President Signs Crop Control Bill
The Roosevelt administration signed into law a crop control program to regulate wheat corn cotton rice and tobacco with production adjustments and a referendum mechanism. About 15 000 people including 2950 state and county committees will help implement it while soil conservation linkage and available funds guide the costs. Initial efforts target cotton and tobacco with quotas possible later for corn and wheat and rice exempt this season.
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Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Senate House
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Lions Club Hosts Scout Troop Dinner Night
Members of Boy Scout Troop No. 43 sponsored by the Lions Club will be guests next Thursday at 6:30 pm. Dinner will be served at the Boy Scout cabin on the grade school grounds.
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Boy Scout Troop No. 43
The
Lions Club
Farmers Night at Kiwanis Club Meeting
Farmers Night will be observed at the Kiwanis Club weekly meeting to be held Friday at the Homestead Hotel. Each member will have a district farmer as his guest, with County Agent R. Q Brown of Mississippi County as guest speaker.
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Kiwanis Club
Homestead Hotel
R. Q Brown
Ississippi County
Apollo Group to Present Program at Hotel Marshall
The Apollo Group will present a special program Thursday night February 24 at the Hotel Marshall. Proceeds will start a piano fund for the library building and auditorium. Admission is 25 and 15 cents. The program includes solos string ensembles and choral numbers.
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Apollo Group
Marshall
L. A. W. Class Meeting Planned at Reed Home
The L. A. W. Class of the Christian church will meet Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Rufus R. Reed at 411 Dorothy Street. Mrs. S. E. Reed will serve as associate hostess.
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The
Christian Church
Rufus R. Reed
Dorothy Street
S. E. Reed
Council Rejects Petitions Asking For Removal of Livestock Pens
Sikeston city council rejected a Friday night ordinance to remove stock pens owned by Potashnick Truck System after a five to one vote. The petition by eastern town residents prompted debate led by Gene Potashnick and Roger A Bailey. Lyman Gross advocated passage for local hotel proximity areas. A separate petition against steel storage tanks also failed to pass. Boy Scouts serving National Boy Scout Week were inducted into special council duties during the brief meeting.
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Sikeston
Potashnick
Potashnick Concern
Gene Potashnick
Roger A. Bailey
Lyman Gross
A Ho
Illinois Officers Seek Escaped Convicts Here
Illinois guards from the State Penitentiary helped search this territory with State Highway Patrol for two escaped convicts from Chester Security Hospital. Reports include a Sikeston resident seeing men at a back door asking for food. Suspects are Paul Harrison and Peter Florek, each described as dangerous with specific heights weights hair and eye color.
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Illinois State Penitentiary
Illinois Security Hospital
Chester
Ill
Sikeston
State Highway Patrol
Paul Harrison
Chicago
Peter Florek
Harrison
Malone Chosen Head of State Organization
C L Malone an insurance agent and president of the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce was elected president of the Republican Service Men's League at a Saturday meeting at Hotel Jefferson in St Louis. Other officers named include Ralph Atwill Waynesville secretary A D Peterson Browning and Ray Ladmer Clayton. Jesse W Barrett governor candidate was principal speaker at the event held before the Lincoln Day banquet attended by over 100 people.
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C. L. Malone
Service Men’s League
Hotel Jefferson
Grandpa Smith Welcomes First Grandchild in St Louis
Caleb Smith traveled to St Louis the first of this week to meet his first and only grandchild Jo Clark Sparks born February 10 to Mr and Mrs Harry L Sparks of St Louis. Mrs Smith accompanies her daughter, the former Miss Clark Smith of Sikeston, in St Louis.
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Caleb Smith
St. Louis
Jo Clark Sparks
Harry L. Sparks
Smith
Clark Smith
Sikeston
Negro Prowler Active Early Sunday Morning
State Highway Patrol continues the search for a described Negro who burglarized several homes in Thing Ward early Sunday. Victims included L F E Ford on Ruth Street, Alec Waters on Dorothy Street, and Fred Gurley on Ruth Street among others. exits often via rear doors after entering through windows. Identifying details remain vague, hindering capture.
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L. FE. Ford
Ruth Street
Alec Waters
Dorothy Street
Fred Gurley
C. J Stevens
Charles Lindley
Earl Limbaugh
Fili Williams
Escaped Convicts From Missouri Penitentiary Captured
Two inmates Herman Stroud and Francis Strain who fled in a prison truck last November were captured near Delta by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E and Illinois police. They had been imprisoned in Stoddard County and are being returned to Jefferson City.
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Missouri State Penitentiary
State Highway Patrol
Glenn Lampley
H. F. Wickham
Ilinois
Herman Stroud
Francis Strain
Stoddard County
Delta
Jefferson City
Funeral services for Swinney Baby
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the residence near Buckeye for John D. Swinney three months old son of Mr and Mrs Leon Swinney Rev Evans of Charleston officiated and burial followed in Dogwood Cemetery with Welsh service.
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Buckeye
John D. Swinney
Leon Swinney
Rev. Evans
Charleston
Dogwood Cemetery
Week End Traffic Accidents Leave Few Injuries
A sequence of non fatal crashes occupied district State Highway Patrol attention over the past week end. Benny Valentine of Sikeston escaped serious injury when struck by a Buick coupe driven by Amys Hazely of Charleston at the Highways 60 and 61 intersection east of Sikeston. Harold Dumey of Sikeston sustained no injuries when his Chevy pickup collided head on with a Chevy coach driven by Wiley Potts of Parma near Ancell. A Terra plane piloted by B Wilkinson of Charleston sideswiped a Chevrolet driven by John Clark of Sikeston at the corner of New Madrid and North streets. Three miles south of Benton on Highway 61 a Chevrolet coach driven by E C Blattner of Cape Girardeau and a Dodge driven by Elmer Hawthorne of Detroit, Mich, owned by the George Morris Company of Shreveport La, sideswiped each other. occupants unharmed and only minor damage.
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Benny Valentine
Sikeston
Amys Hazely
Charleston
Harold Dumey
Ancell
Wiley Potts
Parma
Potts
Passen
Ger
Wm. Keller
B. Wilkinson
John Clark
New Madrid
North Streets
Benton
Highway 61
E. C. Blattner
Cape Girardeau
Dodge
Elmer Hawthorne
Detroit
Mich
George Morris Company
Shreveport
Double killing near Risco ends in multiple deaths
Coroner L A Richards reports no inquest into a fatal shooting at the Owens farm near Risco. A 15 year old bride Meyva Berry, her estranged husband Frank Sherrvy 45, and her father William Owens 42 died. William Owens died after recounting the events. Berry fled with a 14 year old son and sister escaped to Risco. Berry and Sherrvy both died by gunfire.
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L. A. Richards
New Madrid
Richards
Wiliam M. Owens
Frank Sherrvy
Owens Farm
Risco
Berry
Meyva
St. Louis
Owens
Winter Building Projects Advance in Sikeston
Winter weather does not halt new construction in Sikeston. Carrie Anderson plans a five room frame residence on East Gladys Street for rent. L T. Davey updates his West Front business house with a remodeled roof and new front. Lair Company expands its business office space as improvements continue. Smith building on North New Madrid Street undergoes major remodeling for a Cut-Rate Department Stores unit with a new front and interior redecoration. opening date pending.
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Sikeston
L T. Davey
West Front Street
Lair Company
Smith
New Madrid Street
Ladies Toggery
Cut- Rate Department Stores, Inc
Red Cross to Elect New Officers Tuesday
New officers and committees of the Scott County Red Cross will be selected at a membership meeting to be held Thursday night February 24 at 7 30 at Hotel Marshall. Miss Gertrude Thompson general field representative of the Red Cross for South Missouri will be in charge of the meeting.
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Scott County Red Cross
Hotel Marshall
Gertrude Thompson
Red Cross
South Missouri
Southeast Missouri Sees Early Spring Like Weather
The week brought hazy green trees as rains fell across Southeast Missouri, with a high of 78 degrees on February 13 and a low of 34 on February 15. A week total of 1.50 inches of rain occurred, with rain on all days except Saturday and Sunday, and unsettled conditions with chances of rain or snow forecast ahead.
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Missouri
Sikeston High announces calendar of events
Superintendent R A Harper released the Sikeston High schedule for the rest of the year. Highlights include March 1 to 5 regional tournament, March 11 Junior class play, April 14 to 16 Cape Girardeau contests, May 2 to 6 junior prom, May 12 senior play, May 18 senior class day, May 19 exams, May 22 baccalaureate services, and May 23 senior dance and commencement. The commercial club forms with Helen Lee as president and officers Ray Carl March Martha Jane Myers Daisy Evans Electa O Hara. James Scott Company musicians appeared at the assembly to an appreciative audience.
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Sikeston High School
R. A. Harper
Cape Girardeau
Helen Lee
Ray Carl March
Martha Jane Myers
Daisy Evans
Electa O’hara
James Scott Company
Funeral Services Held for J W Reno Yesterday
Funeral services for John Wesley Reno aged 63 were held Wednesday at his Wilson street home with Rev. C F Transue of the Nazarene Church officiating. Interment followed at Memorial Park cemetery. Reno died Tuesday February 14 from pneumonia. Survived by seven children including Mary Reno and Herbert Reno of Sikeston and Crystal Berry of Charleston. Lloyd Reno preceded him two years ago. G M Harrison couple visiting friends in St Joseph and Leavenworth Kansas this week.
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John Wesley Reno
Wilson Street
C. F. Transue
Church of the Nazarene
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ellise
Reno
Marie McCoy
Reese Pugh
Hazel Leitherland
Ethel Carter
Mary Reno
Herbert Reno
Amateur Radio Association Holds Second Convention Here
Fifty members of the Mearky Amateur Radio Association met at the armory for the second convention with attendees from Southeast Missouri Northeast Arkansas Northwestern Tennessee Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois. A Dutch supper followed by a business session framed the event. Rev D S Lacquement spoke on Life Compared to Amateur Radio. Vernon Bowles was named director of activities and R E Ogles presided over the meeting.
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Mearky Amateur Radio Association
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Souther Illinois
D. S. Lacquement
Anna, Til
Vernon Bowles
Sikeston
Hams
R. E Ogles
Cape Girardeau
Milligan’s Senate Approval for U S District Attorney
The Senate confirmed Mau rice M. Milligan for a new four year term as United States District Attorney at Kansas City with no dissent. Senator Truman of Missouri opposed, calling Milligan morally and professionally unfit, while Senator Clark of Missouri and Senator Badges of New Hampshire urged approval and defended his record.
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United States Senate
Maurice M. Milligan
United States
Kansas City
Truman
Missouri
Clark
Milligan
Badges
New Hampshire
Senate
Truiman
Lawrence Golden Wedding Observed by Sikeston Family
Mr and Mrs E A Lawrence longtime Sikeston residents celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a dinner at Hotel Del Rey attended by close family. Guests included daughters Mrs L M Stallcup Sikeston and Mrs C M Clay Mexico Mo and relatives Mrs O W Hammett Little Rock Ark granddaughter Sue Setz. The couple wed at McCredie with Rev Moser officiating.
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E. A. Lawrence
Sikeston
Hotel del Rey
L. M. Stallcup
C. M. Clay
Mexico
Stallcup
Clay
O. W. Hammett
Little Rock, Ark
Lawrence
Carl Setz
Mrs. Lawrence
Mr. Setz
Sue
McCredie
Moser
Columbia, Co
Addie Wise
Christian Church
Move to Oust Burial Society Hearing Set for March
A special meeting of the South east Missouri Funeral Directors Association will be held March 9 at the Hotel Marshall to prepare evidence for ouster proceedings against Atlas Life Society in Springfield Court of Appeals. Atlas Life operates in Sikeston and allegedly violates laws forbidding for profit burial associations. Sam Phillips of Poplar Bluff named commissioner for the hearing. Attorney General Roy McKittrick announced a drive to bring burial societies under state supervision, with a suit to block operations unless under state control.
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Southeast Missouri Funeral Directors’ Association
Hotel Marshall
Atlas Live Society
Springsfield Court
Roy McKittrick
McKittrick
Supreme Court
Father and Son Observe Wedding Anniversaries
A joint wedding celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Baker honored the 63rd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Baker and the 29th of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Baker. The event included a noon dinner for thirty-five Baker family members. Mr. Baker will turn 85 next Sunday and his wife 81. Their nine children include J. W. Baker Jr. and Grover Baker of Sikeston, plus Mrs. Sue Hinchey, Mrs. Lacy Nard, Mrs. Margaret Harper, Miss Florence Baker, and Mrs. Nora Dudley of St Louis.
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Grover Baker
J. W. Baker
J. W. Baker Jr
Sue Hinchey
Lacy Anard
Margaret Harper
Florence Baker
Sikeston
Nora Dudley
St Louis
Donations to Sikeston PTA Lunchroom Proceedings
The Sikeston Parent-Teacher Association thanks donors this week for lunchroom support in the south grade school. Welter Bake supplied bread for Monday and Tuesday. The Red Cross provided materials for four aprons and caps for the four workers, made in the Tilmo WPA work room.
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Sikeston Parent-Teacher Association
Welter
Red Cross
Tilmo Wpa
Campaign to replace 1937 licenses begins district wide
The district sees old white 1937 Missouri license plates fade as cream and black 1955 tags arrive. The February 15 deadline looms while many motorists switch to new plates or hide old ones in garages. Patrols launch a campaign Wednesday to confiscate obsolete plates, with arrests possible for owners displaying 1937 tags.
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Missouri
State Highway Patrol
Southeast Missouri Funeral Directors Meet In Lutesville
Hunter Albritton of Albritton Funeral Service attended the Southeast Missouri Funeral Directors Association monthly meeting in Lutesville on Wednesday.
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Hunter Albritton
Albritton
Southeast Missouri Funeral Directors’ Association
Lutesville
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Leslie Wolloughby
Charles Russell
Norman Jones
Bill Holley
Frank Green
J. E. Butler
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Ed Dan Renner
Dick McDougal
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Tommy Roberts
Pete Brice
James Turner
C D. Butler
Elmer Council
D. B. Waggoner
Bob McCord
Jim Ellis
Jimmy Johnson
Harry Gross
Richard Taylor
Glenn Gurley
John Marshall
Jean Wilson
Billie Anderson
Frank Ingram
J. W. Reno
Mrs. G. M. Harrison
St. Joseph
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