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Jefferson City Post Tribune

Location

Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1949

Page

8

Bandits Kiss Grandmother Then Steal Her Car

Kansas City dispatch reports a 59 year old grandmother, Sadie Crosner, was robbed after a carjacking at a traffic light. Two young men forced her to drive to a country area, rifled her purse, and fled with the auto. One suspect delivered a brief kiss and claimed she reminded him of his mother. Crosner walked two miles to summon police, arriving home at 4 am. Her husband Issy Crosner described her being out late as unusual.

Kansas City Sadie Crosner

Floodwaters Recede as Nine Bodies Found in Flood Zone

The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers fell back, revealing nine drowned from the weekend floods. Dozens more reported missing as flash floods swelled rivers and damaged hundreds of buildings across Peters burg and nearby areas. Health officials started waterborne disease inoculations while weather fixed scattered showers and heat across the nation.

Associated Press Potomac Shenandoah Petersburg W. Va Portland Mea New England Weather Bureau Huntington Cincinnati Pierre N. C Chicago Kansas City Phoenix San Francisco Los Angeles

Reds Prominent On All Fronts in World Situation

The Big Four foreign ministers reached a Berlin peace framework and an Austria independence treaty plan. They linked Berlin talks to East West trade resumption, with Russia pledging access to Berlin to avert another blockade. Ministers failed on German unity and a full peace treaty timing. ArchbOr Josef Beran faced hecklers in Prague as church tensions rise with the Czechoslovak government. Russia offered to resume repatriation of Japanese POWs with ships to Nakhodka. Shanghai faced an air raid by Nationalist planes on Communist-held city.

The Associated Press Berlin Austria Russia Germany Paris Catholic Church Czecho-slovakia Josef Beran St. Vitus Prague Vatican Archbi Beran Tokyo Janese Nakhodka Siberian Vladivostok Shanghai

Former Private Takes Over Army Leadership

Gordon Gray, a North Carolina native and former infantry private seven years earlier, was sworn in as secretary of the army in Defense Secretary Johnson's office. The ceremony drew Cabinet members, the Supreme Court, Congress, and top military leaders including General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Gray, who had served as undersecretary since May 25, replaces Kenneth Royall who resigned.

Washington Gordon Gray Army Winston- Salem Defense Johnson Cabinet Supreme Court Congress Dwight D. Eisenhower Carolina Omer Bradley Gray Bradley Kenneth C.royall Royall

Scout Round Table Plans Summer Camping Skills

Lyman Winter Bud Keane and Frank Miller will run the monthly Scout Round Table meeting with Winter covering summer camping, Keane showing rope splicing and Miller explaining campfire programs. A Cub leaders round table follows led by William H. Tellman with Al Schriefer John Renken and Mrs. M. S. Waldo also listed.

Jefferson City Post-Tribune Lyman Winter Bud Keane Frank Miller Scout Round Table Don Gotham Cole Keane Miller William H. Tellman al Schriefer John Renken

Face Loss of Air Guard Unit at Lambert Expansion

ST LOUIS January 20 AP. The Tist fighter wing of the air national guard may be moved if 40 more acres for Lambert St Louis port expansion are not provided. Lt Col J W McFerrin says the federal government plans 3.5 to 5 million dollars in permanent facilities here and 24 cities compete. The wing has about 250 personnel and a payroll of 50 thousand dollars.

St, Louis Jame 20 Air National Guard Lambert-St. Louis J. W. McFerrin Wing McFerrin Kansas Cry St. Paul Des Moines Minneapolis

Skylark Drive In Planned for Jefferson City Nebraska?

Durwood theaters of Kansas City announced a new Skylark drive in for Jefferson City to open late July, west of Highway 34 and north of the Missouri River, with a 300 car capacity. A Skylark drive in will also open in St. Joseph on July 15 and in Leavenworth, Kansas, late in July, as the company builds a new home office in Kansas.

Jefferson City Durwood Theaters Kansas City Highway 34 Missouri River St. Joseph Leavenworth Kan Skylark

Flash Flood Wrecks City of 150,000

ISTANBUL June 20 A wall of water rushed down the Yesnifiark river wrecking Tokat a city of 150 000 in North Central Anatolia Press dispatches reported no casualty figures but loss of life was expected to be high The flood began yesterday morning after many hours of heavy rain.

Istanbul Turkey Tokat Anatolia

Remarkable Starfish Regrowth Shows Remarkable Regenerations

Four starfish demonstrate remarkable regrowth as a lost arm can sprout a new body and the severed limb can regenerate into a complete new organism. The finding highlights the creatures' extraordinary regenerative abilities and potential insights into tissue regrowth mechanisms.

Coffee Price Up

General Foods Corporation raised wholesale prices for coffee packed cans jars and bags one pound in New York on June 20.

New York General Foods Corporation

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