World This Week Highlights And Notable Events
Boonville fugitives returned to Boys Training School as the first escapees under the new superintendent. A fatal auto crash near Rector Arkansas leaves Ernest Fitzgerald dead, another man injured, and damage to a country store. General Steel Castings reports 108 days with no lost time accidents, a possible world record. The Methodist General Conference begins in Boston with about 7000 delegates. United Nations eyes protecting Jerusalem amid Arab threats. Major cities adopt daylight saving time, about 60 million Americans affected. German local elections show Communist support under 25 percent in Hesse and Bavaria. Truman criticizes Russia’s veto usage, citing 43 vetoes in two years. Illinois sets minimum wage 55 cents for women. minors start at 45 cents for first three months. First African American clerks Supreme Court era William Coleman Jr. named by Felix Frankfurter. Bethlehem Steel cuts prices 5 percent as wages hold. William S Knudsen dies at 69 in Detroit. Washington considers ending military training for youths and drafting 18 to 19 year olds instead.
State GOP Leaders Prevent Division at St Louis Convention
A fight for National Committeeman at the Missouri Republican State convention in St Louis was averted when Roscoe C Hobbs withdrew, leaving Howard W Stephens as the sole contender. Mayor Aloys J. Kauffman helped arrange harmony. The Gold Room at the Jefferson Hotel will host next Saturday’s gathering to select delegates, with Missouri slated to send 33 delegates and 33 alternates to the National Convention.
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St. Louis
Roscoe C Hobbs
Howard W Stephens
Hobbs
Aloys J. Kauffman
Chieftains
Democrats to Hold State Convention At Jefferson City
Governor Phil M. Donnelly to serve as temporary chairman and keynote speaker at the Missouri Democratic State Convention in Jefferson City on Monday May 3. State Senator Emery W. Allison of Rolla named permanent chairman. The gathering will involve 1,070 delegates, with 537 from St Louis and the five largest counties Jackson, St Louis, Buchanan, Greene and Jasper. Delegates at large total 16 with eight men and eight women, half votes each, for the July 12 national convention in Philadelphia. District caucuses set for May 8 at 10:00 am in the Capital City. 15 presidential electors and a national committeeman and committeewoman will also be chosen for four-year terms. Missouri will have 34 votes at the national convention, two per senator, two per each of 13 districts, plus a four-vote bonus for Roosevelt in 1944.
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Phil M. Donnelly
Jefferson City
Emery W. Allison
Rolla
St. Louis
Jackson
St Louis
Buchanan
Greene
Jasper
Philadelphia
Missouri
Roosevelt
Matthews Glee Club Heads to Columbia for Festival
The Matthews high school Girls Glee Club directed by Mrs. Wallace Crane will travel to Columbia for the State Musical Festival on May 1. They earned a No 1 excellent rating at the Cape Girardeau contest on April 8, with Crane accompanying. Read names of pictured members and note other district winners, including Rosalie Powell and Martha Ann Story, who received superior ratings.
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Matthews High School
Columbia
Glee Club
Wallace Crane
Cape Girardeau
Ture
Hilda Capps
Peggy Dale
Alberta Gardner
Jane Gardner
Dorothy Dodd
Betty Harmon
Helen Harmon
Betty Sue Martindale
Martha Ann Story
Viola Thornburg
Norma Jean Smith
LaVerne Tiley
Neva New York
Rosalie Powell
Wade Tucker Declares Candidacy for New Madrid County Judge
Wade Tucker of the former Caney school site on Route 61 south of Sikeston announced his run for county judge first district New Madrid on the Democratic ticket. He is a former sheriff of the county.
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Wade Tucker
Caney
Sikeston
New Madrid County
Tucker
Poplar Bluff Surgeon Bound for Rome for International Assembly
Dr. Fred L. Kniebert of Poplar Bluff departs New York for Rome to attend an assembly of the International College of Surgeons. After the event he will tour several European countries before returning home.
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Poplar Bluff
Fred L. Kniebert
New York
Rome
Italy
International College of Surgeons
Weather and politics mix at district conventions
The message notes that over 80 percent of 1947 U S automobile crashes occurred in clear weather. It reports on Congressional District conventions with Senator James P. Kem as temporary chairman and keynote speaker, and that a permanent chairman will be elected, with Forest Donnell likely to receive the honor. It ends with an advertising slogan.
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United States
James P. Kem
Forest Donnell
Senate to Consider Harper Approval Hearing May 18
Senator Forrest Donnell chair of the Judiciary subcommittee announced that the panel will resume a hearing on Roy W Harper for Federal Judge in Missouri on May 18. Harper, from Caruthersville, is serving as judge under a Truman interim appointment. The Southeast Missouri venue appears abandoned.
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Forrest Donnell
United States Judiciary Sub-Committee
Roy W Harper
Missouri
Harper
Caruthersville
Truman
Donnell
Thompson Named Grand Master of Missouri Royal Masons
Henry C. Thompson of Bonne Terre was chosen Grand Master of the Missouri Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons at their Monday meeting in Kansas City. The appointment places Thompson in a leading role within the statewide Masonic body and reflects his standing in the local lodge.
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Bonne Terre
Henry C. Thompson
Missouri Grand Council of Royal and
Select
Kansas City
Felker Seeks Scott County State Legislature Seat
C. E. Daddy Felker announces his candidacy for nomina tion to the Office of Representative from Scott County in the Democratic Primary on August 3, 1948. A Sikeston veteran of politics and public service, he cites years as City Councillor Fire Chief Mayor and county treasurer and collector, promising courteous service and defense of labor and farmer interests while campaigning to meet every voter in the county.
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C. E
Daddy) Felker
Scott County
Daddy Felker
Sikeston
Stoddard County
International Shoe Factory
Philadelphia prepares for 1944 Republican convention opening
Philadelphia gears for the Republican National Convention opening June 21 with 1 500 press and broadcast staff booked. Arrangements lead Walter Hallanan says plans are ahead of 1944. Dwight Green named temporary chairman. Joseph W Martin Jr offered permanent chair. The city is spending 3 500 000 renovating Convention Hall to seat 13 000. overflow seats 6 000 at Museum Hall with TV viewing.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Reece
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Trenton
Atlantic City
Convention
Museum Hall
Political Release Declares No Guilty Finding on Pensions Vote
A political release states that he will not be found guilty for voting against Old Age Pensions and Social Security Benefits. The note frames the vote as a political matter rather than a criminal charge.
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Boonville
Rector
Ark
Ernest Fitzgerald
General Steel Castings Corporation
Granite City
Til
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Boston
Holy City
United Nations Assembly
Lake Success
Jerusalem
Palestine
Hesse
Bavaria
Crossroads
Russia
Illinois
United States Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Wiliam T Coleman Jr
Bethlehem Steel Company
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
America
Washington
GOP
Jefferson Hotel
Guy
Hanl
Vane-Calvert Paints
E. C. Robinson Lumber Co
Felix O. Byrd
Mgr
Sikeston, Mo
S. Prairie
Mamalyn Lee Bohanan
Pic
Gates
Senate
Felker
Vv Sales Books
Vv Business
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Sikeston Herald
J Wrspaperne Moe
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