World This Week Highlights Wartime Strikes and Leaders
American warplanes downed 22 German planes and hit rail and industrial targets as RAF formations crossed the Dover Straits. Russians push toward Minsk while Germans retreat in disorder. Allies advance in Northern Italy and Saipan. Mussolini reportedly relapse. WASP training to end as officer status fight falters. May strikes cost 1.1 million man-days. Cadet Nurse Corps marks first anniversary. Mrs. Annie White Baxter dies in Missouri, noted as a pioneering public official and colonel on a governor’s staff.
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Nazi Europe
RAF
Straits of
Dover
Hitler
Europe
Annie White Baxter
United States
Jefferson City
Baxter
Jasper County
Missouri
Frederick Gardener
University of Missouri School of Fine Arts
First Cotton Blossom Brought In By Butler
The first cotton blossom of the 1944 crop was brought to The Herald office Tuesday by Charles H. Butler. The blossom, grown on Butler's farm south of Oran, was found Sunday morning. By Tuesday afternoon, there were many blooms in the 18 acre field. The cotton was planted the last week of April by Hershal Wagner, Butler's partner. Last year the farm averaged 14% bales per acre and this year's crop is the best they ever had.
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Herald Office
Charles H. Butler
Mr. Butler
Oran
Hershal Wagoner
Butler
Ration Offices to Close This Week End
Scott County War Price and Ration Board announces closing of the Oran main office and Sikeston and Illmo branches for Friday afternoon and all day Saturday June 30 and July 1 for inventory. Clerk Tom Baty cites national rationing agency order as the reason.
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Scott County Ration Board
Oran
Sikeston
Illmo
Tom Baty
Scott County War Price and Ration Board
National
Harper Resigns As Sikeston School Head
R A Harper, Sikeston public schools superintendent for seven years, resigned this week to become superintendent of Maryville Tennessee schools. He plans to move July 19 with his family, noting Maryville’s modern, well-equipped high school and its population about 15 000. No successor yet named.
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R. A. Harper
Sikeston
Board of Education
Maryville
Tenn
Harper
Tennessee
State Board of Education
Dexter
Bach Studio Opens In New Custom Built Home
After five moves in 14 years, the Bach Studio opens in a building of its own at 131 East Malone Avenue, former Steak Shop site. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Bach invite friends to open house on Friday July 7. Staff include Mrs J Max Smith, Mrs Harry Pratt Jr., and Mrs George Gruber. Kodaks work arrives July 3 with finishing on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Bach Studio
Espe
H. A. Bach
Marvin Ralph
East
Malone Avenue
Bach
J. Max Smith
Kodak
Harry Pratt Jr
George Gruber
Rustic Rock Inn Set to Reopen in July
Rustic Rock Inn, closed for weeks, will reopen Saturday July 1 underMrs C H King former Palace Cafe owner now City Drug Store owner. Joining King are Mr and Mrs Lloyd Clark of Michigan. The inn will serve fried chicken steak dinners and drinks with courteous service inviting Sikeston and Southeast Missourians to visit.
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Rustic Rock Inn
C. H. King
The
Palace Cafe
City Drug Store
King
Lloyd Clark
Michigan
Dewey and Bricker Nominated at Republican Convention
In a rapid session the Republican Party nominated Gov. Thomas E Dewey for president and Gov. John W Bricker of Ohio for vice president with Bricker’s nomination unanimous. One Wisconsin delegate backed Gen. Douglas Macarthur. Dewey stressed unity, responsibility, and wartime leadership as he accepted the nomination in Chicago.
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Thomas E Dewey
United States
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Bricker
Wisconsin
Grant Ritter
Douglas Macarthur
Wendell L. Willkie
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Mackinac Island
Republican Party
Former Herald Employee Killed in Action in Italy
Walter L Weekley, longtime Herald employee and Sikeston native, was killed in Italy on May 29. He had served with the Army overseas since last March after a career as printer and operator for the Herald. He was 29, married to Vivian Hart Weekley, and survived by his mother, sisters, two brothers, and an overseas service brother in the South Pacific.
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American Red Cross
Vivian Weekley
Pvt
Walter L Weekley
Italy
Weekley
New Madrid
Pueblo
Colo
Methodist Church
Colorado
Southeast Missouri
New Maimu
Sikeston
Sgt
Clarence Weekley
South Pacific
Sikeston Man Is Killed in Action
Sikeston resident William Lester Conner, 37, a ship fitter mate in the US Navy, was reported killed in action in the Pacific. His widow Mrs Lucy Etta Conner of 804 East Kathleen St was notified. he enlisted 1943 and served in Farragut Bremerton Oregon and California before sea duty. He is survived by a sister, step-mother, and two step-sisters, with local relatives visiting.
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War Department
Lucy Etta Conner
William Lester Conner
Ord Chiss Usn
Pacific
International Shoe Company
Church of the Nazarene
Conner
Susie Larsen
Tacoma
Wash
Maggie Lee Conner
Magpie Lee Stubblefield
Evelyn Docking
Sikeston
Safe and Sane Fourth planned in Sikeston
Sikeston prepares a quiet Independence Day with Chamber of Commerce closing all stores. Fireworks scarce since the war. Gasoline shortages and heat drive residents home or to lakes, while Defense Transportation Director J Monroe Johnson warns travel over the July 4 weekend and urges staying home until July 6 to avoid stranding risks.
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Sikeston
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Committee
Defense Transportation
J. Monroe Johnson
Seek to Improve Hospital Service In Sikeston
Civic leaders and Sikeston physicians planned to seek better service and facilities at Sikeston General Hospital. They met at Palace Cafe to discuss using hospital profits to hire better personnel and upgrade equipment while keeping politics out of the institution and boosting public confidence.
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Sikeston General Hospital
Sikeston City
Sikeston
Palace Cafe
Service Men Apply for Absentee Ballots
One hundred and twenty one Scott County service men have applied for absentee ballots for the August 1 primary. County Clerk H C Watkins Jr notes requests come in daily and anticipates more before polling. Ballots may be requested by kin on a special form or by service members in person by telephone telegraph or other means. Forty seven ballots have been voted with about 25 marked during furlough. Ballots must arrive before six o clock August second to be counted. most expect to vote in the November general election and the office is ready to handle them promptly.
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Scott County
H C Watkins Jr
Watkins
County Election Board
Weather pattern shift as cooler spell arrives
Meteorologist Albert Klamim of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics says cooler weather is on today and tomorrow with a return to warmth by Sunday. The week peaked at 101 degrees, with highs of 100, 98, 95, 90, and 100 on recent days, while the low reached 66 last Sunday night. A brief blustery storm brought the only rain in two weeks.
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Albert Klamim
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Yesterdy
Three Murder Cases for Court
Three murder cases headline the Scott county circuit court July term opening at Benton on Monday July 3. Henry Jones Sikeston Negro keeps a docket spot, sentenced earlier to 25 years, yet remains jailed amid parole rumors. Frank Thomas and James Howard face murder charges for separate Sunset Addition deaths, while other docket items include forgery cases, juvenile delinquency, concealed weapon and liquor license charges, and numerous divorces.
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Scott County Circuit Court
Benton
Sikeston
Sunset Addition
J. C. McDowell
Wolf-Lank) Thomas
Wm. E. Bone
Thomas
Scott County
James Howard
Sam Saxon
Walter Irwin
Perkins
J. F. Waters
Sam Henson
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Mussolini
Saipan Island
Marianas
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
WASP
Women's Air Service
House
Fostello
Army
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Dewey and
Wendell Willkie
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
the Herald
Walter Weekley
Bryan Green
West Elkton
J. A. Withrow
Dorothy Street
Vorces
Scott Coumey Cipcuik Court
Berry Heads
Sikeston Lions Club
Ie OH Berry Avis
Dunn Hotel
Berry
Joe Griffith
Wo. Myers
T. B. Stallings
Herb Walton
John Powell
Ken Tamer
Monroe Randol
Tan Inset
Paul Norton
Jove Griffith
Pleas Malcolm
John Welter
Ernest Harper
C.L Blanton Jr
Gene Potushnick
Lee Bowman
Bridwell Crenshaw
Bill
Bob Foley
Guns
Lion J. Win
Foley Bul Soley
Central Centre
Fayette
Walter Burnett
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Lucey Kitte Conner
Wilbar Lester Conner
Uo So Navy
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