Terrific pipeline blast kills five workers in Oklahoma
A Phillips Petroleum Co pipeline blast near Buffalo Oklahoma fatally injures five men who had just taken temporary jobs and leaves ten others injured, four critically. The line from Borger Texas to St. Louis Missouri exploded creating a wall of fire that swept a 30 acre field.
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Buffalo
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Oklahoma
Donald King
Warren Hendrix
Cedardale
George Vosman
King
Northwestern State College
Alva
Hendrix
Alan Hlitachk
Protection
Kas
Clyde Storer
Loving
Sam Lustra
Laverne
Phillips
Storer
Borger
Tex
St. Louis
Woodward
Forrest Coggins
Court Term Opens Monday with 131 Cases on Docket
The September term of circuit court will begin Monday at 9 o clock in the circuit court room to set the docket. There are 131 cases total, 63 jury cases and 68 docket cases. among the latter fifty are divorce actions, one for separate maintenance and one to annul a marriage.
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Circuit Court
Sedalia Airport Plans Discussed With CAA In KC
Elmer Heermann city engineer Ellsworth Green Jr secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and E W Thompson attended a Kansas City consultation with the civil aeronautics authority about Sedalia's proposed airport Green will stay for the midwest defense conference and Missouri industrial commission meeting.
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Elmer Heermann
Ellsworth Green Jr
Chamber of Commerce
E. W. Thompson
Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Authorities
Sedalia
Green
Midwest Defense Conference
Missouri
Industrial Commission
Auditors Nearing Finish of Pettis County Audit
Auditors step up to complete the Pettis county courthouse records audit with staff member Harry Barlow set to return to Jefferson City. The team includes C. W. Chastain Plattsburg Earl Hulse New London James Hazen Blair St Louis and Price Hulen Moberly.
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Harry Barlow
State Auditor
Forrest Smith
Pettis County Court House
Jefferson City
C. W. Chastain
Plattsburg
Earl Hulse
New London
James Hazen- Blair
St. Louis
Price Hulen
Moberly
Nominee George Miller Mingles with Supporters in Seffalia
George Miller of Hickory County, a Republican candidate for state senator in the Fifteenth district, was seen mingling with friends in Seffalia yesterday.
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George Miller
Hickory County
Sefalia
Stores Open Labor Day Morning For Legion Convention
The Chamber of Commerce merchants division says stores serving visiting Legionnaires will stay open until noon on Labor Day while those without needed merchandise will close all day.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Legionnaires
Parley on Balkans differences amid axis mediation in Vienna
In Vienna on August 29 Hungarian Premier Teleky and Foreign Minister Osaky and Romanian Foreign Minister Manoilescu conducted separate two hour talks with German and Italian ministers Ribbentrop and Ciano. Axis envoys signaled possible results tomorrow and prepared for a four nation roundtable on Transylvanian issues, with no firm program yet.
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Vienna
Austria
Rome
Berlin
Pal Teleky
Istvan Osaky
Mihail
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Carpatho-Ukraine
Ruthenia
Ciano
von Ribbentrop
Belvedere Palace
Democrat Capital Class Ads Yield Results
Classified notice states Democrat capital class ads run for one week at 80 cents per line with contact by phone 1000 for requests.
Wallace denounces Roosevelt on eve of VP nomination acceptance
DES MOINES Aug 29 7000-person crowd hears Henry Wallace accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He says replacing Roosevelt would please Hitler and calls Republicans the party of appeasement. He attacks GOP farm policy and recent commodity ban votes as failures.
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Des Moines
Henry Agard Wallace
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
United States
Democratic Party
Fight For Freedom
Hitler
GOP
Congress
Wallace
Tentative Plans To Call Guard Units
War department plans to assign National Guard units to active service under the bill include the 203rd Coast Artillery from Missouri to Fort Barrancas Florida and an Arkansas National Guard airplane observation squadron to Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Washington
War Department
203Rd Coast Artillery
Missouri National Guard
Fort Barrancas
Fla
National Guard
Arkansas
Fort Sill
Okla
Missouri Pacific official Paul E Watson dies at 52
Paul E Watson 52 a general passenger and freight agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co died of a heart ailment at his home. Survivors include his widow a daughter and four sons.
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Kansas City
Paul E. Watson
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Red Cross Aids Distressed Families and Distributes Dressings
Pettis county Red Cross workers press to finish thousands of surgical dressings and pack 80 sweaters for shipment next week while urging volunteers to join today. Mrs. Robert Spencer helped locate a 10 year old boy’s parents in Houston and reunite him with his mother and father at the Missouri State Fair. The Red Cross also offers travel aid and overseas contact forms to reconnect separated families amid wartime needs.
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Pettis County
Red Cross
Robert Spencer
Houston
Tex
Travelers’ Aid
Spencer
Canada
Old Mexico
Mexico
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Fair Grounds
American Red Cross
Europe
Washington
America
South
Ohio Avenue
Two Ocean Navy funding eyed by Senate panel
Senator McKellar said Congress would need more than 5.02 billion dollars in defense funds to start a two ocean navy and prepare an expanded army. He estimated about four billion dollars more for ships and noted draft costs would come later. Senators Vandenberg Taft Byrnes pressed for timetable and totals.
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Washington
Congress
McKellar
D-Tonn
Senator Vandenberg
Mich
Senator McKellar
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Byrnes
D-Sc
Willkie Caps Rushville Visit with Calls and Photos
Wendell L. Willkie greets callers on the front porch of his Rushville campaign home as townspeople flood the street and local businesses mount Willkie displays. He holds a press conference in the yard and sends a telegram to Sen. Hiram Johnson congratulating him on cross-party nominations. He remarks on draft exemptions and notes Roosevelt’s critique may have helped Johnson.
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Theodore F. Koop
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Rush County
Louis
Willkie
Johnson Willkie
Hiram Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Johnson
War Resources Board
Attendance Talk By L L Studer At Sedalia Kiwanis Meet
L L Studer district storekeeper for Missouri Pacific Lines and Sedalia Rotary member spoke at the Sedalia Kiwanis Club noon meeting at Hotel Bothwell. He urged consistent attendance, urged humility over self pity, and criticized dictatorships while stressing American freedoms. Guests included Capt R C Ellis Salvation Army and visitors from Springfield Kiwanis for golf with Sedalia, and a board meeting was announced at Fred Kueck’s Tavern.
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Studer
Missouri Pacific Lines
Sedalia Rotary Club
Sedalia Kiwani Club
Hotel Bothwell
Mr. Studer
W. M. Johns
Capt
R. C. Ellis
The
Salvation Army
W. W. Crowdus
St. Louis
C. J. Perkins
Lawrence
Kansas
Springfield Kiwanis Club
Sedalia Club
Hal Fanning
Larry Blanchett
Andy McDonald
Earl Rice
W. T. Ayer
H. T. Lincoln
Walter J. Kent
Paul Hedderich
Fred Kueck
Former Pettis Countian Dies in Car Thage Crash
Mrs. Davie Stoddard 65 of Nevada Missouri formerly Pettis County died in a crash on Highway 71 five miles north of Lamar during a blinding rainstorm. Injured were Mrs. Gert Tonjes and daughter Dorothy Tonjes of Carthage and Mr. and Mrs. John Crank of Nevada. She had been an inmate at Nevada state hospital since 1921 and had written to locals seeking relatives.
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Davie Stoddard
Nevada
Pettis County
Carthage
Highway 71
Lamar
Stoddard
Gert Tonjes
Dorothy Tonjes
John Crank
William Finley Heads Pettis County Teachers Group
William Finley was elected president of the Pettis County Community Teachers Association at a courthouse meeting. Roy Potter became vice president and Miss Gladys Ferguson secretary and treasurer. About 300 educators attended as rural teachers and boards met.
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William Finley
High Point
Pettis County Community Teachers’ Association
Court House
Roy Potter
Scott School
Gladys Ferguson
Striped College
C. F. Scotten
Marjorie Neff Hoy
La Follette Alleges Defense Program Hampered
U S Senator Robert M La Follette issued a statement from Madison Wisconsin charging a powerful group of profit greedy industrialists is hampering the national defense program He says the national defense commission has leaned over backwards to coax corporations to accept government contracts.
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
National Defense Commission
Senate Advances Burke-Wadsworth Draft With Broad Age Range
The House military committee approved a Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill by 58 to 31, widening the draft age to 21 through 44. The panel kept the 1,000,000-conscript cap to cover Navy needs, opposing the Senate’s 900,000 limit. The measure moves to floor action for possible final passage next week.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
House Committee
House
May
D-Ky
Peace-time draft bill approved by Senate in 58 31 vote
The Senate approved a peacetime conscription plan requiring all men 21 to 30 to register for a year of training with possible longer service during a declared emergency. Exemptions cover fitness, dependents, or essential work. House debate continues with Burke Wadsworth bill proposing 21 to 45. An amendment could draft industrial plants if needed.
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Washington
Senate
House
Western Hemisphere
Congress
House Committee
Canadian crude output up fourfold in two years
Over the last twenty-four months Canadian oil production from wells has quadrupled, signaling a major expansion in crude petroleum output and market potential for the sector. The rise reflects higher drilling activity and investment across provinces, with notable gains in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
German and British Air Raids Mark Largest Night of War
Berlin reports describe a three hour raid with bombs that killed 10 and injured 30, while British planes struck London and targets across England. The Germans claimed hits on Portsmouth and surrounding airfields as they reported air activity over Liverpool Chatham and other ports.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Great Portsmouth
Liverpool Harbor
Chatham
Thames Side
High Command
Leuna
Leipzig
Reich
Germany
Liverpool
Cardiff
Bristol
Middlesbrough
Thameshaven
Sheffield
Norwich
Coventry
England
East Church
Southend
Kottubsser Street
Propaganda Ministry
Associated Press
Kottbusser Street
Tempelhof
Klingenberg
Portsmouth
Admiralty
London
Midlands
Wales
Holland
France
Air Ministry
Hospital Briefs From Bothwell Field Notes Local Residents
Howard Philips of 1502 South Prospect Avenue Bobby Carr of Knob Noster and Boyd Beyer of route 6 had tonsillectomies. Miss Dorothy Wimner of Knob Noster admitted for treatment and Miss Ruth Jester of Cole Camp admitted for surgery. Judge Malcolm Scott, at the hospital since last Saturday, is improved after a slight heart attack Tuesday and is progressing well.
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Bothwell Hospital
Howard Philips
South Prospect Avenue
Bobby Carr
Knob Noster
Boyd Beyer
Route 6
Dorothy Wimner
Ruth Jester
Cole Camp
Malcolm Scott
Scott
Germans Turn Back Near London After Wide Night Raids
Nearly 200 German planes were turned back from London by British fighters and fled to sea without bombing. The daylight forays followed Germany’s greatest night attack, which caused widespread destruction and casualties across England and Wales. German raids renewed in the southeast and over two Welsh towns later.
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London
England
Wales
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Balkans
Axis Powers
By Edwin Shanke
Watson
L. L. Studer
Pettis Countian
Grocers
Sedalia Independent Retail Grocers’ Association
Aroun
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