Friendship Train flour drive nears close with shortfall
The Friendship Food Gifts Campaign nears its final day as executives report $5,100 on hand toward a $7,800 goal to ship two carloads of flour to Europe. Donations yesterday include $125 from the Tipton Lions, $49 to boost Columbia totals, and $201.50 from California.
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Charles C. Isely, Jr
Isely
Europe
Methyist
Scruggs Circle
Aldersgate Circle
Amistaca
Philathea
Anglers
Women’s Society
Christian Fellowship
Yost Circle
Youth Fellowship
E. L. Schneider
New Day Press
Girl Scouts
Business
Professional Women’s Club
Charles Isely, Jr
American Relief Council
Friends Service Committee
Catholic Welfare Council
Church World Service
Joint
Jewish Relief
National Friendship Train Comittee
Jefferson City
Friendship Train
PO Box 59
al Scheppers
David Newsam
J. O. Stephenson
Oe Cazick
Tipton Lions Club
Columbia
California
PSC Rules Against New Gas Customers
The Missouri Public Service Commission reaffirmed approval of a stopgap regulation by Laclede Gas Light Co and St Louis County to refuse serving new gas heating customers. The ruling denied Automatic Fire Corporation’s claim of discrimination. The commission cited expected winter gas shortages and a peak allotment in St Louis County of about 31.9 million cubic feet, with demand higher, justifying the limit.
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Missouri Public Service Commission
Laclede Gas Light Company
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Automatic Firing Corperation
Laclede Gas Light
Federal Power Commission
Missouri Psc
St.ouis County
Polish mechanic leaves Ellis Island for Detroit marriage bond posted
A 25 year old Polish mechanic,Tadeusz Laturski, left Ellis Island for Detroit after posting a $500 bond to immigration authorities. His fiancee, former Army nurse Cecilia Murray, 24, of Detroit, supplied the bond and an affidavit of support, allowing him to depart with $9 in his pocket from Poland’s authorized $16 limit.
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New York
Ellis Island
Detroit
Tadeusz S. Laturski
Warsaw
Poland
Cecilia M. Murray
Landlord Proposes Rent Hike for Wasted Food in Palmetto
Palmetto Florida landlord T F Taylor owner of a four unit building threatened to raise rents for tenants who waste food. In a letter to the Bradenton Herald he argued those who can buy good food and throw it away can afford more rent and urged garbage collectors to report waste to city officials.
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Palmetto, Fla
Palmetto
T. F. Taylor
Bradenton Herald
Prosecutor Denounces Reversal in Tiedt 1945 Conviction
In St Joseph Missouri Prosecutor O R Newcomer blasts the Missouri Supreme Court for reversingCharles H Tiedts death sentence in a triple slaying calling the ruling outrageous and shocking He plans to seek Stigalls help as special prosecutor in a new trial and notes the defense lawyers acted pro bono amid motions to relieve counsel by Landis Pope and Litvak The case involves the slaying of two sons and a daughter in law and a Hamilton resident demands speedy retrial
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ST. Joseph, Mo
O. R. Newcomer
Missouri Supreme Court
Charles H. Tiedt
Tiedt
Louis V. Stigall
Supreme Court
Newcomer
Stigall
State Highway Department
Lave
Parole Bid Rejected for St. Louis Auto Dealer
F Wells Shearer a former auto dealer once claiming the fourth largest agency in the world was denied parole by U S District Attorney Drake Watson. Shearer has served about 90 days of a two year term for income tax evasion and will be eligible again on May 4 after serving one third of his sentence.
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ST. Louis
F. Wells Shearer
Federal
U. S
Drake Watson
Watson
Washington, D. C
Edward P. Felker
Shearer
Terre Haute
Ind
Felker
George H. Moore
Missouri Bar Group to Meet Here This Week
The Evidence Code committee of the Missouri Bar association was appointed by President Charles M. Blackmar to reduce unwritten rules of evidence to a written code. Charles L. Carr was re appointed chairman. The first meeting will be in Jefferson City at the Supreme Court on December 11 and 12 with Prof Charles L. Cullen and Prof Carl C. Wheaton named to the leadership and members.
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Evidence Code Committee
Missouri Bar Association
Charles M. Blackmar
Kansas City
Missouri
Charles L. Carr
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Charles L. Cullen
Washington University Law School
St. Louis
Carl C. Wheaton
Missouri University
Columbia
Foreign Aid Bill Receives Extended House Debate
The House approved a measure to empower the President to limit the impact of foreign relief on U S prices and supplies as officials said the four year Marshall Plan cost estimate ranges from 15.7 to 18.3 billion dollars. A lengthy debate blocked final passage and amendments to curb aid spending, while a conference committee will reconcile differences with the Senate.
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Washington
House
Truman
U. S
Congress
France
Italy
Austria
China
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Martin
Rmass
Republican Policy Committee
Harriman
Huge Damage Suit Follows Car Wreck
Frances Kennett seeks damages totaling 50000 from Heisinger Motor company after a 1 am April 27 collision on Locust and McCarty streets. Injuries include permanent left facial paralysis and impaired eyesight with disfiguring scars. The suit names Orville Gibler as the wrecker driver and Joy Shryock as the car operator.
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Frances Kennett
Heisinger Motor Company
Circuit Court
Joy Shryock
McCarty
Orville Gibler
Locust and
Jefferson City
Celetus Hoffmeyer
Hoffmeyer
Henry John Wegmann
Belleville
Ill
Wegmann
Hunger strike spreads among 1018 inmates on McNeil Island
Prisoners in the main building of the McNeil Island Federal penitentiary protest meatless Tuesdays and eggless Thursdays. Warden P J Squier notes the second building’s 500 inmates have not yet heard of the action, as the rebellion remains isolated from the main group on Puget Sound island.
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Mcneil Island
Wash
Federal Penitentiary
P. J. Squier
Puget Sound
Secretary Anderson Sees Meat Rationing Likely
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson hinted Congress may approve meat rationing powers sought by President Truman. He said other lawmakers could favor a limited rationing plan and noted the wheat export program discussion while defending foreign aid. He cited the 1.407 billion bushels wheat crop and a planned 450 million bushels export.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Congress
Truman
Anderson
Europe
Sen
Taft
New York
National Production and Marketing Administration
Madame Sun Denies Romance With U S Army Captain
Madame Sun Yat Sen denies a Washington Columnist claim of a romance with Gerald Tannebaum, Baltimore native and head of the China Welfare Fund. Pearson defends his report while Tannebaum's family calls the rumors false and notes prior meetings during radio station work.
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Shanghai
Dec
Madame Sun Yat-Sen
China's Republic
Washington
Drew Pearson
U.S. Army
Gerald Tannebaum
Baltimore
China Welfare Fund
Madame Sun
Pearson
Tannebaum
Budd Tannebaum
Gerald
Car Thefts Linked To Algoa Escapees
State Patrol links two car thefts in Missouri to escapees from Algoa Reformatory. A 1936 Ford coach stolen at Freeburg belonged to George Redel. another car taken at Westphalia belonged to Fred Grunnert. Three of five inmates have been recaptured. two remain at large and are suspected in these thefts.
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Westphalia
Folk
Missouri
Freeburg
George Redel
Fred Grunnert
Algoa_ Reformatory
Plane Forced Down At Lebanon Airport In Icing Incident
A converted C-47 landed at Lebanon airport after icing and radio failure. The aircraft carried Col. C. Sherman and Marion Ewing of California en route from Augusta Georgia to Dallas Texas. The plane circled for an hour before landing last night.
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Lebanon
Col. C. Sherman
Marion Ewing
Truman Seeks Expanded Powers to Allocate Key Goods
Congress receives the administration plan to ration meat, gasoline and other commodities, buy the entire wheat crop, and extend export controls through March 1950. Republicans say the proposal is too expansive and push alternative steps focusing on voluntary price controls and export oversight.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Senate Judiciary
The
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Missouri Snow Forecast Shifts Across State
A light snow event yesterday left Jefferson City white on the ground as freezing temperatures loom. The system moves from Kansas into Northern Missouri with rain and possible ice in the south. clearing tonight. Expect 32 to 42 degrees. Kansas reports include Concordia 4 inches, Garden City 1 inch, Ellis 2 inches, Topeka 2 inches, Dodge City 4 inches, Wichita 3 inches.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
John C. Hovde
Concordia
Garden City
Ellis and
Topeka
Dodge City
Wichita
State School Aid Plan Approved by Advisory Group
A Missouri citizens’ advisory committee approved a compromise method for distributing state school aid and handed the plan to a joint legislative committee led by Sen. C. R. Hawkins. The panel will translate the report into bills for the January General Assembly. The plan links state aid to local taxes, with a two level formula and higher weights for teachers with advanced degrees.
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Citizens’ Advisory
Missouri
Sen
C. R. Hawkins
Brumley
Hawkins
General Assembly
Rock Island Told to Run On Time by Supreme Court
The Missouri PSC ordered the Rock Island railroad to continue two daily mixed trains between St Joseph and Trenton while urging tighter schedules. The commission noted losses and blamed overtime for lateness, citing protests that on time service could boost business. An auditor showed a $157 net profit in 1946 and a $5,556 loss in nine months of the current year.
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Missouri Public Service Commission
Rock Island Railroad
St. Joseph
Trenton
PSC
Landlord Arrested Over Heat Complaint in 30-Unit Building
ST LOUIS December 9 AP. The owner of a three story 30 family apartment house is in custody suspected of violating a city heat ordinance by failing to provide 70 degree daytime warmth. Two tenants filed complaints. one said her apartment has stayed below the minimum every day for three years. Police report thermometers read 58 and 40 in two units. The landlord blamed a breakdown of the heating system yesterday.
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ST. Louis
Thomas Brown
Marine Corps establishes first helicopter squadron at Quantico
The Marine Corps announces the commissioning of HMK-1 at Quantico Virginia as its first helicopter squadron. The unit will operate four and ten place helicopters and will focus on experimental work with deliveries expected in January.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Quantico
India Pakistan reach agreement on partition issues
New Delhi Deputy PM Sardar Vallabhai Patel told the Constituent Assembly that India and Pakistan have resolved all outstanding partition issues. In Chicago International Harvester announced price increases averaging about five percent will take effect tomorrow on most products.
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New Delhi
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Indian Constituent Assembly Today
India
Pakistan
Dominions
Chicago—International Harvester Company
Funeral held for Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler at Columbia
Seven thousand mourners paid final tribute today at services on the Columbia University campus for Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler who headed the university for 44 years. The ceremony drew prominent figures and followed his long tenure as a leading educator and diplomat.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Distillers Ask Grain Conservation Plan After Shutdown
Washington spokesmen for the whisky industry unanimously urge the government to draft a grain conservation program. They want the plan to take effect when the 60 day shutdown ends December 25.
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Washington
National Guard hits 201 041 strength near wartime peak
The National Guard announced a November 30 strength of 201 041 members, the highest pre war figure aside from 1940 when the force reached 242 000 as the European conflict threatened to widen.
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Washington
National Guard
German police warn against listing home addresses in death notices
In Hamburg police say burglars target homes of widows and mourners at funerals. Residents in the British zone are advised not to publish full home addresses in death notices to deter theft.
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Hamburg
Germany
Joint Mexico U S foot and mouth disease commission action
The joint Mexican U S foot and mouth disease commission agreed to day to strengthen its defense lines in a renewed effort to keep the disease from spreading Northward toward the United States.
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Washington
United States
Eight-Year-Old Killed Crossing Street in Webb City
Lawrence Arlen Schutter, 8, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Schutter, died after being struck by a car near his Webb City home while on his way to a grocery. The driver, Rev G O Roberts of Tulsa, was en route to Tulsa with a brother from St Louis. Coroner Dawson W Derfelt called the accident unavoidable.
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Webb
City
Lawrence Arlen Schutter
Theodore Schutter
G. O. Roberts
Tulsa
Okla
St. Louis
Dawson W. Derfelt
American C-47 Crash Landing Reported Near Attica Greece
Rome Ciampino officials prepare dawn search for an American C-47 that crash landed en route to Athens from Rome. Details on those aboard are unavailable. sources cite Lt. Col. Gowerd as pilot with Capt. McMurray co pilot and Sgt. Willis and Sgt. Barnes as crew.
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Rome
Ciampino
Attica
Greece
Athens
Gowerd
McMurray
Willis
Barnes
Trumans Host 2600 at White House Press Reception
President and Mrs. Truman hosted the second annual White House reception for members of the Press Radio and Photographers Association in Washington. A total of 2,600 guests including spouses attended and the Trumans steadily greeted each visitor at the event.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Press, Radio, and Photographers Association
Rent Control Extension Bill Introduced by Rep Bakewell
Rep Bakewell of Missouri introduced legislation to extend government rent controls for one year beyond the February 29 1948 expiration date. The move aims to stabilize housing costs amid postwar shortages and rising rents.
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Washington
Rep. Bakewell
R-Mo
British Troops Deployed Among Jews and Arabs
British troops with shoot-to-kill orders moved into the Tel Aviv Jaffa border area to end 10 days of clashes. A dusk-to-dawn curfew, house arrests, and police patrols were imposed as 240 dead across the Middle East were tallied, with registration offices flooded by Jews seeking manpower for security posts.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Palestine
Tel Aviv- Jaffa
No Man’s Land
Haifa
Aden
Syria
Associated Press
Middle East
United Nations
Hussein Khalidi
U. N
Russia Receives Surplus Equipment Seized by War Assets
Congressional investigators report over 17 million dollars of machinery made for Russia and earmarked for Soviet shipment sits in East and Midwest War Assets Administration warehouses. An official says the material is being processed for sale as surplus. Investigator Edward Fine, Jr. cites more than 2 million in the Cleveland area. Equipment includes oil refinery and mining gear plus milling machines cranes and locomotives.
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Washington
Russia
War Assets Administration
East
Middle West
WAA
Edward Fine, Jr
House
Rizley
R-Okla
Cleveland
New Boonville Building Program Aims to Lift Morale
Missouri Welfare League hears plans for a $834000 building program at the Boonville Training School for Boys. Director Louis J. Sharp says cottage dormitories for about 30 inmates each will help separate boys by disposition and background. The facility now houses 450 in eight buildings, hindering segregation and reform efforts.
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ST. Louis
Boonville
Louis J. Sharp
Missouri
Missouri Welfare League
Sharp
Robert Shockley Fined for Illegal Doves Charge
Robert Shockley was fined ten dollars and costs by Magistrate Foster Wheatly late yesterday afternoon on charges of illegal possession of doves during a closed season.
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Robert Shockley
Foster Wheatly
Weather Outlook for Missouri and Regions
Partly cloudy in the West with a mix of snow in the Northeast and rain in the Southeast. Wednesday night through Thursday morning shows generally fair conditions with little temperature change. Highs Wednesday around 42 degrees.
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Missouri
R.sreenedl
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Algoa
John Bracken
Clayton
Robert Lowry
Aurora
Citizens’ Committee
City of
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