Debunking Draft Figures and Wartime Fitness Standards
A Daily Capital News column discusses draft rejection statistics from the late war, explaining they measure military availability rather than overall health. Dr. W W Bauer of the American Medical Association emphasizes that elite wartime fitness standards are not health exams, and that many rejected men could still be insured at normal rates. The piece argues that future wars may require differently trained individuals and advises restraint in quarreling.
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W. W. Bauer
Chicago
Bureau of Health Education
American Medical Association
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Dr. Bauer
Stratton
Stalin
Germany
Kremlin
United States
Britain
Canada
Anxiety over universal training fuels Cold War fears
National Whirligig by Ray Tucker reports White House and State Department worries that a peace time draft and universal military training could offset Truman’s anti communism campaign. The piece notes GOP lawmakers’ mixed support amid election year politics and outlines international pressure from the Kremlin over displaced persons and refugee promises. It also highlights Speaker Joe Martin’s busy days and a light anecdote about him seeking quiet meals.
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United States
White House
State Department
Truman
Stalin
Europe
Mount Hope Annexation Sparks City Jurisdiction Debate
Mount Hope residents, recently added to Jefferson City through a extension vote, challenge city authority amid pending Cole county circuit court action to void the annexation. Officials await City Attorney Allen’s return as debates over licenses, taxes, and firework bans continue.
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Mount Hope
Highway 50
St. Louis Road
Cole County
Paul E. Allen
Cole
Jefferson City
Aloys Wilbers Et al
Mt. Hope
Pin Oak Camp Opens Sunday For Girl Scouts
Pin Oak Camp will open Sunday at 1 30 pm for a four week Girl Scout season with 32 staff members. Nearly 400 girls from Jefferson City and surrounding areas will attend as 19 local women direct activities led by Miss Margaret Dadey. The staff also includes counselors in training and a camp nurse, dietician, and directors from several Missouri communities.
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Pin Oak
Jefferson City
Margaret Dadey
Girl Scouts
State Board of Health
Edith Griffin
Miller County
Frazier
Conservation Department
Frances E. Smith
Jackqueline Frazier
Charlaine Tweedie
Betty Jo Longhafer
J. J. Jacobus
Anne Jones
Judy Jones
Jane
Cooper Bar backs Blair for U S post endorsement
The Cooper County Bar Association endorsed Circuit Judge Sam C. Blair of Jefferson City for a federal judgeship, noting he favors Central Missouri and the circuit. Blair, an assistant U S attorney in KC during the Pendergast cleanup, is praised as one of Missouri’s outstanding jurists with an impressive record.
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Sam C. Blair
Jefferson City
Cooper County Bar Association
Boonville
J. C. Collet
Cooper Bar
Blair
Missouri
United States
Kansas City
Thim
Parking Meter Plan For Council Study
A plan to replace present meters citywide with modern units for 12 24 36 48 minute and 1 2 hour parking will be reviewed by the city council at a special Monday meeting led by Mayor James T. Blair. Trade‑ins for old meters will be allowed. News from a Chamber of Commerce survey favors more meters on up‑town side streets while Dunklin street on the south side is less favored. The plan includes varied rates with 1 cent for 12 minutes 2 cents for 24 minutes 3 cents for 36 minutes 4 cents for 48 minutes 5 cents for an hour and 10 cents for two hours, with a visible deposit record kept by the device.
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James T. Blair
Ibusiness
Monroe
Madison and
Jefferson
Blair
Dunklin Street
Chamber of Commerce
Refund Hearing Set on Gas Collections
A U.S. circuit court of appeals in Topeka Kansas will hold a July 2 hearing on refunding im pounded Cities Service Gas company collections to Midwest consumers. The action centers on recovering charges deemed improper by the court, with broader implications for gas rate refunds.
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Denver
Cities Service Gas Company
Midwest
Topeka
Kas
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Governor Deploys National Guard Trucks Amid St. Louis Transit Strike
Governor Phil M. Donnelly ordered 15 national guard trucks from St. Louis to Fort Leonard Wood to transport hospital workers during a city transit strike. Mayor Aloys Kaufmann said unions and firms agreed to emergency service, while no progress toward ending the seven day walkout was reported. The strike has halted buses and streetcars, costing the city millions in business and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Company
Missouri
ST. Louis
Aloys P. Kaufmann
Governmental Research Institute
AFL
Missouri Public Service Commission
John TL. Wilson
Kaufmann
Inquisition figures attributed to Torquemada
Thomas Torquemada, confessor to Queen Isabella and Spain's inquisitor general, is said to have presided over executions and burnings in effigy totaling thousands during the Inquisition. The figures cited include 10,220 people burned and 6,280 condemned in effigy over 18 years.
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Thomas Torquemada
Isabella
Spain
Red Cross Fund Meeting Monday in Cole County
Cole County Red Cross officers and fund raising committee members will meet Monday morning at the headquarters to confer with Royal C. Agné national director of fund raising for the American Red Cross. Mrs Phil A Campf said ex ecutive secretary and Mrs Dampt noted Agné will seek information on local drive procedures that exceeded the county quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole County
Red Cross
Royal C. Agné
American Red Cross
Phil A. Campf
Dampt
City Planning Group Debates Clark Avenue Zoning
City Planning and Zoning Committee met at City Hall on Friday to discuss a broad zoning program and to consider petitions for and against commercial zoning on Clark Avenue. The group was appointed last winter by former Mayor Jesse N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning and Zoning Committee
Clark Avenue
Jesse N
Local Board Members Named for Owens Empowerment
Owens has been empowered to act since May with a board including Hugh Stephens Clifford Scruggs Homer Ferguson BE C L Wage ner Bob Dorr Charles H Buchs anan and Lawrence Lutkewitte.
Prisoner William A. Davis Dies in Electric Chair
William A. Davis, 27, a black man from Sumter convicted of raping a prominent Sumter woman at her home on April 15, was executed in the electric chair at the South Carolina state penitentiary in Columbia. His last moments were marked by singing a religious song on his lips.
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Columbia
S. C
William A. Davis
Sumter
Elect’ Rice
State Penitentiary
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James Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
New Inquiry Group
Jerome ©.Hunsaker
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Milton W. Arnold
Air Transport Association
Theoore P. Wright
Civil Aeronautics
H. B. Cox
Daily Capital News
Capital Rews Printing CO
Robert Goshorn
J. Kelly Pool
Associated Press
Mare
By Ray Tucker
Hitler
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Lnok
Wallace
Tran See
Army
Navy
Truaman
Congress
Marshall
Harvard
Woodrow - Wilson
League of Nations
Washington
Joe Martin
Jim” Farley
Martin
Joe
Press Gallery
Mr. Martin
Cleveland
J. D. Reynolds
Carthage
Naional Retail Hardware Association
Chester E. Young
Fairview
Oklo
Almae
Hay
DeWyl Drug Stere
U. S. Post
Corocoroc
Cook’s Paints
Madison
Farmer’s
Farmer’s Coal & Concrete Co
Hammon Baking ‘Co
Red Cross Fund Meeting
Nentwig Bros. Cash Lumber Company
Stamper
Stamper’s Quality Brand
F. M. Stamper CO
Defferson City
Stamper — Stamper
Atlas Materials CO
Jubilee
Bob Davis
Piano Sensation
Indi
Wis Geas
Adue Jeffersar
G. H. Dulle. Milling CO
W. Main
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