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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
3
Factory worker Harry Hughes, 25, slept on the sofa after a night shift as his dog dozed beside him. Mrs Hughes returned to find a cut window screen and a burglary. The thief took two alarm clocks, according to Hughes.
News wires report Walter Winchell claimed General Dwight D. Eisenhower offered to resign as Army chief of staff to become Columbia University president next fall. Columbia and Army officials denied plans, noting no board action and Eisenhower's commitment to his current role. He would pursue public service non political work after duty ends.
The city of Marseilles establishes a 40 day quarantine aimed at curbing a here unspecified outbreak. Health authorities impose restrictions on movement and commerce while monitoring residents for symptoms. Local hospitals prepare additional beds and emergency procedures for potential case surges.
In Gastonia North Carolina a 13 year old, Johnny Weaver, shot and killed his mother Cora Weaver 47, at their Spencer Mountain home after being reprimanded for opening a letter to his sister. Sheriff H T Efird reported the youth grabbed a .22 rifle and fired two bullets in a act described as unrepentant.
The defense rested today in the May-Garsson war fraud trial and failed to gain a delay. Chief defense attorney Charles Margiotti sought a postponement until key witness Joseph J. Freeman recovers from a heart attack. Judge Schweinhaut ordered the case to proceed with the final rebuttal witnesses, aiming for conclusion soon.
The article notes General Eisenhower is not ready to discuss future plans or a possible presidency. It states he will announce to the press when he makes a commitment and will not engage in any engagement until released from current duties by his superiors.
A St Louis taxicab driver, Charles C Whitney, was acquitted of second degree murder in the October 26 fatal shooting of Billy Joe Robinson, 19, a Navy veteran, in downtown. Whitney testified self defense saying Robinson reached toward his pocket. the incident happened in front of a hotel where Mrs Whitney worked.
Kansas State College scientist Dean R Throckmorton says a hardy cross-breed wheat, resistant to stem rust and other threats, is in development with a two-year horizon. About 600 millers, grain men, bankers, and farmers attended a Kansas City Wheat Improvement Association meeting as progress nears a goal. In Richmond Indiana an early morning fire injured 11 year old John Wadsworth, who was hospitalized after firefighters removed his trousers and recovered his $1,234 savings from a pocket.
The article outlines how typhoid can be contracted despite low U S rates, emphasizing sanitation and vaccination for armed forces. It explains infection progression from ingestion to intestinal and systemic spread, duration, lack of curative drugs, and the role of carriers and food handlers in transmission. It also includes a Q A about hair breaking due to comb removal and suggests oil to reduce breakage.
W. D. Davis of Farm Management Associates urged a 50 percent cut in the SCS budget, arguing the Soil Conservation Service has not done its job. He testified before a Senate operations subcommittee that Missouri extension service is handling more work than the SCS.
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