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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
6
The fragmentary report notes a toll road project affecting Vernon, Indiana, with costs described as high and concerns about financial impact. No clear dates, organizations, or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
A 32 year old farmer borrowed a car and drove 77 miles along the Missouri Central tracks, crossing two trestles as floodwaters inundated the area. He faced charges of malicious trespass and was fined 25 dollars. The record mentions musical instruments valued about 23 300 066.
United Press reports riots across the West Coast amid tensions between service members and civilians over zoot suit culture. Government officials in California and Washington scramble to assess causes, with Gov. Warren naming a five-man probe and the state attorney general ordered to investigate. Police record 110 hospitalized, 114 booked at Central Jail, and hundreds more held in custody as tensions flare.
In Los Angeles 22 year old Frank H. Tellez is jailed on vagrancy charges amid a zoot suit riot with servicemen. Police patrol East Fifth Street as city debates out lawing zoot suits to curb juvenile unrest. Army and Navy personnel face restricted areas while civilian agencies tighten enforcement. Harold A. Slane links the flare up to wartime conditions.
DALLAS June AP Mrs Nora Barton 64 hospitalized with bullet wounds head charged with slaying her girlhood friend Mrs W M Ups 60 of Teague Texas Detective Jack Archer and assistant district attorney Newton Kennedy filed a complaint before justice of the peace accusing Barton of the fatal shooting near the sixth floor elevator in a hotel The weapon was a .38 caliber revolver Barton divorced wife of Col W T Barton Lion Oil Co president of El Dorado Ark Was quoted as saying Im in ill health Detectives said she came to Dallas from Teague Tuesday and from Little Rock Ark about a month ago for a visit with Mrs Upshaw and planned to make her home here
Government order to streamline lighting fixtures aims to save 2506 to 3000 tons of metal in 1943. The program targets reduction of material use across manufacturing and public works to bolster wartime production.
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin stated that the defense of the Southwest Pacific may yield to a limited or full scale attack on Japan. He cited Allied momentum including Midway and Solomons victories and noted U S naval command as key to deterring invasion of Australia while coordinating with Churchill and Roosevelt on overarching strategy.
Kansas City June 10 Senator Harry S Truman chairman of the Senate committee probing war contracts said he was heartily in favor of a Byrnes proposal to reduce the number of Senate and House investigations. He indicated support after discussions with Byrnes.
Missouri Senator praised Byrnes for a wartime efficiency plan and said it could reduce wasted time from overlapping investigations. He noted his committee avoids duplicating inquiries but acknowledged significant overlap among cabinet officers and government officials.
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