.

He came to Nodaway county in 1877 and settled on a farm two and a half miles south of Maryville Before going into real estate business with his brother in he wu. a traveling salesman for a Chicago firm. Mr. Allen was a member of the 8t. Patrick i church of Maryville.

In addition to the two brothers with whom Mr Allen was associated wdth in business he is survived by a sister, Mi Ina Alien of Kansas City. ti Cities Report Much New Year Roistering Club wi making, eon line stroke of Country if merry- se lunch- Cbm high schools must have au equivalent. to a college degree Charles P. Taft Dies After Long Illness Half-Brother of Chief Justice Wa- Noted as Editor, Philanthropist and Ai ollo tor, Cincinnati, O. Jan.

1 Charles Taft. 86. half-brother of Chi Justice William Howard Taft, died at his home here last night from complications resulting from an attack of pneumonia several months ago. Tali as noted as an editor, philanthropist and art collector. Re was probably best known as editor and publisher of the Cincinnati Times-Star but during his life-time developed many other interests.

He graduned from Yale University in with an A B. degree and three years later received an A. degree lie was admitted to the ter in 1866 and practiced from 3869 to 1879. In 1879 he purchased the Cincinnati Timen and less than a year later consolidated it with the star. 1871 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives and in 1895 was elected representative from the first Ohio district to Congress At one time Taft owned the Chicago National League baseball team und later purchased a hall interest the Philadelphia National League team At the time of his death he owned a half interest in the McAlpin Hotel in New York.

Dr. and Mrs C. Kirk their home in Hopk.ns yesterday rol lowing a visit in Katyas City. Out On Big Seale. New York.

Jan 1 New York New Year revelry was basicly sound, expert observers today. Which is to say that the metropolis celebrated hi a wholehearted mannei Chicago, Jan. cartoons showing roisterers, ire pock to foretead. swearing were too true to be funny for many Chicagoans to- Dan sounded he dance hail thrown into a which lasted was formed. Girls' horus Encored The new chorus of five girls gave a specialty which an encore, and vocal refrains for the orchestra were furnished by Carlos i yehli of Los Ang-ii who is vU- 1 King his family here during the holi- dujs.

The dub House was decorated with green, red, and white streamers, holly wreaths. ChrL-tmas bells, novelties I the season, all of which made ai- 1 tractive with a combination of red, green, and blue lights. While the New dancing was fifty Record Shows Cupid Had Hard Time Here in 1929 crops for many years, I am quite sure our home conditions would have been! much Improved over that of a year Agricultural conditions in general have improved as is evidenced tn many re- spects. rs. James Robinson, president I or the Nodaway Valley bank, he.

busy" to make any Lsr wm 7 mid conditions in Nodaway county. TPITH fwvrnc th I lklbil iU FORM ASSOCIATION to 1 ix cent of the six year period was doubled In 1929, third Is many dl- Cupid encountered rough going I divorces a Nodaway county during 1929. Twice maniac ov os divorces were granted than was; This jkt Ute r.w in the preceding year while there just twenty marriage wrtre is-1 verves tus Several other odd features of the In 1929 189 marriage licenses were on marrln and divorce situation in the record at the county office, county during 1929 are indicated by the while in 1928 there were 207. The rec- figure-, June, the recognized bridal of the circuit clerk supply the rest the tradition is borne out of the information. I hey that by the of years--was divorces were granted during next to lowest in number of today as they vaguely recalled the high i in full swing at the Elk's Club and the year, precisely twice as many as sued with only thirteen couples re- Country Club anather big crowd of were granted in 1928.

tine permission to marry. July with New ceiebrators was at the Mis- I In 1929 figures for marriage licenses ton was the lowest Although the total souri Theater to sec in Hoi- touched a new low mark for the five-1 so much lower, none of the figures for point- tn what moat everyone agreed was the wettest and mo-t boisterous New eve since prohibition began. Kansas City, 1. -One young man was shot firaUv a youth was killed in an automobile crash, eral persons were injured in traffic accidents and seventy revelers spent the early hours of 1930 in jail here. Dallas, Texas Jan.

1 -If an evening of dusipation inspires reformation. this city ought to be overflowing with resolves today, By far the most raucous New eve cm record kept tiers awake moat of tlie night. St Louis, Jan. 1 a generous clinking of glasses church services and entertainments, the Infant, was ushered into 8t Louis, nothing unusual the celebration, Mrs R. Baker returned last night from Kansas City where she about ten at the home of 111 daughtot, Mrs, Aileu fi and Mi 'dutkL-j.

Richard Baker of Si, Jose ni Cnristmas day with has niotl md sister. a singing, dancing and talking A dance by Neva and Nina Bruce of Maryville, and some specialties by the Juvenile Stars of Kansas City were added attractions Charge Three With Plot Against King Parisian Journalists Prime Mov- ets in Plots Against Italian Royal Family. Paris, Jan. journalists al! letml to be prime movers hi against the Italian Royal family. Were under arrest today after police had seized a quantity of explosives in their three, accused of sympathies, were Alb' rto Tarchiani.

Alberto and former deputy, I SagcieU. I 17te three men Itad been covered by since the recent attempt against the life of Crown Prince Humbert oi Italy dining hi, vtoit to Belgium I he Paris police seized a quantity of high explosives in the of I three men, year period beginning in 1924, while the any month to 1929 low wm number of divorces the largest the case in some months in 1928 granted in the same time and probably Is the largest total ever reached In the history ol the county. Fewer Marriages The lowest number of marriage lie- eases issued prior to 1929 was 196 in 1.027 while the largest number of divorces recorded 37 in 1925 During three nor was there any month during which there were as many licenses isaued. October with 26 was the banner month for 1929 Whitt April with 19 was second. omparative The following table the comparative figures by months for the last Jan.

11 to Discuss Or- Two Big Kansas City ganization. Banks Plar, Merger drivers of Northwest Missouri have been invited Ten Million Dollar Institution To to attend a meeting January 11 Made of ami Traders at which time plans will be formulat- National ed for a Association of Kansas City, Mo, Jan to Northwest Missouri, the approval of stockholders, the Gate Invitations to the meeting were sent City National and Traders National out yesterday by Paul Jones, jr. banks will be merged February 15 as Mr Jones said that the meeting will the Traders Gate City National Bunk, be held at 8 at night in the it was announced today by of circuit court room of the courthouse the two institutions. The merger would The purpose of meeting is to create a $10 000,000 financial insUtu-j form an ussocia.ion which will be a distinct benefit to the operators of Negotiations for the merger have trucks, since ine opening up of High- been under way more than six months, way No. 71 south of Maryville and the to the da (tors 'Ihiir plan contemplated completion of No 71 to aJS (TtTf nfW summer, the truck.

ock that now held In two in- ing businc.s* is to take on an ut ona. This plan us expected to and it is the belief of meet with approval ol the stock- Mr Jom, that the Ciirrylnget)1 will largely be done by trucks in the year that yea r. howev er, the second largest Month 1929 1928 1927 number of mat i age uses were January 15 17 13 sued wh a totf il of 209 was February 14 1227 The 1er est num of marriages in a March 17 99 single red in 1924 when 211 April 19 18 8 couiilm (mid the fees May 16 1714 Tfie f( illowing shows the num- June 13 29 17 ber of arrlages utid divorces from 1924 July 10 15 11 to the present tiine; rriagea Divorces August 26 1723 Year Ma September 16 28 14 1924 231 17 October 15 8 18 1925 209 37 November 13 24 21 1926 206 34 December 13 1321 1927 196 22 1928 297 26 187 207 198 1929 189 52 In regard that of the to divorces it was revealed 218 188 52 marriages annuuUed i Tota to four were contracted in 1896, thirty- holding groups, Officers now heading the two banks, J. Dominick, president ot the Traders National, would be president and R. Planck, president of the Gate City, first vice president, INFANT DAUGHTER DIES.

Funeral For hild to Mr. and urtis Boatngiit, The infant da ighter born to Mr. and Mrs. CurtLs Boatright. 1001 E.ust Second This tabulation reveals that the total three ago, while a number of) on nuxe about 3 30 ut the St.

Fiancu 0 o'clock. Funeral service: clock this aft i Undertaking Park Rev. R. Bnodgn Wtilte Oak cemet Besides the p.n J. Eryster and 1 grandparenis, survive.

th us moritin hospital, ihtd about future. In ordir that the truck operators of this dudrict may operate under a unified ysicm of rules, it is proposed that a associatlflp be formed to tormuuate a code. it is planned to the rates for trucking, advertise as a group, instead of indi- eliminate unfair cum petition uueng the truck and give truck ewncrs an opimrtunity the carrying of freight to the principal were held at 2 ni at the Cummin rs conducted by th MU, Cry; Hall left Sunday morn- ug for Egbert where she teaches in the high school after spending a ss Burial was in the I week ith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ry east of Pickering d.

near Wdcox, Mr and Mrs. ut Mr. and Mrs, A lohn Harvey and daughter Donna Bel Jliam ami Mr. and Ubur WiUiama at bkichnurc..