Bulb Grower Grevers Showcases Holland Farming Methods
Theo Grevers of J. L Grevers & Sons in Wassenaar Holland toured Sikeston and presented motion pictures of Dutch bulb and home farming. He described hand labor, strict seedpod disposal laws, small farms, a 70 acre Grevers bulb farm, and land prices around 6000 dollars. Windmills, canals, dikes, and nearly every square foot tillable define Holland’s agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. Grevers
J. L Grevers & Sons
Wassenaar
Holland
Wm. Woehlecke
Sikeston Florist
Woehlecke
Mr. Grevers
America
Greves
Missouri
Grevers
United States
Germany
France
England
Minnesota
Demonstrations for 4-H Club Leaders in New Madrid
The New Madrid county 4-H Club leaders met in the circuit court room to hear Miss Mary Robinson discuss clothing concerns and show fabric samples. Miss Helen Church led demonstrations on strawberry preserves and a poultry self feeder, with questions answered by leaders. Twenty-two women leaders from New Madrid, plus two men, attended, along with four women leaders and two men from Mississippi county and Louise Morrissey with 24 leaders present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Circuit Court
Mary Robinson
Helen Church
Miss Church
Mississippi County
New Madrid County
Louise Morrissey
Working for Uncle Sam 917,303 federal workers last December
A Civil Service Commission report shows 917,303 people held federal government jobs in December, the highest on record and excluding the army, navy, CCC, WPA, and PWA. Including these, about one in eight Americans are paid by the federal payroll, leaving seven others to fund state and local government. The piece argues taxpayers must support expanding Washington payrolls despite personal wage needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Army
Navy
CCC
WPA
PWA
Washington
America
Business Leaders to Meet in Poplar Bluff
Missouri business leaders gather in four regional sessions after a Columbia meeting with 203 representatives from 47 cities and five out of state points. Poplar Bluff hosts an afternoon session at 1 pm and a 6:30 pm dinner, with talks on Missouri’s standing, state plans, and board nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Missour
Margaret Kay Stewart
Southeast
C. H. Denman
C. C. Scott
Southwest
Geo. F. Olendorf
Wm. H Webb
Hannibal
Excelsior Springs
Poplar Bluff
Springfield
R R Nacy
Central Missouri Trust Company
Jefferson City
John M. Guild
Kansas City
Dan W. Snyder Jr
Mussouri Power & Light Company
Missouri
State Chamber of Commerce
Hidden taxes hit Sikeston shoppers yearly
The National Consumers Tax Commission reports Sikeston and surrounding area families pay 415,116 annually in hidden taxes on retail purchases. Based on Sikeston retail sales of 2,661,000, the burden goes to food, clothing, fuel, medicine and other daily items, with the crusade led by Marie Ames of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Sikeston and Vicinity
National Consumers Tax Commission
NCTC
Chicago
Sikeston
U. S
Marie Ames
Kenneth C. Frazier
Believe It: Herald Claims Trusted Truths
The Herald asserts reliability and credibility in its reporting, urging readers to accept its coverage as accurate. The statement frames the newspaper as a dependable source during reporting and public discourse.
Farewell for New Madrid CCC camp as 49 leave
Forty nine members of the New Madrid CCC drainage camp are leaving this month due to the two year limit on service. A farewell dance March 22 featured Gill Wilson's orchestra with many local friends and four official visitors including Major John L. Rice and Major L. C. Farrell. The event doubled as camp graduation for the educational program with eighth grade diplomas awarded to several area youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrind
John L. Rice
U.S. Cavalry
Missouri
CCC
L. C. Farrell
U. S. Infantry
A. M. Brumbaugh
Infantry Reserve
New Madrid
H. E. French Corps
Godfrey Galway
Missouri CCC
Eugene Burger
Advance
Alfred Chance
Harviell
Richard Hawkins
Bloomfield
Johnnie Harper
Idaho
Dorse Headrick
Taskee Station
John S. King
Gideon
Wills Nelson Mullins
Wardell
Delbert Muller
Gray Ridge
Alman Reagan
Brownwood
Willard Smith
Fredericktown
Paul Stovall
Whitewater
Leon Stacy
Wancyser
Woodrow Perry
Noah Cantrell
Blodgett
Thomas May
Clyde Ferguson
Betrand
John Carroll
Farmfelt
Benjamin Wadley
Ilmo Journalsm
Bob Barney
Parma
Robert J. Ready
Lilbourn
J. Robert Neal
Morehouse
Elmer Puchbauer
Fornfelt
Delbert Miller
Woodrow Evans
Milford Martin
Arthur Jenkins
Harry Meyers
East Prairie
Claude B. Hampton
Willis Mullins
Almon Reagan
New Madrd
James M. Cole
Cole
Drainage Distret No. 59
U S. Bureau of Agriultural Engineering
Otter
Noxall
Negro Twins Draw Long Term Sentences in Missouri
Alex and Alexander White, 18 year old African American twins from Arkansas, were sentenced to 25 years each in Missouri Penitentiary after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill before Judge James V. Billings. They fled Arkansas for a vehicle theft and assaulted Deputy Lemmonds with a blackjack during a chase led by state troopers Tandy and Boisaubin, and were captured Wednesday afternoon in Dunklin county.
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Alex and
Alexander White
Arkansas
V. P. Boisaubin
State Highway Patrol
Firemen collide en route to Carl fire injures driver
Chief Milburn Arbaugh and George S. Dye of Sikeston fire department collided at Wilson avenue and Kingshighway while answering a call to the J R Carroll residence. Dye won a photo finish, his car demolished and Dye suffered back pain. Arbaugh unhurt. Fire caused a small roof hole from a flue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn Arbaugh
George S. Dye
Sikeston
J. R. Carroll
Wilson Avenue
Dye
Kingshighway
Arbaugh
Center Street
U.S. Army Plans Massive Intensive Training Maneuvers
About 421000 officers and troops are expected to undergo intensive field training this year in what officials call the largest peacetime maneuver program. A record 689391 dollars is allotted, with Gen. Malin Craig signaling possible congressional increases. Major maneuvers will unite ground forces, air units, and the navy, preparing to defend the nation. War games will concentrate 45000 regulars and National Guards at Plattsburg New York August 13 27 and 22000 at Manassas Virginia August 5 19.
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War Department
Malin Craig
Congress
Navy
Craig
House
First Army
Plattsburg
Manassas
Brooklyn man endorses tax support with ten dollar gift
An Internal Revenue Collector in New York reports a Brooklyn man sent a letter with a ten dollar check and five dollars from himself and five dollars from his wife. The note says the man believed everyone should contribute to support the government despite not earning enough to be taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almon C. Krasquin
New York
Robert Kenyon Sentenced to Death Row in 1937 Kidnap Murder
Robert Kenyon, condemned for the 1937 kidnap murder of Dr. J. C. B. Davis of Willow Springs, was moved to Jefferson City’s death row over the weekend. Judge Wm. Barton set April 28 for execution in the lethal gas chamber. Kenyon has been held in Butler county jail at Poplar Bluff while the Supreme Court reviews his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kenyon
J. C. B. Davis
Willow Springs
Jefferson City
Wm. EE. Barton
Alton
Kenyon
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Supreme Court
Farm Mortgage Rates Hit New Low Across Nation
The Farm Credit Administration reports the average farm mortgage rate at a record low a decade decline. Gov F F Hill notes 5.25 percent in 1937 with data suggesting even lower levels last year. He estimates about 2.25 million farms, one in three, are mortgaged totaling 7.08 billion dollars with around 40 percent of debt held by federal land banks and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Credit Administration
F. F. Hill
Federal Land Banks
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Missouri Delegates Named to Rivers and Harbors Congress
J W Wolpers editor Allen Oliver Cape Girardeau attorney and Langdon Jones of Kennett are among eight Missourians named as delegates to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress meeting in Washington yesterday and today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W. Wolpers
Daily American Republic
Poplar Bluff
Allen Oliver
Cape Girardeau
Langdon Jones
Kennett
Washington
Sikeston Girl Is Candidate For Queen
Miss Martha Jane Myers of Sikeston, a 1938 Sikeston High School graduate, is among 16 candidates for queen of the 39th annual military ball to be held April 14 at the University of Missouri. Myers represents Delta Delta Delta sorority. Another Southeast Missouri candidate is Miss Mary Louise Himmelberger of Cape Girardeau, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Myers
M. Myers
Sikeston
Sikeston High School
University of Missouri
Miss Myers
Delta Delta Delta
Infantry
Field Artillery
Southeast Missouri
Mary Louise Himmelberger
Cape Girardeau
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Hobby Contest for Pupils Draws 175 Entries
The PTA sponsored hobby contest to be held at the high school gym on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. has drawn 175 entries. Pupils bring varied hobbies such as buttons, airplanes, Indian pennies, minerals, shells, perfume bottles, and vases. Mrs. C. R. Auten directs the event noting rising student enthusiasm and a new height of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
C. R. Auten
Higt
Two Division Plan for District High School Meet
The district announces a two division high school meet under Dr. W T Doherty with classes C under 100 pupils CC 100 to 250 and B 250 to 500, Sikeston in B. First division runs April 20 21 22 with CC music on day one and C and B events on day two, drama and vocational agriculture on day three. April 29 hosts agricultural contests and scholastic events with track preliminaries in the forenoon and finals in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Doherty
State College
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Dill couple on South American tour to visit Illinois kin
Mr and Mrs John Dill of Carbondale Illinois are touring South American countries and are expected home soon. En route to Illinois they will visit Mrs A B Dill the mother and other relatives in Sikeston Missouri potential stop en route to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dill
Carbondale, Ill
Tlinois
A. B Dill
Sikeston
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