Eldridge Confesses Murder of His Mother
Charles Eldridge confessed to killing his mother Mrs Mary Jane Eldridge at her Chaffee home on January 10. He stated he murdered her by choking and hammer blows after she allegedly wanted to die. He was found unconscious at the scene and later jailed in Benton on first degree murder charges.
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Mary Jane Eldridge
Chaffee
Bill Eldridge
Early Malcolm
Morgan
Percy Little
Benton
Eldridge
Stella Schoen
Real Winter Brings Cold Weather and Earthquake Aftermath
Southeast Missouri and much of Missouri endured a real wintry blast alongside a Thursday night earthquake centered near New Madrid. The week brought low temperatures, rainfall and ice, with telegraph and power lines down in parts of the state, though widespread damage was limited. The week's total precipitation reached 3.15 inches as temperatures dipped to 18 degrees.
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Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
New Madrid
Early January Bloom Show Lit Up Sikeston Gardens
Mild January weather before Tuesday brought out blossoms in Sikeston. Forsythia bushes in the north near the Gus Martin home bloomed, and a Japonica shrub on New Street near J. W. Cope was loaded with reddish pink blooms. Local florist Wm. Woehlecke notes apple and pear trees also blossomed in January, a rarity in recent years.
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Sikeston
Gus Martin
J. W. Cope
New Street
Wm. Woehlecke
Hospital Donations From Local Clubs Total $600
Junior Woman's Club contributed 200 dollars and the Ministerial Alliance of Sikeston added 50. E R Jarvis gave 300. Newcomers Club donated one bassinet valued at 50. The combined total gifts amount to 600 dollars.
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Ministerial Alliance of Sikeston
Iniah
E. R. Jarvis
Administrators of Schools in District Meet Here Tonight
Southeast Missouri State College District public school administrators gather at the Dunn Hotel for a 7:00 p m dinner meeting. The session aims to professionalize and unite 26 southeastern counties for Missouri school improvements and to coordinate with the Missouri State Teachers Association. L B Roy will preside with speakers including W W Parker of State College Cape Girardeau L G Townsend University of Missouri and Frank Heagerty Missouri State Teachers Association.
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Southeast Missouri State College
Dunn Hotel
Missour
Mussouri State Teachers Association
L. B. Roy
Gideon Public Schools
W. W. Parker
State College
Cape Girardeau
L. G. Townsend
School of Education
University of Missouri
Frank Heagerty
Missouri State Teachers Association
No Drafting For Next Eighteen Months Notice
Scott County Selective Board reports induction to occur in January February and March with expected physicals. Harrel Lee Lewis of Blodgett reported for induction while Junior MBonifield of Sikeston missed his call. Washington dispatch says armed forces filled quotas and no drafts likely for 18 months as Defense Secretary Forrestal releases 1,621,000 troops under arms.
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Scott County
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Vanduser Parachutist Serving in Japan
Private Richard D. Radford a 19 year old parachutist from Vanduser is serving with the 11th Airborne Division in Japan at Sendai. He recently completed a two day firing range course for record. Radford enlisted July 16 1947 in San Francisco California and did basic training at Fort Ord California before overseas duty with Occupation Forces in Japan.
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Richard D. Radford
Vanduser
11Th Airborne Division
Japan
Sendai
Radford
Army
San Francisco
Calif
Fort Ord
Jerome Fox Serving On U S S Roosevelt
Kenneth J. Fox chief yeoman USN son of Mr and Mrs John Fox of Sikeston Missouri is due in Norfolk Virginia January 24 after a six month Mediterranean Sea cruise aboard the USS Franklin D Roosevelt aircraft carrier.
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Kenneth J. Fox
USN
John Fox
West Gladys Street
Sikeston
Norfolk
Mediterranean Sea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Six Months Jail Term For Woman Slashing
John Glasco, a Sikeston Negro, faced magistrate court on a charge of slashing a Negro woman with a knife. Magistrate M. E. Montgomery ordered six months in the county jail at Benton. The attack on the woman's thigh required seven stitches. Also jailed were George Marlow for 60 days on vagrancy charges, and Henry Davenport who faced non support charges with a 60-day sentence unless court costs are paid.
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John Glasco
Sikeston
M. E. Montgomery
Benton
George Marlow
Henry Davenport
Fire on Helen Street Damages Stove Flare Brief Fire Alarm
Fire Department responded to 214 Helen Street on Tuesday after a stove flare caused minor damage. Separately the United States Export-Import Bank granted the Israeli government a loan of 100,000,000 dollars with 35,000,000 available immediately and the rest earmarked for future use.
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Helen Street
United States Export-Import Bank
Two-Day Seed Show in Sikeston Largest and Best Ever Held in State
More than 1,000 farm people and agricultural leaders packed the Sikeston Armory for the Missouri Seed Improvement Association meeting and the Good Green Seed Show, drawing participants from Mussoun and other states yesterday and today.
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Sikeston
State
Mussoun
States
Sikeston Armory
Muissour: Seed Improvement Association
Association
Porter B. Eubanks
Huntsville
Louisiana
Truman Inauguration Opens New Era On Capitol Hill
Harry S Truman became the 32nd U S president at noon in a vibrant ceremony on Capitol Hill Washington before a crowd over 100000. He took the oath on a replica Gutenberg Bible, pledged to resist communism and continue peace and world recovery with the United Nations and allied nations.
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Harry S. Truman
United States
Capitol Hill
Washington
Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Fred M Vinson
Alben William Barkley
Reed
Capitol Hall
Avenue of Patriots
Pennsylvania Avenue
United Nations
Constitutional Avenue
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S. Roosevelt
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Dean Atcheson
Supreme Court
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Samuel Thurman
United States Marine Band
Phil Regan
Capitol
The
Missouri Society of Washington
129Th Field Artillery
Mayflower Hotel
Baltimore & Ohio
St. Louis
Smyth
Lamar
Cole Bros
E. L. Corbin
C. F. McMulin
Corbin
Board of Directors
Southeast Missouri
W A Cochel
WW. L. Davidson
Kennett
C A. Helm
Columbia
Wynard E. Aslin
Virginia L. Smith
Helen A Averett
Paul Hardman
Polo
P B Eubank
Ralph Thomas
Sedaha
Joseph Freezer
Jasper
A. W Allen
Ferg Hunter
New Madrid County
Seed Improvement Association
Leon Lane
Oran
Scott County Farm Bureau
Southeast
Missouria
Lane
D W. Klemme
Extension Agronomist In Souls
Ross Fleetwood
Agricultural College
Fleetwood
Wm J. Murphy
Extension Agronomist
Missouri College
J. R. “Dixie” Paulling
Korea
W. Hartsell Banks
Acorn Farms Inc
Wardell
C F. McMullin
McMullin
James S Kevil
C. Y. Roth
State Department of Agrculture
Jefferson City
C. O. Helm
C .A. Helm
Field Crops Division
Missouri College of Agricvulture
Missouri Seed Improvement Association
Porter B. Hobank
Herald
President Truman
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