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John Smith, i.e. Winocki, Dir of Installation Services, displays two of his many paintings.

By Mark King, St Louis Post-Dispatch “The Artists’ Guild’s present show is much like others mounted there with the outstanding exception of John McRee Smith, the winner of the largest cash prize ($300, anonymous) and two honorable mentions. Here appears…

To thousands of American families the historic cargo of the Freedom Train serves as a reminder of the parts their ancestors played in the molding of 13 raw colonies into the world’s greatest nation. Such a family is that of…

Oil in State Show Is Artist’s Only Picture After 14 Years’ Painting Ex-Marine Has Destroyed All Others as Not Up to Par—Sticks to $300 Price. JOHN McREE SMITH with his painting—”Still Life With Green Pitcher,” in the Missouri Exhibition at…

Marine Pvt. John McRee Smith, 19, has been wounded in action in the Pacific, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iredell McRee Smith, 4324 Forest Park avenue, St. Louis, have been informed. Before he enlisted in the Marines, Pvt. Smith was…

St. Louis boy Joined Marines, Fought on New Britain, but Plans to Resume Art Career After the War By Sgt. George E. M’Millan A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (Delayed). (Image text: MARINE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS…