World War II policy shifts and international moves this week
Selective Service ended most occupational draft deferments for 18 to 25 year olds unless cleared by state directors or in specified exempt occupations. A gasoline ration falls to under two gallons weekly nationwide from March 22 due to critical demands and a large black market draining civilian supplies. Parliament invites a U.S. congressional delegation for an unprecedented visit, with plans to include lawmakers from major and independent parties and some women. Quintuplets born eight months ago in Buenos Aires to a rancher and his Italian wife emerged in public view, three girls and two boys all healthy and about 20 pounds each. Soviet Russia and Italy exchange ambassadors, the first UN recognition of Badoglio government. German massacre reports claim over 10,000 killed at Lwow. Doolittle nominated to lieutenant general. Spaatz may announce bombing targets. gasoline ration equalization eyed. Income tax simplification bill anticipated within 60 days. Curt LeMay promoted to major general in England. Humorist Irvin Cobb dies in New York.
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Buenos Aires
Dionne
Franco
United States Wildlife Service
War Production Board
Stephens
Mingo
Paxico
State Commission
Mingo Lake
Bode
Wapapello Lake
State Conservation Commission
Missouri
Farm Extension Service
Commission
Arthur SE. Clark
Fish, Game and Forest Division
Asbury Roberts
Hugh Denney
Bettye Hornbuckle
Jefferson City
Loren Lewis
Vernon Bennett
Edgar Allen
James L. Bailey
Albert F. Herman
Wm. Wickham
C. E. Resinger
Brandhard Rutherford
Harry N. Simpson
Edward A. Hartel
John H. Pigman
Hugh F. Pritchard
Price Panel to Meet Tonight in Sikeston
Price Panel of Scott County plans a 7:30 pm meeting at the Sikeston public library for all retail merchants. C H Butler of Sikeston will lead, with special pins and awards for volunteer rationing board members. New pricing posters were issued. a national drive will check every food store next week to ensure ceiling price compliance. Butler urged more volunteers to aid in store checks and explaining regulations, noting 9000 stores in the eastern Missouri district.
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Scott County
Sikeston Public Library
C. H. Butler
Sikeston
Butler
Missouri
Sikeston Sailor Wounded in Mediterranean Action
Pfc. Harry S Miller, son of Mrs. Eva J Miller of near Sikeston, is listed among War Department casualties reported yesterday as wounded in action in the Mediterranean theater. No further details were provided.
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Harry S Miller
Eva J. Miller
near Sikes_ton
War Department
Pfc
Miller
Mediterranean
Legislature in Special Session Passes Soldier Ballot Reforms
The Missouri Legislature, called by Gov. Donnell, meets in special session to pass soldier voting laws and refinance state agencies facing near bankruptcy. Officers from last year run the sessions, with party leaders named in both House and Senate. Donnell proposes 70 day absentee ballot windows for primaries and 60 for generals, citing War and Navy Dept. guidance. aims to shift candidacy filings earlier and secure Social Security funding totaling over 70 million for 1943 1944.
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Missouri
Forrest C Donne
Howard Elliott
St. Louis County
Murphy Thompson
Webster County
Randall R. Kitt
Livingston County
Roy Hamlin
Marion County
Senate
Frank P. Briggs
Macon
George H. Miller
Sedalia
Sen
Wm. Quinn
Maywood
Donnell
the War and Navy Departments
Social Security Commission
Relief Over Form 1040 Mailout Ends War With Paper
Americans woke to relief as Form 1040, dreaded for weeks, finally arrived. The piece details anxiety about tax forms, the lengthy process, and the question of whether readers owe money, ending with a cautious optimistic note that the mail has gone out and others will check for mistakes.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Enlarged quota set for surgical dressings drive
The Scott County surgical dressing room will produce 45 000 dressings monthly for May June and July totaling 135 000 as Europe invasion nears. Since 1942 the county has made 432 500 dressings, with more volunteers needed. The unit operates afternoons and Mon Tue Thu Fri evenings. Nationwide volunteers have produced over 1 000 000 000 dressings for Army depots and 48 000 000 sent abroad for civilian war relief.
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Europe
Scott County Surgical Dressing Room
Co. D. Matthews Jr
Scott County
Sikeston
Chaffee
Benton, Blodgett
Miner
Fisher Family Visits St Louis on Business
Mr and Mrs D L Fisher and their daughter Helen visited St Louis on Monday with Jan Ree and Mrs G Moore Greer also part of the party.
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D.L. Fisher
Helen
Jan Ree
G. Moore Greer
St. Louis
Red Cross War Fund Surpasses Goal in Sikeston
Sikeston’s Red Cross War Fund drive topped its $8,300 goal, reaching about $8,700 by March 14 after one week. Rev. R. M. Talbert praised the effort and noted multiple ward chairmen and workers aided by house-to-house solicitation. In Scott County, Rev. Walter Craig estimates around $10,000 collected, though checks remain unverified.
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Scott County
Walter Craig
Draft Takes 33 Scott County Men
Thirty three Scott county men were accepted for the armed services at Jefferson Barracks on Monday March 13 led by Chief Clerk Norman Bugg of the Scott County Draft Board. Inductees include 19 for the Army and 14 for the Navy with 15 Sikeston men. List names Sikeston Morley Charleston Commerce Blodgett and others.
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Scott County
Armed Services
Jefferson Barracks
Norman Bugg
Scott County Draft Board
Army
Navy
Sikeston
Waste Paper Drive Set by Sikeston Boy Scouts
An all-out waste paper drive is planned by Sikeston Boy Scouts under Cr H Butler on Saturday April 8. About 165 scouts from five troops and two Cub packs will canvas the town, visit homes to enlist cooperation, secure trucks, and urge household support. Mrs Jim Wallace and Miss Helen Fisher shopped in Cape Girardeau Wednesday.
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Sikeston Boy Scouts
Cr. H. Butler
Jim Wallace
Helen Fisher
Cape Girardeau
Old Man Winter Threatens Spring In Weather Battle
The piece warns that spring begins next Tuesday amid continued grim winter weather. It notes subzero temperatures through winter, predicting occasional returns of cold snaps as the battle between seasons continues, with spring officially arriving but winter likely to stagger it.
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Winter
No End of Chaffee's Shoe Workers Strike
The 600 CIO backed workers at Sport Speciality Shoe Makers Inc in Chaffee have walked out over the company’s refusal to discharge two employees who refused to pay union dues. Officials seek a meeting to resolve the dispute as the strike disrupts a major local business.
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Sport Speciality Shoe Makers Inc
Chaffee
CIO
Police Seek Parents of Delinquent Boy
St Louis police seek Mr and Mrs Frank Rowland former Sikeston residents after their 14 year old son Charles Elmer Davis was arrested as a delinquent in St Louis He said he slept in vacant buildings roamed the city since seeing his mother three weeks ago and stole 35 from her purse while helping three other boys rob a 10 year old of 1 He was booked as incorrigible and held at the House of Detention He said he left home because he thought his mother and stepfather did not want him.
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St. Louis
Frank Rowland
Sikeston
Charles Elmer Davis
Sikeston Declares War on Mice and Rats in City Campaign
Sikeston launches a month long drive to exterminate mice rats and cockroaches. Traps and poisons offered at bargain prices by local grocers and hardware stores. Citizens urged to participate as schools sponsor a tail collection contest with rewards. City Lions Club Boy Scouts teachers and merchants sponsor the effort.
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Sikeston
City of
Lions Club
Boy Scouts
McKnight-Keaton Grocery Co
Merchants of
Sikeston Woman Joins Women’s Army Corps
Princella Parsons of Sikeston was sworn into the Women’s Army Corps on Monday March 18 at the Cape Girardeau recruiting station by Lieut. Gertrude Carliste. Parsons, a Lincoln University alumna, has two brothers in the service and awaits active duty call.
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Princella Parsons
Sikeston
Women’s Army Corps
United States Army
Cape Girardeau
Gertrude Carliste
Parsons
Lincoln University
Jefferson City
County Wildlife League Formed in Sikeston Meeting
The Scott County Wildlife League was organized in Sikeston last night after a Missouri State Conservation Commission visit. R A Harper was elected president Grover Baker vice president and John Powell secretary treasurer. The group aims to improve hunting and fishing conditions and foster fellowship among local sportsmen.
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Scott County Wildlife League
Scott County
Sikeston
Missouri State Conservation Commission
R. A. Harper
Grover Baker
John Powell
Gus E. Buddle
Columbia
Missouri Conservation Federation
Virginia Dunlap
River Mines
Frank Miller
Salary Increases For Teachers In Sikestone Schools
The Sikestone Board of Education approved fifteen percent salary increases for all officials teachers and employees for the next school year. R A Harper was re elected superintendent for the eighth year. Principals Tharon B Stallings Thurman Travellstead and Dorothea Miller were re elected. teachers will be elected soon.
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Sikestone Public Schools
Board of Education
R. A. Harper
Allo
Tharon B Stallings
Thurman Travelstead
South
Dorothea Miller
Bailey
Boy Scouts to oversee flag duties at Legion Park
Sikeston Boy Scouts will raise and lower the flag in Legion Park under a weekly cycle assigned by patrols. Permission to take charge was granted by the Henry Meldrum post of the American Legion. Troop 43 led by C. T. Elder handles March 15 to May 1. Troop 44 led by Ivan Gimlin in May. Troop 42 led by F. X. Schumacher in June. Troop 41 led by Albert Klamm in July. Troop 40 led by Wm. Hutchison in August.
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Sikeston
Legion Park
Henry Meldrum
American Legion
C. T. Elder
Ivan Gimlin
F. X. Schumacher
Albert Klamm
Wm. Hutchison
Weather records and travel note amid springlike spell
The warmest 79 degrees marked the spell's peak after several days of spring warmth. The week's low 29 was last Friday, the only freezing day. this morning reads 58. Forecast calls for clear, cooler conditions tomorrow and warm, fair weather Saturday and Sunday. Hitchcock heads to Avon Park, Florida to join Lieut. Hitchcock.
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Albert Klamim
Air School
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United States Congress
Albert N. Braithwaite
Sam Rayburn
Soviet
Russia
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
United Nations
Badoglio
Lwow
Tarnopol
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Forces
England
Roosevelt
Carl A. Spaatz
OPA
Bryan Houston
Atlantic Coast
George
Senate Finance Committee
Curtie Lemay
Lakewood
Ohio
Berlin
Irvin
Cobb
Sheraton
New York
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Hinstein
Morgenthau
Red Cross Fund
Red Cross
R. M. Talbert
Talbert
Wm. Corrigan
American Red Cross
Glenn Eli Williams
Charles Davis Matthews
Ruben Clay Taylor
Edwin Henry LaCroix
Dayne Everett Chartrau
Frank Lowery
John Lewis Wilson
Glendon Aloysius Heisserer
Vincent Lee Clark
Ariman Maddox
Vancuser
H. F. Emerson Jr
Wilbert Will Thomas
Morley
Curtis Lamar Dickson
Oran
Eddie Milton August
Fornfelt
Billy Joe Doty
Benton
Asher
James Foster
Blodgett
Chaffee's Shoe Workers
County Wildlife League
New Madrid
Sydney Stephens
G. E Stoner
Springfield
Owen Turn
Roy Smith
Joel Smith
Greenfield, Tenn
Mrs. L. ©. Hitchcock
Avon Park, Fla
Lieut. Hitchcock
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