Route 25 Dedication at Ste Genevieve Marks History
The Route 25 completion at Ste Genevieve, Missouri was celebrated with a post noon ceremony at the 25 and 82 intersection. A parade traced transportation from Indian pony days to modern travel, as officials opened a new bridge and began edge work and drainage on Route 25. Southeast Missouri paving projects in Delta and Advance also proceed. The historic road tied to Rue Royale and El Camino Real is tied to early explorers, with a stone marker recalling Hernando DeSoto’s 1541 avenues. historians view DeSoto as shaping Missouri highway history.
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Ste Genevieve
Ste. Genevieve
Cape Girardeau
Jefferson
Perry
St. Genevieve
Highwa
Missouri
Delta
Advance
Mississippi River
New Madrd
Rue Royale
el Camino Real
Hernando DeSoto
Mississipp
St Francs Basin
Two Billion Dollar Loan Aids Farm Production
The Newton Production Credit Association approved a two billionth dollar loan to Martin Paulson of Grimes Iowa for pork production and farm aid. Paulson will receive the check July 23 for breeding sows to boost pork output under the national defense food program. The Sikeston Association has made loans totaling over 241 million since 1933, part of loans by 525 associations totaling two billion dollars.
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Martn Paulson
Grime's
Iowa
Newton Production Credit Association
Iep Coleman Jr
Sikeston Credit Association
Paulson
Ed Bates
Tolono
Til
United States
Food For Defense
Coleman
Sikeston
First Federal Aid Law 25 Years Ago Encouraged State Roads
A Missouri newspaper notes the 25th anniversary of the federal aid road law approved in 1916 and the concurrent 21st anniversary of Missouri highway administration. It highlights Dorsey Shackelford’s role, the Hawes Law, McCullough Morgan amendments, bond issues, and the evolving highway system leading to the 1957 pay-as-you-go plan. The piece previews the Missouri Highway Department exhibit at the Sedalia state fair on August 17 and 24.
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Missouri Highway Department
Missouri
Dorsey W . Shackelford
Missouri Automobile Club
Wilson
Washington
American Automobile Association
Congress
United States
McCullough- Morgan
Sedaha
American Cars Will Not Be Inferior
Detroit July 17. Charles F Kettering of General Motors told officials and regional winners of a national contest that substitute materials due to the national emergency will not degrade autos. He said the industry will not produce inferior cars and that substitutes may even improve quality.
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Detroit
Mid
Charles F Kettering
General Motors
Kettering
Globe of Plants at Marion Cemetery Entrance
A globe of the world formed from plants stands at the Marion Ohio cemetery entrance. About twenty thousand plants were used to create the display.
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Marion, Ohio
Boys Dormitory Converted for Girls in Chillicothe
Chillicothe Business College shifts Vincent Hall from a boys dormitory to a girls dormitory as part of wartime preparedness impact. The building originally housed girls during WWI enrollment growth, then housed returning soldiers, and now reassigns to female students during ongoing national mobilization.
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Chillicothe Mo
America
Chillicothe Business College
Vincent Hall
Perryville Publisher Named to Soldiers Home Board
Jefferson City Gov Dennell appoints Perryville publisher Harry Guth a two year term on the St James Federal Soldiers Home board succeeding State Treasurer Wilson Bell of Potosi to the post, filling a vacancy and extending local representation on the board.
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Jefferson City
Forrest
Dennell
Harry Guth
Perryville
St James Federal Soldiers Home
Wison Bell
Potosi
Littell's Liquid A Calcium Sulphurate Solution
A calcium sulphurate solution for relief of itching from minor skin irritations prickly heat and insect bites. Locally it eases eczema itching. Price 50c per bottle. All Druggists.
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Littell
New Madrid County to Host Girls State Program
Miss Judy Teal, a graduate of New Madrid Ign school, will attend the second annual Girls State next week under the New Madrid Kiwanis Club sponsorship. Two hundred fifty Missouri girls aged 14 to 17 will spend July 20 to 27 at William Woods College Fulton studying citizenship. The Girls State program is directed by the American Legion Auxiliary. A joint Festival and Farm Bureau Picnic Committee meeting is set for July 21 to finalize details. The piece urges planning fall gardens to ensure national strength through proper nutrition and ready seedbeds.
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Judy Teal
New Madrid Ign School
New Madrid Kiwatts Club
Clusne
William Woods College
Fulton
American Legion Auxiliary
New Madrid
Festival Committee
Farm Bureau Picnic Committee
Hilhon- Bone Gin
Farm Bureau Picnic Linked With Portageville Cotton Festival
At Portageville school grounds and high school gym the Farm Bureau hosts a all day event on August 6 in coordination with Portageville Cotton Festival. A noon program by Arline Avery announces a cotton grading contest for all Farm Bureau families.
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Farm Bureau
Portageville
Arline Avery
High Spot Mount Cornelia on Fort George Island
Mount Cornelia on Fort George Island at the mouth of the St Johns River is the highest point on the Atlantic coast south of Cape Henry.
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Mount Cornelia
Fort George Island
St John's River
Cape Henry
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Route 25
Conoco
Schroff & Aufdenburg
ON Soldiers’ Home Board
Itu Sinitler
Ually
Death Valley
AND
Conocon& Oil
Continental Oil Company
WU Low
Purdue University
Paul H. Teal
Girl's State
Food For Health
New Madrind County
Great Northern
Grand Rapids
New Zealand
Guernsey
Strasburg
Grand Rapis
Bloomsdale
Farm Bureau Picnic
Greyhound
Yellowstone
Hot Springs
Mammoth Cave
Great Smokies
Glacier
Union Bus Station
Scott County
C. E. Felker
Benton, Mo
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