Missouri Constitutional Convention considers cabinet form plan
The final report of the Executive Department committee proposes electing only governor and lieutenant governor and state auditor by people. Other officials would be appointed by the governor with Senate consent, and the governor could remove them. A two year term for the first elected governors to align with off year elections is planned.
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Missouri
Committee On
F Executive Department
Marshall ©. Ford
Senate
Armed Services of
United States
Education Department
Alva F. Lindsay
State Educational Department
State Board Ofucation
State Board
General Assembly
Alo
Department of Revenue
Fit
Comptroller
Committee On Judiciary Department
Richard S. Righter
Supreme Court
Courts of Appeals
Justice of the Peace
Circuit Court
Five Million Pints of Blood Plasma Reported
James V. Forrestal announced the Red Cross blood plasma program delivered five million pints of plasma in the year ending last month for distribution to the fighting fronts. He could not estimate how many men were saved. Navy Surgeon General Admiral Ross T. McIntire noted only about one percent of wounded Navy personnel in the South Pacific died, largely due to plasma use.
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James V. Forrestal
Navy
Red Cross
Mustard Proposed as Bath Relaxer
Mustard is praised as useful in the kitchen and on the table and proposed for bathroom use too. Footbaths with mustard powder help ward off chills from wet feet and a hot bath with enough powder may color relax tired bodies and aid sleep.
Congress Plans Way to Simplify Tax Return
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan to simplify federal taxes starting 1945. It would tax wages under 5000 fully, grant a 500 per person exemption, and let 30 million taxpayers avoid complex returns. The bill shifts exemption rules and adjusts dependent benefits to ease filing burdens.
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House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Treasury
Dad
Yank Osulators Show New Slant
London papers report American soldiers teaching British women a different kissing angle. The observer notes Englishmen tilt heads to the right and chin to eight o'clock, while British women tilt to ten o'clock. Americans tilt from ten o'clock and women respond with a two o'clock tilt.
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London
Britain
New World
Quezon says Filipino faith in MacArthur remains unshaken
Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, while in Washington this week, assured that the Filipino people's faith in the return of General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines "is unshaken."
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Manuel L. Quezon
Washington
Gen. MacArthur
Philippines
Congress to Investigate Farm Credit Group
A House Agricultural subcommittee proposes a congressional probe of the Farm Credit Administration to determine authority and scope. The probe could cover banks for cooperatives, intermediate credit banks, land bank loans, and related activities amid concerns over impaired land bank stocks and potential transfers from FCA to the Farmers' Home Corporation.
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FSA
Farmers’ Home Corporation
FCA
Farmers’ Home Agency
Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner Loans
Cooley
Pemiscot Man Charged With Draft Bribery
James L. German of Steele was charged in a federal warrant with offering a bribe to obtain an occupational deferment for his son, John, 27. The case arose after a $20 bill was slipped to and returned by draft official Orville B. Hooker, with FBI describing the investigation as unique.
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Pemiscot County
Draft Board
James L. German
Steele
Undertaker
German
John
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gerald B. Norris
Orville B. Hooker
Caruthersville
FBI
Norris
Hooker
Government to speed up draft for younger men under twenty six
President Roosevelt announced a plan to accelerate induction of deferments for single men under 26 to reduce the gap between draft rates and armed services manpower. The Army says older recruits are often unfit for combat. The Herald notes this as authoritative.
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Armed Services
Roosevelt
Scott County land transfers and lot sales listed
A compiled notice lists Scott County land transfers including Metropolitan Life Insurance Co to Ray Marshall for land in section 16 township 27 range 13 at 32500 dollars and multiple transfers involving Sikeston's East Addition lots 55 74 82 83 and others with buyers Walter Gray Frannie Matthews Dora Oliver Allen Marchbanks J. Freshour and Dennis James among others. Also notes parcels in Chaffee Dohogne Kelso and Commerce with various sums from 15.98 to 9000 dollars.
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Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Ray Marshall
Henry Buchholz
Walter Gray
Frannie Matthews
Sikeston
East Addition
Paul Buchholz
Fannie Matthews
F. G. Packwood
Raymond Coakley
Chaffee
Henry Buchholz Et al
Dora Oliver
Paul Buchholz Et al
Raymond Barraclough
Clyde Trucks
Dohogne
Fornfelt
Chas, Jenkins
Gilbert Clinton
Mutual Savings Life Ins. Co
Raymond Dame
Virginia Odom
Harold Bollinger
Benton
Richard Schlegel
Caleb Oliver
Alexander Burger
E. V. Godfrey
Joan Dannenmueller
John C. Glueck
Kelso
J. E. Freshour
Stanford State Bank
Dennis James
Joseph Taylor
Mary Blackledge
E. B. Daughtrey
Commerce
Copper supply enables return of iron War penny ratio
The War Production Board reports copper conditions have improved enough to add virgin metal and restore the copper zinc mix to 95 to 5. Production is about 150 million monthly, with annual output expected to match or surpass last year’s billion plus steel cent production.
Bagworm Menace Threatens Missouri Trees
University of Missouri expert Leonard Haseman warns the evergreen bagworm is rising in Missouri causing widespread damage to ornamental evergreens and native cedars. It also attacks boxelder willow maple and fruit trees. defoliation is common in towns and cedar groves. Bagworms hatch in early May and feed until about August 1 when they pupate.
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Missouri
Leonard Haseman
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Ozarks
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