New Madrid County Plans Horse and Mule Treating
New Madrid County leaders from each township will plan a December drive to treat horses and mules for bats. Appointed in September, they will meet December 22 to finalize treating schedules and distribute contact info to horse and mule owners across all townships. A soils crops and livestock conference is set for January 11 with Arline Avery chairing and Missouri College of Agriculture specialists invited.
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New Madrid
Anderson
A.W. Matson
Maxwell Wiliams
Bil Reiffer
Como
E. F. McCornell
E. V. Jewett
A D. Brown
Lewis
Amos Riley
Ralph Hubbard
Earl Alstarr
Big Prairie
Lenzie Beck
Clarence Critchlow
Judge Elon
Proffer
Hough
Sam Pace
James Bloomfield
J. H. Spradhing
J. D. Twitty
LaFont
Arline Avery
Harold Sloas
Clarence Alsabrock Jr
LeSieur
Hienry French
Chas. Piker Jr
Pi LeSieur
Portage
Dick Wilson
Ben Burton
Albert Bers
St. John
George la Plant
la LaPlant
Anearthur
Higgerson
West
Jef Aic Reynolds
Ott Burmett
Hoc Cathey
New Madneé County
T Coleman
Spemade
Miussouri College of Agriculture
Dependent Children to Receive More Aid in Missouri
Missouri's State Social Security Commission announced a $1,066,000 increase in aid for dependent children in 1940 due to federal matching. The extra funds will add nearly 2,000 families to the rolls and boost grants, following December payments totaling $189,735 to 9,820 families with 23,006 children. The biennial appropriation balance of $1,643.71, when matched with federal dollars, enables expenditures of $3,286,742 next year.
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Missour
State
Social Security Commission
Associated Press
Federal debt jumps to 41.88 percent by AP report
An overnight jump of 523,523,822 in the federal debt brings the total to 41,882,742,768 as Treasury bonds were issued. The rise places the debt near the statutory limit while averaging about 315 per person in the United States, per an Associated Press dispatch.
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Associated Press
Treasury
United States
Ade in America Toys for U S Children
The Commerce Department reported that 98 percent of toys bought in the United States this year would be American made.
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ADE
America
United States
Senath stockman dies in truck overturn on Highway 25
Senath J Henry Wood, 56, a well known stockman, was instantly killed Thursday night when his truck overturned on Highway 25 near Senath. He was returning from Paragould where he had been on business. In Chaffee two youths from East Prairie were caught Sunday night trying to enter the Blocker service station. Night Officer C A Goddard said they were breaking a window at one end of the building and admitted they were seeking money. Caruthersville Ed Chilton, 37, committed suicide Wednesday afternoon by slashing his throat in an outbuilding at his home, after despondency from his wife’s recent death. He was survived by three sons and a daughter. Chaffee Louis Schmitt, 25, suffered injuries to his left hand when his gun discharged while rabbit hunting Tuesday.
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Senath
J. Henry Wood
Highway 25
Paragould
Chaffee
East Prairie
C. A Goddard
Caruthersville
Ed Chilton
Braggadocio
Chafee
Louis Schmitt
Miner Homemakers Receive Standard Award
The Merry Homemakers Club of Miner received the Standard of Achievement Certificate from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture for a year of accomplishment and service toward better homes and community life. Seventeen similar clubs exist in Scott County, six of which are standard. The club held its Christmas party at Mrs. Ed Swan's home on Thursday December 21.
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Merry Homemakers Club
Miner
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Scott County
Ed Swan
Anna Lewis
Freezing May Open Path to Cancer Cure via X ray
Dr. Francis Carter Wood of Crocker Institute says cancer freezing could open a route for X ray or radium to cure cancers now untreatable. He notes introducing chemicals or heat might also aid the wedge, but full development will require years of cooperation between surgeons and radiologists.
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Francis Carter Wood
New York
Wood
Crocker Institute of Cancer Research
Scouts to Collect Old Clothing Saturday
Boy Scouts will collect old clothing on Saturday December 16. Donations welcomed for men women and children including coats shirts and pants at the church hall drive proceeds support troop activities.
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Boy Scouts
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Elder Manufacturing Company
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Homer Morgan
Sam Williams
Charleston
George P. Rowe
Mississippi County
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Concord
C. P. Thogmorton
Lo. O. F
Cape Girardeau
Leslie Hill
Fair Dealing
State Teachers College
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell Optometrist Office
McCoy-Tanner Building
Telephone
Sikeston, MO
J. J. Welsh
H. S. Johnson Federal Directors— Licensed Enthalmers
Leslie B. Broom
the Herald
State Office
Earl Cambron
Columbia
Glenn Rhodes
New
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The
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the Commerce Department
Bailey & Bailey
Attornneys-at-Law Room
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Phone 3
Robert A. Dempster
J. H. Chunn
Stallcup
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Sikeston
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris-Malcolm
Howard A. Dunawas
W. A. Anthony
Scott County Milling Co
Handy Smith
Applegate
Tom L. Chidester
Peoples Bank
B. L. McMullin
F. L. Sisson
Nlewepaper al Dhive
AVA Valy
Sealy Mattresses
Sealy
the Lair Company
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