Prankster’s Classified Ad Prompts Police Probe
A summer prank target, Mrs. Talley of Jefferson Heights, received a bogus ad in the Post-Tribune offering sale of her items. After the ad ran, calls and orders followed, roses were sent in her name, and florists were told to refuse future orders. The city attorney noted no specific prank law, but civil action could follow if identity is found.
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Mes. J. QO
Talley
Jefferson Heights
Post-Tribune
Aftention
Decision on Practitioners at Audrain County Hospital
In Mexico Mo June 10 AP a Missouri court case asks which doctors may practice at Audrain County hospital The board sued for declaratory judgment after years of dispute over osteopaths versus MDs The trustees acted in 1940 to exclude osteopaths citing an AG opinion The suit names nine osteopaths and 1a medical doctors among involved parties with county hospitals in Callaway Pike Barton and Boone referenced.
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Mexico
Audrain County
Cireuit
Callaway
Pike
Barton
Boone
Board of Trustees
Sui
Missouri State Medical Association
Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians
Reds Seek Date for German Peace Talks in Paris
Paris dispatch reports Russia urged a new Big Four conference within three months to draft a German peace. French sources said the plan would require all four powers occupying Germany to agree to withdraw troops one year after a peace treaty. The proposal followed talks among Brtain France Russia and the United States aimed at salvaging terms from earlier accords. A US East-West trade agreement had been discussed in Berlin as part of the broader effort.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Council
Germany
Grun
Br LisFiante
United States
Berlin
Vishimsky
Frisch Leaves Giants to Take Cubs Manager Role
Frankie Frisch resigned as coach of the New York Giants to accept a three year contract as manager of the Chicago Cubs. He is linked with a front office position in Chicago while Charley Grimm also resigned with Cubs in Boston.
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WaPj
Frankie Frisch
New York Giants
Chicoga Cubs
Cubs
Boston
Charley Grimm
Frisch
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Grimm
Traffic pattern change at SS Marys Hospital drives
Hospital traffic will be reversed next Wednesday per Sister Mary Josette superintendent. Entrance from the north gravel drive and exit via the east drive will be reversed to reduce skidding on Seay Street.
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SS Mary's Hospital
Mary Josette
Weather outlook for Jefferson City and central Missouri
Cloudy with scattered showers tonight and humid, near 63. Saturday turning partly cloudy with a high around 75. Weekly Lake of the Ozarks forecast shows inflow and outflow estimates, Lake stage near 18 feet, Creeks Will river level projected to fall to about 12 feet by week end, with Can River at St Thomas rising from 17 feet to around 18.
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Missouri
Bam
Ieee
Kansas City
Jetinrson City
Hermann Sess Nage
Lake of the Ozarks
Sbs
Ozarky
Helox
Canke
St. Thomas
Whoat Jr
Humphrey Attacks Taft Hartley Law in Senate Speech
Senator Humphrey denounced the Taft Hartley Act as creating industrial relation chaos and failing to prevent national emergencies. He cited alleged pro Communist influence in union recognition and referenced ITU disputes, signaling momentum for repeal under Truman era labor reforms.
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Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Taft Jartley
WLRB
Max Perlow
CIO Furniture Workers
Com Forder
International Typographical Union
AFL
Red Rides Wife Testifies in Hiss Perjury Trial
Mrs. Whittaker Chambers testified that she and her husband saw Alger Hiss after January 1, 1937, corroborating her husband’s claim that the former State Department official turned over government papers to a red spy ring. She recalled a New Year’s Eve party at the Hiss home on Volta Place in Washington.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
Volta Place
Washington
Generally Fair Weather Across The Nation Today
Generally fair weather with partly cloudy skies across most of the country today. Temperatures near or above normal with scattered showers and thunderstorms in Missouri Arkansas Mississippi Kentucky Tennessee Oklahoma and Kansas. Oklahoma City reports the heaviest rain in nearly an inch.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
City
Railroad Layoffs Follow Coal Strike Looms
New York June 10 AP reports railroads planning widespread layoffs as John L. Lewis prepares a one week coal shutdown. A spot check shows over 10,000 layoffs definite and more likely if the United Mine Workers stay out beyond a week.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Pale Wren
United Mine Workers
Gas Association Members Consider Product Safety
Missouri Liquefied Petroleum Gas association members gathered at the Governor Hotel for closing sessions focusing on availability, economy and safety in bottled gas use. About 200 members heard Underwriter Laboratories representative D Timberlake discuss securing LP gas system approvals and standards adopted by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and states. New officers Crump Taylor, Alvin H. Bauer and C. A. Enos were elected for three-year terms, with several new board members named from various districts. A friendship hour and banquet followed, with sessions continuing today before adjournment.
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Governor Hotel
D Timberlake
Underwriter Laboratories of
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
Asidral Sas
Jirch Alsulsby
Cameron
EB. Seidel
Chillicothe
Aistrist
A. W. Scofield
Kirksville
Orval Ricks
Winfield
Melvin Hall
Noel
J. A. Felder
St. Louis
W. A
Navy's Big Transport Lands in Kansas City
The Lockheed Constitution, 180-passenger airliner, landed at 1030 this morning in Kansas City after a Minneapolis flight. About 1,500 people, plus 56 reporters and 44 crew, greeted the aircraft as it begins a nationwide exhibition tour to showcase new air transport developments.
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Navy
Kansas City
Kansas
Jones
Minneapolis
Truman to Receive Diamond Paper Weight from Arkansas Field
Rock, June 10 AP President Truman will receive a paper weight made from a two carat diamond from Arkansas’ Murfreesboro field. Governor Riis presented the stone to mark a meeting in Logansport Indiana where Ethel Pontius arranged transport. The note mentions a large Arkansas troop division tied to Camp Robinson and Sistes.
May Come Here Dies At 105
Long Beach California reports the death of Mrs Clarissa M M Noxen at age 103. She long lived through Civil War era life and passed away in early June. The AP obituary notes her extended lifespan and ties to veteran era events.
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Long Beach
Calif
Clarissa MM. Noxen
Senator Adopts B Baldwin in Hearing on Reds
In a tense Senate judiciary subcommittee session Senator Eastland demanded answers from C B Baldwin campaign manager for Henry Wallace. Baldwin refused to confirm Communist Party membership and called Eastland part of a cotton council. the tense exchange included threats of violence and ended with Baldwin ousted from the witness chair.
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Basiland
D-Miss
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Henry Wallace
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Baldwin
Compunist Par
Eastland
Farm Security Administration
Cotton Council
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Progressive Parti
Tucker Motor Officials to Face Charges
Tucker Motor officials led by Preston Tucker and seven associates faced federal indictments for mail fraud securities violations and conspiracy tied to promoting a new unmarketed automobile. The grand jury returned the Silk count indictment after weeks of inquiry. eight defendants face up to years in prison and fines up to 60,000 each.
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Preston T. Tucker
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tucker
Michigan
John P. Barnes
Barnes
Cerf
Fierce
Karsten
Onetime Lithuanian Army Chief Becomes Plane Mechanic
After nine years in hiding and exile, Gen Stasys Rastikis, former Lithuanian army commander, works assembling hydraulic valves at Hartwell Aviation in Culver City. He and wife Helen Matie arrived in New York as displaced persons and later entered the U.S. Rastikis recalls fighting Germans and Communists, and says war with Russia is inevitable but delayed by Russia’s atom program.
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Stasys Rassikis
Hartwell i Aviation Company
Helen Matie
New York
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Clark Hartwell
Joseph Concis
United Lithuanian Relief In America
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Germany
Lutkewitte In Radio Report Delays On Police Car Radios
Jefferson City debates bidding for new radio equipment as council committee postponed due to lack of quorum. City police face loss of AM trans broadcasts when Missouri Patrol discontinues AM transmitter. Fire and police cars remain CO equipped with FM. bids reviewed before final council action.
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Jefferson City
Charles Norman
Forrest Smith
Missouri Histos Patro
Delice
Fire Department
Jenpihreid
Mayor Promises Clean Government to Citizens
Mayor Lawrence Latherite debuts a radio address campaign against the city council, accusing it of blocking reforms and defending the old spells system. He urges direct voter decisions on a nonpartisan police issue in spring and proposes $50,000 revenue bonds to fund Memorial airport upgrades. He cites House legislation by Rep. Henry Andrae to end the ward mess system and empower the people to vote on key issues.
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Lawrence Latherite
KWOS
Kwos-Fm
News-Tribune
Cit Council
Jafferson City
Bienninium
Lutkewitie
Memorial Airport
CAA
Cole County
Henry Andrae
Seek to Enter Phone Rate Case
Two more cities sought intervention in Southwestern Bell Telephone's rate hike. St. Louis and Joplin filed petitions with the Public Service Commission amid Bell's emergency request for 5.7 million dollars. St. Louis warned of higher subscriber costs and called for audit. four Missouri cities have now sought standing. An appeal to rehear Bell's 3.228 million annual increase was reversed by Circuit Judge Sam C Bizic.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Unive
Public Service Commission
Bell
Missouri
Kansas City
Joplin
Commission
Circuit Court
Cote County
PSC
Sam C. Bizic
Road Commission Weighs Osage River Bridge Survey
The Missouri Highway Commission discussed a survey for a proposed Osage river bridge near St Thomas. A decision was expected tomorrow as to start surveying and if the State Highway Department has sufficient personnel. Detailed plans are needed before financing, with construction cost about 3.84 million dollars and 315 thousand allotted for engineering. If the commission cannot survey, a private firm may be hired.
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Missouri Highway Commission
Osage River
St. Thomas
State Highway Department
Cole County Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Cedric Foster Spurring Local Chamber Interest
The Chamber of Commerce reports rising interest in Cedric Foster, news commentator, with many requests for tickets to his June 8 appearance increasing significantly.
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Cedric Foster
Chamber of Commerce
Nf Foster
Truman On War to Division Reunion
President Truman departed for Little Rock Ark to address the 35th division reunion and attend a breakfast with former battery mates. He carries an ebony cane and wears a 354th division button reflecting his WWI service. Flight from Washington was 3 hours 26 minutes in the Inde pendence. In separate action C W Fromme sues Holland Furnace Co in circuit court for 200 dollars actual damages and 5000 dollars punitive damages over a used furnace sale.
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Truman
Little Beck
Ark
Independence
129Th Field Artillery
Little Rock
C. W. Fromme
Holland Furnace Company
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