School bonds voted on today for new central building
The bond issue seeks 45000 to build a Central ward school add an addition to Broadway and furnish two other city buildings. Voting venues include Fairview hotel Court house West End school Broadway Park school Moreau Heights and Washington school with polls open 6 am to 7 pm. Supporters urge urgency to prevent a future disastrous fire and protect children.
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Central Ward
Broadway
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Fairview Hotel
Court House
West End School
Park School
Fifth Ward
Moreau Heights School
Washington School
Friends of the
Central
Armed ships totaled 1369 to fight U boats, testifies admiral
Rear Admiral Ralph Earle testified before the Senate committee that 1,369 ships had been armed to combat submarines. He described the extent of the armed merchant fleet and the effort to deter U boat threats.
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International News Service
Washington
Ralph Earle
Senate
Hostile Planes Reported Destroyed at Dover
London officials announced that two of five hostile airplanes sighted at Dover were destroyed.
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International News Service
London
Dover
Landmann Chosen President of Commercial Club
Bert Landmann was yesterday named president of the Commercial Club at a directors meeting. A. A. Speer was elected vice president and Karl Meyer, a St. Louis newspaper man, was chosen secretary. Meyer's tenure lasts one month.
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Bert Landmann
Commercial Club
A. A. Speer
Karl Meyer
St. Louis
Meyer
Fifty Five Indicted in Texas Court Conspiracy Case
Dallas June 11 Fifty five men linked to the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy against the government. Seven counts appear in the indictment. W A Bergfeldt of Haskell a mail carrier was indicted for threatening the president. The group suspected of opposing the draft.
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International News Service
Dallas
Tex
Farmers and Laborers Protective Association
Federal Grand Jury
W. A. Bergfeldt
Haskell, Tex
Laborers’ Organization
Dynamite Found in Illinois Prison
Joliet Illinois June 11 enough dynamite was found in the penitentiary today to blow up the prison.
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Illinois
International News Service
Joliet
City Seeks Immediate Action on Unregistered Men
Governor Gardner received a telegram from Provost General Crowder stating that leniency is ended and nonregisters will face federal enforcement. Sheriff Richter offered cooperation and urged names of those who failed to register as Jefferson City eyes rapid arrests.
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Gardner
Crowder
Cole County
Jefferson City
Richter
Sheriff Richter
Bureau of the Census
Former Warden Asked to Locate Missing Prison Property
The Board of Prison Inspectors ordered Lee Jordan Lumber Co to refund 6250 for cement and sacks misbilling. Warden Painter was urged to locate 21 cases of enameled dishes 200 feet of garden hose and a lawn mower worth 1000 from McClung era records. Walter Cook and Terese Rice wed in Jefferson City.
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McAllister
Middlecamp
Hackmann
Lee Jordan Lumber Company
Lumber Company
Board of Inspectors
Painter
McClung
Board of Managers
Walter Cook
Ashland
Terese Rice
Jefferson City
Justice Goodall
Secretary of War interprets selective service law on arresting officers
A wartime ruling states that Section five of the selective service law requires compulsory registration by the arresting officer for each person convicted. The interpretation follows the secretary of war’s view that registration is mandatory at the moment of conviction.
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Secretary of War
City engineer urged changes to improve capitol area
A. A. Speer of the capitol commission asked council to lower High street in front of the capitol from Jefferson to Broadway by about two blocks and widen the corner at High and Washington by at least four feet. He argued the site’s low grade affects surroundings while John T. Short endorsed the plan. Speer also urged addressing smoke and soot before damage.
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A. A. Speer
Capitol Commission
High Street
Capitol Grounds
Jefferson Street
Broadway
Mr. Speer
John T. Short
Keet murderers sought nationwide amid vigilante hunts
Springfield Missouri June 11 word spread that the killers of Buddy Keet are being tracked from the Ozarks to Akron. Dock Piel is sought as a relative of Claude Piersol, an affidavit charges murder against Dick Carter, Scarface Riley remains at large east of Pennsylvania, and Blackie Ryan alias Fitzgibbons is jailed in East St. Louis. Vigilantes vow to avenge the death.
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International News Service
Springfield
Clews
Buddy” Keet
Ozarks
Akron
Dock” Piel
Claude Piersol
Hills
Dick Carter
Dr. Piersol
Scarface
Riley
Pennsylvania
Death of Ben Meyers Aged Bartender Rears Funeral planned
The funeral for Ben Meyers who died at his Main Street home will be held at St. Peter's Church tomorrow at 9 AM. He was 42 and known as a popular bartender at the Exchange bar for years. He is survived by his mother Mrs Agnes Meyers a brother Herman Meyers and a stepsister Mrs Schrant.
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Beners
Main Street
St. Peter's Chure
Meyers
Exchange
Agnes Meyers
Herman Meyers
Schrant
St. Louis
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Selective Service
Jordan Lumber CO
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E. High ST
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