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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
12
The 1945 outlook predicts farmers' cash income near 1944's $20 billion level while mining declines and output in petroleum rises. Industrial activity shifts with a 7 percent fall in employment and a 10 percent drop in factory payrolls, construction rising 25 percent from 1944 lows, and a sharp retail drop in luxury goods as war contracts wind down.
Brigadier A B Ramsdale announces Rev John M Landen will visit Scott County the week of January 1 1945 to conduct the Annual Home Service Appeal. The Salvation Army, not in the Scott County War Chest, will run an independent campaign to fund its programs including Women s Home and Hospital Prison and Parole Work Missing Friends Bureau Anti death by own action Bureau Family Welfare and Character Building plus Red Shield Clubs and related activities.
Jefferson City Missouri faces rising draft age as quotas increase above 26 years. Col Claude C Earp notes Missouri nearly exhausts under 26 registrants and will rely more on older men not in essential employment as next month’s draft begins.
Christmas cards from alumni flood the Chilli cothe Business College display boards and are shared with students across the campus, reflecting global support.
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