School Advisory Group Names 16 Study Counties
Robert E. B. Hill of Columbia was elected chairman of a citizens advisory committee aiding a Missouri school problems survey. Dr. W. W. Parker, Cape Girardeau, named vice chairman. Edgar M. Eagan, Jefferson City, secretary. Sixteen counties Nodaway through Barry will be studied in three fields fiscal district reorganization and teacher problems.
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Robert EB. Hill
Columbia
Citizens
Missouri
Hill
State Chamber of Commerce
State Bankers’ Association
W. W. Parker
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Cho Sen
Edgar M. Eagan
Jefferson City
William R. Nelson
Nodaway
Buchanan
Adair
Lewis
Randolph
Jackson
Pettis
Copner
Miller
Franklin
St. Louis
Pemiscot
Oregon
Howell
Lawrence
Barry
C. R. Hawkins
Brumley
Senate House
Legislative
R. Jasper Smith
Springfield
Majority Senate
General Assembly
Ploeser Objects To Labor Veto Ad in St Louis
Rep. Ploeser of Missouri denounced a June 9 St Louis Post Dispatch ad urging President to veto the Taft labor bill. He said about 350 Missourians signed it and that the Veto Campaign in St Louis was run by the CIO United Electrical Workers. He defended the bill as constructive labor management legislation easing strikes and protecting public health.
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Washington
Ploeser
R-Mo
St Louis Post Dispatch
M@ ad
Olive
St. Louis
United Electrical Workers
Piseser
House
Senate
Missouri Floods Prompt Call for Basin Authority Action
Senate debate blames piecemeal Missouri river basin development for floods and urges a unified plan through a Missouri Valley Authority. Senator Murray urges a full Senate investigation and Congressional action to prevent future flood damage across the basin. House members forecast cuts to flood control and navigation budgets, with expected reductions around 15 to 20 percent from the President’s request for the coming year.
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Washington
Missouri River
Murray D-Mont
Senate
Missouri Valley Authority
Missouri
Mississippi
Murray
Congress
United States
House
Truman
Republic
Mississippi Valley
Rivinse
Capper Would Curb Some Liquor Ads
The Senate commerce committee ordered a subcommittee to redraft a Capper measure banning liquor advertising from crossing state lines. Chairman White cited constitutional questions including possible infringement on freedom of the press. Reed and Edwin C. Johnson were named to recraft the bill amid broad telegram and letter support.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Capper
White
R-Me
Republican Policy Committee
Reed
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cola
City Wins Court Suit In Land Condemnation
Judge Sam C Blair ruled in circuit court in favor of the city in its condemnation suit against Mr and Mrs Louis Beck and others for land along Highway 50 west to extend the sewer system. Commissioners to assess damages would be appointed later due to the city attorney's absence.
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Sam C. Blair
Circuit Court
Louis Beck
Highway 50
Paul ZB. Allen
Blair
Trap Lines and Bounty Plan Target Coyotes Near Centertown
Farmers near Centertown organized two trap lines under Robert H. Smith to curb coyote attacks on sheep. Organized by the Missouri Conservation Commission and U S Fish and Wildlife Service with extension support, the effort trains farmers in trapping to reduce livestock losses. Landholders Leonard Eiken and Louis Benne host lines. local losses cited include seven lambs on the Gloyd Cliburn farm and three on the Bernard Cliburn place. Participants include Bernard and Lloyd Cliburn, Leonard Eiken and sons, James Stark, Cletus Hobbs, Louis Betne and son Louis Jr, Robert Dudley, Henry Welch, and Frank Morris.
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Robert H. Smith
M. O. Steen
Fish and Game Division
Missouri Conservation Commission
Centertown
Smith
Bernard Cliburn
R. H. Smith
James Stark
Cletus Hobbs
Henry Welch
M. Q O. Steen
Frank Morris
J. C
Joe” Cuzick
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Leonard Eiken
Louis Benne
Cole
Joe Cuzick
Missouri
Cuzick
Bernard and
Lloyd Cliburn
Louis Betne
Louis, Jr
Robert Dudley
Buses To Move 436 Boys For State Here Friday
Falton Mo June 12 officials and youths attending the American Legion s Boys State will ride 13 buses to Jefferson City Friday. The caravan will return in the afternoon after the Boy s State closes Saturday.
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Falton
American Legion
Jefferson City
Assistant County Agent Assigned Here
Lewis Wilhite of Columbia will arrive June 23 to begin duties as an assistant county agent in the extension office at the courthouse. He is among 19 who completed special training at the University of Missouri. Since April 1 only one county agent has served after Russell Baker resigned and Joe Cuzick, associate agent, became county agent.
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Lewis Wilhite
Columbia
Wilhite
University of Missouri
Russell Baker
Joe Cuzick
Meat Dishes Dropping From East Menus Over Price Surge
Chicago dispatch reports restaurant owners in New York plan to remove some meat dishes from menus as wholesale prices climb sharply. Boneless chuck rose from 38 to 50 52 cents per pound, top round beef to 65 cents, while overall livestock markets showed steady to slightly higher prices amid strong demand.
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Chicago
New York
Harry H. Gerstein
Riker Restaurant Associates, Inc
R. C. Pollock
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Washington
Anderson
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Kansas City
Sioux City
St. Paul
Gromyko Pushes Unified View on Atomic Control
At Lake Success June 12 AP reports Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko urged the UN to begin work on new Soviet proposals for international atomic control. He opposed US calls to keep Soviet and American programs separate, arguing both should be considered on their merits. The committee adjourned without deciding on the Russian plan.
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Russia
United Nations
United States
U. S
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Frederick H. Osborn
Gromyko
Osborn
Soviet Union
Full
Atomic Commission
U.S
International Control Commission
Marshall Urges Curb on Wool Imports Trade Law
Secretary of State Marshall renewed objections to a bill allowing curbs on wool imports saying it would handicap international trade. Representative Hope of Kansas doubted a Truman veto, and Geneva talks move to establish new trade agreements and an international trade organization.
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Marshall
Washington
Hope
R- Kans
Truman
Geneva
International Trade Organization
Careless driver fined in Fulton magistrate court
Walter E. Goodwin of Columbia was fined $10 and costs, totaling $19.50, after noon by Judge Yates in Fulton magistrate court on a charge of careless and reckless driving. He was arrested on Highway 54 north of New Bloomfield for passing another car on a dive, according to Troop F of the State Highway Patrol.
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Walter E. Goodwin
Columbia
Yates
Fulton
Goodwin
New Bloomfield
Troop F
State Highway Patrol
Sugar Sales Surge as Government Controls End
The first day of ration-free sugar sales since 1942 sparked frantic buying in some cities while others saw normal activity. Housewives crowded stores with reports of purchases up to 800 pounds in Boise Idaho. Some shops limited sales as wholesalers faced delivery delays though warehouses were stocked. wholesalers worry continued heavy buying could cause shortages.
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Associated Press
Boise
Idaho
Snow Threat to Wheat in Western Nebraska
Heavy wet snow and near freezing temperatures hit Sidney and far western Nebraska harming wheat stalks. Growers worry if grain can recover after thawing as temperatures rise. Snow covered many fields though some melt occurred during the fall.
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Sidney
Neb
Nebraska
Europe May Need 24 Billion in Outside Aid Over Four Years
Benjamin V. Cohen, state department counselor, said Europe may require as much as 24 billion dollars in outside assistance over the next four years to halt starvation and curb dictatorship risks. He urged Britain to share in aid and noted total U S support already reached about 13 billion. Cohen framed aid as a counter to communist influence and called for a joint European reconstruction program with U S backing.
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Long Beach
Califf
Benjamin V. Cohen
State Department
Europe
Cohen
Marshall
United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
Treasury Snyder
Snyder
Marshall’s
Farley Breaks Silence On Break With FDR In 1940 Rift
Washington reports James A. Farley, former Postmaster General and Democratic National Chairman, says Roosevelt never forgave him for opposing his purge of Democrats and for presumed presidential ambitions. Farley calls the split political, not personal, noting a slow drift in principles and a fading White House connection.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Callier
Roosevelt
Farley
White House
Southern Confederacy Carnival Invites Governors to Vicksburg
Vicksburg Mississippi June 12 AP governors of the original Confederacy states were invited to the third annual Confederacy Carnival July 3 to 5. Guest speaker will be General Dwight D Eisenhower chief of staff. Invitations sent to Jes ter Chery Davis Thurmond Puck Thompson Willis Caldwell Laney Folsom Wright and others. Vicksburg mourned Grant era fall of 1853.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Confederacy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Beaufort H. Jester
Texas
R. Gregg Chery
North Carolina
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
William Puck
Virginia
Melvin E. Thompson
Georgia
Phil Donnelly
Missouri
James M. McCord
Tennessee
Simeon Willis
Kentucky
Millard Caldwell
Florida
Ben Laney
Arkansas
James Folsom
Alabama
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Grant
Razor blade used for decades in Missouri field tale
In Bethany Missouri on June 12 an Associated Press report notes Charles Bridges found a razor blade planted in a field near Eagleville. His mother used it in shewing chores for 34 years. Bridges recovered the blade 21 years ago and fitted a handle, using it daily since.
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Bethany
Charles Bridges
Eagleville
Bridges
State Agricultural Commissioner Warns of Large Crop Loss
Missouri agricultural commissioner Tom Douglass reports 74 percent of 4.59 million acres planned for corn were planted before floods, with most two to three weeks late. about 1.3 million acres wheat and 1.35 million oats were planted. Total flood loss for wheat, oats, corn about one million acres, one eighth of total, with potential soybean shift of 914,000 acres plus 250,090 more after water recedes. Douglass says only a late fall can prevent losing a quarter of this year’s production.
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Missouri
Tom Douglas
Douglass
Midwest Weather Rains Snow Freeze Across The Plains
The Midwest endured heavy rains and fast melting snow with Des Moines reporting three inches of rain in 121 hours. Forecasts predicted continued showers Friday across Kansas Nebraska Iowa and expanding eastward to Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Indiana. Cooler temperatures and clearing skies were expected in Missouri with highs around 70 to 75 after a storm front.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Des Moines
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Cheyenne
Wyo
Middle West
Tarkio
Clinton
Joplin
Renee
Betthigieree
Rankin Demands Chaplin Deportation From U S
Rep Rankin of Mississippi urged the House to deport Charles Chaplin to Britain claiming the actor’s Hollywood life harms America's moral fabric. He praised a Memphis censor official for banning a Chaplin film. Chaplin retorted that the move is fascist suppression of free speech and defended Monsieur Verdoux as pacifist.
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Glon
Charles Chaplin
Britain
Rankin
House Today
America
Censor Bureau
Memphis
Tenn
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Hollywood
Dmiss
Monsieur Verdoux
Flood Loss Now Estimated at 26 Million Dollars
Kansas City dispatches report Missouri and Mississippi river floods causing 26 million dollars in damage across Missouri river areas plus tributaries. Water rose again in Northwest Missouri threatening new floods while Highway 40 reopened at Boonville amid receding high waters and rising streams.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Mississippi
Chester L. P
Missouri River
Rule
Nebraska
Ottawa
Kan
Landakey
ST. Louis
War Department
Missouri State Highway Department
Boonville
Lamine River
Chillicothe
Lake Otarkaisis Mystery Attracts Quiet Attention
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Lake Otarkaisis and a person or place named Thomea, with unclear surrounding context. The readable bits suggest a local feature or event drawing limited interest, but no concrete actions, dates, or outcomes are discernible.
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Elect Hill
Robert E. Hill O
Cur Truman
Jim Farley
Karicy
Donnelly
State Agricultural Commissioner
Trenton
Thompson
Grand River
Princeton
Here
K. C. Negro
Liberia
West African Republic
Leon M. Jordan
Kansas Cit
Jeffersom City
Age Rives St. ‘Thomea Om
Otarkaisis
Ns Rise
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