Ickes Says No Gas Restrictions Just for Rationing
Washington June 15 Petroleum Administrator Harold L Ickes pledged to midwestern lawmakers that eastern gasoline restrictions will not be extended to the Midwest merely for rationing. He warned of possible future cuts due to crude oil shortages and transport limits, and said any action would be explained to Congress.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
East
Midwest
Ickes
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Petroleum Administration
Californie
Bulgaria Plans Government Remodel to Involve People
London dispatch quoting Berlin radio says Bulgaria intends to overhaul its government to permit the people to participate in state policy. No dates beyond June 15.
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London
Berlin
Bulgaria
Weather Summary for Jefferson City and Vicinity
Weather outlook calls for scattered showers with little temperature change. High around 80 and low near 73. Rainfall expected about .05 inches. St. Joseph river stage at .405, trend Fall 04. Kansas City stage at 23.2 rising 0.1. Waverly 22.0 Fall 0.2. Chillicothe 22.3 Fall 57. Boonville 24.6 Rise 0.5. Moberly 25.1 Rise 0.6. Ozark Lake 598 Fall 0.1. Hermann 25.0 Rise 0.3. St. Louis 82.8 Rise 0.2. St. Charles 29.8 Fall 0.2. Girardeau 4.5 Rise 0.2.
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Jefferson City
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Waverly
Chillicothe
Boonville
Reese
Mofferson City
Two Branches In Debate On Cause of Delay
The legislature debates delay in a long session. Speaker Pro Tem Briggs blames late House appropriation bills, Junge notes Senate bills linger in committee, Elliott worries about conference work, and Donnelly accuses the House of sending poor bills and delaying fini shing. Leaders expect to finish by early July, possibly July 4.
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Frank Briggs
Senate
House
C. P. Junge
Howard Elliott
Phil M. Donnelly
62Nd General Assembly
Rush to Stores On Last Day For Ration Coupon
Jefferson City shoe stores faced a rush on the final day of Ration Coupon No 1. High noon crowds, tired staff, and steady lines marked the scene as shoppers sought any shoes that fit. Clerks noted demand for comfort over style and size variety was limited, with No 17s in particular short. Some shoppers left with two stamps for two pairs, while most relied on their existing stamps. Stores nationwide reported crowded conditions as customers hustled to be served.
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Jefferson City
High Street
Jefferson Cillans
Sister Sue
Baby Billy
Small Business Aid Plan Moves Toward Financing Reform
Senator Mead reports progress on a long term program to assist small business in war and peacetime. The plan would create a small business financing corporation within the Federal Reserve System offering guaranteed loans. Sheriff Granville Richart of Jackson County was in town on business.
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Washington
Mead
Senate Commerce
Small Business Committee
Federal Reserve System
Jackson Co
Granville Richart
Jackson County
Jefferson City
Weir's Creek flood control plans presented to city council
Two flood control plans for Weir's Creek, priced at 2,243,610 and 1,346,234, plus a supplemental plan of 116,000, will be shown tonight at City Hall by B F Steves of Black and Veatch. Mayor Owens and City Engineer Fowler urged affected property owners and interested citizens to attend. Plan No 1 offers full protection for the main channel and branches. Plan No 2 guards the East branch and South Bank, with limits on main channel and West branch protection. Plans include drainage pumping stations, earth fill dams, and bridge reconstructions from W McCarty to City Park. Plan 2 details a storage reservoir on the East branch bounded by W McCarty Mulberry Miller and Walnut, with 9-foot depth and certain building razing. Supplemental plan was prepared due to material delays caused by the war.
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At & O
City Hall
B. F. Steves
Black and Veatch Consulting Engineers
Kansas City
Jefferson Cit
Jess N. Owens
Richard Fowler
Missouri River
Steves
High Street
W. McCarty Street
City Park
W. MecCarty
Mulberry
Miller
Walnut
Old Sol Brings Business Boom To Swim Pool
The pool home to a spring surge as about 3500 visitors flocked in ten days with 750 on a record Sunday crowd. Earl Stokes oversees new pool steps from Oakwood Drive while bus service eases hillside access. Adult classes start next week and Red Cross beginner and life saving courses follow in about two weeks.
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Old Sol
Earl Stokes
Oakwood Drive
Red Cross
Heavy Rainfall In West Threatens New Missouri Floods
Rain driven rises push Missouri and Kansas rivers toward new crests. Forecasts call for 25 feet at Kansas City by Thursday, with lingering flood stages downstream. Officials warn northwestern Missouri streams will overflow, Nishnabotna near Burlington to junction with Missouri in serious flood.
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New Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Weather
Bureau
Bissmarck
N. C
Lawrence
Kas
Weather Bureau
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Misssouri
Nishnabota
Burlington Tunckor
Missouri River
Nebraska City
St. Joseph
Lexington
Waverly
Senate Probe Sought Into Sunflower Plant in Missouri
The Missouri Senate voted 16 to 15 to ask the U S Department of Justice for a federal grand jury probe into alleged waste graft and incompetence in constructing the Sunflower Ordnance works at De Soto Kansas Senator George H Miller sponsored the measure saying the findings showed mismanagement and graft elsewhere Senate delays action with concerns about proof and outside Missouri involvement Also the Senate passed an enabling act to permit a state office building in Jefferson City for the Unemployment Compensation Commission with no appropriation and likely postwar contracts The commission is currently housed in an old shoe factory and moves have been debated since 1939 1941.
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Missouri Senate Today
U. S. Department of Justice
Sunflower Ordnance Works
de iSoto
Kas
Missouri
Paul Jones
Kennett
Joslyn
L. D. Joslyn
Charleston
George H. Miller
Sedalia
Truman Committee
Kansas City
W. M. Quinn
Maywood
Senate
Grand Jury
House
Jefferson City
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Phil M. Donnelly
Lebanon
Commission
State Senate
Messenger Finds Way Through Crowd at Texarkana Shoe Store
TEMARKAWA Ark June 15 AP Billy Sellman a telegraph messenger boy clutched his No 17 shoe coupon and fought through a crowd at Watsons shoe store. He circled the outskirts tried for an opening then returned to the telegraph office waving a telegram and shouting Telegram for Mr Watson. The owner opened the message and read Please sir I would like to get a pair of shoes Billy Sellman.
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Temarkawa
Ark
Tex
Billy Sellman
Watson
Mr. Watson
Billy
Billy Seliman
Stilwell Warns of Hard Tasks Ahead in East War
General Stilwell returning to the China front said there will be a savage enemy and hard fighting as Allies push to crush Japan. He stressed that China’s needs were considered in Washington conferences and that the Allies are determined to roll as soon as possible. Meanwhile MacArthur announced new Allied air strikes against Japanese bases above Australia, with heavy raids on Raabau New Britain and Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, plus assaults on Kaimana Babo and Tuam Island as Axis supply lines face steady pressure.
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Associated Press
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Washington
Stilwell
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
U. S
Rabaul
New Britain
Humboldt Bay
Dutch New Guinea
New Guinea
Kaimana
Babo
Tuam Island
Japan
Surprise dinners aid flood area around Tuscumbia store
The Hauenstein Store in Tuscumbia price cuts after flood damage, offering unlabeled canned foods without ration stamps at a sale to help flood victims. Owner Mrs. G. T. Hauenstein led recovery efforts, noting the stock remains ample and the business will reopen locally after repairs. The two story building faced near-flood levels with knee high water on the main floor.
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Tuscumbia
Hauenstein
Osage
G. T. Hauenstein
Itheri 'S
Jefferson City Boy Recalls North Africa Action at El Guettar
Sgt. Robert E. Holliway Jr. writes of his tank destroyer unit’s action in Tunisia during WWII. He details the Battle of El Guettar with the British 8th Army, first experiences under enemy fire, bomb drops, and nights of sleeping in trenches near Gafsa, noting cautious hope amid censorship easing.
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Robert E. Holliway
Tunis
el Gueitar
el Guettar
8Th Army
Senate panel kills Donnell tax consolidation plan
The Senate committee on retrenchment and reform rejected Gov. Forrest C. Donnell’s core reform to merge tax assessing and collecting agencies and create a tax appeals board. Led by Sen. Joe G. Lightner, the Odessa chairman, the panel acted quickly in executive session to derail the 33-bill program. A House committee soon followed with a similar rejection of Donnell’s statewide merit hire system for about 10,000 government employees.
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Forrest C
Donnell
Senate Committee
Joe G. Lightner
Odessa
House
Don Hell
Was It Worth It Was It Worth It
Pvt Jack P Chambers of St Charles chose family over custody during a train layover at Union Station. With newborn Douglas MacArthur Chambers at home, he left the train to see his wife and child, risking guards and praises the decision as worth it. Ambulances in St Louis ordered to obey traffic laws after fatal collisions kill a driver and injure others.
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Jack FP. Chambers
St. Charles
Union Station
Douglas MacArthur Chambers
Chambers
Florida
Director of Public Welfare
Henry S. Caulfield
Nazi Bombing and Evacuation Amid Allied Air Assaults
Allied raids pound Oberhausen and western Germany as refugees flee cities from Berlin to Brandenburg and Bavaria. Berlin reports severe damage while German papers urge hosts to shelter evacuees amid strikes and mass evacuation plans. RAF forces also attack coastal targets near the invasion front as Axis claims massing in the Sicilian straits.
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Essen
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DNB
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Bibeorte
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