Death Takes Dean Edwin Trowbridge
Edwin A. Trowbridge, 63, dean of the College of Agriculture at the State University, died at his Columbia home on Monday from cancer. He led the college since 1907 and headed the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Stations and Extension Service. He was a renowned livestock authority and longtime horse show judge in Chicago and at the Argentine National Stock Show. Survivors include wife Alice and two sons, Edwin A. Jr. of Omaha and Leigh of San Mateo.
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Edwin A. Trowbridge
College of Agriculture
The
State University
Columbia
Dean Trowbridge
M. E. Miller
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Stations
Agricultural Extension Service
Chicago
Missouri
Sikeston Experiment Station
Alice Trowbridge
Edwin A. Jr
Omaha
Nebr
Leigh Trowbridge
San Mateo
Cal
Sub-committee approves Harper for district judge
The Judiciary Subcommittee approved Roy W. Harper for District Judge in Missouri by a majority. Members cited were Chairman Donnell Missouri Rep Senator Moore Oklahoma Rep and Senator Eastland Mississippi a second vote noted two members favored the nomination while one did not specify. Harper had been twice appointed by President Truman but faced Senate confirmation issues in the 79th Congress and had not yet gained approval in the 80th Congress. Last month hearings reviewed Harper on ties to lotteries used to boost votes in 1946 while he led the State Democratic Committee.
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Washington, D. C
Roy W. Harper
Missouri
Judiciary
Donnell
Moore
Oklahoma
Eastland
Mississippi
Truman
Harper
Senate
State Democratic Committee
Missouri governor vetoes school appropriations in 1948 budget
Governor Phil A. Donnelly vetoed appropriations for new school buildings including Kirksville Maryville Warrensburg Cape Girardeau and Springfield State Colleges and a $400,000 for a separate Negro law school. He approved hospital building funds and a $2,000,000 state office building plus a $2,500,000 extra aid for public schools.
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Phil A. Donnelly
Legistate
Missouri
Jefferson City
Lincoln University
Kirksville State College
Maryville State College
Warrensburg State College
Cape Girardeau State College
Springfield State College
Donnelly
Fulton
St. Joseph
Nevada
Farmington
Marshall- Carrollton
Mt. Vernon
University of Missouri
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Davis Retires After Half Century in Missouri Pacific
Joseph Franklin Davis retires as general superintendent of the Missouri Pacific Lines Southern district in Little Rock Arkansas, ending over 50 years in active railroading. Samuel Hammer succeeds Davis, coming from the Missouri and Memphis divisions with HQ at Poplar Bluff. Hammer is to be followed by Henry A. Israel, promoted from assistant superintendent of the Joplin-White River divisions.
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Joseph Franklin Davis
Missouri Pacific Lines
Southern District
Little Rock
Ark
Davis
Samuel Hammer
Missouri
Memphis
Poplar Bluff
Hammer
Henry A. Israel
Joplin
White River
Nevada, Mo
No Parole For Man Driving Killer Car
Circuit Judge Norwin D. Houser denied parole to Floyd Sparks of Crowder who drove the car that fatally injured Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Atkins of Poplar Bluff last Christmas morning and seriously injured other family members. The accident on Highway 60 near Bertrand occurred as the Atkins were en route to Kentucky. Sparks, drunk, was driving back and forth across the road. In Charleston he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in the State Penitentiary.
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Norwin D. Houser
Perryville
Floyd Sparks
Crowder
J. E. Atkins
Poplar Bluff
Bertrand
Atkins
Kentucky
Sparks
Charleston
Houser
State
Social Security Rep to Aid Sikeston Claimants
Louis R. Stone, field representative for the Cape Girardeau SSA office, will visit Sikeston City Hall on June 15 at 10:00 a.m. to assist Old-Age and Survivors Insurance claimants.
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Louis R. Stone
Cape Girardeau
Social Security Administration
Sikeston
Census figures show Cape Girardeau Perry counties gains
Unofficial Census Bureau data from a Cape Girardeau Perry special census report the city of Cape Girardeau at 20 307 up 881 since 1940 Jackson 3451 up 338 Perryville 4371 up 464 Cape Girardeau county 37775 Perry county 15358 both counties still smaller than eight years earlier. Missouri births exceed deaths twice in 1947.
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United States Census Bureau
Cape Girardeau
Perry
Jackson
Perryville
Cape Girardeau County
Perry County
Recall of ERC personnel announced by Kansas-Missouri district
Col. Paul J. Matte announced recall of ERC personnel to active duty in the Kansas Missouri Recruiting District. Recalls are voluntary for 9 to 12 months with possible extensions. Reservists will be stationed at main and recruiting stations for admin duties and receive 105 dollars monthly allowances plus base and longevity pay. interested Reservists should contact the U S Army and U S Air Force Recruiting Service at City Hall Sikeston for details and application blanks.
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Kansas-Missouri
Paul J. Matte
Col. Matte
U. S.S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Sikeston
New Road Work for Two District Counties
State Highway Commission approves sixty-five and five tenths miles of highway improvements across fourteen counties in twenty-four projects totaling about 1,753,000 dollars. Bids opened May 28 show major system work at 1,228,000 dollars and supplementary work at 525,000 dollars. several routes in Dunklin Pemiscot and New Madrid counties had no bids. Division 10 details include Butler Route H graded and sand asphalt surface for nine tenths mile by Porter DeWitt Construction Co.. Cape Girardeau Reaute 25 10.6 miles cement stabilized base and bituminous surfacing by Reno Construction Co.
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State Highway Commission
Rt. N
Dunklin County
Pemiscot
Rt. D
New Madrid
Butler
Neelyville
Porter-DeWitt Construction Co
Poplar Bluff
Cape Girardeau
Blomeyer
Delta
Stoddard County
Whitetank
Reno. Construction Co
Overland Park, Kans
Freedom Train Arrives in St Louis for 3 Day Exhibit
Rededication Week in St Louis will peak with the Freedom Train arriving early Saturday for a three day exhibition on the riverfront. The traveling shrine will display original drafts of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and 125 other foundational American documents.
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St. Louis
Unclear health warning from unsafe water and milk sources
The notice suggests disease may arise from unsafe water or unpasteurized milk and mentions careless work in a restaurant or other sources. It also states that any infant weighing less than 515 pounds at birth is considered premature.
Missouri students tour Southeast Missouri farms and plants
A group of eighteen students from the College of Agriculture at the University of Missouri in Columbia and members of the Agronomy Club, along with Clarence Woodruff, soils instructor, toured Southeast Missouri farms and processing plants over two days. They visited Sikeston labs and mills, then farms of Murray, Klein, Alsup, and Anderson, followed by further plants in New Madrid and Pemiscot counties. The trip used a College bus and showcased soil types, land contour, and farm products.
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College of Agriculture
University of Missouri At Columbia
Agronomy Club
Clarence Woodruff
Missouri
Sikeston
Scott County Milling Company
Mill A and Elevators
Sikeston Compress
Murray, Klein
Rufus Alsup
Adrian Anderson
New Madrid
Pemiscot
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ERC
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Scott County Tuberculosis Association
Scott County Health Council
Southeast
the Herald
Evening Post
Better Homes& Gardens
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