Sugar rationing ends for homes effective midnight
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced the end of sugar rationing for household consumers at midnight Wednesday while price controls remain. Industrial users stay covered and all sugar controls expire Oct. 31 unless Congress acts. Institutional users such as hotels and restaurants are exempt.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Congress
House
House Banking Committee
Senate
McCarthy
Wise
Bricker
Ohio
Missouri Girl Claims Nude mural on City Hall wall
A Missouri girl, Elizabeth Tracy, admitted authorship of a WPA mural painted in 1938 at Medford city hall. Aldermen invited her to explain the piece, valued at about 20000 dollars, and asked her to restore it to its original condition after controversy over its nude figures.
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Medford
Mass
Missouri
Altermen
City Hall
Elizabeth Tracy
Stephens College
Stephens
Cooler Rain Likely Across Missouri Amid Cool Weather
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast across Missouri with cool, unusually low temperatures for the season. Highs range from 85 in the north to 75 in the south with potential locally heavy rain and minimal expected impact on swollen streams. A storm over Mexico drives the cool air, causing the unsettled weather. Churchill Undergoes Hernia Operation in London. doctors report satisfactory condition.
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Missouri
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Mid
Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Fishing Conditions Vary Across Oklahoma Lakes
The State Conservation Commission reports mixed fishing conditions. Lake Wappapello area shows awful conditions while Lake of the Ozarks is fair, Lake Taneycomo and Norfolk Lake are good, and streams like Long Creek Bull Creek Swan Creek and Beaver Creek run well. North Fork River Little North Fork Bryant Creek yield black bass jack salmon and crappie, with Wappapello clear but poor fishing as the dam stays closed and the Black River above the lake remains murky.
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Awful
Lake Wappapeilo
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake Taneycomo
Norfolk Lake
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Taneycomo
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Little North Fork
Bryant Creek
Wappapella
Soviet plan for international control of atomic energy
Lake Success June 11 The Soviet Union presented the first detailed plan for an international control commission to regulate atomic energy at the United Nations The plan aims to inspect mining and production facilities check stocks and recommend action to the Security Council while seeking to link atomic weapon control with broader arms reduction. Gromyko urged immediate ban on bombs and destruction of existing stockpiles but faced questions over veto power and implementation. Separately Mrs Betty Dodge of Denver was fined 5 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to a reckless driving charge in magisterial court.
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Russia
United Nations
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
U N. Atomic Energy Commission
U. N. Commission
Gromyko
Arms Commission
Gromyke
International Control Commission
Security Council
Betty Dodge
Denver
Highway Patrol
Russia and Hungary eye wartime alliance and Soviet training
A reliable informant says Hungary and Russia seek a peace-time alliance to unite armies in war, with Hungarian officers to train at Moscow's war college. Maj. Gen. Laszlo Solyom and other Hungarian police leaders allegedly to attend courses as observers report radio warnings on discussing maneuvers amid tense Eastern Europe politics. The note adds U.S. officials accuse Russia of inflaming Communist power in Hungary and Bulgaria, demanding investigations into postwar conditions.
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Hungary
Russia
Russian War College
Moscow
Laszlo Solyom
War Ministry
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Washington
United States
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State Department
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Yalta
Demanada
Nicola Petkov
Europe
Judges to Meet Kansas City Conference Leaders
The Missouri Judicial Conference, grouping about 100 judges, will convene in Kansas City Friday and Saturday. Court Justice Ernest M. Tipton of the State Supreme Court will preside.
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Kansas City
Missouri Judicial Conference
Ernest M. Tipton
State Supreme Court
Rent Control Plan Lets 15 Percent Lease Increase
A Senate House conference committee agreed on a bill extending modified rent controls through February 29 next year while allowing a 15 percent increase on leases through 1948 if both landlord and tenant sign. The panel still must be approved by both chambers and sent to the President. Some senators urged a veto, saying the bill ends protections for 16 million American families. The measure also exempts new houses and converts from controls after February 1, with the Housing Expediter administering the program and funds to run it.
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Senate House
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Senate
Taylor
D-Idahs
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Missouri Writer Burned to Death in Farm House Fire
MARSHALL MO June 11 AP The bodies of Mrs George B Simmons 56 noted Missouri writer and her mother Mrs Thomas Jefferson Davis 80 were found in the ruins of the Simmons farmhouse nine miles east of here Coroner Dr C L Lawless identified them Mrs Simmons who wrote magazine articles and ran a poultry column in the Chicago Dravers Daily Telegram attracted attention in 1938 on a campaign circuit for Alf Landon Three of her grandchildren were in the house but escaped uninjured STATE FAIR DATES SET SEDALIA MO June 11 Special The Missouri State Fair will run eight days August 17 to 24 at the 276 acre plant in Sedalia Roy S Kemper secretary says the fair will feature extensive livestock exhibits and varied entertainment
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Alf M. Landon
Sedalia
Roy S. Kemper
Sedaolia
Former Massachusetts Senator Walsh Dies in Boston Hospital
Former U S Senator David Walsh who headed the Senate Naval affairs committee during World War II died in St Elizabeths Hospital Boston at age 74. He lost re election in the Republican sweep led by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. after decades as a strong Navy advocate and political figure from Massachusetts. He is survived by two sisters Julia and Mary Walsh of Clinton.
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U. S
David Walsh
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Walsh
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Senate
Naval Aftatairy
United States
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Wellie E. Dooley
Julia
Mary Walsh
Clinton
Donnelly Approves Two More Missouri Airport Aid
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly approved two more war memorial airports for state aid. Caruthersville receives 10000 and Appleton City 7000 from the $250000 state matching fund. Accompanying him were R. B. Duffy and plans include a Fort Peck inspection.
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Phil M. Donnelly
War Memorial
Mmfissouri Basin Inter-Agency
Glas| Bow
Mont
Caruthersville
Appleton City
R. B. Duffy
Public Services Commission
Fort Peck
Upper
Missouriy
War Assets offers over half a million wool Army blankets
In Kansas City on June 13 the War Assets Administration will sell more than 500000 all wool Army blankets as surplus property. Regional director Thomas E. Joyce said prices range from 1.00 to 4.20 dollars. Only 61117 are new, part of 1700000 on hand, with priority orders processed after a 20 day period in fixed sequences. 75 percent set for exporters and 26 percent for others.
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Xansas City
CAF
War Assets Administration
Thomas E. Joyce
WAA
Joyce
Why Did FBI Skip Kansas City in Fraud Probe
Senator Ferguson questions FBI why Kansas City was treated as an exception in evaluating alleged fraudulent elections. He notes Attorney General Clark said charges from last August’s primary should have been settled locally without Washington. Ferguson, chairing a judiciary subcommittee, seeks answers on federal involvement.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
FBI
Kansas City
Clark
San Francisco
Senale Judiciary
Assembly Leaders Plan Member Poll In Ballot Case
Missouri Senate majority leader Sen R Jasper Smith and Speaker Murray E Thompson said they would survey members before deciding to reconvene the General Assembly to pass a law allowing stand jurors to testify in the Kansas City vote fraud cases. They aim to test colleagues sentiment prior to action.
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Missouri
General Assembly
Kansas City
R. Jasper Smith
Springfield
Senate
Murray E. Thompson
Webster County
Congress Moves Hastily on Income Tax Cuts Said Snyder
Treasury Secretary Snyder warned Congress acted hastily in passing income tax cuts. He said expenditures must be known before cutting revenues and noted no appropriation bills are completed. The bill would reduce taxes by 4.09 billion annually starting July 2, with a veto possible by midnight Monday.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Capitol Hill
Benedor George D-Ga
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George
New York Firm to Transfer Industry
The Missouri Public Service Commission granted Bayou Interests Inc of New York permission to buy controlling stock in three North Kansas City utilities. If it acquires two thirds of the common stock in North Kansas City Bridge and Railroad, it will launch its plan to industrialize the community. The utilities are owned by North Kansas City Development Co or its parent Alleghany Corporation, a Maryland firm.
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Bayou Interests, Inc
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North Kansas City
New York Company
North Kansas City Bridge and Railroad Company
North Kansas City Development Company
Alleghany Corporation
Maryland
Wallace Attack Heralds Indictment Call in Congress
Rep. Herbert A. Meyer accuses Henry A. Wallace of treason and urges the Attorney General to indict the ex commerce secretary. The House Un American Activities Committee plans a weekend report on the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, which hosted Wallace in Washington. Wallace and the conference deny Communist ties as Meyer cites Webster and constitutional treason definitions. Senator Pepper will introduce Wallace at a Southern Conference event at Watergate Amphitheater on the Potomac.
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Herbert A. Meyer
Rhus
Henry A. Wallace
America
House
United States
Meyer
Commerce
House Committee On UN- American Activities
St Pe
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Wallace
Clark Foreman
Attlanta
Henry Wallace
Speaker
Russia
Washington Post
Newark
N. J
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senator Pepper
D-Flo
Water Gate
Potomac River
un-American Activities Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Missouri River flood crests near 28.5 feet prompt highway closures
The Missouri River crested near 28.5 feet, 4.4 feet above flood stage, as crews expected it to recede early morning. Upstream reports showed Glasgow drop and Boonville at standstill. Cedar City bridge traffic warned of rising water and potential highway closures. Levees between Boonville and Jefferson City held, including Wooldridge levee protecting the town.
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Glasgow
Boonville
State Highway Patrol
Cedar City
Columbia
Jefferson City
C. L. Landacker
U.S. District Engineers
Wooldridge Levee
Cattle Prices Hit Highs Across Markets in June
Chicago sales showed the highest average cattle price on record as a 30 dollar per hundredweight surge returned for the first time since March 5 at the Union Stock Yards. Kansas City saw its heaviest cattle run for the date in 25 years, with prices rising to a peak not seen since January. Officials from the Independent Retail Butchers Association of New Jersey faulted packers, while meat exporters and traders attributed the spike to overwhelming demand and a strong export outlook, with Agriculture Department figures suggesting half-year exports would fall short of 1946 levels.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Kansas City
Joseph Vian
Independent Retail Butchers Association of
New Jersey
Vian
Agriculture Department
Independent Meat Dealers Association
Meat Supply Prospects Dimmed by Much Rain
The 1948 meat outlook slackens as Midwest rains delay planting of corn. Agriculture forecasts a huge wheat crop but dark corn prospects linger with 20 to 23 percent of corn acreage unplanted by June 1. A short corn crop could curb meat, milk, and poultry output, lifting prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Missouri Weather System Brings Showers and Thunderstorms
A Missouri forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms Thursday, ending west Thursday night and east Friday. Friday turns partly cloudy with cooler southeast and extreme temperatures. Highs range from 65 to 75, with warmer readings in the west and cooler amounts in the southeast.
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Missouri
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