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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1940
Page
1
A white era editorial blends a Red Cross fundraising appeal for Europe’s refugees with a Missouri political note urging support for Forrest Donnell over Grant Frye. It cites the 1859 Geneva treaty heritage, calls for a $26 million drive, and discusses census flaws affecting local commerce.
Washington Daybook notes commerce and agriculture prep for wartime relief questions as war drives famine risks. It cites Hoover relief in Belgium, and outlines vulnerable nations including France, Spain, Russia, England, Denmark, Holland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, with two departments pondering a major relief program.
New York report on the first month of the season at the Fair notes a single wallet theft from a Pittsburgh hardware dealer Horace H. Morgan. He lost $75, a railroad ticket and IDs amid a carnival scene featuring doves and a sarong act by Miss Yvene Dave, with the writer skeptical yet amused by the episode and local showgirls.
Report notes that neither Mrs Elea Roose vel t nor Roosevelt would accept the presidential nomination under any circumstances. The line reflects strong opposition from the named individuals, shaping the party's leadership questions amid ongoing political maneuvering.
In a June London dispatch, the French navy is praised for speed and firepower with ships like Dunkerque Strasbourg Richelieu and Jean Bart. The fleet totals over 100 vessels including aircraft carriers cruisers destroyers and submarines. French warships have aided Britain in the Channel and escorted army transports from Africa. A second item notes St Louis University medical school plans by Olio C Stegmeier Jr., Magna Cum Laude graduate from Notre Dame.
Mrs. Ellen Wade of 2011 North Broadway Pittsburg Kansas credits KruGon with restoring elimination and lifting chronic health woes. She describes relief from joint pain fatigue sleep troubles and nervousness after using the remedy sold at Brandenberger Drug Co and other local drugstores.
Milligan, candidate for the Democratic Senate nomination, claims T. J. Pendergast’s influence shapes Truman’s policies. He accuses Truman of following Pendergast’s dictates in legislation and state issues while attacking Gov. Lloyd C. Stark and rival candidates. He warns against mass hysteria but urges protecting democratic rights.
In the Eighth Federal Reserve district May unaudited department store sales were 2.7 percent higher than May 1939. Gains varied by city with Pine Bluff up 34.3 percent and Memphis up 83.4 percent. Little Rock up 18.0 and Fort Smith up 10.3 while Springfield declined 18.2 percent.
June 10 United States army begins broad probe into background and credentials of European born aliens employed in the canal zone. The effort targets about 2500 workers under construction quartermaster Col Wilmot Dane elson on a 60 million dollar project in the ten mile strip.
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