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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
3
The agriculture committee approved a bill to require labeling of two dozen eggs sold at retail. The label would reveal the eggs quality and size, with grading and classification standards set by the state commissioner of agriculture.
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved Arkansas Arkansas‑Missouri Power Companys plan to fund construction of the Hill steam electric plant in Dunklin county Southeast Missouri. The program includes 3.25 million interim notes at 6.4% and 5.509 million in first mortgage bonds at 2.2% interest. Notes would be replaced with 70 thousand shares of cumulative preferred stock and 140 thousand shares of common stock by end of 1951.
A blonde gunwoman demanded cash from Mrs. Mildred Brawner at a St Louis confectionery. The bandit, about 23, left after taking around $25, ignoring an offer of change. She exited in a taxi as police inquiry begins. The note about power lines and a steam plant needed appears unrelated to the robbery.
The Missouri House shifted from supporting a cigarette tax for all counties to restoring the plan that would allow only Jackson and St Louis counties to levy a 2 cent per pack tax. After earlier amendments favoring smaller counties, the chamber moved back to the original form for the two big urban counties.
Craig Missouri June 2 AP report says Brian and wife Fitzgeralds welcomed a baby boy yesterday noon. Mrs Fitzgerald is a Craig school teacher and the couple already have two sons aged 24 and 12. The birth came as a surprise to the family and doctor was contacted promptly.
Communist fugitive Gerhart Eisler was greeted by Mayor Mex Opitz in a rally at Leipzig old market. ADN reported crowds of German students welcomed Eisler, who will soon become a professor at Leipzig University, a center of Communist influence in German education.
The House sent the national guard code measure to the Senate today. Rep. Floyd Li Snyder of Jackson County sponsored the bill, saying it would bring Missouri's military code in line with other states.
Fredericktown Missouri June AP reports a small plywood boat capsized after striking a stump on La Motte Lake four miles north of town. Victims identified as Arie Gerstem sthinger, 40, and his nephew Al, drowned. Search or rescue efforts conducted by local crews.
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