Sikeston regrets closing of Army air school October
The Sikeston Herald laments the imminent closing of the Army Air School at Sikeston as Allied victory nears. It praises the cadets and staff including Oliver Parks, Alden Woodbury, John Bryan, B. B. Schade, Charles Root, Ralph Rockwood, and Major Phil Huens, noting the school’s community benefit and hoping these valued people remain or continue their work nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikestori
Europe
Sikeston
Air School
Oliver Parks
Sikeston Enterprises
Alden B. Woodbury
Twa
Charles B. Root
Hennettsa Moore
Ralph Rockwood
Phil Huenes
Ormientioninegaim
Paul Brewer
The
Herald
Why Not Stay Home As War Strains Rail and Bus Travel
The piece notes railroads carry 1.5 million monthly for troop movements and face worn equipment, while buses pick up short and long hauls. It urges staying home to ease crowding, delay, and rough rides, praising those who stay and criticizing unnecessary travel as unpatriotic. It calls for suppressing migratory impulses and serving the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Pacific
Republican Candidate Home From Hospital
O D Clayton of Morley, recently discharged from a Cape Girardeau hospital after surgery, returned to Sikeston last Saturday with Mrs Clayton and their young daughter. He announces his candidacy for sheriff of Scott county on the Republican ticket, nominated without opposition at the August primary, and plans an active campaign. Clayton has long resided in Scott county. his father Dr W P Clayton was a Morley veterinarian for 52 years. Mrs Clayton is Dorothy Kathryn Rankin, daughter of Rev A D Rankin of New Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Clayton
Morley
Sikeston
Draft Board Member Struck by Local Man
Charles Henson was fined $16 by Justice Frank Smith after pleading guilty to assault and battery. He attacked E. F. Schorle, a Scott County Draft Board member, following a tavern argument on draft policies. Schorle may file additional charges for attacking a federal officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henson
Justice of the Peace
Frank Smith
Henson
E. F. Schorle
Scott County Draft Board
Schorle
The Art of Getting Along
A concise reflection on business life balancing good and bad days. It advises staying calm, avoiding temper, ignoring petty complaints, and not spreading gossip. The piece emphasizes profitability over who gets credit and warns that passing blame backfires.
Herald notes possible past legal issue for local citizen
The Herald reports a community member faces scrutiny for a crime from years past. The paper does not know if the state will act and says it will not pursue the matter further unless the state takes action. The note reflects caution about public embarrassment during personal rehabilitation.
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Herald
Home For Sale In Sikeston Missouri By Caleb Smith
Plastered five rooms and bath on solid foundation priced at 2750 dollars Terms 1000 dollars cash and the remainder financed by an FHA loan payable like rent Buyer Caleb Smith 217 East Malone Avenue Sikeston Missouri Also notes Maggie a factory short for magnesium and mentions Quebec Canada founded in 1608
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Smith
Malone Ave
Sikeston
Missouri
Sikeston News 1919 Highlights Include Mausoleum and Early Air Travel
Twenty five years ago the Sikeston Herald noted a cool down after a heavy rainstorm aiding crops and fall plowing. The new Sikeston mausoleum was completed as a premier city building. Airplanes were becoming common, replacing the scarce novelty of a decade ago. Local residents drove to Commerce for a Sunday outing, lunching on a Sandbar after crossing the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Sikeston
Helen Thomas
Thirty years ago Sikeston shoe plant trends and cotton exhibit
Twenty years ago on August 14 1924 the Sikeston International Shoe Factory reduced work week to five and a half days with 300 employees. A new cotton stalk showing 1199 squares appeared in Scott county at Vanduser District Bank grown by NFL Towns Vanduser. Mrs Carrie Fisher hosted a birthday party for her daughter Margaret Louise with many young guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
International Shoe Factory
Will Haters
Scott County
Vanduser District Bank
NFL
Vanduser
Carrie Fisher
Margaret Louise
Ann Margaret Guess
Vernon Dubois
Delois McCarty
Virginia
Carrie Nelle Mount
Margaret Nell Lindsay
Marcella Schorle
J. M. Jr
Robert
Frances Ann Sittes
Patty Wilbur
Ada Jean Bowman
Emily McGee
Shirley Jane Sayers
John Webster Bowman
Clifford Lee Gipson
Ronald Lee
Hita Clymer
Charles Yanson
Mary Tanner
Fifteen Years Ago August 15 1929 Library Growth Figures
A library notes 118 books borrowed in three mornings, raising total membership to 126 with hope to reach 500 by year end. Edward Allard donated seven Don Sturdy volumes, boosting the collection this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Cook
Edward Allard
Don Sturdy
Appleton
District men reported wounded in World War II
Southeast Missourians reported this morning as wounded are Pvt. Vernon E. Lynn Wardell Pvt. Sanford H. Barnickel Wardell Pvt. Dimondo Hall Kennett Lt. James J. Haines Advance Pvt. Herschel A. Hendrickson Poplar Bluff Sgt. Robert L. Tomlinson Charleston.
Cedar Posts Burned in Big Bonfire at Cedar
Five hundred and fifty cedar posts were set alight in the yards of E. C. Robinson Lumber Co. Tuesday noon in a large bonfire. The blaze caused about $176 in losses. Sparks from a nearby trash pile, burning briefly, are blamed for starting the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Robinson Lumber Company
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Miss Dorothy Caldwell of Benton has volunteered for the Women's Army Corps and will be inducted next month. Sgt. Frank E. Harr, wounded in France June 17, is being returned to the United States. he has served since December 1941 with a Tank Division. Joe Chaney, F 2c, in the South Pacific, sent word that he is in good health and asks that The Herald be mailed home. Major James Baker, from Sikeston area, may be heading to overseas duty. Pvt. Ray J. Rister, of near Sikeston, has been promoted to corporal with the 34th Red Bull Division in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Caldwell
Joe Caldwell
Benton
Women’s Army Corps
Caldwell
Scott County
Charles A. Hart
War Department
Frank E. Harr
France
States
Harr
Army
The
Herald
Chas, Chaney
Poplar Bluff
Joe Chaney
South Pacific War
Chaney
Church of the Nazarene
Matthews
Sikeston
Ray J. Rister
Fifth Army
Italy
Robert Rister
34Th “Red Bull” Division
Army air cargo and wounded flight records quest notes
Cpl Kenneth O Dye of Benton tracks planes shipping vital Army cargo to France and evacuating wounded to the UK, with the Ninth Air Force. Cpl Norman Bartmess, in San Antonio, returns for a two week furlough to visit his parents. Lieut Olon Hitchcock in England receives the Air Medal and an Oak Leaf cluster for overseas service. Linley Forbis, 19, wounded overseas since March, telegram confirms slight wound. Cpl Edward Shelby, coast of France on D Day, aided wounded and later transported to New York with other service men.
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Army Air Forces
France
United Kingdom
Kenneth O. Dye
Benton
Cpl
Dyce
Air Transport Wing
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Ninth Air Force
Armed Forces
Cpl. Dye
Norman Bartmess
Air
San Antonio
Texas
P. B. Bartmess
Linley Forbis
Fred Forbis
Blodgett
War Department
Armed Service
Edward Shelby
Paul Buchholz
Cpl. Shelby
Reiss Dairy
England
New York
Connecticut Pair Married in New Guinea During War
Miss Winifred King Easterly of Hartford and Lieut. William M. Sidwell were wed August 6 in a New Guinea mission. Sidwell, son of Dr and Mrs W Sidwell of Sikeston, serves in the Army Medical Corps overseas. Mrs Sidwell is a Red Cross worker in New Guinea. The couple plan to reside in Sikeston after the war. Other Sikeston residents receive service updates, including Lloyd Mckheel Johnson’s advancement to gunner's mate first class and Technical Sergeant Harold E Carr’s return from 29 months in the Southwest Pacific. Pvt. Clint H. Estes is slightly wounded in France, with overseas service since May 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred King Easterly
Hartford
Sikeston
Sidwell
Red Cross
New Guinea
Medical Corps of
Army
Grant
Lloyd Mckheel Johnson
Sam D. Johnson
Armed Guard Center
New Orleans
Navy
Johnson
Iceland
Australa
Iran
Panama
Cuba
Africa
Arabia
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company
Fornfelt
Harold E. Carr
Ilimo
Southwest Pacific
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station
Miami Beach
Fla
Sgt. Carr
Ruby L. Carr
Dmo
Anna M. Estes
Oran
War Department
Pvt
Clint HW. Estes
France
Pvt. Estes
Mary Estes
North Africa
England
Estes
Anna May Haney
Engagements and Army News From Home Front
Letters from service members reveal engagements and postings as families report on loved ones in the Navy Army and Marines. Tucker engaged to Miss Olga Bagwell of Honey Path South Carolina plans a future visit home while Evans writes from England of hospital unit duty. Privates Hivs Evans John Evans and others serve at Camp Robinson Ark and in Italy and France with mixed postings. Kenneth Cauthorne Gunner's Mate 2c departs for advanced gunnery training after four years at home and Tris Marshall transfers to Springfield for further Army medical training. Everett Lufcy wounded in France July 30 with infantry over seas since 1943. brothers in France and Washington. Poe completes six weeks at Camp Lee postal school as part of home front ties. Posthumous Silver Star to Pvt. Bayron Craig of Kennett for gallantry in Italy.
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George L. Evans
T. J. Evans
Blodgett
England
Sgt. Evans
Pvt
Hivs Evans
Sgt
John Evans
Camp Robinson
Ark
Kenneth Cauthorne
R. L. Cauthorne
West Coast
Tris Marshall
Dean Marshall
Medical Department of the Army
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Springfield
Pfe
Everett Lufcy
Faye Lufcy
Crowder
France
War Department
Geraldine Wren
Cape Girardeau Pie
Lufcy
Infantry
Cpl
Walter Lufcy
Willie Lufcy
Marine Corps
Washington
Guadalcanal
Notable Scott County Soldier Completes Two Years Overseas
Cpl Lenis J Reinagel of near Commerce finishes two years of overseas duty with a Flying Fortress unit in Europe and the Mediterranean. The group trained at Geiger Field Washington after Pearl Harbor and moved to England in 1942. They aided the African invasion and, from Italy and England, led first coordinated raids on central Germany. The unit earned two distinguished unit citations and has more than 300 missions, famed for the Rome raid and sinking the Italian heavy cruiser Trieste.
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Cpl
Lenis J. Reinagel
Near
Commerce
15Th Army Air Force
Italy
Cpl. Reinagel
Geiger Field
Wash
Pearl Harbor
England
Germany
Nathan F. Twining
Rome
Trieste
Soldier in Pacific sends upbeat note from front
Pfc. Charles L. Eddy, serving two years in the South Pacific, reports from Bougainville and Guadalcanal that war weariness grows. He notes enemy stubbornness and starvation tactics, recalls patrols and mountain scenes, and says letters from home help sustain him as he anticipates a long war yet. He asks his parents to identify people in future notes.
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Pfc
Charles L. Eddy
W. O. Eddy
New Madrid
Young Eddy
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Sikeston families report overseas service and homecomings
Mrs. Johnny Hitt of Sikeston notes three brothers in overseas duty Lieut Claude Harley with the Signal Corps Sgt Elvin Harley with the 9th Armored Division and Pfc Lyle Harley with anti aircraft division all former residents of Perkins Mo Four Sikeston boys Charles McMullin Linn Swaim Judson Boardman and Edward Leech recently met on Oahu Beach in the Hawaiian Islands and wrote home Cpl Howard Wilson US Marines plans a brief visit home with his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs J W Marshall and his brother Cpl Jean Wilson expects to be in Sikeston mid September both have served overseas for 33 months and expect state side duty afterwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Hitt
Sikeston
Claude Harley
Signal Corps
Elvin Harley
9Th Armored Division
U. S. Army
Pfc
Lyle Harley
Perkins, Mo
Charles McMullin
Linn Swaim
Judson Boardman
Edward Leech
Oahu Beach
Hawaiian Islands
Cpl
Howard Wilson
U. S. Marines
J. W. Marshall
Jean Wilson
Oak Leaf Cluster Awarded to Sikeston Sergeant
An Oak Leaf Cluster to the air medal was awarded to Technical Sergeant Ralph W. Deane 22 son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Deane of Matthews for courage coolness and skill shown on bombing missions in support of the invasion. He is top turret gunner and engineer of a Highth Air Force B 17 Flying Fortress in a heavy bomber group commanded by Col. Elliott Vandeventer Jr. Mrs Deane resides in Sikeston during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Deane
Alfred F. Deane
Matthews
Highth Air Force
England
Deane
Elliott van
Former cadet with top general at Missouri aviation institute
Gen. Walter F Kraus visited the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics with Lt Henry Flinn Jr and reported that Flinn, once a cadet, trained in Sikeston a year earlier His wife resided with Col and Mrs Harry Dudley The visit also noted another former MIA cadet Lt Jimmy Faulkner now stationed at Pampa Texas and previously active at Sikeston Christian Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Kraus
Central Flying Training Command
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Henry Flinn Jr
Sikeston
MIA
Flinn
Harry Dudley
Jimmy” Faulkner
Pampa
Texas
Faulkner
Sikeston Christian Church
Navy Shellback Poe to Return Home on 30 Day Furlough
Mr and Mrs Clyde Poe learn their son Wm Reece Poe Pharmacist First Class in the United States Navy has returned to the United States after nearly two years on foreign duty in the Southwest Pacific He is due home for a 30 day furlough next week Poe joined the Navy at 17 after graduating Orange High School Pvt Loomis Mayfield Jr spent the weekend here with his parents on furlough from Camp Campbell Ky
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Poe
Reece Poe
United States Navy
United States
Southwest Pacific
Poe
Navy
Orane High School
Pvt
Loomis Mayfield Jr
Mrs
Loomis Mayfield
Camp Campbell
Political Announcements for November 7, 1944 Elections
The Herald lists candidates for the General election with Republicans Ralph Hutchison for Congress and Mrs. Eula Bowman Shanks for Representative. O. D. Clayton runs for Sheriff, Roger A. Bailey for Prosecuting Attorney. Democrats show early Malcolm E. Montgomery for Assessor, Lynn A. Ancelos for Assessor, and Lyman Harrison for Surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Bowman Shanks
Oo. D. Clayton
Roger A. Bailey
Democratic
Early Malcolm
M. E. Montgomery
Lynn A. Ancelos
Lyman Harrison
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Ward Denman Assistant
Malone Avenue
Sikeston, Mo
Scott
Republican
Spapei
Maggie
Magnesium
Quebec
Canada
BE. 4
Newsum
Kennett
Sikeston Gin Company
Sikeston Compress Company
Mercury
Reiss Dany and Orchara
John Reiss
P. J. Ponder
Near Commerce
Baker
James Baker
Mabel Baker
Leesville
Olon Hitchcock
Hitchcock
J. N. Hitchcock
Savannah
Esther Shuppert
Ella Shuppert
Connecticut
W. M. Sidwell
F. Conway Tucker
U. S. Navy
Olga Bagwell
Honey Path
South Carolina
Tucker
Sikeston Municipal
Hermann A. Poe
Quartermaster School
Camp Lee
Joseph M. Reilly
Bayron Craig
Craig
Dorothy J. Craig
Congress
Ralph Hutchison
Rexall
Nyal
Ceres
New Madrid Street
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