Cotton allotment plan faces strong farmer protests
Farm groups vow vigorous opposition to the new cotton allotment law which cuts next year’s plantings. In Scott, Mississippi, and Stoddard counties the policy caps cotton at 14 19 and 16 percent of total crop land, threatening large layoffs Among growers the plan is blamed for shedding up to five thousand field jobs across three states and prompting talk of possible congressional changes in January.
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Stoddard
The Herald
Scott
Mississippi
Scott county
Mississippi county
New Madrid county
Pemiscot county
Memphis
Charles Brannan
Congress
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Frisco seeks to absorb four short line railroads
The St Louis San Francisco Railway asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to take four short line subsidiaries totaling about 175 miles of trackage in Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma into its main system. The roads are Butler County Railroad Jonesboro Lake City and Eastern Miami Mineral Belt and St Louis Kennett and Southeastern.
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St Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
the
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Butler County Railroad Company
Jonesboro
Missouri Railroads Win Four Percent Freight Increase
The Missouri Public Service Commission granted railroads a four percent increase on Missouri shipping, lifting postwar hikes to about 53 percent and raising shippers’ costs by an estimated 655000 dollars annually. The move follows an Interstate Commerce Commission rise on interstate shipments last August.
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Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather Outlook With Week of Cold Lows and Dry Spell
Forecast calls for fair skies and continued cold. Temperature readings show a narrow swing from highs near 59 to morning lows around 25. Rainfall totals to 0.43 inches.
Deeper Burial Planned for Big Inch and Little Inch Pipelines
Work near Oran sinks sections of the Big Inch and Little Inch lines three feet deeper to pass beneath drainage ditches. About 1000 feet of trenching in two spots, with ten workers on site for two weeks, under plant manager H. B. Stanfill who says the project is about half done.
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Oran
H. B. Stanfill
Former Sikeston Man Completes Gas Pipeline Project
R B Potashnick of Cape Girardeau led Marys Construction to finish a 35 million dollar gas pipeline from Perryville Louisiana to East St. Louis. The line doubles Mississippi River Fuel Corporation capacity, adding 133 million cubic feet per day, with the final 242 mile segment completed at a Rock Creek ceremony near Fredericktown.
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The
Mary’s Construction Company
fuel company
Rock creek
Fredericktown
Former Sikeston Doctor Returns From Ethiopia Mission
Dr. Merlin G. Anderson and his wife and three children visited Sikeston after five years as medical missionaries in Addis Abeba Ethiopia under the Seventh Day Adventist church. He plans ten months of post graduate work at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles before possibly returning to Africa. The family traveled through Cairo Athens Rome Paris and London and will share slides and motion pictures Saturday at the Seventh Day Adventist church on Kathleen street.
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Merlin G. Anderson
Sikeston
Addis Abeba
Ethiopia
Seventh Day Adventist church
Anderson
Africa
White Memorial Hospital
College of Medical Evangelists
Los Angeles
Cal
Merlin Jr
Ronald
Rosalie
New York
Cairo
Athens
Rome
Paris
London
Kathleen street
Highway 61
St Louis Bad Man Killed Near LaForge
A Charleston man is held in New Madrid jail charged with the murder of Elbert Laster known as The Cadillac Kid. John Riggins was arrested near Charleston and reportedly confessed. The Cadillac Kid was found near his 1940 Cadillac at Blue's Place near LaForge after a Sunday dawn shooting. he died at Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
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Charleston
New Madrid
Elbert Laster
St. Louis
Cadillac Kid
John Riggins
The Kid
Blue's Place
LaForge
Delta Community Hospital
Sikeston
Golden Wedding Observed For Bertrand Couple
Mr and Mrs G D Brewer celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary at their home south of Bertrand on Tuesday December 13 1949 from four to eight oclock. Open house hosted by their children and grandchildren includes Mr and Mrs Neil Gallagher Mr and Mrs Andrew French Mr and Mrs Shelburne Brewer Dr and Mrs James M Baker Mr and Mrs B Frank Brewer and Mrs Paul E Brewer.
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Neil Gallagher
Andrew French
Shelburne Brewer
James M. Baker
B. Frank Brewer
Paul. E. Brewer
G. D. Brewer
Bertrand
Bundle Bearing Lines Form at Sikeston Post Office
Postmaster Malcolm warns of the peak Christmas parcel rush with gift shipments due by December 10 and Dec 15 for out of state cards. He urges shoppers to decide details before windows, use sturdy wrapping, include printed labels, and add house numbers and zone numbers for delivery efficiency. He notes clerks will face long hours and stresses polite behavior.
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Malcolm
Voting Places for Cotton Referendum
Missouri cotton growers will vote on restricting cotton acreages to secure a government price guarantee for next year. Scott and New Madrid counties list voting sites, eligibility, and the 2 3 quota approval rule under the 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act as amended.
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Missouri
Scott county
New Madrid
Evin Burke
Burke
Stoddard Man Killed While Hunting Deer
Tony Bacon 66 of Leora Stoddard county was killed by a back broadside rifle shot while deer hunting near Doniphan. He hunted with stepson Ralph Varble and grandson Paul D Varble. Funeral Friday at Leora with interment in Dexter. Survivors include a step-son, step-daughter Mrs Louis Sielert, two sisters, and two brothers. Mrs Bacon preceded him in death two years earlier.
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Missouri
Tony Bacon
Leora
Stoddard county
Doniphan
Ralph Varble
Paul D.Varble
Dexter
Louis Sielert
Poplar Bluff
Gusta Cope
Cape Girardeau
G. A. McLane
Bakersfield
Cal
Robert Bacon
Louis Bacon
Puxico
Six Men Fined For Violating Migratory Bird Law
Six men were fined by Judge M. E. Montgomery in magistrate court for shooting migratory birds after legal hours and one man for exceeding the legal limit. Fines totaled $10 plus costs for Lester D. Goebles, Reginald Merrick, O. S. Trow, J. E. Ulmer, Benjamin Enderle, and Elmer Moore faced non support sentences. James Stewart received six months in jail for non support of his five minor children.
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M. E. Montgomery
Lester D. Goebles
St. Louis
Reginald Merrick
Sikeston
O. S. Trow
J. E. Ulmer
Benton
Benjamin Enderle
Imp
W. J. Crutcher
Dexter
Elmer Moore
same
James Stewart
Matthews Girl May Recover From Self Inflicted Wounds
Betty Jean Hawkes a 14 year old of Matthews admitted the Dec 1 gunshot was self inflicted after she earlier told the State Highway Patrol an unidentified man entered her house and shot her. Her mother and stepfather were nearby when the wound occurred. She underwent surgery at Delta Community Hospital for seven perforations of the intestines and was reported in critical condition but improving.
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Betty Jean Hawkes
Alfred Dean
Matthews
State Highway Patrol
Betty Jean
5. M. Sarno
Morehouse
Delta Community Hospital
Miners Face Bleak Christmas as Work Slashed to Three Days
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis ordered a three day work week for 480000 miners, with nine days until Christmas, risking small paychecks of about 139.50 per miner. In Kentucky, contracts guarantee five days weekly, a 0.95 daily wage rise, and welfare fund per ton increase.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine
Kentucky
Lewis
miners’ welfare fund
Mexican worker burned in gasoline explosion at farm
Pena Guadalupe, 17, a Mexican national employed on the W. P. Hunter farm, suffered first and second degree burns to his face and left forearm last Friday in a gasoline blast. Treated at Delta Community Hospital and dismissed soon after. Dr. and Mrs. Sisson attended a First Baptist church supper and Christmas party where Dr. Sisson spoke and Hope Edwards read. A high school quartet performed four vocal numbers to 31 members and two guests.
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Pena Guadalupe
W. P. Hunter
Delta Community Hospital
F. L. Sisson
First Baptist church
Dr. Sisson
Hope Edwards
Thousands of Sikeston Children Welcome Santa at City Party
More than 4000 children from Sikeston and nearby areas gathered in Legion Park and Front Street for the third annual Christmas party hosted by Sikeston merchants with the Chamber of Commerce. Santa arrived by air and was escorted by a fire truck, landing at the municipal airport and parading downtown. The event featured the Sikeston High School band, puppet shows, music, and stage entertainment on Front Street in front of Woolworth.
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Front street
Santa Claus
Sikeston and
Sikeston
Joho Santa Claus
Santa
Legion Park
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston high school
New Patrolman Began Work Here Monday
Edwin Earl Wright started Monday as a Missouri State Highway Patrol member assigned to the Sikes ton district of Troop E. Commissioned November 23 after passing the prior summer’s exam, he underwent special training. A 25 year old married father with one child, he and his family reside at 203 Daniel Street. former work includes farming and teaching, previously living in Steelville.
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Edwin Earl Wright
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Sikeston
Wright
Daniel street
Steelvile
Two Killed This Week in District Traffic Accidents
An East Prairie physician Dr George W Whitaker 61 died from chest injuries after a highway collision on Highway 55 near Charleston. His wife remains in fair condition at St Marys Hospital Cairo. Passenger Danny Sanders was treated and released. Driver John English of Pulaski faces charges for inefficient automobile equipment and possible manslaughter. Funeral services planned Friday at East Prairie Methodist Church with burial at Mounds Cemetery.
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Charleston
George W. Whitaker
St Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Ill
St. Mary's Hospital
Danny Sanders
East Prairie
Whitaker
John English
Pulaski
English
Whittiger
Mississippi
H. L. Waggener
East Prairie Methodist church
Mounds, II
Georgia Whitaker
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Jesse E. Whitaker
Miller City
John Newell
Mounds
Daniel Taylor
Elco
Arkansas Woman Killed in Pemiscot County Crash
Willie Mae Rodgers a 39 year old Blytheville Arkansas woman died in a traffic crash on Route M near Holland Pemiscot County She was a passenger in a car driven by Ezell Rodgers Also in Blytheville The other driver Tom Clemmons 65 Herms esdale failed to stop at a sign causing the collision with his 1939 Ford According to Highway Patrol records the crash occurred Sunday night and the vehicle Rodgers rode in was struck after Clemmons failed to yield the scene
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Holland
Pemiscot county
Willie Mae Rodgers
Blytheville
Ark
Ezell Rodgers
Rodgers
Tom Clemmons
Hermesdale
Three Teens Injured in Delta County Auto Crash
Three teenage residents of Bell City were treated at Delta Community Hospital after a Saturday auto collision. Anna Mae DeBarry aged 14 and Willie DeBarry 17 sustained injuries and were dismissed, while Camil las Patterson 15 suffered a fractured right leg and was moved to Fir min Desloge Hospital in St. Louis.
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Delta Community Hospital
Anna Mae DeBarry
Willie DeBarry
Camillas Patterson
Bell City
Firmin Desloge Hospital
St. Louis
Dunklin County Merchant Dies in Store Fire
John T. Moore, 50, a Gobler merchant and Ripley Tenn. native, was burned to death when a store in Dunklin County burned Tuesday night. He lived alone in the building and was unmarried.
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John T. Moore
Gobler
Dunklin county
Ins
Moore
Ripley
Tenn
Cotton Ginnings Report In Sikeston Region
Reports from three Sikeston gins indicate 9936 bales of cotton ginned so far this season. Local miners estimate about 95 percent of the territory’s cotton has been harvested.
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Sikeston
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Big Prairie
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Hough township
LaFont
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