World War II Week in Review: Allied Forces Advance
The article reports a 13 day large scale Allied bombing campaign over Europe with American air superiority no enemy fighter losses. It notes RAF raids on Essen and other military actions in the Pacific and U.S. seizures of Montgomery Ward facilities led by Sewell Avery. It covers Patton’s remarks dispute, Dewey gains in Pennsylvania, Mayer’s high pay, price overcharges, aviation losses, and Wrigley gum being diverted to the armed forces.
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Europe
Germany
Essen
Pittsburg
Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sewell Avery
Avery
Roosevelt
White House
CIO
Sikeston Man Among 11 Die In Ardmore Bomber Crash
Two Southeast Missouri men died when a Flying Fortress crashed during a combat training flight near Ardmore Oklahoma at 3 45. Corporal Andrew Lee Lasater of Sikeston 21 and Lieutenant Loren Crites of Cape Girardeau 25 were among the 11 crew members killed. An official board at Ardmore Army Air Field is investigating.
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Missouri
Ardmore
Okla
Andrew Lee Lasater
Sikeston
Loren Crites
Cape Girardeau
Donald W. Hisenhart
Ardmore Army Air Field
Lieut. Crites
Pete Crites
Philadelphia
Cpl. Lasaster
Enoch H. Lasater
Puryear
Grover Crites
St. Louis
Woodrow W
Pete) Crites
Pvt
James Crites
Fort Leonard Wood
Allen McDowell
Fruitland
Woodrow Godwin
Jackson
Planning Group To Meet Tonight In Scott County
Civic leaders of Scott county are invited to meet at Benton tonight to form the Scott County Post War Planning Committee. About 30 members will compose the main group with several sub committees to follow. County Agent Joe Caldwell leads the first meeting to assess current conditions, including returning service men and available jobs, with officers to be chosen at the gathering.
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Scott County
Benton
Joe Caldwell
Four-State Rabbit Show Set for Sikeston This Spring
The Kiam Rabbit and Davy Breeders Association with Missouri Arkansas Illinois and Kentucky breeders will stage its first spring show in Sikeston on Friday through Sunday April 28 29 and 30. The event at South New Madrid and Trotter streets offers free admission and invites the public. Also noted are visits by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindley Mrs Edna Johnson and Mrs George Steele to Mrs Laura Mainard in East Prairie last Sunday.
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Kiam Rabbit and Davy Breeders’ Association
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Kentucky
Sikeston
South New Madrid
Trotter Streets
Charles Lindley
Edna Johnson
George Steele
Laura Mainard
Mrs. Lindley
East Prairie
Sikeston War Dads urged to fold Red Cross dressings
Mrs. C D Matthews Jr proposes War Dads join War Mothers in making surgical dressings for the Red Cross. Since the room opened a year ago, 590000 dressings have been completed. Cartons of dressings were shipped to Avondale Colorado, with Scott county’s May July quotas set at 135000 4x4 sponges.
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Sikeston
War Dads
Red Cross
C. D. Matthews Jr
Matthews
Ray Duncan
W. L. Haters
Miles Limbaugh
W. B. Poage
Avondale
Colorado
Scott County
Chaffee
Benton
Ancell
Morley
Blodgett
Miner
Oran
Sikeston Man to Hawaii School President Picked
Dr John F Fox superintendent of East Hartford public schools has accepted the presidency of Punahou School Hawaii He will report in July and his family will join later The appointment includes travel and living allowances and a large campus home Punahou founded 1841 is non sectarian with classes from pre primary to high school and a high rate of college enrollment for graduates
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John F. Fox
East Hartford
Conn
Punahou School
Hawaii
John Fox
Fox
New York University
New York
Dr. Fox
University of Missouri
Northwestern
Rutgers
Columbia Universities
Settlement House
New York City
Punahou
Panahou
Mrs. Fox
Missouri River Flood Threat Grows With Rising Mississippi
Heavy rains push Mississippi River levels toward danger as Cape Girardeau reports 38.1 feet, with a 39.5 forecast by tonight and more rain expected. Engineers evacuate lowlands, establish wide-scale protective measures. levees at Grand Tower, Corn City and Ste Genevieve districts strained or likely to fail. Thousands evacuated, hundreds of thousands of acres flooded across Missouri Illinois and Iowa in the 1944 Mid West flood.
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Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Lee Albert
United States
Commerce
Cairo
Red Cross
Fred Harris
State Highway Department
Mississippi
St. Louis
Illinois
U. S
Grand Tower
Big Muddy
Corn City
Chester
Gorham
Ste. Genevieve
Army
St. Charles
Big Fight Red Cross
Ilinois
Kansas
Iowa
Riverside area braces as 25 closes Route 25 at St Marys
State Highway Department announced Route 25 at St Marys will close at 5 pm if floodwater covers it. Ohio River levels recede while Mississippi at Cairo rises slightly. Dikes may hold. Birds Point spillway not threatened. Sikeston to St Louis rail service disrupted. Frisco trains rerouted post noon yesterday. Mail from St.
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St. Marys
State Highway Department
Harris
Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
Birds Point
New Madrid
Mississppi
Sikeston
St. Louis
Candidates in New Madrid County Primary Ticket
The August primary lists Democratic candidates for New Madrid County offices. Names include Thomas C. Knight for Representative, Hinson, Proffer for County Court districts, Bass and Reeves for County Court, J W Conran for Prosecuting Attorney, Hartzell Kimes and A F Stanley for Sheriff, Schaeffer and Daugherty for Assessor, W H Ice for Surveyor, Leo Hedgepeth for Coroner, A P Broughton for Public Administrator, Albert Ransburgh for Collector, Edward F Sharp as Representative, Elma McConnell, Elmer Reed for County Court districts, Merrill Spitler for Prosecuting Attorney, J A Blankenship for Sheriff, Wm S Dillon for Assessor, C M Barnes for Public Administrator, J H King for Collector, and Mrs Harry Young returning from Waco Texas with Capt Harry Young Jr and wife.
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Thomas C. Knight
BE. B
Brownie) Hinson
Elon Proffer
Albert Bass
W. A. Reeves
J. W. Conran
Hartzell Kimes
A. F. Stanley
Joe Schaeffer
J. W. Daughterty
Ww. H. Ice
Leo Hedgepeth
A. P. Broughton
Albert Ransburgh
Edward F. Sharp
Elva E. McConnell
Elmer P. Reed
Merrill Spitler
J. A. Blankenship
Wm.s. Dillon
C. M. Barnes
J. H. King
J. S. Wallace
T. F. Henry
Roy L. Kneezle
M. E. Montgomery
Eugene Munger
Joe Anderson
L. P
Les) Miller
Early Malcolm
Sam Foley
Ralph EB. Mattox
Lynn A. Ancell
S. Lee Lawrence
Tom Hodgkiss
Lyman Harrison
Arthur J. Haberport
Democratic County Committee
Twvannity
Luda T. Crader
Earl E Crader
Sandwroeds
Ernest Marshall
J. Li Nunnelee
Sylvania
Kathleen Batyard
G. A. Womack
Richland
C. S. Blanton Jr
Frank S. Miller
Moreland Township
Mayme Dirnberger
Harris D. Rodgers
Moriey
Ella Stallings
Fred E. Black
Kelso Township
Dorothy James
W. O. Finney
Commerce Township
A. T. Bomn
Norval F. Anderson
Richland Township
C. I. Blanton Jr
E. F. Schorle
F. H. Smith
J. W. Bowmen
Sandywoods
Thomas E. Stoner
Farmer Reports Good Melon Crop in Mississippi County
Monroe Shelby of Mississippi coun ty near Sikeston said his forty acre watermelons sold for 11000 dollars last year. He grows 1200 acres with son A C Shelby, mainly Fultz wheat. The Black Diamond melons were praised and Shelby showed an old eighth grade grade card from Grigsby school. He has served on Bridges school board for forty years and is current president.
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Monroe Shelby
Mississippi
Sikeston
A. J
Pete) Renner
Scott County Milling Company
Shelby
the Herald
A. C. Shelby
Sikeston man files for U S Congress in 10th District
George W Kirk Sikeston attorney filed for the Republican nomination for Congress from the 10th District on the closing day. He faces Ralph Hutcheson Caruthersville, while Democrat Orville Trimmerman of Kennett remains unopposed.
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George W. Kirk
Sikeston
Congress
Kirk
Ralph Hutcheson
Caruthersville
Orville 2Rimmerman
Kennett
Cigar Shortage Sparks Town War Talk in Sikeston
A traveling salesman storms into The Herald complaining Sikeston cannot supply cigars amid wartime rationing. He blames the OPA and Cape Girardeau’s abundance of cigars, while the staff notes the town faces broader wartime pressures like floods and shortages. The piece ends with a wry shrug at the war’s reach.
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Herald
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Opa
WAC Recruiting Office Opened in Sikeston
Corporal Sylvia Kupsa of the Women’s Army Corps opens a recruiting office in Sikeston to enlist young women. The office will be in the War Manpower Commission room on North Kingshighway, with contact urged for local Sikeston district girls. She resides with Mr and Mrs Frank Hoeller at 803 Taylor Street.
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Sylvia Kupsa
Women's Army Corps
Sikeston
WAC
Col. Kupsa
War Manpower Commission
North Kingshighway
Waacs
Cpl
Kupsa
Frank Hoeller
Taylor Street
Denman Named Sales Manager of J. M. Huber Inc
Carl Denman former manager at the Central branch of J. M. Huber Inc has been promoted to sales manager with headquarters in New York The firm oldest ink maker in the United States and a leading newspaper ink producer will relocate his wife Mrs Denman and children Sara and Scott from Evans ton Illinois to New York after school ends this spring
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Carl Denman
Herald
J. M. Huber, Inc
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
J M. Huber, Inc
United States
Sikeston Man Wounded in Action
Pvt Edward H Ralph of Sikeston is wounded in action, per War Department report.
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Sikeston
Edward H. Ralph
War Department
Navy Officer Ensign Joins Service From Sikeston
Glen Kehr, longtime Standard Reporter for the Sikeston Standard, departed Sunday for Hollywood Florida to enlist in the United States Navy with the rank of ensign.
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Glen Kehr
Sikeston Standard
Hollywood
Florida
United States Navy
Woman Heads County Ticket in Scott County Primary
Sikeston resident Mrs. Eula Bowman Shanks leads the Republican ticket for Scott County in the August primary, seeking the county representative seat in the Missouri Legislature. Opposing Democrat J. S. Wallace, Shanks is a noted civic leader and descendant of Judge W. C. Bowman.
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Sikeston
Eula Bowman Shanks
Scott County
J. W. Moore
Tywappity
W. F. Dennis
Ella Dennis
Kelso
Crista Grace
W. L. Tomlinson
Sylvania
Leo Tenkhoff
Joe Laux
Moreland
E. A. Dye
Leona Tirmenstein
Weather outlook for Southeast Missouri under clear cool weekend
Meteorologist Albert Klamina forecasts a clear cool weekend for flood-threatened Southeast Missouri. Last week's high reached 76 degrees on Friday and Saturday, while this morning's low dropped to 54, signaling stable conditions ahead.
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Albert Klamina
Missouri
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America
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
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New Madrid Co
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