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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
4
Chester D. Gifford a 65 year old from Winnipeg Missouri died after a truck wreck on U S Highway 66 east of Lebanon. A left rear tire blew out causing the crash. Gifford was thrown from the cab and pinned beneath a wheel. Two daughters riding with him escaped injury.
An advertisement for Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey from Dayton, Ohio, claims 86.8 proof with 65 percent grain neutral spirits. Distributed by Calvert Distillers Corp of New York City. It touts serving options highballs or neat.
Rolla voters rejected a plan to issue 525 000 in revenue bonds to buy a park site known as Buehler Park, owned by the Chamber of Commerce, by a 281 to 203 margin in a special election yesterday. The measure required a two thirds majority.
George Kimes, once a top Southwest outlaw, surrendered to Sheriff Eldon Sitz in Burns Oregon after 11 months of freedom. He had been working on ranches and in lumber camps since last fall, serving a 50 year bank robbery term and a prior murder sentence. Litz arrested Kimes on a tip from a fellow worker.
In Bangor Maine the George E Chapmans raise their family from seventeen to twenty as Mrs Chapman gives birth to triplets two girls and a boy all three newborns and their 36 year old mother are reported doing fine at Eastern Maine General Hospital.
The Rev. A. B. Campbell of Greenville will headline the district meeting of the Joseph-Hannibal district Free Methodist church here starting tomorrow night. District Superintendent D. B. Turnbow of Ashburn leads the convention with two daily services through Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The body of S Sgt John Richard Schwaller son of Judge and Mrs Andrew J Schwaller of 773 Clark Ave will be returned from a Pacific burial ground for reburial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Friday afternoon. Schwaller was killed on a marine bombing mission in the Central Pacific on February 6 1944 while on his third overseas assignment. Born in Jefferson City June 6 1920 he lived there until enlisting in the Marines in 1940. He served at Guadalcanal the Coral Sea and in the Gilbert and Caroline islands.
Fulton Missouri June 8 special John Marvin Sampson 73 died yesterday on way to Callaway Hospital from Millersburg where he lived all his life as a farmer. Born February 14 1874 he was the son of James M Sampson and Mary Frances Selby. He married Ada B Douglas on June 17 1896 and they had no children. His wife and a niece Mrs Bessie Lee Rawlson survive.
Paulette Goddard and Burgess Meredith finalize their Mexican divorce today after a separation of several months. It is the third marriage for Goddard and the second for Meredith. The couple’s sons are mentioned amid reports of their separate lives.
Vice squad halted a church benefit raffle at comedian Bob Hope's Los Angeles home. Mrs Hope claimed she did not know the raffle was illegal. Paddlewheels were seized. the event drew over 1200 attendees for a convent fundraiser in nearby Alhambra.
A bridge column contrasts rubber and tournament play, noting rubber aims to fulfill the contract with minimal extra tricks while tournament play hinges on point differentials. It discusses bidding, opening leads, and play lines, including a hand from Bridge World illustrating different strategies. It emphasizes the higher stakes in tournaments and how splits affect scoring.
Mrs Truman arrived in Independence Missouri from Washington by train to inspect the presidential residence. She examined the redecorating work completed on the home and was seen reviewing details with staff today after arriving late last night.
Dr William A Brandenburg dean of William Woods College filed an application today in the federal court clerk’s office for passports to Denmark Sweden Norway France England and the Netherlands.
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