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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
3
The Sikeston Herald notes Governor Stark urging Missouri to cut government waste and balance the budget. The paper praises economy as a new note for officials and suggests Stark could set a model if the Legislature backs him. It highlights two men records for economy as a potential outcome.
The Herald applauds city council and civic groups pushing safer street use after two collisions near Scott street. Stop signs at Scott and Ruth and at Scott and Gladys were blamed for the accidents, with calls for larger, prominent signs and renewed attention to other paved streets. The piece urges public cooperation to ensure safer, more useful roads.
The piece condemns President Roosevelt's congressional address as insincere and unnecessary, arguing his defense scare plan is smoke and mirrors and that New Deal policies were not meaningfully improved. It also notes cabinet appointments fail to signal a shift away from radical elements, with Bettie Grable and Jackie Coogan's separation cited as highlighting Hollywood poverty.
Twenty years ago on January 3 1919 The Sikeston Herald items include word of Henry Meldrums death from wounds in France and a note that Marvin McMullin denies serving with his bombing squad on the Belgian front. Also discussed were a proposed municipal light plant, Scott County earning a Red Cross Honor Flag, Sikeston High School basketball doubleheader with Charleston, and a fire at Malone Theatre caused by defective wiring.
James Hatfield and Buddy Thrower were injured when their automobile, en route from Poplar Bluff to Sikeston, struck a bridge and overturned in six feet of water. The J. Wm. Foley Motor Company has succeeded Scot County Motor Company as Sikeston Ford dealers.
Proceedings in the motion by Prosecuting Attorney W P Wilkerson to revoke the parole of J Shenwood Smith were postponed to the March term. The Missouri Pacific Railroad Station in Sikeston underwent a restoration bath that revived its exterior, underscoring the building’s claimed age of over two centuries and a half.
Governor Lloyd C Stark replies to Attorney General Roy McKittrick and urges immediate action to clean up crime in Kansas City and St. Louis using funds already available. He notes a $100,000 minimum may be needed and says further appropriation will be sought from the Legislature based on investigation results.
The following ladies will shop in St Louis tomorrow Mesdames H J Welsh Ora Fisher Frank Van Horne A J Goetz Eula Shanks and Anna Winchester.
More than fifty Kiwanians and wives attended a dinner at the Methodist church with a program led by R A Harper and R T Couey. Joseph Gaines directed an octet from Negro schools and played violin. Guests included D B Kevil of Shreveport and Mrs W T Warford of Eldorado. New officers for Sikeston were installed at Hotel Marshall with Standley and Kirk receiving posts. Additional guests attended and Catherine Ann Cook performed violin numbers with her mother at the Friday event.
Sikestone Junior Chamber of Commerce discussed allocating funds to the district Scout committee to aid building a new Scout camp near Fredericktown. Wilbur Ensor, chairman and Scout representative, outlined plans for future camp buildings and equipment. Forty members attended, hearing reports on the New Year dance and departmental updates.
The Legion Auxiliary held a meeting at Mrs. Presnell’s home with twenty five members present. Two new members, Mrs. James Kevil and Mrs John Russell, were welcomed. Fourteen Christmas eve baskets of toys and fruit were delivered to the needy. The membership drive added five new Auxiliary members. The losing side will host the winners of the drive on January 31. A large picture of Henry Meldamm, the soldier whom the post is named for, will be hung in the Legion hut, with plans for a smaller portrait for the history book.
The Southeast Missourian publishes a New Year Achievement Edition featuring Cape Girardeau progress including a 1258 showing and taxpayers paying 150,985 to run the city, with numerous new homes and 27 business buildings and plants, illustrated with images and notable community data.
The piece opens with Dr. Leonard Jenkins urging readers to invest the new year with deliberate purpose, using the bottle metaphor to contrast productive and idle years. It then shifts to Governor Frank Murphy’s oath as United States Attorney General in Roosevelt’s study, witnessed by family and officials, noting his youth and prior Detroit role and a family Bible inscription marking the occasion.
Mrs. Lou Kemper, 92, died at her daughter Mrs. C. F. Bruton’s home in Montgomery Missouri after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Montgomery with interment in the city cemetery. She was born October 30 1841 in Montgomery County Kentucky and later moved to Missouri. Surviving are her daughter, four grandchildren including Kemper Bruton and Albert Bruton, one great grandchild, and one brother W B Berry. Her husband Jacob V Kemper and two sons Walter J Kemper and A E Kemper preceded her in death.
Charles Joseph Baumann six month old son of Emanuel T Baumann and wife died after short illness of pneumonia at St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau. Funeral held at Calvary Cemetery Ste Genevieve with relatives from Sikeston and Ste Genevieve in attendance. Mrs Baumann is former Lucille Woods of Sikeston.
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen E Miller aged 51 were held Sunday afternoon January 1 at the Church of Christ with Rev Finis Jones officiating. Interment was in Sikeston city cemetery. Surviving are two children Audrey Miller Sikeston and Walter Miller Blytheville Ark. Mrs Meredith Lee of Sikeston named chair of a local seat of the National Consumer of Tax Commission as women join a nationwide crusade against taxes that penalize the consumer.
Funeral services were held for George A. S. Robertson 44 state Superintendent of Insurance in Columbia. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack Monday and was buried at Marshall his former home. He survived by his widow Virginia Robertson who recently sustained a cane injury in a New Year’s Eve accident.
Missouri employers under the unemployment compensation law are urged to mail and postmark quarterly contributions for 1938 before January 30 to earn a 90 percent credit against federal tax. Counsel Harry G Weltner Jr warns face double payment if late, advising liberal estimates for bonuses paid before January 30 and noting no 60 day extension this year.
Disjointed report notes a 21 year old convicted kidnapper appealing to move an execution case involving Dr. J C B Daws of Willow Springs. Mentions change of venue, Oregon County proceedings, and December hearing. Also references Bailey School Book Club leader and January birthdays with scattered historical quotes.
Zebulon Montgomery Pike, born 1779 in New Jersey, led early 1800s explorations toward the Mississippi headwaters and the Southwest. His missions included guiding Osage and Pawnee wards home, seeking peace with the Comanche, surveying Arkansas and Red rivers, and surviving capture in Mexico before later serving as brigadier general. He died in 1813 at York, Canada, after a bold assault.
A concise quotation emphasizes that success hinges more on personal effort than on outside aid. It argues for inner resolve and individual accountability as the key to achievement, implying empowerment through self effort rather than reliance on others.
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