Missouri House Backs Truck Mill Tax Proposal
The Missouri house backed a truck mill tax bill by a 72 to 49 vote, sending it toward passage in the chamber. The plan would charge operators 4 to 14 mills per mile based on weight, with an estimated 12 million dollars in revenue for road costs. Local and out-of-state trucks face registration and mileage reporting, aiming to ensure heavier trucks pay fairer shares. the measure faces hurdles in the senate before summer break.
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Western deputies seek reply to four power talks in Washington
Western lawmakers meet in Paris trying to frame a response to Russia on a four power foreign ministers conference set for July 28 in Washington. An American spokesman hints a reply may come today as Russia pushes to discuss the North Atlantic pact and U S bases in Europe and North Africa. President Truman, a 33rd degree Mason, travels to Alexandria Virginia for a lodge meeting, spending about an hour with Masons at the George Washington Masonic Temple.
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Russia
Washington
United States
Europe
North Africa
Truman
Blair House
Alexandria
Alexandria- Washington
George Washington Masonic Temple
Weather Forecast for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Considerable cloudiness with possible showers today and tomorrow. Warmer today with highs around 75 to 80 degrees. Missouri River and Osage River readings vary with slight changes. Lake of the Ozarks near 1.55 inches and falling 0.3 inches. Temperatures trend up but statewide data shows minor fluctuations across towns including Jefferson City and Hermann.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri River
Kansas City
Beonville
Hermann
Osake
Lake of the Ozarks
Thomas Visenseseeeeey
White Deer Twister Strikes Texas Town Searing Damage
A large white tornado ripped White Deer Texas injuring 15 to 20 people and leaving three missing. Homes were destroyed or damaged and one school was leveled. Rescue crews faced impassable roads as Santa Fe Railway dispatched trains and National Guard and Red Cross teams mobilized for relief.
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White Deer
Tex
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Pampa
National Guard
Red Cross
Bus and Truck Lobbyists Decline House Intro
Missouri House witnesses heated scene as lobbyists refuse public introduction in the gallery. Rep Tom A Shockley seeks to name them, prompting Speaker Roy Hamlin to quip. The chamber approves a $5000 expense for a special committee to probe truckers and lobbyists starting June 22.
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House of Representatives
House
Tom A. Shockley
Pulaski County
Roy Hamlin
Marion County
Russian Troops Drill Near Iran Amid Oil Crisis
A Tehran source said Russia staged large maneuvers near Iran on both sides of the Caspian Sea citing tanks artillery and planes. Western officials doubted the claim noting border garrisons of about 60 000 troops. The report coincides with Iran Britain oil nationalization tensions and may reflect nerve warfare or pressure over negotiations.
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Iran
Caspari Sea
Keyhan
Britain
Missouri Military Code Overhaul Signed
Gov Forrest Smith signed a bill updating Missouri military code to strengthen the governor as commander in chief and align the state military council with the National Guard. Another measure transfers Waynesville General Hospital from state control to Pulaski County, a battle recurring since WWII era demands and prior funding gaps.
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Forrest Smith
Missouri
State Military Council
National Guard
Waynesville General Hospital
Pulaski County
Ft. Leonard Wood
Governor Forrest Smith Criticizes Defense Funds Cut
Governor Forrest Smith said $200,000 is insufficient for Missouri's two year civilian defense program, expressing disappointment at Senate action reducing the defense appropriation from $500,000 to $200,000. He warned a conference committee must increase the allotment to meet Washington's demands.
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Forrest Smith
Senate
Washington
Ralph W. Hammond
Seven German war criminals executed at Landsberg
Seven Nazi war criminals were hanged by the U.S. Army at Landsberg prison for mass murders tied to Hitler's racial extermination policy. The executed include Generals Oswald Pohl Otto Ohlendorf Erich Naumann and Colonels Werner Braune Paul Blobel and Hans Schmidt along with SS Sergeant Georg Schallermair and SS Lieutenant Hans Schmidt. The executions followed rejected mercy appeals by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Germany
United States Army
Hitler
United States Supreme Court
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Oswald Pohl
Warsaw Ghetto
Otto Ohlencorf
Soviet Union
Erich Naumann
Georg Schallermair
Muehlendorf
Dachau
Gargotta Snubs Tulsa Police In Court Appearance
Gus Gargotta, a Kansas City gambler accused of muscling in on Tulsa rackets, denied state vagrancy charges in Common Pleas Court. He bonded out at 100 dollars and claimed he works in the produce business. Tulsa deputies continue to hunt alleged confederates Anthony Billellio and Homer Cooper as Gargotta denies links.
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Okla
Gus Gargotta
Kansas City
Gargotte
Common Pleas
Lewis C. Johnson
Bruce Lovelace
Anthony Billellio
Homer Cooper
Gargotta
Charles Gargotta
Three Fishermen Get Four Weekends in Jail
Three fishermen James McCarthy Francis Partridge and J B Ware were fined 50 each and sentenced to four weekend jail terms after being arrested for using trammel nets. Conservation agents also confiscated three nets and an outboard motor. The men appeared before Magistrate A M Olmstead in St Joseph Missouri on June 6 AP.
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Conservation Commission
A. M. Olmstead
James McCarthy
Francis Partridge
J. B. Ware
Truman to seek record $7 billion for military buildup
Washington reports President Truman plans to ask Congress for a $7 billion authorization to fund the largest military expansion in U.S. history. Congressional sources say details and funding requests for the global base expansion will be presented later this month.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Congressional
U. S
Allied Forces Break Through Near Chorwon in Korea
Allied troops surged from the hills toward Chorwon in North Korea, seizing high ground and pushing toward Kumhwa as they inch closer to the Red “iron triangle.” A field dispatch notes heavy fighting, with 800 bodies on a hill and Chinese resistance remaining stubborn.
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Tokyo
Iron Triangle
North Korea
Chorwon
U. N
Thorwon
Kumhwa
Yonchon
Pyongyang
Bunson
Bell Telephone and CIO Strike End in St Louis Pact
Representatives of Southwestern Bell Telephone and the CIO Communications Workers union signed a new contract after workers in St Louis and other cities went on strike. Agreement on terms was reached early Tuesday morning and the strike was quickly called off.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
CIO Communications Workers Union
WSB Approves 4-Cent Wage Increase for GM Workers
The 18 member wage stabilization board unanimously approved a 4 cent hourly rise for 350,000 General Motors workers. The move applies to other auto workers if employers match the increase without price increases. GM said no car price changes would accompany the raise. Ford and Packard asked for bonuses tied to productivity but would need price adjustments. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston urged a tough hold-the-line stance with limits on productivity bonuses and wage hikes.
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Packard Motor Companies
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Wage Stabilization Board
Detroit
Seven Central Missouri veterans to arrive in Seattle aboard Meigs
Seven Korean War veterans from Central Missouri are set to land in Seattle aboard the transport General M. C. Meigs Saturday. The group includes M/Sgt. Joseph L. Harris of Jefferson City and Sgt. Charles F. Martin of Boonville, among 3,759 combat veterans in the third and largest rotation to reach Seattle since May.
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Seattle
Wash
M. C. Meigs
Joseph L. Harris
Walnut Street
Jefferson City
Kenneth R. Barrarick
Belle
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Elbert D. Pardlow
California
Walter W. Strein
Jamestown
Kenneth W. Thornton
New Franklin
Robert G. Bribble
Mexico
Charles F. Martin
Boon
Possible Rain and Warmer Weather for Central Missouri
Central Missourians can expect considerable cloudiness and possible showers today with warmer temperatures forecast. Rain is also possible tomorrow as the weatherman notes a high near 75 to 80 degrees for today, after yesterday’s peak of 74 at 1 p.m. and a midnight low around 65.
Tulsan seeks $5 bet as oil fortune claim grows
Ted Webber of Tulsa hunts Ray Restione of Wood Ridge New Jersey for payment of a $5 wager made nearly ten years ago. Restione, 29, a New Jersey Bell employee, says he would gladly pay but questions the million dollar claim and plans to visit Riley in Des Moines to settle the matter.
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Ted Webber
Tulsa
Okla
Ray Restione
Ridgewood
N. J
Drake University
Webber
Restione
Robert Riley
Ray
Riley
Wood Ridge
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
Newark
North Avenue
Wood-Ridge
Kansas City
Drake
Soldier among four killed in Highway 66 crash
Ft Leonard Wood identified Pvt. Ross A Wardlaw 23 of Aubrey Texas as the soldier killed in a crash on Highway 66 along with three teenage girls from Richland Missouri. The post notes he is the 14th Fort member to die on the route since reactivation last August. The victims were Mabel Donaldson Pauline Henry and Mattie Bell Emgard.
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Waynesville
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ross A. Wardlaw
Aubrey
Texas
Mabel Donaldson
Pauline Henry
Mattie Bell Emgard
Richland
Wardlaw
Policy Is Reflected in War Operations
Secretary of State Acheson told senators the United Nations allies agreed on a political objective in Korea and that military operations reflect that decision. The discussion covered the 38th parallel, pace of the drive, armistice possibilities, and prior warnings of North Korean attack in 1950. Acheson cited consensus among MacArthur HQ, CIA, Army intelligence, and State Department on a potential North Korean offensive as not imminent in 1950.
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Korea
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Bevin
United States
Tokyo
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Peoples Army
North Korea
MacArthur
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Army Intelligence
State Department
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Formosa
George
Cannon Predicts Truman Will Seek Office Again
Rep Cannon of Missouri predicts President Truman will run for president next year and secure the Democratic nomination. As chair of the appropriations committee he said his forecast aims to outpace radio pundits. He urged his remark is based on public record and reads newspapers.
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Truman
Rep. Cannon
DMO
House Today
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
AWOL Soldiers Escape Sedalia Jail Then Are Rekaptured
Sedalia police were shocked when State Trooper Glen Means stopped two AWOL soldiers near Warsaw, Missouri. Paul Paxton of Sedalia and Fred Joyce of Des Moines had escaped from Sedalia jail after allegedly picking a cell lock. They told Means they had fled from Camp Polk, Louisiana, and were rebooked into Sedalia jail.
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Sedalia
Glen Means
Paul Paxton
Fred Joyce
Des Moines
Warsaw
Means
Camp Polk
Senate restores funds to state hospitals and agencies
The Senate appropriations committee restored sizable funds for four state mental hospitals and approved a house bill funding the state corrections department and other institutions. Net cuts totaled 2,050,890 below the house total, leaving 28,567,040 in the measure. Hospitals funded include Fulton, Nevada, Farmington, and St. Louis, with no restoration for St. Joseph. A new 450,000 laundries at St. Louis was added. Both measures head to conference committees.
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Senate
House
State Hospital No. 1
Fulton
Nevada
Farmington
St. Louis State Hospital
St. Joseph
St. Louis Hospital
Department of Public Health and Welfare
Happy Chandler Resigns as Baseball Commissioner
Albert B. Chandler announced his resignation as baseball commissioner contingent on club owners accepting a self promised severance contract for his protection. He added no resignation date was set.
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New York
Albert B
Happy
Chandler
Fire on Seattle Rooftop Sparks Dramatic Alarm
In Seattle a rooftop blaze started by sparks from a coal furnace alarmed residents who cried fire as engine and ladder companies arrived. Firemen climbed to the roof but could not halt the blaze before it burned a hole, leaving the firefighters' faces soot smeared on their wagons.
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Seattle
Engine Company No. 9
Fire Department
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