City Inspector Bans Elks Home For VFW Party
City Inspector A. A. Bassman ruled the Elks building at 203 East Capitol Avenue unsafe for a large Christmas party under repair. VFW co chairmen L. B. Pratt and William Renner planned a gathering for four to five hundred veterans from Cole County, but will move the event to another venue or club rooms due to hazards and underpinned structure.
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A. A. Bassman
Cochairmen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elks
Bassman
L. B. Pratt
William Renner
VFW
Schell
East Capitol Avenue
Pratt
Cole County
El Salvador President ousted in coup after fighting
Guatemala reports a military coup unseating President Salvador Castaneda Castro after a day of clashes. Castaneda detained at Zapote Fort following his reported resignation. Four Latin American governments had fallen earlier, with no clear successor yet. U.S. embassy says no American casualties or property damage. Normal life resumed as buses ran and stores reopened.
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Guatemala
Salvador Castaneda Castro
el Salvador
Costa Ria
Paraguay
Peru
Venezuela
Castaneda
Zapote Fort
San Salvador
U. S
American editors name Truman year of the year
The Year publication selects Harry S. Truman as man of the year, with Joseph Stalin second. Other top figures include Secretary Marshall, Senator Vandenberg, Paul G. Hoffman, Dwight Eisenhower, Thomas E. Dewey, Chiang Kai Shek, Bevin, and Marshal Tito.
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Los Angeles
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Reporte
Marshall
Vandenberg
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Dwight Eisenhower
Thomas FE. Dewey
Chiang Kai-Shek
Bevin
Marshal Tito
Missouri Film Shown in Germany Sparks Homesickness
A Missouri film shown in eastern Germany educates German citizens about American democracy and is to be shown in major zone cities. Officers note it causes nostalgia among Americans, especially Missourians, stationed there. FP M Robertson reports the film The Year’s at the Spring in Missouri is received well despite the homesick feeling it evokes.
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Missouri
Germany
U.S
Division of Resources and Development
FP. M. Robertson
American Zone Transport Division
Defense 10 Be Tightened Defense 10 Be Tightened
The article discusses merging the Air National Guard with the Air Force Reserve, noting the Reserve has 659 units but only 353 operational, the ANG has 491 units either organized or forming, and a authorized total of 514 by 1952. It outlines current roles of states and the federal government in supplying and paying guardsmen.
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Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve Program
Air Force Reserve
Air Force
Lincoln University Choir To Perform The Messiah
Junior College students and the Lincoln University Choir and Oratorio Orchestra will present Handel s The Messiah at a Yuletide assembly at 10 30 a m Thursday in the auditorium. Dean Joe Nichols invites all who wish to hear. Conductor C Anderson Fuller directs. Soloists include Joyce Thompson Gloria Hunter Clarence Moore and Emmett Timmons. Chorus numbers cast include And the Glory of the Lord For Unto Us A Child Is Born Glory To God In The Highest His Yoke Is Easy Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs and the Hallelujah.
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Lincoln University
Yuletide
Joe Nichols
C. Anderson Fuller
Music
Joyce Thompson
Gloria Hunter
Clarence Moore
Emmett Timmons
Hellelujah
Texas Prison Inmate Charged After Attack at Farm
ANGLETON Texas Dec 15 An inmate E C Jones 33 was charged with a serious case after confessing to head another prisoner Clarence William Redwine 38 whom Redwine had threatened to harm. The incident occurred Monday night at the prison farm according to Farm Warden I K Kelley.
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Angleton
Tex
I. K. Kelley
E. C. Jones
Clarence William Redwine
Redwine
W. W. Smith Repeats as Realty Board President
W. W. (Billy) Smith was reelected president of the Jefferson City Real Estate Board for 1949 at Tuesday night’s meeting. Thomas E. Allen became vice president, Francis W. Roer was elected secretary and treasurer, succeeding Leonard J. Noonan. New directors named include F. B. Newham L. W. Weiler Paul L. Stark John O. Newberry Arthur Raithel and Francis W. Roer.
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W. W
Billy) Smith
Jefferson City
Thomas E. Allen
Francis Ww. Roer
Roer
Leonard J. Noonan
F. B. Newham
L. W. Weiler
Paul L. Stark
John O. Newberry
Arthur Raithel
Francis W. Roer
Sedalia Mayor’s Wife Ada Bagby Dies in Kansas City
Mrs Ada Dunlap Bagby, wife of Sedalia Missouri Mayor Julian H Bagby, died in a Kansas City hospital today after a long illness.
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Kansas City
Ada Dunlap Bagby
Julian H. Bagby
Sedalia
More Troops Sent To Front In Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica reports trucks loaded with armed soldiers moving toward the northwest as the government fights an alleged invasion from Nicaraguan soil. The government and people hailed OAS reports that a mission would be sent to investigate, calling it a diplomatic triumph. The capital remained calm aside from the troop dispatch.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Washington
Council of the Organization of American States
Local residents enter hospital and note regional enrollment rise
Bob Crane of 1226 East Atchison Street checks into Barnes Hospital in St Louis today for a physical. His length of stay is undetermined. David Dean Rains, 718 Lafayette Street, is a Indiana University Bloomington student this semester as enrollment there climbs 23 percent in two years. Mr and Mrs R C Caplinger and daughter Ruth of 1004 Moreau Drive were summoned to Odessa due to the sudden illness of Mrs Caplinger's sister in law, Mrs W A Renick.
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Bob Crane
East Atchison Street
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
David Dean Rains
Lafayette Street
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Ind
R. C. Caplinger
Ruth
Moreau Drive
Odessa
Suspended sentence in liquor violation at Fulton court
Billy Ray Rippito of 203 Ash Street received a 60 day suspended jail term and $8.50 in court costs in Fulton magistrate court for a liquor law violation. He allegedly bought liquor for a minor at Hillcrest service station in Callaway County Tuesday night, and was arrested by Hollis Ketchum, assistant supervisor of liquor control.
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Billy Ray Rippito
Ash Street
Fulton
Rippito
Hillcrest
Callaway County
Hollis Ketchum
Five Cole Inductees To Stay For Holidays
Five Cole county youths were granted a reprieve from Induction Day due to the Christmas holidays. Induction for the five now is set for Tuesday December 28 after classification and reclassification by the Cole county draft board. The newly named state appeal board has not yet scheduled its first meeting.
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Jefferson City
Cole County
National Selective Service Headquarters
Lewis B. Hershey
Cole County Draft Board
State Appeal Board
HISS Indicted for Perjury by Grand Jury
The former Assistant Secretary of State Hiss was indicted for perjury. Testimony cited by Chambers linked a metallurgist from U S Steel and Col Boris Bykov as head of Russian underground here. Berle testified before the grand jury. Rebuses riddles from France are noted.
Mrs. Leo Michels Installed as Lioness Club President
Mrs. Leo Michels was installed Tuesday night as president of the Lioness club at a Jeffersonian dinner-dance attended by about 120 people. She succeeds Mrs. Hubert Harris. Also installed were Mrs Earl Shackelford as first vice president Mrs A D Boucher as second vice president Mrs Joe De Long as third vice president Mrs Hampton Ferris as secretary Mrs Al Barnes as treasurer and Mrs George Lord as mentor.
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Leo Michels
Lioness Club
Jeffersonian
Hubert Harris
Earl Shackelford
A. D. Boucher
Joe de Long
Hampton Ferris
al Barnes
George Lord
French Lingua in Military Terms Reflects History
A note observes that most military vocabulary used across forces is of French origin, tracing how terms entered service and shaped doctrine. It highlights influence from historic conflicts and the lasting impact on military communication and training.
Broad Farm Plan Outlined At Convention
Southern delegates won a first round compromise at the convention over farm price supports. The resolutions committee, split 15 to 14, sent the question to the Bureau's 21-member board for later decision. Southerners push a basic 90 percent parity for cotton and major crops when production controls were in effect.
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Convention — Resolutions Committee
Bureau
Aiken-Hope
Galaxy Star Mix Reveals Predominant White Bluer Stars
Astronomers report that about three quarters of all stars in the universe appear white or bluish white, indicating a dominant stellar population in the cosmos. The finding helps refine models of galaxy formation and star evolution.
Car Collision In Walnut Street Minor Accident
Police reported a minor crash on Walnut street at 12 45 p m when a car driven by Harry Schanuth 703 Jackson struck the rear of Mil dred Gietz 614 Kansas as the Gietz vehicle halted at a stop sign Both cars were moving southbound The damage was minor and no injuries were noted
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Harry Schanuth
Jackson
Mildred Gietz
Kansas
Gietz
Walnut Street
Car values noted in two makes with no injuries
Schhanuth's car valued at £35 and the Goetz car at $8 after a minor incident. No one was injured.
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Schhanuth
Goetz
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