World This Week Highlights from Warfront and Home Front
A roundup notes Taft urges War Department to explain 18 year olds in combat training gaps. Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Maher is shot after declaring war on the Axis. Repatriated nurses from Bataan and Corregidor gain back pay and rank raises between 7000 and 10000 dollars. Taxicabs warned to hit gasoline ration limits. Tokyo shifts focus to Manchuria as main industrial base. Fifth Division engineers bridge Bruem River in minutes, Marines breach Japanese lines at Iwo Jima. Texas banners on German soil near Deveren signal annexation by courtesy of the 84th Division. George Sullivan brothers’ fate and the Juneau sinking facts cited in a Boston press briefing. Postal service tightens dog safety rules after 1259 bites in 1944. An oversized coffin marks the death of George Hoffmeyer the world’s fattest man.
New State Constitution Approved in Statewide Vote
Southeast Missouri districts largely opposed the new constitution, while statewide support carried it by over 128000. The charter creates 15 executive departments, consolidates tax duties under one revenue department, changes education leadership to a appointed commissioner, replaces justices with lawyer magistrates, and allows women on juries. The measure passes with 30 day implementers except for ongoing terms. New Madrid 482 for 3095 against. Mississippi 411 for 1926. Cape Girardeau 1570 for 2115. Dunklin 1240 for 1653.
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Missouri
E. E. Crader
Diehlstadt
Milus Davis
New Madrid
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Dunklin
Red Cross Drive Begins Monday in Scott County
Red Cross War Fund drive opens Monday March 5 with a $25000 goal, the county's largest. Chairman Harry Dover of Sikeston leads a team including Major O T Honey and Mrs W A English with special chairs for Sikeston. Dinner tonight at Dunn Hotel with Rev R M Talbert to finalize plans. Over 200 letters sent to regular supporters. motto Lets Speed Up Give and Give Now.
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Scott County
Harry Dover
Sikeston
O. T. Honey
Chaffee
W. A. English
Benton
A. J. Renner
Leon Lane
Wm. S. Corrigan
Commerce
Lee Bowman
Tharon Stallings
George Lough
David Keasler
Z. E. McAmis
Mr. Dover
R. M. Talbert
Scott County Red Cross
Dunn Hotel
Red Cross
Dover
Sikeston Woman Recalls Brother Killed in Action
Pvt. Seibert A. Gipson, 26, reported missing December 25 in Belgium, was killed then while serving with U S Infantry overseas. He trained at Camp Hood Texas and earlier worked at a Chaffee shoe factory. He leaves a widow and son Ronnie, plus his father L S Gipson of Morley, two brothers Earlie and Marvin, and three sisters Mrs Dozier Mrs Springs and Mrs Butler.
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Pvt
Seibert A. Gipson
Belgium
Benton
Chaffee
L S. Gipson
Morley
Earlie
St. Louis
Marvin
Cunningham, Ky
Jim Dozier
Ernest Springs
Tony Butler
Silveston
Aged Sikeston Resident Dies After Long Illness
George Dye, longtime Sikeston resident, died at Sikeston General Hospital after five years of failing health. He lived with his daughter Mrs John G Russell and had earlier run the Dye Hotel on Malone Avenue for over twenty years. Survived by four sons E A Dye Benton Frank George L Dye and Major Tanner C Dye and his daughter Mrs John G Russell.
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George Dye
Sikeston General Hospital
Highway 60 Opens as Black River Flood Risk Eases
The Black River flood danger near Poplar Bluff lessens as Highway 60 reopens after a night of closure. About 15 inches of water kept the roadway covered though traffic resumed. Mississippi River high water still halts the Belmont ferry road and several farm to market routes. Freezing temperatures helped cap river levels, which peaked at about 18.8 feet versus the 20 to 21 foot forecast by Army Engineers.
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Poplar Bluff
Campbell
State Highway Department
Belmont Ferry
Black River
Sukeston Girl with USO Unit to Entertain Abroad
Miss Mary Jane Sikes daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Sikes sails this week for overseas duty with a five girl USO unit. She trained in voice in New York and will perform for troops at camps overseas for about six months. Her mother travels to New York to be with her. her brother Billy Sikes is in service in Honolulu.
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Carol White
St. Louis
Julia Gartside
St. Lows
White
Miss Gartside
Mary Jane Sikes
W. H. Sikes
Sikes
New York
States
March 1945 Arrives Like A Lamb With A Looming Lion
The note praises March 1945 arriving smoothly as a lamb though forecasting a four week horizon with lion-like traits. It warns of upcoming increasing cloudiness per the weather forecast while urging readers to enjoy the sun today.
Sikeston Scout Drive Lags Behind Fund Goal
Finance Chairman Walter Steward reports Sikeston area Boy Scout fundraising has collected 2510 toward a 3000 goal. No district-wide reports yet from the Sikeston communities.
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Walter Steward
Sikeston
Dye Hotel Demolished for Shell Super Station Postwar
Sikeston's Dye Hotel on Malone avenue, once a grand 1898 residence and social hub, was razed to make way for a modern Shell Petroleum super station after the war. The Dye family operated it as a hotel for over two decades before ownership passed to Marvin Ralph and then to Shell, ending its long era as a hostelry.
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Dye
Malone Avenue
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Bettie Sikes Matthews
J. C Corrigan
Poplar Bluff
Bach Studio
Sikeston
Maggie McMullin
J. M. Klein
Nannie McMullin
Nannie Hunter
Cape Girardeau
C. D. Matthews Sr
Jungles
Scouts to Begin Paper Drive for War Effort
Sikeston Cubs start a two month paper drive on Saturday aiming to collect at least 70 000 pounds by April 28 with a goal of 1000 pounds per cub. Thurman Travelstead and Lowell Webb lead the packs seeking support from local businesses and households to donate waste paper for the War Production Board.
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Sikeston Cubs
War Production Board
Sikeston
Hisenhower
Word of a famed hangman and a shipyard staple
Ships magazine explains that a famous British hangman, often nicknamed Derrick, is linked to a term familiar in every American shipyard. The article notes the witty usage and historical context behind the moniker.
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Ships Magazine
Derrick
FDR Addresses Congress After Crimea Trip
President Roosevelt spoke to a joint session from the House well declaring groundwork for a world peace plan and UN aims. He outlined plans to defeat Germany and strengthen allied unity while signaling intensified pressure on Japan and the path to unconditional surrender.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Yugoslavia
United States
Britain
Russia
Japan
Tokyo
Berlin
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
War Department
Ahmed Maher
Egypt
Axis
Bataan and Corregidor
Manchuria
Theroadcast
Manchukuo
Bruem
Lone Star State
Texas
Deveren
84Th Division
Iwo Jima
Suribach
Yama
Allen Heyn
Juneau
Guadalcanal
Boston
Mass
Sullivan Brothers
Heyn
George Sullivan
Post Office Department
George S. Hoffmeyer
Lemont
Ill
Hoffmeyer
Lusk
Blodgett
McMullin
Rootwad
Miner
Crowder
Kelso
Fornfelt
Tilmo
Ancell
New Hamburg
Vanduser
Oran
Bleda
Perkins
Ans Ae
Highway
Sukeston Girl
USO
BOY Scout
Scout Cubs
F.D.R
Crimea
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