Regional notices reveal deaths and civic plans in Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau considers annexation via voter referendum while highways spur planting of over 9000 rose bushes between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Malden mourns J L Mills and A L Stokes as funeral services note Stokes family ties to Santa Barbara. Marston and Flat River report deaths, funerals, and a fatal tire blowout causing two young men to die near Potosi with several injured in Leadwood, Desloge, and nearby towns.
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Cape Girardeau
Highway 61
Jackson
Hillard Brewster
State Highway Department
Flat River
Potosi
Joseph Kusman
Goldman Caviness
Leadwood
Bonne Terre
Lyman Jenkins
Glenn Eddington
Vernon Bowers
William Francis
Desloge
Discharged CCC Camp Members Return Home After Service Rule
Twenty two members of the New Madrid CCC drainage camp received honorable discharges on Thursday March 23 under the two year service regulation. Thirty one men have now been discharged for this reason. Names listed include Willard C. Smith Luford Clauser Bob Barney Clyde Furgerson J Robert Neal Charles Baker Julian Barker Charles Bowman Dan Delplane Dorse Hedrick John House Everett Hutchison Joe Moore Elbert Vaughan Thurman Steward Arthur Jenkins Clifford Link John Malone John May Almon Reagan Henry Roberts Harold Stark and others from nearby towns and stations. The Herald notes the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Conservation Corps
New Madrid
CCC
Willard C. Smith
Luford Clauser
Fredercktown
Bob Barney
Parma
Clyde W. Furgerson
Bertrand
J. Robert Neal
Morehouse
Charles Baker
Julian R. Barker
Dexter
Charles D. Bowman
Lilbourn
Dan E. Delplane
Sikeston
Dorse J. Hedrick
Taskee Station
John T. House
Diehlstadt
Everett J. Hutchison
Avert
Joe H. Moore
Elbert W. Vaughan
Benton
Thurman W. Steward
Paxico
Arthur Jenkins
East Fraime
Clifford Link
Ardeola
John W. Malone
John M. May
Almon Reagan
Brownwood
Henry E Roberts
Vanclyser
Harold Stark
Eldon
Family dinner and church events in Bessville and Blodgett
A long list of local social activities includes a Sunday dinner at Mrs Clinton McCarter home in Bessville celebrating her birth anniversary. Attendees featured the Millers and Blodgett families, plus Mrs Lena Miller of Sikeston and others. Also noted are baptisms, missionary society meetings, church chicken dinners, and visits among residents of Malden Dexter Bourbon Ironton and Cape Girardeau area.
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C. A. Miller
Sum
Oscar
Blodgett
Stanford Fry
Lena Miller
Sikeston
Clinton McCarter
Bessville
McCarter
Bollinger County
Blo
E. C. Graham
Jeanette
St. Louis
L. F. Evans
Malden
Harry Poe
Harry Jean
J. T Huey
Gill Wilson
Dexter
Wilson
H. C. Coy
Wesley Strayhorn
Strayhorn
Clara Stout
Ironton
Winfred Strayhorn
Cora Strayhorn
Zelma
Bourbon, Mo
Jesse Strayhorn
J. F. Nunnelee
L. M. Willard
Bertrand
J. Wilson Critchlow
Cape Girardeau District
Young Ladies Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Pauline Stanfill
The
Methodist Church
Lowie Nienstedt
Madeline Mackley
Evelyn Pearman
State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Fannie Moore
Blodgett High School
Theo. Moore
Springfield
Mississippi Parkway Measure Perfected in Missouri House
The Missouri House perfected for passage a bill to authorize the state to receive federal funds for a National Mississippi River Parkway and to conduct a survey for the project. Majority Leader Roy Hamlin and 18 other representatives sponsor the measure.
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Missouri House of Representatives
Roy Hamlin
Show at Matthews School Saturday Night
J W Huckstep announces a benefit show for Matthews high schools at the high school auditorium on Saturday night April 1. Curley Fox and Texas Ruby with their five fox hunters from WREC Memphis will headline. Admission is 15 and 25 cents.
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J. W. Huckstep
Matthews High Schools
Beneft
Local Mathews News Highlights Regional Visits and Health
James Hull traveled to Sikeston on business last Friday. Sikeston visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Critchlow on Tuesday and Mrs. Don Story with family. Several residents traveled to St Louis and Indiana for visits while others shopped in Sikeston. Mrs. Clarence Dance was hospitalized in Cape Girardeau with blood transfusions followed by community blood donations. Mrs. Don Story hosted an Easter themed birthday party for her daughter Martha Ann with games and treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hull
Sikeston
Clarence Critchlow
Morrell Ezzell
Indiana
Margaret Weisenborn
St Louis
G. F. Deane
Alice
Frankie
Granville Mainard
New Madrid
Matthews
Elgin Davis
East Prairie
Don Story
Charles Pfifer
Jess Pfifer
Illinois
W. Zimmer
Hershel Yates
B. Conrad
Billy Shuppe
Billy
St. Louis
Clarence Dance
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Kennett man hurt in plane crash Sunday
Cecil Anthony of Kennett was dangerously injured Sunday when his airplane crashed at American Legion Airport while taking off. The Kennett Engine and Boiler works president was rushed to a Memphis hospital with his first accident in over 900 hours of flying. He owns two planes and has a commercial pilot's license.
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Cecil . Anthony
Kennett
American Legion
Anthony
Kennett Engine and Bouler Works
Memphis
Butler County Officers Injured in Highway Crash
Prosecuting attorney Charles T. Bloodworth Jr. and Deputy County Clerk Hazel Ann Biggs, both ofPoplar Bluff, were injured in a Wednesday night crash on Highway 60 three miles east of Dudley. Biggs suffered a fractured arm and facial injuries while Bloodworth had a forehead cut and possible internal injuries. Deputy Sheriff Bill Priest investigated. the truck involved belonged to Bryant Truck Company of Charleston, driven by Joe Fisher of Hoxie Arkansas, who said he had pulled off to nap and was asleep when the collision occurred.
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Charles T. Bloodworth Jr
Butler County
Hazel Ann Biggs
Poplarr Bluff
Bighway 60
Dudley
Sikeston
Biggs
Bloodworth
Pepler Blu
Sherff
Bill Priest
Bryant Truck Company
Charleston
Joe Fisher
Hoxie
Ark
Fisher
Dexter printer dies suddenly on Monday
Warren Lankford, 50, a type operator for the Dexter Messenger, died in his car on Monday March 27 after quitting work and starting home when ill. Doctors attributed the death to a heart attack linked to acute indigestion. Surviving are his widow, his mother Mrs. J Lankford, three brothers Bob Idaho Al Essex John Risco, and sister Mrs. Alice Johnson Poplar Bluff. Funeral services were held at the Pentecostal church Wednesday afternoon with interment in the Dexter cemetery. Lankford had worked for various Southeast Missouri newspapers.
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Warren Lankford
Dexter Messenger
Lankford
J. Lankford
Bob
Idaho
Essex
John
Risco
Alice Johnson
Poplar Bluff
Pentecostal
Dexter
Missouri
Drainage Ditch Cleanup Near Lilbourn Finished
The Ditch 47 cleaning in the Little River Drainage District southwest of Lilbourn is complete, conducted by a U S Bureau of Agricultural Engineering dragline and the New Madrid CCC camp. Remaining work includes fence reconstruction and several erosion structures.
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Little River
Lilbourn
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
New Madrid
CCC
Scout camp dining lodge planned on St Francis River
Plans are completed for a stone and timber dining lodge at Camp Lewallen on the St Francis River, to cost about 1500 dollars. The structure will include a 24 by 40 foot dining hall and a 30 by 17 foot kitchen wing, with interior appointments such as a large fireplace. Funds will be raised before construction, with early support from Caruthersville Junior Chamber of Commerce. The camp will also use the old dining hall as troop cooking quarters after the new building rises.
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Camp Lewallen
Southeast
Large enrollment planned for Missouri CCC camps
Plans to enroll 4 225 Missouri youths aged 17 to 23 in the Civilian Conservation Corps next month were announced by Arthur W Nebel of the State Social Security Commission. Preference goes to those 18 and older, with enrollees drawn from needy families listed at county offices. Enrollment includes 1 989 youths for camps in the Ninth Corps Area, Minnesota, and western states on April 4, 5, and 6, and remaining enrollees including 250 Negroes on April 10, 12, 13 and 14. The program aims for large turnout with two years service and 50 000 replacements nationwide in April. County totals for Southeast Missouri include Scott 72, Bollinger 29, Butler 70, Cape Girardeau 24, Dunklin 71, Mississippi 44, New Madrid 70, Pemiscot 50, Stoddard 86.
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Missouri
Civilian Conservation Corps
Arthur W. Nebel
State Social Securty Commission
CCC
Washington
Commission
Ninth Corps
United States
Minnesota
Weber
Scott
Bollinger
Butler
Cape Girardeau
Dunklin
Mississippi
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Stoddard
Peoples Income Up Two Months in 39
The Commerce Department said in the first two months of 1939 the American people had a substantially larger real income. Total personal income in February reached 5.09 billion dollars, up 115 million from February 1938, with employed compensation at 3.574 billion, up 4.5 percent from February 1938.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Supreme Court Allows State Tax on Federal Salaries
The Supreme Court ruled that a state can tax the salaries of federal employees or officials. The decision, tied to New York and Utah efforts to tax federal workers, supports Roosevelt’s call for reciprocal taxation. A ruling on taxing state employees by the federal government remains pending in a future case.
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Supreme Court
New York
Utah
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court Signals Upholding Taxation Policy
The opinion this week indicates the Supreme Court would uphold the taxation policy, leaving little doubt about the ruling. The decision underscores the court's stance on fiscal measures and state authority in revenue matters.
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Supreme Court
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Assistance
Mr and Mrs Gordon Stroud express gratitude to friends for help and sincere sympathy during their bereavement for the loss of their loved one.
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Mr and Mrs. Gordon Stroud
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phillip H. Steck
J. L. Mills
P. A. Kasey
A. L. Stokes
Stokes Mercantile
Stokes
Mary Stokes
Anna McCullouch
Santa Barbara
Calif
Marston
G. P. Hawkins
Mounds Park
Lilbou_n
Ellise
Hawkins
Ben
Claude
Jack
Lucinda
Lilly Hawkins
Herald
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
Matthews School
Sikeston Hatchery
J. M. Colvin
Sikeston, Missouri
P. O
ST. Francis
Sikeston 440 Dead Animal Disposal Co
Home Oil Co
Rock Island Ethyl
Shoe Factory
U.S
the Times
J. P. Roach Shoe Rebuilder
E. Malone
White’s Drug Store
Stallcup
N. New Madrid
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