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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
3
New Madrid County Farm Extension News urges planning and gardening to guard against possible food shortages next winter. It recommends fall crops and early plantings, listing suitable varieties such as Stringless Green Pod and Tender Green beans, Norcross corn, Chinese cabbage, and peppers, with preparation guidance for August planting and fallowed soil to maximize yields.
To store onions in best condition, let them mature naturally. Allow plants to grow until the tops break over. Harvest when fully matured and lay in a shady area one layer deep for 10 to 20 days to cure. Once skins are dry and papery, the onions are ready for storage.
U S Engineers will hold a July 25 hearing at the New Madrid courthouse to review a congressional flood control report. The session, led by Col. G W Miller, focuses on Little River Elk Chute districts in Missouri and nearby Arkansas and whether modifications to prior recommendations are needed.
The Gazette urges readers to stay alive and save money with simple tips. It notes a shave costs 25¢ while morgue shaving runs $5.00, woolen coats about $40, wooden ones about $400, theater taxi $1 round trip and cemetery ride $0.10. Four new mobile churches for overseas troops arrived in England from anonymous gifts.
Farmers in Scott county may apply immediately for federal flood restoration loans. Thirty eight Missouri counties designated for flood-restoration loans by U S Agriculture Secretary Wickard. Production and real estate loans offered with 5 percent interest for ten years and up to twenty years respectively. Loans cover equipment, repairs, replacement livestock, seed, fertilizer, and rebuilding flood damaged farms and facilities.
The Salcedo extension club met at Mrs. Clarence Cantrell's home last Thursday afternoon with nine members and two visitors. Hazel Evans, Scott county home extension agent, led the program on home garment cleaning and demonstrated several clothing items. The group will reconvene on Thursday afternoon, July 19, at Mrs. Will Hancock's home.
Rural education receives a boost from a postwar highway program as engineers say federal aid will consolidate thousands of country school districts. Charles M. Upham notes most rural roads are dirt or low-type surfacing and argues highway improvements will deliver pupils by bus, reduce absences and raise district standards. A national Farm Safety Week message from President Truman urges safety checks at homes and farms, backed by Agriculture Secretary Wickard and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones, focusing on falls, burns, machinery, and safe driving. Gen Joseph T McNarney reports 69,408 soldiers in the Mediterranean area eligible for discharge.
Rep Carnahan a Missouri Democrat told War Department Engineers he wants to know steps to relieve flood conditions. The dam and reservoir were built by Army engineers as a flood control project. Carnahan said he wrote the engineers after being informed by Jay Merva that a section of Highway 67 near Greenville was again flooded by waters from the reservoir. Greenville and part of the highway were relocated when the dam and reservoir were built on the St Francis River.
Executed Hitler and Mussolini salute shown as two Waffen S. S. members were shot by firing squad at Fort Bravetta near Rome for complicity in killings of Italian patriots. The young wife of one executionee killed herself hours later, leaving an infant.
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