World This Week Highlights From Missouri to Tokyo
Missouri trappers earned about 800000 for 1944 45 furs per State Conservation Commission 579910 pelts led by muskrat opossum and skunk value rose despite lower volume Predictions say 15000 to 25000 new US restaurants in five years Seeing self cooking units for meals at eateries Japanese broadcasts claim more hara kiri at the Imperial Palace amid gloom Stettinius to London as UN rep Bradley to pick sites for 29000 veteran hospital beds Petain calm in fortress Quisling likely to die Truman okays resumption of voluntary enlistments Red Cross unit lands in Japan with relief for POWs and internees
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Missouri
State Conservation Commission
Mail carrier bitten by bird dog in Sikeston
Charles Trout, a Sikeston Post Office mail carrier, suffered a severe calf wound Tuesday when a bird dog owned by George L. Hale bit him while delivering mail on Moore avenue. The dog, normally tied, had been untied by Hale’s grandson despite previous snapping. The dog is inoculated against rabies.
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Charles Trout
Sikeston
George L. Hale
Hale
Moore Avenue
Trout
Sikeston Sprays DDT in Schools and Homes
State Health Department workers report Sikeston schools are being sprayed with DDT and the job at two grade schools completed this week the high school crews at work today and the Negro school to finish. Only one crew and truck operate here, not 15 as reported, with interior spraying to begin Monday for about 20 houses daily and potentially continuing through fall for over 1200 homes.
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Sikeston
State Health Department
Mayor Carroll names city planning group
Mayor Marvin Carroll appointed a five member city planning committee to guide Sikeston’s postwar progress. Co L Blanton Jr was named chairman with a two year term. W S Corrigan Ralph Potashnick also serve two years, James S Kevil and W H Sikes serve one year. Appointment was approved by the city council. J D Merrick of Princeton Ky visited the Bohannons last Friday.
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Sikeston
Marvin Carroll
Co. L. Blanton Jr
W. S. Corrigan
Ralph Potashnick
James S. Kevil
W. H. Sikes
Carroll
New Engineer Named for Local Highway Office
Merritt S. Gwinn is named engineer of Division 10 of the Missouri State Highway Department, starting September 1, replacing Fred D Harris. Gwinn joined in May 1920 and has led Highway Planning since 1942 as acting manager. He is an American Legion member active in church and civic affairs with two sons, Merrill S. Gwinn Jr. and Richard.
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Merritt S. Gwinn
Missouri State Highway Department
Fred D Harris
Department
Mr. Gwinn
Survey Plans Bureau
Surveys and Plans Bureau
American Legion
Capl
Merrill S. Gwinn Jr
U. S. Army
Richard
University of Missouri
Council Employs Sewer Engineer for Sikeston Project
Sikeston city council at a special session approved contracting Russell and Axon to prepare the storm sewer survey and plans designated as the No 1 postwar project. An ordinance authorizes city officials to sign the contract while details are pending. The group also ordered predemption of Series F war bonds for light plant payments and authorized fire department equipment purchases including a skid pumper Burns resuscitator. Barrett will seek government forms for funding advanced postwar storm sewer planning.
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Sikeston
Sikeston City
George S Russell
F. E Wenger
St. Louis
Russell and Axon
A. C. Barrett
Marvin Lt. Carroll
Board of Public Works
Sikeston Fire Department
Barrett
Federal Works Administration
St. Paul
Minn
Museum curator seeks full ration stamp collection
Dr. Harry W. Hall, curator of Pittsburg Teachers College museum in Kansas, aims to assemble a complete set of ration books stamps to display in the museum.
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Harry W. Hall
Pittsburg Teachers College Museum
Kansas
Cotton Men Discuss Troubles In Ginning Standardization
Missouri extension economist Gordon B. Nance told 56 district ginners at a refresher course that cotton must standardize grade to compete with synthetic fabrics. The meeting, one of three, featured Alabama-like motion pictures on mechanical cotton cultivation and the flame weed control method. Ginners learned that improved ginning equipment allows processing of mechanically picked staple, reducing manual labor needs. Speakers included George B. Walker and Dr J E Adams. The group dined at the Dunn Hotel as guests of Sikeston’s Dunn Compress.
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Gordon B. Nance
University of Missouri
Nance
Portageville
Kennett
Ronnie F. Greenwell
Hayti
Arkansas-Missouri Ginner Association
Scott County
New Madrid
Mississippi
Stoddard
Arkansas
Alfred M. Pendleton
Dallas
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Joe Caldwell
George B. Walker
Delta Council
J. E. Adams
Delta Experiment Station
Stoneville
Muiss
Pendleton
Charles Manly
Sikeston Compress and Warehouse Company
Dunn Hotel
Sikeston Church of Christ to Build New Brick Church
Work begins on a 43 by 60 foot brick structure at Edmondson Street and Kingshighway in Sikeston. The Sikeston Church of Christ, active with no pastor, will feature a basement with Sunday school rooms and is supervised by church members. J H Harrison is the contractor on a project estimated at 14000 dollars.
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Sikeston
CHAIRMEN NAMED FOR FINANCIAL CAMPAIGNS
W Caleb Smith a local real estate dealer is chosen as chairman for Scott County Highth Victory Loan Drive with city chair to be announced later. The drive starts October 14, succeeding C H Butler who led the past two bond drives. Mrs Harry Harty becomes chairwoman of the Scott County War Chest, previously led by L M Standley, with no drive date yet set.
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W. Caleb Smith
Scott County
Sikeston
Smith
C H Butler
Harry Harty
Charman
Scott County War Chest
L. M. Standley
Five Ribbons for Wheat Farmers in Scott County
Scott county farmers excel at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia with five of eight prizes for Clarkan Wheat. Gust Zacher won first prize with 92 percent germination and 61 pounds per bushel, followed by John A. Hux and Orville Nelson in fourth, W. S. Baker in fifth, Adron Anderson in seventh, and Jake Weaks in eighth. All winning growers are getting seed certified by the Missouri Seed Improvement Association and will offer Clarkan Wheat for sale.
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Scott County
Pete) Renner
Scott County Milling Company
Sedalia
Gust Zacher
Zacher
John A. Hux
Orville Nelson
W. S
Bill) Baker
Adron Anderson
Jake Weaks
Missouri Seed Improvement Association
Watermelon Grower Reports Strong Profits in Scott County
Elmer Rabb, ex-cast member of Diehlstadt, sold eight carloads of watermelons totaling 4050 dollars with six carloads at 525 each and two at 450. He farms 60 acres and notes total sales exceed 4200 dollars. Fellow farmer John Michael near VanderSphere sold one carload and two truckloads for 525 and 675 each, eight acres in melons.
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Elmer Rabb
Diehlstadt
Rabb
Scott County
John Michael
Vandyser
Enrollment Under Way at School
Sikeston public schools began enrollment for the 1945 1946 term with early figures favorable to last year. Superintendent Tharon Stallings notes possible slight increases by week’s end. High school totals through Wednesday show 54 seniors 71 juniors and 82 sophomores with freshmen and other upperclassmen enrolling. Grade one through height pupils will enroll at 8:40 Monday morning in their buildings.
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Sikeston Public Schools
Tharon Stallings
Opening of Schools Delayed Another Week in Sikeston
Sikeston Board of Education announces a further delay in opening local schools due to a polio case. Classes will not start this week and are postponed until Monday September 10.
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Sikeston
School Adds One Teacher as Enrollment Grows
Students are reminded to return to the room used last year as school ends. Miss Mary Louise Oliver Bloomfield is hired to teach language arts in the seventh grade. A State College Cape Girardeau graduate with three teaching years joins the staff, increasing staffing by one as lower grade enrollment is expected to rise.
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Mary Louise Oliver
Bloomfield
Oliver
State College
Cape Girardeau
Riverview Gardens
St. Louis
Fewer Members of Ration Board End of wartime duties ease strain
Scott County ration board members shrink as nine of fourteen are not called to meetings. Some panels release staff while others remain active awaiting full relaxation of controls. Civil Service workers shift to 40 hour weeks with Labor Day holiday.
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Ration Board
Scott County Ration Board
Grover Baker
I Cc. Mattingly
Earl Crader
Leon Lane
John Scherer
Irvin Burke
Ae K. Matterson
Claude Jameson
W. A. Georger
H. L. Hardy
J. R. Stephens
O. W. Hartner
A. J. Renner
R. H Henson
Fred Lewallen
Tom Baty
Ima Parham
Sikeston
Attit
Civil Service
Canning Sugar Bids Due September 15
Tom Baty, chief clerk of the Scott county ration board, announced that no applications for canning sugar will be received after September 15. Applications received by that date will be acted upon before the end of the month.
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Tom Baty
Scott County Ration Board
MacArthur Lands At Yokohama In Pacific War Event
General Douglas MacArthur arrived at Yokohama airport early this morning completing a trek from Manila via Australia. He established headquarters at the Grand Hotel with Tokyo’s Imperial Palace visible. American airborne troops land in Japan as surrender events unfold with Missouri in Tokyo Bay to host the formal signing. Navy and Allied leaders, including Halsey and Wainwright, prepare for the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, a ship bearing Missouri’s home state name.
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Douglas MacArthur
Yokahama
Manila
Australia
Japan
General Mac-Arthur
Yokohama
Grand Hotel
Emperor's Palace
Tokyo
Gen. Mac-Arthur
Louisiana
Radio Toyo
Aiep
United States Navy
Tokyo Bay
United States
Harry S. Truman
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
MacArthur
Missouri
Ida
New York Navy Yard
Melon Grower Prepares 11 Acre Cantaloupe Patch
Amos McMullin of Morley grows Queen Colorado and 939 Hale cantaloupes. By mid September his 11 acre patch will be market ready. He plans to plant 50 acres next year. His two sons serve in the U S Navy and Marines in the South Pacific. A relative, Py. Swe Walls McMullin, was killed in Germany in September 1944.
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Amos McMullin
Morley
Italy
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Imperial
Domei
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Southampton
England
Stettinijus
London
President Truman
United Nations Organization
Comdr
David McCampbell
West Palm Beach, Fla
Army
Richard S. Bong
Columbia
Portalet
Pyrenees
France
Petain
Vichy
Legion of Honor
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Gen Bradley
Vidkun Quisling
Oslo
Quisling
Norway
American Red Cross
Gen. MacArthur
Cubs
Thursman Travelstead
Missouri Pacific
Lowell Webb
M. J. Dressen
Mobile
Ala
Mr. Dressen
Walton-Williams Motor Company
Ford
J. D. Merrick
Princeton, Ky
Jesse Bohannon
Council
Church OF Christ
USSS
Hib
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