Draft Board Plans Heavy Call for National Quotas
Scott county draft officials accelerating classification of registrants with questionnaires at 50 daily to meet top 20 percent target by January 1. About 820 men would represent 20 percent of 4100 registrants. Three volunteers sent from Scott county to Jefferson Barracks for exams. if passed, they join the county’s first quota of five. New draftee addresses released for Southeast Missouri troops to Fort Leavenworth and assignments to Fort Riley Camp Joseph T. Robinson and Fort Crook. Names listed include local residents from Cape Girardeau, Chaffee, Essex, Dexter, UnlonTown, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County Draft Board
John G. Christy
Scott County
Jefferson Barracks
Lonnie William Graham
Sikeston
Muril Rodgers
Morley
Leland Scott
Diehlstadt
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Fort Crook
Neb
Fort Riley
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Missouri
Wm V. Brown
Chaffee
Harry D. Chauvin
Robert C. Henson
Cape Girardeau
Floyd N. Hill
Bismarck
John Nazarik
Ki officers to Fort Benning mobilize 140th Infantry
Second Lieutenant George I. Staley of Cape Girardeau and other Missouri National Guard officers were ordered to report to the officers training school at Fort Benning Georgia by December 29. Staley will undergo special training before the 140th Infantry mobilizes at Camp Robinson Little Rock early next year.
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George I. Staley
Cape Girardeau
Missouri National Guard
Missouri
Officers Training School
Fort Benning
Staley
140Th Infantry
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
National Guard Heads to Division Meeting in Kansas City
Col Harry E. Dudley and Major Tanner C. Dye will attend an all day meeting of Thirty Fifth Division commanders and training officers in Kansas City. Col Jesse F. Brown will serve as acting division commander while plans for December mobilization and a year of training at Camp Joseph Robinson Little Rock Ark are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Dudley
Tanner C. Dye
140Th Infantry
Missouri National Guard
Kansas City
Jesse F. Brown
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Ralph Truman
Fort Benning
Camp Jos. Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Reserve Officers to Be Called to Active Duty
The War Department ordered 30 regular army units to new stations and said about 20,000 more reserve officers would likely be called to active duty by next June. Officials expect 30,000 of 110,000 eligible reserves on active duty this year as training for a surge of recruits begins ahead of the draft’s full swing next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Army
Benton Youth Dies By Own Action in Car Tragedy
Dick Haw a 23 year old Benton resident allegedly despondent over his father Dr A P Haw's death last year and his own unemployment ended his life in the family garage. The coroner ruled death by carbon monoxide from the running car with hose to the exhaust. Haw had planned to meet Miss Nar Nell Lindsay at a drug store. her parents alerted authorities when he did not appear. He attended Benton schools and State College Cape Girardeau and had worked as a car attendant until last August.
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Missouri
Dick Haw
Benton
Young Haw
A. P. Haw
Haw
Alva Steck
Clyde Poe
Oran
Scott County
Nar Nell Lindsay
Cape Girardeau
Ym Foulk
Sam
State College
New Air School Officers Arrive at Missouri School of Aeronautics
First Lieut H C Hughlin and Second Lieut Paul P George arrive as Air Corps supervisors from Kelly Field San Antonio Texas. A new class of 90 cadets is set to arrive January 1 for training. Construction on the third dormitory nears completion with floors sanded and plastering finished. Steel on the third hangar reaches half completion with floor pouring planned, weather permitting, and the hangar slated for use by Christmas.
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Missouri School of Aeronautics
Air Corps
H. C. Hughlin
Paul P. George
Advanced Flying School
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
W. L. Wimmer Jr
Four New Homes Begun this Week in Sikeston
The badly needed rent houses progress with a new residence beginning on the corner of Gladys and Scott streets. Francis Webb of Dexter will erect the house on the Webb site destroyed by fire two years ago. Weldon McDonald of Benton leads construction for rental use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Gladys and
Scott
Francis Webb
Dexter
Webb
Weldon McDonald
Benton
Colonial Residence for Ward Denman on Maplewood Drive
Construction began yesterday on a five room colonial residence for Mr and Mrs Ward Denman on Maplewood Drive. The house features a full basement hardwood floors built in garage and other modern conveniences. Arthur Latham is in charge of construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Denman
Maplewood Drive
Arthur Latham
New Residence for Harrison Tanner Family
Ground was broken Monday for a six room residence on Tanner street opposite the high school for Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Tanner. The white frame house will feature a full basement built in cabinets and modern conveniences with Cecil Boyer as contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner Street
Harrison Tanner
Cecil Boyer
Miss Anne Taylor to Build Residence in town
A frame bungalow is under construction at the corner of Ruth and New for Miss Anne Taylor. She has lived in Morehouse for years and plans to return to Sikeston after completion. Weldon McDonald of Southeast Missouri Lumber Co. at Benton oversees the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Taylor
Ruth and
New Streets
Miss Taylor
Sikeston
Morehouse
Weldon McDonald
Southeast Missouri Lumber Company
Benton
Vocational Guidance Talk Draws Seven Counties at Sikeston High
Seven counties were represented at a discussion on Vocational Guidance held in Sikeston high school's study hall Monday. Dr. F C Seamster of the State Department of Education led the session. After dinner at the Dunn Hotel, the group met again at 7:30 and planned to continue these meetings for Schoolmasters Conventions with the next session at Gideon in January. Topics included The Individual Inventory Counseling Occupational Information Placement Activities and Follow-up Studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston High School
F. C. Seamster
State Department of Education
Dunn Hotel
Gideon
Saw mill accident kills Poplar Bluff farmer
Arthur Markee 35, a farmer near Quinn, was instantly killed Monday afternoon when a fragment from a 32 inch saw blade broke loose and struck him in the head during wood cutting with his father-in-law S W Garner nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Arthur Markee
Quinn
S. W. Garner
Markee
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South Bend
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Kellett Motor Company
North Kingshighway
Freez
Lere
PRICE
Frrestone
C. & M. Oil Company
West
Home Oil Company
East
Coxie
National Guard
Herald
AIR School
Farmington
Uriel Haw
Ella Peat
Malden
Tom Crites
St. Louis
Joe Haw
Tom Haw
Bernie
Benton Cemetery
W. H. Sikes
Britain
Stetson
the Peoples Store
Sikeston, Mo
HOGA
Pepe
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