Roosevelt Shifts Thanksgiving Date To November 23
President Franklin D Roosevelt announces moving Thanksgiving to the second Thursday of November next year, shortening the football term and stretching the Christmas shopping season. The change breaks a 75 year precedent and could split observance by region if adopted widely, with mixed reactions from governors, merchants, and calendar makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
George Washington
James Frasier
Plymouth Mass
Plymouth
Ralph Carr
Colorado
A Harry Moore
New Jersey
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Delta Camp Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
Delta CCC camp marks its fourth anniversary with an August 20 open day. visitors tour exhibits including barracks gear food rations tools and repair shops. program includes church service softball band concert flag lowering magician boxing matches and a dance for members and guests.
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CCC
Delta
Cape Girardeau Municipal Band
Magee
No Change in City's Thanksgiving Day
Sikeston Mayor G W H Presnell said he will proclaim Thanksgiving Day on November 23 if not directed otherwise by the city council, echoing local sentiment that the date should remain the last Thursday in November. Residents call the plan silly and worry it treads on tradition, with business leaders noting little impact on Christmas shopping and travel.
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G. W. H. Presnell
Sikeston
Presnell
J.C. Penney Company
Paul Brown
Carl Banks Wallace
Kroger
C. D. Matthews WT
Bank of Sikeston
New Arrivals Born to Local Families In August
A series of newborn announcements from Sikeston and nearby communities list boys born in August to local couples. Names include Larry Dale Lam bert, Earl Ray Underhill, J. William Burns, Robert Lee Burns, Thomas Eugene Jamerson, Samuel Joseph Pace, and a son to Harvey Kaiser, with parents' residences noted in Sikeston Blodgett Near Sikeston and West Gladys Street.
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Harvey Kaiser
Near Sikeston
James Hill Lambert
Blodgett
Larry Dale
Earl Ray
Earl Underhill
J. William
Raymond Burns
Burns
West Gladys Street
Dale Enterline
Sikeston
Robert Lee
Thomas Eugene
Thomas Jamerson
Samuel Joseph
Herbert Pace
Boy Scout Drive To Start On October 15
October 16 has been set as the date for the annual Boy Scout drive per J. E. Robinson, Sikeston council chair. Plans were discussed at a Purday meeting at George W. Kirk's Scott County Milling Co. office with Kirk, Robinson, E. M. Allen, A. M. Jackson, Wilbur Ensor, and Scout Executive Frank M. Chase of Cape Girardeau. The drive goals and committee appointments will be finalized soon.
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J. E. Robinson
Sikeston
Missouri Board Approves Sikeston Pool Plans
State Health Board endorses architect Hal Lynch's pool plan for Sikeston. Location chosen on Taylor Street opposite the high school softball diamond, 140 by 200 feet, purchase price 800 dollars from Mrs. W C Sutton. Estimated cost about 30000 dollars, financed by WPA two thirds, bonds 5000, local donations, and club contributions. Purcell leads much of the work for the city.
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Missouri Board of Health
Conly Purcell
Sikeston
State Health Board
Hal Lynch
Clayton
Taylor Street
Sikeston High
W. C. Sutton
Chamber of Commerce
Works Projects Administration
Board of Public Works
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wage Increase for Missouri WPA Workers Sparks Change
WPA workers in Missouri face a monthly average rise of about $2.50 after September 1 as 60 new wage scales are created across five job types in three regions. The plan, by WPA commissioner Col. F C Harrington, aims to overhaul wages under a new relief act while keeping the national average near $55.50. total government cost may drop due to reduced enrollment from 2,194,911 to about 1.9 million. Missouri falls in Region 1 with region-wide unskilled pay rising from 27c per hour to 48.10 for a 180-hour month in Scott County, though local figures remain unconfirmed.
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WPA
Col
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
Missouri
Scott County
Sirestonian Enjoying South American Cruise
Mrs Calvin Greer on a six weeks South American cruise reached Barbados a West Indies island described as a beautiful island and very English The group of 250 hoped to cross the equator in daytime en route from Barbados to South America eight days at sea The weather was comfortable and the passengers friendly with meals described as the best ever.
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Calvin Greer
Barbados
West Indies
New York
South America
Greer
Large shipment of international shoes reaches Sikeston
Nathan Yo’ie proprietor of the Peoples Store in Sikeston announced receipt of a large shipment from the International Shoe Company in St. Louis. The shoes, transported via the Missouri Pacific railroad, will supply local men with full wear footwear and support hundreds of Sikeston workers connected to the plant.
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Nathan Yo‘¥ie
Peoples
Sikeston
International Shoe Company
St. Louis
Mussouri Pacific
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Delta Camp
Green
Cape Girardeau
FHA
Sikeston Lumber Co
E. Malone
Sikeston, Mo
Ewspaperr
Eli Williams
Hiram
Harley Pabst
Zalma
J. \. Williams
Errell Crear
Malden
Glenn Williams
Missoun
Sirestonian
Semo Bottling Co
Sikeston, Missouri
Anonye
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