Golden Gloves Bouts Set Across Four Missouri Towns
Southeast Missouri stages a preliminary Golden Gloves tourney next January with Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, Cape Girardeau, and Hayti hosting district bouts. Winners meet in Cape Girardeau in early February 1940 for a final, with champions to advance to St. Louis later that month. County and city officials outlined district boundaries and formed a boxing commission to regulate activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nhxt
Sikkeston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston
Globe- Democrat
St Louis
Missouri
Ober
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Missoun
Poplar Bluff
Cape Giardeau
Hayti
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
J. Leaherty
C. D. Matthews Sd
Vocal Jaycees
Robert Stannard
Dexter
Golden Cloves Amiatehes
Nbs
C.D. Matthews Sd
John Sikes
Conly Purcell
Ward Denman
Wm. E. Matev
Poony Richt
New Madrid Team Seeks Baseball Games and Contact
John Giles, manager of the New Madrid baseball team, seeks games for Sunday, May 1, and wants to contact a manager in or near Sikeston. Teams wanting games in the state are urged to call 67 or write Mr. Giles at Box 421, New Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swamp Angels
Madrivid CCC
Scott County Millers
Amdners
Sikeston
Angels
Ralph Taylor
Vinson
Clete Williams
Anniston
Taylor
John Giles
New Madrid
Rookine
Mr. Giles
Delayed May Old Age Pension Grants for Missouri
Washington officials said the May old age assistance checks will be issued late this week. About 75,000 Missouri recipients were not paid on May 1 because government matching funds had not been allocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Social Security Board
Missouri
Malone Relates Visit With Famous Flyer Col Williams
P D Malone describes a visit by Col Roger Q Williams a famed New York Rome flyer to Baltimore and Sikes Ton highlighting Williams career feats his planned tours for Reaner’s Digest and his charitable passenger flights Malone notes Williams has flown over a million miles and holds fourteen thousand flight hours He is joined by Harry Connor naval air corps navigator and discusses Baltimore’s seven million dollar airport and trans Atlantic seaplane base highlighting aviation promotion efforts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Malone
Earl Malone
Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Baltimore
Roger Q. Willams
New York-Rome
Malone
Sikeston
Col. Williams
Kiwanis Club
United States
New York City
Rome
Bermuda
New York
Williams
Harry Connor
Navy Air Corps
Howard Hughes
Col. Willams
Reaners Digest
Malone Williams
Aircraft Corporation
Col. Willian
Baltamore
Visi
J C Penney Invests in Missouri Farm Lands
J C Penney of New York City and Florida funds a major Missouri farming push birthplace Hamilton. He develops 320 acres near Hamilton and adjoining land for a modern horse and cattle operation with top breeds. Demonstration farms aim to show progressive methods and high quality stock can lift rural Missouri economies.
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Missouri
J C Penney
New York City
White Plains
N. Y
Maan
Florida
Hamilton
Penney
Middle West
England
Mr. Penney
Livingston County
Daviess County
Mr Penney
Hopwell Junction
N. XY
Noblesville
Ind
State Chamber of Commerce
WPA Roll Reductions Cut Missouri Relief Quotas
Works Progress Administrator F C Harrington orders a 200000 reduction in WPA federal relief quotas to lower enrollment to 2600000 by May with further cuts planned through June and July to hit annual targets. Major state cuts hit Illinois Missouri Arkansas and others with Missouri reduced by 5880 and Illinois by 13480.
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Works Progress
F. C. Harrington
Congress
Roosevelt
New Jersey
New York City
Ilinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Georgia
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Minnesota
California
Pennsylvania
Milinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Sikeston Home Burglarized Again on Matthews Avenue
The residence of Carl Banks Wallace on Matthews Avenue was entered while the family was away. Closets and drawers were ransacked and five rings stolen from a mesh purse. Two valuable Masonic pins remained untouched. Entry was gained through an unlocked rear door. No clues to the burglar’s identity have been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easher Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Carl Banks Wallace
Matthews Avenue
Southeast Missouri Press Association meets at Cape Girardeau
Newspaper people from the district gather in Cape Girardeau for the 47th annual Southeast Missouri Press Association meeting. A breakfast at Boulder Crest opens the event followed by a 10 o clock morning session at the Idanha Hotel with mayoral welcome, several address speakers, a noon luncheon, and an afternoon program ending with a banquet at the same hotel featuring talks on news omissions and the rural newspaper.
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Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri Press Association
Boulder Crest
George
Fred Naeter
Idanha Hotel
Edw. L. Drum
F. J. Ernst
Ste. Genevieve
James Todd
The
Missouri Press Association
Col
Claude C. Earp
Missouri State Highway Commission
Alvin Macke
Southeast Missourian
Dean Frank Martin
Missouri School of Journalism
J. Edward Gerald
H. G. Simpson
State Highway Commission
Charles Liles
Dexter
Rush H. Limbaugh
Rufus Easton Missouri's Second Attorney General
Rufus Easton an early Missouri leader in law politics and business born May 4 1774 in Connecticut rose to St Louis judge postmaster territorial delegate to Congress and Missouri attorney general 1821 1826 He championed frontier protection land claim adjustment War damages and bank finance while promoting territorial roads and preemption. He faced later fortune loss through speculation and retirement to St Louis.
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Rufus Easton
Missouri
Aaron Burr
James Wilkinson
Easton
Litchfield
Connecticut
Ephraim Kirby
New York
Washington
Burr
Vincennes
Ind
St. Louis
Louisiana Territory
Jefferson
Congress
Edward Hempstead
John Scott
Ste Genevieve
Shawnee Town
Kaskaskia
Ill
Hamilton
Ohio
Arkansas
Bank of St. Louis
Missouri Gazette
War Veterans to Get Extended Benefits Passed by House
The National House of Representatives approved a bill by 359 to 1 to add about 18.75 million dollars in extra benefits for World War veterans and their dependents. The plan would extend coverage to both parents of deceased veterans, boost widow and orphan payments, and increase compensation for service connected injuries. Representative John M. Costello of California was the sole yes vote against the measure.
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National
House of Representatives
John M. Costello
California
LaForge Manager Attends District Meet in Indianapolis
Hans H. Baasch of Sikeston, community manager of the La Forge project, returned home Tuesday night from Indianapolis where he attended a meeting of community managers of the third region. The group covers Missouri Illinois Indiana Iowa and Ohio and includes eight similar projects. Plans for the coming year and financial needs for the next fiscal year were set at the meeting.
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Hans H. Baasch
Sikeston
LaForge
Indianapolis
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Welfare Association delegates attend Missouri conference
Mrs G C Baker and Miss Audrey Chaney of Sikeston along with Mrs Ed Preston of Chaffee and Mrs Mary Adkin of New Madrid returned from Rolla after the 39th annual Missouri Association for Social Welfare conference. Scott county junior visitors will head new divisions effective Wednesday with Baker overseeing north and west areas, Chaney the south and southeast, and Preston the north and northeast. Elizabeth Moore of Sikeston remains supervisor and social director for the county.
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G. C. Baker
Audrey Chaney
Sikeston
Ed Preston
Chaffee
Scott County
Mary Adkin
New Madrid
Rolla
Missouri Association For Social Welfare
Baker
Chaney
Preston
Elizabeth Moore
Miller Bros Shows Bring Thrill Week To Sikeston
The Lions Club sponsors Miller Bros Shows for a week starting May 8 at Rodes Grove. Proceeds aid Sikeston's underprivileged children. The lineup includes Zorsky the daredevil, Midget Village acts linked to Ripley, and two Ringling-esque African Pygmies. Ferris wheel and tilt-a-whirl headline rides. matinee Saturday offers rides for 5 cents.
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Lions Club of
Sikeston
Millers Bros
Rodes Grove
Kingshighway
Murray Lane
Lions
Miller Bros
Zorsky
Robert L. Ripley
Ringling Brothers Big Circus
C. Franklin
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Javeees
Benton
Oran
Cape County
Bollinger County
Madison County
Mersey
Mississippi County
Cairo
New Madrid County
City of
Dexter Hayti
Blytheville
Malden
Campbell
Ccc Swamp Angels
Eddie Council
Charleston
CCC
J. C. Penney
C. P. Dorsey
Hamilton Mo
I. R. Kelso
Wright A. Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Chicago
Walter W. Head
National Council of Boy Scouts of America
Wil
Knay
Welfare Association
Herald
Quick Confidential Service
Schorle-Wood Realty Co
McCoy-Tanner
Bikeston
National Butane Gas Corporation
Sikeston Hatchery
Sikeston, Mo
Boyce Farm Equipment Co
W. A. Victor
Allis-Chalmers
Oliver Tool and Implement
Grand Chain
Til
Fia
Harry Lee LaFont
Park Avenue
W. T. Walker
Newport
Harry Young
Ruth Street
Center Street
Laura Chaney
N. Handy
F. L. Sisson
Front St
Charles
Lindenwood
Alton
Illinois
Mary Easton Sibley
George C. Sibley
Lindenwood College
Henry S. Geyer
Archibald Gamble
Hamilton R. Gamble
Bob Winchell
Sikeston Lions Club
Martin
Rhode Island
Martin’s Hatchery
Clarkton, MO
Moore-Harris Abstract Company
Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
Room
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, Moo
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building Telephone
J. H. Chunn
Stallcup
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris-Malcolm
DR. H. B. Throgmorton
Keith
Howard A. Dunaway
McCoy-Tanner Building
Telephone
W. A. Anthony
Scott County Milling Co
DR. Handy Smith
Applegate
Tom L. Chidester
Peoples Bank
B. L. McMullin
Trust Company
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell
Optometrists
Undertakers
H. J. Welsh
H. 8S
Johnson
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