Barkley resumes Senate leadership after resignation
Democratic senators re elect Barkley as Senate Majority leader following his resignation protest against President Roosevelt's tax bill veto. Roosevelt urged Barkley to reconsider. Also, Rep. Doughton joins the revolt over the tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkley
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Robert Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Senator Barkley
Tax collection records show 97 percent in four months
Scott County Collector C E Felker reports that more than 97 percent of current taxes were collected in October through January totaling 371,948.59. Total 1948 taxes on record amount to 381,614.91 across real estate, personal, merchants, utilities, and drainage districts. The drive notes 400 merchants and near full compliance in several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
C. BE. Felker
Mr. Felker
Little River
Big Lake
Felker
200000 Soldiers Return to the United States
Secretary of War Stimson says about 200000 troops are back in the United States as part of a theater rotation in Europe the Caribbean and Alaska. Troops must have served 18 months in North Africa or two years in Alaska or the Caribbean to be eligible. Return does not guarantee immediate homeward movement and final relief depends on personnel needs and war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
Caribbean
Alaska
Eisenhower Predicts Allied Victory in Soviet Message
British radio reported Gen Dwight D Eisenhower sent a message to the Russian army for the Soviet Army's twenty sixth anniversary praising Allied exploits and predicting final victory as Germany is attacked from east north south and west by the allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gentry Residence Destroyed by Fire on Lake Street
Fire believed caused by hot water heater explosion destroyed a Lake Street home owned by Miss Alfreda Denton and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gentry and children. The family was away visiting across the street, and much furniture and clothing were lost to the flames. The Vatican radio quoted Pope Pius XII Tuesday night saying Cairo and Athens were saved from destruction by belligerents and that Rome also should be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Street
Alfreda Denton
Bert Gentry
Vatican Radio
Pope Pius XII
Cairo
Athens
Rome
Lamb and Lion Annual Race Preview for March
The annual race between the lamb and the lion is set for next Wednesday March 1. The piece playfully notes tax worries and weather expectations, while pondering which side might win and forecasts a mix of lambish sun and Leo roars as March approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
March
REA Plans for Big Expansion in Southeast Missouri
Nearly 1200 farm families in Southeast Missouri have applied for rural electrification. The Scott New Madrid Mississippi Cooperative Association plans 300 more miles of lines and will begin as materials allow. The co op serves 2000 families over 640 miles in six counties, with 1943 revenue of 95883 and timely loan payments. Awards and office dedication highlighted the annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Missouri
H. M
Arior
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Unti
War Production Board
Zarkor
Chester Lake
REA
Roosevelt Vetoes New Tax Bill
President Roosevelt vetoed a $2 315 200 000 tax bill calling it full of defendsible special privileges to favored groups and urging a doubling of the 1 percent social security tax plus simplification of federal tax laws. He suggested a simple joint resolution to enact excise tax increases yielding about $1 000 000 000 and recalled earlier proposals for broader revenue. Congressional leaders foresee an override fight as the veto awaits a two thirds vote in both houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Wendall L Willkie
House of Representatives
Hospital admissions and surgeries update
Herman Goodwin of Charter Oak and Julian Moore of Sikeston were admitted February 19 for medical attention. Dewey Ramsey of Sikeston and Marcus Williams of Matthews had appendectomies this week. Mrs. Ida Fenimore of near Sikeston was admitted February 22 for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Goodwin
Charter Oak
Julian Moore
Sikeston
Dewey Ramsey
Marcus Williams
Matthews
Ida Fenimore
Near Sikeston
Sikeston General Hospital
New Arrivals Births Spread Through Local Families
Mrs. W E Hollingsworth announces the birth of a second granddaughter to Mr and Mrs Howard Haubein on February 17 in Wilmington Delaware. The Haubeins’ daughter is the former Miss Wootson Hollingsworth. Haubein works as a research chemist for Hercules Powder Company in Wilmington. A daughter Pamela Anne arrived February 11 to Mr and Mrs Warren Smith of Burlington Iowa. Mrs Smith is the former Miss Mary Louise Higgins, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Higgins, Sikeston natives now living in Illinois. Mr and Mrs Alfred Culbertson welcomed a son born February 18 at their home. A daughter was born February 19 to Mr and Mrs Charles Simpson of Essex at Sikeston General Hospital.
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W. E. Hollingsworth
Howard Haubein
Wilmington
Del
Haubein
Wootson Hollingsworth
Hercules Powder Company
Pamela Anne
Warren Smith
Burlington
Iowa
Smith
Mary Louise Higgins
Ted Higgins
Sikeston
Illinois
Alfred Culbertson
Charles Simpson
Essex
Sikeston General Hospital
Memphis Plane Crash Among History's Worst Disasters
A February 11 crash of an American Airlines plane into the Mississippi River near Memphis killed 24 aboard, a catastrophe rivaled only by other major U.S. civilian aviation wrecks. The report lists past disasters including the 1940 Lovettsville crash with 25 dead, and later fatal crashes in 1941 1942 and 1943, noting carrier bomb raids on Saipan and Tinian.
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American Airlines
Mississippi River
Memphis
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
U. S
Ernest A. Lundeen
Lovettsville
Carole Lombard
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
Table Mountain
Las Vegas
Nev
Louisville and Nashville
Trammel
St. Thomas
Ont
Northwestern Airlines
Moorhead
Minn
Fairfield
Utah
Nashville
Tenn
World Day of Prayer Services At Sikeston Methodist Church
Special services for World Day of Prayer will be held at the Sikeston Methodist church from 2 to 3 pm tomorrow. Seven Protestant churches join to support the event. Baptist church chimes will ring hourly from 9 am to 5 pm to call attention. A coast-to-coast NBC broadcast airs tomorrow with programs at 5:30 and 5:44 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Columbia Broadcasting Network
Eisenhower Named Outstanding World Warrior 1943
New York Gen Dwight D Eisenhower has been chosen the outstanding world warrior for 1943 by the Indian Confederation of American. Chief Paul Horn announced at the federation meeting that Eisenhower will receive honorary chieftainship and a war bonnet at a ceremonial pow wow tomorrow night. Maj Gen Homer Grominger will accept on his behalf. The confederation previously named Gen Douglas MacArthur for 1942 and Marshal Joseph Stalin for 1941.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indian Confederation of American
Paul Horn
Eisenhower
Confederation
Horn
Homer Grominger
Douglas MacArthur
Marshal Joseph Stalin
Income Tax Due In Three Weeks
Three weeks remain until the March fifteenth deadline. The piece urges readers to start on their tax forms immediately, noting the anxiety of tax time and the task of calculating what is owed after deductions. The article stresses timely filing and payment within the three week window.
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Uncle Sam
Lewis Fleweling Heads District Letter Carriers
Lewis I. Fleweling of Sikeston was elected president of the South east Missouri District Association of Letter Carriers at the Jackson meeting Sunday. Ten of 18 cities were represented. other new officers and an executive board were named. The report also notes a major reshuffle in Japan's war leadership following heavy losses at Truk.
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Lewis I. Fleweling
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri District Association of Letter Carriers
Jackson
Levi Miller
Chaffee
Wilbur Martin
Festus
H. K. Wagner
Dexter
M. F. Tingwald
Ste. Genevieve
Edwin Walters
Poplar Bluff
J. Owen Brown
Cape Girardeau
Frank Kim
Perryville
Red Cross War Fund Drive Be Main March Attraction
Sikeston civic leaders met at the library to map postwar plans and an industrial agricultural survey. Red Cross aims to raise 8370 in Sikeston with pressure to mobilize volunteers for house to house canvassing and public appeals.
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Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Scott County
John Reiss
Sikeston
War Fund
W. G. Craig
Chaffee
R. M. Talbert
J. A. Sutterfield
J. E. Moore Jr
Sikeston Drive
Rev. Talbert
W. S. Corrigan
Lee Bowman
Commerce
R. A. Harper
George A. Lough
Z. E. McAmis
B. R. Schwegler
Ralph Anderson
County Red Cross
Dunn Hotel
Ration tokens take effect Sunday in wartime plan
The Office of Price Administration announces token changes as token use expands on Sunday. Belated token applications rise in the St. Louis OPA district while officials assure a short-term shortage may ease with added green stamps for change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
St. Louis
OPA
Weather outlook expects continued springlike warmth
Meteorologist Albert Klamm of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics says mild weather will persist for another day or so. The week’s high reached 71 degrees on Tuesday February 22, with a low of 30 degrees on Monday. This morning the thermometer showed 44 degrees.
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Albert Klamm
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Red Cross Financial Statement for Scott County January
John J. Reiss, chairman, releases the Scott County Red Cross financial statement for January. Receipts include 1944 War Fund Drive 28.25 and repayments to service men 135.00. opening balance 1893.53. Disbursements cover home service and ex-service 253.12 civilian relief 160.43 supplies for charter production and transport 48.51 general administrative expense 127.62 telephone and telegraph 198.76 office expense 20.39. Ending balance 1248.48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Reiss
Scott County Red Cross
Sikeston Faces Diehlstadt in Sub-Regional Semi Final
Sikeston high school defeated New Madrid 4 to 22 to reach the semi finals at East Prairie where they will meet Diehlstadt at 7 30 p m tonight. Anniston will play Benton in the second game tonight.
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Sikeston
Diehlstadt
East Prairie
New Madrid
Anniston
Kewanee
Benton
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Mohandas K. Ghandi
Jeader
Poona
India
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Berlin
Missouri
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Tokyo
Hitler
RAF
Dominion
Alllied
Germany
Gentry
Lamb
Lion
Sikeston General Hospital News
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Marianas Group
Lewis Fleweling
Navy
Truk
Library
Francis X. Meehan
Committee For Economic Development
Murray Phillips
Harry Himmelberger
Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston and
Relief Agency
Humanitarian League of Nations
The
Chester A. Arthur
Switzerland
Ewspress
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