Soil Security Day Farm Development Dazzles Thousands
Cape Girardeau Missouri report details Soil Security Day on the Hope Bros farm at Pochahontas drawing over 15,000 observers from six states. About 229 machines worked from dawn to dusk creating more than four miles of terraces and diversion terraces across gully eroded hillsides. An 80 foot earth move created a straight line to cut a curving creek channel. Estimated value rose to between 5000 and 10000 dollars by night. The event employed roughly 1000 workers and was sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Hope Bros
Pochahontas
Medal of Honor awarded to 138 WW Navy Marine Coast Guard
A total of 138 service members from the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary valor across World War II. The recipients include sailors Marines and Coast Guardsmen recognized for acts of gallantry in various theaters and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
National Cotton Picking Contest to be Held October First
Blytheville Arkansas Blythe Ville Jaycees announce the ninth annual National Cotton Picking Contest set for October 1 at a 50 acre patch east of Walker Park. About two hundred entrants from 11 states compete for 1000 dollars top prize plus 2500 dollars in Open and Women divisions. Special awards include best picker 65 or older and best under 13. Last year’s winners included Helen Poole and Edd Anderson.
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Blytheville
Arkansas
Blythe Ville Jaycees
Walker Park
Helen Poole
Leachville
Poole
Edd Anderson
Kennett
Missouri
Teachers Ranch Uses for Conservation Near Shannon County
In Shannon county's hill country the Bunker Hall ranch, 2,080 acres deeded to the Missouri State Teachers Association by E T Behrens, serves as a recreation and training center. The association cooperates with the Missouri Conservation Commission to maintain wildlife refuge and reforestation. Since acquisition last year, seven miles of roads have been rebuilt, REA lines added, three new buildings erected, and a full time manager hired on Jack's Fork near Alley Spring State Park. Deer, turkey, and other small game inhabit the three and a half sections.
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Jefferson City
Shannon County
Bunker Hall Ranch
Mussoun State Teachers Association
E T Behrens
Missouri
Missouri Conservation Commission
Alley Spring State Park
Raymondville
Mountain View
Reusable septic tank forms aid farm installations
Reusable forms reduce cost and labor for septic tanks on farms. Farms built and rented by county organizations are available in 35 Missouri counties. Plans for reusable forms, enabling about 500 gallon tanks, cost about $40 total. Tanks have run 8 to 20 years without cleaning. Plans and blueprints are available from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture Building Plan 1851 Dr Kenneth Huff.
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University of Missouri College of Agriculture
White
Kenneth Huff
Missouri
Missouri College of Agriculture
Next Soybean Meeting Set for Memphis at Hotel Peabody
The American Soybean Association announces the next annual meeting will be at Hotel Peabody in Memphis on September 13 to 15. On the final day, delegates will visit the Arkansas Delta Substation at Clarksdale and Lee Wilson & Company plantations at Wilson, Ark where 15,000 acres of soybeans are grown annually.
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The
American Soybean Association
Hotel Peabody
Memphis
Arkansas Delta
Clarksdale
Lee Wilson & Company
Wilson
Ark
Stream Nature Study Area Trails And Pine Planting Course
The association protects stream life with no hunting and has planted 20 000 shortleaf pines on burned land now under the state forest crop lands act. Nature trails label vegetation to aid teachers and school groups studying nature and conservation. Carrier aircraft destroyed 12 268 of 15 401 Japanese planes in World War II per a Navy survey.
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Marine Corps
Navy
Annual Missouri Farmers Association meets in Columbia
The thirtieth annual Missouri Farmers Association session in Columbia adjourned Saturday after electing F. W. Heinkel to a ninth term as president. Mrs H Murray of Salem was named president of the women’s group and Otis Young of Union led the junior division. About 4500 delegates and visitors attended.
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Missouri Farmers Association
Columbia
F. W. Heinkel
H . Murray
Salem
Otis Young
Union
Nation pins 1948 cotton crop at 15.17 million bales
USDA estimates the national cotton crop at 15,169,000 bales for 1948, up 3.318 million from last year. Missouri is pegged at 550,000 bales, at 92 percent of normal, with an indicated yield of 31.35 pounds per acre. the national average per acre stands at 31.35 pounds, compared to 26.72 last year. A new daylight operation electric film developing device includes auto motor drive for 8mm 16mm or 35mm film at optimal speed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Local notices from Southeast Missouri towns
Cape Girardeau drowning report details Chastian N Frank 65 year old carpenter lost at a pond near Jackson. Fredericktown notes 159 boys sought St Louis Cardinal farm org roles. two hired Stringer Dexter and Tiefenauer Desloge. Flat River update covers St Joseph Lead Co branding unions and talks with mine workers. Gideon to hold August special election on extending city limits to the 640 acre airfield and library plans.
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Cape Girardeau
Chastian N. Frank
Ben H Frank
Jackson
Fredericktown
St. Louis Cardinal
Lewis Eugene Stringer
Dexter
Bobby Gene Tiefenauer
Desloge
Gideon
Misca Development Association forms to lease 70,000 acres
EAST PRAIRIE The Misca Development Association is a newly formed group aimed at leasing 70,000 acres in southern Mississippi county and drilling to determine if oil or gas are present. Temporary officers are E A Story as chairman H S Roberts as vice chairman and Frank W Johnson as secretary-treasurer.
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East Prairie
Misca Development Association
Mississippi County
E. A Story
H. S Roberts
Frank W Johnson
Revival and regeneration services at local Methodist church
The Rev John C Bloomfield, retired bishop of the Methodist church, conducts special services this week at the local Methodist church. The meeting is advertised as a revival for the saints and a regeneration for the sinners. Bishop Bloomfield, now residing in St Louis, is a native of Scotland.
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Senath
John C Bloomfield
Methodist Church
Broomfield
St Louis
Scotland
Zion Methodist Church to Mark 100th Anniversary
Gordonville area gathers for the Zion Methodist Church centennial celebration three miles south of town starting tonight. The event commemorates a century of service with local residents and church members participating in tonight’s activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordonville
Zion Methodist Church
German Language Service At United Methodist Church
Special services will be held tomorrow and Sunday at the church once part of the German speaking division of the M. E Church. One service tomorrow will be conducted in German as the congregation remains part of the united Methodist church.
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M. E Church
United Methodist Church
Mrs Martha Smude Dies Former Court Clerk in Cape Girardeau
Miss Martha E Smude longtime clerk of the Common Pleas court Cape Girardeau died at Southeast Missouri Hospital last Thursday She served ten years as clerk and eight years as deputy clerk Funeral services were held Saturday at the Evangelical church with burial in Memorial Park.
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Cape Girardeau
Martha E. Smude
Common Pleas Court
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Evangelical Church
Memorial Park
New Madrid County Sees June Births Surpass Deaths
New Madrid county records show 34 births and 7 deaths in June. Registrar of vital statistics notes population continues to rise as life events balance.
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New Madrid
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Veterans Among Airline Workers Reach Milestone
More than 30,000 employees of scheduled airlines are World War II veterans, accounting for about one third of the workforce. The figure highlights the scale of veterans serving in civilian aviation postwar.
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Goodyear
Goodzyear Service Stores
NEW Madrid County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Inc
Scott, Mississippi
Pemiscot, Dunklin and
Stoddard
Burt H. Rowe
Stallcup
Sikeston
Nwepa pernnlHiye
GAGE
Brushland
Hahs Machine, Works
Telephone No
South
Main Street
Flat River
St. Francois
Madison
St Joseph
International Union of Mine
Chevrolet
Mitchell-Sharp
Chevrolet Co
Sikeston, Mo
Tayester
Missouri Association OF Public Utilities
West High Street
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