Timely Suggestions From Former Governor Stark
Former Missouri governor Lloyd C Stark offers timely observations on the Constitutional Convention and the state’s new legal code. The Herald reproduces his Post-Dispatch article, praising his progressive leadership and emphasis on law observance for a modern Missouri.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lloyd C Stark
Louisiana
the Herald
Post-Dispatch
Stark
Missouri
War on dogs grows with city action urged
The Herald supports Mayor Presnell and the city council for taking a stand on loose dogs and chickens seen as a danger to Victory Gardens and the nation’s food supply. Residents are urged to keep animals on their property and support enforcement to protect others’ property and health.
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Presnell
Victory Gardens
Herald
Sikeston Police See February Arrests Rise?
Sikeston police report February arrests at nine with fines totaling 44 dollars as four officers handle the month and a short calendar period. Past months show higher totals, including January with 32 arrests and 129 dollars in fines, while December had 25 arrests and 121 dollars. A local note mentions officer candidates running for chief and a letter from overseas serviceman Corporal N Walker praising The Herald and its service coverage. Representative Clare Boothe Luce proposes a phased manpower solution for a 50 000 to 200 000 strong Army Corps and selective drafts for non fathers.
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Sikeston
Clare Boothe Luce
Congress
Sikeston Council to Hold June Bond Election for Light Plant
The Sikeston city council, in a unanimous vote, planned a special June election to authorize bonds for building a municipal light plant. The council also enacted a dry ordinance prohibiting liquor shipments and imports with one dissenting vote, while some members felt it went too far. Other local business noted include restoration of an agricultural agent for Scott County, Mayor Malone and W B Malone purchasing an organ for the Malone theater, and a high school typewriting tournament preliminaries with finalists named for semi finals.
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Sikeston
Scott County
E. J. Malone
W B Malone
New York
Anorgan
Malone Theater
Ethel Decker
Henry Hunter Skillman
Oscar Decker
Fred Young
Cecil Rayburn
Carrie Payton
Ruth McCoy
Maggie Matthews
Sikeston Women Named City Election Judges
Sikeston city council names women as judges for the April 1 city election, the first time women will officiate Sikeston elections. Pupils from Sikeston elementary earn top marks in a music memory contest, with multiple grades listing named students and teachers. A proposed $100,000 sewer project bond failed to reach two thirds but passed a simple majority at a special election, while a Ford touring car with add-ons is advertised for $295 and extra rims for $85.
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Sikeston
W. Davis
Sam Bowman
Marie Geeham
Lowie Ward
Marjorie Mow
Levi Jones
Marvin Ferrell
Russell Watkins
Inauguration of the Thirty-First President and Local Notes
Herbert Hoover took office last Monday afternoon as the thirty-first president of the United States. Southeast Missouri girls basketball district entries include Sikeston players Margaret Baker Imogene Albritton Ella Helen Smith Margaret Whidden Nell Littleton Helen Baker Gladys Conley Clara Trousdale Ruby York. Local history recalls Schorle to head Sikeston Chamber of Commerce next year. The Malone theater hosts Hold that Girl and Going Hollywood with weather updates observing a mix of sun and wintry mix. Five years ago Southeast Missouri gained electric service for about 200 farm families via the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Cooperative Association. Weather alternated with a past storm bringing heavy rain. early March days improved. Last year Southeast Missouri saw a near blizzard with several inches of snow.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Missouri
Reading
Sikeston
Margaret Baker
Imogene Albritton
Ella Helen Smith
Margaret Whidden
Nell Littleton
Helen Baker
Gladys Conley
Clara Trousdale
Ruby York
E F. Schorle
Sikeston Baker
Jeader
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Southeast
Arnold Roth Describes Red Cross Work in Italy
Major Arnold Roth of Cape Girardeau writing from Italy details Red Cross services for air forces, including clubs, theaters, doughnut machines, and rest camps. He praises the GI Red Cross facilities in a Mussolini palace, notes overseas aid returns with “compound interest,” and cites 379 planes destroyed by a group while serving in intelligence for the 82d Fighter Wing.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Wef Walker
Cape County Red Cross
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Army Air Forces
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Mice
Air Force
G. I. Red Cross Club
Mussolini
Red Cross Club
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Adriatic
Plan for Sikeston waste paper drive across county
Charles H Butler, chairman of the county waste paper and waste fats committee, calls a meeting of all Scout leaders in Sikeston at South Grade I School on Monday night March 13 to organize an intensive waste paper collection for wartime needs. In Chaffee, 12 tons were gathered in two trips by Allan Hubbard and Arthur Free, with residents urged to place packed paper on front sidewalks for pickup. Butler named local chairmen for towns including Fornfelt Ancell Leemon Kinder Benton Hess Porter Oran Charles Baty Sikes ton Herman Niswonger and Oscar Bukstein.
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Charles H Butler
Sikeston
Chaffee
Butler
Soldier writes nothing to worry about from overseas duty
Sgt Cecil Williams reassures his parents that he is well and well fed while stationed with heavy artillery overseas for two months. He, along with his family, recently moved to Sikes ton, and he reports good sleep and food as reasons for no worry.
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Cecil Williams
Homer Williams
Sikeston
Sgt Williams
U. S. Army
Week's low 6 and high 59 set for Malone theater shows
The week at Malone theater features Erroll Flynn and Alexis Smith in Gentleman Jim and Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Sikeston's Red Cross Roll Call and War Fund aims for $8000 with E F Schorie chairing, starting on schedule Tuesday.
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Malone Theater
Gentleman Im
Erroll Flynn
Alexis Smith
Humphrey Bogart
Ingrid Bergman
Sikeston
Red Cross Roll Call and War Fund
E F. Schorie
Sikeston Chamber backs five point air policy pledge
W P Conroy of TWA lauds Sikeston Chamber of Commerce for endorsing a five point international air policy. He says the policy will help inland cities grow commercially by air while coastwise cities grow by water. The policy, adopted in Washington last July by 16 domestic airlines, calls for free worldwide competition with reasonable federal regulation to build a strong postwar US aviation program.
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Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
United States
W. P. Conroy
TWA
America
Washington
Military promotions and training updates in local news
Ensign Charles J. McMullin is advanced to lieutenant junior grade and will soon take sea duty after a year with the Submarine Chaser Center in Miami. Jesse L. Hamby, training with the Army Air Corps, visits family in town before departing to Waycross Georgia for continued training. Loomis Mayfield Jr transfers from Akron Ohio to Camp Campbell Kentucky for further Army training as part of the Special Training Program. You can believe what you read in The Herald.
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Charles J. McMullin
Leonard McMullin
Laeut. McMullin
Legal Department
Submarine Chaser Center
Miami
McMullin
Jesse L. Hamby
Army Air Corps
Dora Savers
Waycross
Mrs. Hamby
St. Louis
Loomis Mayfield Jr
US Army
Akron
Oho
Camp Campbell
Mayfield
Army
Campbell Monday
Herald
Red Cross Surgical Dressing Room Reopens Monday
The Red Cross Surgical Dressing room, closed for two weeks due to supply shortages, will reopen Monday and stay open all week, announced by Mrs. Cc. D. Matthews Jr.
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Red Cross
Cc. D. Matthews Jr
Draft numbers show over a million drafted by July
Selective Service estimates 3,000,000 men will be examined in the five month period starting February 1 and about 1,200,000 will be inducted. The high call volume is due to increased rejections as older men are drafted and a five percent loss from reclassification to occupational deferment after examinations, explained Col Joseph B. Mitchell.
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Selective Service
House Appropriations Committee
Joseph B. Mitchell
World War II World News Briefs From London to Rome
London sounded an air raid warning last night the first since March 2 as about 100 enemy raiders caused damage and casualties. German forces near the Allied beachhead below Rome regroup for a fourth major drive, seeking an opening in forward positions. American troops repelled a minor Japanese attack on Los Negros, MacArthur announced in a today communique.
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London
Rome
Los Negros Islands
Admiralties
Douglas MacArthur
Oscars Best Actor Actress and Supporting Winners Named
The annual Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dinner recognized Paul Lucas and Jennifer Jones as leading actors and Katina Paxinou with Charles Coburn as best supporting players at Friday night ceremonies.
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Jennifer Jones
Katina Paxinou
Charles
Coburn
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Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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