Shoes for Family Made at Home In Pioneer Days of Missouri
The article traces frontier footwear in Missouri from 1825 onward, showing families tanning cow and calf skins for shoes and using tree-trunk troughs for tanning. It notes barefoot norms, local shoemaking, and trading boats delivering shoe goods from eastern cities, with ads and styles in early St. Louis Gazette and Boonville listings.
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Missouri
Lewis Coontz
Salt River
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Louisville
New Orleans
St. Louis
Boonville
Engineers Lease Land for Food and Victory
The Corps of Engineers expands War Department land leases to boost the Food for Victory program and protect soil fertility. In 1944 the Great Lakes Division leased 41,233 acres, mostly in Illinois, with 107,824 dollars income in 1943 and corn-based yields of 1,703,747 bushels. Leased lands produced 6.36 million pounds of beef and 9.12 million pounds of hogs, equating to edible meat for about 82,668 people.
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Corps of Engineers
War Department
Chief of Engineers
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Food For Victory
America
U S Representatives Received by Stalin in Moscow
Clarry Hopkins, special representative of President Truman, and United States Ambassador W Averell Harriman were received by Marshal Joseph Stalin in Moscow last Saturday night with Foreign Commissar Molotov present. The talks covered developments since the Crimean conference of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. A Moscow diplomatic source called the visit important, but suggested no sensational outcomes.
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Clarry Hopkins
Truman
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Molotov
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Pensioner Liens Bill Killed By Senate
The Erdwin bill granting the state power to lien property of old age assistance recipients was killed in the Senate 15 supporting perfection and 16 opposing. Proposed by the Social Security Commission, it aimed to cut pension rolls and reclaim payments from estates to fund larger ongoing benefits, but opponents warned it would disrupt elderly calm and resemble banking for pensioners. The measure could have yielded over $1,000,000 annually for the state, a figure cited in support of its potential fiscal impact.
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Senate
Social Security Commission
Old Age Pension Bill Heads to Conference on Cost Rise
A bill authorizing higher old age pension payments advances to a conference committee to resolve anticipated higher costs. Key legislators from the house and senate are expected to negotiate funding, eligibility, and phased payment adjustments amid fiscal constraints.
Snuff Fortune Invested in War Bonds by Estate
Administrators of the Henrietta S. Garrett estate approve purchasing 11 million dollars in war bonds from the fortune of Falter Garrett. The estate, which grew to about 30 million dollars after a 10 million dollar war bond purchase last year, was widowed in 1930 without a will for 17.5 million.
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Henrietta S. Garrett
Falter Garrett
Garrett
Two Million Tires Available Next Month
Two million passenger automobile tires will be available next month after a 500000 increase from May per an OPA announcement. The move helps but still falls short of meeting needs of motorists eligible for new tires.
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OPA
Rankin pushes $1040 veteran bonus plan in House
Chairman Rankin leads a bid for a $1040 bonus to every veteran with 90 days service. The plan would pay $40 biweekly for 52 weeks, totaling $1040, regardless of employment. Rankin contrasts it with Lesinski's proposal and cites a $12.0 billion price tag versus $20.0 billion.
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Rankin
House Veterans’ Committee
G. I
Mississippi
White House
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Lesinski
Dem
Mich
Brakes Failures Lead to Checks in Missouri Patrol
During the first four weeks of the Nation-Wide Brake Emphasis Program the highway patrol checked 19 577 cars in Missouri. Of those, 3 178 had inadequate brakes.
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Missour
Kennett Man Heads War Chest Committee
Hal H. McHaney of Kennett Missouri is named regional chairman of the 1945 Missouri War Chest by Judge Norwin D. Houser president. He will oversee fall fund drives across 20 counties in this region supporting USO and other morale services for armed forces until victory.
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Hal H. Mc- Haney
Kennett
Missouri War Chest
Norwin D. Houser
Mc- Haney
National War Fund
Judge Houser
War Fund
USO
United Seamen’s Service
Pacific
John Basilone Urges Americans to Buy More Bonds
The article recalls Marine Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone touring the country to appeal to citizens to purchase additional war bonds. His campaigns emphasized national duty and financial support for the military effort, drawing attention from communities across several states.
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John Basilone
America
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Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Elliston
Holt County Sentinel
U. S
Herald
Public Finance Corporation
H and H
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
THE
Highway Patrol
Kennett Man
WAR Chest Committee
Et - Serenata
Joe
Bill
Uncle Sam
Lay
Sikeston
Allard & Matthews Insurance Agency
Vogue Dress Shop
Crowe's Service Station
Malone & Rex Theatres
Sikeston Laundry
Elite Hat Shop
Graber's Store
J Board OF Public Works
Nicholson’s Tire Shop
the Poeple's Store
Ethringe Recapp Tire CO
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Company
Armstrong Appliance
E. C. Robinson Lumber, CO
Hahs Machine Shop
Reiss Dalry
Scott Insurance Agency
Caleb Smith
Semo Elevator Company
Nn-Way Cleaning CO
Sikeston Paint & Wall Paper Company
J. & M. Oil Company
R. D. Clayton
Mulys
Ralph
White's Drug Store
P. J. Auto Supply
Bess Distributing CO
Vogue Beauty Shop
Neisserer’s Drug Store
Hartzell Blacksmith & Welding Shop
SCOTT
New Madrid
Coop. Association
Pitman Tailors & Cleaners
Scott County Milling CO
Lambert's Cafe Lair Furniture Company
Norton's Shoe Store
Walton & Williams Moto
John G. Powell Insurant Agency
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