THE RAPE OF

HOWELL AND HAMBURG, MISSOURI

(An American Tragedy)

by

Donald K. Muschany

COPYRIGHT © 1978 BY DONALD K. MUSCHANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART ONE: THE NIGHTMARE

     1. INTRODUCTION

          Howell and Hamburg vs. the United States Government, 1940

          The Announcement of Procurement

     2. THE RAPE

          The Legal Machinery

          Organizing a Citizens Committee

          Where the Rape Occurred

          The Exodus

          Canceling The Land Options

     3. THE LANDOWNERS PROTEST

          A Plea To Reduce The Fee

          Minutes Of The Landowners Meeting of April 12, 1941

     4. RESORT TO THE COURTS

          Trial Testimony

          The Federal District Court Decision of July 6, 1942

          The U.S. Court of Appeals Decision of December 22, 1943

          The Final Victory: The U.S. Supreme Court Decision of February 5, 1945

PART TWO: THE WAY THINGS WERE

Letters are used in a conscientious effort to reconstruct the past as experienced

by the Muschany Family and its neighbors and friends

in the Howell and Hamburg area

PART THREE: THE WAY THINGS ARE

     1. WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY TODAY

     2. WELSHING ON A PROMISE AND COMMITMENT

     3. A REQUEST TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS

     4. WE CANNOT FORGET

PART FOUR: PHOTOGRAPHS

[Due to third-party contractual arrangements, only the captions of the

published photographs will be presented in this section.]

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