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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
8
Governor Stark signed a bill increasing the gasoline tax from 2 to 3 cents. The change takes effect December 7, 1938, as the current constitutional limit of 2 cents expires, with expected additional revenue.
The governor signed nine bills including a uniform narcotics law and a three member parole commission to take over parole functions at state prison and the Missouri reformatory. A dog tax of 1 dollar for males and 3 dollars for females is authorized to fund compensation to farmers for livestock destroyed by dogs. He urged a gasoline tax increase to fund rural roads after bond money runs out and to cover interest charges. Other measures require Missouri products in state construction, curb optometrist advertising, extend soil conservation cooperation, require health and accident policy form deposits, and allow Boonville and Chillicothe penal institutions to provide board and room as pay.
Gov Lloyd C Stark accepted a 2 million dollar endowment from Jacob L Babler and Henry L Babler for the 1800 acre Edmund A Babler Memorial State Park in St Louis County The park was named for a third brother.
A federal court jury in Kansas City Missouri found Myrtle E Middleton and Herbert Campbell guilty of vote fraud conspiracy. The same panel convicted three others including Joseph F Maher and Pasqualino, with details of attempted coercion and ballot tampering. The verdicts come amid the ninth case in a series and noted leniency recommendations.
The wild life conservation conference adopted a four point list of major objectives. They stress land and water proper use, enforcement by trained staff with clear law, public buy in on a broader wildlife program, and stream control as essential to any plan. Auto thieves active in Paris.
Governor Stark announced the resignation of J B Hopper, Columbia, as state grain and warehouse commissioner effective July 1. Hopper, a druggist, cited pressure of other duties and a new appointee with a $4,500 yearly salary will be named soon.
Wy Latimer, chairman of the railroad retirement board, said the Wagner-Crosser bill revising the 1935 retirement act passed the Senate without opposition after a single House vote. It would grant annuities up to 120 dollars a month to about 1.15 million railway workers upon retirement for age or disability, with separate tax-sharing legislation pending.
The Cambridge Junior Legion group is a family affair with members Gretfer, Ralph, Robert, Fay, Alma and others in the clan. The post emphasizes family involvement and community ties as part of its activities in Cambridge Massachusetts.
An advertisement touts Fasteeth a new improved powder kaene slates that prevents teeth from dropping or sipping and keeps a pasty feeling away. It promises real teeth comfort all day, praised by people and dentists, with three sizes available at druggists.
A new industry is being built in Toledo to manufacture vitamin cultures for cattle and stock feeds of all kinds. The project marks a developing sector in agricultural inputs, signaling future production and employment opportunities in the region.
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