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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
15
Cape Girardeau County voters rejected a proposed plan to consolidate many rural school districts into larger districts in the first statewide election under a new consolidation law. Rural districts opposed the plan while larger towns approved, signaling rural resistance to loss of home rule and potential inferior education for rural students.
The Herald reports Kennett's rapid growth with a new Dunklin County Hospital drawing, highway widening east of town, a by pass to ease traffic, a health center, a swimming pool, a children's home, and numerous new residences slated for early completion, signaling the town's leading progress in southeast Missouri.
Announcement from Cape Girardeau reports the marriage of Madeline Bergmann formerly of Sikeston and O Charles Hill. The ceremony took place March 25 at the First Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque New Mexico with Rev Willis E Plapp officiating. Bergmann taught at Sikeston High School and later Cape Girardeau before serving overseas with the Red Cross. She returned to Cape Girardeau as Red Cross Chapter executive secretary before moving to Gallup. Hill, formerly of St Louis, will base in Cape Girardeau after traveling for a display company. the couple will reside there after her term in Gallup ends. Mrs Hill is a niece of Mrs E C Matthews Sr of Sikeston.
Mrs Sam Hunter Miss Mildred Lewis and Miss Joan Hunter of New Madrid and Miss Audrey Chaney attended the State D A R meeting in St Joseph Mo on Tuesday and Wednesday Miss Chaney is chairman of the conservation committee Mrs Levi Valentine has been dismissed from Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau and brought to her home here after surgery ARH
In Caruthersville Missouri a meeting of sixty Southeast Missouri cotton growers approved a resolution urging 90 percent parity for cotton allotments under a proposed 1950 acreage control program. The group, led by Judge M. R. Rowland, pressed Congress to consider detailed parity provisions and farm equity in any national cotton legislation.
Scott County agricultural leaders push crop acreage realignment to market demand as vital to conservation, arguing that using soil efficiently protects future production and consumer reserves. Signatories include W. P. Hunter, J. L. Matthews, and many others across multiple towns.
University of Illinois economist H C M Case analyzes two farm price plans the flexible price support or Aiken bill versus a fixed 90 percent parity plan. The flexible plan uses price and supply to guide production with potential farmer votes to trigger controls. The fixed plan relies on acreage and marketing controls to maintain a set price, risking reduced income if yields fall.
A detailed KSIM programming grid lists daytime and evening shows across March 31 to April 7. Daily segments include local news, church services, music hours, news updates, and special features such as Twilight Reverie, Singing the Blues, Missouri News, Parade of Stars, and Sports Roundup. The schedule covers morning wakeups, afternoon blocks, and evening finales with frequent AP News updates.
H Baxter Hall acting chair of the Missouri State PMA Committee announced that county and community AAA committeemen will hold meetings across Missouri to discuss instructions for gathering information to establish wheat allotments for 1950. He said farmers must provide crop history and land use figures for 1945 through 1948 to help set individual farm allotments and urged cooperation with local committees.
Surgeons at Missouri Delta Community Hospital report week of procedures with names including Mrs. Charlie Pearson Sikeston and Mrs. Jessie Scroggins Matthews among surgical patients. Medical cases listed for Zelma Cravens Cairo Ill and Dan Stengel Sikeston, plus Alice Wright Charleston.
Rev Earl Weis and wife Sikeston welcomed daughter Christine Marie born March 24. Dexter couple Clyde Vaughn newborn son born March 24. Ross Milbourn family announced daughter born March 24. Floyd Underhill and wife Sikeston welcomed daughter born March 25. Detroit Warren and wife announced daughter born March 26. Essex couple James Gilooly and wife welcomed son born March 26. Willie Haralson and wife Lilbourn welcomed son born March 27. Walter Eaton and wife Gray Ridge welcomed twins a son and a daughter born March 30.
Bill Wagner a student at Wes leyan University Bloomington Ill visits his parents Mr and Mrs R H Wagner. He recently returned from a collegiate choir trip touring Chicago IL Beloit WI and other cities.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Halter entertain tonight with a dinner at Benton for the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wagner and her brothers R. H. Jr. and Bill Wagner in a family gathering.
In St Louis, police on motorcycles are guarding routes to and from schools after reports that adult men molest children on the way to and from classes. Authorities describe the patrols as protective measures to reassure parents and deter attacks.
Portugal and Iceland approved the union of western European nations the United States and Canada and will sign the pact in Washington in early April.
Syria’s government says the army seized control in a bloodless coup yesterday, establishing military authority and signaling a major political shift. Officials describe the move as orderly while promising stability and a return to normal governance.
Columbia voters approved the city manager form of government on Tuesday marking the third vote on the plan in two years. The measure passed after multiple earlier votes as residents weighed changes to city administration and governance.
Mildred E. Gillars known as Axis Sally was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison for treason. She broadcast German propaganda during World War II and told the court she fell in love with a German, leading to her loyalty shift. A $10,000 fine and loss of citizenship were also imposed.
A new bill passed by Congress and signed by President Truman grants 15 months of rent controls while allowing home rule decontrol for individual cities. The measure aims to balance nationwide limits with local zoning and housing decisions.
General Walter Bedell Smith, serving as ambassador to Moscow, resigns his post to rejoin the United States Army where he holds the rank of lieutenant general.
A House committee in Jefferson City killed local option bills that would allow Missourians to approve or reject intoxicant sales. One floor vote fell 60 to 41, ending the proposed measure.
A bill from Senators Noble of Kennett and Yewell Lawrence of Bloomfield would form a bi state commission with three members from Missouri and three from Tennessee to supervise construction of a bridge across the Mississippi at Caruthersville. The bridge would operate as a toll until the project is paid for.
City and state authorities join in a coordinated effort to apprehend gang killers in Kansas City. The latest fatality is Wolf Co. Rimann, believed slain for controlling a sale agency of a whiskey brand targeted by a Capone syndicate member.
Joe de Bona flew nonstop from Burbank California to New York airport on Tuesday, covering the distance in four hours and fifty seven minutes.
Coal miners resume work after a two week stoppage called by United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis in protest of President Truman's appointment of Dr. James Boyd as head of the Bureau of Mines. Boyd's Senate confirmation has been granted.
Rockets fired by a United States Navy unit pierced 75 to 100 miles into the stratosphere off the Peruvian coast in a recent test.
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