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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1940
Page
3
The Typographical Journal shows unions benefit members and society by solid operation. It notes a pension roll of 6136 retired members with pensions up to 9000, and monthly purchasing power around 200000. It warns against merchants printing fake unions and cheap papers that undermine labor gains.
The article discusses conflicts between individual rights and state safety, citing a Los Angeles ordinance that lets police arbitrarily deny parade permits. The Superior Court ruled parading is a fundamental right, requiring permits to be tied to situation needs. It predicts many related free speech cases and advocates maximum personal freedom consistent with state safety.
A fragmentary digests of postwar caution and public concerns. The text notes the U S rush to defense, the danger of sabotage rumors, and the Fei report finding no sabotage in the 12 September Kenly explosion. It cites local politics, a mayoral decision on police reform, a Duchess of Windsor misstatement, and odd domestic quips.
Washington Daybook profiles Marion Post, Farm Security Administration photographer famed for roaming the East and South with three cameras in a convertible, facing suspicions and dangers while capturing tenant farmers, Okies, and industrial workers. She studied psychology and education in New Jersey and Vienna, worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin, and views her work as a modest contribution to showing farm life and improvement efforts.
In New York the columnist recalls a wealthy art collector who fears inheritance taxes and plans to donate Rembrandts. Ethel Barrymore’s daughter pursues singing at Spivy’s Hideaway amid stage apple rituals dating back to John Drew. Dinah Shore’s new record, Yes, My Darling Daughter, is highlighted as a top release.
A mixed collage of quotes and names discusses goals of law, democracy, and national strength. It cites Woodrow Wilson, Carrie Chapman Catt, James S. Kemper, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce leader, Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich on kidnap arraignment, and Marshal Retain of France, reflecting varied public voices.
The Callaway County candidate Charles M. Wilson of Fulton pledges to push for higher age pensions in Missouri. A former Montgomery sheriff, he will take a cautious first term approach and aims to fulfill the state's aged promise. He backs an eight hour day for state institution employees and seeks broad public good. Chemurgy Scores Again.
Milo M Thompson narrates sensational London bombing tales with supernatural overtones. A company manager awakes during a blast that severs him from his wife in a corridor. A dog saves a life as a room collapses, while a journalist recalls riding with AP reporters as they return to the city.
A first person wartime vignette recalls a tense night as an air raid begins. The narrator the Green vehicle, delayed rush, and a near miss when a bomb removes part of a road while shrapnel scatters windows. Murzel and wife shelter in a brick refuge. nearby homes sustain damage but no serious injuries occur.
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