Missouri Ranks Low in Gasoline Tax Collections
Jefferson City report shows Missouri tenth in vehicles registered but 49th in state motor fuel tax receipts per vehicle at 13.96 dollars. State totals reflect 12.243 million from motor fuel taxes and 10.226 million from vehicle registration and imposts, with 877,094 vehicles registered in 1939.
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Jefferson City
District of Columbia
Missouri
U. S. Public Roads Administration
Missouri State Highway Department
C. W. Brown
Union
United States
Rosalie Ziegfeld Extravaganza at Municipal Opera
Rosalie the Ziegfeld hit returns to Municipal Opera with Lee Dixon leading a top cast. It opens Monday night August 12 and closes Sunday August 18 in the outdoor theatre as part of a summer run.
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ST. Louis
Rosalie
Municipal Opera
Lee Dixon
Municipal Theatre
Open Air Theatre
New York
Rio Rita
William Anthony McGuire
Guy Bolton
Romania
Balkan
Outdoor Opera at St Louis draws 428200 so far this season
Six Outdoor Municipal Opera productions at St Louis have attracted 428200 attendees to a 10 000-seat venue. The season opened with The American Way drawing 110200 across 14 performances. Rio Rita led with 68400, followed by Naughty Marietta at 66007 and Good News 63300. Apple Blossoms 60200 and Chocolate Soldier 60100 rounded out the totals, with overflow crowds noted for Rio Rita and Naughty Marietta.
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ST. Louis
Ozark Folkways Book Project Chooses Local Editor
Otto Ernest Rayburn publisher of Arcadian Life Magazine in Eminence Missouri has been selected by a New York publisher to write a 100000 word study on Ozark customs for the American Folkways Series to be issued in 1941 Erskine Caldwell sponsor of the series notes Rayburn’s quarter century of Ozark folklore research and authority The Arcadian Magazine began in 1981 in Big Springs country Eminence Missouri.
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Otto Ernest Rayburn
Arcadian Life
Ozark Hills
New York
Ozarks
Erskine Caldwell
Tobacco Road
Rayburn
Ozark People
Arcadian
Big Springs
Eminence, Mo
Carpenter John Steele J T Steele Dies at 68
John T Steele local carpenter and contractor died at his home Monday aged 68 Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon with interment at Little Prairie cemetery Caruthersville.
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Steele
John T. Frame
Little Prairie
Caruthersville
Former Sikeston Youth Now Radio Instructor
Roland Reed son of Mr and Mrs Rufus Reed former Sikeston residents now in Springfield Missouri has been appointed radio instructor and transferred from Chanute Field at Rantoul to Belleville I Young Reed joined the Army Air Corps after high school and has served at Chanute Field for two years His new post recognizes his excellent work at Chanute The Chanute Field communications school may move to Scott Field Belleville preserving Chanute Field's training role as ground technicians and flyers needs grow Chanute Field currently houses about 6000 men and could double or reach 15000 within a year
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Roland Reed
Rufus Reed
Sikeston
Springfield
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Belleville
Young Reed
Army Air Corps
Sikeston High School
Scott Field
Department of Mechanics
Army Air Strength
Radio sets top American electrical wants says NAB
Neville Miller, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, announced at the eighteenth annual convention in San Francisco that over 9,000,000 radios were produced last year, bringing the U S total to 45,000,000. He said broadcasting has reached an audience exceeding 100,000,000 and that Americans want radio sets more than any other electrical device.
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National Association of Broadcasters
Neville Miller
Broadcasters’ Association
San Francisco
Cal
Miller
Dowry Customs Shape Marriage in Ceylon
In Ceylon no man marries a woman unless she has an ample dowry. This practice reflects enduring social norms tying brides' value to wealth given at marriage, impacting young women's prospects and family strategies in the region.
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Ceylon
Sainte Genevieve the oldest city in Missouri
Sainte Genevieve on the Mississippi River, 58 miles south of St. Louis, is described as Missouri’s oldest city with 205 years of history. The article highlights its Old World atmosphere, early French and Spanish heritage, historic buildings including Valle’s home and a church, and notes the King’s Highway origins and the De Soto era as early road history.
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Mississippi River
St. Louis
Sainte Genevieve
Sainte Geneveve
Jean Baptiste Valle
Louisiana Purchase Territory
Saint Genevieve
Mississippi
Upper
Louisiana
North America
Ozarks
Missouri
Ste. Genevieve
New Madrid
el Camino Real
Ste Genevieve
King's Trace
Hernando de Soto
St. Francis Basin
Old Faithful Sets Geyser Height Record in 1938
In Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful reached a new height of 223 feet, surpassing the previous record by 32 feet on a single day in 1938. The event was noted as a remarkable geothermal display drawing visitors and researchers alike to witness the eruption.
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Yellowstone Park
Missouri's first old age pensioner dies at 80
Jesse B. Farmer, Missouri's first old age pensioner, died Tuesday of pneumonia at age 80. He received the first old age pension check when Missouri's Social Security Act began, a $10 payment in January 1936. Pure nickel adopted for Ecuador coinage.
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Jesse B. Farmer
Missouri
Farmer
Ecuador
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