Frisco Lines Announce Faster Schedule Between Sikeston and St Louis
Frisco Lines unveil new timetable effective August 20 to speed travel from Sikeston to St Louis and Memphis. Routes trim hours by upgrading tracks and increasing speed to 70 mph, with buses replacing some car service and no change to night trains.
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Sikeston
St. Louis
Frisco
Memphis
Caruthersville
Hayti
Fris_co
Chicago
Kansas City
Frisco Lines
Thrilled at seeing The Herald at the fair
Miss Margaret Clymer of Sikes ton and Miss Dorothea Miller of Marble Hill, returning from a month in the West, describe the thrill of finding a copy of The Herald in the Missouri building at the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco. They toured Arizona and Los Angeles, felt Missouri papers were underrepresented among exhibits.
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Margaret Clymer
Sikeston
Dorothea Miller
Marble Hill
West
The
Herald
Missouri Building
Golden Gate Exposition
San Francisco
Lke
Missouri
Litkeston Public School
Arizona
Los Angeles
Strestonian's Grandson Heads to Canadian Typing Contest
Howard Hudson 17 and grandson of John Trudson of Sikes ton will travel to Toronto Canada for the International Typing Marathon at the Canadian National Exposition August 25 to September. He earned the right by winning the Memphis Press-Scimitar typing contest last month with an average of 90.1 words per minute. Hudson works at the Missouri State Employment Service office in Caruthersville. Miss Olga Matthews and Miss Henrietta Moore will visit Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cornell in Mexico Missouri for the weekend.
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Howard Hudson
Deeing
John Trudson
Sikes_ton
Toronto
Canada
Young Hudson
Tno
Memphis Press-Scimitar
United States
America
Hudson
Missouri State Employment Service
Caruthersville
Murray must go as Missouri WPA chief say St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St Louis Post Dispatch calls for the removal of Matthew S Murray from his role as Missouri WPA director. It cites alleged Kansas City political influence and a Pryor lodge connection, urging immediate action and noting Gov Stark had demanded his exit two months earlier. The editorial frames Murray as a Pendergast ally tied to misuse of WPA funds and influence.
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St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Matthew Murray
Works Projects Administration
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Stark
Murray
WPA
T J Pendergast
the Post-Dispatch
Matthew S. Murray
Pendergast
The
Post-Dispatch
John J. Pryor
Ross Pendergast
Works Progress Administration
Pryvors
Henrietta
Jonn C Page
Roosevelt
Pryor
Murrey
Elmer Summer
Clarence Doughty
Charles Hall
Luther Ellis
Col Harrington
Tom Pendergast
Leavenworth
Jefferson City
Washington
Campobello
Pryors
Missouri Cotton Crop Above Average Forecast
Missouri soil clerks forecast 526000 bales of cotton for this year, down about 3 percent from 1958 yet above average. On August 1, 90 percent of normal conditions were reported, 12 points above the 10 year average. Growing conditions favored, stands weaker than last year, yield expected around 420 pounds per acre, 25 pounds below the 1958 record but 107 pounds above the 1929-avg.
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Columbia. Mo
Missouri
Alfred C. Brittain
Agricultural Marketing Service
Funeral for Mrs Stone Held at McMalin Church
Funeral services for Mrs Naor Stone, wife of Russell Stone, were held at the McMalin church at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, with interment in Sikeston city cemetery. She had been a patient at Mount Vernon Sanitarium for nine months and died Saturday night. Surviving are her husband and her father Marvin Jones. Charles J. Cole of Upper Montclair, New Jersey, will visit with Mr and Mrs H. L. Harty and daughter Eleanor. Various relatives and associates, including Orson Klein the Broadway actor and author Hooa Men Smith of New York, featured in a mention of the book Mr Klein's Kampf, were noted in connections to a posthumous discussion surrounding Hitler exploits.
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Naor. Stone
Russell Stone
McMalin Church
Sikeston City
Stone
Mount Vernon
Marvin Jones
Charles J. Cole
Upper Montclair
N. J
H. L. Harty
Eleanor
Miss Harty
St. Louis
G. V. R. Mechin
Betty Albright
Birmingham
Ala
Hooamen Smith
New York
Ius
Klehm
Lo MM Fiellenbeck
Sikeston
Hitler
Orson Klein
Europe
Belinda Glamour Girl
Garner
Mrs Chamberlain
Harry O. Diamond
Mr. Klein
Mr. Smith
World-Telegram
National Guard Begin Summer Training Camp at Nevada
Missouri National Guardsmen from Sikeston and Chaffee join about three thousand in two weeks of training at Nevada camp life. The 116th and Company K travel by train to the event, with daily athletic events, motor convoy drills, and thrice weekly movies. Gov Stark to review troops on Thursday August 23, followed by Civil War veterans parade and a Saturday parade honoring Union survivors.
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Nevada
Sikeston
Chaffee
Gov Liexd
Stark
Missouri
Fifth Infantry
Ingar Camnaions
Sikeston Compress Opens for Southeast Missouri Season
Sikeston's new compress at the old fairgrounds edge with 30 000 bale capacity awaits the Southeast Missouri season. Manager Tom Coppedge leads a trained staff, with M C Lanier arriving to oversee cotton weighing as local labor supports operations. Boilers can densify a 500 pound bale to 250 pounds for foreign shipment, or to a third for high density export.
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Sikeston
Fairgrounds
Missouri
Tom Coppedge
M. C. Lanier
Osceola
Ark
Lanter
New York Woman Hurt In Accident Here
Ruth Cattanach, 32, of New York City, was seriously injured when the car she rode in, driven by her husband Dr G S Cattanach, struck another vehicle at the Highways 60 and 61 intersection. She was treated locally and taken to Barnes Hospital in St Louis with a broken arm a possible pelvis fracture and multiple injuries. The New York car spun several times and ran over her after she was thrown to the pavement as the driver reportedly failed to stop.
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Ruth Cattanach
New York City
New York
G. S. Cattanach
D. Cattanach
Melvin Dace
Child Struck by Auto Leaves Boy in Critical Condition
Six year old Jack Davis, son of Mr and Mrs John Davis near Wilhelmina, was critically injured Friday afternoon when struck by a car driven by B T Lincoln on a lane to the St Francis River about a mile west of Wilhelmina. The boy reportedly fell asleep along the lane before the accident. His head was crushed and his condition listed as critical.
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Jack Davis
John Davis
Wilhelmina
B. T. Lincoln
St. Francis River
Tall Corn Contest at Poplar Bluff
A corn exhibition sponsored by the Daily American Republic drew many farmers as 51 stalks were measured. Heights reached up to 12 feet with the tallest three at 36 feet. Leo Hornbeck of Poplar Bluff won first prize with a stalk measuring 16 feet 4 inches. J F Marier of Fisk and II Osborne of Poplar Bluff placed as runners up.
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Poplar Diff
Daily American Republic
Missouri
Leo Hornbeck
Poplar Bluff
J F Marier
Fisk
II Osborne
Weather record shows hot week with storms and rain
The past week was markedly oppressive with a high of 93 degrees on Saturday and a low of 66 on Sunday and Monday. A total of 1.15 inches of rain fell as scattered thundershowers persisted, and forecasts in Southeast Missouri predict little temperature change.
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Harry Young
Missouri
Heat dries Missouri corn crop prospects in July report
Missouri corn prospects faded as heat and drought lowered conditions across districts. The August forecast stood at 108,385,000 bushels, 5 percent below the 10 year average, with western counties most affected while other regions held or improved. Wheat and oats yields showed mixed gains and declines, with total crop output near ten year norms but below last year.
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Columbia. Mo
Missouri
Alfred C. Brittain
Agricultural Marketing Service
West Central
Department
Barlow
Miner Storm Wreaks Havoc With Trees and Outbuildings
A Saturday rain and windstorm near Miner caused extensive property damage, uprooting numerous trees and destroying barns, chicken houses, smoke houses, and a garage. One shoat died from the storm, and a few homes suffered partial damage from fallen timber and a blown-in window. The storm appears centered around Miner with damage tapering toward Blodgett. Several residents returned home after a two week trip, while others prepared for extended visits.
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Miner
J. S Wallace
Clyde Gray
Joe Johnson
Bill Beschel
Ben O. Matthews
James Reeves
J W. Paullus
Gairy
Blodgett
Illinois Tourists Robbed Near Town Last Night
A roadside robbery near Cotton Club on the highway last night netted a lone thief ten dollars in cash and a gold watch from Charles Rozanski, a miller from Decatur, his wife and son. The assailant, about 5'10" tall with a impaired left eye, 15 to 50, wore light trousers and a faded blue shirt. He fled after taking the loot. highway patrol and Sgt Melvin Dace investigated.
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Charles FL Rozanski
Decatur
Cotton Club
Melvin Dace
Hart
Michigan
Rv Zansel
Highway Patrol
Increase in State’s Allotment for Schools in Missouri
Missouri reports a record August school allotment of 35 955 382 from state funds for townships and counties. Payments based on attendance and teachers’ salaries. Rural schools receive allocations for deficits and new rooms, with sums directed to vocational facilities and other needs. County Clerk FEO Watkins Jr. provides update. no figure yet for 1959 1960 allocation.
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Missouri
Sehnoots Wall
Feo Watkins Jr
Scott County Catches Up On Liquor Laws
Jefferson City dispatch reports Scott County prosecutor David Blanton asked the Attorney General whether local option laws pre prohibition were repealed. Assistant AG J F Allbach advised that local option laws were repealed outright in 1931.
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Scott County
United Press
Jefferson City
David Blanton
Massour
J. F. Allbach
Blanton
Melon Market Closes After Prices Collapse in Sikeston
Southeast Missouri’s watermelon season ends with low prices and poor profits as Wesco Foods shuts its cash market after buying 75 carloads this week and a total of 290 for the season. Local shippers cite home-grown competition and a drop from last year, with 543 carloads shipped from Sikeston to date.
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Missouri
Wesco Foods Corporation
Sikeston
Miller Hopper Marriage at Lake Street Home
Miss Irene Miller and Gil bert Hopper were married last night at the bride’s Lake street home in a ceremony conducted by Rev Jesse Layton of Morley. The couple will honeymoon in Memphis and New Orleans before settling in Randles where Hopper will head the public school faculty. Mrs Hopper has been chief operator of Southeast Missouri Telephone in Dexter and previously worked for the company in this area.
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Irene Miller
C. M. Miller
Gilbert Hopper
Theodore Hopper
Lake Street
Jesse Layton
Morley
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Hopper
Randles
Schoor
Southeast Mussouri Telephone Company
Dexter
Poplar Bluff
Sires ton marriage near Poplar Bluff reported
Kenneth Hocker son of Mr and Mrs F H Hocker and Lucile Bragg of Poplar Bluff were married Saturday morning August 12 in St Louis The couple will live with Mr and Mrs Willard Parks The groom works at Hamwell Auto Parts Company Hecker a former Sikeston High School graduate attended the ceremony in Poplar Bluff
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Kenneth Hocker
F. H. Hocker
Lucile Bragg
Poplar Biut
St. Louis
Willard Parks
Hamwell Auto Paris Company
Hecker
Twins Rest
Si North Rhineshiginway
Sikeston High School
Poplar Gilet
Lee Jones engagement announced this veer
The engagement of Thorald Lee to Miss Jomes is announced by the office of Ron Harper. The couple plans a September wedding with Miss Lee a Rok Aeree and Miss Jomes near their families in the Washington area. The notice details relatives, camp affiliations, and travel plans as the Tanner family spends a week at Rockaway Beach.
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Jomes
Ron Flarper
Reston
Awis Lee
Larse Spauy
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Olga Matthews
Henrietta Moore
Paul Cornell
Mexico, Mo
Messrs. Murray
National Guard
Sikeston National Guardsmen
Poplar Blut
Miner Switch
Manan Jewell
Dess Bloomfiehd and Sons
Lee Walton and
Littleton
Denver
Colo
R. V. Barmett
Julesburg
W. A. Welch
Kenneth Yeager
Bertrand
Joplin
Illinois
Melon
Sireston
Lee-Jones
Thorald Lee
Oand
Savers Tanner
Charlies
Sue
Ella Tanner
Rockaway Beach
Lake Taneycomp
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