Twin Negroes Go Bad in Big Way
Two very black twin brothers, Alex and Alexander White from Vandalia Arkansas, used a stolen 1938 Chevrolet to spark a downtown chase in Sikeston. Deputies pursued, the pair assaulted a deputy, then sped toward Kennett with Arkansas plates and Missouri police on their tail. The fugitives are jailed in Dunklin county, facing multiple charges including highway robbery and assault with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex
Alexander White
Vandalia
Ark
Sikeston
Dunklin County
Kennett
Arkansas
Winne
A. L. Lemonds
Lemonds
Reduction in district freight rates across three railroads
Freight rates on Missouri Pacific Cotton Belt and Frisco lines serving Southeast Missouri were cut by about 10 percent for less than carload shipments and many commodities. The Missouri Public Service Commission approved the new rates, applying from St. Louis to the Arkansas line, with specific reductions for first to fourth class and larger lots, plus lower charges on packinghouse products cotton bagging sacks cigars tobacco and related goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast
Missouri
Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri Pacific
Cotton Belt
Frisco
St. Louis
Arkansas Line
Sikeston
Sikeston Party In Auto Accident Friday
Mr and Mrs C L Blanton Sr Mrs Ed Kendall and Miss Vernetta Smith and sister Shuirley Jean were en route to Natchez and New Orleans when their LaSalle overturned near Wilson Arkansas after striking a small pickup as it pulled onto the highway. Mrs F C Byford of Wilson driver of the pickup suffered two fractured legs and both vehicles damaged. The Sikeston party returned by train and started again in another car later that afternoon.
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C. L. Blanton
Ed Kendall
Vernetta Smith
Shuirley Jean
Natchez
Miss
New Orleans
Sikeston
Wilson
Ark
LaSalle
Reserve Officers Meet in Southeast Missouri
Col S Z Orgel of Caruthersville led the Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Association meeting at Major Co L Malone's office. He spoke on the New Table of Organization and Motorizing the Infantry, followed by Lieut Wilbert A Schroeder of St Louis on Morale and Morals in the Army. Attendees included Capt R F McNamara Omaha Neb Capt A M Brombough Manhattan KS Lieut Martin L Cook Chaffee Lieut John R Wilson Sikeston Lieut James C O Keefe Chaffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. McNamara
Omaha
Neb
A.M. Brombough
Manhattan
Kansas
Martin L. Cook
Chaffee
John R. Wilson
Sikeston
James C. O'Keefe
Sikeston High Band Uniform Fund Receives Several Donations
The Sikeston Herald reports ongoing public contributions to the high school band uniform fund. A total of about 438.50 in cash plus unpaid pledges, with 300 dollars more needed to reach the 1700 goal, are noted alongside numerous individual and business gifts ranging from 50 cents to 25 dollars.
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Herald
Board of Education
Sikeston
Frank Sisson
B. F. Blanton
Abe Shainberg
E. J. Keith
Farm Homes Get Electric Current in Southeast Missouri
About 250 rural households in Southeast Missouri switch on electric light for the first time as the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Cooperative Association energizes the district. The project began in 1936 with construction totaling 384 miles, 200 in Stoddard county awaiting completion. Stoddard county to start April 1 with pole placement and line stringing to follow under FE Archer and Company of Kansas City supervision. Elon Proffer as president, FE Moxley Charleston as vice president, Alvin G Gasser Sikeston as secretary.
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Missouri
Scott-New Madriad-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Inne
H. St. Zarkor
Stoddard
Stoddard County
FE. T. Archer and Company of
Kansas City
Stuart C. Irby
Elon Proffer
Matthews
FE Moxley
Charleston
Alvin G. Gasser
Sikeston
Legion Disapproves New Street Plan in Sikeston Park
At a Legion meeting the plan to lay a street through Legion Park, backed by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, was rejected. The group formed a parking committee led by Atty. M E Montgomery to seek curb parking on Highway 60, adding space for about 150 to 200 cars within a block of the business district, while noting the highway’s no parking rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion Park
Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Legion
Atty. M E. Montgomeryy
Highway 60
Sikeston
Charleston WPA foreman indicted by grand jury
Federal court in St Louis returned an indictment charging James F. Brown suspended WPA supervisor of Mississippi county with diversion and aiding in the diversion of 107 dollars in WPA labor and materials to defraud the government Alleged diversions include 57 sacks of cement from an Anniston warehouse valued at 36 dollars used at a private residence and WPA labor at two residences including Browns Charleston home for which 71 dollars in WPA laborers were paid
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James F. Brown
WPA
Mississippi County
St. Louis
Anniston
Brown
Charleston
Former Matthews Man Receives Soldier's Medal
Leroy A. Jordan of Chanute Field Illinois rewards for heroism in saving a child from drowning in the Illinois River on August 12, 1938. Jordan and John M. Gnagey rescued two children, a girl and a boy, while they were pulled into the current. Jordan saved the girl. Gnagey saved the boy. Jordan, born in Matthews, is nephew to Charles Spalding and cousins Loren Duty, Henry Duty, and Brian Morgan. He joined the Army Air Corps January 6, 1938 and is at Chanute Field studying radio operations and repair.
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Leroy A. Jordan
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Matthews
War Department
Washington
Jordon
John M. Gnagey
Meyersdale, Pa
Tlinois River
Gnagey
Missouri
Charles Spalding
Loren
Henry Duty
Brian Morgan
Portageville
Army Air Corps
Air Corps Technical School
Rantoul Nl
Messler Man Charged With Fraud Here
Russell Felker of Messler Missouri was arrested for fraud after an on duty state trooper accused him of shortchanging P J Pander Jr. operator of the C and M Oil Co west of Sikeston on Highway 60. Felker allegedly paid with a ten dollar bill for a one dollar gasoline purchase and received five ones and a two dollar bill in change. Ponder later realized no two dollar bill was in the till and notified authorities. Felker is free on bond pending hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Felker
Messler
V.P Boisaubin
State Highway Patrol
P. J. Pander Jr
C and M. Oil Company
Sikeston
Felker
Ponder
Warren Rowlett
Marion Deal
Deal
Edith Menz
Clyde Martin
Pat Summers
Glen Joyner
Young Joyner
Melvin Hudson
Oran
Robert Lee
Lee
Justice of the Peace Brown Jewels
Supreme Court review sought in rail mill company case
Trustees of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company seek Supreme Court review of a ruling denying recovery of 23994 from Scott County Milling Company. The dispute traces to a 1924 Interstate Commerce Commission filing over coal transport rates from Illinois and Kentucky. The ICC ordered repayment, later vacated. lower courts held payments voluntary and unrecoverable.
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Missour Pacific Raiload Company
Supreme Court
Scott County Milling Company
Missour Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ilinois
Kentucky
ICC
Woman Seeking Lost Brother Dies Suddenly
Mrs Clarence Parker of Desloge Missouri, who the Herald was helping locate her long lost brother, died suddenly at home last weekend. Parker, formerly Mary Bolden of Scott County, was adopted 27 years ago by Mr and Mrs Deck of Cantwell. Her brother Joe Bolden was adopted by an aunt on a Scott County farm. Florence Hoover of St Louis, representing the Children’s Home Society, said there was a Mary Bolden record but no file for her brother.
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Clarence Parker
Nean Desloge
The
Herald
Parker
Mary Bolden
Florence Hoover
St Louis
Children's Home Society
the Herald
Southeast Missouri Weather Turns Colder With Clear Skies
The Saturday night storm brought heavy rain and blustering winds, followed by lower temperatures and clear skies. Forecast calls for continued cold, then warmer temps and increasing clouds toward the weekend.
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Missouri
Matthews Man Shoots Self Ends Life of Robert Stroud at 77
Funeral services were held at the Matthews residence for Robert Joseph Stroud 77 prominent local farmer. He died Monday morning at St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Coroner reported no inquest. Born Evansville Indiana 1861 he lived in Henderson Kentucky before moving to Matthews over 20 years ago. He served many years on the Matthews school board and once funded teachers during a funds shortage. Surviving Gordon Stroud a son Evansville sister Mrs Emily Kamp Evansville and three grandchildren Wife separated for 25 years resides in California.
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Joseph Stroud
Matthews
J. J. O'Neill
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Stroud
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
L. A. Richards
New Madrid
Evansville
Ind
Henderson
Gordon
Emily Kamp
California
Public School Pupils to Parade Hobbies
Children from the public school register entries for a hobby contest to be held at the high school auditorium on April 6. The event is sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association under the direction of Mrs. C R Auten, the newly elected PTA president.
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The
Parent-Teacher Association
C. R. Auten
Organization
Big Clock Removed from Former Bank Building
A long familiar Sikeston landmark, the quadruple faced clock on the former Peoples Bank building, was taken down this week. The bank began October 5, 1909, operated five years at the site of Heisserers Drug Store, then moved to North New Madrid Street, where the clock stood at the southeast corner. Peoples Bank ceased operations December 5, 1925.
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Sikeston
Peoples Bank
The
People’s Bank
Heisserers Drug Store
North New Madrid
City of
New Assistant at Woehlecke's Floral Shop
Miss Dorothy Woehlecke of Indianapolis Indiana is the new assistant at the Woehlecke Floral Shop. She assumed duties Monday after accompanying her brother William Woehlecke home from a Floral Telegraph Delivery school in Indianapolis. Mrs Alker Pharris of Gladys Street underwent a successful goitre operation at Barnes Hospital St Louis Tuesday morning.
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Dorothy Woehlecke
Indianapolis
Ind
Woehlecke
Miss Woehlecke
Wm. Woehlecke
Alker Pharris
Gladys Street
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
FBI Reports On Sharecropper Strike In Southeast Missouri
The FBI found no statutes violated by the January roadside protest of 1161 sharecroppers in Missouri Boot Heel. Landlords mainly heard rumors, while workers complained of economic slavery and low income. The report notes no evictions and cites the 1958 cotton program as an inducement for landlords to remove tenants. (Continued on Page Four)
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Missouri
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Murphy
Murphy and Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Owen H Whitfield
Southern Farm Tenants’ Union
Bureau
Whitfield
Missour’s
Ten Years for Negro Murderer in Sikeston
Willie Moore, a Sikeston Negro, was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to 10 years at Jeffer son City. He killed Gladys Williams in August 1935 and was captured in Memphis after eluding the search. Jury members included Solomon, Brazel, Deal, Driskel, Heeb, Mount, Dudley, Batley Jr, Welter, Bray, Shean, and Cook.
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Willie Moore
Sikeston
Moore
Gladys Williams
Memphis
T. M. Solomon
Wallace Brazel
George Deal
John Driskel
Lou Heeb
F. E. Mount
Henry Dudley
Ralph Batley Jr
L. Welter
Paul Bray
David Shean
Albert Cook
Aubry Givens
Givens
David Blanson
New Police Car In Use This Week In Slkeston
Slkeston introduces a 1938 Ford police car for citywide patrols replacing the motorcycle. City Officer Claude Mc Manus will implement a regular patrol schedule across residential and business districts. The car cost $450 from Semo Motor Company and bids were approved at a special city council meeting.
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Slkeston
Claude McManus
Ford
Semo Motor Company
McManus
Ron Reeds
Wisen
Toeek Benari
Civis
Sam Browne
Sin
Wouthheld Frost
New Federal Grant To Resume Sikeston Armory Work
Construction on the Sikeston armory in Chamber of Commerce Park will restart after a supplemental WPA allotment arrives. Chair man Tanner C. Dye says work halted for two weeks pending funds. C M Taylor directs. WPA funds total 35 383 and sponsor’s 3500 with original city allotment of 31635. remaining tasks include doors floor garage and landscaping.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Armory
Chamber of Commerce
Tanner C. Dye
C. M. Taylor
Congress
City of
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Tandy
L. D. Huey
Matthews Lane
Tandy
Huey
Malone Avenue
Kingshighway
Page Four
Sikreston
Sikeston High School
W. Limbaugh
W_E Hollingsworth
R. A. Harper
A. Macabee
A. W. Swacker
Don Renner
Dr. Dunaway
Wm. Sidwell
Jean Marshal
Harry Kirk
J J O'Neill
C.F. McMullin
Jame
H. M. Kendig
Tin Keller
T. A. Martin
E. R. Putnam
Earl Allen
Save Way Grocery
Rafferty’s
Legion Auxiliary
Murray Klein
Frank van Horne
M. E. Montgomery
Frank Lair
Mitchell- Sharp Chevrolet Co
Norton Shoe Store
Buckner-Ragsdale Co
Sikes Hardware Co
Graber's
Wallace Store
Palace Cafe
Pitman Tailor Shop
Harwell's Auto Supply Co
Wowan
R. J. Stroud
Robert
Inter
Memorial Park
Federal Bureau
Claims Credit
Benton
Man Zimmerman
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