Services Held for East Prairie Plane Crash Victim
Funeral services were held at East Prairie Methodist Church for H. A. Jones 27 official of East Prairie Milling Co who died in a private plane crash at Mt Level Plantation eight miles southeast of East Prairie Witnesses said the craft hit a tree after taking off from the plantation and burned Jones a former Navy pilot was escorted by U S Naval Reserve and interred in W O W cemetery He was born November 28 1920 in Brooklyn Arkansas and survived by his foster mother two sisters and his father in Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
East Prairie
H. A. Jones
East Prairie Milling Co
Mt. Level Plantation
Herman Wagner
East Prairie Methodist Church
U. S. Naval Reserve
Southeast Missouri
Jones
St. Louis
James Vogel
Brooklyn, Ark
Helen Jones
Nina Nelson
Jap Tyler Jr
Lloyd Hise
A. A. Swinger
H. P. Jones
Chicago
Government costs outpace food prices in Oaklyn note
The Oaklyn News observes that since 1939 food costs rose 100 percent while government costs climbed 377 percent, making government expenditures exceed food costs.
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The
Oaklyn
N. J
Insurance Agents Meet in Portageville August 10 Dinner Speakers
City officials and press from the southeast Missouri area will join the Southeast Missouri Association of Insurance Agents for its quarterly meeting in Portageville on Tuesday night, August 10. C. Scott will preside at the dinner with Emmett Cox of Chicago as principal speaker on fire prevention. A fire fighters school runs August 10–11 in Portageville. About 125 attendees are expected for Mae's Cafe dinner at 6 30 p.m.
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Southeast Missouri Association of Insurance Agents
Portageville
Cc. C. Scott
Association
Emmett Cox
Chicago
Western Actuarial Bureau
Jos. A. Leslie
Ink firm executive visits relatives in Evanston
Carl Denman of Evanston Alabama stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs C H Denman and other relatives last Sunday before leaving for Camden Arkansas on business for J M Huber Inc ink manufacturers where he is mid western manager The article notes Camden and nearby Arkansas Louisiana host some of the nation s largest paper mills and paper bag and box factories that drive ink demand The Huber company is described as the oldest and largest ink manufacturer supplying many of these consumers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Denman
Evanston
C. H. Denman
Camden
Ark
J. M. Huber, Inc
Arkansas
Louisiana
Huber Company
America
Miss Betty Waldman New Secretary for Robert A. Dempster
Miss Betty Waldman of 115 School Street began duties as secretary and receptionist Monday in attorney Robert A. Dempster’s office. A Sikeston High School graduate, she will work until the fall term at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, Cape Girardeau, then enter as a freshman. Waldman fills the vacancy left by the death of Miss Elizabeth Burfield in a July auto accident.
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Betty Waldman
School Street
Robert A. Dempster
Walman
Sikeston High School
Dempster
Southeast Missouri State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Miss Waldman
Elizabeth Burchfield
Sikeston Soldier in Fourth of July Tokyo Observance
Private Jesse C. Sanford of Sikeston participated in the Fourth of July parade and review in Tokyo with the 25th Infantry Division under Brigadier General Everett E. Brown. A member of the 159th Field Artillery Battalion, he joined May 4, 1948, and serves as a linesman in the unit's Wire Section. He enlisted November 1, 1947, in Detroit and trained at Fort Dix, arriving in Japan March 28, 1948 aboard the transport Anderson.
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Eighth Army
Osaka
Japan
Jesse C. Sanford
Lillie B. Sanford
Sikeston
25Th
Everett E. Brown
Tokyo
Pvt
Sanford
159Th Field Artillery Battalion
Army
Detroit
Michigan
Fort Dis
New Jersey
Anderson
State and Local Tuberculosis Rates Released
State Division of Health statistics show 1,362 new tuberculosis cases across the state from January 1 to June 30. District No. 2 and counties including Scott, New Madrid, Butler, Poplar Bluff, Dunklin, Mississippi, Pemiscot, and Stoddard reported varying case counts with additional figures for the week ending July 24 noting isolated TB, diphtheria, poliomyelitis, measles, and trachoma in several counties.
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State Division of Health Statistics
Scott County
New Madrid County
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Dunklin County
Mississippi County
Stoddard County
Scott
Pemiscot
New Madrid
Stoddard
Mississippi
Dunklin
Church of God youth to attend camp at Lake of the Ozarks
Rev and Mrs Vernon Guttenfeller of Tanner Street Church of God will lead about twenty five young people from their church to Camp Jennings at the Lake of the Ozarks for a week long stay ending the following Friday They will join a convention of about 150 Church of God youth members from Missouri teams and districts The trip will use the church bus.
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Vernon Guttenfeller
Tanner Street
Church of God
Camp Jennings
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
Herald Want Ad Promise: Small Cost, Great Results
A concise want ad note touts low costs and strong outcomes for readers seeking quick visibility. It frames classified placements as economical yet effective, appealing to small businesses and individuals aiming for broad reach. The tone mirrors a classic newspaper classifieds pitch.
County Leaders Sought for UNESCO Most Influential List
A Missouri inquiry asks Scott County for its two most influential citizens one man and one woman. Z E McAniss of Sikeston Chamber of Commerce will present selections at an executive meeting before a Chamber gathering. Willis H Reals invites county picks for UNESCO actions during a statewide process engaging all chambers.
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Scott County
Z. E. McAmiss
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Missouri
McAnis
Chamber of Commerce
Willis H. Reals
St. Louis
Unesco
Washington University
Missouri Council For Unesco
Missouri Unesco Action Committee
Reals
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Department of State
Gold Star pins offered to relatives of war dead
The Government issues a Gold Star pin to nearest relatives of World War II service members who died. E J L Crader, assistant state service officer, invites eligible relatives to Benton courthouse Monday morning or Sikeston Post Office basement Monday afternoon to obtain forms and apply. He offers free assistance with any Veterans Administration claim or problem.
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E. J L. Crader
Crader
Benton
Sikeston
Veterans Administration
Aged Woman Dies at Home Near Bertrand
Mrs. Ira Mae Gallup age 86 died at her son in law W A Haman's farm home near Bertrand last Sunday. Funeral services were held at Armor cemetery Tuesday morning by Rev J Allen Webb. Interment at Welsh cemetery. Born November 14 1862 in Toledo Ohio. Survived by daughter Mrs Haman and granddaughter Mrs Howard Morrison of Indianapolis.
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Ira Mae Gallup
W. A. Haman
Bertrand
Armor Cemetery
J. Allen Webb
Bertrand Methodist Church
Sikeston
Gallup
Toledo
Ohio
Haman
Howard Morrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Public Health Engineer's Father Died in Lees Summit
J R Noel public health engineer for Health District No 2 returned to duties Monday after an absence since July 22 due to his father F R Noel of Lees Summit Jackson county dying. Noel had suffered heart trouble since January when his first attack occurred.
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J. R. Noel
Health District No. 2
F. R. Noel
Lees Summit
Jackson County
Mr. Noel
Indiana State Pen Escapee Surrenders In Sikeston
An Indiana State Penitentiary escapee from Michigan City, Herbert Cotilla, 40, surrendered to Sikeston police after arriving by bus from Memphis. He said he escaped July 20 and had been working outside as a trusty. Prison officials planned to return him to Michigan City.
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Indiana State Penitentiary
Michigan City
Sikeston
Memphis
John Taylor
Grover Kelly
Herbert Cotilla
Harold Wallace
Wallace
Herbert Ward
Indiana State Prison
Cotilla
Judge McDowell resigns from Missouri 28th Judicial Circuit
Charleston judge James C. McDowell traveled to Jefferson City to submit his resignation as judge of the 28th Judicial Circuit. The move follows his appointment to fill the Springfield Court of Appeals term, pending governor Phil M. Donnelly naming a successor. Possible successors mentioned include M E Montgomery of Sikeston and Moore Haw of Charleston.
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James C. McDowell
Charleston
Jefferson City
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri
Scott
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
McDowell
Springfield
Donnelly
Circuit Court
M.E. Montgomery
Sikeston
Moore Haw
Second suspect held awaiting Indiana officers' arrival
He was described as likely to be caught sooner or later. Cotilla remained in the county jail as authorities awaited the Indiana officers’ arrival to proceed with the case.
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Cotilla
County
Indiana
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