Bumper Wheat Movement Here
Bumper threshing season drives heavy wheat movement in Southeast Missouri with 1 250 000 bushel storage capacity at Scott County Milling Company. Government loans set price levels for number one and two wheat as farmers report yields up to 42 bushels per acre amid a 90 000 acre district. Market outlook mixed as war boom falters and European demand remains uncertain.
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Southeast Missouri
Lyman Bowman
Scott County Milling Company
Oran
Dexter
Bowman
Europe
Stark Defines Policies Here
Governor Lloyd C. Stark defended non intervention in Europe while seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri during a whistle stop in Sikeston. The talk highlighted Stark’s Navy and Army service, gubernatorial tenure, and support for Roosevelt, with a post speech plane trip to Washington and a possible Democratic ticket link.
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Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Railroad Park
United States Senate
Sikeston
Stark
Washington, D. C
Senate
G. W. H. Presnell
Gov. Stark
Europe
America
Shangra-La
George Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Annapolis
Washington
Water Line Nearing Finish in Sikeston
Charles H Moose superintendent of the Sikeston municipal light and power plant says the 4000 foot eight inch water line from Cotton Oil Mill to the airport will be finally completed Thursday with the installation of three hydrants. The line extends along Highway 60 to the airport and tunnels under railroad tracks and the highway. A six inch extension may be built to serve Highway 60 east residents. The city also bought land north of the airport for the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics Inc. and will use it for park purposes.
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Charles H. Moose
Sikeston
Airport
Supt
Moose
Highway 60
Highway Commission
Oliver L. Parks
Air School
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, Inc
Parks
Air school for army cadets near Sikeston under construction
Tuesday photo shows Oliver L. Parks of East St. Louis erecting an air school one mile east of Sikeston on Highway 60. Administration and cafeteria buildings rise while two dormitories and a barracks line the eastward complex. A water tower and Legion Hut appear near the education building as steel trusses for an all metal hangar go up in the foreground.
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Sikeston
Oliver L. Parks
East St. Louis
Ill
First Cotton Bloom Brought In By Essex Farmer
The first bloom of the 1940 cotton crop arrived at The Herald office Monday, brought by Lee Riley who farms 1200 acres on Trailback Plantation near Essex. The Washington variety was planted April 12. Riley reports numerous blooms in the field and good prospects for an abundant high quality crop.
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Herald Office
Lee Riley
Trailback
Essex
Washington
Holiday drivers urged to be careful this Fourth
Sergeant Melvin Dace of the State Highway Patrol urged Sikeston motorists to exercise care on Fourth of July travel. He urged signaling turns, not straddling center lines, careful passing, and thorough pretrip checks on lights brakes and tires to reduce the holiday death toll.
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Melvin Dace
State Highway Patrol
Dace
Revived Case Keeps Judge Kelly's Jurisdiction in Smith Trial
Missouri Supreme Court grants writ of prohibition keeping Judge Frank Kelly in control of the embezzlement case of J. Sherwood Smith, former Scott County clerk. The ruling clarifies that McDowell cannot hear the parole revocation as a previously appointed special judge.
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Scott County
Missouri Supreme Court
Frank Kelly
J. Sherwood Smith
High Court
W. P. Wilkerson
Smith
J. C. McDowell
Sikeston
J C. McDowell
Charleston
Kelly
McDowell
Wilkerson
Springfield Court of Appeals
Crooks Tops Market With Baby Beeves To East St Louis
E M Crooks fed 42 yearling whitefaces from J L Matthews lands northwest of Sikeston. They weighed about 824 pounds and sold at 8 30 Tuesday for top price of 9 85 per cwt. Hogs rose 20 cents and may lift cattle as well.
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East St. Louis
E M Crooks
J. L. Mat
Sikeston
Crooks
Graber Store Fire Causes $20,000 Loss
Louis Graber reports his Sikeston shoe and women’s wear store suffered extensive fire and smoke damage Sunday morning. Chief Milburn Arbaugh and Sikeston firefighters contained the blaze by 7 a.m., with minimal water damage to front stock and basement seepage. Total loss, estimated over $20,000, is expected to be insured. rebuilding and restocking will await insurance adjustment.
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Milburn Arbaugh
Sikeston Fire Department
Louis Graber
Graber
Sikeston
Chief Arbaugh
Loomis Mayfield
Duree Medley
John McMullin
Herman Mattingly
George Gillis
O. T. Elder
Harry Hambrick
Ted Kirby
Roy Beaira
Beaird
Dick Tongate
Ea Branum
Sikeston Municipal Light and Power Plant
George Lough
Lough
St. Louis
T. A. Slack
Air School Buildings Rising East of Sikeston
Rapid progress continues on a group of air school buildings one mile east of Sikeston on Highway 60. A 125-man crew works two 7-hour shifts from 4:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. to complete the hangar and five frame buildings by July, with steel trusses and corrugated iron rising atop a steel skeleton.
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Sikeston
Hudnall Couple Welcomes Son William Boyed
Mr and Mrs Joseph Hudnall of near Sikeston announce the birth of a son William Boyed born Tuesday July 2. The proud parents and child are reported in good health.
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Joseph Hudnall
Near Sikeston
William Boyed
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Jos. L Matthews
H. E. Durham
Orient
Illinois
Sherwood Smith
E. M. Crooks
Fire Department
Wimmer Construction Company
J. F. Gedney
W. L. Wimmer Jr
Ervin Kitchen
Paxico
International Derrick and Equipment Company
Columbus
Ohio
East St. Louis Contracting Company
Robert Mabry
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