World This Week Highlights From War to Rights
Statistics show 3,651,000 passenger cars vanished from U S highways since Pearl Harbor with D C seeing the steepest drop. A Pan American highway section from Mexico City to Panama nears 1945 opening. Vinson seeks higher presidential and congressional salaries. Britain deploys two naval fleets against Japan. Germany issues a special Christmas ration. Navy pilot Hoag earns the Distinguished Flying Cross after near-fatal flak wounds. Duchess the Navy dog survives Caesarean birth of four pups. Wyoming marks 75 years of women’s suffrage linked to Esther Morris’s 1869 tea party.
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United States
Wyoming
Esther Morris
New York State
Allinois
South Pass City
Wind River Mountains
Cheyenne
Seed Standardization Discussed by Missouri Farmers
A meeting at the REA building in Southeast Missouri heard plans for standardizing small grain seeds to match the quality of cotton grown in the region. J R Dixie Paulling presided with Missouri Seed Improvement Association and Missouri University plant breeders present. About 65 farmers and county agents from Scott, Butler, New Madrid, Mississippi, and Ripley counties attended. A program to ensure seed improvement was approved, with another meeting slated for next spring.
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Missouri
REA
J. R. (Dixie) Paulling
Missouri State Extension Service
C. A. Helm
Missouri Seed Improvement Association
Milt Pheelman
Missouri University College of Agriculture
Joe Caldwell
Scott County
Postmaster Pleads For Early Mailing
Postmaster Malcolm warns Christmas mail volume risks delay as draft-reduced staff struggle to process cards and parcel post. The station will stay open December 16 and 23 to aid early mailing, with at least one parcel delivery on December 24. Doors should be left unlocked for inside drop. Christmas Day closures confirmed.
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Malcolm
Coffee Shop Operators Lease Colonial Tavern in Cape Girardeau
Mr and Mrs E R Jarvis proprietors of the Dunn Hotel Coffee Shop leased the Colonial Tavern at Cape Girardeau from owner H G Simpson. Partners in the deal include Mr and Mrs Haskel Martin who will operate the Cape Girardeau restaurant. Jarvis will remain here. Martin formerly served as a flight instructor at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics.
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E. R. Jarvis
Dunn Hotel
Cape Girardeau
H. G. Simpson
Jarvis
Haskel Martin
Martin
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Sikeston Stores To Open Nights For Christmas Shopping
Sikeston merchants will keep stores open nights from December 20 to December 23 to aid Christmas shoppers. The Merchants' Committee of the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce approved the plan this week citing wartime labor shortages and other complications.
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Sikeston
Allied Armies advance in Saar region and Nagoya raid
American First Army pockets three villages south of Hurtgen Forest and gains a five mile foothold on the Roer south of Duren while Seventh Army drive toward the Palatinate stalls by bridges and counterattack. Patton’s Third Army pushes Siegfried Line margins near Saarlautern as Nagoya endures a serious B 29 raid on Mitsubishi Hatsudoki plant.
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Germany
First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Roer
Duren
Alexander M. Patch
German Palatinate
Selzbach
Haguenau
Sikeston Snow Part of National Storm
Sikeston recorded about an inch of snow as a national blizzard storm system churned across the United States and Southeastern Canada. Snow flurries in the Great Lakes and Northeast are expected to subside tonight with slightly warmer weather forecast.
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Sikeston
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Christmas Seal Sale Halway to Goal
About half of the mailings for the Christmas Seal Sale have been bought and paid for. Jos. A. Leslie, president of the Scott County Tuberculosis Association, reports total proceeds of 643.85 toward a county goal of 1500. He urges donors to mail in checks promptly to reach the target.
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Jos. A. Leslie
Scott County Tuberculosis Association
Leslie
Coal shortage forecast by early spring
The Solid Fuels Administration warned of an extremely tight coal supply by April 1 with total bituminous stocks around 65 million tons, likely dropping below 50 million by April. High grade coal remains scarce and production for the year ending next March 31 is about 610 million tons against needs of 620 to 625 million, with strikes and manpower shortages blamed.
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Solid Fuels Administration
Courageous One Handed Toymaker Of Sikeston
John Duvall, a nearly seventy year old resident of Sikeston, lost his right hand at age 66 while logging in Reeves, Missouri. He now crafts miniature furniture and toy goods in a rear-shop, using cuffs and a hook to rival two hands. He credits artificial aids and hospital care for his recovery and urges war veterans with one hand to adapt and keep moving.
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John Duvall
Sikeston
Duvall
School Street
Wisconsin Lumber Company
Reeves
Boeing
New Walgreen Drug Store Opens Under Harris Ownership
Lorenzo A Harris former Portageville resident and Jones Walgreen Drug Store buyer takes over the business from Betty and John P. Jones effective this morning. The store will be known as the Harris Walgreen Drug Store with Allen Harris employed there. The Jones couple will reside in Sikeston and Mrs Harris is the Sikeston native daughter of W O Scott.
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Lorenzo A. Harris
Portageville
Jones Walgreen
Harris
Betty Jones
John P. Jones
Harris Walgreen Drug Store
Allen Harris
Mrs. Harris
President Roosevelt to broadcast Christmas Eve address
President Roosevelt will deliver his annual Christmas Eve radio address at 4 15 o clock Sikestone time over all major networks. The White House did not state the speech origin. Last year he spoke from Hyde Park New York during Cairo and Teheran conferences. A national Christmas tree will be dedicated on the White House south grounds, to be decorated but not lit.
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Roosevelt
White House
Cairo
Teheran
Hyde Park
N. Y
Former Sikeston Teacher Invites Pups to Golden Anniversary
Former Sikeston teacher James A. Higgason and his wife celebrate their Golden Wedding in Los Angeles after years in Sikeston. Invitations went to former pupils, most mailed to maiden names. Rebecca Pierce coordinates gifts. Higgason taught in Sikeston schools from 1898 for about four to five years.
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James A. Higgason
Sikeston
The
Herald
Higgason
Loomis Mayfield's Car Recovered in Cape Girardeau
Loomis Mayfield's automobile stolen from Park avenue home after a long disappearance was found and towed to Sikeston. The car had been used by Fred Atchison and was parked on a Cape Girardeau street for three weeks before police recovered it this week.
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Loomis Mayfield
Fred Atchison
Park Avenue
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
McDougal Transferred From Camp Butner to Atlantic City Station
Cpl Richard S McDougal son of Mr and Mrs P A McDougal has been moved from the Reclassification Center at Camp Butner North Carolina to the Redistribution Station at Atlantic City New Jersey. Mrs Jennie Stubblefield shopped in Cape Girardeau yesterday.
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Richard S., McDougal
P. A. McDougal
Camp Butner
N. C
Atlantic City
N. J
Jennie Stubblefield
Cape Girardeau
Matthews Sailor Reported Killed in South Pacific
Billy Toward Copeland, a U. S. Navy sailor from Matthews, was killed in action in the South Pacific. He served about two years, overseas for one year, and is survived by his mother Mrs. Lonnie Rhodes, a half sister Virginia Rhodes, a half brother Kenneth Rhodes, grandmother Mrs. W. A. Montgomery of Anniston, and aunts Miss Maxine Montgomery and Mrs. Archie Bureh of Matthews.
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Billy Toward
Copeland
Coxswaim
U. S. Navy
Lonnie Rhodes
Matthews
South Pacific
War Department
Navy
Virginia Rhodes
Kenneth Rhodes
W. A. Montgomery
Anniston
Maxine Montgomery
Archie Bureh
Sikeston Compress Nears End Of Season
The Sikeston Compress in west Sikeston is nearing the end of its season but will continue operating after the New Year, per a company official. In Scott County 16,494 bales of cotton were ginned for 1944 before December 1, per Bureau of the Census agent Tharon E. Stallings, up from 15,088 in the same period of 1943.
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Sikeston
West Sikeston
Scott County
Tharon E. Stallings
Bureau of the Census
Sikeston Property Sold By Local Firm
A duplex on Sikes avenue formerly owned by Louis Miller of Sikeston and now of Poplar Bluff was sold week by Chas. H. Butler to Ely Driver of Morehouse. Driver, who farms about 2000 acres near Morehouse, will move in soon. The firm also sold a five room house on East Gladys street owned by Lieut. Robt. A. Dempster to A. E. Bell of Morehouse for residence.
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Sikes Avenue
Louis Miller
Sikeston
Poplar Bluff
Chas. H. Butlers
Ely Driver
Morehouse
Sikeston General Hospital News Names Local Attendees
Among those who received medical attention at Sikeston General Hospital are Lieut. and Mrs. David Holderman of Salina Ohio Miss Arlina Wilson Mrs. Joe Griggs Cecil Patterson Mrs. Kathryn McGerrick Sikeston Mrs. John Glass Anniston Albert Myers Lilbourn M Hicks and B Volz Canalou Louis Harper Matthews and Mrs. Charles Myers Canalou.
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Sikeston General Hospital
David Holderman
Salina
Ohio
Arlina Wilson
Joe Griggs
Cecil Patterson
Kathryn McGerrick
Sikeston
John Glass
Anniston
Albert Myers
Lilbourn
M. Hicks
B. Volz
Canalou
Louis Harper
Matthews
Charles Myers
Sikeston Public Schools Dismiss For Holidays
Sikeston public schools will dismiss for the Christmas holidays on Friday afternoon December 22. Superintendent Tharon E. Stallings announces the early dismissal and candlelight service at 2:00 PM. Classes resume Monday January 1 1945. St Francis Navier Parochial School also dismisses at noon Friday December 22 and resumes January 8.
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Sikeston Public Schools
Tharon E. Stallings
St. Francis Navier
Malden Flyers Killed In Army Plane Crash
Four occupants of an Army aircraft based at Malden Air Base died when the plane crashed on a wooded hill north of Zalma during a routine flight. A board of observers will investigate the cause. Victims named: Second Lieut. Robert Moser, Decatur Indiana. Flight Officer Emil P. Ratsy, New Royalton Ohio. Cpl. Kenneth H. Newell, Seattle Washington. Cpl. Wm. H. Schauss, Evanston Indiana.
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Zalma
Malden
Charles A. Cowing
Robert Moser
Decatur
Ind
Emil P. Ratsy
New Royalton
Ohio
Kenneth H. Newell
Seattle
Wash
Wm. H. Schauss
Evanston
Indiana
New Draft Law Aims to Keep Wartime Workers
Col. Claude C. Earp, Missouri selective service director, says the new draft regulations have teeth and will keep essential war production workers in their jobs. He notes 21 000 men monthly left war industry in October and November but lacks witnesses to confirm how many are in the affected age group. Immediate action will be taken to implement the program, placing industrial workers on the same footing as farmers who need draft board permission to depart when deferred to grow food.
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Claude C. Earp
Selective Service
Earp
Missouri
Selective Service Boards
World War II longer than World War I claim fact check
The piece notes World War II now reportedly exceeds World War I in duration by about a year and cites British Ministry of Economic Warfare data on postwar German living standards versus 1918 conditions. It references armistice timing at Compiègne and contrasts sugar meat fats bread and potatoes rations from 1918 to the present claim.
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Marshal Foch
Compiegne Forest
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Germany
Associated Press
London
New Arrivals in Sikeston and Cape Girardeau
Mr and Mrs Paul Drew of Sikeston welcome a daughter born December 11 at Sikeston General Hospital. Pvt and Mrs Herman Little announce a son born December 12, with Little stationed in Texas. Mr and Mrs Dillion Ross report a daughter Kathryn Ann born December 9 at St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau.
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Paul Drew
Sikeston
Sikeston General Hospital
Herman Little
Pvt. Little
Texas
Dillion Ross
Kathryn Ann
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston Pledges Double Its War Bond Quota
Sikeston leaders urge pledgers to buy bonds to meet the Sixth War Loan goal of 284000 in the period ending December 16. Scott county trails on E bonds though Oran leads with 50 percent E bond sales and various towns report overquota figures.
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Sikeston
C. H. Butler
A. P. Veasman
Scott County
International Shoe Factory
Vornfelt
Crowder
Tanner
McMullin
Chaffee
Stettinius
Butler
Canalou Fire Destroys Residence in Broad Noon Blaze
The Shad Tast residence was destroyed by fire of unknown origin shortly after noon Tuesday. Mrs. East was away at her sister's. Only a serpent qunke and a feather-bed were saved. A coal shed and coal belonging to Miles R. Davis were also lost. Mr East, a blacksmith, and Mrs East are parents of seven children.
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Shad Tast
Cigaret thief jailed in Philadelphia factory theft
Jack de Bong received unlimited cigarets at a Philadelphia factory and was allowed five packs to take home weekly. He pleaded guilty to pilfering 83 packages and was sentenced yesterday to 60 days to six months in jail.
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Jack de Bong
Philadelphia
Jai
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