Senate Passes Small Loan Interest Bill
The Senate approved a small loan interest bill with a top rate near 30 percent, sending it back to the House for a conference. The House version set 18 percent, with three charges totaling about 24 to 28 percent including a monthly, daily, and paper-creation fee, sparking fierce debate led by Floyd R. Gibson who called the measure outrageous for secured loans.
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Senate
House
Floyd R. Gibson
Peter J. Keating
Kanas City
Ted
Keating
Tate
End Limits On Attorneys Pay Moves Ahead In Senate
The Senate sent to the Governor a bill to remove the 54,590 year limit on attorney pay and to lift the cap on the number of assistants. An emergency clause narrowly passed with 23 votes for and eight against, triggering a perilous path to enactment. Senator Richard J. Chamier of Moberly defended the measure, noting a $100,000 contingency fund to cover court costs.
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Senate
Richard J. Chamier
Spens
Chamier
Seeks To Change Stocks Structure At St Joseph Light and Power
St Joseph Light and Power asks the Missouri Public Service Commission for permission to change its common stock structure from 40 409 shares of 100 par value to 317 792 shares, convert to no par stock, and issue additions. The move aims to liquidate parent companies and fund an expansion program planned to cost about 8.3 million dollars by 1951. Rural Electrification Administration loan notice follows: a 300 000 loan to Crawford Electric Co Operative of Bourbon Missouri.
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St. Joseph Light and Power Company
Missouri Public Service Commission
St. Joseph Light and Power
Weather to Otarns and Missouri Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with local thunderstorms tonight. Low tonight 65, high Wednesday. Temperatures and precipitation data show modest river and city impacts across Jefferson City Kansas City and surrounding Missouri regions.
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Otarns
Jefferson City
Missouri
Kansas
sWetterse
Wie
Ozarks
Teacher Continues Strike Over Cancer Treatment Funds
In Atlanta on June 1 AP reports Dr Wichie Melmoth Lomar a Glenwood Ga home economics teacher and Columbia PhD holder sat in Georgia Teacher Retirement System offices vowing to stay until she retrieves $65.78 deducted from her retirement fund to pay for cancer treatment. She argued the money must be released now as cancer cannot wait.
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Atlanta
Georgia Teacher Retirement System
Wuman
Wichie Melmoth Lomar
Glenwood
Bomar
Columbia University
Weil
Assails Give Away Program Sponsors In Fiery Lecture
Circuit Judge Francis E Williams condemned big business and government for promote give away programs and gambling in a two hour Las Vegas style address. He denounced federal licenses for slot machines and warned the Internal Revenue Service would back them everywhere, calling giveaways they promote gyp lotteries. He criticized the FCC for allowing such schemes and cited a DARV foundation benefit contest. He also said Sportsman's Park hosted a gambling stunt when the Cardinals awarded a car after a quiz following a game and linked gambling to theft, claiming one chance in a hundred.
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T. Louis
Francis E. Williams
Grand Jury
Durers
Williams
Bureau of Internal Revenue
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
Disabled American Veterans Service Foundation
Sportsman's Park
Louis Cardinals
St Fred Saigh
Cardinals
Farber Telephone sale authorized for five thousand dollars
The State Public Service commission approved the sale of the Farber Telephone company to Don S. Craw for 5000 dollars. The property is now owned and operated by J. R. Carter. The record notes the property assessed at 5813 dollars.
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State Public Service
Farber Telephone Company
Don S. Craw
J. R. Carter
AEC Manager Admits Hiring Security Risks
Darrel L. Wilson energy commission manager tells scientists and a Senate committee he made independent security decisions noting bad risks. He testifies as Hickenlooper presses for FBI files and records, while Lilienthal faces questions about personnel turnover and administrative competency.
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Washington
Darrel L. Wilson
Energy Commission
AEC
Lid
Congressional
Wilson
Senate House
Hick Nlooper
Blows
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Roosevelt-Churchill
Quebec
FBI
Lilienthal
Chirman
Atomic Energy
Lillenthal
Rooseveltan
Winston Churchil
Hyde Park
United States
United Kingdom
Mann
Army lists dead man alive after five years missing
Anthony Martino, long listed as dead since 1944, reappeared at a New York Army recruiting station after AR records clarified he is alive. He plans no reunion with his first wife but expresses interest in meeting his children. He has been living with a Staten Island partner and son and had been driving a taxi. The army will conduct medical and psychiatric exams before determining his status.
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New York
Anthony Martina
Army
Martino
France
Mary Martino
Waterbury
Conn
Staten Island
John S. Roosma
First Army
Marina
Ransman
Governors Island
St. Louis
Europe
Dorothy Anna Martino
Richard
Edward
Lorraine
Waterburz
Martina
Courtesy Blocks Vote On Repeal Of Madison Act
Missouri senatorial courtesy blocked today as debate on repealing the Madison Labor Control act began. Senator Edgar J. Keating of Kansas City moved the bill, while Senator M. C. Matthes of Hillsboro asked to delay until Senator R. Jasper Smith of Springfield could attend. Keating refused. Senator David Horn of St. Louis pressed that Horn be present for consideration, arguing courtesy should allow his attendance.
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Missouri
Todey
Edgar J. Keating
Kansas City
M. C. Matthes
Hillsboro
R. Jasper Smith
Springfield
Keating
Matthes
David £. Horn
St. ‘Hue
Horn Sai Keating
Says Hiss Revealed Secrets Wholesale
New York June 1 AP The government charged Alger Hiss with perjury for denying before a federal grand jury that he handed State Department documents to Whittaker Chambers in a wholesale fashion Hiss 44 and his wife Priscilla were said to be responsible for 65 typed sheets of 47 department documents dated in early 1988 in a case tied to a former Communist courier Murray described the secret transfer to such an extent the judge may permit access to the document in question.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Department
Chambers
U.S
Thomas F. Murphy
Priscilla
Murray
Four Power Clash Over Berlin Rule At Foreign Ministers Meet
Paris June 1 AP The foreign ministers council opened with Berlin unrest on restoring four power control. Western ministers urged ending unanimity in a revived kommandatura while Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky called unanimous decisions the only way to govern. The four power body previously governed Berlin after World War II before the Cold War split. The agenda also included Berlin currency issues.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Berlin
Andrei YY
Vishinsky
Governor Enters Fight for Clause In Roads Bill
Gov Forrest Smith pushes an emergency clause to the road program seeking quick start. Mayor Joseph Louis urges St. Louis House members to vote for the clause as oil interests seek to block the measure. The House backed the bill but failed to pass the emergency clause, needing 105 votes but getting only 8. Senate referral pending. Rep Milton Duvall says reconsideration possible if attendance is high.
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Howse
Ibis Morni
Joseph Louis
St. Louis
Missouri
State Highway Commission
House
Senate
Milton Duvall
Pike
Duvall
Library Taxes to County Collector settle with railroad firms
County Collector Bert Koester reported 6797.13 dollars in library taxes paid by Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line, Southwestern Bell, American Telephone, Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, and Missouri Pacific Lines after a Supreme Court ruling upheld the tax. The payments cover three years plus penalties, with one company paying in 1836 assessment. No further protests were filed.
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Calmtw Ho
Bert Koester
Koester
Supreme Court
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific — Railroad
Missouri Pacific Lines
Suit to recover bond funds filed in Howell County
WEST PLAINS Mo June 1 A suit for recovery of 13250.95 against bondsmen for Paul McGoldrick former county treasurer was filed yesterday by the Howell county court. McGoldrick faces embezzlement charges in county funds while in office. The court had ordered the bondsmen to repay the money and set five deadlines. after the final deadline expired Prosecutor Esco V Kell filed the suit. Bondsmen had sent a runner to a bank to test liability. Also reported Columbia applicants George H Roulston Wanda Lee Wood first to apply for a marriage license in Cole county, followed by Howard F Basnett and Stahtts Lambard Sacramento Cal.
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West Plains
C(ap
Paul McGoldrick
Howell
McGoldrick
Courh
Esco
George H. Roulston
Si. Joseph
Wanda Lee Wood
Columbia
Cole County
Howard F. Basneut
Jefferson City
Stahtts Lambard
Sacramento
Calit
Rain and storms hit farms with power outages and damage
Violent late night weather brought heavy rain wind hail and lightning across the area damaging gardens fruit trees and crops. Lightning disrupted power and phone service in several sections and several towns reported roof and line damage along with a fatality from downed power lines. Thunderstorms were forecast to continue across central Missouri with additional showers and cloudy skies.
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Boonville
Associated Press
Nelson
Ralph McAllister
Marceline
Weston
Maxie Wilson
Franklin
Bionville
Katy
Columbia
Clyde Shepard
St. Joseph
Moberly
Aissouri
Playground Story Teller Program To Be Started June 6
Mrs James E Gibbs Park board recreation supervisor announced a new summer playground feature the story telling program begins June 6 with Miss Marjorie Lister East school teacher and assistant leader. She will visit three playgrounds each weekday except Friday with two sessions per site by age group. Weekly schedule includes Bass Central St Peters Community Center Moreau Park School etc. Selection of sites and times follows.
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Tne
James E. Gibbs
Park Board
Parca
Lions clib—Park Board
Aliss Marjorie Lister
East School
Bass School
Central School
St. Peter's
Community Center
West School
Wednesdars
Moreau Schol
Central
Caommmunity Cen Iter
Park School
Moreau
Jtke
Chile
Salary Boost for Five PSC Members
A state Senate bill seeks to raise the annual pay for five public service members from 7000 to 10008 dollars and increases the commission's general counsel salary from 6009 to 9000. Other measures include extending the St Louis earnings tax and stopping certain welfare payments while appeals proceed.
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State Senate
St. Louis
County Collectors May Get Boost In Income
County collectors in third class counties would receive one half of one percent of taxes collected for mailing tax bills and receipts while fourth class counties would get one percent. The revenue boost excludes the 23 counties with township organization as Senate sent the bills to the Governor for signature.
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Senate
Moves To Purchase Truman Birthplace
The House advanced a bill to buy Harry S. Truman's Lamar birthplace as a historical site with a $15,000 ceiling. Rep Cruce opposed paying $13,000 for a small frame house assessed at $600, suggesting funds instead go to a Lamar hospital planned as the Harry Truman Memorial hospital.
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Harry Sr. Truman
Lamar
W. BD. Cruce
Cedar County
Cruce
Lamar Hospital
Harry Truman Memorial Hospital
Airport manager weighs Golden status at Memorial Field
Airport Manager Dave Horn plans a meeting with Sammie Golden at Memorial Field to decide when Golden can become operational. Horn has not confirmed Golden’s status, noting he previously handled gasoline for transit aircraft and checked aircraft for relicensing. Golden’s deposits to the city for operational activities and pumps remain unpaid, with reports showing 244 percent of gross income paid to the city.
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Dave Horn
Sammie Golden
Jessee
Memorial Airport
Golden
Horn
Gelden
R. W. Brown
CAA
Memorial , Field
H. B. Dickey
Marshall Field
Henry Jordan
Cedar City
Osage River Bridge Scheme Heads to Discussion
The County Highway Commission will discuss funding to obtain engineers' plans for a bridge over the Osage River near St Thomas. Officials expect to finance bridge approaches from county road funds with possible repaid tolls, while noting no drawbridge is needed due to non navigable water.
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Commission
County Highway Commission
Osage River
St Thomas
John BR. Thompson
Chamber At Commerce
Arthur Behrman
St. Thomas
State Highway Department
Virgil B. Saville
Berean
Business Executives Plan 2 Day Meeting
Two day meeting will be held at the Governor hotel June 20 to equip top executives to speak before groups about the free enterprise system. John R. Thomason, executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, said two men from the National Association of Manufacturers will conduct the sessions. Executives and chamber of commerce members from the area will be invited. BI is sponsored by the Chamber, Associated Industries of Missouri, and the NAG A. Registration is $1. The meetings run 9:30 a.m. to noon and 2:20 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day.
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Governor Hotel
John R. Thomason
Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Associated Industrries of
Missouri
of & i
State to Buy Mark Twain Painting and Manuscript
The house passes a Senate approved resolution authorizing the state to purchase a painting of Mark Twain and the original manuscript used in salting type for the first edition of Tom Sawyer. Funds of 15000 are set aside for the painting and manuscript. In Washington on June 1 the Missouri delegation votes for the veteran’s pension bill with 12 Democrats and one Republican supporting the measure.
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House of Representatives
Mark Twain
London
Missouri River
Washington
Une
Missouri
Appointment of Pulaski County Clerk and Recorder
Eugene Bep Dixon Democrat was appointed Pulaski County circuit clerk and recorder of deeds by Governor Forrest Smith. He succeeds Harold E. Williams Republican who resigned to move to Springfield.
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Pulaski
Eugene Bep
Dixon Democrat
Pulaski County
Forrest Smith
Harold FE. Williams
Waynesville
Springfield
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Bourbon, Mo
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Sele
Marvin Aorris
University of Missouri
George H. Moore
Norris
Jorie Ellen Hurst
Worris
Moore
Svas
Jore
Mid
Green Berry Road
N. R.beagie
Missouri Power and ‘Light Company
Marjorie Lister
PSC
Truman
Memorial Field
RFC
Thompson
Gunty
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