Sikeston Building Boom Shows Rising Activity
Sikeston's building program advances with new homes, remodels, and major structures. Five 8500-pound steel trusses rise over the armory auditorium in Chamber of Commerce Park while Sinclair station and Welter building progress nearby. New library work continues as interior framing nears completion and several homes and a church near finish.
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Sikeston
C. M. Taylor
J. W. Taylor
Cave Girardeau
Sinclair
J.A. Sutterfielda
Center Street
Ben Welter
Carl Penzel
Herbert Daugherty
C_ R_ Baker
Former Sikeston WPA Official Indicted in Federal Case
John Earl, a former Works Progress Administration supervisor in Sikeston, faces six counts of taking money in return for securing jobs and a tally of 58 indictments in St Louis federal court. He allegedly accepted 3835 dollars in 1936 from Jack Turner and Thomas Sailors, with Turner paying 295 and Sailors 88 as kickbacks. Earl, no longer with WPA and not a resident for four months, is charged with diversion of FERA funds. Sailors declined comment as a court witness.
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St. Louis
John Earl
Works Progress Administration
Sikeston
Scott County
Earl
WPA
Jack Turner
Thomas
Turner
North Missouri
FERA
Guard Officers Attend Training School Major Dudley Leads Crew
Major H E Dudley Captain C Dye and Lieutenant Carl Wilkinson depart Saturday for Nevada Missouri to attend a four day officers training school. Lieutenant Wade Shankle of Dexter will accompany them. All Missouri National Guard officers will participate with regular army officers as instructors.
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H E Dudley
C. Dye
Carl Wilkinson
Nevada
Wade Shankle
Dexter
Miussouri National Guard
Army
Civil War Veteran Leaves for Gettysburg Reunion
Joseph Briggs, Civil War veteran, left Tuesday for Gettysburg Pa to attend the government sponsored reunion of veterans who fought on that battlefield seventy five years ago Briggs enlisted in the Fifty First Regiment Illinois Volunteers Company E at age 17 He was one of about 8000 veterans making the journey and was accompanied by George Caulk whose name had been mistaken as George Cox in an earlier Herald issue.
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Joseph Briggs
Gettysburg
Briggs
Ilinois
George Caulk
George Cox
The
Herald
Meat Department Expansion With Cold Storage Unit
Concrete foundation already poured for the meat department add on. It will house a new cold storage unit measuring 6 by 8 feet with a height of Stx feet. The expansion will more than double the building’s capacity.
Pat Noonan Demoted by Highway Commission
Pat Noonan, a 18 year veteran of the State Highway Department, was demoted from Division No. 10 engineer to acting division engineer after accepting a $500 consultant fee for work in New Madrid County. Salary cut from $350 to $315 monthly. fee placed in escrow pending further commission action. he remains in charge of highway engineering in his division.
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FL J
Pat
Noonan
State Highway Commission
New Madrid County
Highway Department
New Madrid
Wage Hour Bill F Effective October 24
The wage hour bill becoming law, signed by President Roosevelt with 130 other measures, sets a minimum wage of 25 cents per hour and a maximum 40 hour work week for interstate industry. It allows for gradual increases and industry specific minimums set by appointed committees. The Herald notes the policy takes effect and mentions a church class meeting at Mrs. A. C. Etzel’s home.
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Roosevelt
White House
L. A. W. Class of the Christian Church
A. C. Etzel
T. F. Baker
Cecil Link
Virginia Next Offering at St. Louis Muny Opera
The New York Center Theatre musical romance Virginia opens July 4 at Forest Park Municipal Theatre in St Louis with a score by Arthur Schwartz. Noted costumes valued at $60,000 enhance the production linking to Williamsburg era settings. The show precedes the American premiere of Two Hearts in Waltz Time at the outdoor venue. Four Pike County residents charged with murder were released after a preliminary hearing due to insufficient evidence.
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ST. Louis
New York Center Theatre
Virginia
Municipal Theatre
Forest Park
Center Theatre
White Horse Inn
Sront
Williamsburg
Laurence Jallings
Owen Davis
Arthur Schwartz
Broad
Jonah
Schwartz
New York Company
Coloma
Amenca
First Army
Robert Stolz
Hayt
Pemuiscot County
Ed Obee
Justice of the Peace
D A. Hedge
William Coalman
John Riggs
Frank Keller
Robert Privett
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Stoddard Streets
Vermont
Century Art Glass Co
J. J. O'Neil
Stations of the Cross
Holley & Meyer
Moore and
Wallace Streets
East Acres
Brrs
Eugene Aufdenburg
Ed Boardman
Sikes Avenue
Hugh Stewart
C. H. Harrison
Moore Avenue
R. W. Schweiter
Lynn Wagegener
Tanner Avenue
Lynn Ancell
David Lumsden
Cresap Street
Prosperity Street
R.K Bone
Jess Fentress
Fentress
S E. Reed
C. H. Vanson
West
Gladys Street
Scott and
Shelby Streets
R E Limbaugh
Walkers Grocery
Russell Walker
North End
Hunter Street
Sikeston Grocer CO
Pat Noonan
Highway Commission
Muny Opera
Sikeston Natatorium
Lee Bowman
Joe and
John Dover
Red Cross Life Saving Service
Jane
Mary
TOG
Jeal
Sells
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