One Man Killed In Store Blast At Carrollton
A fatal explosion in Carrollton Missouri leveled the Gamble variety store near the courthouse square. An 85 year old property owner was fatally injured by falling debris and a ruptured gas main. At least 12 more were hospitalized and eight treated and released. Local police reported a prior gas smell at the store.
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Carrollton
Gamble Variety Store
Courthouse Square
A.J. Rupe
R. E. Rupe
Dallas
Tex
Rupe
Flont
Tommy Dickinson
Oscar Johnson
Variety
Johnson
Shadder
Arthur Hittner
Ed Tynes
St. Joseph
Dale Street
Bogard
Bertie Colliver
Tina
John Veach
Pat Carew
Lee Blair
Lydia Stick
Five Die in Crash on Christmas Shopping Trip
HARDIN Missouri December 12 AP a car truck collision here last night killed five Carrollton Missouri residents returning from a Christmas shopping trip to Kansas City They were John G Houston 65 a real estate dealer his wife Sadie about 60 Mrs Grace Briscoe 60 The Mennonites are members of a religious sect founded by Menno Simmons a Dutch religious reformer born in 1492.
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Hardin, Mo
Carrollton, Mo
Kansas City
John G. Houston
Sadie
Grace Briscoe
Menne Simmons
Costs rise on U S 66 widening in Missouri
The Missouri State Highway Commission reports that extending seven miles of U S Route 66 through St. Louis County will cost 8,369,499 dollars. Chief Engineer Carl W. Brown notes 111.2 miles of Route 66 in Missouri have been improved since Jan 1, 1946, with maintenance costs rising each year from 1946 to 1949.
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St. Louis
States Highway Commission
Fred Weber
Lee
Missouri
Carl W. Brown
State Highway Department
St. Louis County
Brown
High Court Upheld Bridge Company Use of River Bridge
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled the Cape Girardeau bridge company may lay telephone wires across the Mississippi, citing a 1926 federal act requiring access for interstate communications. It dismissed two suits by Mrs. Mary Houck’s heirs over a 1927 deed, and ordered a new trial in murder case of Robert Allen while addressing divorce and corporate name disputes in Jasper and Carrold Osborn cases.
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Cape Girardeau Bridge Company
Missouri
Telephone Company
Mississippi River
Missouri Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Cape Piste Court of Common Pleas
Mary H. Gibony Houch
Clemens
Ransom Breuer
Jasper County
Carrold Osborn Paper Company, Inc
Joplin
Osborn
Osborn Paper Company of
Springfield Court of Appeals
Negro Singer Refuses Prosecution in Showgirl Case
In Los Angeles Billy Daniels declines to press charges after a white showgirl Ronnie Quillan 29 is freed following a knife assault claim. Daniels says the matter is cleared up and Quillan leaves court amid remarks about ending the disturbance.
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Los Angeles
APY
Billy Daniels
Ronnie Quillan
Daniels
Franny
Gaga
Joe Quillan
First Marine Casualty List Scaled Down
Marine headquarters cut its casualty estimate for the 1st Marine division in the Changjin reservoir area. Initial figures ranged as high as 6,500. actual battle losses are now put at about half that total, with the rest including illness and exposure to winter weather.
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U.S
Changjin Reservoir
Bambung
Hungnam
Jim Pringle
Associated Press
Hurgnam
First Marine
Washington
1St Marine
Changijin Reservoir
Korea
Farm Boy Is Given 15 Year Sentence
In Caruthersville Missouri a 15 year old farm boy, William Godsey, was sentenced by Judge Louis Schulz after pleading guilty to second degree murder for causing a train wreck that killed an engineer and injured a fireman. Godsey said he wrecked the train to see what would happen, hacking a lock and throwing a siding switch near Holland last July.
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Caruthersville
William Leather
Louis’ Schulz
Holland
Godsey
A U N Founder Peter Fraser Dies in New Zealand
Peter Fraser former New Zealand prime minister and United Nations founder died today in Wellington. Once jailed as a socialist objector to World War 2 he rose to become a leading figure among commonwealth leaders from World War I era through mid‑20th century.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
United Nations
Commonwealth
Doan’s Pills Offer Relief for Kidney Aches
As people age, stress and cold exposure can slow kidney function causing backache fatigue headaches and frequent nighttime urination. Doan’s Pills, a mild diuretic, are advertised as helping these symptoms and have been used for over 30 years.
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Doan
Highway work funding shortfalls limit planned upgrades
The official noted maintenance costs totaling 250 306.80 up to June 30 and warned that at least that much more will be spent in the final calf of the year. About 40 miles of modernization along U S 66 are programmed at points, with contracting planned in the coming months, but most improvements must wait because current State Highway commission revenues cannot cover them while meeting other urgent highway needs.
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State Highway Commission
Brothers Hunt Rabbits Ends in Accidental Rifle Death
Melbourne Missouri reports 12 year old Gary Eugene Whitt was killed by an accidental rifle discharge from his 14 year old brother Elmer Wayne Whitt while rabbit hunting on the parents farm northwest of Melbourne. Coroner William Fuson confirmed the incident occurred Sunday.
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Melbourne
Gary Eugene Whitt
Elmer Wayne Whitt
William A. Fuson
Richard Whitt
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