Stark Calls for Crackdown to Clean Up Crime
Governor Stark vows to make Missouri unsafe for racketeers and urges the 60th General Assembly to revise criminal procedures and strengthen liquor laws. He seeks no tax hikes, urges fiscal restraint, and pushes a 19 year statute revision. The speech notes old age pension need, criminal code overhaul, and strict tax economy.
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Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
60Th General Assembly Westerning
Kansas City
St. Louis
Stark
J. C. Chasty
Festus
House
Roy Hamlin
Hannnibal
Ed Caldwell
Dwight H. Brown
Joseph H. Brogan
Senate
Brogan
Albert Clark
State Supreme Court
Frank P Briggs
Macon
Frank G. Harris
English Freed of Robbery Charge
A charge of attempted robbery against Fred English of Paducah Ky was dismissed in Scott County Circuit Court Benton by Prosecuting Attorney Robert Oliver. English and William Faulkner were accused of a February hold up at the Bartels store in Cape Girardeau. Faulkner pleaded guilty to a 10 year term. English faced a jury that failed to reach a verdict amid reports the jury favored acquittal.
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Fred English
Paducah
Scott County
Benton
Robert Oliver
Cape Girardeau County
English
Wm. Faulkner
Bartels
Cape Girardeau
Faulkner
Graber
Matthews to Meet Mrs Lillard in St Louis Visit
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Matthews 3d. travel to St. Louis Sunday to see Mrs. Robert Lillard, who has visited her son Reece and wife in Long Beach. Mrs. Lillard will be joined by her daughter-in-law as guest at her Mayfield Kentucky home for six months while Mr. Lillard serves at sea.
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C. D. Matthews 3d
St. Louis
Robert Lillard
Reece
Long Beach
Sikeston Library Opens Daily With Card Rules
Sikeston Library announces daily hours 9 to 12 AM and 1 to 5 30 PM with temporary card requirements. Miss Margaret Law notes about 10 000 books exist, including roughly 506 for children, and plans to add new titles and current magazines as funds allow.
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Margaret Lawbrarian
Board of Directors
Asn Sikeston
Sikeston
Miss Law
Incese
John Deere Day at Rex Theatre Tomorrow
John Deere day in Siketon features open house at Siketon Tractor and Implement Company on Ranney Street and Missouri Pacific tracks with displays of modern farm machinery. A free picture show begins at 5 p.m. at Rex Theatre on Center Street with The Little Tugger and four other talking pictures. Ernest Hedden notes strong local patronage and continued commitment to service for farming customers. The Methodist Church workers meet Tuesday afternoon January 10 at the home of Mrs Ben Sells with Mrs Gid Daniels as hostess.
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Fréay
John Deere
Siketon
Ernest Hedden
Sikeston Tractor and Implment Company
John Deere @alers
Siketon Tractor and Implement
Ranney Street
Missouri Pacific
Rex Theatre
Center Street
Sikeston Tractor and Implement Company
Methodist Church
Ben Sells
Gid Daniel
Power line ready for use in Tri County area
Electricity for rural Scott New Madrid and Mississippi counties will be turned on once houses are wired and inspected. H M Zaricor says lines are installed, about 30 days ahead of schedule, with only house wiring and state required underwriter inspections delaying activation.
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Scott-New Madrid
Mississippi
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
H M. Zarkor
Zaricor
al Electrification
REA
Cor
Wir
Planning For Safer Streets In Sikeston
Sikeston plans traffic regulation measures via a meeting of the traffic committee. Members include C C Scott Lions Club Milburn Arbaugh Chamber of Commerce Robert Dempster J J Henderson Junior Chamber Jos L Matthews Frank Miller city council. A patrol motorcycle, street markings, posted speed limits and time limits for parking near the post office and Bank of Sikeston are proposed to improve safety without broad arrests.
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Sikeston
C. C. Scott
Lions Club
Milburn Arbaugh
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Dempster
J. J. Henderson
O. N. Watts
Kiwanis Club
Jos. L. Matthews
Frank Miller
Connen
Bank of Sikeston
Sikeston Quartet To Sail For World Cruise January Seventh
Mrs C D Matthews Jr Mrs E C Matthews and her daughter Miss Olga and son Edward depart Sikeston for New York to sail January 7 aboard the Empress of Britain on a world cruise lasting over 16 months. The ship visits Madeira Gibraltar Algeria Morocco France Italy Greece Palestine Cairo and ends May 14 in New York.
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C. D. Matthews Jr
E. C. Matthews
Olga
Edward
New York
Sikeston
Europe
Orient
Africa
South America
Madeira
Gibraltar
Algeria
Moraco
France
Italy
Greece
Palestine
Cairo
Egypt
Library to buy twenty new rental books this week
About twenty books will be purchased for the Rental shelf at the library this week and will circulate next week. Funds come from a rum mage sale last fall. The rental shelf will hold late fiction and operate at 10 certs for three days. Miss Dorothea Miller travels to Marble Hill after her uncle Olivia Hawn’s death.
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Dorothea Miller
Marble Hill
Olivia Hawn
Brown Jewell Transacts Business in Jefferson City
Brown Jewell conducts business in Jefferson City this week, engaging in transactions and meetings with local partners and clients to advance planned ventures and agreements.
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Brown Jewell
Jefferson City
There Will Be Few Red Letter Days in 1939
Sikeston residents review the new 1939 calendar noting few holidays until July 4 with Washington's Birthday and Decoration Day counted as ordinary days. Labor Day and Thanksgiving fall in September and November, with Christmas on Monday December 25 prompting early shopping and renewed hope for a bright year.
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Washington
the Herald
Sikeston
Increase in City Tax Revenue Shown in 1958 Report
City Collector Joe Mathis presented the annual tax report showing a total of 41,775.64 collected in the past year, up from 40,525.39 in 1937. December 1958 receipts reached 16,148.66 versus 11,637.37 in December 1937, with higher city rates cited as a key factor. County Collector C. B. Felker will be at city hall to collect both city and county taxes today and tomorrow.
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Joe Mathis
C. B. Felker
Cattle Moving in Sikeston District
Cattle movement runs strong in the Sikeston district with many sales by Sikeston Auction Company. Buyers from Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Tennessee bought stock last week led by a buyer who took 150 head. Today about 185 head of horses and mules topped prices higher than in six months. Arch Russell sold 30 Hereford heifers to an Illinois feeder buyer at 8 cents per pound and John Russel sold 60 head at 8| cents to an Illinois stockman.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Auction Company
Indiana
Kentucky
Ilineis
Tennessee
Jean Hirschberg
Arch Russell
Illinois
John Russell
Weather Relief Drenches Southeast Missouri With 1.47 Inches
A southeast Missouri region saw a rainy spell yesterday with 1.47 inches of rain and strong winds. Despite the wet spell the temperature did not drop below 50, while the weekly low was 29 on Sunday and the high reached 72 on Tuesday. Forecast calls for generally fair and colder weather in the near term.
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Missouri
Expenditures Will Continue In Roosevelt Budget Message
President Roosevelt told Congress that expenditures would continue to raise national income toward a planned 80 billion dollars and balance the budget through tax revenue. He urged strengthening national defense, revised neutrality laws, and reorganizing government for efficiency while maintaining social programs and farm support.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Lncal
Traffic Department Moves to Sikeston New Quarters
A. E. O'Hara transfers from St Louis to Sikeston as traffic manager for Local Truck Systems. H C Smiley from Memphis also moves to Sikeston. The department will be housed in the former Crossroad Cafe building, leased from Prentiss Crawford.
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A. E. O'Hara
St Louis
Sikeston
H C. Smiley
Memphis
Prentiss Crawford
Miss Neprud Leaves for Indianapolis Headquarters
Miss Marian Neprud of the Farm Security Administration departs today for Indianapolis Indiana, the agency’s headquarters, to conduct official business.
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Marian Neprud
The
Farm Security Administratior
Indianapolis
I.d
Sikeston's New Year Baby Born January 3
Sikeston welcomes its first newborn of 1929 a son born to Mr and Mrs M C Tully at 8 10 Tuesday night January 3 at 30 Greer avenue. The baby is the first son in the family and Mr Tully works as a designer at the State Highway Department. Additional births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs C E Cantrell of Selocedo on January 23 at Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau and a son to Afro and Mrs Fred W Rotesson on December 1.
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Sikeston
M. C. Tully
Greer Avenue
Tulley
State Highway Department
Herald
C. E Cantrell
Selocedo
Missour Y Hospital
Cape Gilligent
Afro
Fred W. Rotesson
O. W. Duncan
Prosperity Street
Bor
Willis Holmes
H. L Merryman Jr
H. L. Merryman
Kewanee
Charles Damon Downs
Wiley Downs
Canaloa
Harold Robins
Vancluser
Rufus Alsup
Alsup
Haskell Ward
New License Plates Are Selling Slowly
The ivory on black 1939 Missouri license plates appear in Sikeston very slowly and are rare, drawing special notice. The license bureau official Arthur says sales are weak. Bad weather and expectations of a closure on January 2 kept many away. About 8000 to 9000 plates remain on sale at the Sikeston bureau, roughly the same as last year.
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Missouri
Sikeston
Arthur
Ladies Aid Meeting Set for January 13 at Church
The Ladies Aid of the Christian church will hold an all day meeting and covered dish luncheon at the church on Thursday January 13. All members are urged to attend this gathering.
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The
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Sikeston City Council Extends Tax Deadline and Approves Storm Sewer Plan
The Sikeston city council extended the tax payment deadline to January 21 and authorized the mayor to sign a WPA storm sewer project costing $24.29 to the sponsor, with federal funds totaling $132,331. The meeting also approved a traffic plan, funded with a $100 city donation, and discussed moving the WPA sewing room to city hall.
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Sikeston
C. C. Scott
J. J. Henderson
Herald
G. W . Presnell
Frank Miller
Jos IL Matthews
WPA
East Malone Avenue
City Hall
Benton
S.V. Harshbarger
Harvey Johnson
Johnson
Harris Avenue
Vance Montgomery
Police Department
New Assistant at Maier Auto Supply
Sue Ann Schlosser arrived in Sikeston early this morning and has been added to the Maier Auto Supply staff. Her father P. J. Schlosser serves as manager. Sue Ann is the family’s second daughter following Irma Marie, two years old.
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Sue Ann Schlosser
Sikeston
Maier Auto Supply
P. J. Schlosser
Sue Ann
Irma Marie
Sikeston Armory Nears Completion After Start in 1938
Construction on Sikeston’s new armory began January 18, 1938, and is about 85 percent finished led by C. M. Taylor. Thirty-one workers remain on exterior tasks as interior fitting, painting, and plumbing proceed, with potential delays from subflooring. The 140 by 120 foot brick two story domed building will serve as assembly and lecture space with offices and supply rooms, funded by city, state, federal help, and WPA funds.
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Sikeston
C. M. Taylor
the Herald
Taylor
Works Progress Administration
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Peblie
Sikestonians
Tri-County
Almos
Sikreston Quartet
SAIS
Russell Brothers
Téth Congress
United States
House of Representatives
America
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