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POPLAR BLUFF Mrs Margaret Harwell named deputy Commissioner of Motor Vehicles succeeding Mrs Grace Bradfield per Leonard Limbaugh Caruthersville Mo Commissioner of Motor Vehicles CHARLESTON Edwin T Moon 69 died last Friday after four years illness Survivors include widow a daughter Mrs Hubert Morris three grandchildren and two brothers Charles Moon of Springfield and WB Moon of Decatur Ill PAXICO Leonard A Kelly Jr son of Mrs Leonard Kelly of Puxico promoted from corporal to sergeant Brig Gen Edmund W Hill Eighth AAFP Composite Command England Kelly works in statistical control at base HQ KENNETT Warner River canning center open Tue Wed Thu each week during season unless needed on other days Produce to cannery Mrs C H Robards in charge CHAFFEE Sgt John A Brockmeyer and Mrs Brockmeyer and 4 month old son David John visiting mother Mrs J C Green Brockmeyer formerly Wiese Patrine Van Praagh cadet nurse Masterson New Zealand Brockmeyer served at Pearl Harbor Midway Guadalcanal and other South Pacific bases now at Marine Corps Depot of Supplies Barstow Cal as a quartermaster sergeant CHAFFEE Mrs Nell S Slaughter 42 wife of Col Slaughter died Barnes Hospital St Louis Tue End came after ten weeks post surgery complications Left a husband two daughters Miss Mary Jean and Ramona of Chaffee a son Wilton Slaughter of Washington DC and mother Mrs Caroline Schmidt and brother John Schmidt St Louis.
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Rites Held Sunday for East Prairie Youth
Dallas Eugene Thomasson age 13 son of Mr and Mrs S D Thomasson East Prairie died last Saturday morning at St Marys Infirmary Cairo after a long illness of diabetes and complications. Memorial services were conducted at the Church of God East Prairie Sunday afternoon with Rev Paul Presson in charge. Burial followed in the East Prairie cemetery. He is survived by his parents two sisters and four brothers.
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Eugene Thomasson
S. D. Thomasson
East Prairie
St. Marys’ Infirmary
Cairo
Church of God At
Paul Presson
St Louis Pleads Stay Home For Unnecessary Travel
St Louis promotes a combined business and vacation approach urging essential travelers to extend stays while curbing tourist trips. The city highlights its wartime attractions and entertainment options but repeats the message to avoid unnecessary travel.
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ST. Louis
Office of Defense Transportation
Magnificent Art Museum
Caruthersville Sets October Legion Fair Dates
Caruthersville announces October 18 as the start date for its annual American Legion Fair running through that month. The event will be held at the city grounds with activities and exhibits organized by local veterans groups.
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Caruthersville
Conference seeks whisky ban during August across nine states
The Methodist Church's South eastern Conference, representing 2 146 000 members in nine states, urged President Roosevelt to outlaw whisky production for August. A 334 delegate temperance committee report criticized a War Production order permitting alcohol for whisky during August. Herald Want Ads get results.
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Rites Held Sunday for Sikeston Woman's Mother
Funeral services were held Sunday at Charleston's Baptist church for Maude Howlett Alexander born 1869 in Charleston. She was active in Red Cross and DAR and USCD, survived by two daughters Mrs Jos L Matthews and Mrs David N Thompson, two grandsons Joe Jr and Robert Scott Matthews, two granddaughters Dorothy Lee and Carolyn Lucille Thompson, and a sister Mrs J W Barron. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Jos. L. Matthews
Sikeston
Charleston
Frank Howlett
Mississippi County
Scott Alexander
Matthews
David N. Thompson
Red Cross
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Order of the Eastern Star
Jos. , Jr
Robert Scott Matthews
Dorothy Lee
Carolyn Lucille Thompson
Ray Hunter
J. E. Moore Jr
Audrey Chaney
Margaret Harris
Margaret Fisher
Margaret Farmer
George Lough
Porial
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Men quitting war jobs push to be 1-A amid draft rules
Cat Claude C Earp the state draft director warns workers aged 26 to 87 that leaving agriculture or essential industries can trigger reclassification to 1-A. He says registrants especially over 30 think they lose any further induction chance and quit essential jobs, making them subject to immediate induction. Annual US cheese consumption is about 484 million pounds per year.
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Claude C. Earp
Earp
GM Announces $500 Million Postwar Expansion Plan
General Motors Corp the world leading automaker will invest 500 million after the war to build new plants and equipment and lift prewar output by 40 to 50 percent Alfred P Sloan Jr chairman said production would resume at a rate of 2 000 000 cars annually but the plan has not yet been approved by the War Production Board.
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General Motors Corps
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Sloan
War Production Board
Afterwar advertising boom expected at New York estimates
Neil McElroy says American advertising must create appetites and demand for 40 billion dollars in goods after the war while spending 18 million annually. Procter and Gamble predicts 9 million more civilian workers postwar, pushing gross output to about 140 billion. The 1940 total stood near 97 billion.
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New York
Neil McElroy
Proctor & Gamble
Days of Wrath Have Begun Says Arnold on War Tone
General Henry H. Arnold, Army Air Forces chief, declared on the Army Hour that the days of wrath have begun against enemies of the United States. He cited aerial superiority over Germany and Japan, noted B-29 use, and promised continued attacks as part of the drive to final victory.
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Washington
H. H Arnold
Army Air Forces
Japan
National Safety Council
Armed Forces show 10 080 000 uniforms
Washington reports total armed forces personnel reached 10,080,000 on June 1, with 159,000 of 185,000 May inductees aged 18 to 25. Col Francis V Keeling Jr notes some 30 plus group deferments, while detailing registrants and designations in the manpower pool.
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Washington
Selective Service
House Military Affairs Committee
Francis V. Keesling Jr
Army Air Forces Award Won Last Year
A brief note credits the Army Air Forces with a notable award earned in the previous year. It mentions the scale of resources, stating that 43,000 acres of food were needed to feed workers who built a battleship, highlighting wartime supply efforts and productivity.
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