Faith in Southeast Missouri farmers fuels crop optimism
A Herald editorial lauds Southeast Missouri farmers for enduring floods and heavy rains, saying a sizable cotton crop is still possible this season. It notes farmers remain optimistic, have time to plant additional crops, and trust in their ability to raise good yields despite recent setbacks. A closing joke about an irate soldier adds local humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Missouri
Southeast Missouri
War Bonds urged as best postwar buy by Sikeston official
Sikeston War Finance Committee Chairman J O Knupp urged buying War Bonds now as the best postwar asset. He argued bonds will yield handsome dividends and keep value through peace, enabling purchases at favorable prices. He also noted bonds support victory efforts and veterans’ needs, urging participation in the Seventh War Loan and referencing a local Veterans Hospital effort in Sikeston.
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America
J. O. Knupp
Sikeston War Finance Committee
Knupp
Sikeston
Num
Tayber
War Food Admin Prohibits Corn for Beverage and Alcohol
The War Food Administration barred all corn purchases for beverage and industrial alcohol production or export to ease a severe feed shortage and meet wartime plant demands.
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War Food Administration
Sikeston seeks slogan contest with $5 prize
The Sikeston Herald notes the city wants a new slogan and will award a five dollar gold piece to a resident aged 16 or younger who submits the best idea. Also reported are the recent marriage of John Fisher to Ora Lennox in St. Louis and an overcast night that may bring rain, though wheat harvest remains at peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Chamber of Commerce
John Fisher
Ora Lennox
Clarence Burton
St. Louis
Sikeston Lions elect Joe Stubbs president in 1925
The Sikeston Lions Club chose Joe Stubbs as president succeeding James Kevil at a meeting held at Bert's Cafe. New officers include E. F. Schorle, L. D. Randol, J. H. Galeener as vice presidents, M. M. Beck as den keeper, Loomis Mayfield as lion tamer, Chas. Blanton Jr. as tail twister, C. E. Felker and H. A. Hill as trustees, with R. F. Anderson continuing as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Lions Club
Joe Stubbs
Bert’s
James Kevil
E. F. Schorle
L. D. Randol
J. H. Galeener
M. M. Beck
den Keeper
Loomis Mayfield
Chas. Blanton Jr
C. E. Felker
H. A. Hill
R. F. Anderson
Roger A Bailey
Lois McCord
Iome
Oxford
Ind
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri
C. D. Matthews
Kansas
Missouri
C. D
Sikeston News Roundup and Local Anecdotes
Sikeston’s Coast Guard Band performance by John Ponder highlighted a busy local scene. The column recaps jokes, word origins, church anniversaries, Army camp tales in Italy, heat waves, Red Cross leadership, and War Bond investments in Scott County.
Fear and Faith and a Flooded Town Tale
A reflective piece exhorts readers to be fearless about generosity faith and kindness while warning against hypocrisy and betrayal. In Poplar Bluff authorities report speedboat drivers endangering flooded streets and plan arrests to stop reckless city driving.
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Poplar Bluff
Soldier's Gift Elevated By Mauldin Book At Celebration
The Herald editor and Mrs. Denman praise a gift from Lieut. George Johnson, a WWII veteran in hospital, a copy of Up Front with Mauldin. The 23-year-old cartoonist portrays U S infantry life in World War II and presents first editions to each man in the 45th Division. Johnson is son of the late Owen Johnson, longtime Silteston district leader, and Mrs Mamie Johnson of Illinois.
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Herald
Denman
George Johnson
Mauldin
Johnson
Owen Johnson
Silteston
Mamie Johnson
Thlinois
Service Members News From Oran Area
Mrs J J Lair reports her husband Chief Petty Officer Lair will be discharged soon and plans to return home early next month after 27 months with the Seabees mostly in the Central Pacific. Pfe Cline T Griffith, brother of Mrs Louise Phelps of Oran, was killed in action on Okinawa. Seaman George Patterson visited Oran last week from Banana River Fla to see his parents, Mr and Mrs G K Patterson. Pvt Elmo N Hamilton, son of Mr and Mrs S C Hamilton of Morehouse, begins basic training at Camp Wolters Tex in a rifle training battalion. Mr and Mrs E N Leech received word from their son Pfc Edward Leech on Okinawa saying he is well and doing public relations work on the island. Pfc Germaine Tenkhoff, stationed at Camp Hood Texas, visited Oran with Mayor and Mrs Leo Tenkhoff.
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J. J. Lair
Lair
Camp Endicott, R. I
Seabees
Central Pacific
Pfe
Cline T. Griffith
Louise Phelps
Oran
Okinawa
Chaffee
Seaman George Patterson
Banana River, Fla
G. K. Patterson
Pvt
Elmo N. Hamilton
S. C. Hamilton
Morehouse
Camp Wolters
Texas
E. N. Leech
Pfc
Edward Leech
Young Leech
Island
Germaine Tenkhoff
Camp Hood
Leo Tenkhoe
Special plane for Eisenhower personal use delivered
A large four engined plane for Gen Dwight D Eisenhower's personal use was delivered to the Army by Douglas Aircraft Company. Interior matches Roosevelt's personal plane with sleeping quarters galley conference room and desk.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Douglas Aircraft Company
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
German Colonel Surrenders To Lieutenant Jean Klein
Lieut. Jean Klein of Sikeston and the 7th Armored Division known as the Ghost Division led a surrender of 13,000 to 14,000 Germans near Berlin. Klein, visiting family, recalls intense campaigns in France Ardennes Rhineland and northern Europe east of the Rhine, earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
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Jean Klein
Murray Klein
Miss Evelyn
Lieut. Klein
7Th Armored Division
France
Berlin
Germany
Klein
Sikeston
Belgian Bulge
Ardennes
Rhineland
Europe
Rhine
Lieut
Former instructor killed in Illinois crash near Evansville
Wm H Bill Moose former flight instructor at Missouri Institute of Aeronautics was instantly killed Monday afternoon in an airplane crash near Evansville Indiana Friend here notified Moose was a test pilot for Republic Aircraft Corp He is survived by his wife an 8 month old daughter Margaret Louise Funeral services were held in Evansville and burial planned in Winimac Indiana The child was christened in Sikeston Missouri last Easter by the Moose family
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Missouri
Freda Lankford
W. W. Lankford
Sikeston
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Miss Lankford
Demna Parker
Trene Miller
Duree Medley
Miss Parker
Wm. H
Bill) Moose
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Evansville
Indiana
Moose
Republic Aircraft Corporation
Albert Lowe Serves in German Hospital Unit
Albert Lowe of Sikeston serves at the Seventh Convalescent Hospital in Germany as part of the Fifteenth Army. The facility cares for about 1000 patients, under 100 American soldiers, while the majority are displaced persons from Hitler regime.
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Pfe
Albert Lowe
Sikeston
Seventh Convalescent Hospital
Fifteenth Army
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Poland
France
Belgium
Southeast Missouri Casualty Report list
The following Southeast Missouri men are reported this week as casualties of war. Next of kin have been notified. Names include Pvt Raymond Friedrich Hilled, Sikeston Pfc Louis R. Kinz Flat River Capt Lytle Shumake Cape Girardeau Pvt Gerald J Brant Cape Girardeau Pfe Wm M Donaldson Puxico Pfe Cline Griffith Chaffee Sgt Wm R Cunningham Hay Sgt Charles L Reed Cape Girardeau Sgt B B Horton New Madrid Pvt Ray E Kersey Dexter Sg Sgt Walter R Latta Portageville Marine Cpl Loy M Baugher Sikeston Murrell L Duffie Dexter Pvt Elmer Gillihan Fisk.
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Southeast Missouri
Hilled
Louis R. Kinz
Sikeston
Lytle Shumake
Flat River
Gerald J. Brant
Cape Girardeau
Wm. M. Donaldson
Puxico
Cline Griffith
Chaffee
Charles L. Reed
B. B. Horton
New Madrid
Ray E. Kersey
Dexter
Walter R. Latta
Portageville
Loy M. Baugher
Sikeston Murrell
Local man escapes from sinking ship off Okinawa
Francis Leroy Yarbrough of Sikeston, seaman first class, survived the sinking of the U S S Skylark, a fleet minesweeper off Okinawa after being ripped by a Jap mine. Five of 110 crew were missing. 23 survivors were saved, with some men blown overboard and the ship drifting after a second mine. Self discipline credited for saving many crew members.
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Francis Leroy Yarbrough
Sikeston
Okinawa
Sikeston Girl Weds Texas Based Air Corps Instructor
Miss Joyce Taylor, longtime employee of Southeast Missouri Bell Telephone Company in Sikeston, left last Saturday for Amarillo, Texas, to marry TiSgt Kenneth J. Otto, a ground instructor for pre flight air corps students at RAAF in Amarillo.
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Joyce Taylor
Southeast Missouri Bell Telephone Company
Sikeston
Amarillo
Texas
TiSgt
Kenneth J. Otto
Air Corps
RAAF
Local Woman Receives Husband's Bronze Star
Mrs. Ralph E. Wyatt received the Bronze Star this morning for heroic achievement in Germany on January 5, 1945. Pfc. Wyatt, with Company A, aided by two comrades, carried a machine gun under heavy fire near Nothum Luxembourg, enabling a continued advance. Mrs. Wyatt and their son Ralph Henry reside in Sikeston.
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Ralph E. Wyatt
Pfc. Wyatt
Germany
Pfc
Wyatt
Foster-Matthews Grocery Co
U. S
Nothum
Luxembourg
Notham
Company A
Pfe
Sikeston Soldier Freed After German Prison Camp
Pfc. Jeannie Smith, Sikeston native and Purple Heart recipient, return s home from eight months in German captivity. He describes Stalag 12A and 7-A life, Red Cross aid, brutal conditions, farm commando work, and a 21-day diet before sailing from Le Havre to New York and final return to Sikeston. He lists diverse prisoners and notes Americans were treated better.
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Jeannie Smith
Sikeston
Smith
W. H. Smith
New Madrid
Latitia Jones
Army
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Patton
Third Army
Scotland
French
France
Limburg
Germany
Stalag 7-A
Red Cross
Munich
la Harve
New York
Hot Springs
Ark
Pfc
Wilford Carroll Homecoming Highlights Soldier’s Tours
Pvt Wilford Carroll ended a second overseas tour and landed in New York Sunday night His mother Mrs Emma Carroll said he will be home soon Carroll served in the South Pacific then Germany where surrender occurred and he expects another Pacific assignment
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Wilford Carroll
New York
Emma Carroll
Carroll
South Pacific
Germany
Pacific
Seaman Eugene King Returns on 30 Day Leave
Eugene King AEM 2/C arrived for a leave visit with his mother Mrs Julia West after twenty months in the South Pacific. He served in four battles Marshall Islands Saipan Peleliu and Okinawa and lost all his clothing during a bomber raid in the Marshalls.
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Eugene King
AEM 2/C
South
Padve
Julia West
Seaman King
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Peleu
Okinawa
Marshalls
King
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Marshall
Scott County
John Ponder
United States Coast Guard
John
Navy
E. D. Owen
Adam
Moses
Chronicle and Herald
Italy
Government Air School
Sikeston Christian Church
R. M. Talbert
Scott County Red Cross
Sikeston Library
Jesus
Marivaux
the Armed Service
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Raymond Friedrich
Jackson
Wm. R. Cunningham
Hay
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