Oran News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Clarence Carr visits Festus relatives while numerous families and friends travel among Festus, Charleston, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, and Morley. Local births, hospital recoveries, and surgical patients are noted. Oran seniors prepare for Baccalaureate and commencement with band concerts and a government fraud sweep by Boy Scouts.
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Clarence Carr
Festus
A. O. Carr
Ed Williams
Roy Miller
Charleston
Dick Benson
Orville Dillingham
St. Louis
Ed Graviett
Ivan Baugher
Sikeston
W. H. Nolan
Wanda
Charles Hopgood
Dexter
W. R. Hillis
Claude Day
Salem
Dora Day
Sam Hillis
Williamsville
Buddie Mason
Emory Mason
Grant
Joe Prance
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
A. E. Robinson
Delorise McCray
Otto Jennings
Rockview
Cletus Crader
Jo Ann
J. F. Crader
John Brannock
Melton Harris
Manuel Yakley
Albert Cook
Everett Store
Chaffee
W. F. Bakers
Bollinger County
Ardell Warren
Warren
Bollinger
Dale Bollinger
Linda
Gene Daughtry
Morley
John Bolling
Frank Walters
New Hamburg
Oran High School
C. E. Warren
Oran Baptist Church
Boy Scouts
Oran Band
E. S. Taylor
Supt
R. H. Henson
Morley and
Blodgett
Morehouse Raises 130 For Boy Scout Work
The local Boy Scout committee collected 130 dollars in a week long drive to fund Boy Scout work in the Southeast Missouri Area Council district. Funds will keep qualified supervisors in the program and aid local scouts.
Employment Service Aids Older Workers In Missouri
Missouri employment offices join with state and national agencies for National Employment Week May 5 to 10 to push hiring of workers over 40 and veterans. Andrew Murphy Sr. notes President Roosevelt's proclamation urging employers to review physical qualifications. Missouri focuses on expanding opportunities through Veterans Placement and veterans groups amid wartime defense needs.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Employment Service
Andrew J. Murphy Sr
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ted Marks
Missouri
Increase in Auto Accidents in Scott County Missouri
Automobiles deaths rise across southeast Missouri with Dunklin Madison New Madrid and Scott counties showing increases while Butler Mississippi and Wayne improve. First quarter 1941 toll reached 24 fatalities, up six from 1940. statewide deaths 185, up 20. Rural open-road crashes drive rise. cities show progress due to safety campaigns.
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Missouri
State Highway Safety Bureau
Dunklin
Madison
New Madrid
Scott
Butler
Mississippi
Wayne
Bollinger
Cape Girardeau
Pemiscot
Ripley
Stoddard
National chicken production meets per person demand
The United States raises enough chickens each year to supply five birds per person, reflecting large scale poultry farming. This figure highlights extensive farming operations and agricultural output across the country.
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United States
Driving safety quiz question on pedestrians and signals
A Missouri driving safety quiz asks how dangerous pedestrians are with 822 fatalities last year and offers options. It also queries whether cars with automatic turn indicators negate the need for arm signals.
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Missouri
Answers to traffic and agricultural statistics
The figures show 33 percent or 13 of the total were pedestrians. The statement is false. use the arm signals. Iowa leads in chicken production at nearly 44 million birds annually, averaging over 200 per farm. Iowa also has about 2 million more hogs than Illinois, its closest competitor.
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Iowa
Illinois
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