Mystery City Unearthed Near Parkville A Mystery Endures
A Parkville field yields bricks and a pot with strange writing, sparking 1853 reports of an ancient city. Prof Swallow and later researchers investigated a vast, ruinous site along the Missouri River, noting a wide main street and burned rocks, but no clear cause or dates. Despite expeditions and later studies, the city remains unexplained as farmers till the rich river bottoms.
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Steven Hubbard
Missouri River
Steven
Parkville
George Clinton Swallow
University of Missouri
Price
Swallow
Frederick H. Sterns
R. F. Gilder
Omaha
Neb
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Sterns
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sioux City
Iowa
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Spanish War Veterans Elect New Commander
At the December Cape Girardeau Camp No 34 meeting W M Hartman of Oran was elected Commander for 1942 with Edward O Seabaugh Jackson senior vice commander William Tinnin Lutesville junior vice commander and Ben G Rudert Cape Girardeau trustee for three years. Installation set for January 4 at Camp headquarters. All veterans of Spain Philippine Insurrection and Boxer Rebellion urged to attend.
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Cape Girardeau
Spain
Co. M. Barnes
Missouri tenth in population and Army strength in 1940
Missouri ranks tenth among states by population in 1940 figures and also tenth in Army personnel with 30,428 troops listed publicly. Arkansas ranks 27th in the Army with 16,941 troops, while New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois lead in soldier counts. Oklahoma is 15th in the Army with 26,768 troops from a 2,329,808 population.
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Washington
D. C
Missouri
United States
Arkansas
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Oklahoma
Auto production cut again to curb war demand
Civilian Supply Director Leon Henderson announced further drastic reductions in passenger car and light truck quotas for December and January. December output falls 60 percent and January 75 percent from 1941 levels, with February quotas withdrawn for review. Spare tires are also banned on emerging passenger cars and light trucks.
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Washington, D. C
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Automotive, Transportation and
Kisses in Rows Prohibited by War Censor
An official order for British forces in the Orkney and Shetland Islands forbids sending kisses in rows in letters. Kisses are allowed at the bottom of letters if not arranged in rows, as rows could be used as code by enemies.
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London
Orkney and Shetland Islands
Defense Bonds and Stamps urged after Pearl Harbor
Dan M Nee urges Americans to support the war effort by buying Defense Bonds and Stamps. He stresses the Pearl Harbor attack as proof of the threat and calls on every person to invest any amount to fund guns, ships, tanks, planes, and other military equipment.
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Dan M. Nee
Defense Savings Staff
Pearl Harbor
America
State Highway Group Plans for Defense
The Missouri State Highway Department held a war defense meeting with division engineers, department heads, and U S Army and civilian defense reps. They outlined plans to protect and guard bridges and highways, organize patrols, and train guards, with 12-hour shifts at key bridge sites. Attendees included Brig Gen Clifford W Gaylord Adjutant General Col T E Ermel, Col M Stanley Ginn, and Theodore Mack. Christmas Cards at The Herald
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Missouri State Highway Department
U. S. Army
Carl W. Brown
Claude C. Earp
Highway Department
Brown
Clifford W. Gaylord
Missouri
Col
T. E.ermel
Engineering Corps
Ford Leonard Wood
M. Stanley Ginn
State Highway Patrol
Theodore Mack
Veteran Employment Agency
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State Historical Society of Missouri At
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Floyd C. Shoemaker
Finar
Sikeston Herald
Herald
the Herald
Tewsparer Radhive
Uncle Sam
Dodge
Powe
Kellett Motor Company
Sikeston, MO
State Highway Group Plans For Defense
Highway Traffic Advisory Committee
War Department
State Traffic Advisory Committee
State Highway Planning Survey
Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State’s Office
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
WPA
Highway Advisory Committee
Jefferson City
Scott County
C. E. Felker
Revenue
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