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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
3
A 15,000 square foot garment facility in East Prairie will be occupied by California Manufacturing Co makers of fabric and leather sports jackets. The $45,000 factory building was financed by stock sales through the East Prairie Business Men's Association.
About 1400 farmers attended the spring meeting at the Experimental Field near Sikeston on May 27 to learn about crops suited to Southeast Missouri.Officials highlighted hairy vetch and oats mixes, new oats varieties Columbia Bendigo cross and Mundo, Vigo wheat, Clarkan and Gemeinhardt wheat, and the Coker varieties Redheart and Hardbed. The field also hosts alfalfa studies and winter legumes showing hairy vetch superiority, with plans for a fall soybean cotton and corn program and visits encouraged.
A Herald representative witnessed weed killing by a two row spraying tractor applying the chemical 2 4 D to a forty acre corn field near Brown Spur. The operator, Theodore Hopper, reports kill rates of cockle burrs and other non grass weeds with no regrowth for five weeks, though cotton fields are unsafe. Hopper plans further spraying across 220 acres near Bertrand at about 75 cents per acre.
A state crew begins oiling Route T in Butler county toward Wappapello Dam, 3.34 miles, applying prime oil then gravel, with a 2 to 3 day curing period. A second heavier oil and stone chip layer will follow. Traffic disruption expected. motorists urged to avoid the area during oiling operations.
Enrollment at State College in Cape Girardeau for the summer term reached 1336, with about 400 enrolled under the GI bill. Martin B. Gainsbrugh, chief economist of the National Industrial Conference Board, warns inflation may rise due to rearmament and urges caution.
Sikeston is listed by Matt F Morse president of the Automobile Club of Missouri as one of 36 Missouri cities to have had no traffic fatalities to school age children in 1947. This marks the third straight year Sikeston has earned the Honor Roll, with praise for drivers patrols teachers and officials. The list includes Boonville Brookfield Carthage Charleston Chillicothe Clayton Clinton Columbia DeSoto Ferguson Flat River Fulton Hannibal Independence Kennett Kirksville Kirkwood Lebanon Lexington Maplewood Marshall Maryville Mexico Moberly Nevada Poplar Bluff Richmond Heights St Charles Sedalia and Sikeston.
American Legion Post 114 will meet in regular bi monthly session at the Legion Home tonight. Commander C H Butler says plans for Legion Park beautification improvement and a permanent memorial structure to the war dead will be discussed and increased representation urged.
Readable fragments list places including Ton University City Warrensburg Washington Webb City and Webster Groves. The text mentions multiple municipalities in a regional context without full sentences or events. The item seems to catalog regional names rather than report a specific incident or action.
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