Governor Smith to Campaign Across Missouri for Gas Tax Hike
Gov. Forrest Smith concentrates his gasoline tax campaign in Western Missouri in the final week before the April 4 referendum. He will deliver four to five speeches, ending with a Sedalia radio hookup. He plans stops in Nevada, Kansas City, Lexington, and Richmond, aiming to sway voters while he votes absentee in Jefferson City.
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Eeterson Sity
Post-Tribune
Smith
West
Missouri
Forrest Smith
Sedalia
Nevada
Chamber of Commerce
State Hospital No. 3
Kansas City
South Kansas City
Ivanhoe Masonic Temple
Lexington
Farmers
Richmond
Saii
Capital City Stork Has Busy Weekend at St Marys
Eight babies born over the weekend at St Marys hospital including twin girls to Henry Mitchells Cedar City and a boy and a girl to William Speede Eldon and Paul Thompson Route 1. Daughters to Brooks Chambers California Ralph Clark Route 2 Maurice Kirk Higginsville and sons to Victor Busch Sterling Cecil Crane Etterville and Victor Cassmeyer Route 4.
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St. Mary’ 'S Hospital
Henry Mitchells
Cedar City
William Speede
Eldon
Paul Thompson
Brooks Chambers
California
Ralph Clark
Maurice Kirk
Higginsville
Victor Busch
Sterling
Cecil Crane
Etterville
Victor Cassmeyer
Civil Defense in a Bomb Age Faces Harder Realities
Civil defense planning expands beyond emergency drills to include natural disaster frameworks. Governors mayors and NSRB coordinate with Dr Paul Larsen who handles censorship and civil defense studies. City officials seek guidance on attack preparedness without triggering fear or infringing rights while debates on target priority and information disclosure continue.
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Washington
Truman
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Paul Larsen
Larsen
Defense Department
General Services Administration
Apple Grower Leader Dr Beal Dies in Ozark Region
Dr Edward Lester Beal known as a major apple grower in the Ozark region died yesterday at age 46. He had been president of the Overk Fruit Growers association for three years and began medical practice in Springfield sixty five years ago before taking time to run a fruit farm. He is survived by a son, a brother, and a sister.
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Beal
Republic
Edward Lester Beal
Ozark Region
Springfield
Deaths Fill Jefferson City Notices In Brief
Obituaries report Mrs. Herman Robben of 217 Adams Street dying at St Marys hospital after six months illness. Born Aug 21 1884 in Jefferson City she leaves a daughter and three sisters. Also noted are deaths of Mrs Loo Hentges and a local lamp lighter Malcolm Griffin with survivors listed. Kansas City actor Lew Eckels dies after heart attack following a stage show. home in Selden New York.
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Herman Robben
Adams Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Jefferson City
Adam Opel
St. Louis
State Board of Health
St.Peter's’ Catholic Church
Altar Society
Lawrence Haake, Jr
Thomas Kierns
John Rabsdahl
Mollie Mayer
Loo Hentges
Centertown
St. Mary 'S Hospital
Jefferson’ City
Herman Prenger
St. Martins
St. Martins Catholic
Martin Battes
Clarksburg
Lynn Wall
Kansas City
Kas
Robert
Arthur
John
Herman Pernt
St. Kee
Clara Prenger
Ae ¥Ernie Prenger
St.Martins
al of
Jefferson
City
Joe
Lewis C
Lew
Eckels
Ctor
Mae West
Rosd
Diamond Lil
Selden
N.Y
Gov Forrest Smith Opens Wage Dispute Conference
Gov Forrest Smith planned a conference next week on the wage dispute involving Kansas City Public Service Company employees. The three man fact finding board urged a 5 cent pay cut, while the union demanded a 24 cent increase. Langsdale dissented. Smith will consult with state mediation director Vance Julian before making any recommendation. If talks fail, a strike could lead the governor to seize and operate the streetcar company.
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Forrest Smith
Kansas City Public Service Company
Clif Langsdale
Kansas City
Langsdale
Smith
Vance Julian
State Mediation Board
Missouri
Markway Fails Escape Plot at County Jail
A county jail escape plan failed as Markway and co defendants faced various legal outcomes. Jones, a 20 year old from Kansas, awaited trial for a fall robbing of East End drug store. Bloom received 41 years for a Dyer net violation. Sammons jailed in Terre Haute for stealing government checks. Schilb faces five year term for transporting a stolen car. Doughty serves 60 days for a driving charge after fleeing a street crew.
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Markway
Jones
East End
Bloom
Noah Frank Sammons
Terre Haute
Ind
Lotis Schilb
William 8. Doughty
St. Louis
Census Training Classes Open Today
Census Director Roy V Peel announced the opening of the first of 5000 training classes for 145000 workers who will take the census count starting Saturday. Classes, averaging three days, will be under way in 3000 districts by Wednesday with 8500 crew leaders trained at 430 district offices directing census taking.
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Waominulun
Maren 27
Roy V. Peel
Fay
Lattimore Calls Senator Charges Pure Moonshine
A report quotes Lattimore calling a senator's accusations pure moonshine amid a probe into explosives tied to Inovy. Mrs Brunauer shows letters from friends including former Senator Joe Ball and Milton Eisenhower attesting loyalty, Ball calling Brunauer fiercely anti-Communist. Haldore Hanson, a State department official, wrote to Senator Tydings regarding the matter.
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Brunauer
Joe Ball
Minnesota
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas State College
Ball
Haldore Hanson
State Department
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Senate
Hanson prepares to answer McCarthy in public testimony
Investigating group raises suspicions and accusations against Hanson after McCarthy calls him pro Communist. Hanson says McCarthy made false charges irresponsibly and protected by senatorial immunity. He will get a chance to respond before the Tydings committee.
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McCarthy
Hanson
Tydings Committee
Two Elderly Sisters Share Narrow Upper West Side Flat
On March 27 New York police described a cramped four room Upper West Side flat occupied by frail sisters Frances Richter and Margaret Hahn. Neighbors noted one sister cared for an ailing relative while the other seldom left home. The scene revealed stacks of cardboard boxes and magazines as investigators probed the cluttered living space.
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New York
Frances Richter
Margaret Hahn
Upper West Side
Instructions to Voters Official Ballot Jefferson Mo 1950
The text explains voting methods for straight and split tickets, how to mark candidates, and handling irregular marks. It includes instructions on crossing out names, counting rules for multiple candidates, ballot handling, and the certification by City Clerk J Henry W Ells dated March 27 1950 with election date April 4 1950.
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Moore
J. Henry W. Ells
City of
Jefferson, Missouri
Jefferson
Missouri
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