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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
2
The article announces the Jetterson City Post-Aribune printing daily weekday evenings except Saturdays and Sundays. It lists postal classifications, subscription terms, and territory rates for Missouri and nearby counties, including Missouri and adjacent states, with prices for various durations and delivery areas. The notice references Associated Press licensing and carriage by mail.
A Vienna correspondent labels Eastern Europe’s push toward collectivization as economic failure. He cites lagging farm and industrial output and argues coercion and blamed scapegoats deepen the system’s flaws. Reports warn of escalating control, including prison labor, as satellites bend to Communist rigidity.
Read as a grim wartime note, the article describes new concrete roads in Western Germany built with drilled holes and concrete caps to allow rapid destruction by retreating forces. Holes on pavements could hide explosive charges, enabling quick digging, time saving, and potential demolition of bridges and tunnels once detonated. The piece questions Europe’s future peace.
CIO maritime union president Curran mocks Soviet influence while stating no communists in State Department official Peuritoy says. Pope Pius XII laments religious freedom violations, and Atomic Energy chief David Lilienthal resigns amid secrecy fears. Adenauer critiques Allied interference and explains occupation statute limits.
Washington dispatch reports a quiet shift in relations among management unions and government. Leaders like Reuther Green Lewis and Wilson discuss a possible peace pact to raise production and wages, reducing political reliance while preserving independence and avoiding strikes amid a changing labor landscape.
HAL BOYLE notes the Air Force’s electronic brain as a forerunner to problem solving machines, but argues real progress requires a sympathetic, companionable device. He imagines a humorous character Euphoria who aids daily life, companionship, and even budget balancing, urging science to build a humane, all around tool.
In a Q and A format, Dr Edwin P Jordan answers common polio questions. He explains mild polio can occur without paralysis, tonsil removal during polio seasons, exercise impact on paralysis, and age immunity. He notes regional attack rate parity city vs country and that polio is not among the top causes of death. Rotary International names Edward V. Long to its board in Detroit.
The text notes a decade of strong prosperity and warns that while management and labor may not end all differences, they have found more money in collaboration. It cautions politicians should not keep them at loggerheads for partisan gain, urging cooperative effort.
A 1920s Radburn model community in Fair Lawn New Jersey remains influential and controversial after 21 years. The Radburn Plan emphasized a neighborhood layout with separated car and pedestrian spaces generous green parks and communal amenities. Critics note narrow lots and street play areas while supporters cite reduced through traffic and modern design elements still echoed in suburban development today.
In a Jacoby on Bridge column a dispute arises over a hand where West's accurate signaling steers the defense. West cashes diamonds and club signals reveal partner’s lack of clubs, allowing East to force dummy to ruff. East then leads diamonds and clubs to execute a winning defense against declarer.
South led a losing spade and faced a risky third round of clubs to discard the low card. West ruffed, taking the setting trick, while East earns credit for sharp defense. West signaled well, but East’s correct interpretation mattered more.
Dwight C Shaw, president of the Bankrupt Designation Company of St Louis, was found dead in his car near a fishing cabin in Steelville Missouri. A rubber hose connected the exhaust to the car window, and a funeral instructions note was inside the vehicle. Holland exported 7504000 dollars of flower baths mainly to Hin.
Floyd Crowder theater company executive and former Japanese prisoner spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon at the Missouri hotel. He shared personal impressions of the Orient and the economy after a career in theater. Guests included Harold C. Stricker EB Le Webb Mrs Crowder Robert Broadwell Raymond Hutchin and Rev L M Starkey.
BERLIN June 29 AP Eust Corman announces a giant anti West peace rally to be held in the Ruhr valley of allied occupied West Germany on Sept 30. The plan calls a mass turnout of German youth in a plain to display opposition to the demi ses of hundred. The event is expected to be seen as a rival to earlier mass protests by communists.
Jackson Anderson, 33, Cassville, serving four years for burglary and larceny, and John J. Furlong, 23, Mokane, serving two years for forgery, escaped from Callaway County Prison No 2 around 1:30 p m yesterday as inmates walked away.
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