Jefferson City Treasury Faces Reductions in Employees
Local treasury offices may stay in place if operating costs drop, after Congress approved a reduced appropriation. Six accounting staffers were fired for budget cuts, while disbursement remained unaffected. Consolidation rumors persist, recalling last year’s shifts to Kansas City and the impact on Jefferson City’s merchants.
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Accounting Office
National House of Representatives Ding
Accounting Départment
C. PF. Stillwell
Chamber of Commerce
Dion
Kansas City
Midwest
Treasury
East Capital Avenue
W. P. A. State Office
Treasury Office
Jefferson City
Bills Die Under House Rules In Early Session
The Missouri House killed more than twenty bills as a rule driven drive to adjournment began. Notable losses included a criminal code reform proposing alternate jurors, a mandatory 2 percent premium tax on old line fire insurers, and a primary branding law requiring party tickets in primaries. Others targeted labor injunctions and a statewide municipal water works bill authorizing revenue bonds for cities under 75,000 and St Louis County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Hennings
St. Louis
State Bar Association
New York Laws
Thomas E. Dewey
Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence
Fram
Clifford Casey
Jasper County
Casey
Obie Ford
Oregon County
Buchanan
W O. Hanks
German blitzkrieg drives ahead as war starts
June 28 AP reports Adolf Hiller's legions moved on schedule in the first lunges against Soviet Russia along a 2000 mile eastern front. Details are omitted per high command policy. German sea operations target Russian waters while an east Prussia air raid yields no notable effect. Reichs air might backed by Finland and Romania seeks encirclement escape as Goering deploys blitzkrieg force at dawn.
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Berlin
Adolf Hiller
Russia
Germany
High Command
Europe
Baltic
Black Sea
East Prussia
Romania
Finland
Britain
Link
Basle National Zeitung
Reichsmarshal
Rumania
Adolf Hitler
Tass
Moscow
Leningrad
Kilev
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Crimean Peninsula
Zhitomir
Kaunas
Prut River
Hitler
Senate Bill Bars Governor From Other Offices
Missouri's governor would be barred from election or appointment to any other state or federal office during his term under a bill perfected by the state senate. Sen. C. Duncan said the measure aims to prevent coercion of state employees in elections. The bill passed by voice vote with no opposition as the senate pressed ahead toward adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
State
Senate
Sen. C. &. Douncan
Fayette
Lloyd C. Stark
United States Senate
Ray Mabee
Unionville
Ambassador's Wife Safe in Stockholm
The American Swedish news exchange reported from Stockholm that Mrs. Laurence A Steinhardt wife of the US Ambassador to Moscow and their daughter Dulcie Ann arrived in Stockholm yesterday by air from the Soviet capital after traveling from Moscow.
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New York
Stockholm
Laurence A. Steinhardt
United States
Moscow
Dulcie Ann
Fair and Warm Through Tonight and Tomorrow
Fair conditions continue across St Thomas Jefferson City and surrounding areas with temperatures in the high 90s, Sunday near 94, and a low around 63. River stage readings show Kansas City up 18.5 inches, Waverly up 0.6, Boonville down 0.3, Hermann down 0.9, and Lake of the Ozarks at 16 feet below full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Jefferson City
Kansas City
Boonville
Hermann
Lake of Ozarks
Cole County to register 200 youths for second draft
Cole County officials estimate about 200 local youths will register next Tuesday. Only males aged 21 since Oct 11, 1940, to July 1, 1941, must sign in. Registration hours are 7 AM to 3 PM in the Circuit Court room at the County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole County
Fred Hunziker
Circuit Court Room County
Chamois Resident Dies at St Marys Hospital
Mrs. George Kersten of Chamois died Sunday at St Marys Hospital after a long illness at age 76. She was born November 7 1864 in Treloar Missouri, daughter of Louis and [illegible] Schwerdt, and was a member of St John Evangelical Church. Survived by husband George Kersten and a lengthy list of married names and locations including Jefferson City Clinton and Galesburg among others.
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George Kersten
Chamois
St. Mary's Hospital
Kersten
Treloar
Louis Schwerdt
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Henly Stacy Dies At Home Of Son In Jeffer son City
Henry Stacy Sr. 74, died Sunday at his son John L. Stacy’s home in Jefferson City after a year of heart disease. Born August 29, 1886 in Schuyler County, he was a farmer and merchant. Survived by daughter Mrs. B. F. Hansam of Sedalia, three sisters, and son John, chief of the travel voucher division of the War Finance Division. Funeral at Leeton, Missouri.
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Henry Stacy, Sr
John L. Stacy
East High Street
Mr. Stacy
Schuyler County
Jefferson City
Stacy
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
John Stacy
B. F. Hansam
Sedalia
Leeton, Mo
Werdenhousen Shot In Hunting Accident Near Westphalia
Anton Werdenhousen of Meta was hospitalized with a shotgun wound to the right leg above the ankle after a Sunday morning hunting accident near Westphalia. He said a rock caused him to fall while carrying a 20 gauge shotgun. a discharge struck his ankle as he dropped the gun. Schauwecker assisted him to a car and he was moved to the hospital.
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Anton Werdenhousen
Meta
Westphalia
Werdenhousen
Werdenhausen
Zene Schauwecker
Centertown Woman Dies After Illness at Fulton
Mrs. Una K. Sartain 61 of Centertown died yesterday at Fulton after a two year illness. Survived by husband Volney Sartain of Centertown four sons Sheila Cedar City Moody Clyde Vernon all of Centertown and two daughters Mrs. Tencio Reed of Chicago Ill and Mrs. Bonnie Weber of Lohman Mo.
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Una K. Sartain
Fulton
Sartain
Centertown
Volney Sartain
Sheila
Cedar City
Moody
Clyde
Vernon
Tencio Reed
Chicago
Bonnie Weber
Lohman
Amateur Radio Network Men Hold Annual Meeting Here
The Missouri Amateur Radio Telephone Emergency Network Association held an all-day meeting at McClung Park with 38 members and nearly 1000 stations in Missouri. A barbecue was served, highway patrol radio division hosts assisted, and some members met in person for the first time. Governor Forrest Donnell sent a greetings message praising radio volunteers for defense and state aid. Sgt Bryant noted the group formed over two years ago after severe ice storms and floods demonstrated its need.
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Missouri Amateur Radio- Telephone Emergency Network Association
McClung Park
Missouri
Radio Division
State Highway Patrol
J. W. Bryant
Highway Patrol
Bryant
Forrest €. Donnell
Sgt
Baltic states shift toward Nazi alignment amid global war
Reports from Berlin and Kaunas indicate Lithuania Latvia and Estonia move closer to Germany as Soviet Russia fights along the eastern front. German broadcasts claim Latvian and Lithuanian cooperation, while Estonia's stance remains uncertain as allied powers condemn Germany's invasion. Washington and Moscow discuss aid eligibility and neutrality amid shifting alliances.
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Associated Press
Baltic
Soviet Russia
Germany
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Kaunas
Russia
Helsinki
Finland
Washington
Warren Lee Pierson
Export Import Bank
United States
Welles
Wells
Roosevelt
Dr Campbell to Lead Evening Services at Renn Chapel
Rev G E Benson announced Dr Carl Campbell pastor of First Baptist Church will oversee services at Renn Chapel each evening this week at 6 oclock.
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DR. Campbell
Renn Chapel
G. E. Benson
Carl Campbell
First Baptist Church
Missouri Sees First 100 Degree Day Of Summer
Missouri posted its first 100 degree reading of the season as a heat wave built from a warm spell. Kirksville hit 100 with 90 to 97 degrees statewide, while scattered clouds trimmed the peak slightly. Rainfall varied with 1.30 inches at Advance, 1 inch at Hermann, and half an inch at West Plains.
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SY. Louis
Missouri
Kirksville
Hermann
West Plains
Cole county draftees honored by Elks before deployment
Eighteen Cole county selectees were given a farewell party by the Elks Club prior to their departure for Jefferson Barracks for army induction. It was the Elks’ second hosting. Family members attended as well. An additional seventeen draftees are scheduled to leave on July 2. A car owned by C. B. Goodman caught fire near Monroe and High streets before noon with minimal damage.
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D. Sappington
W. Dunkin Street
Tyler and
Monroe
Jefferson and
Dunklin
Mary R. Laidlow
Sarasota
Fila
Bil Williams
Jefferson City
Fortag
Greenberry Road
Williams
Cole County
Elks Club
Jefferson Barracks
Army
Elks
C. B. Goodman
Monroe and
High Streets
Red Army Presses Uprising as Nazis Advance in Europe
Soviet forces move vast masses of men and guns toward the front from the Baltic to the Balkans as German advances push into Lithuania and Poland. Tass reports mass meetings pledge support for war effort, while air raids and counter actions unfold across Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic states. Martial law is declared in western Soviet republics as mobilization accelerates. A separate note states the War Department will base its main medical supply depot in St. Louis at the Mart Building.
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Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Army High Command
Baltic
Balkans
Lithunia
Poland
U.S.S.R
Tass
St. Louis
Washington
War Department
Mart
St. Louis Terminal Association
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Congress
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Senator Duncan
Stark
Sfair
Hunziker
Monroe Streets
Circuit Court
Southside
Stafferson
Raymond Newman
Agnes Bemhoom
Jeffersen City
Clarence Nordberg
Galesburg
Mis
Dorothy Gustafson
Clinton
Iowa
George A. Johnson
Io Wa
DeVerne L. Johnson
Frederick George Anderson
Littleton
Colo
Gertrude
Alice Palmquist
Engiewood
Albert A. Harrison
Springfield
Bonnie Grace Stone
Dwight B. Carlson
Rapids City
Nice
Helen B. Barton
Moline
Roy W. Farmer
Misa
Loraine Curtman
Henly Stacy
Son
Amateur Radio
Stalin
NBC
London
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
Norway
Oslo
Dover
Cairo
Egypt
Middle East Command
Palmyra
Syria
Alexandria
Egyptian Ministry of the Interior
Jimma
Ethiopia
Apj
DNB
Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Great Britain
Iissar Molotov
Soviet
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Prut
Vyacheslav Molotov
Joseph Stalin
Siberia
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