Dudley Charles Schmid dies. Sedalian former resident
Dudley Charles Schmid, born December 1, 1898 in Sedalia, died Wednesday in Leavenworth Kansas. He served in World War I, studied at Missouri School of Mines, married Helen Lough in 1934, and is survived by his wife, two sons, his mother, four sisters, and three brothers. Funeral services will be held in Leavenworth Friday.
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Dudley Charles Schmid
Leavenworth
Kas
Mr. Schmid
Sedalia
Jule G. Schmid
Prospect School
Sedalia High School
U. S. Marine Corps
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
Pi Kappa Alpha
Schmid
Helen Lough
Dudley Jule
John Charles
Kansas City
Robert Raney
Kansas Ciy
Horace Porter
Somerville
N. J
Luther Luckett
St. Louis
David Ferrier
Arlington
Mass
Funeral for Mrs Hester Ford Young at McLaughlin Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Hester Ford Young widow of Thomas BB Young will be held at 2 00 pm Friday at the McLaughlin funeral chapel Rev David Bryan of the First Christian church will officiate Mrs Edwin Danforth and Miss Margaret Edwards will sing Abide With Me and Asleep in Jesus with Edwin Danforth at the organ Pallbearers are Charles Meyers Garnet Bryan Earl Curry Jake Fender Roy Fender and Lloyd Kirkhart Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Ford Young
East Eleventh Street
Thomas BB. Young
Bothwell Hospital
McLaughlin Funeral
David Bryan
First Christian Church
Edwin Danforth
Margaret Edwards
Jesus
Charles Meyers
Garnet Bryan
Earl Curry
Jake Fender
Roy Fender
Lloyd Kirkhart
Crown Hill Cemetery
Death of Tipton resident August Morlock at 81
August Morlock 81 of Tipton died Thursday morning at Alex Van Ravenswaay Clinic Boonville after fracturing his collarbone in a fall He was born April 4 1868 on a farm near Tipton He married Malinda Mae Ferguson in 1900 who died earlier this year Surviving are a son Archie two daughters Rhoda and Viola eight grandchildren and a sister Funeral services plan for Saturday at 2:00 p m with Rev J T Ricketts and Rev O E Patton Interment will be in Moreau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Morlock
Tipton
Alex van Ravenswaay
Boonville
Mr. Morlock
August
Valentina Morlock
Malinda Mae Ferguson
Morlock
Texas
Archie Morlock
Rhoda
John Steimel
Ribedon
St. Louis
Viola
Richard Meyers
Joseph Ludwig
Dallas
Tex
Lewis
Robert
Adolph
Anna
Olga
J. T. Ricketts
O. E. Patton
Moreau Cemetery
Funeral services for Dr Don J Loofbourrow held Thursday
Dr Don J Loofbourrow who died Tuesday night at 712 West Broadway was honored at the Gillespie funeral home with Rev David M Bryan of First Christian Church officiating. Active pallbearers included Dr E D Holbert and C E Messerly. honorary pallbearers named. The body was cremated at Elmwood Crematory in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don J. Loofbourrow
West Broadway
Gillespie Funeral Home
David M. Bryan
First Christian Church
E. D. Holbert
C. E. Messerly
F. W. Carter
Walter Lierman
William Carl
Harry Skinner
Hughesville
Henry W. Harris
Sam Harlan
Lowell Glaze
C. D. Osbounne
Orvin Raitt
Fred D. Hulse
Frank B. Long
T. W Bast
Elmwood Crematory
Kansas City
Grace O Dillard dies in Pueblo after Sedalia life
Grace O Dillard 72 of Sedalia lineage died Thursday night in Pueblo Colorado where she had lived since 1942. Born May 6 1871 in Sedalia she married W R Dillard Sr in February 1907. Surviving are two sons J C Dillard Warsaw W R Dillard Jr Pueblo Colo a daughter Mrs Anton Sievert Chicago one sister Mrs Fred N Foster Chicago and two brothers William Overstreet Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace O. Dillard
Sedalia
Pueblo
Colo
W. R. Dillard Sr
J. C. Dillard
Warsaw
W. R. Dillard, Jr
Pueblo, Colo
Anton Sievert
Chicago
Fred N. Foster
William Overstreet
Kansas
Three Day Week Policy Sparks Miner Labor Walkout
Delegates to a Cincinnati convention back a modified three day week for miners. Lewis extended the prior agreement, prompting a nationwide pause in soft coal strikes while about 380,000 miners remained on strike. The move aimed to avert government intervention and avoid Taft Hartley action.
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Cincinnati
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Key West
Fla
White House
Charles Ross
Truman
Coal operators reject Lewis three day work week order
George H. Love spokesman for the operators’ negotiating committee calls John L. Lewis three day work week inhuman and wrong. He notes miners have lost about 80 days of work this year and $1,200 in earnings while coal wages remain high among major industries.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
George H. Love
Love
Man Fined 1800 for Mistreating Five Girls and Woman
Alexander Halbman Jr a 25 year old laborer was fined 1800 by City Judge James H Connor for mistreating five grade school girls and a married woman. The incident began when he stopped them on the street on a pretense of asking directions and made improper proposals. His attorney said he would appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
James H. Connor
Alexander Halbman, Jr
Halbman
Ten Russians On Trial For Spying
Ten Russians accused of spying for the Soviet Union go on trial in Sarajevo Bosnia in Yugoslavia. One suspect died by suicide in his cell and another is ill. Prosecutors say the group gathered information in Bosnia and sent reports to the Soviet embassy in Belgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Ladislav Nekhlyudov
Nekhlyudov
Pavle Yelissiyev
Belgrade
Bosnia
Russia
Clemency plea denied in Missouri lethal gas execution
George A. Bell, 35, Kansas City Negro, executed in Missouri’s gas chamber for killing a Kansas City police officer on September 20, 1945. Bell told correction chief Ben Marvin Casteel he was not afraid to die as Casteel witnessed the final moment with about two dozen observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Missouri
George A. Bell
Department of Correction
Ben Marvin Casteel
Smith-Cotton Triumphs Over Jeff City 40 23 in Tournament
Smith-Cotton Tigers defeated the Jefferson City Jays 40 to 23 in the Central Missouri basketball tournament in Jefferson City. Bill Holst led Smith-Cotton with 12 points while Thompson paced Jeff City with eight. The Tigers advance to play Rolla at 8 30 tonight after Rolla beat Missouri Military Academy 52 19.
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Smith-Cotton
Jeff City
Smith-Cotton Tigers
Jefferson City Jays
Jefferson City
Tigers
Rolla
Missouri Military Academy
St. Peters
Kemper M. A
Hannibal
Columbia
Bill Holst
Thompson
Jays
Sedalia
Birth of son to Mr and Mrs Paul Kenzie
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kenzie weighing eight pounds nine ounces at 12 05 p m Thursday afternoon in a local hospital.
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Paul Kenzie
Baby Ross Born to Kansas City Couple at St Vincent
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross of Kansas City welcomed a son at St Vincent hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ross, formerly Miss Elizabeth Mehl, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E M Mehl of 1402 South Warren Avenue.
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Jack Ross
Kansas City
St. Vincent Hospital
Ross
Elizabeth Mehl
This City
E. M. Mehl
South
Warren Avenue
Obituary Note for City, Tarleton Overstreet of Les Lie Ark
City Tarleton Overstreet of Les lie Ark and two grandchildren survive along with several nerves and nephews. The body will arrive in Sedalia on the Colorado Eagle Missouri Pacific lines Friday morning and be taken to Gillespie's funeral home. Funeral services are set for 2:00 PM Saturday.
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City
Tarleton Overstreet
Leslie
Ark
Sedalia
Colorado Eagle
Missouri Pacific
Gillespie
Crown Hill Cemetery
Last-Minute Appeal for Stay Denied in Bell Case
Eleventh hour bid to halt the execution of George A. Bell, 35, condemned for killing a Kansas City policeman, was rejected by Lt. Gov. James T. Blair Jr. after he reviewed the case and spoke with supreme court members. Bell's sister Helen Bell Willis of Kansas City urged delay during the lieutenant governor's dinner hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
George A. Bell
James T. Blair, Jr
Bell
Helen Bell Willis
Kansas City
Blair
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Gov
Willis
Missouri
Forrest Smith
Omaha
Missour Basin
Polio Victim Rescues Child in NJ Sewer Rescue
Jack Reyle a polio patient newly released from Jersey City Medical Center rescued three year old Joseph Quackenbush Jr. who slipped into a sewer and nearly choked to death. He alerted police and pulled the boy free with his paralyzed left arm.
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Radburn
N. J
Jack Reyle
Joseph Quackenbush, Jr
Reyle
Jersey City
Christmas Greetings Return to Christmas Fla Post
The Christmas Florida post office will again accept letters with the Christmas tree cachet after appeals by postmistress Juanita S. Tucker and Senator Spessard L. Holland. The practice resumes if senders request it and no extra government cost is involved, with Orange County and Christmas Chamber of Commerce aiding decoration of the letters with the cachet and the phrase Glory to God in the Highest, 1949.
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Christmas
Fla
Post Office Department
Juanita S. Tucker
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Santa Proves Lewis Hadn't Killed Him
Chicago dispatch reports Santa Claus cleared rumors he had been mortally wounded by John L. Lewis. On NBC from the North Pole, Santa joked that Lewis “just missed” him and promised to be on hand Christmas day. NBC explained the remark was to ease miners strike fears and reassure children nationwide.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
John L. Lewis
North Pole
NBC
John L
Paul Long
Pittsburgh
Long
The
Sun-Times
Krug Retires as Interior Secretary Chapman Sworn In
Julius A. Krug stepped down as Secretary of the Interior after resigning last month amid reports of a rift with President Truman. Oscar L. Chapman was sworn in as Krug's successor, a $22,500 yearly post and a longtime Truman campaign aide. Krug prepared for a rest in sunnier climates after the ceremony.
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Washington
Julius A. Krug
Oscar L. Chapman
Krug
Truman
Chapman
Sixty three Births at Bothwell Hospital
Bothwell hospital reports 63 births in November including 31 boys and 32 girls making it the largest monthly total this year. In 1948 November had 61 births, 34 boys and 27 girls.
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Bothwell Hospital
Grand Champion Steer Sells for Record Price
The grand champion Hereford steer Judge Roy Bean sold for $13,800 at 11.50 a pound at the international livestock exposition. Weighing 1200 pounds, it was shown by Pecos County Texas 4 H club. Dearborn Motors Corp of Detroit bought it, setting a new record over last year's $10.75 a pound.
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Chicago
U?p
Roy Bean
Pecos County
Texas
Dearborn Motors Corporation of
Detroit
Ford Tractors
Dearborn
Religious survey in Sedalia schools announced
The Sedalia Ministerial Alliance led by Rev. William C. Bessmer says it is currently conducting a religious survey of Sedalia public school students. The questions cover newcomers to the city and church memberships among the various churches.
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William C. Bessmer
Sedalia
Merle Travis Detained After Sedative Claim
Van Nuys California police found cowboy singer Merle Travis outside his home barefoot in pajama top and trousers. He said his wife fired five shots in the air with his revolver and warned the next was for him. He was jailed on a drunk charge, later denying intoxication and saying he had taken a nerve sedative.
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van Nuys
Calif
Merle Travis
Travis
Report on 1942 Ford theft in La Monte area
Police reported a 1942 Ford sedan stolen Wednesday night from Ray Howard of La Monte. Highway patrol was notified. another motor car was also reported missing.
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Ray Howard
la Monte
Highway Patrol
Start Releasing Of Draftees
The Army begins releasing draftees today under the 1948 selective service act. About 30 000 men will choose among four options including 12 months duty with reserve entry or completing 21 months active service. Release starts with November 1948 draftees, with December 1948 and January 1949 calls to be freed after 12 months. Some ROTC officers will also be released after 12 months.
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Washington
Army
Loot Windfall Looms as St Louis Police Hold Suspect
Charles H. Sweigart, 24, admits stealing about 18950 from a Los Angeles merchant. Arrested with 17199 in cash he says came from a cache in George Mulharat’s home. LA district attorney backs extradition rejection, may free Sweigart and turn loot to city pension fund.
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ST. Louis
Charles H. Sweigart
Los Angeles
Sweigart
George Mulharat
Hollywood
University of Kansas City Receives $200000 Bequest
The University of Kansas City is left $200000 from the estate of Miss Alice Pearl Metzner who died at 79 last September. President Dr. Clarence R. Decker recalls driving her home in rain when no taxi was available and notes her regular attendance at the university’s musical and lecture programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
University of Kansas City
Clarence R. Decker
Alice Pearl Metzner
Decker
Byrnes Declines 1952 Presidential Bid
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announced in Greenville that he would not seek the presidency or vice presidency in 1952. He said he will continue to share his views on national and international affairs regardless of party alignment. He was also tied to a possible run for the South Carolina governorship in 1950.
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Greenville
S. C
James F. Byrnes
United States
South Carolina
Byrnes
Harry Bridges San Francisco Communist Party District Member
Government witness testifies that Harry Bridges served on a district committee of the Communist party and interacted with an executive bureau. Bridges faces perjury charges over allegedly denying Communist affiliation on his naturalization papers.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
John Schumaker
Bureau
Schomaker
Harry Dorgan
Bridges
Hughesville man in critical heart attack condition
Dee Western McClure of Hughesville suffered a heart attack Tuesday night and was taken to Bothwell hospital by the McLaughlin ambulance. His right side is paralyzed and he remains unconscious in critical condition.
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Dee Western McClure
Hughesville
Bothwell Hospital
McLaughlin
Vehicle Stolen From Warrensburg Wed Morning
A vehicle was reported stolen in Warrensburg Wednesday morning according to a highway patrol trooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Highway Patrol
Strange murder tale turns real as body found near rails
In St Joseph Missouri a battered body identified as Ing Ridin King 38 was found by a river road near railroad tracks. Sheriff Gibbins said 45 year old Sommy King confessed to leading officers to the body while claiming blame. Coroner Maxwell noted four blows killed her and she had been dead about two weeks. A hoax story earlier prompted police to investigate with Leavenworth officials. No charges yet and a search is underway for a woman who reported the incident.
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ST. Joseph
George Gibbins
Sommy King
Ingriding
W. E. Maxwell
Leaverworth
Kas
King
John W. Lard
Leavenworth
Gibbins
Lard
Back to Work BringsCheers for Miners in USW Strike
John L Lewis orders return to three day work week in hard and soft coal mines nationwide starting Monday. UMW policy committee backs the move amid sharp optimism for a Christmas thaw. Miner Dennis Marshall and Frank Harper Jr. voice relief as pits reopen after a 2 day loss.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United
Lewis
UMW
Dennis Marshall
Frank Harper, Jr
Library
United Nations adopts 12 point peace declaration
The United Nations assembly adopted a 12 point western power declaration for world peace. It followed a Russian denial that the Soviet Union interferes in Yugoslavia and urged nations to refrain from intervention in other countries.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Assembly
Reward posted in assaults on three women in Columbia
Boone county authorities join a Columbia city council effort offering a 1000 dollar reward to catch the attacker. Highway patrol investigator Sgt. H. H. Wells will join the case, as Prosecuting Attorney Carl F. Sapp confirms. The reward was announced at a special council session.
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Columbia, Mo
Boone County
Columbia City
H. H. Wells
Highway Patrol
Carl F. Sapp
Autopsy Request by Bataan Survivor in Dallas Crash
Joseph S. Smith, a Bataan death march survivor who died in a Dallas airliner crash, requested an autopsy to inform the Veterans Affairs Committee in Washington about the condition of other former POWs. His parents in Carlsbad received a memorandum stating the request, but family members said the autopsy was unlikely due to Burns on Smith's body and 27 others killed.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Joseph S. Smith
Bataan
Dallas
Dean Smith
Carlsbad
Veterans Affairs Committee
Smith
Youth Fatally Injured Near Ava in Auto Crash
A 17 year old, Tommy Sanders, of Ava, was fatally injured when his car left Highway 5 near Ava and overturned while he was returning home from a pie supper. State Patrol identified the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava, Mo
State Highway Patrol
Tommy Sanders
Highway 5
Ava
Italian Strike Fails with Limited North Protest
In Rome and across Italy the 24hour general strike called by CGIL drew little participation. Officials termed it a failure except in northern heavy industry where demonstrations occurred amid protests over the south’s killings. The CGIL said the action was a limited protest, not meant to paralyze the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Italy
Cars Collide At Fourth Street and Osage Avenue
A 1942 Chevrolet driven by W L Jackson of 1207 West Fifth Street and a 1940 Chevrolet driven by Mrs Herschel Walk of route 3 collided at the Fourth Street Osage Avenue intersection about 3 15 Thursday afternoon. Jacksons rear fender and left side were crushed while the Walk car’s front was smashed. No arrests were made and both cars left the scene under their own power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L . Jackson
West Fifth Street
Herschel Walk
Route 3
Fourth Street
Osage Avenue
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List for Various Residents
A hospital notes list admits for medical treatment and surgery, discharges, and transfers. Names and addresses appear including Turner Henderson, Mrs. C A De Jar nett, Mrs Lindsey Anthony, Terry Davis, Gary Williams, Ruth Hicks, Conway Scott, Otis Howe, Fred Fisher, J B Snider, E H Stelling, Gene McCoy, Terry Davis, Mrs George Boots, and others. An infant was transferred to Mercy Hospital Kansas City, and Jimmie Wilcox is admitted for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Henderson
South
Ohio Avenue
C. A. de Jarnett
North Stewart Avenue
Lindsey Anthony
East Saline Avenue
Gary Williams
Missouri Avenue
Ruth Hicks
Versailles
Conway Scott
Hughesville
Otis Howe
East Seventh Street
Fred Fisher
East Fourteenth Street
J. B. Snider
Warsaw
E. H. Stelling
Mora
Gene McCoy
East Fifth Street
Terry Davis
Prospect Avenue
George Boots
East Tenth Street
South Prospect Avenue
Mercy Hospial
Kansas City
W. E. Killion
Forrest P. Norris
North Grand Avenue
Arthur Kinkade
West Third Street
Jimmie Wilcox
Engineer Avenue
Admitted and discharged patients listed at hospitals
Admitted for surgery Patricia Zuroweste 810 South Carr Avenue. Dismissed Richard Gray 1004 South Kentucky Avenue Mrs Elmer Strickfaden Paola Kansas and Miss Elenor Oversby 1703 South Prospect Avenue.
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Patricia Zuroweste
South
Carr Avenue
Richard Gray
Kentucky Avenue
Elmer Strickfaden
Paola
Kas
Elenor Oversby
Prospect Avenue
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Dudley C. Schmid
Mrs. Hester F. Young
Loofbourrow
Grace QO. Dillard
S.ohio St
Pia
London
Sydney Larkin
St. Stephen’s
House of Parliament
Robert A. Ic
Goodby
Pisa
Ilg
California
Bulletin
Santa
Julius Krug
University of K. C
Commies Committee
Osage
Woodland Hospital
Charles, Holliday Harrison
Pettis County
Lilliam Marguerite Holcomb
A. M. Harlan
Probate Court
Lawrence Barnett
Anna W Stamper
Probate
Earl Wingate
Frank W. Mayes
Clarence Wadley McCormick
W Mason
Wil
Frank W. Hayes
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