Governor Gets First Halr Gut Since Inaugural
Gav Forrest C. Donnell had his first haircut since inauguration day and shopped in Webster Groves on voting day while gift items arriving at the governor include a cowboy hat ham two neckties an ashtray and maple syrup. Senate presiding officer Frank Briggs wields a small gavel as House Speaker Morris Osburn comments on its size. A muslin framed portrait of the late Champ Clerk awaits unveiling when Sen. Bennett Champ Clark can attend. No legislator’s child attended the student assembly last weekend yet many 1-a-day sclons remained to watch the session. One representative Melvin Fish vows to oppose salary raises until the legislature itself gets a raise. Rep Frank Robison of Kansas City scans his draft papers.
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Forrest C. Donnell
Webster Groves
Frank P. Briggs
Senate
Melvin E. Fish
Putnam County
Signs of the Times
Frank M. Robison
Kansas City
Appropriations Include Fung for Airports
The appropriation measure covers state, commerce, justice, and judiciary funding with major sums for airport development and Civilian Pilot Training. It notes 4,200 deportation-eligible cases, most of Russian origin, and calls for stronger efforts to recover loans to Americans stranded in war zones.
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Justice
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Air Force
Armed Services
State Department
Food defense program to back nation’s health drive
Washington reports a national food defense campaign under Paul V McNutt with Dr. Thomas Parran Jr. as lead. aims to combat diet deficiencies through fortified white bread and a nutrient rich yellow bread, plus public education on a nine item daily diet. The effort faces hurdles of surplus perception, poverty, bakery reform, and public needs versus wants.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Washington
John
Paul V McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Health Defense
Thomas Parran, Jr
Department
Agriculture Department
Public Health Service
Parran
Becker Leads in Missouri Victory and Low Turnout
Becker led with 28 004 votes as Democrats won here while statewide turnout was light. Combined total 330 540 exceeded 1933 by about 33 000. Democratic expenses around 100 000. Republicans about 30 000. Petticoat government figure did not seek again but won city collector. Mayors re elected include Hannen Engles Henson Chapman Campbell. Various GOP and nonpartisan victors noted. Liberty saw re election of Dr W N Cuthbertson. Miss Maggie Porter of Parma.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Springfield
Joplin
Moberly
Petticoat
Jacob Hannen, Jr
Tipton
Ted Engels
Rich Hill
Tom S. Henson
Weston
Jim Idol
Harrisonville
Kawin F. Chapman
Webster Groves
L. B. Campbell
Maryville
Peticoat
Urbandale
Liberty
W. N. Cuthbertson
Jefferson City
Sam P. Eveler
Charles|. Schmidt
Poplar Bluff
GOP
John W. Brickell
Paul W. Baumgardner
George E. Shadle
Robert C. Hyde
Ralph Richardson
Grover Greer
Earl Porter
R. J. Davis
W. E. Twohey
Fred B. Smith
W. C. Hollingshead
Maggie Porter
Parma
Airport News By Bod Debo
Ten airplanes are slated for a Sunday goodwill flight sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce to kick off the Missouri Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Kansas City starting April 19. The fliers depart Kansas City at 7 a.m. visiting Jefferson City, Columbia, Springfield and Joplin.
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Kansas City
Jefferson City
Columbia
Springfield
Joplin
John Randolph
St. Louis
Robinson
Dave Horn
C.P.T
Taylorcraft
St Louis Mayor Becker Linked to 1935 Gift of God Case
St Louis mayor elect William Dee Becker faces recall as the judge who ruled against Nellie Tipton Muench in the 1935 Gift of God baby case. Becker, then presiding judge of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, discredited Muench's claim and returned the infant to its mother, an unwed servant girl, leading to federal indictments of Muench and three others for mail fraud. The story sketches Becker’s background, education at Harvard and Wash U, and personal life including sports, travel, and two children.
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St, Louis
William Dee Becker
Nellie Tipton Muench
St. Louis
Muench
Four Men Killed In Ford Strike Violent Clashes Erupt
Ford management stated that enough workers slipped past pickets to resume production after a strike paralyzed operations. Violence centered at gate 4 on Miller Road with isolated clashes several blocks away. Union officials reported lacerations and possible arm fractures among strikers, some slashed by knives or razors wielded by non strikers. Many involved were from the Rouge plant foundry, and traffic around Dearborn was disrupted by the strike blockade as a trolley pole was pulled down.
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Miller Road
Rouge
Dearborn
Lewis Rejects Mediation Board For Coal War
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, refused to let a wage dispute and work stoppage in the defense vital coal industry be sent to the federal mediation board. He accused the board of wiring strikers to return then mediation, while 400,000 miners remain out of work amid an anthracite miners convention during stalled negotiations with soft coal management.
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New York
API
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Federal Mediation Board
Mediation Board
Washington
Lewis
British trap many Italians in Africh at sea raid report
British forces trapped many Italians in Africa while reporting no major RAF operations. London noted its 12th bomb-free night. At sea, Hitler's high command credited U-boats and planes with sinking 11 merchant ships totaling 77,300 tons, five of which were sunk by a single submarine in the North Atlantic.
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London
Hitler
North Atlantic
Nazis eye ships over planes in U S debate
Lyle G. Wilson reports German officials fear American ships entering British convoys more than Allied bombers. They praise lease lend provisions restricting naval and merchant vessels, while calling for German empire expansion and a shift from gold to a production based economy.
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Consolidation of Tax Agencies Delayed Until Session
The expected tax agency consolidation bill faced delays as Governor Donnell took office weeks after the session began. Sen. George A. Rozier prepared the measure for introduction, but it had not yet been filed. If introduced now, the bill would undergo lengthy committee hearings and floor debates, potentially becoming law only if the session extends into August.
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Isti
Donnell
George A. Rozier
Perryville
Football Star Buys Ranch for 80000 Dollars in Texas
Sammy Baugh the Redskins quarterback and Western film star now owns the Double Mountain ranch a 3000 acre spread 45 miles north of Sweetwater Texas. He reportedly paid 5000 dollars to J F Dennis and earned the funds from his football salary and Western film contract.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Sammy Baugh
Double Mountain Ranch
Baugh
J. F. Dennis
West Texas
Washington Redskins
Youngest G. A. R. member dies in influenza in Joplin
Dr. R. B. Tyler aged 87 and who claimed to be the youngest G. A. R. member died of influenza in Joplin Missouri. He enlisted in the Union army at age 10.
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Joplin, Mo
R. B. Tyler
Grand Army of the Republic
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Float Constipation Warning
Doctors warn constipation causes headaches low energy and dull thinking. A noted Ohio physician Dr F M Edwards treats many patients with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets now sold by druggists. The vegetable tablets gently cleanse bowels and aid liver bile flow for digesting fatty foods. 154 30c 604
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Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
British Chief of Air Confers in the Far East
In Manila Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham arrived with British officers to meet Adm. Hart and discuss defense from the Netherlands East Indies to northern waters. The visit includes Hong Kong and Cavite reconnaissance as part of a wider Far East defense survey.
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Manila
Robert Brooke-Popham
Far'east
Far Eastern
Thomas C. Hart
Brooke-Popham
Netherlands East Indies
Richard
Cavite
U. S. Naval Base
Here
Manila Bay
Singapore
Hong Kong
Booke-Popham
Far East
Admiral Hart
Hart
One GOP Alderman Survives Narrow Victory in City Race
In a tight city election, a single Republican alderman avoided defeat by 28 votes as the day ended. Mrs. George Streckenhoff led her ticket, while John Sturm won decisively by nearly 300 votes. Lily Andrae, Republican school board candidate, outpolled James Blair Jr. 5652 to 5494 despite a citywide Democratic tilt. The school levy passed everywhere except a 3-vote margin in ward 4 precinct 3. Registration concerns surfaced as GOP poll workers reported voter reluctance amid challenges from a Democrat‑run registration board.
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George Streckenhoff
John Sturm
Lily Andrae
James T. Blair, Jr
Blair
FCC orders probe into Bell long distance rates
The Federal Communications Commission ordered an investigation into Bell System long distance telephone rates. AT&T and 21 associated companies must justify why rates should not be reduced. The FCC also dismissed an earlier inquiry from 1936 as its income rose from $20,160,763 in 1938 to $27,217,438 for the year ending January 31.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Associated Companies
FCC
Telemphone
Finland to Get U.S. Seeds for Gardens
Washington reports the American Red Cross is organizing 350000 dollars worth of garden seed weighing 279000 pounds for shipment to Finland. The seed covers various vegetables and truck crops suited to Finnish farming needs as part of potential food relief.
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Washington
Finland
Amercan’ Red Cross
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