Senate Accepts Lodge Plan to Draft 25 000 Aliens
The Senate approved a 25 000 alien enlistment plan as part of a two year draft bill. Lodge proposed citizenship after five years of service, while opponents argued it shifts policy and favors a foreign legion. The House bill mirrors this approach, and amendments on race and civil rights remain pending.
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Senate
Lodge
Europe
Washington
Army
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Legion
Gurney
South Dakota
Armed Vices Committee
Tydings
Maryland
House
Wherry
Nebraska
Russell
Georgia
Ground Breaking Ceremony Signals Village Green Development Start
A ground breaking ceremony marks the start of the Village Green development project. Officials and community members gathered to celebrate the installment of the new housing and commercial units planned for the area.
Wheat Cutting Starts in Southeast Kansas Counties
First parts of wheat harvest began in Labette and Montgomery counties near the Oklahoma line with early yields estimated at 15 to 18 bushels per acre at the Ralph Watts farm south of Chetopa and about 30 bushels per acre by Cleve Hall southwest of Montgomery. Elevators at Independence reported no new arrivals yet, but first loads were expected by the weekend.
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Parsons, Kas
Kansas
Labette
Montgomery
Oklahoma Line
Ralph Watts
Chetopa
Labette County
Watts
Montgomery County
Cleve Hall
Independence Elevators
First Kansas Wheat Arrivals Reported in Kansas City
First Mary season wheat from Kansas reached Kansas City with shipments from Kiowa near the Oklahoma border. A 61.4 pound hard dark sample was sent to Hunt Grain, while a 60 pound dark lot went to Camel Latabee Milling. The crop pace is two weeks ahead of last year as harvests move in Texas and South Central Kansas reels under rain.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Big State
Kiowa
Oma
Barber
Hunt Grain Company
Camel Latabee Milling Company
South
Texas
Old Briton Rescued After Harrowing Two Hour Ordeal
A 17 year old in England became trapped inside a mechanical device during a chaotic scene. He was whirled about for minutes before being hauled out dazed but unharmed. The incident occurred during a public event as Father’s Day ads ran nearby.
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England
David Neale
Kansas City Area Weather Forecast Summary
Fair tonight and tomorrow cooler tonight with a low in the lower 60s and a high near 88. Humidity 63 percent at 6 30 am and 24 percent at 1 30 pm. Barometer 29.81 rising and 29.85 falling. River stage 8.8 feet with a 0 5 drop. Lake of the Ozarks 4.1 feet below full. Trace precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 6 30 am.
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Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Dean Trowbridge Rites Set in Missouri
Funeral services for Dean E A Trowbridge of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture will be held at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon at the Missouri Methodist church in Columsia after his death early yesterday.
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Columsia
E. A. Trowbridge
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
Missouri Methodist Church
President Truman Heads to Montana on Presidential Special
President Truman travels via Presidential Special after a stop in Southeastern Idaho. He is scheduled to arrive in Butte tonight after a stop at Sun Valley as part of his western vote hunt and rest period.
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Truman
Montana
Idaho
Sun Valley
Butte
Doris Freeson
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Curcaco
Chicago Democratic Organization
South
Omaha
Illinois
New York
William Ritchie
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Congress
Memorial Workers to Meet for Breakfast at 8
Members of the executive committee and division leaders of the World War II memorial campaign will meet for breakfast at 8 o clock tomorrow morning at the Hotel Phillips. The time was changed from 8 30.
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Phillips
Spark Flare at The Star Press Causes No Damage
A small flash fire at The Star press shortly after 9 this morning ignited paper dust from a spark. Firemen extinguished it with hand extinguishers. no damage and no injuries reported.
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the Star
Departure for St. Joseph at 11 o'clock Tomorrow Morning
Freedom Train personnel enjoyed a leisure day as the train underwent servicing. Documents seen by 16,500 people over Sunday and yesterday, the train will depart for St. Joseph, Missouri at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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St. Joseph
Freedom Train
Doubt on Adjournment grips Senate policy panel
The Senate Republican policy committee on June 8 said Congress may not finish work before the June 19 adjournment. Chairman Taft announced the panel reviewed the situation and judged completion unlikely. Four bills were slated for action including the two year draft measure while several other measures remained unresolved.
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Washington
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Taft
Senate
Maintenance Delay for Fairway Underpass Progress
Open ing of the pedestrian underpass on U S Route 50 is postponed while a maintenance and supervision plan is decided. Engineers say painting should finish soon, with upkeep possibly handled by the highway maintenance division.
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Fairway
Highway Maintenance Division
Dewey Says First Ballot Votes Likely Near Estimates
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey agrees with published figures that the first Republican convention ballot will show about 300 votes for him, 250 for Taft, and 150 for Stassen. He told a radio audience he thinks the estimates are about right but declined to forecast further.
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Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Bank Examiner Held After Idaho Bank Robbery
Rudolph B. De Packh of San Francisco, an assistant national bank examiner, was arrested two hours after the First National Bank at Grace Idaho was robbed of 3800 dollars. Officers say 700 was found on him and 3100 in his car. He pled guilty and is held on an $8000 bond.
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IdaHo
National Bank
Rudolph B. de Packh
San Francisco
First National Bank
Grace
Lee Hansen
Franklin County
de Packh
George Burgi
U. S
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Poca- Keele
Irwin Wright
Federal Reserve District
Salt Lake City
Treasury Department
Alvin
Rex White
Whitehead
Union to Get Her a Radio Spot for Margaret Truman
James C. Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians says he told President Truman the union will secure a radio job for Margaret Truman regardless of the presidential race. He spoke at the union's fifty first annual convention in Washington and declined to say where the union would back politically.
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Union
Petrillo
Truman
Aspuny Park
N. J
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Margaret Truman
Musicians’ Fiftyfirst
Washington
Margaret
Welfare United Plans Parental School Addition Approval
Bond committee advisers approve a plan by Welfare United to add a parental school facility. The project aims to expand services and support for families within the existing school system.
Jackson County Parental School to Add Three Story Annex
The Citizens Bond committee approved a plan for a three story addition at the Jackson County Parental School at Thirteenth and Locust streets. The project costs 250000 with 40000 for equipment and 10000 for architectural fees, to be funded from bonds voted last November. Bids will be sought soon, and the design includes classrooms on the first floor, a psychiatric ward and staff offices on the second, and an isolation ward plus four rooms for dependent children on the third, with unused playground space converted to parking. Construction start date awaits bid results within the 200000 limit.
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Jackson County
Locust
Citizens Bond Committee
Jackson County Court
Bond
Taft Moves To Boost Pay For Government Workers
Senator Taft says the Senate will act this week on a bill to raise federal pay. He orders amendments to the Langer Flanders Baldwin proposal to grant a $400 yearly postal raise and a $60 civil service raise, plus a $100 boost for average wage earners through classification reform.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Senate G. O. P
Langer-Flanders-Baldwin
Death by CO Poisoning Found in Mission Car
Cecil D. Southard Jr aged 37 was found dead in his car on U. S. Highway No. 50 in Mission Kansas. Police said carbon monoxide poisoning from a hose connected to the exhaust caused his death. He was sales promotion for Hall Brothers in Kansas City and leaves a wife, two children, a sister, and his parents.
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Cecil D. Southard, Jr
West
Fiftieth Street
Mission
Kas
Johnson County Highway Patrol
Southard
Chrysler
Hall Brothers
Kansas City
Evanston, Ill
Lois ‘Southard
Dennis
Sally
Mary Lou Southard
C. D. Southard
Evanston
VOTE ON CITY INCOME TAX IN COLUMBUS
Columbus residents and nonresidents working in the city vote on the one half of one percent income tax first enacted November 28 1947. The referendum seeks to retain the tax to raise two to three million dollars for public services and old debts.
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Columbus, O
Columbus
Milk Price Increase Announced for Tomorrow's Deliveries
Dairy firms raise milk prices by a fraction of a cent per quart with tomorrow’s deliveries. Grade A regular moves from 19 to 20 cents, homogenized from 20 to 21 cents, single cream up to 21 cents per half pint. The change mirrors January pricing, with current rates in place since April 7. Officials cite higher government-fixed prices paid to dairy farmers as the cause, noting May and June adjustments in dairy farmer prices. The government determines retail prices only via its producer-price formula.
Dunham Divorce Includes Meal Service For Husband
Elaine Dunham won a divorce from Maurice Dunham a farmer. The settlement requires Mrs. Dunham to supply board for her husband at 40 dollars a month until November 1 of next beer season. She will live in the house while he occupies the pumphouse. The judge noted the cooking as a likely reason.
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Los Angeles
Elaine Dunham
Maurice F. Dunham
Cool Nights Follow Warm Day as Heat Returns
The forecast calls for continued fair and warm weather with cool nights over the next two days. Rain is expected Friday and Saturday as a colder airmass moves in, with tonight’s low in the lower 60s and a high around 86 tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
Hoboken Man Arrested for Drinking in Police HQ
Hoboken New Jersey police arrest 20 year old Steve Soss for intoxication after he walked into the police headquarters and ordered wine from a brass rail. Police judge Charles Defazio imposes a ten dollar fine.
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Hoboken
N. J
Steve Soss
Soss
Charles Defazio
Stigma Ends His Job as Boonville Reform Officer
Donald Gordon Smith 43 of Maplewood resigned ten days after starting as chief correction officer at the Missouri training school for boys in Boonville. A Star-Times inquiry found Army desertion and a 1942 bad check conviction. Smith admitted misrepresenting the superintendent’s knowledge of his record. He had faced multiple legal and disciplinary actions, including court-martials and probation, with extensive prior civic service noted.
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Missouri Training School For
Boonville
Donald Gordon Smith
Maplewood
St. Louis
Smith
St. Louis Star-Times
Muehlebach
Bert Fenenga
Fenenga
Donnelly
Murray Thompson
Missouri House of Representatives
John Caskie Collet
United States ‘District
Ft. Dix
Collet
District Attorney's Office
Federal Probation Office
Missouri Intermediate Reformatory
Algoa
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Missouri Athletic Association
Lockbourn Army Air Base
Village Green project breaks ground on Paseo site
Ground was broken today for a 3.4 million dollar Village Green development on the east side of the Paseo at Fortieth sixth street to create 379 rental units and garden style grounds. Byron T. Shutz president of Village Green, Inc. notes occupancy possible before year end with FHA loan support from Home Life Insurance Company and participation from civic and business groups.
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Electric Park
Forty Sixth Street
Village Green
Byron T. Shutz
Brush Creek Valley
Kansas City
Paseo
Forty-sixth Street
Municipality of
Federal Housing Administration
The
Home Life Insurance Company
FHA
Villiage Green, Inc
Kemp
Reed McKinley
John Picton
Prom Company
W.T. Thomson
New York
Prewitt B. Turner
Home Life Department
J. Vivian Truman
Carl A. Brand
Edwitt G. Kratz
A. J. Rector
W. C. Barron
David H. Powell
RFC
Albert F. Hillix
Chamber of Commerce
Leon D. Comstock
Perrin D. McElroy
Building and Construction Trades Council
Village Green, Inc
Herbert V. Jones & Co
Winn-Senter Construction Comepany
D. W. Newcomer's Sons
Mr. Shutz
Herbert V. Jones
W. L. Lyman
David Newscomer
Harry Newcomer
E. L. Winn
Herbert EB. Duncan
Elmer Boillot
Homer Berger
Shutz
Lyman
Winn-Senter
Newcomer
Brush Creek
Woodland Avenue
Forty Fifth Street
Brush Creek Boulevard
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