Hoffman Quits Threat Fails to Quiet Hearing
Washington June 11 AP Senator McKellar accused ECA head Paul Hoffman of bullying the appropriations committee over recovery funds. Hoffman denied threats while signaling resignation if policy could not be directed. The session grew heated as lawmakers debated the 3.588 billion dollar request for the first 100 months of the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
ECA
Paul Hoffman
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
Comec
Me¢ J Kellar
Sensitor Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
McKellar
Europe
Hottman
Missourian praises National Guard in Congress
Rep Paul C Jones of Missouri told Congress the National Guard has been treated poorly by economy moves yet repeatedly risen to emergencies. He honored the 140% infantry and noted its role provisioning a provisional company as honor guard for President Truman at the 35th division reunion in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Washington
National Guard
Paul C. Jones
Dbio
Congress
Jones
Truman
35Th Division
Litle Rock
Ark
Missouri
Kendett
Missouri National Guard
Dual Heaters Urged Here to Guard Gas Supplies
Public Service Commission heard B. Kelan of City Service Gas urge dual fuel heating in homes to avert shortages and possible shutdowns. He and other suppliers opposed new installation bans as PSC had ordered a temporary halt for new homes and restricted industrial gas use since May 1938. If all limits lift, estimates suggest a $30 million impact through 1958 in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Tatiar
B. Kelan
Cities Service Gas Company
Kelan
PSC
Kansas City
English Desertion Trial Ends With Two Year Sentence
Burtonwood England June 10 AP An air force man Delbert B Hill described as Donna Del bert a fire eater on the English stage was convicted of desertion for leaving the service in 1945 to avoid hazardous duty He denied desertion and said he planned to return to the air force and later to perform as a magician and fire eater in America He testified his stage name in the United States was Don Delbert and a 1937 social security card existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burtonwood
England
Air Force
Delbert EB. Hill
Hill
Japan
George E. Koontz
Koontz
Newcastle
Donna Delbert
America
Hagenbeck Wallace Circus
United States
Don Delbert
Cant. Koontz
London
Governor Signs Four Bills Into Law
Governor Forrest Smith signed four bills into law expanding the attorney general staff and salaries with a $100000 revolving fund for court fees. Additional laws grant third and fourth class county collectors extra mail fees for tax bills and receipts, and authorize Linn Creek to receive 15.1 acres of land for an airport near Lake of the Ozarks, about 60 miles southwest.
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Forrest Smith
Linn Creek
Lake of the
Local Club Women to Charter Presentation
Members of the Jefferson City Business and Professional Women’s club attend a charter presentation for the Glasgow club Monday night. The Jefferson City regular meeting is postponed. Mrs. Mildred Lass will present the charter. Miss Alberta Meyer heads the district overseeing the new club. Attendees include Irene Butterly, Orelia Pruett, Ruth Caplinger, Mrs. Freda Beck, Miss Meyer, Mrs. Dorothy Nichols, Mrs. Emma Goff, Helen Miter, Lulu Cornog, Edna Baumhoefe r, Mrs. Jo Mueller, Mrs. Norman Rumer, Edna Skain, Mrs Florence Mueller, Jenny Rose Bennett, Marie Pouyer.
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Jefferson City Business and Professional Women's Club
Glasgow Club
Jefferson City Club
Mildred Lass
Glasgow
Alberta Meyer
Jefferson City
Irene Butterly
Orelia Pruett
Ruth Caplinger
Freda Beck
Miss Meyer
Dorothy Nichols
Emma Goff
Helen Miter
Lulu Cornog
Edna Baumhoefer
Jo Mueller
Norman Rumer
Edna Skain
Florence Mueller
Jenny Rose Bennett
Marie Pouyer
Missouri Governor Declares Flag Day Observance
Governor Forrest Smith proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day and ordered the U S flag to fly on all state buildings. He urged Missourians to display flags at home to honor the 1777 adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
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Forrest Smith
U.S
Building Permits Valued at 8400 Dollars Issued
Eleven building permits issued by Building Inspector Arthur Bassman cover remodels repairs and garage work totaling 8400 dollars. No new residences were authorized. Notable filings include Carl Jones 1317 St Marys Blvd porch remodel 500 dollars and L W Blackwell garage at 120 Filmore 3000 dollars.
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Arthur Bassman
Carl Jones
St. Mary’s Boulevard
Herbert Trippensee
Jefferson Street
L. W. Blackwell
Filmore Street
John 8. Dulle
East High Street
Charles Wells
Benton Street
Ed Parsons
East Dunklin Street
Katherine Weber
Jackson Street
Arthur Bosch
Madison Street
Edwin C. Helier
East Capitol Avenue
Arthur West
West Main Street
Acting Police Judge W H Parks Fills In Today
Former Justice of the Peace W H Parkes served as police judge in Schwaller’s absence while he attends reburial services in St Louis for his son John Schwaller who was killed in the Pacific. Sigrid Undset, Nobel prize author, dies in Lillehammer Norway.
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W. H. Parkes
Andrew J. Schwaller
Schwaller
St. Louis
John Schwaller
Pacific
Oslo
Norway
Sigrid Undset
Lillehammer
Convicted Slayer In Supreme Court Appeal
A convicted killer of a Kansas City policeman appealed his death sentence to the Missouri Supreme Court today. George U. Bell and his Negro status are noted as the defendant. Bell was found guilty of killing Patrolman during a shooting that followed a disturbance call at Bell's residence last September. Bell's lawyers argued that court statements inflamed jurors minds and prejudiced them, and that too many uniformed police officers were present.
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Kansas City
Missouri Supreme Court
George U. Bell
Bel
Bell
Jackison County
Authorities Close Investigation of Ice Box Deaths
In Arkansas authorities ended their probe into the deaths of three children trapped in an old fashioned ice box near Walnut Ridge. Detective H R Peterson said the case seemed resolved and cited testimony that James Buddy Chesser 10 described imprisoning his playmates. Prosecutor Millard Hardin and Sheriff Joe Spades echoed the closure. The victims aged 2 to 9 were found in the box with two dead and one dying on Sunday morning.
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Little Rock
Walnut Ridge
Ark
H. R.peterson
James
Buddy) Chesser
Peterson
Ene
Chesser
Millard Hardin
Joe Spades
Suiacuay
Fulton Man in Illinois Died by Own Action
FULTON Mo a 4 of Fulton died at Callaway Hospital yesterday afternoon from a self inflicted wound police say. The carpenter was found in the garage behind his home with a bullet wound above his right ear by his two daughters Ruth and Frances at 11 am. A neighbor heard a shot about a half hour earlier. A 22 caliber rifle and an exploded shell lay beside the body. Police say he propped the rifle against his temple and pulled the trigger. Mrs Dawson said she knew of no reason for the act except worry over poor health. He had been ill for years and had not worked for two weeks.
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Fulton
Frank Everett Dawson
Callaway Hospital
Dawson
Ruth
Frances
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Wren
Missourian Lands National Guard
Mrs. Clark
Georgia Neese Clack
Albert Reese
Richland
Kas
Associated Press
Fire Eater
Capital City Upholstering & Decorating Co
Merataetarett Et Fine Furaitare
E. Migh
W. H. Parks
Supreme Court
State Highway Patrol
Freemont
Rush
Los Angeles
Poplar Bluff
Central Dairy Money
Mypetl
Hyde Park
Ami ‘Ark
Hyaes
W. H. Gundelfinger
Henry V. Guhleman
Cornelia Nall
Jesse N. Owens
Sam Bushman
Phil A. Dallmeyer
Board OF Directors
Henry V. Gubleman
Thorpe J. Gordon
F. B. Newham
William Wildeboor
City National Savings 5 & Loan Association
Monroe Street
Weillys
Overland
Wallau Auto Service
W. Dunklin
Willys-Overland
Willys-Overland Motors
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