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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
26
An urgent plea from R R Nacy of the Missouri State Salvage Committee urges renewed tin salvage nationwide. He warns complacency harms wartime production as 28 000 workers in St Louis area quit, risking shortfalls in key munitions.
Oliver L Parks announces the Alabama Institute of Aeronautics will operate a resident 12 week program near Tuscaloosa to train women in private pilot skills and ground school. The curriculum covers flight hours 424, classroom 165, and physical training 60, with eight entry dates yearly.
An authoritative source says President Roosevelt will submit a 1916 budget with about 78.8 billion dollars in war spending, nearly 10 billion less than the current year, and an overall budget around 90 billion. Revenues at current levels imply a 42.8 billion dollar deficit, with taxes largely unchanged. The proposal cuts war shipbuilding and plant construction, while funding mustering out personnel and GI Bill costs rise.
Four Star and two Life badges, among the highest awards in Scouting, were presented at the Court of Honor for Boy Scouts of the Sikeston District held Thursday night at Canale. Six Scouts near the top of the ladder are Joe Beck, Royal Deane Stowe, Leonard Throgmorton, Roger Carter of Matthews with Star awards, and Philip Coppage, Johnnie Duke Smith of Canalou with Life Scouts.
Mr and Mrs Bob Sitves moved to their Salcedo community farm home on North Kingshighway. Sitzes plans to be a leading young farmer in the district while their former residence is rented to Oren Dahl of Searcy Ark. Dahl and family plan to take possession early next year. The note mentions the White House dining room seating 100 and Russia having 83 broadcasting stations in 191.
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