Cox Fails to Speak at Sikeston Campaign Stop
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Raymond E. Cox did not address a Sikeston audience after a public address agreement fell through. Cox, a rural farmer and former Audrain County legislator, criticized state offices and pledged an honest, impartial administration if elected, including reforms to road building and government clerks.
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Raymond E. Cox
Sikeston
Rail Sweet Park
Cox
Centralia
Audrain
Missouri General
General Assembly
Wee
Missouri
Ree
Swme
Pest
Shen
Tee
Weer
Sec
VFW Encampment Set for St Louis in Late August
More than 50 000 Veterans of Foreign Wars and guests are expected to meet in St Louis late in August for the forty ninth annual encampment. The five day program will feature addresses by top government and military officials and leaders from many fields. VFW policies will be formed and new national officers elected at Kiel Auditorium, with outside events around the city. St Louis hosts have provided housing with up to 70 percent of hotel rooms reserved for VFWs and space in private homes and auto courts.
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St. Louis
Union
VFW
Kiel
Vfws
Veterans in institutional on-farm training rise in four-state area
The four-state total of veterans in institutional on-farm training climbed to a record 47,432 as of July 1, with a sharp rise in disabled enrollees driving most of the increase. Disabled participants reached 9,910, including 5,285 farm owners and 225 employee trainees, led by Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
C. B. Sherry
Veterans Administration Educational Rehabilitation Service
Sherry
Little Rock
Veterans Administration
Regional veteran participation and farm training totals
Regional counts show Little Rock with 17 870 veterans in the program and 2 311 in farm training under Public Law 16, Oklahoma City 8 377 and 1 075, Muskogee 6 129 and 670, Kansas City 6 726, St. Louis 606, Wichita 2 240 and 256. Little Rock had the lowest discontinuances while St Louis had the highest. Also note an eight percent price rise on cars from General Motors effective Monday.
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Little Rock
Ark
Partics
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kansas City
Muskogee
St. Louis
Wichita, Kan
Campaign talk highlights county health and bills
A political candidate outlines achievements in Scott County including DDT spray program during the war to control polio, maintenance of a mobile X ray unit, and support for health legislation. He cites state expense shifts saving taxpayers money on insane and TB care, vows for old age pensions, labor supports, and road-building efforts.
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State Health Department
Scott County
Missouri
Negro Boy Wins Annual VFW Heroism Award
William Jackson Jr., a 17 year old Negro Boy Scout from Columbia Missouri, was named top Scout of the nation and will receive a 500 dollar scholarship and a gold medal for heroism. On October 10 1946 he and three others rescued five children from a burning home while their mother shopped. The award will be presented at the VFW national encampment in St Louis between August 29 and September 3. Jackson is a junior at Douglas High School in Columbia.
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William Jackson Jr
Columbia
Jackson
VFW
St. Louis
Douglas High School
Sunday School Week Endorsed by President Truman
President Truman has endorsed National Sunday School Week for September 1926. The event is sponsored by the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau and aims to promote Sunday school activities across churches.
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Truman
American Lutheran Publicity Bureau
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Ozarks Area
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Les Sleet
W. H
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Robert
Democratic
Congress
Armed Forces
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Ripley County
Hic
Congress Arehive
General Motors
G. I. Loans
Metropolitan Farm Loans
Scott Insurance Agency
Wallace
American Legion
VEW
Dees
Lutts
W. Malone
Sikeston, Mo
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