Truman's Choice Beats Slaughter in Missouri Primary
In Kansas City's 5th district a Democratic bid by Eric Axtell backed by Truman forces edged Rep. Roger Slaughter with 19,575 votes to Slaughter's 17,? and Walsh 5,? as Axtell claimed victory. Truman cast ballots in the 4th district where Jasper Bell was renominated.
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Truman
Vendergast
C.S.C
Eric A. Axtell
Toda
Kansas City
Roger C. Slaughter
House Rules Committee
Slaughter
Axtell
Slaughter Watt
Jerome Walsh
Ytace
Margaret
Jasper Bell
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
Reeves
Grover Dalton
G.O.D
Navy
Army Engineers
Ledo Road
Burma
Harding
Fifth
Missouri
U. S
Frank I. Briggs
Macon
Robert E. Hannegan
Marvin Casteel
St. Joseph
Briggs
Casteel
Robert J. Young
James T. Kem
Kem
William McKinley Thomas
Public works cutback hits western irrigation projects
President Truman orders a sweeping reduction of reclamation construction to 85 million dollars for the current year and bars new contracts. Major Missouri basin programs face delays with only existing commitments to proceed and specific dam projects named as potentially continuing.
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Motion Bureau
Truman
Missouri River
Congress
Missouri Basin
Korter
Wyoming
Angostura
South Dakota
Boysen
Missouri Valley
Bostwick
Nebraska-Kansass
Frenchman-Cambridge
Nebraska
Kerwin
Kan
Eudora Picnic Postponed Over Poliomyelitis Fears
The Eudora C P A picnic set for August 18 and 19 has been postponed indefinitely due to recent infantile paralysis cases in Douglas County. A special meeting led by L L Kindred, CPA president, canceled the event in the Eudora park. The Journal World notes its own busy market page.
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Eudora
Eudora C.P.A
L. L. Kindred
Eudora Park
Douglas County
Capper to reintroduce three measures in next Congress
Senator Capper of Kansas announced plans to reintroduce three long stalled measures. The first would ban advertising intoxicants in U S newspapers magazines and radio. The second seeks uniform federal marriage and divorce laws after years of hearings without action.
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Washington
Capper
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capper Seeks Uniform Divorce Law and DC Voting Rights
Capper argues for a uniform divorce act across states to avoid confusion and urges sweeping reform. He also champions DC voting rights, claiming southern opposition blocks bills allowing Washingtonians to vote for president and Congress. He notes the issue stalled on the Senate floor three years earlier.
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Capper
District of Columbia
Congress
Washington
Senate
Detested Passage Stalls in Senate Committee
Fragmentary text notes strong dislike in the senate committee with the phrase it hasn’t been out of a senate committee since and implies continued blockage. The account hints at ongoing debate over a controversial provision and legislative indifference.
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Senate
Nurses Sought for Polio Appeals Across Communities
An emergency appeal for registered nurses to aid poliomyelitis victims in other communities was issued by Electa Kindle Sperger, nurse recruitment chair of the Douglas County Red Cross. The local chapter continues emergency recruiting without disrupting law-
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Electa Kindlesperger
Douglas County
Red Cross
Althe
Health appeal seeks nurses for short term emergency care
The chairman outlined criteria for nurses to answer an appeal for emergency nursing. Eligible applicants must be off duty, in good physical condition, in professional standing, and commit to at least two weeks. Some argued against removing nurses from current duties.
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Rence
Miss Kinsiesperger
Rediscovered plea urges release to aid war victims
A fragment notes a player willing to release her to help save political victims from death or lifelong invalidism, then cites urgent calls by Douglas County Red Cross to contact headquarters. It adds life expectancy figures from Roman times and the years 1850 40 1800 47.
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Douglas County
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