War Crime Trials Start in Yokohama December 17
The Army will begin first war crimes trials in Yokohama on December 17 for Japanese accused of atrocities against American POWs. About 300 Japanese military and civilian personnel will face trial for atrocity crimes. President Truman plans Christmas Day with his mother at Grand View. Unemployment may fall by spring, with 3,000,000 fewer jobless than government estimates.
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Army
Yokohama
President Truman
Mrs
Martha Truman
Grandview
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Yamashita
Pacific
No Decorations For City Streets Sikeston
Sikeston will not decorate city streets for the holiday season again this year. Plans to resume lighting were made but impossible to secure necessary materials. Streets have been without lighting the past three years due to a bulb shortage, though bulbs were secured this year. Evergreen wreaths have been received but evergreen festooning for arches and white way posts is unavailable.
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Sikeston
Whiteway
Progress at Sikeston Production Credit meeting
The Sikeston Production Credit Association with 788 members now owns 53 percent of capital stock after its annual stockholders meeting at the Sikeston Armory on Tuesday. From Oct 1 1944 to Sept 30 1945 loans totaled $618 890. Ninety nine members attended. Thatcher Seism the secretary treasurer reports. Music by Sikeston high school orchestra directed by Robert Head. John M. Zarecor of Risco and H G Cathey were re elected as directors. Board will elect officers Monday at the association offices on Center Street.
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Sikeston Production Credit Association
Sikeston Armory
Thatcher Seism
Sikeston High School
Robert Head
John M. Zarecor
Risco
H. G. Cathey
Association
Center Street
General Patton’s Condition Critical After Accident
General George S. Patton Jr remains gravely ill after a German accident last Friday. Neurological and surgical experts attend him as he lies paralyzed from the neck down. His wife Mrs Patton visited and urged him to stay hopeful. Medical officers say recovery to full duty looks unlikely though he has shown stamina. Cables of sympathy pour in from around the world as Heidelberg reports his hospitalization.
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George S.patton Jr
Patton
Germany
Heidelberg
Don’t Block Driveways Near Sikeston Armory
Residents of the Chamber of Commerce addition near the Sikeston Armory complain attendants block their driveways when parking. Police Chief Harold Wallace urges practice to stop at once. Mr and Mrs Jack Obermiyer and son Jack Jr left Monday for Brookfield Ohio to visit relatives.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston Armory
Harold Wallace
Wallace
Jack Obermiyer
Jack Jr
Brookfield
Ohio
Sikeston Post Office Announces Christmas Rush Schedule
The Sikeston post office will stay open Saturday afternoon December 15 and December 22 to aid holiday mail. Mail delivery will occur Sunday December 23 with the office cleared Monday night December 24. Postmaster Pleas Malcolm notes few packages have been mailed and urges early mailing for Christmas delivery.
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Sikeston
Malcolm
Airport Buildings Offered as Temporary Housing in Sikeston
Sikeston housing grows tighter as Chamber of Commerce head Ralph Potash seeks permission to convert empty Harvey Parks Airport buildings into temporary living quarters. Five or six large wartime cadet structures, some already partitioned, could shelter local families with heat. One building already houses contractor W. W. Kelly and family since last summer due to housing shortage.
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Sikeston
Ralph Potashnick
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Harvey Parks Airport
W. W. Kelly
Harold Sloas Named Farm Bureau President
Harold Sloas of Marston was elected president of the New Madrid County Farm Bureau at its annual meeting on December 10. New officers include Fury Hunter as vice president W B Hammock as secretary and Wm Dawson Jr as treasurer. Township board members for 1916 were elected in multiple townships and 369 memberships were reported with a county goal of 750. Barbara Campbell presented the attendance banner to LaFont Township for the largest turnout.
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New Madrid County Farm Bureau
Harold Sloas
Marston
Fury Hunter
W. B. Hammock
Wm. Dawson, Jr
J D. Twitty
Fred Geske
A. J. Anderson
Arline Avery
Big Prairie
Charles Goolsby
New Madrid
James Smith
J. D. Twitty
Lewis
Lewis Stone
I. L. Parrett
West
Willie Gruen
LaFont
Joe Haubold
Elbert Douglas
Como
John 4Arecor
Wayne Woolverton
Anderson
Everett Leirer
Maxwell Wiliams
W. E. Hammock
Barbara Campbell
Farm Bureau Queen
LaFont Township
Sikeston Sees First White Covering Of Season
Sikeston recorded its first white covering of the season last night. The precipitation, likely snow or sleet, totaled about a quarter of an inch and created difficulties for motorists and pedestrians. The week's low was 18 degrees with a high of 65 on Saturday, December 8. Temperatures are rising but freezing rain or sleet is possible in Southeast Missouri.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Chaffee High Bonds Drive Sets County Record
County Chairman Caleb Smith reports Scott County war bond purchases total 429,685 with 111,618 in E bonds. Chaffee led with a 23,600 quota and over 100,000 bought, including 40,000 in E bonds, as Roy Ward notes. Major firm purchases include International Shoe Co 75000 and Midwest Dairy 5000 among others.
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Scott County
Caleb Smith
Chaffee
Roy Ward
Smith
Federal Compress and Warehouse Company
Kroger Grocer and Baking Company
Dixie Greyhound Lines
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Julia A. Loeb
Sikeston Production Credit Association
International Shoe Company
Sterling Stores
EH. C. Robinson Lumber Company
FEF. W. Woolworth Co
Midwest Dairy Products Company
Edward J. Hayward
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
Harry L. Machem
Total Moon Eclipse On Tuesday Night
A total lunar eclipse will be visible on December 18 if skies are clear. It will be the first in the United States since 1942, lasting about one hour and twenty minutes and turning the moon copper colored as Earth’s shadow covers it. The eclipse begins at 6 37 with the total phase from 7 40 to 9, ending at 10 03 as the shadow leaves.
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United States
Earth
Truman Orders Housing Controls
President Truman ordered price controls on housing materials and ceiling prices for old and new housing. He announced a three point program including priority for veterans, speedy release of government surplus housing and materials, and a new regulation on building material priorities. Wyatt named special housing expeditor under Office of War Mobilization, Snyder approved the plan to curb inflation and channel about half of materials into low cost multi dwelling units.
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Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
Office of War Mobelizatios
John W. Snyder
House Banking and Currency Committee
Ration Office Located Here
The Area Price Control Board in Sikeston opens a combined Scott and Mississippi county war price and rationing office in the basement of the Sikeston post office. One clerk will remain at Oran and Charleston to assist the public while rationing continues, with Tom F. Baty in charge and assisted by Mrs. Ima Parham.
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Area Price Control Board
Scott and
Mississippi County War Price and Rationing Board
Sikeston
Oran
Charleston
Tom F. Baty
Scott County War Price and Rationing Board
Ima Parham
Want City to Lease Airport
The Sikeston airport committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Wm. F. Jackle of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation discussed leasing a portion of Harvey Parks Airport for private flying. A formal application will be made to RFC in St Louis within 2 or 3 days, with action not expected until the new year. 160 to 200 acres would be sufficient, with future development to depend on lease terms. The city previously has permission to lease land at Harris Airport in Cape Girardeau for similar use, though those runways and buildings serve as a storage and maintenance depot for surplus aircraft.
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Harris
Cape Girardeau
RFC
Bad liquor fills local police court
City police brought in 25 drunks over the weekend, with City Judge Frank Smith noting that liquor quantity hasn’t risen but quality seems to have worsened, as the intoxicated individuals were knocked out more quickly.
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Sikeston
Frank Smith
Medical Group Urges Christmas Seal Purchase
The Missouri State Medical Association Council urged Christmas Seal purchases at its November meeting in St. Louis. It noted the group helped found the Missouri Tuberculosis Association 38 years ago and praised x ray surveys and cooperative programs in TB control. The 1945 Christmas Seals, featuring a boy with a wreath, have been distributed statewide.
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Missouri State Medical Association Council
St. Louis
Medical Association
Missouri Tuberculosis Association
Roentgen
Tuberculosis Associations
Cotton Ginning Totals and Prices Reported in Sikeston
This week few loads of picked cotton were brought in as bellies dominated the receipts. This morning three Sikeston gins reported 2229 bales ginned for the season with lint around 17 cents per pound and seed at $40 per ton. Some ginners took seed in exchange for ginning costs amid a larger radio industry postwar.
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Sikeston
Christmas holiday shortened for Sikeston schools
Sikeston schools will close for Christmas on Thursday December 21 and resume classes on Monday December 31. The vacation is shortened to make up for a week lost earlier when school opening was delayed by the polio epidemic.
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Sikeston
Supt
Tharon Stallings
Polio Patients Get Publicity in Sikeston Case
Sikeston gained national attention as two Gaines children near Miner Switch, polio victims, were rushed treatment via REA power line after Cape Girardeau hospital overflow. Dr Finney backed home treatment. REA and local crews delivered electricity, aiding recovery and drawing offers like a free electrified bed mattress from Electro Manufacturing Co.
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Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Rural Electrification Administration
Leslie Gaines
Miner Switch
Highway 60
Stephen
David
St. Francis Hospital
Scott-New Madrid Mississippi Eleectric Cooperative
Gaines
W. O. Finney
Scott County
Guiney
HL. M. Zartoor
St .Louis
Zareor
REA
J. V. Ferrell
Gaines Residence
Gaines House
Malcolm
Electro Manufacturing Company
Oakland
Calif
Former athletic coach on terminal leave in Sikeston
Lieutenant-Commander Vernon Green United States Naval Reserve, former Sikeston high school faculty member and coach, on terminal leave from Great Lakes. He returned from Pearl Harbor duty October 31, joined wife and daughter Carol in Maryville, with future plans undecided.
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Vernon Green
United States Naval Reserve
Sikeston
Maryville State College
Henry Iba
Oklahoma
Columbia
Missouri University
Brewer
Green
Jin
Southeast Missouri
Sikston
Wloumfivid Bears
Bill to End Labor Rackets Passes House
The House, opposing labor unions, approved a bill to subject unions to the 1934 anti racketeering act by a thunderous voice vote and sent it to the Senate. It broadens robbery and extortion definitions and carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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House
Senate
Supreme Court
Two Nights Open for Late Christmas Shoppers in Sikeston
Sikeston merchants will keep stores open on just two evenings, December 22 and 24, to aid holiday shoppers. Christmas Day and New Year holidays will see closures. January 1 also a holiday. Lt Merlin Taylor, Air Force liaison, plans to visit Sikeston December 22 to spend Christmas with his parents.
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Sikeston
Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Merlin Taylor
Army Air Force
C. M. Taylor
Omaha
Nebr
Boy Scout Air Force Program
Polio in Scott County Reports 38 Cases
Dr. Finney said Scott county has 38 polio cases with no epidemic, though new cases appear as others recover. All patients are in hospital care, and Southeast Missouri remains the region with the highest disease prevalence.
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Finney
Scott County
Missouri
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Marshall
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Secretary of War
Robert Patterson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Conrad N. Hilton
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Palmer House
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