Sikeston High School News Crowning king at St Patrick party
Sikeston High School news highlights the St Patrick party crowning Billy Joe Greer as king with Suzanne Lindley as queen. The program featured a girls trio Jo Ann Botter Doris Gleason Suzanne Lind ley, solos by Jo Ann Botter Bill Wagner John Boardman Priscilla Weekley and others, plus science demos by Mr Wilkison's classes. A Senior Candlelight Service plan was approved amid other school activities and intramural tournament results.
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Billy Joe Greer
Suzanne Lindley
Jo Ann Botter
Doris Gleason
Peggy Lair
Bill Wagner
John Boardman
Priscilla Weekley
Emma Lee Nicholson
Tony Lanier
St. Louis
Mr. Wilkison
Mary Ellen Bailey
Earl Martin
Penny Morrison
Bert Moore
Amy Wilkinson
Jake Foster
Bob Mitchell
Jack Neal
Phil Bowman
Betty Shiver
Intramural Basketball Finals Report
Last Wednesday night the intramural basketball finals concluded with a championship finish. Teams competed for the title in a tight game with notable performances from key players.
Frisco Begins Service on District Truck Lines
Frisco Transportation Co assumes operation of the former Righter Truck System lines in Southeast Missouri. Jos M Kelly of Springfield, traffic manager, announced in Sikeston that the sale to Frisco followed the prior shutdown of Righter lines. W L English of Springfield serves as general manager. Local HQ will be Sikeston station with overnight service to Memphis and St Louis.
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Frisco Transportation Co
Missouri
Jos. M. Kelly
Springfield
Sikeston
W. L English
Frisco
Missouri Public Service Commission
Executive Orders and the Box Score of Laws
Senator Shipstead of Minnesota argues that 4553 laws have been enacted in ten years while 3703 executive orders have issued from the White House. He claims agencies under these orders can jail people for misunderstandings and intends to seek a Senate review of executive orders next week to curb presidential fiat.
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Shipstead
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Germans See Sample of American Sport Debuts in Germany
Eva Dalgren a Red Cross worker among repatriates describes how American baseball and football made their wartime debuts in Baden Baden Germany She secured baseballs and footballs from a Red Cross shipment and rented a field on the city outskirts for internees to showcase the two sports to locals showing morale efforts during repatriation after internment
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Germany
Eva Dalgren
Red Cross
Gripsoim
Miss Dalgren
Lyon
France
Baden-Baden
RAF Bombing Totals 275,996 Tons Over Three Years
The British bomber command reports RAF aircraft dropped 275,996 American tons of bombs on Germany Italy and occupied areas from May 1 1940 to December 31 1943. Of these 246 425 British tons were dropped on Germany 34 065 on occupied territory and 9 060 on Italy. Clean your plate. Help win the war.
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British Bomber Command
RAF
Germany
Italy
Bomber Command
New Books Arrive at Sikeston Public Library
Sikeston readers learn of newly shelved titles including Good Night Sweet Prince and The Gay Illiterate with many memorial gifts and community donations. Other new books span American history fiction biographies and international titles in standard library acquisitions. Easter chocolate bans noted by Uncle Sam cap the notice.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Public Library
Prince
John Barrymore
Gene Fowler
Louella Parsons
Jack Lair
Hitler
Kurt Krueger
Mort Griffith
Prophet of the Ozarks,” Written and Presented To the Library By Allen B. Cooper
Charleston
Russia
Book Club
E. H. Berry
Carl Sandburg
C. H Denman
Lacy E
Cora B. Allard
C. C. White
Alexander Woolcott
Cora Allard
Methodist Church
Tussie
Stuart
Frances P. Keyes
der Fueher
Heiden
Dunnybrook
Carroll
South America
Herbert C. Lanks
Constance J Henley
Iceland
Jane Goodell
People’s Peace
United Nations
Boy Scout Circus Here March 31
Next Friday night March 31 is the date for the big Boy Scout Circus at the National Guard Armory starting at 8 o clock. About 600 scouts from Sikeston Cep Wale Charleston and Stoddard districts are busy polishing acts and selling tickets. The event aims to show the scouting movement and its meaning to boys and the community. H E Niswonger is circus director with H Max Hatfield Raymond Marshall Jake Shainberg Franklin Struwe Clay Mitchell Wilbur Ensor and others in leadership roles.
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National Guard
Sikeston
Cep
H E. Niswonger
H. Max Hatfield
Missiouri
Raymond Marshall
Charleston
Jake Shainberg
New Madrid
Franklin Struwe
Clay Mitchell
Wilbur i Ensor
Sikeston Group Appoints Circular Page Committee Chairs
S. M. Sarno of Morehouse serves as health and safety chairman while Charles Dement of Sikeston leads the circus committee. R. A. Harper and C. H. Denman also of Sikeston head arrangements and publicity, with A. M. Jackson as ticket committee chair and L. M. Standley as finance chairman.
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S. M. Sarno
Morehouse
Charles Dement
Sikeston
R. A. Harper
C. H. Denman
A. M. Jackson
L. M. Standley
Old Enough to Know Better Couple Seeks Court Separation
In Rochdale England Mrs Rose Ray 78 and her husband William 89 or 90 were in court last week on an assault charge with a petition for separation on grounds of extreme cruelty. The couple spoke privately with the magistrate after the dispute.
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Rochdale
England
Rose Ray
William
Ray
Save Fuel for Cooking and Labor Efficiency
Do not shine the bottoms of your pans to a gleam. Cleaning is fine but excessive shine wastes energy. Dull surfaces absorb heat less efficiently than shiny ones. Use practical dullness to save fuel and labor in cooking.
MacArthur pledges return to Philippines in renewed war drive
General Douglas MacArthur told an Australian state dinner that he would return to the Philippines as part of a major new offensive in the South Pacific. He recalled his 1942 pledge and said the decisive operation would be launched at the appropriate time to isolate Japan and restore China’s Pacific links.
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Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
South Pacific
MacArthur
Bataan
China
Pacific
Induction Draftees face Mental and Emotional Disqualification
Recent estimates indicate that about 13 percent of men reporting for induction are disqualified on mental or emotional grounds. The figure reflects screening during the draft process and highlights the era's concerns over fitness for service.
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