Governor Reports on Missouri Road Improvement Push
Governor Forrest Smith outlines statewide interest in the road program ahead of the April 4 special election. He notes increased letters and invitations for speeches, cites positive reception from the Associated General Contractors, and recalls travel and events including the Jackson Day dinner with Governor Steven of Illinois. He warns Missourians to beware of February and March conditions and reflects on personal matters at the governor’s mansion.
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Forrest Smith
Missouri
Jefferson City
Associated General Contractors
Springfield
Florida
California
Steven Son
Illinois
Sine
Warning and Signals From a Pro On You Must Obey
A sensational warning urges strict obedience to signals and signs. The message emphasizes personal safety and warns against ignoring official guidance while referencing cryptocurrency style language and devious claims.
Picketing Holds Up Unemployment Claims in Missouri
In Jefferson City on January 19 a Missouri referee ruled that excessive and regular picketing by 9 union-affiliated workers from Producers Creamery disqualified them from unemployment benefits for weeks when they were unavailable to seek work. Of 56 claims, 35 were allowed, 17 denied, 2 provisional, and 1 dismissed.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Producers Creamery Company
Springfield
Charles F Moseley
Division of Employment Security
Moseley
Producers Creamery
James A Davis
William Murphy
Missouri State Industrial Union Council Cio
William P Sanford
Perry Adams
Miller and Fairman
Ing
Welfare Fund
Representative Felker Backs Veterans Bonus Plan
Representative C E Felker urges a World War II veterans bonus with support for an initiative referendum to place the proposal on the November ballot. He cites his 1949 House vote on a joint resolution and says he can help gather signatures in Scott county and aid in the campaign to carry the vote.
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C E Felker
Felker
Gene Wilder
Ste. Genevieve
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jefferson City
Wilder
House of Representatives
Missouri
United States
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
General Assembly
Senate
Scott County
January Sale Bargains in Electrical Appliances
Laur's promotes a January sale featuring discounted electrical appliances. Limited stock on radios, irons, toasters, and lamps advertised with special prices across the store. Customers urged to visit Laur's for early weekday bargains and potential savings.
Former Sikeston Man Killed in Idaho Plant Accident
Johnny Cantrell, 35, a Sikeston native and Navy veteran, was instantly killed Monday at the Naval Ordnance plant in Pocatello Idaho. He had served nine years in the U S Navy and since 1939 worked with Inland Navy Department in Washington and Idaho. He leaves wife Rose and two children Eddie and Rose Ann, plus siblings, with funeral services held in Pocatello.
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Sikeston
Johnny Cantrell
Naval Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Idaho
T. J Cantrell
Ray Richards
Cantrell
U S. Navy
Inland Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Richards
Rose Cantrell
Eddie
Rose Ann
Ernest Faulkner
Dexter
Frank Cantrell
St. Louis
Jennie Cantrell
Lennie Vaughn
George Cantrell
Funeral yesterday for retired Oran farmer James W Hampton
James W Hampton 76 year old retired farmer of Oran died at his son's home near Matthews after a two month illness. Funeral services were held at the Oran Baptist church conducted by Rev C E Warren. Interment followed in Memorial Park cemetery at Sikeston. He leaves his wife Mary J Hampton and five sons Elmer St Louis Alvin Eureka Clyde Farmington Scott and A C Hampton.
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James W Hampton
Oran
C Hampton
Matthews
Oran Baptist Church
C E Warren
Memorial Park Cemetery
Sikeston
Hampton
Mary J Hampton
Elmer
St Louis
Alvin
Eureka
Clyde
Farmington
Scott
A C Hampton
Nazarene To Hold 13th General Assembly In Kansas City
Kansas City was chosen as the site for the Church of the Nazarene's thirteenth quadrennial general assembly with a tentative date set for June 1929. The announcement specifies Kansas City as the location for the 1952-anchored event planning.
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Kansas City
Church of the Nazarene
Farm population drop 2.3 million since 1940
Government data show America's farm population shrank by 2,300,000 or 72 percent from April 1940 to April 1949. The farm population fell to 38,258,000 last April from a total population of 148,629,000.
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America
Painton Man Dies From Timber Injury
Clyde Bock, 26, a Painton resident, died in a Cape Girardeau hospital Monday from injuries suffered when a tree fell on him while sawing. He had died a week after the accident. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Rum Branch Methodist church with burial in Morgan cemetery, Advance. A World War II veteran, he is survived by his wife Edith, a daughter, his parents Carl and Mrs. Bock of Jackson, and three brothers.
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Clyde Bock
Painton
Cape Girardeau
Rum Branch Methodist Church
Morgan
Advance
Bock
Edith Bock
Carl Bock
Jackson
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