Wear's Creek Survey Progress Signals Flood Plan
U S Engineers teams from Kansas City have only dented Wear's Creek work yet residents hear action is being taken. It will take at least a month to assemble reports for conferences with interested parties. A $25,000 federal allocation funds the flood control study for Jefferson City area. Public hearings would follow approvals, with city cooperation and possible shelving if federal funds fail.
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Wear's Creek
U. S. Engineers Office
Kansas City
G. A. Carriker
The
News and Tribune
Carriker
U. S. Congress
Jefferson City
Wear’s Creek
Lewis Pick
U. S. Army
Washington
D. C
Board of Engineers
Congress
A. B. Schermann
Waterways Bill Passes House For 31 Projects
The House approved a waterways bill totaling 107.76 million dollars for new rivers and harbors, plus 31 projects costing 20.89 million and 14 flood control schemes at 22.88 million. The measure authorizes construction with no funds included. Congress will decide funding later. Voice vote approved the passage. Notable flood control items include projects in the Missouri Arkansas river basin at Carthage and Monett and along the Mississippi below Cape Girardeau.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Missouri — Arkansas River
Carthage
Monett
Mississippi River
Cape Girardeau
Czech Minister Flees Prague After Coup
Pavel Blaho Slovakia posts minister fled Czechoslovakia after the February coup. He remained in office and belongs to the Freedom party, a small middle of the road group, announced by Prague radio.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Pavel
Blahon
Slovakia
Blaho
Freedom Party
Farm Price Support Plans Pushed By House Speaker
House Speaker Martin of Massachusetts said farm price supports must be continued before Congress adjourns June 19. He insisted a bill will pass to extend price supports essential for full production of food and fiber.
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Washington
House
Martin
Rmass
Congress
Boonville Escapee Richard Robb Recaptured
Richard Robb a 14 year old detainee at the State Training School for Boys in Boonville escaped Wednesday morning about 7 a.m. He was retaken late Wednesday afternoon by Boonville authorities with State Highway Patrol aid near the school.
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Boonville
Richard Robb
State Training School For Boys
State Highway Patrol
Boonvile
Local residents attend meetings and visits across states
Mr. and Mrs. L D Powell and Mr. and Mrs. J W Riner traveled to Kansas City for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies Auxiliary events honoring Maggie Deleplain, marking her 50th year in the order. Diane Agee left to visit Sedalia relatives, while Ray Aldridge plans a Lake of the Ozarks trip. Mrs. S P Loethen is hospitalized for observation and improving. Local families hosted dinner guests including Tyree Barnett and Addie McBurney. Several groups toured to El Dorado and Boonville areas, with 4 H clubs visiting Jefferson City for State Club Week in Columbia.
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L. D. Powell
Pierce Street
J. W. Riner
Havana
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railroad
R. T
Maggie Deleplain
Diane Agee
Ray Agee
East High
Sedalia
Raymond Wilder
E. A. Strelow
Crawford Price
Ripley County
Jefferson City
Capitol
Columbia
Pie patrons and visitors share holiday homecomings
Tommy Thompson arrives home on leave from New York to visit his father L. D. Thompson at 719 Madison. Miss Marceline Uhrman of Washington Missouri visits Miss Ronda Crismon at 219 Bolivar. Mrs H B Hudson returns from Kansas City to 728 Capitol Avenue after visiting Betty Hud. Mrs Vane Thurlo and daughter Joyce spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs H S Johnson at Brookfield.
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John Rank
Jackson
Virginia Witte
Washington, Mo
Henry Hartbauer
Tommy Thompson
New York
L. D. Thompson
Madison
Marceline Uhrman
Ronda Crismon
Bolivar
H. B. Hudson
Capitol Avenue
Kansas City
Betty Hudson
Vane Thurlo
Joyce
Oakwood
H. S. Johnson
Brookfield
Gov Donnelly Slashes Money Bill in 1948 Session
Governor Donnelly argues education must be funded while other state functions require support. He notes teachers deserve higher salaries but urges scrutiny of public school funds to ensure proper use. Action on the omnibus bill ends the governor’s 1948 legislative program.
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Donnelly
Sees No low mood For Quarter Century
Kansas City report quotes Owen D Young, retired industrial leader and adviser to presidents for 25 years. He says there is no economic low mood ahead, noting that fear and caution now exist and that public attentiveness may prevent another depression. He recalls 1928 1929 as times when optimism ran high.
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Kansas City
Owen D. Young
Deaths Frank M. Groose Dies at Eugene
Frank M. Groose, 80, retired miller, died Wednesday in Eugene Missouri. Born November 22, 1867 in Cole county, he is survived by a daughter Mrs N J Eliethermes of Eugene two sons Franklin and Fred Groose of Eugene a sister Lena of Henley and a brother Henry Groose of Henley.
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Eugene
Frank M. Groose
Cole County
N. J. Eliethermes
Franklin
Fred Groose
Lena
Henley
Henry Groose
Granny Nichols Dies in Cedar City
Margaret Elizabeth W Nichols aged 80 known as Granny Nichols died Wednesday at the home of Mr and Mrs W B Stone in Cedar City after four years illness and two months bedfast. She lived in Cedar City 45 years widow of Elmer E B Nichols. She leaves a son Lewis Nichols four daughters 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Cedar City.
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Margaret Elizabeth W Nichols
Lewis ‘Nichols
Cedar City
William B. Stone
Lawrence Northway
Bryant Carpenter
Clarence Case
John A Pleetz Dies at Milbrook in Russellville
John A Pleetz 81 died at his home near Milbrook after a 13 day illness. Born July 15 1867 near Stringtown he was son of Andrew and Margaret Pleetz. He married Betty Watts Sept 3 1929. A longtime farmer in Stringtown area he retired recently and belonged to St John Lutheran Church. Survived by his wife and several nieces and nephews.
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Russellville
John A. Pleetz
Milbrook
Stringtown
Andrew
Margaret Pleetz
Betty Watts
Pleetz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Senate Opens Debate on Five Year Peace Time Draft Bill
In Washington the Senate began consideration of a five year peace time draft to strengthen the armed forces. Senator Lodge argued the draft must be part of a broader program and not a guarantee against Communism. Gurney praised the bill as peace insurance while facing potential amendments on civil rights and segregation. House leaders slated hearings to prepare for floor action before adjournment, with no universal training provision and ongoing debates over force levels and regional support.
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Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Senate
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Langer
R-Nd
Truman
Capitol
House Rules Committee
House
Congress
Russia
Defense
Forrestal
United States
Paraguay Overthrown as Morinigo Government Falls
Buenos Aires dispatches report Paraguayan President Higinio Morinigo’s government toppled. Chief Justice Manuel Frutos reportedly assumes presidency, with Gonzales elected to take office August 15. Opposition factions and jailed dissidents amid a split Colorado party feed a volatile, multi-group power struggle.
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Buenos Aires
Higinio Morinigo
Asuncion
Telego Radio
Manuel Frutos
Juan Natalacio Gonzales
Morinigo
la Nacion
Formosa
Paraguay
Gonzales
Moriniga
Colorado Party
Colorado
Liberals
Febreristas
Argentina
Democratic
Morinigo era ends after 1947 Paraguayan revolt
Federico Chavez led a bid for nomination but refused peace talks until his faction could return. Morinigo, provisional in 1940 after Estigarriba’s death, became president in 1943. In 1947 Febrerista split from government, a March revolt sparked a five month civil war, ending with Liberal-Febrerista-Communist defeat and Colorado party sole control.
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Federico Chavez
Chavez
Morinigo
Jose Felix Estigarriba
Febrerista Party
Colorado Party
Proposed Site of Building Vetoed by State Government
The 62nd General Assembly adopted the bill to authorize a new state building but no appropriation has been made. A $2,000,000 request was placed in the 1947 omnibus appropriation but removed in the Senate in the final days. Governor Donnelly urged funding in 1947 for Senate Bill 121 as office conditions worsened.
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General Assembly
Senate
Donnelly
American Niagara Falls Surpass Canadian Falls in Height
A brief note states that the American side of Niagara Falls stands about 10 feet higher than the Canadian Falls. It highlights the comparative height difference and the geographic contrast between the two sides of the famous cascade.
F D R British Plan Revealed in War Strategy Talk
Washington June 3 AP Eight months before Pearl Harbor Robert Sherwood says Roosevelt and Britain had a joint grand strategy for U S entry into war. The Collier's article describes a plan to first defeat Germany then address Japan if Anglo American involvement occurred.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Britain
Robert Sherwood
Roosevelt
Collier’s Magazine
Congress
Great Britain
Sherwood
Collier’s
United States
Germany
Japan
River Pilot Dies at 54 in Kirkwood Hospital
Captain Murphy G. Smith, a riverboat master and pilot for thirty years, died at Marine hospital in Kirkwood after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 54. His death was reported today in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Murphy G. Smith
Marine Hospital
Kirkwood
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