Good Shows At Wrestling Bouts Here Last Week
A near capacity Armory crowd of about 1500 watched the Friday double main event with Juanita Hoffman defeating Violet Vian two falls to one and Tex Riley beating Preacher Red Roberts in two straight falls after dropping the first. Hoffman used speed to outmaneuver Vian and Riley impressed as Houston’s champion as he defeated Roberts in the final two rounds.
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Juanita Hoffman
Violet Vian
Coffman
Vian
Juanita
Joe Howard
Howard
Tex Riley
Mr America
Houston
Preacher Red Roberts
Red Roberts
Preacher
Riley
Navy develops ultra fast all electric camera record
Navy scientists report an all electric camera 25 000 times faster than any commercial motion picture camera and note Bureau of Naval Personnel statistics showing nearly half of active duty officers began as enlisted personnel.
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Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel Statistics
Ralphs and Legion win extra games last Friday night
Ralphs Cut-Rate narrowly defeated Life & Casualty Insurance of Cape Girardeau 3-2 while American Legion rallied from behind to beat V F W 9-8. Sikeston scorers included Dick Tongate Bill Galladay and Buddy Aldridge with Jack Ramsey pitching. Legion’s J D Schwab won on the mound as Bob Montgomery and John Marshall led at the plate with a homer noted.
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Ralph
Life & Casualty Insurance
Cape Girardeau
American Legion
V.F.W
Sikeston
Dick Tongate
Bill Galladay
Buddy Aldridge
Jack Ramsey
D. B. Waggoner
Legion
J. D. Schwab
Wayne Ables
Humphrey Woods
V. F. W.battery
Bob Montgomery
John Marshall
Billy Orr
Orr
Boy Scouts Learn Horsemanship at Camp Lewallen
About 140 scouts from several troops in Dunklin and nearby counties attend Camp Lewallen in Wayne County near Sam A. Baker State Park. The Southeast Missouri Council program now features marksmanship, Indian ceremonies and horsemanship with a Wrangler and horses prepared for each scout.
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Lewallen
Wayne County
Camp
Southeast Missouri Council
Sam A. Baker State Park
Deering
Kennett
Archurd
Senath
Risco
Doniphan
Dunklin County
William Magee
Camp Lewallen
The
Golden Sun
Tex Riley Back For Mat Match Tomorrow Night
Tex Riley, crowd favorite last Friday, returns to face Wild Bill Canney in the main event of tomorrow night's wrestling card. Riley is the light heavyweight champion and former junior heavyweight title holder, now held by Herb Welch. Chico Cortez faces Billy Brooks in the preliminary, Brooks' second bout since his match with Welch. Both bouts expected to draw a solid turnout.
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Riley
Wild Bill Canney
Herb Welch
Chico Cortez
Billy Brooks
Brooks
Largest May arrests by Conservation Commission in Missouri
Jefferson City agents arrested 330 people in May for alleged fish and game law violations, the highest monthly total this year. Of these, 187 faced improper or no permits, 75 for closed season violations, 10 for bag and creel limits, 27 for improper taking methods, 1 for inspection refusal, 5 for selling fish and game, and 34 for miscellaneous offenses. Southeast Missouri accounted for 56 arrests.
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Jefferson City
The
Conservation Commission
Missori
Five Day Invitational Softball Tourney at LaForge
A five day invitational softball tournament will start at LaForge Monday night with ten teams competing for top prize money. Games begin at 7 45 and 9 00 p m with H Switala of Sikeston as chief umpire. Prize money totals 100 50 25 and 15 for first to fourth places.
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LaForge
H. Switala
Sikeston
Marston
la Forge
Missouri State Fair plans four comic strip ads
Advertising chief announces a four panel campaign using home town newspapers to promote the Missouri State Fair August 22 29 at Sedalia. The series features a boy and girl and their parents reacting to fair attractions. Newspapers statewide carry the first panel this week.
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Sedalia
Massour
Hunters Got Half a Duck an Hour
Jefferson City reports that 1 075 Missouri waterfowl hunters contacted in 1947 logged 2 569 hunting hours and bagged 1 391 ducks, averaging 54 ducks per hunter hour. The Commission technicians summarize the waterfowl bag check data. Germs are not snobs. They attack the poor and the rich alike.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Commission
Sikeston Officer Graduates From Fort Benning Training
Fort Benning Ga June 19 Sikeston resident Second Lt William L Scarbrough 407 Greer St completed a two week National Guard and Organized Reserve Officers Indoctrination Class at the Infantry School The course oriented citizen soldiers to current Army policies organization equipment weapons and doctrines and refreshed leadership staff and command skills The program drew 222 officers this session and more than 1000 reserve and guard officers have attended since the 1947 48 academic year
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Fort Benning
William L. Scarbrough
Greer St
Sikeston
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Infantry School
National Guards
Army
Regular Army
Benning
Missouri ROTC Unit Earns Excellent Rating Again
Fifth Army Headquarters announces the University of Missouri Army ROTC unit is rated Excellent after the annual inspection on May 10 and 11. This is the third consecutive excellent rating since reactivation after World War II, and the unit had held top ratings before the war.
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Columbia
Fifth Army Headquarters
University of Missouri
Frog season opens today in Missouri
Jefferson City The frog season will open July 1 in Missouri and run through December 31. Daily limit is 10 and possession limit is 15. Harvest allowed for hunting permit holders by rifle pistol hand hand net or hook and line and for fishing permit holders by hand hand net or hook and line.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Conservation Commission
Public health aims to prevent disease and promote well being
The field focuses on preventing illness, prolonging life, and enhancing physical and mental health through coordinated measures. It encompasses prevention, health promotion, and protection of communities by addressing social and environmental factors influencing health outcomes.
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