Rifts in Democratic Race Divide Missouri Faction Leaders
County assessor race dominates factional strife as North Side backers back Joseph T. Lenge while Pendergast loyalists waver. Other contests for prosecutor and fourth district seat show shifting loyalties with Woodward Miller Burrus Gibson McLaughlin among contenders as Truman’s visit looms and confabs pause.
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George K. Walzace
The
Star
Missouri
Fourth District
North Side
Charlie Binaggio
Henry McKissick
Joseph T. Lenge
Lenge
Kansas City
State Department of Revenue
James M. Pendergast
Binaggio
McKissick & Co
Miller
Fifteenth Street
Pendergast
Floyd R. Gibson
Independence
Roger T. Sermon
Gibson
Rufus Burrus
Burrus
President Truman
Mayor Sermon
Truman
Ira B. McLaughlin
McKissick
George Clark
McLaughlin
Henry L. Jost, Jr
Democratic Association
Richard P. Shanahan
Henry H. Fox, Jr
Donald Murphy
Coupe Stolen From Dr Bradbury’s Front Door
Dr John A Bradbury reports the theft of a 1947 light blue Chevrolet coupe from in front of his home on East Thirty fourth Street. The car purchased last fall features a light tan top white sidewall tires and a spotlight.
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J. A. Bradbury
John A. Bradbury
East Thirtyfourth Street
School contracts signings near complete as 1,890 reported
George C. Tinker reports 1,890 contracts signed by noon. Fifty remain unaccounted for or unsigned of 1,940 sent to teachers principals and supervisors. Dr. Harold E Moore notes strong response but warns teachers may seek other jobs. superintendent sees risk of insufficient staff for next year.
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George C. Tinker
Board of Education
C. S. Robinson
New York
California
Harold E. Moore
Three In Garden City Burned In Duplex Explosion
Mrs. George H. Helmers remains in critical condition at St Luke's hospital after a Thursday duplex explosion. Her mother in law Mrs George J Helmers shows daily improvement while Alta Ellis the maid is improving despite lung congestion. Mrs B J Wilson suffered shock but is listed in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Helmers
Holly Street
St. Luke's Hospital
George J. Helmers
West
Alta Ellis
B. J. Wilson
West Seventy-fifth Street
Wallace Ballot Effort Keeps Wallace Electors On Kansas Ballot
Kansans for Wallace report filing petitions to place Henry A. Wallace Independent electors on the Kansas primary ballot for August 3. Isabel Lurie says 2 500 signatures achieved, plans to file in Topeka Friday and Monday. Sunset deadline noon Monday. Also reports Charles L Dayton dies after being struck by a locomotive in Chillicothe Missouri. funeral planned there with family listed.
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Henry A. Wallace
Kansas
Isabel Lurie
Kansas City
The
Kansans
Wallace
United States
Lurie
Topeka
Sylvan Bruner
Pittsburg
Kas
Aoe Wallace Group
Utlans
Allace
Independent
Porgu see Rudy real seed
The fragmentary text mentions Rudy and Fass Bele in a clipped context with unclear connections. No definitive event, place, or date is clear enough to establish a concrete news item or identify subjects beyond the two names.
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Porgu
Rudy
Eighteenth Chamber Golf Tourney Opens at Old Mission
The Chamber of Commerce begins its eighteenth annual golf tournament tomorrow at Old Mission Golf Course with a luncheon at the clubhouse. Chairman Charles G. Wallace expects about 100 members to participate. The event runs each Wednesday through August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chamber of Commerce
Old Mission Golf Course
Charles G. Wallace
Veterans Memorial fund pushes toward goal across city
The World War II Memorial campaign reports progress toward the $400,000 needed to buy the former Scottish Rite Temple for a veterans center. Division leaders and campaign officials will issue a conclusive contribution list at Friday breakfast, with checks arriving daily at offices in the La throp building. Kansas City Legion subcommittees coordinate post meetings and solicitations across forty-two posts as campaign officials monitor progress.
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Si'e No. 238
Lathrop Building
Grand Avenue
Phillips
W. M. Symon
Kansas City
American Legion
Homer A. Cope
Legion
City
New 25-bed Orthopedic Ward Opens at KU Medical Center
The University of Kansas Medical Center moved seven young patients into a newly completed orthopedic ward on the sixth floor of Building B. The 25-bed unit includes a 12-bed ward, a 2-bed room, two smaller wards, and a sun deck. Initial patients are under 21, many post polio, with orthopedic surgery in standard surgical rooms and convalescence in the ward. Construction cost about 40 000 dollars plus 10 000 for furnishings, funded partly by a 25 000 dollar emergency appropriation.
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University of Kansas Medical Center
James B. Weaver
Weaver
Three men arrested after reverse dash on one way street
Dewey Hawkins reported a cream colored convertible backing toward him on Tenth street between Main and Walnut. Officers stopped Charles Cherrito, Eugene McCroskey, and Mike Ergovitch, all with prior records, held for investigation after the nighttime incident described as a reverse dash on a one way street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Hawkins
Tracy Avenue
Tenth Street
Main
Walnut Streets
Charles Cherrito
Eugene McCroskey
Mike Ergovitch
Spine Injury After Shawnee Crash With Family
Willard E. Lasister of Shawnee Kansas, 35, is in a body cast at St Luke's Hospital for a spine injury from a Saturday car crash six miles east of Lee's Summit on U S Highway 50. His wife Catherine Alice Lasister, 35, drove the 1947 Ford, lost control striking a drainage lip and overturning in a field. Lasister and attendants report he is doing very well. wife and son Paul Lasister, 12, escaped injury. Car was severely damaged per Missouri patrolmen.
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Willard E. Lasister
Shawnee
Kas
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lasister
the Manor Bakers
Paul Lasister
Roach
Lee’s
Catherine Alice Lasister
St. Luke's
Missouri
Flower Society Picnic Set in Kansas City
The Kansas City Society for the Preservation of Wild Flowers plans a picnic at 11 o clock tomorrow at Mrs. Harry Eib home 6901 Lister avenue if weather is fair. If rain occurs the meeting moves to the undercroft of St Pauls Episcopal Church at Fortieth and Walnut streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Society For the Preservation of Wild Flowers
Harry Eib
Lister Avenue
Swope Park
Sixty-seventh Street
Elmwood Avenue
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Fortieth
Walnut Streets
Publisher's Notice June 15 1948 Kansas City Star rates
The Kansas City Star announces subscription rates for delivery by carrier in Kansas City at 30 cents a week or 1.30 a month. Mail rates include 40 cents a week within Missouri and Kansas, 1 in the United States and possessions, 50 cents a week elsewhere, 95 cents for foreign countries. Entered as second class matter at City. Grand Avenue.
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The
Kansas City
Rhea
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