City Softball Leaders Tie After 4-3 Thriller
Cotton Oil Mill boys edged the Flying Cadets 4-3 to force a tie for first place with three wins and two losses each. Dempsters piled up 14 hits and 16 runs to even their slate and match ISCC in standings. Jimmie Law pitched five hits allowed while Evans yielded four safeties for four runs in the pivotal sixth inning. Next Monday the Dempsters face Oil Mill while ISCC takes on the Cadets.
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Flying Cadets
Dempsters
ISCC
Jimmie Law
Oilmen
Cadets
Evans
Dempster
Winners in Model Airplane Show in Sikeston Sunday
Sikeston’s first model airplane show, held Sunday afternoon at Harvey Parks Airport under the Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce, drew entries from multiple states despite windy conditions. Prizes ranged from $13 to $20 across A, B, C and Rubber Band classes, with top performances by R. E. Podolsky and Rex Hayes Jr. and several pilots listed among entrants from St. Louis, Little Rock, Portageville, Sikeston and other towns.
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Silkeston
R. E. Podolsky
St. Louis
Vernon Hahn
Olhsson
William Rueff
Rex Hayes Jr
Little Rock
G. G. Pfeiffer
Piggott
Ark
T. W. Collins
Pfeiffer
Whittaker Hardware Company
Portageville
Brownie
Lyle Bobeck
Syncro P. Co
Billy Boon
James H. Green
Morehouse
Lee L. Rodd
Marion
Ill
James Ward
Lewis 5
Odum
Jim Walker
Herrin
Joyce Baille
Paul Edward Brewer Jr
Jack Rude
Charles Proffer
Walker Boyd Jr
Route Two
Frank Stevens
Proffer
Gordon Jackman
S. R. Jackincen
Frank Cade
Thomas Allen
Bob Iseman
Charles Boyd
Miner Switch
Duane Kirby
Bloomfield
Delbert Cox
Norman Henri Kirby
Cape Girardeau
Edward Aikman
Marion, Jr
Lawrence Burton
Diehlstadt
Billy Nichols
Jeff Miller
Bill Foley Jr
M. Fitzpatrick
W. P. Baldwin
D. Alfred
Rites Held Yesterday for J. O. King Former Sheriff
Funeral services were held yesterday in Charleston for J. O. King 77 a former sheriff of Mississippi county who died of a heart ailment on Monday June 30 He is survived by one son and five daughters king served three terms as sheriff of Mississippi county
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J. O. King
Charleston
Mississippi County
Mr. King
Kies Jackson Miss Frederika Dies at 69 in Cape Girardeau
Miss Frederika Kies of a Jackson family died at Southeast Missouri hospital in Cape Girardeau Saturday morning after an extended illness. She was 69. She is survived by five brothers and five sisters. One sister Miss Lydia Kies died in India while in missionary work.
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Jackson
Frederika Kies
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Lydia Kies
India
Millers Schedule Pair of Games At Dexter And Poplar Bluff
Sikeston Millers travel to Dexter for a Fourth of July ball game and then host Poplar Bluff Sunday. Elam Vangilder and Smith to split mound duty with Mel Schwab in the lineup. A 6 to 5 loss to Dyersburg marked the latest hard contest as Dyersburg rode 10 hits off Hastings and Young.
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Sikeston Millers
Dexter
Poplar Bluff
Elam Vangilder
Millers
Smith
Mel Schwab
Sikeston
Dyersburg
Tenn
Vangilder
Hastings
Young
Austin Cameron
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Bane
Killett
Hendren
Tackett
Case
C. Reed
Hall
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P. Mente
Youn
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Browns Set for Two Big Doubleheaders with Tigers
St Louis Browns schedule two American League Championship Detroit Tigers doubleheaders at Sportsmans Park July 5 and 6. Lineup features Judnich McQuinn Laabs Cullenbine with big young pitchers Muncrief Harris Kramer and Gatehouse. Ticket office hours extend to five each day with mail and phone reservations via Chestnut 7900.
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ST. Louis
Detroit Tigers
Sportsman's Park
Luke Sewell
Browns
Tigers
Walt Judnich
George McQuinn
Chet Laabs
Hiland Clift
Roy Cullenbine
Bob Muncrief
Bob Harris
Jack Kramer
Denny Gatehouse
Chestnut
Former Cairo Coach Takes McKendree Athletics Post
Joe Spudich once Sikeston high school coach was named director of athletics and coach at McKendree College in Lebanon Illinois. He left Sikeston two years ago to take a coaching job at Cairo high school.
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Joe Spudich
Cairo
Sikeston
McKendree College
Lebanon
Ill
Spudich
Cairo High School
Catholic Church Picnic Promises All You Can Eat
A church picnic announces a Wednesday July 9 event with dinner and supper for fifty cents. Games and amusements are planned, inviting the community to attend.
Pound for Pound Steel Outprices Many Woods
A compact comparison notes that steel delivers more strength per weight than several wood types, highlighting cost efficiency in construction and manufacturing. The piece argues steel can rival wood in durability and value, urging consideration of material choices for projects emphasizing longevity and strength.
Morton Cooper Visits Sikes ton For Recovery
Morton Cooper pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals stopped in Sikes ton with Bob Howard of St. Louis county. He is healing from elbow surgery to remove two small growths called roaming growths and expects to return to the lineup by August 15. He praised the Cardinals as the best club in the league and said his brother Walker Cooper should rejoin the catching staff in about a week to ten days.
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Morton Cooper
St. Louis Cardinals
Sikeston
Cooper
Bob Howard
St. Louis County
Red Bird
Cardinals
Cardinal
Walker Cooper
CCC Camps Not to Close in Jackson Delta New Madrid
The CCC camps at Jackson Delta and New Madrid will stay open as 264 camps nationwide close. Washington announced a reduction from 1500 to 1236 camps and a fiscal year enrollment of 232 500, down from 270 000. Winona camp to close with personnel reassigned. Jackson remains a veterans camp doing soils and drainage work. The average automobile life cited as 7.87 years.
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CCC
Jackson
Delta
New Madrid
Washington
Winona
Matthews Clinches Lead With Big League Wins
Matthews softball team remains atop the Tri County League with six victories and one loss after routing Morehouse 24 to 1 and Charleston 10 to 2. Dexter upset Sikeston 13 to 10 Tuesday night to climb to second place, while Morehouse remains winless in seven straight. Lilbourn beat Charleston 2 to 1 Tuesday, and Lilbourn edged Morehouse 15 to 7 Friday as Matthews rolled to 10 runs at Charleston.
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Matthews
Morehouse
Charleston
Sikeston
Dexter
Lilbourn
Sikeston to play Charleston on Charleston field
Tonight Sikeston meets Charleston on the latter’s field. Friday night Morehouse is scheduled to play at Dexter. Lilbourn and Matthews have open dates.
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Sikeston
Charleston
Morehouse
Dexter
Lilbourn
Matthews
Court Battle Over Mud Splatters Ends In Testimony
In St Louis Court of Criminal Corrections two African American women faced assault and battery charges amid a muddy dispute over a laundress’s wash. A bystander described escalating threats between the women as a clothes basket toppled and tensions flared.
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Court of Criminal Corrections
St. Louis
Tired Feeling Declared Really Caused by Heat
Dr. Helmut Landsberg of Pennsylvania State College explains spring fever stems from sudden temperature rise not laziness. He says warm days strain the body and heat from combustion worsens urban temperatures, posing greater health risks than cold.
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Helmut Landsberg
Pennsylvania State College
Landsberg
You can Believe What You Read In The Herald
A compact Herald item notes caution about trusting sensational claims while reminding readers to verify facts and rely on reputable reporting from local newsroom sources. The brief underlines journalistic standards and the paper's commitment to accuracy.
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