Wartime price wage rent controls extended by Congress
Congress sent to President Roosevelt a bill extending wartime price wage and rent controls with a key provision to set price ceilings on textiles to reflect a full parity for cotton producers. The Senate backed an Army favored pay raise for expert infantrymen from five to ten dollars monthly based on proficiency and exemplary conduct.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Senate
Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded to Lieut Emmette W Ford
Lieut Emmette W Ford a student officer at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics received the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for heroism as a bombardier with the Eighth Air Force in England After 25 bombing missions he assisted wounded crew members and fought fires on a B 17 during a raid over St Nazaire His brothers Willard and Wilson also serve in the armed forces Ford hails from Siloam Springs Arkansas and was connected to the local air school adjutant Lieut Donald Beaman
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Emmette W. Ford
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Eighth Air Force
England
Hitler
Fortress Europe
Ford
Lieut
Chennault
Vegesack
Germany
St. Nazaire
France
Saturday Evening Post
Kiel
Willard
Wilton
Medical Administrative Corps
South Seas
Wilson
Army Air Corps
Italy
Siloam Springs
Ark
Donald Beaman
Beaman
Ozarks
New Manager for the Goodwin Poultry Co
Jesse J. Jackson of Charleston is named manager of the Goodwin Poultry Company, succeeding Guy Carter who led the business since 1933. Carter family heads to Glendale to live with their daughter while the Jackson family will stay in Charleston temporarily as the new leadership takes charge. About 23,000 American Indians serve in the U S armed forces.
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Jesse J. Jackson
Charleston
The
Goodwin Poultry Company
Mr Jackson
Guy Carter
U. S
Veteran Pilot Hurt in Fall From Ladder
Harvey Glass veteran pilot with Parks Air College suffered a sprained ankle a fractured cheekbone and eye injury after a tree limb struck him when it fell as he cut it at his father’s Edwardsville Illinois home Glass longtime chief pilot at Missouri Institute of Aeronautics has flown over 13 000 hours since 1928 He lives in Belleville Illinois and is Oliver Parks personal pilot and flight coordinator for Parks schools under the military program in St Louis.
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Parks Air College
Harvey Glass
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Glass
Belleville
W .H. Glass
Edwardsville
Parks
St .Louis
Oliver Parks
Parks Organization
FHA Ten Years Old Celebrates Federal Housing Agency
The FHA marks a decade since its 1934 founding during a national building slump. Through insured mortgages it boosted low down payment, long term loans and helped 6,000,000 families improve or acquire homes. Since inception it insured over 7.5 billion dollars in mortgages with private capital, aiding thousands of homes in Missouri and Sikeston, where hundreds of houses rose in the prewar boom.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Sikeston
PHA
Taxi Driver License Suspension Follows Speeding Fine
James Clements of Limbaugh Cab was fined 25 dollars plus costs after Police Chief Harold Wallace arrested him for careless and reckless driving and speeding. A 30 day chauffeur license suspension was recommended to curb taxi driver conduct, reflecting a tough stance to slow cab traffic amid ongoing driver concerns. The article notes Russia's collective farms vary from 250 to 2,500 acres.
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James Clements
Limbaugh
Harold Wallace
Clements
Governor Donnell Seeks Senate Seat Postwar Jobs Plan
Missouri Governor Forrest C. Donnell spoke in Sikeston urging preparation for postwar employment, backing private enterprise with government aid, citing highway work to bridge job gaps. He warned Congress must plan for peace era needs, medical, education, rehabilitation, and international cooperation, urging turnout in both primaries and general elections.
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Forrest C. Donnell
Missouri
Sikeston
United States Senate
Donnell
Missouri State Highway Department
Congress
Railroad Park
Gov. Donnell
Chaffee
Dunn Hotel
Coast Guard Band to Tour Southeast Missouri
The United States Coast Guard Band from St Louis will visit Southeast Missouri for a concert tour next week. Led by Lieut Wilson Brown the schedule includes Poplar Bluff Dexter Kennett New Madrid Caruthersville and Campbell with John Ponder of Sikeston listed as a band member.
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United States Coast Guard
St Louis
Missouri
Wilson Brown
Poplar Bluff
Dexter
Kennett
New Madrid
Caruthersville
Campbell
John Ponder
E. K Ponder
Sikeston
Recruiter Seeks Workers for Fort Leonard Wood Posts
Duard Myers is in Sikeston this week recruiting for Fort Leonard Wood. Positions include melee mechanics nurse aides men and ward and mess attendants. Pay ranges from $30 to $53 per week. Contact Mr Myers at the United States Employment Office on North Kings Highway. He will be in Benton on Tuesday June 27.
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Duard Myers
Sikeston
Fort Leonard Wood
Mr. Myers
United States
North Kingshighway
Benton
Superfortress Aircraft Circles Sikeston Airport
Sikeston residents had a chance to glimpse a new Superfortress when it flew over the town and circled Harvey Parks Airport about 8:30 this morning. It marks the first such aircraft sighting over Sikeston since the B-29s bombed Japan last Thursday.
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Sikeston
Harvey Parks
Japan
Cannon Expects German Collapse by Year End
Representative Cannon of Missouri told the House that German armies could collapse by September with Nazi surrender by Christmas or sooner. He spoke during discussion of a deficiency supply bill, predicting an unconditional surrender by year end. He also noted Canada’s war output at about 55 million dollars weekly, excluding plant construction and equipment.
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Cannon
Missouri
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Germany
Canada
Air Medal for Lieut Joe Dover in New Guinea dispatch
First Lieut. Joseph H. Dover, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Dover of Sikeston, receives the Air Medal from Lieut Gen George C. Kenney in a New Guinea dispatch. Dover, a Thunderbolt fighter pilot, has been overseas since last October.
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Joseph H. Dover
Harry Dover
Sikeston
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Dover
District men missing in action in European theater
Among the Missouri men reported as missing in action in the European theater this morning are Pvt Paul J. Caldwell of Chaffee and Pvt Luther R. Rucker of Kennett.
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Missouri
Paul J. Caldwell
Chaffee
Luther R Rucker
Kennett
New Red Cross Head Named in Sikeston Scott County
Rev. R. M. Talbert of Sikeston was named chairman of the Scott County Red Cross at the annual chapter meeting held in the Sikeston Library Auditorium on Friday night June 16. New officers include W. A English first vice chairman war fund chair, J. Feusen kobthen Kelso second vice chairman, G. T. Dorris Imo third vice chairman, I. C. Mattingly Oran fourth vice chairman, W. Q. Finney Chaffee fifth vice chairman, W. A. Dennis Diehlstadt sixth vice chairman, Maurice Stewart Sikeston recording secretary, and A. A. Harrison Sikeston treasurer. The nominating committee was H. C. Young A. J. Renner and G. H. Dover. John J Reiss of Sikeston retires as county chairman after six months service. Reports from Red Cross sewing room surgical dressings hospital program and other activities highlighted the meeting with calls for more helpers and notes of appreciation for the American Lemon Auxiliary and Mid West Area Red Cross office.
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R. M. Talbert
Sikeston
Scott County Red Cross
Sikeston Library
W. A English
Benton
War Fund
J. Feusenkothen
Kelso
G. T. Dorris
Imo
I. C. Mattingly Oran
W. QO. Finney
Chaffee
W. A. Dennis
Diehlstadt
Maurice Stewart
A. A. Harrison
H C Young
A J Renner
G. H Dover
John J Reiss
Scott County
Yong
American Lemon Auxiliary
Red Cross
Flannery
St Louis
New Owner For Cafe and Service Station
Byrum Lucy assumed his new duties this week as owner and manager of the Shell Cafe and Service Station on Highway 61. He will feature steaks barbecue and all short orders and provide a complete motorist service at the station. Miss Dorothea Miller and Margaret Clymer, Sikeston public school faculty, are employed this summer at the Sunflower Ordnance Works in Lawrence Kansas.
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Byrum Lucy
Shell
Highway 61
Lucy
Dorothea Miller
Margaret Clymer
Sikeston
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Kansas
Sikeston Surpasses County War Bond Quota in Drive
Scott county residents raised 1 004 487 dollars in the Fifth War Loan Drive since June 12, with Sikeston city contributing 709 487 dollars toward its 285 000 quota. The county chairman James Kevil and Sikeston city chairman R A Harper praised local efforts and noted a donor committee led by Bank of Sikeston president Jos L Matthews secured 622 000 dollars in pledges before the drive opened.
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Scott County
Sikeston
James Kevil
R. A. Harper
Bank of Sikeston
Jos. L. Matthews
Cherbourg Isolated by Allied Forces
Allied bombardment of Cherbourg begins as American planes pound the great port for a solid hour. American troops press toward three land sides, bringing docks within rifle range amid German resistance and warnings of house-to-house fighting.
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Cherbourg
London
Japanese Fleet Damaged Off the Philippines
Four Japanese ships were sunk and ten damaged off the Philippine Islands as American planes attacked. Admiral Nimitz announced total Japanese planes destroyed at 353 with 49 American losses. The engagement occurred off the Philippines with no surface ships in direct conflict. Afterward Japanese forces retreated toward Japan as leaders signaled the final war stages.
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Philippine Islands
Nimitz
Philippines
Weather Record Beats Heat In Sikeston Over Weekend
Sikeston endured a string of hot days with a Saturday high near 95 degrees and lows around 48 Tuesday. forecaster Albert Klamm of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics predicts more warm weather and possible thundershowers into the weekend.
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Sikeston
Albert Klamm
Mssouri Institute of Aerognautics
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Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
W. H. Mallory
Hast St. Louis
Ill
Mallory
War Food Administration
Frederick A. Middlebush
University of Missouri
O. M. Stewart
American Legion Auxiliary
Lawrence Smith
Racine
Wis
National Auxiliary
Pennsylvania
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Ohio
Mickey Rooney
Ft. MacArthur
West Coast
Czechoslovakia
Treasury
Mexio
Goodwin Poultry CO
Forrest C Donnell
Coast Guard
AIR Medal
Joe Dover
Talbert
New Red Cross
Morehouse
S. Sgt
James R. Neal
Sgt
Charles Sig Neal
Pfe
Milton Neal
Cpl
Wilbert Neal
W. K. Neal
Milton
States
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