Induction Push Targets Older Men in War Effort
Washington based Selective Service announces broader use of 1-A classifications for men aged 26 to 37 whose job shifts aid the war. Draft boards may grant rapid induction after leaving essential work, prioritizing war production and support roles over nonessential jobs, with some moves allowed without board consent and exclusions for changes before December 12.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lst
Missouri Lawyers In Armed Forces Reach 1073
Nearly one fifth of Missouri lawyers have entered military service. Of about 5800 licensed practitioners, 1073 notified the State Bar. In St Louis 344, Jackson County 380, and 349 in the remaining 113 counties. The advisory committee reported bar administration expenses of 16782 for the year ending Oct 31 and a fund balance of 13490, with enrollment fees funding the State Bar.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
United States
State Bar Advisory Committee
Missouri Supreme Court
St Loui
Jackson County
Kansas City
State Bar Fund
Bar Advisory Committee
Supreme Court
Hemlock Trees Over 600 Years Found
Archaeologists report finding Hemlock trees aged beyond 600 years in a protected forest area. Separate study notes milkweed floss has been used historically to make life preservers and buoyant devices.
Navy mortality rate from wounds drops to three percent
Chicago report cites medical advances cutting Navy wound death rate from seven to three per cent. Captain C B Camerer, Ninth Naval District medical officer, told graduates at University of Illinois exercises that modern surgery, preventative medicine, diets, clothing and climate protection boosted survivability and reduced tropical disease impact. He noted historic milestones against scurvy, yellow fever and malaria shaped naval warfare.
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Chicago
Ill
C. B. Camerer
Ninth Naval District
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Camerer
Navy
England
France
Napoleon
Drake
Caribbean
Gas Ration For Next Quarter Unchanged In 1945
Washington reports the Petroleum Administration for War sets civilian gasoline allocations for the first quarter of 1945 at 1,144,000 barrels daily, down 29,000 from late 1944, reflecting seasonal drop. Regional breakdown shows Midwestern District 2 at 114,000 barrels daily, a 24,000 barrel drop.
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Washington
the Petroleum Administration For War
Midwest
First US auto race Chicago to Inberryville 1895
The first United States automobile road race occurred in 1895 a 100 mile round trip from Chicago to Inberryville.
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United States
Chicago
Inberryville
Frosty December weather and Sikeston grocery growth
A foggy week around Sikeston kept temperatures near freezing creating frost on trees and grass. The Sikeston Concrete Tile and Construction Company won the contract to build a new wholesale grocery house for Cairo’s McKnight Keaton Grocery Company, giving Sikeston two wholesale grocers with White Dorroh as the other. Miss Helen Kready hosts a party with a long guest list. Ralph Anderson and Dr C T Old plan Christmas visits to Commerce with relatives.
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Sikeston Herald
Sikeston
Sikeston Concrete Tile and Construction Company
McKnight-Keaton Grocery Company
Cairo
Sikes
International Christmas radio program links England Holland and Germany
Fifteen years ago on December 26 1929 engineers pursued a world wide Christmas radio program to broadcast from Holland Berlin and England with a closing feature while the National Broadcasting Company would send greetings to Europe American weather in the Sikeston district was uniformly cold and farm work was at a stand still Mr and Mrs Charles Boyce of the EB Keith home planned Christmas visits to Anna Illinois with Mr Boyce managing Boyce Implement Company in town
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Radio World
England
Holland
Germany
Berlin
Europe
National Broadcasting Company
Sikeston
Charles Boyce
EB. J. Keith
Anna, Il
Boyce
Boyce Implement Company
Ten Years Ago December 27, 1934 local snapshot
The week’s high reached 52 degrees and fell to 19 for the low. Charlotte Dover won the H and L drug store popularity contest during the pre Christmas season. A marriage announcement notes Miss Tylene Kendall and Tharon Stallings wed Sept 1, 1943 at Fredericktown. A Cape Girardeau dinner honored Mr Stallings and bride. A family reunion at Renzo Miller home in Millerville featured barbecued pig.
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Charlotte Dover
H, and L Drug Store
Tylene Kendall
Tharon Stallings
Fredericktown
A. A. Mayfield
Loomis Mayfield
Loomis Jr
Marylin
Murray Klein
Jean and
Evelyn
Revie Smith
Renzo Miller
Millerville
Winter cold grips Sikeston with 23 degree low
Five Years Ago column recalls a night of record cold on December 21 1939 with thermometers dipping to 23 degrees Ear muffs and heavier coats were in order. Alfred Calvin was born to Mr and Mrs Kendall Sikes on December 16 Sikeston’s business district and homes lit Christmas lights making an evening city drive pleasant.
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Mercury
Alfred Calvin
Kendall Sikes
Sikeston
Sikeston Schools Close Early for Christmas Break
Widespread illness keeps about half the teachers and pupils at home, Sikeston schools shut several days early for the holiday. Weather outlook calls for fair and warmer Christmas with no snow. Cadet visitors from the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics to be welcomed on Christmas Day by Sikeston residents and nearby towns.
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Sikeston
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Black market value of $1 in China declines
CHUNGKING The black market value of the American dollar, which once fetched about 700 Chinese dollars amid the crisis, has slumped sharply in the last 48 hours.
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China
Chungking
Chinese currency in free fall after troop eviction news
Quotations stood at 450 Chinese dollars per one US dollar as the market reacts to the eviction of Japanese troops from Kweichow Province. Confidence grows that Chinese authorities are ready to stabilize the economy and currency.
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United States
Kweichow
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Malone Ave
Sikeston, Missouri
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Hecht
Cape Girardeau, Mo
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