Shoemen Repeat as ISCO Tops Scott County, 9 to 4
ISCO belted 12 safeties while Scott County mustered only three runs as Reid Roofing climbed toward the American League lead by defeating Company K 9 to 4. McElroy held Scott County to three runs, while Tope led ISCO with four runs on five trips, as Bartholomew Ford and Puckett homered for the victors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ISCO
Scott County
Reid Roofing
National Guard
Company K
Moundsman McElroy
Bennett
Isco Gluggers
Marsh
H. Gilbert
Aldridge
Isco Hickory
Bartholomew
Ford
Puckett
B. Crain
Chaney
Tope
H. Gilpert
Fred Tope
P. Crain
R. Williams
H. Aldridge
Skelton
Hilbert
McElroy
Gilbert
Scott ‘County
Bobbles
Reid
Foster
Page
W. Norman
Albrght
Edward
Campbell
Clhpgard
Schwab
Young
Scherer
Shelby
Boardman
Zach
Albright
Clippard
R. Sherry
Chicks to Play in National Contests
Sikeston Chicks manager Brown Jewell announced acceptance of an invitation to compete in the national girls softball tournament in St. Louis from September 9 to 11. The team beat Cape Girardeau Main Street 4 to 1 last night as they prepare for Carbondale Illinois, where Sikeston seeks a fifth consecutive victory this season.
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Brown Jewell
Sikeston Chicks
St. Louis
Jewell
Chicks
Cape Girardeau
Carbondale
Helen Lee
Susie Sides
Sikeston
Lee
Lefler
Davis
Sides
Main Street
Helen Estes
Cape Moons
Wanda Hinton
Virginia Craft
Juanita Preston
Koempfe
Swanagan
Estes
Brown
Hinton
Scherer
W. Craft
Smith
Scotte
Preston
Coyle
Smead
Swan
Lor. James
Lil. James
Hinkle
Cairo
Sikeston Roosters
Ambush wounds youth as he drives. suspect arrested
Cape Girardeau region report states 19 year old Lester Hahn was wounded in the hands when gunfire shattered his car early Wednesday while his sister Gladys rode beside him. An hour later Howard Stanley, 55, was arrested and denied the shooting. charges will be filed, says Prosecuting attorney Elmer A. Strom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Lester Hahn
Gladys
Howard Stanley
Elmer A. Strom
Four Swindlers Sought After Cape Girardeau Fraud
Investigating officers described four men who swindled East Prairie farmer J. B. Bard of 4000 dollars near Cape Girardeau. Details include a 40 year old tall athletic man and a 45 year old stocky man with a thick neck, plus a decoy purse and staged race horse bets. Bard learned of the hoax Tuesday as the four fled.
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J. B. Bard
East Prairie
Cape Girardeau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Mr. Bard
Hast Prairie
Bard
ISCO Rides Wide And Handsome In Softball Win
ISCO beat Dempsters 7 to 6 to move into second place as Local Truck defeated Bijou 16 to 6 in another game. ISCO led 5 to 0 after four, with key hits from Weeks Puckett Williams Sexton Bray and Tope. Dempsters rallied late, but ISCO held on for the win. Local Truck’s big second inning sank Bijou as several players scored in a scoring spree led by Kindred Beal and Fox. Whitten pitched for Dempsters. Bennett allowed eight hits for ISCO.
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ISCO
Dempsters
Fuzz Martin
The
Guard
Bijou
Company K
Weeks
Puckett
R. Williams
Sexton
Dempster
Pucket
Dale Tope
Pacers
Bray
Raymond Bandy
Fred Tope
Bennett
Truckers
Tech
Lambert
Hull
Watson
Montgomery
Rafferty
Hill
Kindred
Chas
Beal
R. Sherry
Stacy
J. Gilbert
Wilson
Bartlett
Treece
Jerome Fox
Galvin
Fox
Simmons
Galladay
Lava Streams Slow, Rarely Reach Two Miles an Hour
A science note states lava flows travel at modest speeds, with streams seldom advancing down a mountainside faster than two miles per hour. The observation highlights the sluggish nature of volcanic lava compared to water or other moving fluids.
Millers Edged by Charleston in Ninth Inning
Sikeston Millers lost 7 6 to Charleston Sunday after an eleventh hour run in the ninth. Crain and Eaton sparked Sikeston with early runs while Crain added another in the fifth. Charleston answered with four in the fifth and sealed the win when Roy Wagner dropped a bases loaded fly in right. The Millers travel to Dexter Sunday.
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Sikeston Millers
Charleston
Mississippi County
McMichael
Criss
Crain
Eaton
Wise
B. Williams
P. Williams
Horne
Sikeston
Millers
Sexton
Roy Wagner
Dexter
Sikeston Racquet Club Beats Portageville For Fifth Win
The Sikeston Racquet Club defeated Portageville four games to two on Portageville’s court last Sunday, pushing season record to five wins in six league starts and fifteen wins over two seasons with three losses. Players Merlin Taylor Tommy Marshall David Lumsden of Sikeston and Harold Henson of Morehouse led the club. Sikeston has yet to play Chaffee and Cape Girardeau, a Cape Girardeau win could tie for first. Sikeston were league champions last season.
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Sikeston
Portageville
Chaffee
Cape Girardeau
Black man in major manhunt fatally injured crossing river
Roosevelt Jones aged 26, a Black man, was the subject of an extensive manhunt in Southeast Missouri after he struck a highway trooper in Arkansas. He forced a river boatman to ferry him across the Mississippi into Tennessee where he was fatally wounded in the ensuing encounter with Missouri and Arkansas officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooter
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Roosevelt Jones
Missouri Bootheel
Global Thunderstorm Count Reaches Forty Four Thousand Daily
Daily global weather activity includes about 44,000 thunderstorms. Meteorologists note thunderstorm frequency varies by region with many forming over land and sea. Researchers study patterns to improve forecasts and safety guidance for communities and aviation.
Sikeston Golfers Lose to Westwood Hills in Heat
Sikeston Country Club players fell 23 to 17 to Westwood Hills of Poplar Bluff as J. F. Cox Jr led with 72 and Orville Lumsden posted 75 in the hot day. J. Parkins of Westwood shot 76, J. Phillips of Poplar Bluff 78, with George Kirk 77 and D. Dunbar 78 among the few in the 70s.
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Sikeston
D. Dunbar
Westwood
Niblick
Lumsden
Parkins
F. Cox Jr
Phillips
Kirk
Dunbar
Scott
Belknap
Browns Face A's in Four Game Stand This Weekend
St Louis fans expect a big stretch as the Browns host the Philadelphia Athletics in four games starting Friday August 2 with a night contest then a Ladies Day Saturday and a Sunday doubleheader. The Tigers visit Monday for a four game set then Cleveland follows with six games in four days starting August 8.
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ST. Louis
Brownie
Philadelphia Athletics
Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Whitten Flower Garden Beautifies Matthews
The Whitten home garden in Matthews draws attention with varied blooms and artistic flower bed layouts making it a standout local feature. Community updates include visitors and movers such as Norman Powell, new Matthews school superintendent, and several regional guests and gatherings from St Louis to Caruthersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whitten
Matthews
Bill Roberts
Sikeston
Hugh May
East Prairie
Billy Critchlow
St. Louis
B. B. Conrad
Marble Hill
Gordon Stroud
Don Story
Caruthersville
Madge Mainard
Gracen Smith
Marguerite Weisenborn
Glen Ashworth
Norma Jane
Jane Gossett
Granville Mainord
New Madrid
O. K. Mainord
Norman Powell
Matthews Public Schools
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
J. H. Dickerman
Claude Bulmer
Detroit
Dace Helps Take Kidnappers Set
Melvin Dace of the Missouri State Highway Patrol aided in the apprehension early Monday in Joplin of two men wanted for kidnapping and a woman who accompanied them. They are Robert Howerton and Ernest Potter, held in Joplin jail, with Potter’s sister Bessie Miller also named. The trio fled a traffic stop, opened fire, and were captured after a blockade wounded a trooper and halted the car.
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Melvin Dace
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Joplin
Fort Scott
Kansas
Robert Howerton
Ernest Potter
Tola
Potter
Bessie Miller
Iola
Sgt
Dace
R. R. Reed
Sikeston
Native American antelope shown among New York exhibition stars
A New York event features 40 kinds of antelope on display alongside the sole native American antelope. The exposition highlights species diversity and regional fauna within the broader showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
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Baseball Park
U. S. Highway 61
Sikeston, Mo
Sco
Hunt
K. O. Gentry
ST. Louis Browns
NU Way Cleaners
Loomis Mayfield
Whitten
Matthews News
Set. Dace
Holyoke
Denver
Colo
Yellowstone Park
Mexico
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