REA to Stage Two Day Appliance Display in district
H M Zarkor announces a two day REA appliance exhibit to be held September 26 and 27 near Risco on Highway 62. The caravan shows farm and home electrical equipment in two large tents with demonstrations by REA staff and extension agents, inviting all local farmers and families to attend free demonstrations. Judge David Bruce Deem, 80, returned to Probate Court duties after illness and published a new edition of History of Butler County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Zarkor
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Pemiscot-Dunklin Electric Cooperative
Ozarks Border Electric Cooperative
Rural Electrification Administration
Risco
REA
D. W. Teare
J. R. Rohn
Agnes Wilson
Evelyn Bloome
Zarkor
Scott
Poplar Bluff
David Bruce Deem
Butler County
Deem
Titanic disaster spurred ice patrols and safer seas
The sinking prompted global awareness of sea ice dangers and led to the creation of protective ice patrols aimed at preventing future tragedies and guiding ships through icy waters.
Missouri Corn Crop Declined In August Figures
Missouri crop figures show relief in small grains but corn hay and pastures weakened in July. Winter wheat yield reached 18.0 bushels, higher than 1939 and 10-year averages, with 31.86 million bushels produced, 9 percent above 1939 and 25 percent above the ten-year average. Corn production on August 1 was 98.325 million bushels, down from 1939 and the ten-year average, and corn yield averaged 25 bushels. Oats output rose to 47.43 million bushels, up 16 percent from 1939 and 33 percent above the ten-year average. All tame hay at 3.0 million tons fell 7 percent from 1939 but exceeded the ten-year average by 24 percent. Pasture condition slid sharply from 82 percent to 62 percent of normal, with August level only five points above the ten-year drought-adjusted average.
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Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Marston Youth Killed by Truck Near Highway 62
Wm Denton 12 son of Mr and Mrs Nolan Denton of Marston died after being struck by a loaded lumber truck as he jumped from a moving vehicle on Highway 62 near Marston. He was among six Marston boys en route to a Little River Drainage District ditch at Mettsville for a swim. Oliver Bays of Malden, driving the second truck, said he saw the boy jump and tried to stop but could not avoid the impact. The boy’s death raises Southeast Missouri motor-accident fatalities to 27 in 2024.
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Marston
Wm. Denton
Nolan Denton
Norville Cameron
Mettsville
Denton
Cameron
Oliver Bays
Malden
Allen Denton
Charles Ellis
W. C. Griffy
Ed Sexton
Eugene Bradley
Missouri
Farley Named Coca Cola Export Chief after Senate Post
James A. Farley retired Postmaster General and Democratic national chairman was appointed chairman of the Coca Cola Export Corporation. He takes charge of all export business and expansion in foreign markets with headquarters to be in Wilmington Delaware. Farley’s Democratic chairmanship ends August 17 and he leaves the Cabinet August 31 after a vacation. Robert W. Woodruff, Coca Cola board chairman, announced the appointment.
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James A. Farley
Coca-Cola Export Corporation
Robert W. Woodruff
Coca-Cola Company
Farley
Cabinate
Woodruff
Wilmington
Del
High consumption by American blast furnaces
Each year blast furnaces in the United States require vast raw materials including ore coke and limestone. The aggregate weight of these materials would form a solid pile 114,000,000 tons, enough to cover a city square block one and one third miles deep.
Missouri cattle on feed declines in 1938 August report
The Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service says Missouri on August 1 had 16 percent fewer cattle on feed than a year earlier. Nationwide, Corn Belt totals show a 3 percent drop, with Colorado and Iowa highlighting regional shifts as feed costs and profits influence cattle movements and slaughter trends.
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Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Corn Belt
Iowa
Colorado
Smaller Cotton Yield in Prospect
The Missouri cotton crop this year is projected at 306000 bales as of August 1, with a 1940 output about 30 percent below last year’s record. Poor yields, late growth, and cooler wet spring reduced production, while the nation’s principal cotton states show an 11,429,000 bale crop, 3 percent below 1939 and 16 percent under the 1929–38 average.
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Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Former Sikeston Couple Die in Canada Train Collision
Mr and Mrs Wm Hipp longtime Sikeston residents left 31 years ago for Alberta Canada and were killed instantly when their car was struck by a train. Mrs Hipp reportedly decapitated both over 70. Mr Hipp known as the blacksmith behind the Odd Fellows building.
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Wm. Hipp
Sikeston
Alberta
Canada
Hipp
Mr. Hipp
Odd Fellows Building
Matthews Farmer Sells 4000 Watermelons in One Day
E. W. Wilson of Matthews sold 4000 Dixie Queen watermelons to Wesco Foods Company, the season’s largest single farmer sale. Wilson farms 45 acres and expects 10,000 to 15,000 melons this season. a local market truckload Tuesday weighed about 40 pounds per melon. His brother Grover Wilson operates Blue Ribbon farm south of Sikeston with 15 acres.
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Bob Ward
Hollywood Daredevil
State Fair
E. W. Wilson
Matthews
Wesco Foods Company
Wilson
Grover Wilson
Blue Ribbon
Sikeston
There Is Still Time For Fall Gardens
Miss Ella Fikuart of Scott county urges timely planting for productive fall gardens. She recommends early maturing varieties and raw method cultivation for ease, with crops like bush beans radishes beets spinach mustard carrots lettuce turnips and chinese cabbage. Plant peas for green manure later to improve soil moisture and insect control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Fikuart
Scott County
The Herald Claims Trustworthy Reading
A concise note asserts confidence in The Herald as a reliable source for information, urging readers to believe what is read in its pages.
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The
Herald
Peach Harvest In Progress At John Reiss Orchard
Twenty two men are harvesting at the John Reiss Peach Orchard east of Sikeston. The 1000 trees are half Elbertas and half J. Hales, with a projected 2500 to 3000 bushels this year. Trees are eight years old and have borne for five years. Bud thinning in June boosted fruit size though many buds remained. Prices range 75 cents to $1.75 per bushel, with just over half the crop shipped to Indiana and Ohio and the rest sold locally. The season began Monday and will run about two weeks. visitors urged to come soon.
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John Reiss
Sikeston
Elbertas
J. Hales
Indiana
Ohio
Reiss
Peach picking begins at Diehlstadt Wilson orchard
Picking of peaches at the Wilson orchard near Diehlstadt started Monday. The 1500 bearing trees are expected to yield 3000 or more bushels of marketable fruit this season. A new electrically operated peach grader was introduced, brushing and sorting fruit by size. The Groves farm at Cape Girardeau owns the orchard, with Louis Elkins as manager and 35 acres of young trees additional to the bearing trees. Watermelons are a native product of India.
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Wilson
Diehlstadt
Fred A. Groves
Cape Girardeau
Louis Elkins
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