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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1949
Page
1
Des Moines reports the Truman administration tests midwest farmer and labor backing for a Brannan style farm program blending high price supports with consumer relief. Farmers seek simpler measures and oppose full subsidy while labor promises backing if price promises persist.
John L. Lewis and U S Steel officials halted coal contract talks until June 23 as 480,000 miners walk out in a stabilizing strike. Lewis met with U S Steel reps at the Bellevue Stratford hotel. Violence reported in West Virginia as nonunion strip mines faced coal dump incidents.
The Missouri Highway Patrol recovered a 2946 model automobile abandoned on the Capitol grounds two hours after it was stolen in Se Salia. Patrol traced it to Bellamy's service station at Broadway and McCarty where the driver tried to sell a tire. the driver had not been caught.
The Senate approved Gordon Gray as secretary of the army by unanimous consent. Gray had been serving as under secretary and is connected to North Carolina. The action was announced in Washington on June 13 by AP.
Mostly cloudy conditions with showers tonight then partially cloudy and cooler Tuesday. Low near 60s, high in the 70s. Some stations report cloudiness and scattered precipitation, with variable winds and conditions across the Missouri River area and nearby towns.
Four occupation powers wrap up talks with no settlement on East West trade and Berlin reunification. Russians cited as hardliners. Rail strike looms with union vote set to decide continuation. Cole County School Board meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. to discuss routine matters and two teacher vacancies.
The Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil contracts lessened interstate and intrastate commerce, upending anti trust logic. Justice Douglas dissented, warning the decision could enable oil firms to sweep up filling stations via subsidiaries, harming independents and expanding cartels.
PHILADELPHIA June 13 CAP The Bethlehem Steel corporation announced it furloughed 500 workers at Bethlehem plant as a three minute week walkout by United Mine Workers began. More than 30,000 Eastern railroad workers were laid off, with orders cited as the cause.
Edmond Kidian 36 of Brockton Massachusetts likely to obtain a full pardon for armed robbery from Gov Forrest Smith. Kidian, an ex GI discharged 1943, was sentenced to five years in Neosho in 1946 after robbing a Joplin filling station. Paroled 1947, his case drew War Dads and Massachusetts highway department support for reinstatement, with Jasper county officials not opposing the pardon.
Police report a weekend of auto incidents across the city. Robert Wade of East Auchi Street faced a police court for disturbing the peace after an East High Street restaurant incident. C Asseride near Jefferson Street avoided charges after backing into a parked car. Delbert incompletely identified faced no serious report. Jack Zumwalt’s car and a drunken driver’s vehicle suffered about $55 in damage. Paul Schurieman’s careless driving hearing was set for today, with postponement requested by his attorney.
Washington dispatch reports spy investigators from the House Un-American Activities Committee are preparing a comprehensive history of Communists in espionage, including atomic secrets, with hearings planned this week and the aim to cover events back to 1922. Missing bike mystery ends with police and street crime notes.
Missouri Pacific announces about 225 employees will be laid off as a result of a strike. The St Louis San Francisco line may cut 12 to 15 switching crews in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Both railroads say core operations will continue with reduced staff.
Jefferson City councilors plan a radio discussion after a meeting delay due to lack of quorum. Mayor Luthewine aims to adjourn the committee once it ends, as bids for radio equipment were opened and FCC wavelength assignment remains pending.
About 300 conservationists are expected at a meeting of the Cole County Federation tonight at the Missouri hotel. Two wildlife films will be shown, one on Alaska salmon migrations and angling for big trout, the other a ducks and geese film loaned by the State Conservation Commission. Dean W. Davis, president of the Conservation Federation of Missouri, will speak briefly. Pan W. Snyder, president of the Cole County federation, will open the meeting followed by reports on the annual state convention held this spring.
S. E. Lamb of Jefferson City was re elected secretary treasurer of the Missouri branch of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks at the fortieth state convention in Lebanon. Mrs Theodore Engibrecht of Jefferson City was re elected president of the women's auxiliary and Mrs Lamb was named state historian. Delegates from Local 236 Jefferson City included Edwin Coffeit Everett Markway and Raymond Caspari, with Mrs Lamb and Mrs Cart Kelsey serving as auxiliary delegates.
Hubert Wheeler Missouri education official resolves a dispute by placing six Miller County districts into Cole County R V under the Cole plan. Reasons include proximity to Eugene High School and district voters favoring the change. An election must be called within 60 days.
In Baltimore on June 13 AP reports James W. Stanek a 49 year old printer who died during a hernia operation. After initial resuscitation his heart stopped twice more and he died of pneumonia as his wife said. Doctors revived him briefly before he again stopped breathing, remaining unconscious until Saturday.
Officers of the Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters met at the Governor hotel to hear a progress report on the legislative program from former State Senator Alroy Phillips. Buck spokesman said Gov. Forrest had accepted provisions of the bill. Attending were Zammar Din Harlan Beehm Secretary Treasurer McCann and others. The executive board was represented by Hohenstreet Huffman Grams and Bauige. The group will conclude the meeting today.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a nationwide United Mine Workers strike halting hard and soft coal production across 20 states. States show miner counts: West Virginia 120000 soft coal, Pennsylvania 100000 soft coal miners and about 78000 ancite diggers, Kentucky 32000, Illinois 23000, Ohio 18000, Alabama 22000, Virginia 15000, Tennessee 10000, Indiana 7500, Maryland 2000, Wyoming 7000, Colorado 6000, Montana 6000, Utah 4500, Oklahoma 4000, New Mexico 4200.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled county prosecutors may sue school boards to recover money moved illegally between funds. D. W. Gilmore, Scott county prosecutor, sued Consolidated School District No. 42 officials Arthur Powell and others. The circuit court awarded $9,531, later upheld by the Supreme Court.
The spring promise of bumper crops in Cole County has faded due to wet weather and ongoing rains. Farmers report flooded fields delaying cultivation and weed growth, with corn and wheat output likely lower than last year. Oats remain the only crop not harmed, while alfalfa and hay suffer quality losses. Erosion rises, terraced fields fare best, and canning advice increases as farmers prep beans and peas for sale.
LOONVILLE June 13 AP A record 392 youths are named to attend the tenth Missouri Boys State to open Saturday Nearly all counties in the state will report for orientation physical exams processing and room assignments A staff of 30 to 40 led by Judge Harry M Gambrell director will arrive Friday to organize Delegates and staff will be housed at Kemper Military School The Missouri American Legion sponsors the event with C D Hamilton St Louis lawyer acting dean Dean F J Marston Kemper, Lt Col E W Tucker Kemper executive officer, and James J Haver Kemper band director.
The Line Admiral Charles B Sigshee camp of the Spanish American War veterans yesterday elected D D McDonald and Robert Rogers delegates to the state department convention beginning Wednesday at Lebanon. McDonald was instructed to nominate Henry Daly for junior vice commander. Tom Goodall Tim McFaddin and Osage City members will attend as part of the Sigsbee camp as the convention continues through Friday.
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