City Council Boosts Revenue Fund and Enacts Tax Law
At a Friday meeting the city council moved 1022 from paying to general revenue. An ordinance by Lynn Waggener tightens tax payment enforcement, including tax deed processes and two year redemption. Rafferty’s pig and livestock setback ordinance passed. A $13.75 merchant license refund was approved for the roller rink, later deemed inapplicable. The library reported a balance of 895.53 with 1379 new books this year and 3565 circulations in May.
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General Revenue Fund
Counclman
Lynn Waggener
Rafferty
Ernest Harper
Billy Walker
Matthews to Join Highway Department in Jefferson City
A Missouri State Highway Department official said James E. Matthews former director of State penal institutions will soon take a position with the Highway Department at the Jefferson City headquarters. It is not yet announced when he will begin. Matthews previously served as maintenance engineer in Division No 10 at Sikeston before his Penal Board appointment. Governor Stark is known to regard Matthews highly and trusted his leadership of penal work.
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Missouri State Highway Department
James E. Matthews
Highway Department
Jefferson City
Matthews
Sikeston
Stark
Negro Centenarian Dies at Farm Home
Doc Massey a Sikeston district farmer and likely Scott county s oldest resident died at his son Julius home Saturday night age 107 born a slave in Mississippi on January 2 1858 funeral at Negro Methodist church Sikeston interment Sunset cemetery Welsh service survivors include Doc Massey Jr 76 Arthur 70 and Julius 45 a brother 96 among the survivors.
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Doc Massey
Sikeston
Scott County
Julius
Sunset
Massey
Ernest Grant
Mississippi
Doc Massey Jr
Arkansas
Arthur
State Tax Commission Head to Be Renamed
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark asks the Senate to confirm Clarence Evans of Paris for a second term as chairman of the State Tax Commission.
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State Tax Commission Head
Lloyd C. Stark
Senate
Clarence Evans
Paris
State Tax Commission
Sikeston Couple Will Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary
Sikeston residents Mr. and Mrs. Cc. B. Johnson will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Friday June 17. They married at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. R F Chew performing the ceremony. He is 73 next November and she 69 next November. They have one son James and two grandchildren Mary Ann and Jimmy. They recall Sikeston’s growth from a wheat field to a developed town with brick streets and rail service.
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Cc. B. Johnson
Afr. Johnson
Johnson
R. F. Chew
Scott County Milling Company
Kentucky
Sikeston
South Ranney and
Malone Avenue
Fifty Business Films at Malone Theatre Event
About fifty business houses to appear in a motion picture to be shown at Malone Theatre next Monday. The Kiwanis Club sponsors the project in Sikes ton. Not all could be included due to time and space. Most city religious groups, men’s service clubs, women’s civic clubs, officials, Boy Scouts, and the young people are featured. Box office opens 12:45 with showings 1:00 to 11:00 p. m.
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Malone Theatre
Kiwanis Club of
Sikeston
Son-in-law of J. H. Vowels dies suddenly in Tulsa
Wayne Humphrey aged 61 died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his Tulsa Oklahoma home. Funeral services were held in Tulsa with interment there. He is survived by his widow Lillian Vowell Humphrey and four sons Wayne Paul Dale Ivan plus daughter Melba Sue. Paul and Wayne completed a five year petroleum engineering course at Tulsa University this spring and the daughter earned a high school diploma.
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J. H. Vowels
Wayne Humphrey
Tulsa
Okla
Lillian Vowell Humphrey
Wayne
Paul
Dale
Ivan
Melba Sue
Tulsa University
Rites Held Saturday for John R Elkins
Funeral services were held at the family residence for John R. Elkins who died Friday after a monthlong throat infection. Rev R Pulliam led the service at 2 pm with interment in Miner Switch cemetery and Arden Ellise in charge. Born July 4 1879 in Vienna Illinois he lived in Sikeston for years in the decorating business. His widow Lara Elkins survives with a half sister.
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North Henry Street
John R. Elkins
R. Pulliam
Church of God
Miner Switch
Arden Ellise
Mr. Elkins
Vienna
Til
Sikeston
Lara Elkins
Negro farmer Albert Applewhite dies near Sikeston
Albert Applewhite aged 49, a Black farmer from the Sikeston district, died at his home on the E. P. Coleman farm south of Sikeston from typhoid fever. Funeral services are set for Sunday with interment in Sunset cemetery, Arden Ellise service to conduct.
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Albert Applewhite
Sikeston
E. P. Coleman
Sunset
Arden Ellise
Oscar Collins Leaves Salcedo for St Louis Medical Care
Oscar Collins, a farmer from the Salcedo community, traveled to St Louis on Monday to seek medical treatment.
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Oscar Collins
Salcedo
St. Louis
Second Plane Arrives Here for Aerial Survey
A second aerial survey plane arrived Monday from Paducah Kentucky to assist in mapping six Missouri counties along the Mississippi River. The 145 horsepower Cessnas with Warner motors fly 140 mph. pilots Alsop and Jones and photographers Morris and Seifers join the existing crew to complete the task in about three days, though longer if conditions allow. The work, for the Department of Agriculture under the crop control program, uses high altitude photography to compile a detailed map of the state.
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Paducah
Missouri
Mississippi River
Alsop
Morris
Frank Jones
Gene Seifers
Warner Motors
Department of Agriculture
Tentative Date Set for Jubilee Jubilee Date Set
C H Denman president of the Southeast Missouri Jubilee Association resigned Monday night. Murray Phillips chosen as successor. Other members present at the meeting were John G Powell secretary Dr G W Presnell and R A Harper A tentative date for the Jubilee's first birthday is set for October 6.
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C. H. Denman
Southeast Missouri Jubilee Association
Murray Phillips
John G. Powell
G. W. Presnell
R A. Harper
Standard Oil Men Held Anniversary Picnic
Standard Oil Company representatives from Sikeston were among 150 Southeast Missouri attendees at a Keener Springs picnic in Butler county Sunday. The event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the company and was one of 100 picnics with 100000 participants from fourteen states. Activities included sports for men women and children and drew many agents drivers salesmen and their families to the outing.
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Frank Kindred
Randolph Scott
Harold Dumey
Carl Diehl
Standard Oil Company
Sikeston
Missouri
Keener Springs
Butler County
Birth Announcement For Rex and Mrs Martin Daughter
A daughter was born Monday June 19 to Mr and Mrs Rex Martin. The family invites well wishes and announces the new arrival in the community.
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Rex Martin
Resignations and club elections mark Kansas City shuffle
Matthew S. Murray resigns as director of public works in Kansas City amid payroll padding scrutiny while also holding a WPA post. A Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Marshall installs A. M. Jackson as president, succeeding Ralph Potashnick, with officers Woehlecke Davey Elder and others taking roles. Former Harding official E. Mont Reily faces bribery claims from two Kansas City police, tied to police job placements via Tom Pendergast influence, as payroll padding investigations widen.
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Voxsces
Matt Murray
Kansas City
A. M. Jackson
Sikeston Lumber Company
Lions Club
Hotel Marshall
Mr. Jackson
Ralph Potashnick
Matthew S. Murray
Missour
Murray
Charvze
Missouri
Works Progress Administration
Brynee B. Smith
WPA
Stark
Jefferson City
Washington
Roosevelt
Pendergast
Henry F. McElroy
E. Mont Reily
Puerto Rico
Harding
Firman M. Rogers
Thomas J Pendergast
Reily
Rogers
Frank Rogers
Board of Inquiry
Rosses Return From Western Visit With Family Ties
Mr and Mrs J N Ross return home from Long Beach California after a month with their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs J L Ross Their granddaughter Miss Mary Janes Sikes had a successful appendectomy at St Marys Infirmary Cairo last week and will come home this afternoon.
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J. N. Ross
Long Beach
Calif
J. L. Ross
Mary Janes Sikes
St. Marys Infirmary
Cairo
Third Site Chosen for Sikeston Pool Project
Sikeston selects a third site for a proposed thirty thousand dollar municipal swimming pool. The 175 by 20 foot plot on Taylor Street east of the high school is chosen after protests at other locations. Property cost 800 dollars, partly raised today through donations from firms and individuals.
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Sikeston
Taylor Street
Chamber of Commerce
Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of Extra Service for Potashnick
The St Louis Court of Appeals affirmed the Public Service Commission and Judge Frank Kelly in denying Potashnick Trick Service of Sikeston an extended service permit. The trucking firm sought common carrier rights via additional routes in Cape Girardeau Bollinger Madison St Francois and Perry counties after a 1937 PSC hearing. The circuit court's 1938 ruling upheld the denial, and the appellate court confirmed.
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St. Louis
Public Service Commission
Cape Girardeau
Potashnick Corporation
Circuit Court
Kelly
Phillips Petroleum Chief Donates 350000 to Boy Scouts
Frank Phillips president of Phillips Petroleum Corp is reported to have given 350000 to the National Scout Council through the Frank Phillips Foundation. The gift supports organizational work and new activities in Missouri with earlier grants totaling 100000 for Oklahoma and Texas and 50000 for Kansas and 50000 for Nebraska youth programs. Phillips praised the Boy Scouts of America as a key character building force and a shield against fascism and communism.
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Missouri
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Corporation
Bartlesville
Walter W. Head
St. Louis
National Scout Council
Frank Phillips Foundation of
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Phillips
Boy Scouts of America
New Madrid Man Taken to Salem for Trial
Patrolman Melvin Dace and a Salem constable arrested Leslie O Fontaine at New Madrid after noon on old burglary and larceny charges. Fontaine was taken to Salem to await trial. Troopers Dace and John Tandy arrested Louis Cassey of Morehouse for diving while intoxicated. no action yet in city court. Supt. and Mrs. Harper and son Bobby Lee travel to Chicago to visit relatives and then to New York for Columbia University enrollment and the World's Fair before returning to Sikeston in August.
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Melvin Dace
Salem, Mo
Leslie O. Fontaine
New Madrid
Fontaine
Salem
John Tandy
Louis Cassey
Morehouse
Cassey
R. A. Harper
Bobby Lee
Chicago
David Lumsden Dies In St Louis Hospital
David Lumsden a Sikeston resident of 22 years died at Lutheran Hospital St Louis this morning from a chronic stomach ailment. He underwent an operation yesterday after medical travel with his wife and son present. The body will be brought to Sikeston by Albritton ambulance tonight. He was born September 5 1889 in Monticello Illinois and long served as a rural mail carrier. He invented a patented automatic water heater now run by his son Orville. He is survived by his widow Dessie Helton, a daughter Mrs W C Reid, another son David Lumsden Jr and a stepson Mrs Evelyn Shirley, plus three brothers and a sister.
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E. J. Malone
Malone Avenue
C. D. Matthews
North Street
Front Street
Sikeston
New Madrid
Lutheran
Mr. Lumsden
Monticello
New Madrid County
Frank Smith
Lumsden
Orville
Muss Dessie Helton
Morehouse
W C Reid
Cooter. Mo
David Lumsden Jr
Muss Evelyn Shirley
New Principal Selected for South Grade School
At a Wednesday board of education meeting W Edwin Hartford of Columbia Missouri was elected principal of the south grade school succeeding Tharon Stallings who becomes high school principal this spring Hartford a Kirksville State Teachers College graduate taught last year as high school principal in Kewanee He is pursuing a master's degree at Missouri University in Columbia this summer Mr and Mrs Hartford will move to Sikeston in August
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Board of Education
W. Edwin Hartford
Columbia
South
Tharon Stallings
Hartford
State Teachers College
Kirksville
Kewanee
Missouri University
Sikeston
Dunklin County Votes 340000 Bonds for Court House
In a special election in Dunklin county on Tuesday voters approved an additional 40000 in bonds by a roughly three to one margin. The funds will aid the county court in completing the new WPA project courthouse after earlier 50000 bonds proved insufficient.
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Kennett
Dunklin County
Dance at Armory To Purchase Seats
A dance will be held tonight at Sikeston's new National Guard armory to raise funds for auditorium seating. Dedication of the armory will occur later with high ranking National Guards officials expected to participate.
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National Guard
Sikeston
National Guards
Medical Men In Meet Here
Dr. Howard Dunaway presided at the Six County Medical Society meeting at Hotel Marshall with talks on Hay Fever and Common Skin Diseases by Dr. P M Stroud and Dr. Strykler. Members from Dunklin, Butler, Pemiscot, Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott counties gathered as the circuit visits a county each year.
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Howard Dunaway
Scott County Medical Society
Six County Medical Society
Hotel Marshall
St. Louis Medical Society
P M Stroud
Strykler
Dunklin
Butler
Pemiscot
Mississippi
New Madnd
Scott
L. E. Cooper
Cooter
Sikeston Medical
H. M. Kendig
A. Mayfield
G. W. H. Presnell
M. G. Anderson
E. J. Nienstedt
J. P. Luter
Caruthersville
G. A. Sample
Chaffee
W. A. Belsey
Campbell
Harvell
Poplar Bluff
J. P. Brandon
Essex
Paul Baldwin
Kennett
Spanish American Vets Close Meet Elects Hull Commander
State Spanish American War veterans and their Auxiliary closed their four day convention in Cape Girardeau with Walter P Hull of Springfield elected commander for 1910 and Neosho chosen as next year’s meeting place. Other officers named include William Recklein from Cuba as senior vice commander B J Kuenz of St Louis as junior vice commander Dr Wallace I Longstreth Kansas City department surgeon and Rev Charles E Robinson Holden as chaplain. The gala celebration ended the gathering with a downtown parade by the Golden Troopers drum and bugle corps Cape Girardeau including T A Roberts C W Limbaugh Sam Wilcox and C C Cummins.
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Cape Girardeau
Walter P Hull
Springfield
Neosho
William Recklein
Cuba
B. J. Kuenz
St. Louis
Wallace I. Longstreth
Kansas City
Charles E. Robinson
Holden
Voters to Decide Higher Pay for Legislators
The Missouri House adopts a joint resolution to submit a constitutional amendment to voters in November 1940. It would set legislative salaries at 1500 a year for 1590 representatives and 31 state senators, replacing the current 5 and 1 daily rates and allowing indefinite recesses. The present session is the longest in Missouri history, with adjournment slated for noon Saturday.
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House
Missouria
Senate Amends State Sales Tax Law Extension
The Senate adopted an amendment Tuesday to extend the State sales tax law to December 31, 1941, replacing the previous expiration date of December 31, 1959. Minor administrative changes were made. no change to the 2 percent rate or tax base. Revenue from the tax is about 322 million dollars annually.
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Senate
House
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Wm F Woehlecke
L. T. Davey
O. T. Elder
Alva Garner
Charles Dement
Ralph Anderson
State Highway Department
MR. and
Mrs. Ross
Western
Phillips Petroleum Head
SCOUT
David Lumsden
St. Louis Hospital
Mr_ Lumsden
Herbert
Mh.ford
Hugh
Union City Tonn
Charles
Bertha Howard
Jackson. Mich
Armory
T. A. Roberts
C. W. Limbaugh
Sam Wilcox
C. C Cummins
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