Fears of Russia crisis loom over spring talks
About 150 people attended Henry C. Wolfe's lecture at the public library sponsored by the Woman's Civic Club. The foreign affairs expert warned of a Russia United States crisis this spring or summer, citing dangers from Finland to Iran. He argued Moscow aims at Asia and urged a strong U.S. delegation if a Stalin meeting occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Co. Wolfe
Russia
Wolfe
Woman's Civic Club
United States
Finland
Europe
Turkey
Iran
Asia
Japan
Soviet Union
Truman
Stalin
Attlee
Miunister Quelle
France
Molotov
Dean Atcheson
Sumner Welles
Joseph C. Grew
Hugh Gibson
Douglas McArthur
Norman Thomas
Albert Wedemeyer
John L. Lewis
totalitaran
Sikeston Music Pupils to Contest at Cape Girardeau
Nineteen Sikeston High School music students travel to Cape Girardeau for the State High School Music Festival at State College. Entrants include soprano soloists Janice Shepard Sue Slade Leta Faye Sutton Norman Jean Oden piano players Mary Jane Faris Mary Elizabeth Stevenson clarinet quartet Lucy Jo Aufdenberg Mary Nell Van Bibber Dick Keller Ann Keller cornet John Kendig Buford Baber alto horn Graham Sadler Bantone horn Charles Berthe bass horn Bill Models Bach Harold Coleman and girls trio June Cathey Barbara Guthrie Charlotte Aldrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston high school
Cape Girardeau
Janice Shepard
Sue Slade
Leta Faye Sutton
Norma Jean Oden
Mary Jane Faris
Mary Elizabeth Stevenson
Lucy Jo Aufdenberg
Mary Nell Van Bibber
Dick Keller
Ann Keller
John Kendig
Buford Baber
Graham Sadler
Funeral rites held for Cpl. Harry Waldman
Funeral services were held at the Baptist church for Cpl. Harry Lee Waldman son of Mr and Mrs E P Waldman killed in action on Okinawa in 1945. Interment in City Cemetery with Welsh service and American Legion military rites. Waldman who died aged 23 was born in Sikeston July 27 1921 and attended local schools. Surviving are his widow Jean Waldman a daughter Mary Lee two sisters and three brothers with pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist church
Cpl
Harry Lee Waldman
E. P. Waldman
Okinawa
E. D. Owen
American Legion
Cpl. Waldman
Camp Adair
Ore
Camp White
Wash
Pacific
381st
96th
Philippine
Sikeston
Storms of Week Take Thirty Lives
A week of wind storms across eight states left at least thirty dead and about 200 injured. Texas to Kentucky reported fatalities with Arkansas and Mississippi hit hard. Oklahoma endured two deaths and heavy property damage, while Canton Longdale and Blackwell suffered the greatest impact. A mile long storm strip near Saesville and Glen Allen wrecked homes, timber, and cut telephone lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Kentucky
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Canton
Longdale
Blackwell
Saesville
Glen Allen
Fat Barrow Show Staged By 4-H Clubs At New Madrid
The New Madrid Fat Barrow Show sponsored by the New Madrid Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Saturday with 4-H members judging 900-pound purebred Spot-Poland China boar as special attraction. Hogs enter at 1 to 5 pm Friday. show at 10 am Saturday. auction at 1 pm with proceeds aiding 4-H members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
E. M. Woods
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Ed LaValle
Alfred Byrd
4-H
Poland
Baker Stock Farm
Lenzie Beck
Joe McCord
Ed Dan Renner
Sikeston
First executive director named for Southeast Missour i Girl Scouts
Mrs Charles A Hicks of Sikeston is hired as the area’s first executive director effective April 1. She comes with long Girl Scout experience including Roanoke Council leadership, training roles, and day camp management. The Southeast Missouri area includes Sikeston Kennett Poplar Bluff Dexter Charleston and will welcome more towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hicks
Missour “Cotton Bell
Charles A Hicks
Sikeston
Hicks
Martha Jean Setzer
Newton
N. C
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Lenoir Rhyne College
Hickory
First Baptist church
American Red Cross
Washington
D. C
Roanoke
Girl Scouts
Division 10
Missouri State Highway Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Greer street
National
Girl Scout organization
Kansas City
national organization
Rockwood Manor
Bethesda
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Roanoke Council
Intermediate Youth Fellowship
Methodist church
Girl Scout Council
Kennett
Poplar Bluff
Dexter
Charleston
Missouri
T A Martin
H. V. Sewell
Harold Pitman
Margaret Mull
H. C. Ficklin
Leland Hill
Carolyn Baker
Charles H Boyce
Sikeston finance
Clarence Powell
HD. Ficklin
Mary Durmne
Mary Lucy
Homer Garner
Worley
T S Hill
H Weeks Jr
W. F. Webb
The Lamb Won By a Gambol
Southeast Missouri cheered as a lamb gains the edge over a lion to decide weather conditions for the end of March. Farmers complain of heavy rains delaying spring plowing though a few sunny days could dry waterlogged fields. Rain totals: Sikeston since Jan 1 24.89 inches with January 12.62, February 5.33, March 6.94. weekend rains added 3.18 inches. Flooded streets and a 76 degree high mark capped the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massour
Missouri
Sikeston
Steve Humphrey
Hogs and Cattle Slide Then Rally At Market
Hogs and cattle showed price declines in the first half of the week at National Stock Yards with fat lambs lifting prices to new highs for fed material. Local salable hogs grew, but demand pressed values, while cattle receipts remained ample and midweek declines narrowed after steers and heifers dipped. Mr and Mrs James E Butler and son of Washington DC plan to move to Sikeston, residing at 917 Park. Mr Butler is son of Mr and Mrs Crowes FH Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
James E Butler
Washington, DC
Sikeston
Park
Butler
Crowes
Potter
Girl Scout Brownies Visit Rotary Club
The Dunn Hotel Rotary Club met Monday night with a fifteen minute program on Girl Scout work. Troop 34 leaders Mrs Harold Pitman and Mrs F L Sisson and assistants Mrs Darrell Alcorn Mrs Sam Rohald and Mrs Charles Hicks spoke about Brownie activities in Sikeston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Dunn Hotel
Harold Pitman
Sikeston
Darrell Alcorn
F. L. Sisson
Sam Rohald
Charles Hicks
Sikeston D O Class Banquet Set for Rustic Rock
Sikeston high school Diversified Occupations class will hold its annual employer-employee banquet on Thursday April 7 at Rustic Rock. Margaret Thrower LM Standley and Barbara Guthrie with Mary Jane Faris will attend. LL Stewart, the class supervisor, will present the year end report on trades and Vaiducation at Jefferson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston high school
Rustic
Margaret Thrower
LM Standley
Barbara Guthrie
Mary Jane Faris
M LL Stewart
State Department of Faducation
Jefferson City
One Variety of Cotton Emphasized at District Meetings
At meetings in Sikeston Portageville and Kennett leaders of Missouri cotton discussed variety as key to improved yields. Speakers including Wm Murphy noted many suitable varieties and the value of producing in large single lots for better prices. Wilson and Pendelton summarized ginning advances and state officials outlined acreage allotment issues and support for 4-H cotton projects in New Madrid County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Portageville
Kennett
Wm. Murphy
Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri
Murphy
Paula
Mussouri Seed Improvement Association
Empire
J R. “Dixie” Paulling
Paulling
Alfred M. Pendelton
United States Department of Agriculture laboratories
W S Edwards
Missouri Cotton Council
Kiwanis Governor to Speak Here Tomorrow
W. Donald Dubail of St Louis, governor of the Missouri Kansas Arkansas Kiwanis district, will be the principal speaker at a spring Kiwanis conference at the Dunn Hotel tomorrow. The event runs from 2 p.m. to a 7 30 dinner. Wives attend the dinner. Delegates from Division XV led by Lt Governor Dr Earl Collins of Cape Girardeau and Division XIII led by Lt Governor Robert Sawyer of Kennett will participate. Governor Dubail is familiar to Sikeston Kiwanis members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Donald Dubail
St. Louis
Kiwanis clubs
Dunn Hotel
Kiwanis
Earl Collins
Cape Girardeau
Robert Sawyer
Kennett
Eidson Named State Prison Warden in Missouri
Gov. Forrest Smith announced Ralph N. Eidson will become warden of the Missouri penitentiary Friday, succeeding Ben Stewart who returns to Cameron. Eidson, 40, has led the motor vehicle registration unit of the State Department of Revenue since Dec. 20, 1947. John H. Allison of Richmond will replace him there, having served as deputy finance commissioner and earlier as a Smith office bookkeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Smith
Ralph N. Eidson
Missouri penitentiary
Ben Stewart
Cameron
Eidson
State Department of Revenue
John H. Allison
Richmond
Allison
Smith
Cape County Rejects School Consolidation Plan
Voters in Cape Girardeau County defeated a proposed redistricting into three large districts. While urban areas Cape Girardeau Jackson and Delta approved the consolidation, rural districts rejected it, despite state approval and it being the first statewide vote on such a plan.
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Cape Girardeau county
tgh
Cape Girardeau
Jackson
Delta
State Board of Education
Ancell Farmer Ends His Life in Barn
Augustus William Sprenger age 50, a farmer near Ancell, was found dead in his barn early Tuesday. Coroner Clyde Poe said he hanged himself. Sprenger had been away Monday. the family did not know when he returned. Survived by wife 1921 marriage, two daughters Mrs. Floyd Uelsmann and Mrs. Louis Wright, son Alfred Sprenger, three brothers Wm, Emil, and Ed Sprenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus William Sprenger
Ancell
Clyde Poe
Sikeston
Sprenger
Kelso-Ancell
Adolph Sprenger
Floyd Uelsmann
near Frohna
Louis Wright
Illio
Alfred Sprenger
Commerce
Wm. Sprenger
Fornfelt
Emil Sprenger
Illmo
Ed Sprenger
Oak Ridge
Women’s Society to Meet Next Thursday Lunch Event
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church will hold a covered dish luncheon at 12 30 at the church. Circle No 7 members will be hostesses and a program will follow at 2 o’clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Anns
ladies of the Christian church
Chips Schmerbach
Women's Society of Christian Service
the
Methodist church
Circle No. 7
Sikeston District Expands After Chaney Consolidation Vote
Sikeston voters approve unification with Chaney district by 74 to none. Chaney lies near Sikeston east and northeast with airport property and a 138 520 assessed valuation, 75 cent rate. Chaney enrollment numbers show 145 last year, 105 this term, with 93 at Sikeston and 12 at Chaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaney
Sikeston
Chanve
Chaney school
Sikeston board of education
Chaney district
Missouri Pacific railroad
Armory
Lillian A. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
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CAPE
Charles Berthe
Bill Modelsbach
Harold Coleman
June Cathey
Charlotte Aldrich
Harry Waldman
er Catron
GIRL SCOUT BROWNIES
D. O
RUSTIC ROCK
gomners
John Brovwn
H R Woodside
APhne Avery
Dubail
Sikeston club
R. N. EIDSON
Cape County
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