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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
6
The Sikeston Herald lists CLENT H. DENMAN as publisher and Ward Denman as assistant. The paper is published every Thursday at 119 West Malone Sikeston Missouri with telephone access noted.
The notice states annual subscription rates of $1.50 for Beott and adjoining counties and $2.00 elsewhere. Terms require payment strictly in advance. The item is entered as second class matter in March 1908 at the Sikeston Missouri post office under the act of March 3, 1879.
In Sikeston the Herald backed church groups opposing saloons while the Standard supported saloon interests and mocked reformers. The election results favored the saloon side by six votes, while the polecat struggled to cooperate with earlier Jubilees and band fund efforts. The Herald highlighted community projects as successes.
A Sikeston firm must pay about 24000 to a railroad after the Supreme Court upheld an Interstate Commerce Commission filing. The decision reverses a four year old ICC ruling, arguing the act creating the ICC requires it. The piece critiques bureaucratic rule and appointed officials over elected representatives.
Missouri highways feature scenic roadside towers praised by motorists. Mrs. Kossuth Weber of Farmington campaigned for the project before Jefferson City officials, contributing time talent and funds to beautification efforts. The Herald notes a Washington University graduation day where seven hundred students received degrees, among them the editor's son John C. Denman, symbolizing the promise of the next generation.
In a special election Sikeston residents chose not to allow liquor by the drink, signaling a preference for no intoxicating sales at all. The result was seen as a win for law and order with violators driven from town or having licenses suspended, and warnings against illegal sales reiterated.
Washington report on the 1940 presidential sweepstakes notes early candidate activity and a marked shift in party dynamics since 1936. Voter sentiment has swung toward Republicans, contrasting with earlier perceptions, as polls since 1938 show the trend continuing into off-year elections.
The Scottish Rite News carries a call from the Republican National Committee for a symbolic pilgrimage to Ripon Wisconsin the birthplace of the party in 1854. It urges public leaders from all parties to revisit one room schools once central to American character and discipline. The piece contrasts old schooling with modern reform debates and previews 1940 political maneuvering among Roosevelt New Deal factions and potential Republican contenders.
A terse opinion piece praises ultra modern boys and young men who wear shirts outside their trousers. It contrasts past practice of tucking in shirt-tails with the present trend of deliberate visibility. The tone suggests social commentary on fashion and conformity.
Frank Murphy, United States Attorney General, declares a campaign to purge vice from politics. He says government corruption begins with slush funds tied to vice and allied with partisan politics, remarking with a wry tone that his quip may be tongue in cheek.
A polecat reportedly set out to build a fence Monday night but instead encircled himself and could not escape until his cause was decided against by a six to one vote.
The Senate roads and highways committee recommended passage of two measures to raise about 2.1 million dollars yearly in new revenue, largely for the State Highway Department, in response to Gov. Lloyd C. Stark's demand for comprehensive bus and truck fee legislation.
Almost solid Republican opposition blocked House approval Monday on a Senate bill to establish a Hyde Park library to house papers Roosevelt offered to turn over. The vote stood 229 to 139, short of the two thirds required. Bill Colwick of New Madrid was a guest of Jimmy Collier today.
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