New Year reflections and political notes in 1940
The column surveys tax dues reminders, city politics, and Republic of 1940 prospects. It notes Mayor Bryce Smith’s resignation, John D. Taylor’s bid for Attorney General, stock market shifts, and calls for tax readiness. It cites Drennon as Kansas City business manager and Roosevelt’s rising popularity. It closes with a mix of political forecasts and prudent resolutions for 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Smith
Kansas City
William Drennon
Perry Cuckingham
Saginaw
Michigan
Nyennon
Drennon
Swank
Peace rumors and winter weather in national notes
A Kansas City edition highlights bank clearings at 115,600,000 and peace rumors in Europe. It mentions Connie Mack and the Philadelphia team, Missouri political ambitions for Attorney General, and Hoover aid to Finland. Snow boosts crop prospects, railroad wrecks in Germany sparked by nonhuman causes, and calls for a World Union of Democracies. Also reports on a large Odd Fellows initiation, traffic safety progress, Sweden aiding Finland, and a Montreall county official’s death.
Veteran hunter recalls lifelong deer hunts and epic Western memories
Eighty seven year old Tom Peacock hunted this season with his own packbasket and rifle, keeping pace with much younger companions though he saw no deer. His grandson Tomas Stainback tagged along as Peacock recalled past big game adventures from Colorado elk to Canadian moose and a bear encounter, all rooted in the Adirondack story of the hunter who started at 13 with a flint lock musket.
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Saranac Lake
Tom Peacock
Tomas Stainback
Tom
North America
Canada
Rockies
Colorado
McKenzies
Leadville
Col
Peacock
John Brown
Lake Placid
Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Harpers’ Ferry
Industrial Research and Development Conference in Missouri
The industrial research and development conference will be held at the Missouri hotel January 12 and 13 drawing chamber of commerce leaders from across the state. Dwight Bedell announced plans for five two hour periods with lectures and discussions led by Frank Russell Earl Brown L D Jones Morris Thompson and Bedell. An open house and informal dinner are planned with delegates arriving Friday for a 10 20 a m session.
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Missouri Hotel
Chambers of Commerce
Dwight Bedell
Incal
N. R. Beagle
Don Riley
Fred Bassman
Frank Russell
Hannibal
Earl Brown
Joplin
L. D. Jones
Kirksville
Morris Thompson
Trenton
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
C. of C
John Guild
Jefferson City
Texas County Physician Cancels Debts Owed Him
Dr. J. R. Womack, longtime Texas county physician and coroner, announced he is canceling all debts for medical services totaling over $3200. He stated any payments received will be turned to the relief fund. Womack, a 46 year local practitioner and former state legislator, spoke from Houston Missouri.
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George W. Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Anne
Roosevelt
Houston
J. R. Womack
Texas County
Womack
The
Ozarks
Aunt of Marion Talley Found Dead in Home
Emma B. Steele 68 was found dead in a Kansas City apartment after a barking dog at the door alerted police. She was an aunt of opera singer Marion Talley, sister of Miss Talley’s mother, with several siblings named. Funeral services will be conducted here Friday afternoon.
Veteran hunter Peacock recalls deadly tally and restless life
A gnarled veteran recounts decades of hunting across Canada, the Rockies, and Adirondacks. He claims to have downed nine deer in one afternoon and killed bears, mountain lions, antelope, goats, and wildcats on the continent. At 17 he left a New York City store to become a professional hunter and guide, guiding his grandson’s testimony of his skill. Now, with deer season closed, Peacock awaits next year and the chance for a well-pointed buck.
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New York City
Canada
Rockies
Adirondacks
Peacock
KWOS Radio Schedule Listing 1310 Kilocycles Daily Programs
A detailed daily station schedule lists program times and show titles from early morning to late evening including religious talks music blocks news segments sports and special features with host names and orchestral programs. The text catalogues programs such as Morning Melodies News Birthday Bells Tonic Tunes Lovers of music and a wrestling match Lou Thesz versus Len Macaluso among others.
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Grady Cantrell
Wilson Ames
Sam
Hawthorne Garden Club
United Press News
HMBS
Name the Bands
the Kidoodlers
Harmony Hall
Master’s Music Room
TMBS
Edith Raye
IMBS
Salon Orchestra
Harry Horlick
Walt
Joe Reichman
Chase Club Orchestra
Orchestral Echoes
Lou Thesz
Len Macaluso
End of Pendergast Era Shocks Missouri Politics
Missouri’s 1939 political year ended with the fall of the Pendergast machine. Gov. Lloyd C. Stark denounced crime ties and enforced changes across state departments, court appointments, and the police, signaling a major shift as reform candidates emerged and voters spoke through renewed public interest. The era’s end reshaped alliances and energized campaigns for 1940.
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Missouri
Associated Press
Ed Mills
John
Roy McKittrick
McKittrick
John Public
Lloyd C. Stark
Pike County
Pendergast
Alliance of Crime and Politics
Kansas City
Jackson County
W. W. Graves
Stark
Capitol
Police Department
Circuit
Cru
St. Louis
Six Platte Countians Hurt in Auto Crash
Six residents of Platte County were injured in a car collision when their auto side swiped a truck. The injured include George Sharp Jr. and his wife, Evelyn, and their children, plus Mrs Gilbet Brickler and children. George Sharp Jr. and Evelyn Sharp were taken to a St Louis area hospital. Sharp said he swerved to avoid a car that pulled in front of him.
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St, Louis
Der
Platte County
George Sharp, Jr
Dearborn
Evelyn
Gilbert Brickler
Platte City
Two Pattonsburg Men Injured in Collision
In Pattonsburg Missouri on December 27 two men from Pattonsburg were critically hurt when their cars collided on U S highway 69 as one car exited a filling station. Cleo Burton suffered head injuries while Ed Hutchinson endured head and chest injuries. The other car carrying California bound passengers included Esther Wilhelm Bessie Moore and O M McElwain, all listed as minor injuries.
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Pattonsburg
California
Cleo Burton
Helen. Groth
Pasadena
Califf
Burton
Ed Hutchinson
Esther Wilhelm
West Los Angeles
Bessie Moore
Los Angeles
O. M. McElwain
Bushnell
Peanut Harvest Boosts Atascosa County Output in 1939
In 1939 about 35 000 acres of peanuts were harvested in Atascosa county Texas yielding roughly 15 bushels per acre with a market value near 500 000 dollars.
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Atascosa County
Texas
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Kelly Pool
Nii Cetelde
John D. Taylor
Charlton County
Padgett
Mize
Medwick
Cardinals
van Swertigen Brothers
Missouri Pacific
United States
Institute of Public Opinion
Union
Europe
Connie Mack
Philadelphia
Connie
Kay Mabee
Unionville
Herbert Hoover
Finland
Germany
Hitler
Odd Filows Hodge
George S. Starret
Columbia
Cole County
Sweden
World Union of Democracies
Rumania
Russia
Bessarabia
Balkan
Charles
Social Security Commission
Fulton
Callaway
McCredie
Uncle Sam
Springfield
Democratic Committee
Greene County
Women Democratic Club
New York
Marion Talley
Howard Folieger
Tom Pendergast
State Capitol
Tom’s
Capitol of
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Moerschel
NEW Lemon Soda
Peter James
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