Mrs. Alfred Chance of Akron, Ohio, visited her son, Clarence, 25, at Jefferson Barracks yesterday on Mother's Day and shortly after her arrival found herself playing mother to nearly 25 service men. In the above picture Mrs. Chance plays piano for soldiers in the Hostess House. Her son stands behind her.
Joseph J. Kramer, seated at center, is flanked by his young professional staff and supported by a computer-directed battery of 24 slide projectors, as they set up a new product show for one of Anheuser-Busch's family of companies.
Around the pool table were Capt. C. R. Withrow, Capt. W. R. Beaty, Mrs. Withrow and Mrs. Beaty. Swimming and dancing were other features of the Open House entertainment.
"August A. Busch Jr., standing left, presided over yesterday's Anheuser-Busch. Inc., stockholders' meeting, at which time overwhelming approval was voted for the purchase of the Cardinals' baseball club and its vast minor league organization by the brewery. The meeting, said to be the largest ever held at the office on Pestalozzi st., voten in favor of the purchase by 3,488,048 shares as compared (missing) shares against."