News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Promotion of Walter M. Swan in the 217th Chemical Company at Camp Libert Alabama to Technician Fifth Grade is announced for his duty and soldierly conduct. Swan, a former Holcomb teacher, is the son of Mrs Rose Proffer of Sikeston. Willard Davis, brother of Leonard Davis of Morehouse, becomes Chief Engineer on a Liberty ship, earning the Merchant Marine War Service Bar with a Silver Star previously. The report lists Pvt. Hiram Williams transferred from Augusta Army Air Base to Jackson Mississippi, serving in Maintenance Ordnance. From England Pvt Albert F. Lowe writes of safety and good cheer as he adapts to local living and English money. The bulletin notes missing in action: Bon Boswell Jr, son of Mrs Bon Boswell, reported by sister Mrs Nicholson as missing after a raid over Germany. Further notes cover Shankle, Diehl, Taylor families, a newborn, and service updates from Sikeston and surrounding areas.
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Walter M. Swan
217Th Chemical Company
Camp Libert Alabama
Tis Swan
Holcomb
Rose Proffer
Sikeston
Willard &. Davis
Leonard Davis
Morehouse
Davis
Merchant Marine War Service
Russia
Italy
Hiram Williams
E. Williams
Army Air Base
Augusta
Jackson
Miss
Pvt
Williams
Army Air Gorps
H M Nicholson
Bon Boswell
Manion
Ind
Bon Boswell Jr
Boswell
Germany
Ms Country
Waves Recruiter to Interview Local Women on Thursday
Donna Miller Yoeman Second Class of the Waves will visit Sikeston on Thursday April 6 to interview women aged 20 to 36 interested in enlisting The interview aims to explain opportunities in the Waves and answer questions about enlistment for young women seeking naval service.
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Donna Miller
Yoeman
The
Waves
Sikeston
Yoeman Miller
Urgent call for Army Nurses Aides in Oklahoma and Arkansas
The US Civil Service announces an urgent need for two hundred Nurses Aides for Army hospitals in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Applicants who completed the Red Cross course and have 150 hours hospital service may qualify. Salaries are 1400 dollars per year including overtime if not in war work. Apply through U S Civil Service Representative at the United States Employment Service or nearest post office.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
US Civil Service
Red Cross
U. S Civil Service
United States Employment Service
Five Million Men to Overseas by July First
President Roosevelt disclosed at a news conference that five million American men will be overseas by July 1. He tied this to expanding agricultural machinery exports, noting less than two percent of available farm equipment has been sent abroad under lend-lease. Britain Australia and New Zealand are supplying food to American troops under reverse lend-lease.
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Roosevelt
United States
Ins
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Col Dudley and Son Visit Sikeston Friends
Col Harry F. E. Dudley Sikeston’s top Army officer left for Crossville Tennessee to command a POW camp for German officers after spending days here with Mrs Dudley Their son Billy Dudley who attends the Baylor School near Chattanooga Tenn returned to school after a brief visit Col Dudley known as Dud spoke to the Methodist church Men’s Bible Class about experiences with captured German officers He has led the camp since last August.
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Harry FE. Dudley
Sikeston
Crossville
Tenn
Dudley
Billy Dudley
Baylor School For
Chattanooga
Col Dudley
Dud
The
Methodist Church
Draft Deferments Tightened as 22 to 25 Group Targeted
War and defense officials push to mobilize the 22 to 25 age group while extending duties for older workers. McNutt’s Interagency Committee eyes removing many occupational deferments, with March 29 as a deadline for agencies to map needs. Local boards will favor younger men, but some 25 plus workers may lose deferments when their status expires. Lieutenant James N Hunt of Caruthersville is listed as KIA in the Mediterranean theater.
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Washington
Selective Service
Paul V. McNutt
Nelson
War Production Board
Army Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
McNutt
Interagency Committee
Sikeston High School Honor Roll Lists Large Class Roster
Principal Tharon Stallings announces Sikeston High School honor and proficiency rolls for the quarter. Senior class includes Mary Ellen Bailey and John Boardman among others. junior and sophomore sections list numerous students. eighth grade also appears with names and proficiency rosters. The article notes a shift since 1917-18, with women increasing in shipyard work to seven percent.
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Sikeston S
Tharon Stallings
Mary Ellen Bailey
John Boardman
Phil Bowman
Eloise Coots
Irena Gimlin
Jeanne Jackson
Glenda Keller
Dorothy Marshall
Pauline Shepherd
Grace Sittes
Louise Skelton
LaVerne Yoffie
Rometta Bugbee
Shirley Dillon
Billy Dunn
Nadine Greenlee
Dale Ham
Tessie Ingram
Louise Jackson
Laura Jo Latham
Miller Moll
Bennie Joe Morrison
Margaret Anne Niswonger
Betty Shivel
Charlotte Strain
Ruth Stru
Amputations Given 1194 U S Soldiers Report
Washington reports 1194 American soldiers have had major amputations in the war, per Brig Gen Fred W Rankin. Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers released the figures to counter rumors of larger basket cases, noting 68 lost two limbs and no triple or quadruple amputations.
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Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
House
British Auxiliary Service collects spider webs for instruments
One of the British Auxiliary Service women gathers spider webs to support precision instruments. The effort highlights civilian wartime contributions and the unusual methods used to boost technical accuracy.
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British Auxiliary Service
Clean Plate Contest Ends Tomorrow Noon
Sikeston grade school children are making posters and limericks for the Clean Plate Campaign contest led by the Woman's Civic Club. Mrs. L. M. Standley chairs the committee. Judging panels for limericks and posters are named, and winning entries will be displayed in a J. C. Penney Store window.
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Sikeston
Woman's Civic Club
L. M. Standley
M. M. Beck
C. T. Old
Keith Collins
Donna Lee Tanner
Betty Shiver
J. C. Penney
Farmers Aid In Paper Collection War Effort
Farmers may help the war effort by taking unneeded paper to Goldstein Salvage Company and selling it. Troops involved include Troop 40 at the Baptist church, Troop 41 and Pack 41 with Kiwanis Club, Troop 42, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Troop 43 and Pack 43 with Lions Club, and Troop 44 at the Presbyterian church.
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Goldstein Salvage Company
Boy Scout
Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lions ' Club
Presbyterian Church
Fredericktown Jury Selections Include Claude Millsap
Claude Millsap, a former Fredericktown resident and California shirt company representative, has been chosen to serve on the jury in the Mann Act case against Charles Chaplin.
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Fredericktown
Claude Millsap
Charles Chaplin
Millsap
California
Methodist youth gathering draws regional reps in Chaffee
About 300 Methodist youths attended a Monday night meeting in Chaffee with representatives from Scott Cape Girardeau Mississippi New Madrid and Stoddard counties. Rev. W L Meyer of Jackson is district director and Mrs Wm Sapp of Chaffee is district young people's director. Local church youth led devotionals.
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Chaffee
Scott
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi
New Madrid
Stoddard
W. L. Meyer
Jackson
Wm. Sapp
Sermon Visits Sikeston In Missouri Governor Bid
Roger T. Sermon of Independence Missouri visited Sikeston yesterday to campaign for the Democratic nomination for Missouri governor. He has chaired Independence as mayor since 1924 and is a World War I veteran who led the 129th Field Artillery in the 35th Division with service in France including Alsace St Mihiel Meuse Argonne Sommedieu and Verdun sectors.
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Roger T. Sermon
Independence
Sikeston
Missouri
Sermon
129Th Field Artillery
United States Army
France
Alsace
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Sommedieu
Verdun
First Baptist Church of Independence
Pearl Harbor Leased as U.S. Naval Base in 1887
The document notes Pearl Harbor was leased to the United States for use as a naval base in 1887. The milestone marks a key shift in regional defense and imperial relations during the late 19th century. The lease underscores early strategic ties between Hawaii and the United States, setting the stage for later military developments in the Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S
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