Missouri State Fair Seeks Extra Space for Exhibits
Preparations for the 30th annual Missouri State Fair set for August 16 to 23 reveal demand for more space from most departments and a two acre expansion for the farm machinery exhibit. Secretary W. D. Smith notes strong sign of new records, with many entries already received from Pettis county and surrounding areas for notable events including the millon dollar farm machinery parade on August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Smith
George W. Arnold
West Third Street
Arnold
Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri
Foster Farms
Rexford
Kansas
David G. Page
Topeka
St. Albans Farms
Becker
August Klein
Sedalia
C. E. Griffith
Big Cabin
Okla
N. H. Gentry
Ransom Farm
Homewood
J. L. Staples
la Monte
Fred A. Glass
Tulsa
Pettis County
Central Missouri
Franklin Joe
Betty Lou
Frank Sedlak
East Ninth Street
Gloria Jean
Ernest C. Martin
South
Ohio
Patsy Ruth
L. F. McNamara
Washington
Melvin Ray
Cc. R. Harrell
Lester Sidney Jr
L. S. Harrell
North
Quincy
Norma Dean
Fred Pump
East Twelfth Street
Eugene
Jack Gordon
Harry L. Collins
South Prospect
Betty Joan
Orval Lewis
William Sherman
William D. Williams
Mary Louise
J. A. Chesser
West Main
Gladys Jane
William Madsen
South Ingram
Ladye Deane
Helen Jane
Granville Berry
Katy Employees Host Annual Fish Fry at Park
More than 400 Missouri Kansas Texas railroad employees and officials gathered at Katy park on Twentieth street and Grand avenue for the Annual Fish Fry. After the meal talks on worker loyalty and railroad conditions followed by speakers from St. Louis Parsons Dennison Sedalia and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Kansas, Texas Railroad
Katy Park
Twentieth Street
Grand Avenue
Katy
St. Louis
Parsons
Dennison
Sedalia
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Shop Association of Railroad Employees
J. H. Donaldson
W. E. Williams
Department of Personnel
Missouri- Kansas-Texas Railroad
W. E. Hicks
Mr. Williams
Boonville
J. G. Blaine
Lonnie Dowell
Association
Kansas
V. J. Banzar
Denison
Texas
A. V. Quirk
E. E. Ulmer
Sedalia Association
Frank G. Buchanan
Harry J. Brunckhorst
Earl G. Sanem
Sedalia Y. M. C. A
Franklin
Sedalia Katy
Williams
Sidney B. Kennon
Col
W. H. Powell
Five Million Bonds To Be Sold By Missouri Board
The Missouri State Board of Fund Commissioners voted to sell five million dollars of the seventy five million road bond issue from 1928. Bids open September 4. bonds carry 4 percent interest and mature at one million dollars annually from 1942 through 1947. Earlier, ten million dollars sold at 4.14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
State Board of Fund Commissioners
County 4 H Club Roundup Underway at Pettis County
Pettis county 4 H clubs progress through a four day roundup with livestock judging at John Sneed farm and court house events. Winners include Hughesville Baby Beef Club with a trip to the state roundup, Dresden and other canning clubs earning prizes and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Extension
Columbia
Pettis County
Court House
John Sneed
Sedalia
E. E. Brasfield
Harry Garlock
University of Missouri
Garlock
Hughesville Baby Beef Club
LeRoy Jones
Price Fowler
L. H. Durley
Chamber of Commerce
Flat Creek Baby Beef Club
William Wingate
Roscoe Riecke
Bernard Weber
Dresden Baby Beef Club
Junior Ferguson
Paul Gottschalk
Victor Gottschalk
Convention Hall
Liberty Park
Claire Montgomery
Flora Lee Carl
Dresden Canning Club
Mary Romig
Jewell Romig
Sonia Canning
Mary Harris
Helen Kerfoot
Genevieve Woods
Longwood Canning Club
Estelle Jenkins
Sarah Ellen Smiley
Dresden Canning II
Annabelle Lewis
Josephine Rose
LaMonte I Club
Grace Buffon
Dorothy Buffon
United States
Chicago
Dresden
Murriel Buffon
la Monte
Wilma Winsey
Elsie Meyer
Aleen Rabourn
LaMonte
Sylvia Ray
Helen Hintz
Ball Brothers
Helen Riley
Margaret Romig
Lucille Null
Maple Grove
Ionia
Longwood
Mary Harms
Estell Jenkins
Genevieve Wood
Montgomery
Edith G. van Reusen
Farm Bureau
Dresden Canning
Maplewood Young Housekeepers
T. T. Martin
Pettis County Red Cross to supply Christmas bags for soldiers
The Pettis County Chapter requests twenty five uniform Christmas bags for soldiers in foreign ports. Each bag holds ten articles under ten cents each, packed in cretonne with tissue wrap and ribbons. Bags must ship by September 1 to the Pacific Red Cross for Christmas port delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis County
The
Red Cross
Sedalia
Pacific
American Red Cross
Rose Waddell
Tracy Berry
Rosemary Burrows
Nellie Robb
Herbert Siefert
Jack Austin
Ethel Jackson
Two Die in Quarrel Over Dog in Hazelhurst Georgia
In Hazelhurst Georgia on Saturday two men were killed and a third wounded in a dispute over dog ownership. Joe L Crosby aged 60 died from gunfire by Ben Mathers 24 Nabers died soon after from a chest wound. Tom Crosby admitted killing his father's killer and was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hazelhurst
Georgia
Joe L. Crosby
Ben Mathers
Nabers
Tom Crosby
Tom
Auto Struck Parked Car Injures Ford and Electric
J. W. Anderson of eight miles southeast of Sedalia on Abell road drove his Ford touring car into the parked electric car of Mrs. A. D. Stanley at Fourth street and Kentucky avenue Saturday afternoon. The Ford's axle springs and tender were badly damaged and the electric's left rear was smashed. Both vehicles were towed to LeGrande garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Anderson
Sedalia
Abell Road
A. D. Stanley
Fourth Street
Kentucky Avenue
Ford
LeGrande
Kennel Show Entries Close Aug 6 at Missouri State Fair
Entries for the Seventh Annual Kennel Show at the Missouri State Fair close August 6. Prominent judges include Charles G. Hopton from New York, J. H. Johnson of Denver, and J. B. Carr of Dallas. The fair week runs August 20 to 22 with contests across sporting, working, terrier, toy, and non sport groups. A special 2.00 Kennel Show Building Fund season ticket grants access week and three kennel show days, funding a permanent building on the fair grounds. Contact W. D. Smith, secretary, Sedalia, for premium lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Hopton
New York
American Kennel Club
Hopton
Europe
America
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
J. B. Carr
Dallas
Texas
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
State Fair Board
W. D. Smith
Sedalia
Chicago man admits killing infant after fall while intoxicated
Edward M. Johnston, a broker's clerk, confessed he fell on his five month old daughter Mary Jane while drunk, causing fatal injuries. Police say he carried the crying baby back to bed and fell with her three times. An autopsy found a double skull fracture and multiple broken bones. Johnston is held on open charges awaiting a coroner's inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Edward M. Johnston
Mary Jane
Johnston
La Monte Edges Syracuse 4-3 in Ten Innings
La Monte defeated Syracuse 4 to 3 after ten innings on their home field. Elon Keller scored the winning run on Miles' three base hit, with Dorman and Burns for Syracuse and Mitzel and Kirkpatrick for La Monte in a tight pitching duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
la Monte
Knob Noster
Elon Keller
Keller
Miles
Sisa
Dorman
Burns
Industry not to be driven out says Theo Gary
Theodore Gary, Missouri state official, urged adoption of the State Survey Commission plan on WOS radio. He argued the tax shift would relieve local school burdens and care expenses, lower statewide taxes, and stimulate Missouri’s economy while denying it would drive industry out of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
Theodore Gary
State Survey Commission
WOS
Gary
Arkansas
Illinois
Kansas
Marshall Wins 8 to 3 in Sunday Game
Marshall defeated an opponent 8 to 3 on Sunday. Key hitters included Haggard Matthews with two base hits and S Smith, Ashford, and Brown contributing. Double plays by Wainke Sharper Jackson and Patterson Mathews Haggard, with pitching by Sherman and Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggard
Mathews
S. Smith
Ashford
Brown
Wainke
Sharper
Jackson
Patterson
Harris
Sedalia
Sherman
Marshall
Hoehns
Smithton
Dad Davis
Smithton Athletics
Red Salyers
Ted Loveaul
Marshall AB
R H Brown
Eeeeey Patterson
Eeeeneseees
Ee Richter
Sir Addawdelea Roeber
Yeager
C. Smith
Wee Momberg
Dresden Beats Hughesville Club 16 to 6 on Diamond
Dresden defeated Hughesville 16 to 6 Sunday at home. Pitcher Lloyd Harmon and catcher Ed Gasperson led Dresden, while Hughesville used Martin on the mound and Thornton behind the plate. Dresden plans to meet Sedalia Junior American Legion next Sunday at Dresden Diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Hughesville
Lloyd Harmon
Ed Gasperson
Martin
Thornton
American Legion
Sedalia
Two Boys Drown While Swimming Near Kennett Missouri
Kenne tt Missouri Fri day drowning incident reports Welton Foster twenty son of Reverend D H Foster Caruthersville and Russell Kelly ten son of Jack Kelly Caruthersville drowned in the Arkansas Ditch about twelve miles north of Kennett during a day outing. Kelly unable to swim Foster carried him on his back when the smaller boy became frightened and pulled Foster under water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennett
Missouri
Welton Foster
D. H. Foster
Caruthersville
Russell Kelly
Jack Kelly
Arkansas Ditch
Kelly
Foster
Farmers' National Grain Corp declares world wheat reach
E. E. Huff says the Farmers' National Grain Corp has become the leading factor in world wheat trade after purchasing Quinn-Sheperdson Co of Minneapolis. He argues cooperatives give U S farmers direct access to buyers, cutting middlemen profits and enabling global movement of wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
E. E. Huff
Huff
Quinn-Sheperdson Company
Minneapolis
Farm Board
National
United States
Vanished banker found after deserting debts in Caracas
Uauriano Carlo de Villanueva a Paris National City Bank official fled July 7 amid alleged losses of 250000 to 500000. He joined the Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco under the name Alexander Avil and was located at a Rift mountain post. His friends traced him, and restitution talks with France and Spain follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Uauriano Carlo de Villanueva
National City Bank of New York
Spanish Foreign Legion
Riff
Morocco
Villanueva
M. Bocunten
Palace of Justice
Alexander Avil
France
Gomez
Department of Justice
Three Suspects Arrested in Fake Check Ring
Kansas City detectives reveal a three person bust linked to a nationwide counterfeit scheme that sold 14 million dollars in fake Mellon National Bank travelers checks. Suspects Benson Lee Seaton are held or bonded. Seaton confessed passing checks while Don Seaton aided fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
E. E. Buchanan
Frank Snyder
Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh
Kansas
Oklahoma
Frank O. Benson
Newton
Kas
D. W. Lee
Richmond
Don Seaton
Independence
Lee
Seaton
Butler
Mellon Bank
Legion Defeats Bunceton 17 to 5 on Coal Chute Diamond
The American Legion baseball team beat Bunceton 17 to 5 on Sunday. Sedalia pitchers Vaught and Shull combined for eleven strikeouts, while L White hit a fourth inning home run. A third game is planned for next Sunday or later, with O A Poundstone promising a banquet date if the boys win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Coal Chute
Bunceton
Legion Club
Cecil Glenn
Glenn
Sedalia
Vaught
Saline Street
Shull
Elliott
L. White
Barnes
Ditton
R. H. E. Bunce
Foes
Cckseseare Gee Puoilete
Shepherd
Light
Benedict
N. White
Scott
Gehlken
Garrett
Miller
O. B. Poundstone
Pettis County Post
The
Legion
Red Cross Regional Conference Set for Sedalia in October
H L McFarland, Sedalia Chamber of Commerce convention chair, announced Saturday that the Regional Conference of the American Red Cross would be held in Sedalia on October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
H. L. McFarland
Sedalia
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West Sixteenth Street
Linda Marjorie
L. L. Jones
Dal- Wh-Mo
Beverly Jean
J. A. Rose
East Tenth Street
Virginia Ann
R. A. Scott
East Seventh Street
Barbara Lou
C. W. Naland
South Park
Glenn Andrew
Glenn A. Cox
Alvin Thomas
A. Todd
Mauren Harold
R. H. Blankenship
North Quincy
Shop Association
Theo
Survey Commission
Franki Weller
Beau Geste
Foreign Legion
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh
Draffen
R. Wilson
C. Wilson
M. Burford
E. Burford
W. Wilson
Blumquest
W. Daniels
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