Kilgore police hold Roy Knight for circuit court trial
Roy Knight Sikeston city policeman is held without bond in Scott county jail after a preliminary hearing before Justice J C Sanders at Oran. Witnesses including Lawrence Ables testified Knight shot Mearl Hale during an early Saturday altercation at New Madrid and Front streets. Prosecutor M E Montgomery plans to ask Circuit Judge J T C McDowell to set a trial date when court convenes August 11.
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Roy Knight
Sikeston
Mearl Hale
Scott County
Benton
Justice of the Peace
J C Sanders
Oran
Knight
Montgomery
Ciuent
JT C McDowell
Greyhound Bus Sparks Clash With Mob in Missouri
A truck load of Negroes at Lumbaugh's station near Kingshighway and Malone fought attendants over gas. The Greyhound bus blocked the road with a hatchet, police fined seven men $8 for disturbing the peace after most fled. Turner suffered a head wound from a gas gauge strike.
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Greyhound
Southeast Missouri
Harold Wallace
Frank Smith
Lumbaugh
Kingshighway
Malone
Ernest Limbaugh
Iambaugh
Joe E Turner
Limbaugh
Jake Thomas
Sylvester
Twis
Turner
Scott County men inducted for Army enlistment list
July 26 induction at Jefferson Barracks includes Sikeston Elmer Lloyd Oliver Jr and Charles Vincent Bollinger Jr among many Scott County youths. Names span Barrett, Bollinger, Collins, Turley, Caney, Hopper, Hagg, Compass, Guess, Jolly, West rich, Diebold, Lit zelfelner, Hutt, Tucker, Weissmueller, Willett, Kluesner, Scherer, Baxter, Penrose, Coomer, Alberson and others from Benton to Bell City.
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Scott County
Jefferson Barracks
Sikeston
Elmer Lloyd Oliver, Jr
Charles Vincent Bollinger, Jr
Willard Howard Collins
Louis Elbait
Turley
Albert Gardner
Caney Waiths
Hopper Grigsby
Dewey Odell Ramsey
George Washington Hagg
Elmer Joseph Compass
and Wiulliam Alexander Guess
Oran
Verlin Jackson
Bryan Glenn Jolly
Jerome Frank Westrich
Raymond Albert Diebold Chaffee
Woodrow Wilson
Litzelfelner
Woodrow Emerson Hutt
Frank Washington Tucker
Johnny Henry Weissmueller
Perkins Thurman
Leon Willett
Roy Wiliam Friedrich Benton
Ralph 2
Uhrhan
Robert Peter Kluesner
William Alexander
Guess Commerce
Theon
Lawrence Scherer
Bertrand Joe Calvin Baxter Morley
Harry Alvie Penrose
James Robert Coomer
Bell City
Samuel Alberson
Teacher Examination At Benton On August Fourth and Fifth
The regular teacher examination for Scott County will be held at the office of County Superintendent O F Anderson in the courthouse at Benton on Friday and Saturday August 4 and 5.
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Scott County
Anderson County
Benton
Herald Story Finds Owner of Purple Heart
The Herald reports the Purple Heart for a fallen soldier was found after readers identified Robert D Bryant, recently moved to Charleston from Canaloa. Bryant is brother to Eugene M Bryant, killed in action in North Africa last May, and lived near Sikeston all his life with his stepfather Mr May.
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Herald
Missouri
Sikeston
The
Robert D Bryant
Bryant
Charleston
Canaloa
Eugene M Bryant
Army of the
May
Kiwanis Dinner Highlights Missouri Constitutional Changes
Sikeston Kiwanis member George W Kirk outlined major proposed changes at a Dunn Hotel dinner. The revised constitution nears completion pending taxation details and a plan to submit to voters, with reforms including tax rate liberalization, higher bonded indebtedness, salaried county officials, and magistrate courts replacing justice courts. New members noted include Alfred Brittain and Herman Niswenger.
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George W Kirk
Sikeston Kiwanis Club
Scott County
Kiwanis Club
Dunn Hotel
Kirk
Finance Department
Justice of the Peace
Kuh
Alfred C Brittain
Missour State
Sikeston Boy Has Six Great Grandparents
Billy, 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs W Lasley, has six great grandparents living in this state region. Grandmothers include Mrs W Duncan Sikeston and Mrs Ida Lasley Chaffee. great grandmothers also Mrs L R Patterson Poplar Bluff and Mrs Esther Hobbs Medora Ind. Great grandfathers are L K Patterson Poplar Bluff and IC W Duncan Sikeston.
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Billy
W. Lasley
W Duncan
Sikeston
L R Patterson
Farmers Progress Toward Ownership in Sikeston Association
Sikeston Production Credit Association reports progress toward farmer ownership with $1,136,500 in capital stock and $4,903,000 in reserves. $50,000 invested by the Production Credit Corporation of St Louis was retired. First six months saw 270 loans totaling $116,193.00. total loans outstanding June 30 were $453,384.00. The coop, serving six counties, operates from Sikeston with local offices in Lilbourn and agents in Poplar Bluff Esse and Bernie. Directors include John H Edwards, F S Coots, Gabe Rendleman, Edward Johnson, and W S Baker.
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Sikeston Production Credit Association
John H Edwards
New Madrid
Production Credit Corporation of
St Louis
Bollinger Bueler
Cape Girardeau
Mssissippi
New Midrid Stoddard
Scott Counties
Center Street
Sikeston
Alligator Jaws Can Crush Nearly Anything Yet May Be Held Open
An alligator can exert overwhelming bite force but a strong grip can keep its jaws from closing. The statement notes a man using one hand to keep the reptile’s mouth shut, illustrating the tension between animal power and human restraint.
New Sikeston High Principal Plans Move to Town
Bremen Van Dibber the newly chosen principal visited Sikeston this week to arrange relocating his family from Malden. Mrs Van Bibber and daughter Mary Nell will reside in Albritton Apartments on Hunter Avenue. She will teach elementary grades during the school year, likely at the Southside school building, though exact plans aren’t yet set.
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Bremen van Dibber
Sikeston High School
Malden
Vin Bibber
Mary Nell
Albritton
Hunter Avenue
van Bibber
Auto Use Tax Shows Considerable Drop
The five dollar annual automobile use tax brought in 131 million dollars, a drop of nearly 12 million from the prior year, as about 2.1 million fewer cars were taxed. Gasoline taxes and tire shortages reduced receipts, while income and excess profits taxes supplied more than three fourths of total revenue.
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Internal Revenue
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New Madrid, Mo
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Rustic Rock Inn
Maine
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Maryland
Florida
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Tanner Street
Sikeston, Missouri
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