Services Conducted for Thompson Family In Quadruple Slaying
James Hartwell Thompson his wife Prisilla Snow and their nine year old daughter Anne were killed at their Charleston area farm home. Emily Snow, Thompson’s sister-in-law, was shot in the backyard, and Thompson died by suicide after the killings. Coroner and state investigators attributed the deaths to a domestic tragedy rooted in simmering hostility. Survivors include Thompson’s four sisters and two brothers, and Emily Snow’s sister lives in New York City.
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Thompson
Emily Snow
James Hartwell Thompson
Charleston
Missouri
Miss Snow
Priscilla Snow
Anne
Mississippi
John F. Nunnelee
Mr. Snow
Mississippi County
Walter Beck
Nunnelee
Mississippi County Sheriff's Office
State Highway Patrol
Beck
George Lane
Thompson Farm
Emily
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Tragic killings tie feud to world traveler family
Sheriff reports a double tragedy as Thoms on Thompson fatally shoots Thad Snow after a feud with Snow’s family. A note allegedly written by Thompson expresses guilt and mentions torture to Snow, while authorities note Thompson’s past mental health observations but no commitment. A .22 caliber rifle and shell purchase link Thompson to the crime. Thompson, former Division 10 highway engineer from Dexter, had moved to a farm near Charleston and recently traveled globally with Miss Snow, a Radcliffe graduate.
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Beck
Snow
Thompson
Thad Snow
Junior Life Saving Course Held at Sikeston Pool
A junior life saving course is conducted this week at the Sikeston municipal swimming pool with 14 boys and girls enrolled. The instructors are Al Bach and Charles Berthe, both of Sikeston, recent graduates of the Red Cross water safety instructors' course held here.
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Sikeston
al Bach
Charles Berthe
Red Cross
Lair's August Anniversary Sale on furniture
Quality living room bedroom dining room and kitchen furniture offered at substantial savings during Lair's August Anniversary Sale. Furniture includes items for living spaces with discounts across rooms.
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Lair’s
State Health Officials Inspect War Industries District
Louis F. Garber industrial public health engineer and assistant John Vaden from Jefferson City, with J. S. Noel of Health District No. 2, visited Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid and Stoddard counties and several flour mills last week. They surveyed occupational health hazards and promoted use of state industrial hygiene services to improve working conditions in plants involved in the war effort.
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Louis F. Garber
State Division of Health
John Vaden
Jefferson City
J. S. Noel
Scott
Mississippi
New Madrid
Stoddard
Noel
Garber
Vaden
Seed corn field day draws Pine Bluff officials
E. L. Corbin and J. S. Kevil of the McMullin estate left Sikeston for Pine Bluff Ark to attend a seed corn field day on Wednesday. A seed corn exhibited there was estimated to yield 150 to 200 bushels per acre. Corbin and Kevil toured agricultural experiment stations in Arkansas and Louisiana before returning home.
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E. L. Corbin
J. S. Kevil
McMullin
Sikeston
Pine Bluff
Ark
Corbin
Kevil
Arkansas
Louisiana
Last Rites Held Monday Afternoon For Thad R. Tindle
Funeral services for Thad Robert Tindle, 59, who died Friday, were conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. from his daughter Catherine Carter’s home in Grenada. The Rev. E D. Owen officiated. Tindle, a farmer born in Sabougla Mississippi on April 22 1889, died of coronary thrombosis in an automobile on Highway 61 after leaving Dick's sandwich shop. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Wayne P Dickson and Mrs Hii Driver, a granddaughter Eli Driver III, two sisters Mrs Henrietta Cooper and Mrs Nannie Pendergast, and brothers Jim and Leston Tindle, all of Grenada. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Welsh Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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J. C. Montgomery
Methodist Church
Charleston
A. B. Cooper
New Bethel Baptist Church
John T. Stewart
St. Louis
Thompsons
Montgomery
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Leroy C. Leslie
Sikeston
Ed C. Marshall
Emma White
Garnet Waggener
Claude
Julian Thompson
Miss Snow
Robert de Laney
Hapeville
New York City
de Laney
Frances Snow
Thad
Robert Tindle
Catherine Carter
North Ranney
E. D. Owen
First Baptist Church
Tindle
Sabougla
Miss
Dick’s
Highway 61
Bessie Tindle
Carter
Gertrude Catherine
Joan Hill
Leland Hill
Wayne P. Dickson
Taylor
Hii Driver
Sikes
Eli Driver
Iti
Henrietta Cooper
Nannie Pendergast
Jim
Leston
Hawaii Progress Toward Statehood Highlighted
The United States acquired Hawaii fifty years ago as a territory, granting Hawaiian citizenship two years later. Hawaii remains a territory with a presidentially appointed governor. Last year the House approved statehood, but the Senate has not acted on the proposal.
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Hawaii
United States
Sandwich Islands
House of Representatives
Senate
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Radcliffe College
Cambridge
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Singapore
London
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W. R
Billy”) Walker
CAA
Knupp
Walker
War Assets Administration
Dysart-Auer
Thad R. Tindle
Lammerts Handsome
Arphive
ST Sikeston
W. C
Smoky” Sutton
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Lumber Yard
Sutton
E. C. Robinson Lumber Company
Sikeston Yard
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