Essex High School Boys Take B Meet Here Victory
Essex High School won the regional B tournament final here, beating Canalou 35 to 17 to claim first place and earn a trip to Springfield for the State meet. The event ran Tuesday through Saturday with twenty teams and featured tight early scoring before Essex pulled away in the third period.
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Canalou High School
Essex
Springfield
Columbia
Tilmo
Anniston
Ilmo
Canalou
Blackwell
Time
Mustangs
Olmo
Willams
Imo
CCC to enroll over 100000 new enrollees in April
The Civilian Conservation Corps plans to take in more than 100,000 young men and veterans from April 1 to 20. They will fill vacancies from departures since January 1 and term expirations, maintaining about 300,000 enrollees through the six months starting April 1.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Pered
CCC
Herald Snippet Hints At WNPA Perch ChiY
A brief Herald clipping notes WNPA seeks a perch in Chicago area coverage. The fragment references CHIY and potential station moves, with no further detail available beyond the terse caption.
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The
Herald
WNPA
Swamp Angels Aim for Missouri CCC State Title
The Swamp Angels of New Madrid CCC drainage camp travel to Warrensburg to represent Southeast sub-district in the Missouri CCC district basketball tourney on March 10. Coach Rufus Crews will take ten players to face five teams from other sub districts, including Bunker, Clinton, Carrollton, Fulton, and Cassville or Willow Springs. The squad, led by Abe Williams as assistant coach, features Bob Barney, Elbert Homer, Elbert Stewart, Dale Tope, Cletius Williams, Edward Council, Edward Roberts, and J. T. House, following a surprising upset over the Poplar Bluff Ramblers, who had been touted as favorites.
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Swamp Angels
New Madrid
Poplar Bluff
Dale Tope
Cletius Williams
Edward Council
Edward Roberts
3. T. House
Abe Williams
Ditch Work Hindered by High Water in New Madrid Camp
High water in drainage ditches at the New Madrid CCC drainage camp hampers the clean out work by five draglines. Rainfall keeps ditch water levels fluctuating, allowing work only intermittently. Telephone news items to 99.
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New Madrid
CCC
Television explained at meeting Monday analysis
At a Monday meeting, Mr Hoskins demonstrated television concepts using a single beam of light and a straight wave approach. He noted limits of around 50 to 75 miles due to the earth's curvature, and showed how makeup colors create contrast. Buddies Buddy Aldridge and Betty Jo Gross assisted as Carroll Davis modeled. The demonstration stressed the need to view straight-on to see the image.
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Sikeston High School
Buddy Aldridge
Betty Jo Gross
Mr. Hoskins
Carroll Davis
Hoskins
Brighton
London
England
Scott County Schools to Get State Money
Jefferson City Lloyd W King state superintendent announces Scott county will receive about 95 647 in the March distribution for public schools. This, with 67 172 received last August, totals 1635 119 for 1938 39, compared with 162 911 for 1937 38. The March payment equals 5 578 percent of the 1939 apportionment under the 1931 school law. The August payment was 39 65 percent. The complete payment is 95 15 percent of the current apportionment. The King office is disbursing ST 15 180 21 to state schools.
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Jefferson City
Lloyd W King
Scott County
King
Sikeston Bowed By Houston In State Tourney Thriller
Sikeston fell to Houston 28 24 in a tense semifinal as last year's state champions edged ahead late. Earlier Sikeston defeated Mountain Grove 50 43 to reach the semis while Houston upset Central Cape Girardeau 29 25. Box scores list Sikeston scorers Aldridge Simmons Lumsden Swacker Davis Bowman Lambert with Houston led by Snecker Aldridge as mutiple players contributed in a hard fought regional high school boys basketball tournament.
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Poplar Bluff
Sikeston Ball
Sikeston
Houston
Central High School of
Cape Girardeau
Mountain Grove
Aldridge
Simmons
Lumsden
Swacker
Davis
Bowman
Lambert
Bryant
Huey
S. C. Wade
M Wade
Archer
Sherrel
Atkinson
Goulding
Farley
Jennings
M. Elmore
Watson
Nelson
Elmore
Simmions
Montgomery
Jv Lambert
Swacker, & Ste
CCC
Delta CCC camp activities and intercamp boxing win
Delta CCC camp reports guests from New Madrid camp superintendent and engineer touring facilities. Hayt camp requests loan of Delta trailer to move tractors. Delta foreman Wo E Lake Jr ill with influenza. Seven Delta fighters win in an intercamp boxing match against DeSoto with plans for a Cape Girardeau return bout. Twenty five Gar land Parkers to Kennett for a Dunklin county teachers meeting social recitation. Houston beats Central of Cape Girardeau 29 to 25 to qualify for Class A meet at St Joseph with detailed scoring listed.
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CCC
Mussour
New Madrid
Hayti
Delta
Little River
Cape Girardeau Clark
Jacoby
Us$ Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
John G Sutton
Bureau
Milwaukee
Fred R. Jacoby
Will
St Charles
E L. Miller
F A Burk Jr
Delta Camp
Mr. Miller
Hayt
Delta CCC
Wo E Lake Jr
Kansas City
Lake
Cce
DeSoto
Cape Guardeau
Garland Parkers
Kennett
Dunklin County
Teachers Meeting
Houston
St Joseph
Central of
Cape Girardeau
Houston Farley
Jennings
M Elmore
Watson
Nelson
W Elmore
Coaches Attend First Aid Clinic in Cape Girardeau
Sikeston high school coaches William E Mahen and Vernon Green travel to Cape Girardeau to attend a first aid clinic at Houck Field House. Southeast Missouri coaches are invited. Frank Cramer of Cramer Chemical and editor of First Rider leads the meeting. He formerly trained Olympic teams in Los Angeles and Germany.
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Wm. E. Mahen
Vernon Green
Sikeston High School
Cape Girardeau
Houck Field House
Southeast
Mussouri
Frank Cramer
Cramer Chemical Company
Cramer
Los Angeles
Germany
Cardinals and Cubs to Open Season April 21
Announcement from the Cardinal office in St Louis states the downtown ticket office in the Arcade building will open next Wednesday. Fans are already inquiring about seats for the opening game against the Cubs at Sportsman's Park on April 21. The office will operate daily 9 am to 5 pm except Sundays and tickets can be ordered by mail or by long distance call.
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Cardinal
St Louis
Red Birds
Arcade
Englith
Olive Streets
Cubs
Sportsman's Park
Levee Road Contract Let in Missouri Planned March 20
Missouri State Highway Department reports a contract to build 49 miles of levee road from Wyatt to Birds Point in Jefferson City on March 20. The two Route 60 sections will have bituminous base and surface with a stabilized sub-base. Several roads in Division No. 10 closed by high water were opened today in Butler and Wayne counties.
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Levee Road
Missouri State Highway Department
Jefferson City
Wyatt
Birds Point
Division No. 10
State Highway Department
Butler
Wayne Counties
County Collectors Meet Here Sunday Elects Officers
R C Garrison of Ripley county elected president and E G Gilmore of Mississippi county chosen secretary of the Southeast Missouri Collectors Association at Sunday meeting here. Attendees include collectors from Scott Pemiscot Cape Girardeau New Madrid Butler Wayne Bollinger and others. Arden Ellise infant to be brought home if improving. Mr and Mrs Carl Wedeking and son Jimmie visited at Marble Hall with Mr and Mrs M F Kinder last Sunday.
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R. C. Garrison
Ripley County
Missoun
Robert Kirkpatrck
Bollinger County
E. G. Gilmore
Mississippi County
W. E. Short
Wayne County
Otto Murphy
Butler County
Arden
Arden Ellise
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Garardeau
Carl Wedeking
Jimmie
M. F. Kinder
Marble Hall
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Madnd CCC
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