Seeking List of World War Dead for Benton Memorial
An effort seeks accurate names of Scott county soldiers killed in World War I to engrave on the Benton memorial. The initial dedication listed forty names. Alden Pinney leads the drive for corrections and additions, with many names from Benton and surrounding towns such as Chaffee Sikeston Commerce Fornfelt Oran and Diehlstadt. Additional reported KIA names are being pursued for bronze tablets inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Benton
Alden Pinney
Charles M. Eaton
James R. Hensley
Diehlistadt
Claude Cooper
Boldgett
Lloyd Miller
Charles Raglin
Ulme
Everett Bean
Jack Pride
Charles Malone
Morley
Wm. Evans
Leonard Vaughn
Fred Beardslee
Commerce
Charles Y. Blackledge
Floyd Simmons
Robert Cubley
Sikeston
Henry Meldrum
John Ross
Milton Sams
Fred Robertson
Frank Hooven
Albert Dumey
Fornfelt
Everett Pate
Eugene Henson
John Meneese
Clifford Moore
Harold Sage
Blodgett
Opha Austill
Vandyser
Orval Mason
Harry E. Ethridge
Alva Greenwell
Major Howard
Eate McCormick
Nelson F. McDaniel
Allen O’sullivan
John H. Wilson
Lester Reynolds
John R. Grantham
James Ligon Herring
Chaffee
Roy L. Keith
House Votes Million Highway Aid 1942 43
The House approved a $357,000,000 Federal highway aid program for 1942-43 by unanimous consent. The measure includes $24,823,000 for navigation improvements and follows President Roosevelt’s veto of a larger rivers and harbors bill. A third bill expands Federal Land Banks borrowing power, rewriting a farm credit proposal from Secretary Wallace.
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House
Senate
Roosevelt
Agriculture Wallace
Bertrand Boy Visiting Soldier Brother in Texas
Bobby Hardwick a Bertrand lad left for San Antonio Texas for a month with his brother Lieutenant S B Hardwick Jr and wife Lieutenant Hardwick is taking aviation training at the U S Army station near San Antonio and will finish the course mid June He graduated from the United States Military Academy last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Hardwick
Bertrand Lad
San Antonio
Texas
Lieut. S. B. Hardwick Jr
Lieut. Hardwick
U. S. Army Station
US Military Academy
Red Cross War Relief Drive Expands to $20 Million Goal
National effort by leading public figures and organizations boosts Red Cross appeal. A 9000 ton mercy ship sails to France with a million dollars of relief supplies while clipper planes rush emergency aid. Ten disaster workers are in Europe as funds near the doubled goal, with widespread pledges from labor, veterans groups, chambers, and civic organizations. Officials urge rapid, broad participation to assist over five million homeless and war-suffering people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
Europe
William M. Baxter Jr
American Red Cross
America
Baxter
William Green
American Federation of Labor
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
International Lions
Community Chests Council
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States Chamber of Commerce
General Federation of Women's Clubs
American Hebrew Congregations
Civilian International
B’nai B’rith
National Council of Jewish Women
National Social Work Council
the Order of Owls
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Knights of Pythias
Roosevelt
Civilians to Learn to Fly Under Expanded Program
Civil Aeronautics Authority Chairman Robert H Hinckley announced a major expansion of the civilian pilot training program. The plan aims to train 45,000 new pilots by July 1 1941 with efforts starting June 15. An initial 9,810 pilots have completed training by June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Robert H. Hinckley
Hinckley
Sikeston Float Third at Jubilee
Sikeston's pink and white float with a purple blue trim and large pink throne placed third at the Ozarks Jubilee in Poplar Bluff, marking a repeat showing after a prior third in Cape Girardeau. Fisk won the float contest with Cape Girardeau runner up as the Jubilee rodeo and attractions drew strong crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Betty Jane Taylor
Ozarks
Poplar Bluff
Southeast Missouri Drummers’ Association
Cape Girardeau
Fisk
Treasury Office Moves to Kansas City in Four State Consolidation
The United States Treasury accounts and disbursing offices will relocate from Jefferson City to Kansas City on July 31 as part of a four state consolidation affecting Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska. Accountant C F Stilwell said the central office will cut staff by about 25 percent from 69. The move follows the recent shift of Federal procurement offices to Kansas City. Cape Girardeau reports record first day enrollments at State College with 1024 pupils for summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
C. F. Stilwell
Cape Guirardeau
State College
County Officials Plan for Circuit Court Summer Term
Scott county officials ready for the summer term of circuit court beginning Monday July 1. Docket is light with few civil cases and no major criminal filings. Judge Frank M. Kelly presiding. Prosecuting attorney is David Blanton of Sikeston. Petit jurors named for July term include residents from Richland Kelso Sylvania Morley Sandywoods Commerce Tywappity townships. Alternates listed for each township. Sheriff John Hobbs to notify jurors. report date is Tuesday July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Leo Pfefferkorn
Frank M. Kelly
David Blanton
Sikeston
Richland
Percy Anderson
Tanner C. Dye
D. L. Kirby
Porter Kendall
Ben O. Matthews
Grover Lewis
Glenn Nicholson
Kelso
Paul Welter
Ralph Edmonds
T. F. Miler
John Hooker
Norman Bugg
Albert Dugger
Charles Heisserer
Boyd Scullian
John R. Reed
Tharon Stalling
Charles Fennimore
E. V. Howell
L. M. Hollenbeck
Val Sharp
Killian Klueck
Martin Krueger
Elmer Pfefferkorn
Fred Bisplinghoff
Riley Slinkard
Albert Bailey
Wm. Blattel
Sylvania
Phillip Seyer
August Schlosser
Albert Dannenmueller
Mike M. Dirnberger
J. C. Dirickson
Morley
Thomas Lett
O. F. Spann
Sandywoods
Sam Branson
Commerce
Arthur Cole
Tywappity
Robert Hesselrode
John Hobbs
Driving at night with bright headlights safety rule
Question and answer items discuss how to steer when faced with glare from an oncoming driver. The advised approach is to look to the outer edge of the pavement rather than the beam center. It asserts that insisting on right of way does not guarantee safety and cites sheriff notification as a safety trigger.
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Bertrand Boy
Soldier Brother
AETNA
IZE
Etna Casualty and Surety Company
Hartford, Connecticut
T. C. Dye Insurance
Telephone
Sikeston, Mo
Treasury Office
Herald
H.p. Ford
Gilmore- Yosemite
Ford
Walton & Williams Motor Co
Malone Avenue
Sikeston, Missouri
Sylvania Township
Ernest Hanselman
Matthew Pabst
Lawrence Halter
Moreland Township
Joe Backfish
Otto Schetter
Morley Township
Amos McMullin
Albert Layton
W. H. Rister
Commerce Township
G Co. Darby
Tywappity Township
T. E Johnson
Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Firestone
Speedway
Rele OE
Se Firestone Convoy Tires
Watanau
Maas
Gee
C.&m.oil CO
Coxie
Nael Hiye
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