Jefferson City Post Tribune rates and masthead note
The Jefferson City Post Tribune lists publication details and subscription rates. It notes weekly and daily editions, pricing for Cole and adjoining counties, other Missouri counties, and outside Missouri, with various 6 month and 4 month terms and delivery options. The page resembles an early 20th century newspaper masthead.
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Telaphone
Tribune Printing Company
Robert Goshorn
Associated Press
Postoffice
Jefferson City
Missouri
Cole
Jefferson City Considers Bonded Debt for New Schools
Thorpe J. Gordon of the Jefferson City school board reports on current bonded indebtedness and future needs. With $315,000 debt now and a possible $434,887 additional, the district plans postwar building and modernization while taxes stay low, aiming to retire the debt by 1953 as four schools remain outdated.
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Thorpe J. Gordon
Jefferson City
Central
Broadway
Park School
Moreau
Food and the One Front War Food Agency Debate
Opinion notes Marvin Jones’s remark that postwar Europe ends need for a separate war food agency in a one front war. Critics warn of looming food shortages and urge centralized control of food production and distribution amid rising costs and policy shifts.
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Anderson
Agriculture
Marvin Jones
WFA
Hitler secretary quotes Himmler as an anesthetic man
A Hitler secretary recalls the late Fuehrer calling Heinrich Himmler a completely anesthetic person. The remark is noted as perhaps the only understatement from the bombastic dictator. Distillers may again produce beverage alcohol in July as wartime rules shift for a third time.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Heinrich Himmler
Japan's Former Fleet Still Very Active in War Warnings
AP analysis by J M Roberts warns Okinawa shows limits of a quick Japanese surrender. He notes Japan could still field seven to ten battleships, a dozen carriers, and cruisers, concentrated at home, with potential danger under certain conditions. He recalls past battles near the Philippines and Leyte Gulf and cautions air power will erode but not erase Japan's fleet.
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Okinawa
Japan
Truman
Germany
Navy
U. S. Pacific
MacArthur
Philippines
Singapore-Philippine
Formosa
Hong Kong
the Philippines
San Bernardino Strait
Leyte Gulf
Morale in staging areas high in gloom for Yank troops
War reporter Hal Boyle recalls the First Army’s staging in a Rouen oak forest before the Le Havre departure. Troops face boredom, delays, and homesickness as they prepare to sail. German prisoners aid camp duties while guards vent frustration. Auld Lang Syne echoes under the trees as fellowship fades with departure.
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Hal Boyle
SEA
France
America
First Army
Rouen
le Havre
Free America
Germany
United States
Naming Binders Park or Truman Park in Jefferson City
A Jefferson City reader argues against changing Binders Park’s name, suggesting Harry S. Truman Park instead. The letter condemns rationing delays by Cole County Ration Board, recounting a five week wait for canning sugar, and urges faster processing to prevent spoilage and reduce public complaints.
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Post-Tribune
Binders
Jefferson City
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Cole County
FEPC on brink of extinction after June 30 funding halt
Washington reports the Fair Employment Practices Committee risks dissolution as Congress may not appropriate funds by June 30. The FEPC, created by executive order in 1941 to curb job discrimination, faced postwar unemployment pressures for Negroes as war plants cut back. Majority of complaints involve race-based discrimination. critics in the South oppose it. The House and Senate wrangle over funding and permanent legislation, with 500,000 Negroes having already moved from the South to war centers. The outlook for continued FEPC support remains bleak.
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Washington
Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Congress
Germany
Roosevelt
House
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Monthly Labor Review
U. S. Department of Labor
South
East
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Malcolm Ross
Italian physicist Volta discovers electric current
Italian physicist Alessandro Volta is credited with discovering the electric current, marking a milestone in electrical science and experimentation.
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Alessandro Volta
Mizzou Library Spends 175000 in 1944
The University of Missouri library spent over 175000 during 1944 and reached an all time high of about 500000 books. Librarian EB Powell reported to President Frederick Middlebush. Recent acquisitions included a 6500 page microfilm of Thomas Jefferson letters and over 1000 Nick Carter and Deadwood Dick dime novels.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Frederick Middlebush
EB. E. Powell
Thomas Jefferson
Nick Carter
Deadwood Dick
Aspirin ad touts St Joseph as best value
An advertisement claims money can’t buy faster acting aspirin and promotes St Joseph aspirin as the world’s largest seller at 10 cents. It urges buyers to choose the big 100 tablet size for 35 cents, asserting superior value over rivals.
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St. Joseph
Fixed Food Quotas Proposed for Government Agencies
Chairman Anderson of the House Food Committee urged fixed three month food allotments for the Army overseas shipments and civilians to prevent raids on civilian cupboards. He noted current quarterly quotas are not rigid and that the Army often exceeds its share, prompting shortages for civilians. Hearings into scarce dairy products followed, with attention to butter milk and cheese as the cross country tour begins and concerns grow over poultry and egg supplies and black markets.
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Washington
Anderson
D-Nm
House Food Committee
Army
Truman
OPA
First Army Scores Another First
The U S First Army, famed for its Normandy and Rhine firsts, made a new mark by returning a complete unit for redeployment to the Pacific. On the Monticello deck 1453 officers and men, the first to invade continental Europe the first to span the Rhine and to meet Soviet forces at the Elbe, debarked at a New York harbor amid whistles and music.
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New York
U.S. First Army
Normandy
Germany
Pacific
Monticello
Europe
Rhine
Elbe River
Pior
Homes For Hannibal Quota Approved By Housing Agency
Chicago June 4 AP A priority quota for 20 homes at Hannibal Missouri has been approved announced Saturday by William K Divers regional representative of the national housing agency.
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Hannibal
Chicago
Hannibal, Mo
William K. Divers
National Housing Agency
Silent Service Sub Stuck in Mire Wins Escape Off Japan
American submarine fights free from mud and enemy depth charges off the Japanese coast during a war patrol. Lt. Cmdr. Danson recounts the perilous voyage as crew maintain calm, reverse damaged screws, and maneuver out of a mudbank to complete their mission amid wartime danger.
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Japan
Pacific
Cmdr
J. R. Danson
Dunson
Robert
Ramispeck
O-Ga
Ofa. Negro
Body Identified Of Detroit Teen In Missouri River
A body found in the Missouri River near Kansas City is identified as Lyrin Fontaine Magness, 17, of Detroit Michigan. He drowned May 2 while fishing with two Kansas City Kansas youths on a Kay River outing. the companions identified the body.
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Kansas
City
Missouri River
Lyrin Fontaine Magness
Detroit
Mich
Magness
Kansas City
Kan
Kay River
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