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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
7
Gov Stark's rain plea may win Senate endorsements if matched by voter support. The Sikeston Herald urges signed news submissions and laments Saturday auto jams in downtown Sikeston, calling for a practical traffic plan. Local stores cater to shoppers, who flock to town but face growing congestion and parking challenges.
A letter argues Sikeston must adopt zoning to shield residential areas from small business intrusion and from cabins rented to Negro workers near white neighborhoods. It condemns such practices as unwise profiteering, praises segregation-era housing plans, and urges protections for new homeowners and white districts.
Miss Ruth Evelyn Reed of St Louis visits her father Cecil Reed and her aunt Mrs Ruth Malone and family in an extended family gathering highlighting kinship and travel from Missouri.
A retrospective column recalls events dated July 2 with Democratic National Convention candidates in San Francisco including McAdoo Smith Glass and Davis, wheat yields in Sikeston below normal yet high quality at 2.65 per bushel, and invitations for a house party at Dorothy Lillard’s Arlington Kentucky home. Also notes Fifteen, Ten, Five, and Last Years recaps: local weddings, Whiz Bang celebration, Cot ton crop blooms, Scout council formation, Malone Avenue talks, and July Fourth death toll contrasts.
Co L Blanton Sr editor of the Sikeston Standard returns to the office after ten days in bed following a slight stroke on June 24. He says he is still a bit shaky but plans to celebrate the Fourth with a full recovery and renewed energy.
Miss Antone Lanier daughter of Mr and Mrs H B Lanier entertained her guest Mary Lowry of Memphis Tennessee with a weiner roast at the Sikeston Compress last night. Many young people attended. Miss Lanier returned earlier this week from a six weeks visit with relatives at Brownsville Tennessee.
The piece extols Liberty as America's core ideal refined by martyrs. It asserts opposition to repression and dictatorship and reaffirms dedication to freedom and democracy. It invokes Francis Scott Key and the flag’s enduring symbolism to emphasize national pride.
Americans began Monday to pay for a new defense program under the federal revenue measure. The excise tax increases took effect July 1, with amusement taxes added on admission tickets over 20 cents at 1 cent per 10 cents of the cost, replacing the former 10 percent rate for admissions above 40 cents.
Fred M Mehrle an Chaffee insurance agent drowned in the St Francis River near the Boy Scout camp in Sam A Baker Park Sunday afternoon while attempting to aid his frightened daughter Marline 13 as the group swam under planned supervision. Three Cape Girardeau Boy Scouts Bill Kaempfer Bill Kiehne and Kenneth Rudert acted quickly to save Marline, whose life was saved by their actions.
The article presents a consolidated draft of the U S Constitution amendments covering religious liberty freedom of expression assembly petition the press and right to bear arms. It outlines protections for search seizure due process speedy public trials and rights not enumerated reserved to the states or people.
Mehrle, 52, a Chaffee school board member and Boy Scout leader, drowned while teaching his daughter to swim across a seven foot deep stream with a strong current. His body was recovered downstream after a search aided by Scouts and camp staff. Survivors include widow and four children. Funeral rites were conducted at St Paul Lutheran in Chaffee with full military honors.
Springfield voters consider Judge Smith for a second term on the Court of Appeals. A law school graduate with 25 years in general practice, he previously served as Prosecuting Attorney of Dunklin county and as Assistant Attorney General. He has not missed a sitting and authored over a third of opinions, with strong regard for his written work. He resides in Springfield, Missouri.
East Prairie resident Henderson aged 40 suffered neck injuries Saturday afternoon when a truck he rode in with neighbors and friends overturned near East Prairie. He was taken to Cairo hospital and had his neck placed in a cast. Others in the truck sustained only minor injuries.
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