FSA Plans Aid To Sharecroppers
Plans by the Farm Security Administration to aid Southeast Missouri sharecroppers include leasing 6600 acres on three tracts to house 50 to 55 acres per family and 40 to 80 acre parcels. A labor rehabilitation program begins January 1 with Social Security cooperation, plus continued rehabilitation loans at 5 percent. The Bankhead Jones tenant purchase program offers 40 year loans at 30 percent interest. The 1939 demonstration highlighted 1500 sharecroppers in undedicated cotton areas along Highways 60 and 61, fueling nationwide debate and the Harviell settlement in Butler County where about 90 families live in a self-governed community with log cabins and ongoing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ross
FSA
Farm Security Administration
Missouri
Cotton Belt
Ross
Social Security Administration
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Harviell
Butler County
Poplar Bluffff
CIO
CIO Organization
Caleb Smith
Kennett visitors host Miss Katheryn Legan
Miss Alma Oakes and Mrs Lay ton Pickard of Kennett spent Sunday here with Miss Katherine Legan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Oakes
Layton Pickard of
Kennett
Katherine Legan
Sikeston Post Office Sets Mail Record With 17000 Plus Pieces
Postmaster Pleas Malcolm reports Sikeston office processed more than 17 000 pieces of mail on Wednesday, surpassing last year’s record of 15 240. The office will stay open until 6 PM Saturday to handle last minute shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Malcolm
White Farmers Only Resolutions Adopted at Bell City Meeting
A community meeting in Bell City adopted resolutions urging land owners to use only white tenants if changes occur and to seek government aid. Speakers noted influx of outside families expected to replace white farmers in Pike township. Committee chair John Wright reported landowners with large tracts pledged cooperation. 350 attended. Copies to Sen. Bennett Clark and Rep. Orville Zimmerman. next meeting in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell City
Pike Township
John Wright
Stoddard County
Bennett C. Clark
Orville Zimmerman
Mortgage foreclosures drop to ten year low nationwide
A USDA report shows farm mortgage foreclosures reach the lowest level in a decade as farm debt declines and land values rise. For the year ending March 1, 1936, 168 in 1000 farms lost land to foreclosure or tax sales, down from 17.4 per 1000 the prior year and 28.3 in 1935, with transfers and bankruptcies the main causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
State's New Trachoma Hospital Opens at Rolla
Missouri builds a $136000 facility in Rolla, the only hospital in the United States devoted exclusively to trachoma treatment. It will welcome patients February 1, replacing the old frame building that served since 1923 with US Public Health Service cooperation. Dr. M. B. Clapton, president of the State Board of Health, announced the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Rolla
M. B. Clapton
State Board of Health
United States
United States Public Health Service
Women in London Adopt Hats Shaped Like Coal Scuttles
In London, women unveil fashion hats modeled after coal scuttles, reflecting a playful trend in headwear. The novelty pieces spark curiosity among shoppers and街 pedestrians, highlighting London's evolving style during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sikeston Youth Names Murderer in Wisconsin Killing
William Bernell Wilkerson a 15 year old from near Sikeston says William Poland 31 killed the hermit known as Beggar John Smith at a Wolf River cabin Wisconsin in May. Wilkerson pleaded guilty to first degree murder last July and awaits sentence in Antigo Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bernell Wilkerson
Sikeston
William Poland
Crandon
Wisconsin
Wilkerson
Antigo
Wis
Walter Ancell
Claude McManus
Robert Dempster
Poland
Willie Cook
Chicago
John Smith
Wolf River
Sikeston Shines With Christmas Lights Across City
Businesses and homes in Sikeston glow with greenery and multicolored displays, turning brick walls tall with arched green and red lights, wreaths, and a single bright star guiding shoppers. Residential blocks feature decorative trees, holly, cedar, and blinking lights, inviting evening visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Shoes from Civil War soldier found under house near Lexington
A pair of well preserved shoes believed to have been worn by a Civil War soldier from the Lexington battle era was found under a house foundation near the old battlefield. The footwear fits either foot and is pegged together, indicating wartime construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
SIKESTON MARKETS Wheat and Corn Prices Listed
SIKESTON MARKETS lists prices for Wheat No 2 at 1.02 per bushel Corn white ear 99 cents per bushel Corn yellow ear 52 cents Oats No 2 40 cents Cotton lint 9 to 9.5 cents per pound Cotton seed 20.90 per ton Hens light 9 cents Hens heavy 10 cents Turkey hens 13 cents Turkey toms 11 cents Goose 9 to 10 cents Duck 8 cents The soybeans market has fallen 15 cents in two days and the delivered price is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ib LLC
Kiwanis Club to Install Officers December 29
Sikeston Kiwanis Club will install newly elected officers Friday night December 29 at Hotel Marshall with Lee Trammer of Dexter presiding. R. A. Harper, superintendent of public schools, will be installed as president succeeding Earl Allen. Officers include James Kevil, F. E. Mount as vice presidents Leroy Leslie as treasurer and Dr B L McMullin as secretary. Directors B T Brothers E O DeField R T Coney and Bartley Schwegler two-year terms. George Hale M S Tomerlin and L M Standley one-year terms. Wives of members will be guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Kiwanis Club
Hotel Marshall
Lee Trammer
Dexter
Mo. Kan-Ark
District of Kiwanis Clubs
R. A. Harper
Harper
Earl Allen
James Kevil
F. E. Mount
Leroy Leslie
B. T. Brothers
E. O. DeField
R. T. Coney
Bartley Schwegler
George Hale
M.S. Tomerlin
L. MM. Standley
Foley Sells Five Trucks to Highway Department Sikeston
On Tuesday the J. W. Foley Motor Company delivered the last of five Ford dump trucks of one and a half ton capacity to the State Highway Department in Sikeston during September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Foley Motor Company
State Highway Department
Sikeston
Ford
Portageville Youth Held For Car Theft
Joe Sisk a 19 year old Portageville man is jailed in New Madrid County for stealing two cars from Sikeston. State Highway Patrol reports both vehicles have been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Sisk
Portageville
New Madrid
Sikeston
State Highway Patrol
Navy awards contract for planes to Consolidated Aircraft
The Navy Department awarded a $20,056,669 contract to Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of San Diego California for naval airplanes. The exact number of aircraft covered by the contract was not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of
San Diego
Calif
Veteran Blacksmith Dies at Commerce in Missouri
Perry Wilson Smith, 83, longtime Southeast Missouri blacksmith, died at his daughter Kathleen Merrick’s Commerce home. He worked as a smith for 25 years before retiring six years ago due to ill health. Funeral at Memorial Park cemetery in SikesTon Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. A. C. Sullivant presiding. Survived by widow Fannie and numerous children including Dollie Fish, Ibby Fonville, Aileen Step, Mae McKee, Kathleen Merrick, John Smith, Joe, Otto, Leo, plus brothers Andy and Jess and sister Mary Ann Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Wilson Smith
Commerce
Kathleen Merrick
Dollie Fish
St. Louis
Ibby Fonville
Bernie
Aileen Step
Sturdivant
Mae McKee
Rock Port
Til
John Smith
Canalou
Joe
Cape Girardeau
Otto
East Chicago
Ind
Leo
Andy Smith
Marble Hill
Jess Smith
Campbell
Marry Ann Goodwin
Oklahoma
Births announced in Cape Girardeau area
Mr. and Mrs. James Stansbery announce a son born Sunday at St. Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Eber report a daughter Carolyn Ann born at St. Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau. Harry William Gurley II named for the son born Wednesday to Mr and Mrs. Gurley of 123 School Street. Benny Ray born December 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Hardy A. McCoy of 315 William. Ida Minera born December 14 to Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Daugherty Jr. of 121 Trotter Street. Lonnie Elbert Hodges born December 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hodges. Alfred Calvin 2d born December 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Sikes at Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau, named for grandfather A C Sikes. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Coppedge and son Tommy will spend Christmas in Jackson Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stansbery
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Bernard Eber
Carolyn Ann
Harry William Gurley II
Harry W. Gurley
School Street
Hardy A. McCoy
William
Benny Ray
Ida Minera
G. R. Daugherty Jr
Trotter Street
Lonnie Elbert Hodges
Elbert Hodges
Alfred Calvin 2d
Kendall Sikes
Southeast Missouri Hospital
A. C. Sikes
Lions Club to Play Santa in Sikeston Toy Drive
More than 2000 toys including about 500 dolls made by WPA workers and 1400 sacks of candy will be distributed Christmas morning by Sikeston Lions Club members. Each child receives a toy and an orange. Scouts and Junior Woman's Club helped prepare items. A free movie at Malone Theatre on Dec 23 offers entrance in exchange for canned goods, with food donated to local churches for Christmas baskets.
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WPA
The
Lions Club
Santa Claus
Sikeston
Boy Scouts
Troop 43
Junior Woman’s Chamber of Commerce
Lions
Smith’s
Center Street
Malone Theatre
Sikeston Lions Club
Red Cross Sewing Room Finishes 188 Articles in Sikeston
The Red Cross sewing room at the Sikeston armory, under Mrs. C. D. Matthews Jr, produced 188 garments including bath robes gowns bed shirts dresses and boys wear since October 1. Fifteen volunteers aided with one day of extra help for seven comforts. The room closed as the American Legion needs the space, with thanks offered to volunteers contributors and Legion members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Armory
C. D. Matthew Jr
The
Matthews
I .H. Dunaway
Sikeston
American Legion
Weather Records Cold Night With Warming Weekend Forecast
A low of 23 degrees last night and this morning brought frost and wind across rural areas, with dust fires reported south of Sikeston. The week’s high hit 70 degrees Tuesday, weekly precipitation totaled 0.04 inches. The forecaster promises a warmer weekend and to drop ear muffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Sikeston Schools Dismiss For Holidays This Afternoon
Public schools in Sikeston closed this afternoon for the holidays. Classes resume Tuesday January 2. Catholic parish school also begins vacation this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Shoe factory employees’ holiday observed at Sikeston plant
Six hundred officials and employees of the International Shoe Company plant in Sikeston will enjoy Christmas holidays beginning Friday afternoon. Work will be resumed at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning, December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Shoe Company
Sikeston
Campaign to Tame the Radio Threat to Children
The Radio Council of Children's Programs reports five blood and thunder child programs dropped from networks with more to come. Mrs. Harold V. Milligan, vice chair of the council and federation clubs leader, announced the body's formation under federation sponsorship. NBC CBS and Mutual are cooperating in the drive as the council pre audits children's programs before air, while not aiming to remove all exciting shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Council of Children’s Programs
Associated Press
Harold V. Milligan
General Federationf Women’s Clubs
United Parents’ Association
Milligan
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Nathaniel Singer
Council
Missouri Officer Named National Guard Chief
President Roosevelt approved Col. John F. Williams of the Missouri National Guard to lead the War Department National Guard Bureau. Williams will take office January 31 for four years as major general, succeeding Maj. Gen. Albert H. Blanding. Formerly of Columbia Missouri, he led the 128th Field Artillery and directed University of Missouri publications before moving to Washington in 1936 as deputy chief.
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Roosevelt
Col
John F. Williams
Missouri National Guard
War Department
National Guard Bureau
Col. Williams
Columbia, Mo
128Th Field Artillery
University of Missouri
Washington
Last Will Of Williston Fish Leaves Nature To All
Williston Fish, 81, author of A Last Will, died yesterday at his home in Western Springs near Chicago. The imaginary rich man’s will, first published in Harper's Weekly in 1898 and reprinted many times, bequeathed nature’s riches to children including daisies, dragonflies, creeks, and the night sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston Fish
Western Springs
Chicago
Harper's Weekly
King’s Greeting Card Pictures Flying Plane Feature
King George signs a Christmas greeting card showing a Royal Air Force fighting plane in flight with the caption In a World of Space. Proceeds from reproductions go to comfort air force personnel. Queen Elizabeth’s card depicts a woman sewing a Union Jack titled For Freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
England
Royal Air Force
Queen Elizabeth
Chaffee Plant Manager Hosts 100 Children for Christmas Dinner
Oscar Bukstein, manager of the Chaffee Manufacturing Company, entertained 75 public school pupils and 25 parochial pupils at a Christmas party at the plant. Barbecued ribs were the centerpiece and each child received a cup. Sam Boyd of Crowder was taken by Dempster Ambulance to St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau for examination and treatment after the dinner event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Bukstein
Chaffee Manufacturing Compay
Chaffee
Sam Boyd
Crowder
Dempster Ambulance
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Double Killing Probed Near New Madrid Victims named Vickery and Murphy
Officers investigate a double murder near New Madrid after the bodies of Dr. J. P. Vickery and Mrs. Francis Seabaugn Murphy are found in a Ford coupe on a riverbank road. Police suspect robbery. Vickery had only 12 cents and both purses missing. Funeral services were held for Murphy and Vickery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
J. P. Vickery
Steele and Kennett
Francis Seabaugn Murphy
Holland
Mississippi River
New Madan
Dr. Vickery
Kennett
Helen Vickery
James A. Vickery
Steele
Drainage District must pay Murphy judgment and tax
Federal Judge George H. Moore issued a writ of mandamus directing Drainage District No. 4 of Dunklin County to pay a 1937 judgment for 21,021.35 dollars plus interest to John D. Murphy of Chicago and to levy a special tax on benefited land to liquidate the judgment. The case, heard with Judge Charles B. Davis presiding, held the district may tax benefited land despite county officials’ contention otherwise. Murphy held delinquent bonds of the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Moore
Dunklin County
John D. Murphy
Chicago
Murphy
Charles B. Davis
New Road Plans for Missouri Counties
State Highway Commission to take bids January 5 on 31 projects totaling 3S miles across 16 counties. Funding split equally federal and state, including 13 miles concrete and 14 miles gravel. Notable items include two Route 21 bridges in St Louis and Jefferson counties over Meramec River and Butler Lake, Moberly by-pass on US 24, and 47 miles of Route 54 dirt road grading south of Jefferson City with rerouting for future paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Highway Commission
Missouri
St Lews
Jeferson
Meramec River
Butler Lake
Moberly
Randolph County
Jefferson City
Naval Officer Guests of Streston Relatives
Commander Clyde Laws of the U S Navy and his bride Elizabeth Kready Diehl of Norfolk Va were guests of her uncle Dr J H Kready and cousin Kathrmn Clark while en route to New Orleans on their honeymoon trip
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Clyde Laws
U.S. Navy
Elizabeth Kready Diehl
Norfolk, Va
J. H. Kready
Kathrmn Clark
New Orleans
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Kiwanis Club
FOLEY
Highway Department
NAVY
T. R. Coppedge
Tommy
Jackson
Tennessee
Santa
Missourian
National Guard
King’s Greeting Card
Chaffee Plant
Streston
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