31 Aug 1944
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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
1
The Army reports large quantities of equipment are being left behind on the Alaska highway as shipping them home is deemed uneconomical. The disclosure follows charges in Ottawa that army engineers were destroying usable materiel while closing about 150 Alcan camps.
The Sikeston Honor Roll Board, managed by the Bill Van Horne Chapter of American War Dads, lists over a thousand service members and aims to include all Sikeston and rural route service personnel. A proposed expansion wing will double the board size as names pour in to balance representation.
The Vanduser Gin Company's plant at Vanduser, destroyed by fire early Sunday, will be back in operation by October 1 if plans of the owners are carried out. New machinery will replace the damaged gin ning equipment. Losses, including five bales of cotton, are about $15,000 and fully insured. The fire was discovered about 7 o'clock Sunday morning. the gin had operated the previous day. Stockholders include J. R. Lee Jr, John L. Watkins, Evin Burke, L. O. Williams, Oscar Duncan, J. S. Wallace, W. H. Sikes, J. W. Baker Jr., and Grover Baker.
Plans for the Scott County War Chest drive will be made at a meeting tomorrow night in the office of L. M. Standley at the Reiss Dairy. Everyone connected with last year's campaign is asked to attend. Yewell Lawrence of Bloomfield, district chairman, will be present.
Producers Live Stock Commission reports eighteen-dollar Steers debuting this week at National Stock Yards marking the first time since 1919. Choice 980-pound mixed steers and heifers brought $17.50 as part of a strong run with about 16,700 head traded over three days.
A report states that if the European war ends later than expected, Italian prisoners may work in Southeast Missouri this fall, aiding cotton picking and farm tasks. Three local businesses seek 100 prisoners, with 17 to maintain the camp and wages at the prevailing rate. Prisoners would stay at a camp near Sikeston, return home when the war ends.
Missouri Premium and Clarkan Inheats top choices for Southeast Missouri soils say 75 farmers seed dealers and county agents at a small grains meeting in Sikeston. Organizers plan a long term program with key foundation stock producers to ensure varietal purity and adequate seed. Lack of high class seed and labor hinder production though acreage is rising, with wheat rye barley and oats among grains discussed. Attendees included C A Helm MU professor and J R Dixie Paulling MU field crops specialist.
Robert W. Freeman, now training at Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, holds first lieutenant bars, bombardier wings, the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and four Presidential Unit citations. A Salisbury, Maryland native, he served from Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea, New Guinea and the Solomons, earning a Silver Star on his first bombing mission. He later received the Air Medal for 100 hours of combat flight and the DFC for 200 hours. His wife resides in Idaho.
Five patients admitted for medical attention at Sikeston General Hospital include A Gilliland Ernest McConnell and Sam Bowman from Sikeston Dianne Berry from East Prairie and Willene Clark from Morley.
Clear and cooler weather expected Friday with higher temperatures for Saturday and Sunday. Week's high reached 83 degrees on Tuesday August 29 and the low 59 degrees last Friday. Rain totaled 1.23 inches with most falling overnight.
Tharon E. Stallings new superintendent of Sikes ton public schools thanks Mr. Denman for publicizing the Go-to-School movement. He highlights the page ad and urges continued efforts to keep students in school and prepare them for later life.
Early reports from American War Dad chapters nationwide show strong growth as Sikeston’s Bill Van Horne Chapter led by Harry Dover launches a July 1 to October drive. The effort seeks 100 new members by the Omaha convention, with Clay Mitchell directing local recruitment and information available from him.
Twenty eight members attended a Lions Club meeting at the Dunn Hotel. Vice president W A Myers announced that officers agreed to hold one night gathering every three months labeled ladies night. Marines Cpl Howard Wilson was a guest speaker recounting 27 months aboard a Pacific theatre ship, including Marshalls, Carolines, Saipan and Guam. Robert Head and Ralph Anderson provided music. Next meeting set for September 6.
In line with the chamber plan, most Sikeston business houses and offices will close all day Monday September 4 Labor Day. Other holidays when town shops shut include New Year s Day Decoration Day July 4 Armistice Day Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Memorial services will be held for Cpl. Ernest L. Sonny Smith at 2 30 pm next Sunday at Assembly of God church Sikeston. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Smith of Blodgett and husband of Nellie Maloney. He died in Italy June 29 while serving with the armed forces.
Herbert Cathey son of Mr and Mrs H G Cathey will travel to Bell Buckle Tennessee on Tuesday to continue his studies at the Webb school there.
Allied gains last week push Nazi forces toward the German border. Reims falls to Patton’s Third Army without a fight, while Hodges’ First Army presses northeast of Paris after taking Chateau Thierry and Soissons. British thrusts toward the rocket bomb coast break through 25 miles. In Romania, Ploesti and surrounding oil fields are captured, Bucharest within 17 miles. In Italy, US forces press the Nineteenth Army retreat along a 20 mile Rhone Valley stretch.
Dr. Howard Throgmorton from Sikeston, who left his medical practice to aid the Army, is on duty in Russia and reports treating a Russian woman's eyes with a duck as a thank you. Other Missouri physicians in service include Dr. A. D. Martin at a Texas camp and Dr. M. G. Anderson recently discharged for medical reasons. Missouri State Medical Association notes nearly a quarter of the state's physicians serve in the armed forces, with 76 of 111 counties represented and about 9,000 doctors in private practice before the war.
City hall volunteers urged by clerk Mrs Ima Parham to renew 1000 A gasoline mileage books before September 20 and provide help. Any spare hours welcome. call or visit city hall daily between 8am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. Telephone listed as 60.
More than 100 bales of Sikeston district cotton have been baled by three gins though operations lag behind. Cotton quotes reach 22 cents a pound and $8 a ton with ginners noting excellent grade but one staple short from recent losses.
Staff Sergeant Charles F. Sturgeon 20, son of Mr and Mrs S T Sturgeon of Sikeston, missing in action over France, per War Department telegram. Air engineer on Eighth Air Force bombers, awarded Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Army since Feb 1942, trained in Texas Utah and Florida, overseas three months. Blodgett High School graduate. Brother John served in England with Highth Air Force. two other brothers served and were discharged.
Reverend J J O Neill announces Sister Mary Wilfredal will serve as Superior of St Francis Xavier Parochial School this year. She is joined by Sisters Mary Charles and Mary Celine as teachers. Arrangements allow Sikeston pupils to attend the Catholic high school in Charleston if desired. The school, run by Sisters of the Precious Blood, is highly rated and accredited.
W. P. Renner, a former Sikeston resident now living in Mount Ayr, has purchased the John Deere farm implement agency in Cape Girardeau from TT. Easten. Renner and his family are expected to arrive in Sikeston tonight to visit relatives while seeking housing in Cape Girardeau.
The War Production Board lifted the ammo sale ban to hunters Tuesday marking the first real hunting season since the war began. Quotas for farmers and ranchers to combat predatory animals were boosted. WPB said ammunition production this year should reach about 62 percent of prewar output.
Sikeston Cub Scouts collected 10 970 pounds of scrap paper in a week long campaign. Cub Pack 43 led Pack 11 with 5 950 pounds, while Pack 41 gathered 5 020 pounds. Travelstead urged residents to save or call a Cub for pickup and noted greater totals could come if households saved scrap paper. Scouts continue daily collection as they work toward a War Labor Board citation for 1000 pounds per cub before September end.
Mrs. Johnny Hitt and sister Mrs. Lem Bollinger of Illmo returned home Tuesday from Flint Michigan where they were summoned last week by the illness and death of their sister Mrs. Ruth Healy former Perkins resident. Mrs. Healy's daughter Carvel Sue Dick accompanied them and will live here with her aunt and uncle.
Supt Tharon Stallings reminds Sikeston public school pupils to enroll Monday morning September 4 not this week for upper grades. Grades one through six report to South Grade School at Bailey School at 9 o'clock and seventh and eighth to the high school building. Boundary lines remain unchanged with district division along North Kingshighway and Lake street to Ranney to Missouri Pacific tracks.
W B Conn of Risco takes over as manager of the Cathey Cotton Co gin at Canalou after purchasing H G Cathey's interests. Marshal Myers remains office manager and bookkeeper. Cathey and family moved to Sikeston on Park Avenue after eighteen years at the helm, with J F Cox and W H Sikes of Sikeston continuing as partners in the Cathey Cotton Co.
Livut John Tandy has been named acting captain and Troop Commander of Troop E of the State Highway Patrol He succeeds Captain O L Wallis who has been appointed acting superintendent of the organization Trooper John Newton Crow a native of Sullivan Mo has been assigned to Poplar Bhatt He had been stationed at Flayti
The State Department of Education and national agencies urge a go to school campaign after a 6.5 percent drop in Missouri high school attendance in 1943-44, totaling 10 370 fewer students. Since 1940-41 nationwide high school enrollment declined by about one million, threatening postwar and armed forces needs. Where possible, part time work is encouraged so students stay connected to school and continue patriotic contributions during wartime.
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