Contracts Let For District Roads in Missouri Statewide
State Highway Commission awarded contracts for 53 road projects totaling 56 miles of new construction and 1503 miles of surface changes. Southeast Missouri details include Ste Genevieve County on Highway 25 to Ste Genevieve and Mississippi County on Highway 60 with Ross Construction Company of Des Moines winning bids of 325,879.92 and 141,467.41 respectively. Additional maintenance covers 253 miles of bituminous surface in Mississippi, Stoddard and Wayne counties.
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State Highway Commission
Ross Construction Company
The
Highway Commission
Mississippi
Stoddard
Wayne Counties
Services Held Today for Baby Barbara Vanover
Funeral services were conducted at the residence in Smith addition at 2 30 this afternoon for Barbara Vanover eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs R V Vanover who died yesterday morning of pneumonia Interment will be in Carpenter cemetery with Welsh service Beside the parents Baby Barbara is survived by one brother Vernon Richard aged 2 years and her grandparents Mr and Mrs Richard Vanover
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Smith Addition
Barbara Vanover
R. V. Vanover
Carpenter Cemetery
Barbara
Vernon Richard
Richard Vanover
Sikeston Man Speaker at Cotton Grading School
A. F. Tinsley of Sikeston, assistant general manager of the Farmers' Cooperative Association at LaForge Resettlement Project, spoke at Caruthersville's cotton grading school this week. He noted 2,137 bales were grown on 1800 acres last season and credited federal and state guidance for the 1939 crop's high quality and yield. Accompanied by Walter N. Jackson, vice-president of LaForge's cooperative board.
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Sikeston
Cotton Grading School
A. F. Tinsley
Farmers’ Cooperative Association
LaForge
Caruthersville
Tinsley
Mr. Tinsley
Walter N Jackson
The
LaForge Cooperative
Cape Girardeau Man Named Science Teacher at Haurksville High
W W Parker Jr of Cape Girardeau, son of the State Teachers College president, will teach science at Haurksville High School next year. He fills the post left by Clay Whitney, who becomes coordinator of the school's new work-as-you-study industrial program.
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Cape Girardeau
W W Parker Jr
State Teachers College
Haurksville, Mo
Clay Whitney
Relief Bill Moves Fast Amid Missouri Special Session
Missouri legislators, in a swift special session, press ahead with a 1.5 million relief bill for direct aid this year while the Senate takes lead and the House acts rapidly. The session, paused for Senator Joseph H. Brogan's funeral, shows little slowdown as both chambers push the governor's relief measure.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Joseph H. Brogan
Llyod C. Stark
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
SIKESTON PERSONALS WEEKEND GUESTS AND LOCAL MOVEMENTS
Miss Louise Stepp of New Madrid will be the weekend guest of Dr and Mrs M C Mill. She arrives Friday with Miss Margaret Mull who had been guest of Miss Virginia Lou Phillips. Marvin Wyatt at Mount Vernon sanatorium gravely ill with no hope of recovery. Mrs Wyatt and son Marvin Jr. visited him. they left for Mount Vernon today. Mr and Mrs Herbert Henderson of Flint Michigan visit Mrs Charles Arbaugh and relatives. their son Giles, 8, will return home after weeks here. Mr Wm M Hutcheson and children Leslie and Addie Mae moved into their new home on Dorothy Street from Rufus R Reed of Springfield. Hutcheson works for Coca Cola Bottling Co.
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Louise Stepp
New Madrid
M. C. Mill
Margaret Mull
Virginia Lou Phillips
Marvin Wyatt
Mount Vernon
Herbert Henderson
Flint
Mich
Charles Arbaugh
Giles
Wm M Hutcheson
Lesle
Addie Mae
Cairo
Dorothy Street
Rufus R. Reed
Springfield
Hutcheson
Coca-Cola
Lumber Company Head Dies in Arkansas
Funeral services were held at his home in Jonesboro for P. C. Barton 83 founder of the Barton Mansfield Company of which Sikeston Lumber is a part Barton lived near Jonesboro since age two active in civic and religious life once vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention Barton Mansfield owns 24 lumber yards four in Missouri and the rest in Arkansas
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Jonesboro
Ark
P. C. Barton
Barton-Manfield Company
Sikeston Lumber Company
Barton
Southern Baptist Convention
Barton-Mansfield Lumber Company
Missouri
Arkansas
Radio Operators to Be Finger-Printed in Missouri
The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the National Defense program will fingerprint all amateur and professional radio operators at no charge. Sgt O L Walls of Troop E says every operator in America must be fingerprinted, with Southeast Missouri handled by Troop E. Operators need not visit Troop headquarters in Poplar Bluff. prints can be taken by any local trooper.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol
National Defense Program
O. L. Walls
Troop E
America
Walls
Missouri
Wallis
Poplar Bluff
Emory doctor finds potassium gluconate helps hay fever
Emory University physician Dr Francis P Parker reports over 100 patients tested in 18 months show potassium gluconate tablets relieve hay fever in about seven of every ten cases. Treatment requires 2 to 5 doses daily starting a week before and during sneezing season. the tablet aims to correct tissue potassium deficiency.
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Emory University
Francis P. Parker
Arizona
Wise and Otherwise uses odd facts from various topics
A compilation of brief curiosities notes Nevada towns population, Mars pole rotation marks, den eggs graded commercially, blood speed in the body, state geography below sea level, twins propensity, coal reserves in England, Great Smoky Mountains peaks, U S population peak projection for 1980, and wasps targeting prey with painful stings.
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Nevada
Marsden
California
Louisiana
England
Great Smoky Mountains
United States
Changes in Guard Personnel Streamlining in Missouri National Guard
The Missouri National Guard seeks to align its 140th Infantry with U S Army structure. At a recent meeting promotions were discussed but not confirmed. Expected changes include Percy Little from captain to major and service company leadership shifts in Cape Girardeau and Sikeston with Herbert Wickham Vernon Laval and others advancing to lieutenant ranks.
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140Th Infantry
Missouri National Guard
U. S. Army
H. E. Dudley
Percy Little
Cape Girardeau
Herbert F. Wickham
Sikeston
Vernon B. Laval
George S. Staley
Safety's Sake School's Out Watch Out
A cautionary note warns drivers to keep braking in mind as the school season ends. It urges testing brakes when starting and having them inspected regularly to prevent accidents near schools and during busy periods.
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Mojud
Shainberg
Elite Hat Shop
Welter Building
Center Street
Sikeston, MO
Lumber Company
Lcsmith
Nuway Cleaners
Fred L. Schneider
Staley
B. Morgan
Linn Street
Men's
Goldren
Atlas
Atlas P
Atlas Tires
Sikeston Territory
Orville Smith
Mcmullin
Sid’s Tire Shop
Malone Ave
Jack
West Pone
White Way
Tanner
Tanner and Killgore Kings Highway
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