Service Members in Europe and Japan Highlighted
CPL Carlos R. G. Simpson of the 2nd Armored Division is in Germany with NATO forces conducting training in the U S occupation zone. His wife Margaret lives in Chaffee Mo. He entered service in 1950 and has Bronze Star and Korean and UN ribbons. LT Robert R. Tuttle, daughter Mary, recently graduated from XVI Corps Leaders School in Japan and serves as forward observer with the 24th Division’s 52nd Field Artillery Battalion. He is a Columbia Mo native and University of Missouri alum.
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Carlos BR. G. Simpson
2N Armored
Germany
Carlos R. G. Simpson
Margaret
Chaffee
2Nd Armored
Europe
NATO
U. S
Berlin
Corporal Simpson
Korea
Louus Simpson
Cook St. Chaffee
XVI Corps
Japan
Robert R. Tuttle
Mary
Christian College Ave
Columbia
Camp Matsushima
1St Cavalry
24Th Infantry
Tuttle
52Nd Field Artillery
University of Mussouri College of Agriculture
Alpha Gamma Rho
Morton Tuttle
Prairie Home
Bertha Wethington
Glenn Rhyan
Bill Dougthy
Derter
Berneice Corlew
Sikeston
Cleve Irvin
Gypsy
Delcia Proctor
Charley Gaddis
Kennett
W. M. Tomlinn
Holcom
Clyde Henson
Idalia Spet
Henry Corlew
James Walls
Easa Prairie
Infle Walls
LeDa Roberson
Raymond Roberson
Woodriver
Clarence Savage
Dewey Savage
Morehouse
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Morehouse High School
Soldier Hoersch Released From Active Duty in Colorado
Cpl. John H. Hoersch son of Mr and Mrs John H Hoersch 914 Roger Sr Columbia Mo was released from active duty at the Army Separation Center in Camp Carson Col A veteran of 19 months overseas he has been awarded the Korean Service Stars the UN Service Ribbon the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Army of Occupation Medal for duty in Japan He entered the Army in December 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Carson, Colo
John H .Hoersch
John H. Hoersch
Roger Sr
Columbia
Army Separation Center
Camp Carson
Col
Hoersch
Army of Occupation
Japan
Army
Three Semo war dead returned to the United States
DoD announced 341 Americans killed in action are aboard the Navajo Victory. The ship is due to dock in San Francisco this week. Returning are Cpl Doyle Schatz of Bell City, Pfc James H Curneal of Essex, and Pfc Eugene S Vallo of Bonne Terre, sons of local residents. The news item also notes free admission at the Mark Twain museum in Hannibal, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Defense
San Francisco
Cpl
Doyle Schatz
Edward B. Schatz
Bell City
James H. Curneal
Carl Curneal
Essex
Eugene S Vallo
Frank J Vatlo
Bonne Terre
Parma hunter killed on opening day of deer season
Parma Dec 5 H H Norman 53 of Parma was fatally wounded during a deer hunt near Ellismore in Carter County. Ramsey mistook Norman for a deer and fired, causing fatal loss of blood ten minutes later. Norman owned Parma Lumber Co. Ramsey the Ramsey Implement Co. Survived by wife two sons and a daughter.
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PARMA
H H Norman
Norman
W L Ramsey
Ramsey
Ellismore
Carter County
Exer cise Frosty in Austria highlights Riley’s role
CPL Sherman E. Riley of Chaffee Missouri served in the recent Exer cise Frosty, a 10 day Army maneuver in the Salzkammer gut mountains of Austria. Austrian based American soldiers played both aggressor and defender as observers including Fred Korth and Lt Gen Charles L Boite watched the testing terrain. Riley, a mechanic with the 510th Field Artillery Battalion, joined the Army in 1951 and has been in Austria since November that year. He formerly worked for the Herman Body Co. of St Louis.
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U.S
Austria
Sherman E. Riley
Raymond Harkey
Cook St
Chaffee
Salzkammergut Mountains
Fred Korth
the Army
Charles L. Boite
U. S. Seventh Army
Riley
510Th Field Artillery Battalion
Herman Body Co
National Guard unit promotes four men
Four men in the local National Guard unit were promoted to private first class effective December 5. Lt Bruce Lewis, commanding officer of Headquarters Company, First Battalion, 140th Infantry reports the men were Henry Bennett Jr, Ronald Humes, Jessee Thomas Jr and Edwin Malone.
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National Guard
Bruce Lewis
140Th Infantry
Henry Bennett, Jr
Ronald Humes
Jessee Thomas, Jr
Edwin Malone
Morehouse Community Notes and WMU Meeting
Morehouse and surrounding area social life outlined with WVU meetings, church events, and visits. Highlights include the WMU meeting at 2:30 pm with Mrs Paw White on Thursday, December 18, notable visits by Elvis Henson of Tulsa and James Kyle of Morehouse, and multiple church gatherings at the Morehouse Methodist Church and associated groups.
GM Opens 194000 Highway Contest Across U S
General Motors launches the Better Highways Awards Contest offering 162 prizes totaling 194000 for essays on planning and paying for safe roads. top national prize is 25000 with other awards down to 500. entries close March 1 1953. information at GM dealers or General Motors Building Detroit Mich.
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Detroit
General Motors
United States
District of Columbia
Us&s
General Motors Building
Deaths and funeral for Mrs Agnes Bailey in Sikeston
Funeral services were held Saturday November 29 for Mrs Agnes Williams Bailey who died November 27 at Delta Community Hospital. Born June 6 1878 in Mt Vernon Til she is survived by four sons Roger Ralph E Bailey Jr Kent all of Sikeston and John R of Portageville one daughter Honora McKay of Colorado Springs Colo 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren The body lay in state at Welsh Funeral Home and burial was in Sikeston City Cemetery with Eastern Star at graveside service.
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George Adkins
Agnes (Williams)Bailey
Delta Community Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Til
Roger
Ralph E. Bailey, Jr
Kent
Sikeston
John R
Portageville
Honora McKay
Colorado Springs
Colo
Welsh Funeral Home
Sikeston City
Eastern Star
Sikeston Oldtimer Dies From Grass Fire Burns
Arch Hobbs 81 a Sikeston resident for 60 years died at Missouri Delta Community Hospital from burns suffered in a grass fire on Nov 6 He was born December 15 1870 in Hardin County Illinois He is survived by wife Minnie Hobbs daughter Eula Phillips of Pennsylvania step son David Lewis Martin of Sikeston and three brothers Joe Ruey of Shawnee Town Ill Doc of Cave Rock Mo Funeral services were held at 2 pm yesterday at Taylor Funeral Chapel with Rev J W Hoffert officiating Burial was at Memorial Park Cemetery
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Arch Hobbs
Sikeston
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Hardin County
Llinois
Hobbs
Minnie Hobbs
Eula Phillips
Pennsylvania
David Lewis Martin
Joe Ang Ruey
Shawnee Town
Ill
Doc
Caven Rock
Taylor Funeral Chapel
J. W Hoffert
Memorial Park Cemetery
Tuberculosis Hospital Opens in Cincinnati in 1897
The first tax supported municipal hospital dedicated to tuberculosis care was established in Cincinnati on October 12, 1897, marking a landmark development in public health funding and disease treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
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Rudy D. Ferrell
Earl Irvin
Air Force
K.8
Air Force Base
Kunsan
Aji Bobby Sullivant
Anchorage
Alaska
Pensacola
Fla
Montana
Jos. A. Leslie
Telephone No
Welter Bldg
Automobile Insurance Compary
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Good Housekeeping
Tury
Thes, 'eDs
Sikeston, Missouri
Exgle Stage
Dorsey Heaton
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Paw White
Elvis Henson
Tulsa
Okla
James Kyle
Myrtle Chism
Grace Mathis
Joe Beck
Sophia Cline
Clyde Gregory
Cape Girardeau
Oley Treece
Alsc
Thames Jackson
Lackland
San Antonio
Texas
Edna Jackson
Mesdames
Susie Marshal
Margaret Rowell
Juanita Munich
Belle Dillon
Juanita Dillon
Corinne Crumpecker
Betty Thornburgh
Pinochete Club
S. A Jackson
T F. Jackson
Joann
Memphis
Reece Moore
Edward
Bytheville
Ark
T. J. Jackson
Susie Hstes
Broz Fstes
Herbert Wall
Wolf Island
Ode Henning
Morehouse Baptist Church
WMU
Violet Jackson
The
Baptist Church
Della Payne
T. F. Jackson
Jackson
C. L. Freeman
Blytheville
Charles Chapman
James Hart
Gene Harrod
Hardy Ralph
Vernon Shawn
Lélia Henson
Harold Henson
St Louis
Iwa Craig
Imo
Ruth Wilson
Jefferson City
R. L. Averett
Charter Oak
Wilma Ruth Whitener
Fredericktown
Whiteher
Wilma Ruth Caldwell
Minnie Hall
Sopha Clnes
Lula Walls
Lula Murphy
James Keeling
Kansas City
Josie Keeling
J. W. Joiner
Rose Clair
New Orleans
Rita Jean Dalton
St. Louis
Hudson Wethington
Allie Condict
Bernie Sunday
Louis Condict
Morley
W.S.C.S
T. Watford
H. A. Mitchell
Lennie Frazier
Bill Dillon
Ida Parrish
M. M. Mariel
J. W. McNabb
Connie
Bobby Rush
Cape Garardeau
Mrs. Bailey
Sikeston Oldtimer
Burns
Sinclair
Sinclair Ethyl
Antirust
Mac’s Service Station
East Center
Sikeston, Mo
Morris E. French
Sinclair Products
Missouri
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