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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
4
The defense commission reported a surge in arms output including 2400 aircraft engines 700 planes 10000 semi automatic rifles and 100 tanks per month. Contracts exceed ten billion dollars with ships planes guns ammunition and trucks planned aiding 5 000 aircraft 130 000 engines 9200 tanks 2055000 guns and 380 ships.
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania 94 year old Jonathan Funk remains in critical condition after heavy snow and extreme cold keep him from Sunday School for the first time in 35 years. The Associated Press reports multiple human interest vignettes from Kansas City Seattle Lincoln Nebraska including a witty remark about egg nog and a cat court ruling. The Christmas tree bonfire plan in Lincoln follows the Rose Bowl visit by Stanford with Boy Scouts collecting trees for fuel.
New York critics circle named The Grapes of Wrath the outstanding film of 1940. John Ford received best direction for The Grapes of Wrath, with strong opposition from The Long Voyage Home. Charlie Chaplin won best male performer for The Great Dictator and Katharine Hepburn top actress for The Philadelphia Story.
A compact look at juveniles who made the news in 1940 with notable early appearances. Virginia Rose Burgess of New York born underweight at one pound ten ounces later reaching six pounds at eighteen weeks. Baby Jean Gauntt, two, nicknamed tinimor tal baby, was reunited with her mother in New York after fifteen months in a royal charity program.
Richard W Robbins chair of the Midwest defense conference says a drive will seek transfer of federal bureaus like HOLC and Federal Land Bank to the central United States. He calls for decentralization of defense industries and notes explosives manufacture from coal products in the tri state area. Chemists warn that wrapping green vegetables in a damp cloth before refrigeration preserves vitamins A and C.
The army awarded a $1 387 500 defense contract to Ford Motor Company, provoking CIO criticism as an action that undermines faith in defense labor and fair administration of justice. R J Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, issued the statement yesterday.
St Louis expects to spend nearly 250000 dollars tomorrow night welcoming 1941. O P Greathouse, president of the St Louis Hotel Association, says the sum will be shared among hotels taverns restaurants and private clubs. The report notes the year is higher than last year and reflects widespread New Year’s Eve activity.
Martha Ann Meng, 85, one of the University of Missouri's first coeds who enrolled in 1871, died Saturday night in Kansas City. Burial will be at Slater, Missouri, today.
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