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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
11
The item notes the publisher and staff of a weekly newspaper published every Thursday. It identifies Clint II. Denman as publisher and Ward Denman as assistant, indicating the paper’s regular Thursday publication schedule.
In a wartime call to action, the nation must prepare for and wage total war against democracy’s foes. The speech emphasizes solidarity after American losses, urging sacrifice, unity across parties and creeds, and resolve to defeat aggressors worldwide with God’s help.
Sikeston area members of the American Legion and Forty and Eight deny reports of gambling and unseemly conduct at a recent meeting. They state there was no naked dancing or prostitution and that only a few spectators drank while one gambling attempt was stopped. The women in the program were high school girls and their teacher from Memphis, all above reproach.
The Herald defends its prior report on county assessor remarks about uneven property assessments. It says the piece was not a critique of any officer and urges citizens to inspect the tax list at city hall or courthouse, noting the public records are accessible to all.
The piece links the Bill of Rights to Bible influence in America noting Universal Bible Sunday on December 14 and December 15 remarks by the President. It cites Jefferson and historic debates at the Constitutional Convention and urges church attendance Bible reading and distributing Bibles to youths through local communities.
Secretary Wickard of the Agriculture Department who oversees the Rural Electrification Administration says the REA should not build new transmission lines while copper remains scarce unless defense related. He notes private utilities, many with copper inventories, should not be allowed to sabotage the REA or preempt rural electrification. Representative Rankin of Mississippi rejects claims the REA is hoarding copper, saying the material is with a contractor delayed by private sector equipment shortages.
The United States Department of Agriculture has acquired nearly a million acres of sub marginal land in the southwestern dust bowl since 1935. The purchases reflect federal efforts to reclaim damaged land and support drought relief programs across the region.
Twenty five years ago on Friday December 8 1916 Sikeston Herald reports a near capacity crowd at the Methodist church dedicatory service with no morning services elsewhere A rain thunderstorm and spring like weather are noted A banner asking President Wilson to address women’s sufferings is floated from a balcony during a congressional message reading A Limbaugh home birthday celebration for Chester Limbaugh is described plus local comments on housing shortages and other social notes
Division 10 of the State Highway Department moved this week from the city hall after being there since 1923 to a new location at the intersection of Highways 60 and 61. Scott County Bank at Morley failed to open Monday morning but officials say affairs are sound and all deposits will be paid. Local gins have processed 2908 bales of cotton to date. Town stores plan extended evening hours starting next Monday for Christmas shopping, with some staying open evenings this week.
Five years ago today in Parliament King Edward VII I I T was abdicated and will wed Mrs Wallis Simpson of Maryland. About $11 000 in bon uses will be paid Tuesday December 15 to International Shoe Company local employees. Sikeston saw first below freezing spell of the week with temperatures dropping to 15 degrees below zero on Monday December 7.
Frederick T. Allen a 22 year old flying cadet from Columba Missouri was badly hurt yesterday morning when his plane failed on a forced landing near Sikeston’s airport east of town It was the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics first major accident The weather turns colder with rain expected to switch to snow tonight or tomorrow Sikeston cotton ginnings total 5710 bales for 1940 crop with 85 percent picked and Southeast Missourians brace for a colder spell.
About 25 sheriffs and peace officers from Southeast Missouri convened in Cape Girardeau to establish the Southeast Missouri Peace Officers Association. In St. Louis, Charles D. Matthews of Siketon was elected chairman of the Missouri State Highway Commission at a Jefferson Hotel meeting. Harry Dudley hosted a quail dinner for high school football lettermen Wednesday evening. Superintendent Roy V.
Funeral services for F. J. A. Ernst, 75, publisher of Ste. Genevieve and former president of the Southeast Missouri Press Association, were held Saturday after a two week pneumonia illness and a heart attack. He owned and edited the Ste. Genevieve Herald for 59 years and is survived by his widow four sons and a daughter from Ste. Genevieve and nearby cities.
The joint resolution adopted by Congress formal declares war with Japan and authorizes the President to employ all naval and military forces and government resources to prosecute the war and bring it to a successful termination.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asserts the United States' entry into war after Japan's December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. He declares a state of war with the Japanese Empire, praises American resolve, and asks Congress to formalize the declaration amid broad global aggression in the Pacific theater.
The nation marks Bill of Rights Week from December 8 to 15 as Congress honors the first ten amendments adopted December 15, 1791. President Roosevelt will radio a program titled We Hold These Truths, celebrating the Bill of Rights as a shield of liberty and a bulwark against tyranny. The article lists the amendments from speech and press to assembly and petition, bearing arms and due process, and notes the reserved powers to the states and the people.
In the early 1800s New England hosted the Society for the Suppression of Eating. Members pledged not to eat more than twice daily, not to eat after eight p m, and to forgo dinner once a week.
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