Heid State Rally Chooses Permanent Chairman
Stephen Sauter of Kansas City was elected permanent chairman of the statewide rally of Disabled American Veterans MIS sour chapters held at the Governor hotel. Delegates voted to hold a similar meeting in Jefferson City in 1950 and named officers and committees for time, places, ways and means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Sauter
Kansas City
Disabled American Veterans
Governor Hotel
Jefferson City
Roy Cobble
Seargeant of Arms
Roscoe Darenail
Peter Griffin
St. Louis
Darnail
Edward Dwyer
Springfield
Ad. McKinnon
St. Joseph
Foster B. McHenry
Féward Wilson
Sir. James
Robert J. Sanders
R. W. Dwyer
Mel Kinnon
Gmer H. Kelpe
Insurance Bonus To Vets in 1950
Veterans Administrator Gray announced a $6,000,000 dividend on National Service Life Insurance policies. About 16,000,000 World War II veterans will receive an average of $173 per ex-serviceman, with checks to begin arriving in January 1950. Beneficiaries of deceased policyholders will receive funds.
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Washington
Cerl RB
Gray
VA Yes
Veterans’ Service Organizations
St Louis Bus Rate Plan Discussed At PSC Hearing
St Louis officials and the Missouri Public Service Commission heard proposals on bus and streetcar fares as the St Louis Public Service Co seeks a 3.78 million dollar yearly increase. City counselor James E. Crowe urged keeping cash fares at 10 cents and adjusting weekly passes while student passes would rise to 59 cents per week with extra ride allowances. The company projected a 429 thousand dollar annual loss under current rates. A separate note says Merle E Becker reported his car stolen and recovered minutes later on Madison Street.
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St. Louis
James E. Crowe
Missouri Public Service Common
PSC
Merle E. Becker
Madison Street
Losh
Floggings Added In Terror Campaign Near Birmingham
A widowed mother Irene Burton 38 and her two daughters Billie Faye 18 Sally 16 were forced by masked attackers to witness and endure floggings on a wooded hillside on June 3. Two men seized at the Burton home were also flogged. A third man, spared, is described as a cripple. Dora, a mining hamlet of about unknown size, is the nearby community referenced.
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Birmingham
Ala
Irene Burton
Dori
Billie Faye
Sally
Burton
Dora
County Elections For Boys State Scheduled Today
BOONVILLE June 20 AP The Nationalists swept the Federalists in Missouri Boys State election at Kemp er Military School. Five boys were elected including Vic Schulte Atcorn City and Ed Roderick Columbia. Elections are set today for the tenth annual Missouri State session. Officials honored for service to the project begun in 1938 include Judge Harry M Gambrel Truman Ingle Jerry Duggan and A B Wever. Sessions have run each summer except during World War I and II.
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Boonville
Missouri Boys
Kemper Military School
Atcorn City
Vic Schulte
Jefferson City
Kooniz City
Ed Roderick
Columbia
Missouri
Erican Iegion
Oo Sanders
Harry M. Gambrel
Kansas City
Truman
Ingle
Fulton
Jerry Duggan
St. Louis
A. B. Wever
Io Gambrel
Beatings and Cross Burnings Near Birmingham Stir Suspicions
Mrs Burton attributes recent night rider violence to the Ku Klux Klan after 3 000 people in Walker county 28 miles NW of Birmingham are linked to assaults. She says Klan regalia with crosses and hoods matches the attackers. Sheriff Treece says Dora whippings are known but no formal complaint or investigation has been filed.
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Birmingham
Walker County
Burton
Night Riders
Ku Klux Klan
Dora
Imade
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Heid
Rally of Disabled Vets
T. Louis
H. J. Saunders
Reichel
Missouri Hotel
Saunders
Coenoriribupe Stall
OAE
Senate
F Sam AM
Griffin Black
Oxblogd
St Joseph
St.josef
Capital City Upholstering & Decorating Co
Manwlattarera
E. High
al Daleyers
Vale Rue
Granat
U.S
Phil A. Dallmeyer Jewelers
Optometri 223
Bendix
Wondertub
Atlasc
Tve
Bendix-dealer
BOUS
Bendix Home Appliances, Inc
Soath Bond
Ind
Capital City Telephone Company
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