Missouri Education Article Reforms at Constitutional Convention
Missouri delegates finalize the Education Article with major reforms. Key changes include appointive State Board of Education, eight-year terms, funding safeguards for county school funds, and future provisions for kindergarten and junior college work. A new policy supports free public libraries with state aid when municipalities fund branches.
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Jefferson, City
Constitutional Convention
Committee On
Committee On Education
General Assembly
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Lay Board of Education
State Teachers Association
L .E. Meador
Springfield
George Wirk
Sikeston
United States
St. Louis
State Seminary
Board of Curators
State University
Missouri
School Children to Collect Milkweed Pods
New Madrid county plans enlist local school children to gather milkweed pods for floss to replace kapok in life jackets and aviator suits. Milkweed floss is deemed the immediate kapok substitute, with Java kapok blocked by enemy. The Commodity Credit Corporation will supply free bags and pay 15 cents per bag. Miles R. Davis urges schools to join this patriotic effort, picking to occur in September and October.
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New Madrid
Guy Calvin
Commodity Credit Corporation
Miles R. Davis
Cash in Circulation Highest in History
The Treasury reports money in circulation on April 30 stood at $156.42 per person in the United States, higher than the $122.29 recorded in 1943. The April 30 total reached $21,547,485,337, a rise of $3 over March.
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United States
Treasury
Smith Names Widespread in England and Wales
A census style note highlights that more than half a million people in England and Wales share the surname Smith, underscoring its dominance among common family names and reflecting regional naming patterns.
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England and
Wales
Smith
Concrete Tanks Favored for Ponds
Missouri farmers push ahead with permanent stock water tanks using portable wooden forms to speed erecting concrete tanks. A 34 by 8 foot standard tank needs gravel sand cement plus reinforcement and can serve cattle or sheep. County agents plan two day demonstrations on making portable forms and on mixing and handling concrete.
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Missouri
Ralph Ricketts
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Jackson Man Chosen Lumberman's President
J. R. Henderson of Jackson was elected president of the Southeast Missouri Retail Lumber Dealers Association at the annual Cape Girardeau meeting held May 11. He succeeds J. Lanier Byrd of Charleston. F. B. Robinson of St. Louis was elected vice president and W. T. Netherey of Hayti was re elected secretary. Sikeston’s A. M. Jackson and L. T. Metz of Poplar Bluff were new three year directors. Other directors include C. A. Himmelberger, E Z. Sweazen and Alvin Huffman of Cape Girardeau. The 1945 meeting will be in Cape Girardeau.
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J. R. Henderson
Jackson
Southeast Missouri Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Cape Girardeau
Henderson
J. Lanier Byrd
Charleston
F. B. Robinson
St. Louis
W. T. Netherey
Hayti
A. M. Jackson
Sikeston Lumber Company
L. T. Metz
Poplar Bluff
C. A. Himmelberger
E Z. Sweazen
Alvin Huffman
Ten Million Veterans Seek Post War Loans
Representative Cunningham says about ten million American war veterans will seek government loans under the G I Bill of Rights after the war. The figure, from the Veterans Administration, estimates men and women will use the loan provisions for rehabilitation, as debate on the veterans aid measure continues.
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Representative Cunningham
Rep
Iowa
House
Cunningham
Veterans Administration
Rites Held Saturday for Charter Oak Man
Funeral services were conducted at the Baptist church in Charter Oak for Albert Murphy 41 a farmer who died at his home Friday of carcinoma Rev A C Sullivant Morehouse minister presided Burial followed in Taylor cemetery near Essex with Albritton service He is survived by four half sisters Anna Mae Turner St Louis Emma Merrick Ruby Oneal Charter Oak and Ruth Vandergrift Parma A half-brother Bill Malone Parma Also survives Read the ads theyre news.
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Baptist Church
Charter Oak
Albert Murphy
A. C. Sullivant
Morehouse
Taylor Cemetery
Essex
Albritton
Murphy
Anna Mae Turner
St. Louis
Emma Merrick
Ruby Oneal
Ruth Vandergrifft
Parma A
Bill Malone
Parma
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Sikeston Man
Herald
Sikeston Auction CO
Sikeston, Mo
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Welsh Building
Edward Leech
E.N, Leech
Leech Furniture Company
ODD Fellows Building
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