Roach Control Tips and Recreation School Notes
Advice on reducing roaches using sodium fluoride and pyrethrum powder, plus guidance on disposal of waste to aid control. Also reports Recreation School plans in Benton and Poplar Bluff, Missouri, detailing regional training for community recreation leaders, attendance limits, and benefits to rural groups.
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Ella Fikuart
Scott County
Benton
Ralph Loomis
University of Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Missouri
Agricultural Extension Service
Madeline L. Stevens
National Recreation Association
Informatins
Christy Extension Lab
Howell County
Hickory County
Leheaston
Worth
Gentry
Wrarddin
Jack
Federal labeling law takes effect New Year's Day
Interstate foods drugs and cosmetics must bear ingredient labels under the 1938 act. Labels require manufacturer or distributor information, contents by weight or count, and full ingredient lists with a few standards exclusions. Artificial flavors colors and preservatives must be declared. deceptive packaging is prohibited. some drugs need warnings and limited label exceptions exist.
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Associated Press
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Administration
Finding Symptoms of Tuberculosis in Youth
Dr. Charles E Lyght told a New York luncheon that college girls show TB symptoms more often than boys and that eastern colleges have higher infection rates due to dense populations. Missouri program efforts extend beyond students to food handlers and faculty, using tuberculin tests and lung radiography to detect infection early.
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Charles E Lyght
American Student Health Association
New York
Missouri Tuberculosis Association
Mid-West
Pacific Coast
Lyght
Southwest
National Tuberculosis Association
Missouri
Missouri wildlife code booklets issued for 1940 permits
Jefferson City Missouri announces the distribution of nearly 500000 new Wildlife and Forestry Code booklets to county clerks for December 20 release. The 1940 hunting and fishing permits become available, with a 15 cent service fee added to permit costs to fund the conservation program. Permits valid through December 31, 1940.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Commission
Conservation Commission
Want Ads Local Help Wanted and Lost Items
Want ads list priced sale offers and route ads for Sikeston Missouri. WANTED Man or woman with car for selling applies to A R Manning. STRAYED red steer with L brand left hip. reward for recovery. LOST leather key holder. reward at Woehlecke Florist Sikeston. Snapping turtles can leap off the ground.
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O. S. Harris
Sikeston, Mo
A. R. Manning
Care the Herald
Sikeston
Missouri
L” Brand
Leonard McMullin
Woehlecke
For Rent 3 room modern apartment on East Center Street
For rent a three room modern apartment on East Center Street. Contact telephone number 517 for details and scheduling viewings.
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East Center Street
Stove Service Ad by Sikeston Maytag Co
Sikeston Maytag Co offers expert stove service capable of repairing any make or type. Bring your stove troubles and we guarantee satisfaction. Telephone 362.
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Sikeston Maytag Co
Notice of Administration for Anna M. Ancell Estate
Letters of Administration were granted December 5, 1939, by the Probate Court of Scott County Missouri to W L Waggener as Administrator. Claims must be filed within six months or be barred. no later than one year from the letters. Witnessed by Co L Spencer Probate Judge. Herald advertisers.
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Anna M. Ancell
Probate Court
Scott County
Missouri
W. L. Waggener
Rites For Morley Woman Held Friday
Funeral services were held at 2 PM at the Morley Baptist church for Mrs John Dillon 58 who died Wednesday at her son Johns home in Oran Survivors include her husband a son John of Oran a daughter Mrs Dixie Hughes of Gray Ridge a step daughter Mrs Joe Raglan of Rock Island two sisters and two half sisters
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Baptist Church
Morley
John Dillon
Oran
John
Dixie Hughes
Gray Ridge
Joe Raglan
Rock Island
The Herald Report Promises Trustworthy Local News
A brief note asserts reliance on The Herald for credible reporting. The statement emphasizes accuracy and reliability in community coverage and aims to reassure readers about sourced facts and timely updates.
Three Lynchings In United States In 1939 Report
There were three lynchings in the United States in 1939, per Tuskegee Institute records cited by AP. Two occurred in Florida involving a white man shot by whites and a Negro killed after a white youth’s death in a car crash. the third was a Mississippi Negro killed after a quarrel with a white man. Jailed or held mobs prevented 18 lynchings, with 25 people saved from mob action.
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United States
Department of Records and Research
Tuskegee Institute
Associated Press
Florida
Tuskegee Records
Institute
Director Fechner Dies in Washington
Robert Fechner, head of the Civilian Conservation Corps since it began, died at the Army medical center in Washington after a month of treatment. He was 63, survived by his widow and sister Mrs. Walter F. Coney of Savannah. Born March 22, 1876 in Chattanooga, he left school at 16 to learn machinist trade, joined the Machinists Union, and rose to general vice president of the International Association of Machinists.
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Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army Medical Center
Washington
Walter FE. Coney
Savannah
Fechner
Plainfield
N. J
White House
Chattanooga
Tenn
Georgia Institute of Technology
Augusta
Old Georgia Railroad
Machinists’ Union
International Association of Machinists
Edison named Secretary of the Navy by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt appoints Charles Edison to be Secretary of the Navy on December 30, succeeding Claude Swanson who died last July. Edison, 49, former head of Edison industries and acting secretary, has supervised warship construction since November 1936 and reorganized shipbuilding control.
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Roosevelt
Charles Edison
Navy
Claude Swanson
Edison
Department
Thomas A. Fidison
Edison Industries
Henry l Latrobe Roosevelt
Samuel M. Robinson
Wallace Francis Buys Farm Near Bertrand
Wallace Francis a farmer reader of The Herald who has farmed south of Sikeston has bought a farm near Bertrand and moved there in the past week.
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Wallace Francis
Bertrand
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Sikeston
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