Jackson County Voters Defeat Pendergast Backed Seats
In Kansas City on November 6, Jackson County voters handed President Truman a setback with the defeat of his hand picked candidate for the Fifth District, Albert L. Reeves Jr., as Republican Enos Axtell won 40,085 to 35,711. Democrat C Jasper Bell was reelected to Congress in the Fourth District, while local courthouse posts fell to Republicans, including the county presiding judge and prosecutor. The GOP appeared energized as Democrats closed their headquarters early.
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Truman
James M. Pendergast
Jackson County
C. Jasper Bell
Congress
Albert L. Reeves
Reeves
Enos Axtell
Axtell
Jim Pendergast
Roger C. Slaughter
Pendergast
Frank P. Briggs
Macon
James P. Kem
Kem
Harry A. Mortis
Morris
Democrats Will Continue to Fight for Principles and Programs
Roy W. Harper, chairman of the state Democratic committee, pledged that the party will press its fight for principles and programs after yesterday’s general election. He warned Republicans to prove they can govern, noting the GOP lacks a program and leadership while Democrats vow to march on toward peace, freedom, and security.
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Democratic Committee
Democratic Party
Harper
G.O.P
Republican Party
Beware Coughs After the Flu
An advertorial warns that lingering coughs after flu can become chronic bronchitis if ignored. It promotes Creomulsion as a prompt remedy that soothes inflamed bronchial membranes and loosens phlegm, promising a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Reeves Wins Fifth District Seat in Kansas City Race
Albert L Reeves Jr the newly elected Fifth District congressman predicts ample vacancies in Washington and vows to trim government payrolls His family includes wife and two daughters He is a veteran of the engineers and Ledo road duties and previously taught at Baylor before earning a Missouri law degree He has spent his career at the same law firm since 1931 and built a record in trial and appellate courts
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Kansas City
William Jewell College
Baylor University
Texas
Missouri
University of Missouri
Death of Lehman area farmer Martin Louis Eggers 57
Martin Louis Eggers 57 a Lehman county resident died at 2 a.m. at St Marys hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage He was born February 22 1899 near Scruggs Station and operated a farm northeast of Lohman He was a St John Lutheran Stringtown member Survived by four sisters Mrs Maggie Sanders Russellville Mrs Josephine Bennett Sentertown Mrs Sallie Possie Jefferson City and Mrs Sophia Stanwood Kansas City.
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Cole County
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Scruggs Station
Lohman
St. John Lutheran Church
Stringtown
Maggie Sanders
Russellville
Josephine Bennett
Sentertown
Sallie Possie
Jefferson City
Sophia Stanwood
Kansas City
Resume Parleys On Coal Dispute
Washington reports government talks on John L Lewis demands for higher pay continued as soft coal mining nears normal after days of unrest. Lewis stayed away awaiting Interior Secretary King. The Solid Fuels Administration said only one district showed mine idling due to contract issues. The NLRB set final arguments for tomorrow at 11 a.m. on the unionization of supervisors at four Jones and Laughlin Steel mines in Western Pennsylvania.
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Solid Fuels Administration
Kentucky
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Virginia
Tennessee
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Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Navy Reserve Group To Take Oath En Masse
In Jefferson City a group of inactive naval reserve personnel will be sworn in en masse this Saturday at the Federal building recruiting office. Lieut. K C Niedermiller will oversee the ceremony and others may join without red tape or physicals. Local Navy recruitment staff announced no city departures are needed for the oath. A separate item reports the National Maritime Union urging a nationwide maritime strike to pressure West Coast ship operators amid a CIO dispute, per NMU President Joseph Curran.
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Jefferson City
K. C. Niedermiller
St. Louis
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Federal
New York
Council of the National Maritime Union
CSU
CIO
NMU
Joseph Curran
Dalton Sees Huge Party Talk Ahead
Grover W. Dalton, a GOP state committeeman and fiery campaign spokesman, said the Republican controlled Congress faces a gigantic task. Issued from state headquarters, his statement hailed the victory as constitutional government over New Deal bureaucratic theories. The election is now over.
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Grover W. Dalton
Republican State Committee
GOP
Congress
Republican
Eels Spawning Grounds Linked Across Oceans
A brief note notes that eels from Europe and America share spawning grounds south of Bermuda, highlighting a cross ocean connection in their life cycle and suggesting international scope for eel migration studies.
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America
Bermuda
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