Edward H. Winters Legacy In Missouri Politics And Civic Duty
Edward H. Winter died leaving a legacy as a Christian gentleman and fighter against machine politics. A former speaker and lieutenant governor, he served Missouri with little pay yet great sacrifice, campaigning across counties and building influence in Jefferson City and the state. His death is mourned as a loss to Jefferson City and Missouri.
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Edward H. Winter
Kansas City
Ed Winter
Winter
Gov. Winter
Gov
Pincharren County
Jefferson City
Post-Tribune
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
Publicity and the doctor's code in the James Henry case
The piece argues doctors avoid credit in public reports, likening publicity to quackery, yet notes public aid in James Henry’s case. Citizens funded serum flights and directed help, showing communal concern and public interest can overcome fear of publicity. The text reflects on political expectations amid a health crisis.
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Knott
James Henry
Aly
Des Moines
Washington Daybook: Sign of a Missing Liaison in Senate
Washington Daybook surveys the Senate after the death of Sen. Pat Harrison, noting the administration may lack a reliable liaison. It weighs potential successors such as Sen. Tom Connally, Sen. Scott Lucas, and Sen. Lister Hill, while highlighting Vice President Wallace’s rising influence.
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Washington
Senate
Pat Harrison
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Jve
Cluakrooms
George
Walter F. George
Georgia
Timmy” Byrnes
Byrnes
Lucas
Hill
Connady
Alben Barkley
Henry A. Wallace
Voices on democracy and global cooperation in wartime era
A collection of quotes from figures such as Manuel Avila Camacho, Marshal Petain, Hugh Moore, Oswald Ryan, Howard 5. Kershner, Dr George M. Schuster, Rev Paul Scherer, Charles E B Brinkley, Seymour of Yale, Maj Frederick W Nichols, Robert Lynd, Toyohiko Kagawa, Mrs Roosevelt, and Thurman Arnold commenting on democracy, freedom, responsibility, planning, and the postwar world amid Axis resistance and international tension.
Pope Predicts Era of Peace After World War II
Pope Pius XII in a worldwide Sunday message said suffering from war shows divine Providence punishing sin, but a future era of peace and hope will follow. He urged Catholics to trust God, emphasized the cross as comfort, and prayed for justice, mercy, and renewal after the conflict's trials. He referenced blockades, bomb damage, persecutions, and the need to endure until the hour of liberation.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Holy Father
Christ
Rome
Defense Bonds and Stamps sales soar in May 1941
In May 1941 Defense Bonds and Stamps showed remarkable strength with more than 438 million dollars in Defense Bonds sold to American buyers and stamps totaling 3 552 000. The public is directed to purchase at post offices or banks and to write to the Treasury for information. Canada increases its market for Australian dried fruit to conserve dollar exchange for war purchases.
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Treasury
United States
Washington, D. C
Canada
Canberra
Australia
Treasury Ends Biggest Fiscal Year In War Costs
Washington June 30 AP The treasury ended the 1940-41 fiscal year with record revenues and defense spending. Estimates show a year of large deficits and a new year likely to surpass earlier wartime spending highs. Defense outlays reached billions as factories push toward full wartime production.
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Washington
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army
Navy
Lendlease
Congressional Mill
Fate of Russia Depends On Smashing Spearheads
The article analyzes the Russo German war's high level air and ground actions, noting German claims of encirclement of Soviet armies near Bialystok and Red counterattacks. It discusses Luftwaffe losses, armored vehicle totals, and the strategic stakes for Moscow, with cautious tension about whether panzer forces can be halted before Moscow. It also touches on U.S. defense housing funding and 1947 budget projections.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Red Army
Bialystok
Reg
Red Air Force
Moscow
Minsk
London
Pinsk
Pripet
Russia
Looking Backward June 30 1940 and 1916 items
One day recollection notes events from 1940 and 1916. Russians fly to capture Benn airfield in Romania as Hitler inspects Maginot line fortifications. Twenty five years earlier Allies report actions on three fronts with French advance near Verdun, Russians at Kolomea, and Italians pressing Austrians in Trentino.
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Janes Baby
Benn
Hitler
France
Maginot Line
Thiaywmontzee
Vérdun
Kolomea
Galicia
Trentina
Record Traffic Toll Seen for Next Week End
The National Safety Council warns of a potential holiday traffic toll record during the Fourth of July period as 30 million cars travel four billion miles over three days. Through May, traffic deaths rose 17 percent to 13,760, with rural areas seeing the largest increases and only 11 of 45 states reporting fewer deaths than last May. Boston tops large-city death rates, with Milwaukee and New York following.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
South Atlantic
Mountain States
Boston
Milwaukee
New York
Woman pays delinquent taxes with 400 nickels in A county
In Sellersville Pennsylvania county treasurer Samel L Althouse received a heavy bag from a woman who offered four hundred nickels to settle her delinquent taxes. He asked what it was and she replied that she wished to pay with nickels. The unusual payment surprised the official and prompted questions about the method.
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Sellersville
Samel L. Althouse
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