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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1945

Page

5

Sikeston High Students Attend Charleston Officers Install

Sikeston High School News reports Sikeston representatives joined Charleston High School in the installation of new council officers led by Sammy Story as president and Jenny Cooper as secretary. The ceremony featured talks by visiting council presidents and a reception in home economics.

Sikeston Charleston High School Charleston Sammy Story Bob McCoy Jenny Cooper Betty Beasley Shirley Scholar Ruth Tidwell Betty Waldman Ruth Ann Collins Lucy Jo Ruthenberg Jimmy Duncan Jerry Mize Bill Miller Pauline West Jean Hartzell Jerry McDonough Lois Phillips Lorene Hornback David Rowe Betty Lynne Sizemore Charles French M. L. Stewart

Soldier outlines reenlistment advantages and retirement path

A service member argues for reenlisting for three years to choose a branch and overseas theater, noting eligibility for retirement after 20 years at half pay rising to 75 percent after 30 years. He emphasizes current time in active duty counting toward retirement and asserts reenlistment as sound.

Indian dances and sign language featured in lecture

Mrs Laubin performed a buffalo dance while a lecturer explained that Indian gestures carry specific meanings and that over two hundred dialects exist among North and South American tribes. Demonstrations of sign language, feather symbolism, bravery ranks, and decorated handicrafts highlighted the program plus a modern bunny dance by Mr and Mrs Laubin.

Lauvin

Morehouse School News Football and absences plus party events

The Morehouse A and B basketball teams defeated New Madrid A and B on November 29 with 28 to 20 and 22 to 12 scores respectively. Mrs Evelyn Barnett was absent December 3 to visit her husband Harry Barnett who returned home after discharge from the US Army. An all school party occurred November 30 with basketball and dancing and refreshments. Betty Shecter was absent November 30 due to illness, her first absence in four years of high school. Pvt Frank Hudson of the Medical Corps visiting his wife Lucille Judson, high school commercial teacher, at Fort Mason California, and ready for overseas shipment.

Mabel Dorothy Lewis Dana Tanner Joyce Larder Georgina Sutton Betty Cummins Wilma Pixley Joe Mol Charles Myers June Jarker Lois Melvin Kornegger Richard Shy Kornegger Seattle Washington Shy Navy Leyte Farragut Idaho Morehouse New Madrid Evelyn Barnett Betty Shecter Betty Frank Hudson Medical Corps Fort Mason San Francisco Calif Lucille Judson Hudson

Army moves 1.25 billion V-mails during overseas mail drive

The Army reports that 1,250,000,000 V-mailetters were sent to and from GIs overseas in three and a half years of operation. More than 140 tons of fur cargo space were used to transport the macro filmed mail, and if all letters had been standard size they would have required 11,000 tons of space.

Washington Army

Hospitals Needed for Tubercular Patients

Dr. Herbert L. Mantz heads Missouri’s Joint Committee on Tuberculosis Control which urges erecting at least two state tuberculosis hospitals in Missouri. He notes 2120 beds exist, spread unevenly, with a deficient ratio to deaths and proposes Southeast Missouri near Cape Girardeau and a northern site. Missouri's beds per death lags behind Illinois Iowa Kansas and Nebraska.

Missouri Joint Committee On Tuberculosis Control Herbert L. Mantz Kansas City Mantz Illinois Iowa Kansas Nebraska Cape Girardeau St. Louis Kirkwood Mount Vernon Webb City National Tuberculosis Association Nas- Souri

Columbus Set Foot in Puerto Rico, Not in Mainland US

A claim states that Columbus actually landed in Puerto Rico, making it the only U.S. territory he is said to have reached. The remark discusses historical attribution of Columbus’s voyages and territorial reach.

Puerto Rico United States Columbus

Relief Promised For Hay Fever Victims By New Drug

University of Illinois College of Medicine researcher Dr Earl R Loew says benadryl relieves hay fever hives and asthma in 30 to 60 minutes The discovery promises relief for allergy sufferers though the article notes radiation safety alarms activated at some atomic research labs when personnel carry radioactive contamination the report mentions alarm bells at laboratory exits.

University of Ilnois College of Medicine Earl R. Loew Pharmacology Atomic Research Laboratories

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