Allies In New Air Assaults On Ruhr Valley
The Allies mounted the most intense aerial onslaught yet against the Ruhr area with hundreds of bombers delivering perhaps 1,000 tons to Mulheim and earlier strikes on Krefeld. RAF night raids plus American and British daytime attacks pounded northern France and Naples targets as Allied air forces pressed toward forcing Germany to submit.
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Ruhr Valley
United Press
Ruhr
Germany
Europe
Royal Air Force
Mulheim
RAF
Nazi Europe
Rome
Vatican
North Africa
France
Mediterranean
Duisburg
Krefeld
Naples
Eighth United States Air Force
America
Britain
Salerno
Middle East
Aegean
Berlin
Filling Station Men Meet With Rationing Board
Cole County filling station and garage operators met with Carl Bosch chair of the War Price and Rationing Board to relay instructions for civilians renewing A and D gasoline rationing books. Applications are at garages and stations and must be mailed by July 21 to avoid delay. Officials urged bringing old book back cover and six month old tire inspection record to ensure accuracy.
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Cole County
Carl Bosch
Cole County War Price and Rationing Board
Leceuse
Rationing Board
Iire
Jefferson City Native Lieut Clark Killed in Africa
Lieut Russell W Clark of Jefferson City was killed June 19 in the North Africa area while serving as a bomber pilot. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps last year, graduated with wings on Jan 13, and married Elizabeth Cherry Clark. He leaves a wife two daughters and parents with two sisters.
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Russell W. Clark
North Africa
War Department
Elizabeth Cherry Clark
Lieut. Clark
Jefferson City
Army Air Corps
Mey
Florida
Africa
Mo. Pac
G.T. Clark
Krogers
Stark
Lions Complete Festival Plans for Playground Festival
Jefferson City Lions Club members advance plans at the Missouri Hotel for the Playground Festival on July 1. Budget updates show $916 raised from Good Fellowship books with $1200 more needed. Dr B Smith Reed announced patriotic programs with St Peters and public school bands. Hugo Moleworth noted treasury excess after expenses from the State Convention. Forty members attended. Richard Crewelt joined the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City Lions Club
Missouri Hotel
L. D. Thompson
Good Fellowship
Harold B. Remiley
Service Men’s Center
B. Smith Reed
St. Peters
Hugo Mholleworth
Treasury
Ousley Charged With Theft Waives Preliminary
Roy Ousley, arrested last night for stealing $30 from Roy Herrick, waived preliminary hearing before Police Judge Foster Wheatley and was bound over to Circuit Court on $2,000 bond. Prosecutor Curtis Quimby filed the charges after Herrick reported the theft Monday night. Police said Ousley admitted the theft. New York stock market rose modestly as coal sector and rail stocks gained on the day.
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Roy Ousley
Roy Herrick
Foster Wheatley
Curtis Quimby
Herrick
Ousley
Marriage Licenses Issued To Arens Lehmann Peterlein John
Jefferson City Henry Arens and Miss Margaret Lehmann obtained a marriage license. Walter Peterlein of Milwaukee Wisconsin and Miss Emma John of West Allis Wisconsin also received licenses.
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Henry Arens
Margaret Lehmann
Jefferson City
Walter Peterlein
Milwaukee
Wis
Emma John
West Allis
Wisconsin
Farmers Plan Reclamation of Osage Valley
Farmers from Teal Bend Osage Bend and St Thomas met at the County Extension Office to outline a six point reclamation program for the Osage River valley in Cole County. Projects include drainage ditching flood mitigation road and fence rebuilding and building reconstruction under a Flood Reclamation Committee guiding 150 soldiers.
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Teal Bend
Osage Bend
St Thomas
County Extension Office
Osage River
Cole County
John Kempker
Henley
Emil Walther
St. Thomas
Henry F. Sommer
Brown
C-C Anniversary Banquet Postponed To Fall
The Chamber of Commerce fiftieth anniversary banquet, set for February 28, is postponed to fall due to a mechanical problem with the Governor Hotel air conditioning. A fall dinner will feature a pageant by Stafford Hilburn, photos, city planning material, and the chamber work program, while the special anniversary edition by News-Tribune continues as planned.
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Chamber of Commerce
Governor Hotel
News-Tribune
Stafford Hilburn
Vinson Blocks Pay Hike for Rail Employees
Washington June 23 Economic Stabilization Director Fred M Vinson blocked an eight cent per hour wage increase for 1 200 000 non operating railway workers urged by the Railway Labor Panel The order allows a reconsideration and a revised recommendation to President Roosevelt The emergency Board chaired by Dr I L Sharfman with Walter Sher and Prof Jom Fitch faced 15 non operating groups and a potential 20 000 000 total impact The board reported May 24 1943 and Vinson said the recommendation should not take effect though a lower increment or even a net gain remains possible under revised terms
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Roosevelt
I. L. Sharffman
University of Michigan
Walter T
Flood Control Conference Invites Jefferson City Residents
An open invitation from the Mississippi Valley Association invites Jeffer son Citians to a flood control conference in St. Louis on June 2. Speakers include Will Whittington, Eugene Reybold, Bennett Champ Clark, and Russell Waesche. The event covers immediate measures and a long range unified program with broad regional representation.
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Jefferson Citians
Mississippi Valley Association
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Will M. Whittiington
House of Representatives
Eugene Reybold
U. S. Army
Bennett Champ Clark
Senate Committee On Commerce
Russell R. Waesche
U. S. Coast Guard
River Highest Since 1903 At Standstill
Flooding from Weir's creek filled basements on Harrison and Walnut while hundreds evacuated or stayed. Residents built ramps to high ground and used row boats, as sewer water and filth foul the streets. Police urged detours and warned parents to keep children out of the flood waters amid typhoid risk.Authorities recovered a sack of dead kittens near the viaduct.
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Weir’s
Harrison and
Walnut
Highway 50
McCarty
Walnut Streets
West End
Miller
Cedar City flood forces residents to upper floors near mighty river
Missouri river flood reaches 5 feet in Cedar City as army jeeps and trucks evacuate homes and move residents to second floors. Twenty four people ride a boat to safety while workers avoid missed shifts, with boats delivering papers and supplies as bridges remain closed and the river crests.
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Cedar City
Mighty Muddy
Army
Highway Department
Post-Tribune
Capital News
Frank Roedel
Post- Tribune
Sickinger Dies of Heart Attack in St Louis
Jos A Sickinger 48 died of a heart attack in St Louis and remained a resident there for seven years. A Jefferson City native, he worked for Missouri Pacific for years. Survived by wife Alvina Staihy two children Lorraine Ross Alfred J Sickinger and two step children Billy Griffin and Mrs Herman Siengel plus several relatives. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Jos
A. Sickinger
St. Louis
Sickinger
Elston
Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific
Alvina Staihy
Lorraine Ross
Boston
Mass
Alfred J. Sickinger
Billy Griffin
Camp Blanding
Herman Siengel
Brother Paul
Jers
Irs
Eula Sc Louis
Mary Christian
Alpha Elston
Kansas City
St. Peters Church
Brotherhood of Railway Treinmen
Governors urged to finish fight against federal bureaus
Utah Governor Herbert Maw urged fellow governors to curb the power of Washington federal bureaus and shift federal aid program administration to state governments after the war. He argued the plan would save money, broaden sovereignty, and gain public support, proposing states oversee road building welfare and unemployment projects in place of Washington bureaus.
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Columbus
Herbert D. Maw
Utah
Washington
Congress
Masons Observe St. John's Day at Masonic Temple
The St. John's Day observance will be held at the Masonic Temple on High Street at 7 30 Thursday evening. Members and officers of the sonic Lodge honor the Patron Saint of the Order each June 24 for over a century. Rev Carl G Campbell will be principal speaker with Robert St George presiding in his role as acting Master from Fort Warren Wyoming.
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Masonic Temple
High Street
3 Sonic Lodge
R. Gillespie
E. A. Party
E.W. Schneider
Carl G. Campbel
The
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Robert St. George
U. S. Army
Fort Warren
Wyomod
Fourteen Lawyers In Trial Of Insurance Suit
Fourteen lawyers crowded the Circuit Courtroom this morning arguing State ex rel Roy McHittrn against the Fidelity Assurance Association. Attending lawyers came from St. Louis Kansas City and Jefferson City. Two more suits involving the association were scheduled for today but may not be heard. Twelve habeas corpus cases are set for tomorrow marking Judge Wingsworth’s last stay in court during the May storm.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Here
Bernie B. Dunn
Cole County Red Cross
Fulton
Highway Department
Missouri River
Washington, Mo
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Charles
Weldon Springs
State
Roy McHittrn
Fidelity Assurance Association
Jefferson C
the Assurance Association
Guy Lone
Frank Hb Wingsworth
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Schien
Teebben
Leo Teebben
Jefferson City Fire Department
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Gertrude Davis
Alice Hope
N. ‘African
Elizabeth Cherry
Sharon
Carol
G. White
Detroit
Ray Thornberry
Tebbets
Pac
Lions Complete
New York
Osage Valley
C-C
Weir's Creek
iHolis Summit
New Bloomfield
Ralph Staude
Waverly
Cedar City Land
George Closterman
George Kishman
1Chamois
Clements Meyers
University of Missouri
Columbia
Katherine King
Martha Painter
Jefferson Station
Jos. A. Sickinger
Federal Bureau
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