Truman's Lead Assures His Nomination in Missouri Primary
In Missouri with 4,357 of 4,447 precincts reporting Truman leads 262,990 to 255,237 over Stark as the 1930s political era repeats. Davis and Proctor trail. McDaniel leads McReynolds in the Senate race while Forrest Donnell wins the Republican gubernatorial primary. Absentee ballots estimated at 5,000 to 10,000 remain.
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ST. Louis
United States
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Truman
Stark
Maurice M. Milligan
Missouri
Kansas City
Om Pendergast
Jacob L. Milligan
Maurice
James Reed
Breckenridge Long
Manuel H. Davis
Davis
David Proctor
Lawrence McDaniel
Bernard Dickmann
Allen McReynolds
McDaniel
McReynolds
Forrest Donnell
Missouri Primary Returns Count Across Precincts
Updated results show Democratic and Republican candidates leading in Missouri across multiple offices. Frankenhoff and Bottger lead governorship races. Holliway and Smith top state auditor tallies. Christy Harris Porter head lieutenant governor. Brown Eggs and Smith lead secretary of state. Tatlow Wolf led in Springfield court of appeals district with Selck holding a narrow edge over Waddill for the state auditor nomination race.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Jackson County
Frankenhoff
McDaniel
McReynolds
Runnion
Bottger
Donnell
Frye
Lambert
Holliway
Smith
Selck
Waddill
Christy
Harris
Porter
Bartholomaeus
Elmer
Ford
Scheske
Brown
Eggs
Springfield
Willkie Club Opens Quarters in Missouri Campaign
The Willkie for President club of Missouri opened state headquarters in St. Louis and launched a pledge driven effort to convert Roosevelt voters from 1936. Chairman John E. Curby said unpaid staff would coordinate local clubs statewide and volunteers would avoid speeches, pledging only to persuade at least one undecided voter to support Willkie.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Roosevelt
John E. Curby
Curby
Willkie
Resignation Accepted as Farley Leaves Postmaster Generalpost
President Roosevelt accepted James A. Farley’s resignation as postmaster general effective August 31 after Farley steps down as Democratic national chairman. Roosevelt praised his administration and friendship in a letter and noted he will miss him while Farley returns to private life amid Yankee speculation.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Democratic Party
Chicago
New York Yankee Baseball Club
Wallace
Hopkins
Post Office Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
French Artillery and Bayonet Charges Halt German Attacks
On August 8 1915 French artillery and bayonet charges repelled German assaults in the Argonne sector. French forces mounted a determined defense despite heavy fighting and material strain.
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Argone
Senate Passes National Guard Bill to House in 71 7 Vote
The Senate approved a broad administration bill by 71 to 7 authorizing the President to mobilize the national guard and army reserves for up to 12 months in the western hemisphere including American possessions and the Philippines. It allowed resignations for dependents and narrowly rejected a Continental US only limit.
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Washington
Senate
House
Philippine Islands
Chamber
Adams
D-Colo
United States
Latin America
Barkley
D-Ky
National Guard
Roosevelt
War Department
Will of Mrs Jared Filed in Probate Court
The will of the late Mrs Lilian E Jared filed in probate court bequeaths all silverware and furniture to sisters Stella M Lower and Mary M Daly. The remainder goes to sons Marvin W Jared D Wade Jared and Porter A Jared. Executor named is C L Hanley.
London Zoo Sells Children Rides on Animals for Saturday Revenue
The London Zoo earns up to 100 dollars on a Saturday afternoon by offering rides for children on various animals. The practice draws crowds and boosts weekend earnings for the facility.
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London Zoo
Favors Primary Vote In March
Al fred I Harris a 23 year old Washington University law student and candidate for the state legislature urged moving the primary to March. He noted August heat hurts young candidates and recalled eight candidates in the fifth district Democratic race. Harris campaigned with youth focus and a Harris for Legislature dance while joking he kissed no babies under 18. He noted a legislator must be 24, a consolation in defeat.
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ST. Louis
Alfred I. Harris
Washington University
Harris
Armory Project Receives Presidential Approval
George H. Trader president of the Sedalia Chamber of Commerce announced a telegram from Ellsworth Green Jr secretary confirming Sedalia Armory project has presidential approval. Green traveled to Washington to handle Sedalia matters and learned of the approval from Congressman Reuben T. Wood.
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George H. Trader
Sedalia
Duke And Duchess Reach Bermuda On Unofficial Stop
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive in Hamilton Bermuda from Lisbon en route to the Bahamas where the duke will become governor. The Excalibur liner carries them and thousands greet the royal couple along coral-paved streets with little pageantry expected.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Lisbon
Portugal
Bahamas
Kiwanis Hears Talk On Press Week Observance
Sedalia Kiwanis club hosts George H. Scruton editor of the Sedalia Democrat Capital who pays tribute to Gutenberg 1440 and notes 500th anniversary of printing in 1940. He discusses dangers of indifference and press freedom with guests from Kansas City Waverly and Chicago.
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Sedalia Kiwanis Club
Bothwell Hotel
George H. Scruton
Sedalia Democrat-Capital
Johann Gutenberg
United States
Canada
William H. Bryan
Gutenberg
W. M. Jonas
George H. Trader
John H. Yeats
Kansas City
J. B. Robinson
Waverly
Ala
L. H. Keuck
St. Louis
W. H. Baselt
Chicago
Walter Morto
Keuck’s
Mr. Johns
Charles Green
Fined For Reckless Driving After Street Collision
Pete Bowers of Stover Missouri was fined ten dollars by Magistrate C W Bente after a Wednesday arrest for reckless driving following a collision at Third street and Missouri avenue. Bowers failed to stop at a stop sign, causing damage to both a 1937 Plymouth and a 1934 Chevrolet coupe driven by Harold Meinser of West Fourth street.
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Pete Bowers
Stover
Third Street
Missouri Avenue
C. W. Bente
Harold Meinser
West Fourth Street
Missouri
Bowers
Parole Granted for Sedalia Official Tom E. Dugan
Tom E. Dugan 37 former city collector of Sedalia was paroled from the state penitentiary after serving two years of a six year sentence for embezzling city funds. He pleaded guilty to three counts filed January 1938 and entered a June plea.
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Tom E. Dugan
Sedalia
State Penitentiary
Dugan
Child killed by Army transport in Platte City
Edythe Gail Norris, aged four, was struck and killed when she darted from behind a truck into the side of a U S army transport. Coroner Leland Franks absolved the transport driver of blame.
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Platte City
Edythe Gail Norris
Leland Franks
Measures to Better Trade Across the Hemisphere
The Inter-American committee reviews Havana measures to relieve and develop the hemisphere economy. Sumner Welles heads a study of economic problems from the European war, focusing on surplus Latin American commodities. Jesse Jones defends a 500 million dollar Export-Import Bank loan increase as essential to economic defense.
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inter-American Financial and Economic Committee
Havana
Sumner Welles
United States
Congress
Jesse Jones
House Banking Committee
Expect Quarter Million At Fair
The Missouri State Fair opens Sunday August 18 for its fortieth annual exposition with an anticipated attendance near a quarter of a million. Auto rail and horse show events span eight days featuring Gus Schrader in an Offenhauser race and 200 harness horses. The event includes a top revue, grand finale fireworks, and late entries in farm and livestock displays while gates stay busy.
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Gus Schrader
Edgar Schooley
Ray Anderson
Midwest Defense Conference Seeks War Industry Decentralization
Richard W. Robbins, chairman of the Midwest defense conference, urges attendance by nine state congressmen on Aug. 30 in Kansas City. He says eastern and Pacific war industries overrun the Midwest, pushing for decentralization and a balanced national economy to strengthen defense amid the ongoing crisis.
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Kansas City
Richard W. Robbins
Midwest Defense Conference
East
Pacific Coast
Washington
Robbins
Thomas
D-Okla
Slugging of Air Hostess Under Investigation in Nashville
American Airlines officials probed an attack on 24 year old Rosemary Griffith of Flushing New York in the Nashville westbound flight lounge. Miss Griffith suffered head bruises as a man demanded her key to mail and baggage compartments and threatened to slug her.
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Nashville
Tenn
American Airlines
Sky
Rosemary Griffith
Flushing
N. Y
Paul Stanley
Miss Griffith
Stanley
Roy Mitchell
New York
Los Angeles
Thomas Cotton
Griffith
Cotton
Terrific Air Battles Over Channel Halt 800 Nazi Planes
London reports a 14 hour battle as 800 German bombers and fighters attacked Britain over the Channel. At least 53 German planes were shot down and many observers and gunners perished. The RAF fought back with heavy losses claimed by the Germans.
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Channel
Associated Press
London
Britain
English Channel
Ban On British Influence Is Aim
Tokyo reports 126 members of the diet adopted a resolution urging government to take all available measures to drive British influence from East Asia. Britain arrests of prominent businessmen in its empire are called retaliatory and unpardonable acts.
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Tokyo
Diet
East Asia
Britain
Bomb wrecks Waterbury's grocery near Kansas City
A bomb wrecked John Waterbury's small grocery just outside Kansas City early today. State patrol examined fragments but found few clues. Waterbury put the damage at 1900 dollars and protested no labor or supply disputes explaining the act.
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Kansas City
John W. Waterbury
Waterbury
Absentee Vote Narrowly Bars Race for State Senate Nominee
In the Democratic primary race for state senate, William Y. Lockridge leads Fred Wesner by only three votes in four counties excluding absentee ballots. Unofficial tallies show Lockridge 6,826 to Wesner 6,823, with Pettis counting 135 absentee ballots and Saline about 92 or 93. final totals await Friday official counts. Pettis, Saline, Hickory, and Benton counties plan Friday official tallies including absentees.
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Fred Wesner
Sedalia
William Y. Lockridge
Lockridge
Wesner
Pettis County
Saline County
Hickory
Benton
E. H. Weinrich
Ola Scott
Ruth Woody
Eugene Miller
W. S. Rissler
Duce May Find Troops Menaced By Severe Heat
DE WITT MACKENZIE argues Mussolini’s push into British Somaliland risks stiff Somali resistance and a supply squeeze. With Suez blocked, Italy relies on scarce African holdings, while Britain defends and controls water sources. The outcome may hinge on the English Channel and Hitler’s war against England.
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Duce
DE Witt MacKenzie
Signor
Mussolini
Britain
Somaliland
Suez Canal
I] Duce
Mediterranean
Egypt
Sahara
English
Hitler
England
Air battle over English Channel nets heavy losses for Germany
British admiralty reports 53 German planes shot down in convoys near the English Channel and 16 British pilots missing after German air attacks. A second morning action along the southeast coast sees nine German planes down and two British pilots missing as about 50 planes engage. Kiel raid also noted with fires.
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Air Ministry
Britain
Wales
London
English Channel
Admiralty-Air Ministry
Kiel
North Sea
England
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Willkie Club
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Armory Project
Kiwanis
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Hull
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Midland
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Hamburg
Fred F. Wesner
British Somaliland
French Somaliland
Italy
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