Sikeston High Girls Take Civil Service Examinations
Senior girls at Sikeston High School took Civil Service tests under Navy Department oversight led by Miss Amanda Bartling. Participants included Louise Jackson, Louise Skelton, Jeanne Jackson, Norma Johnson, Pauline Shepherd, Mary Lou Swanagan, Dene Stinnett, Irena Giml, Bernadine Gleason, Virginia Woods and Louise Thompson. Fingerprints were collected and sent to Washington for filing.
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Amanda Bartling
Navy Department
Louise Jackson
Louise Skelton
Jeanne Jackson
Norma Johnson
Pauline Shepherd
Mary Lou Swanagan
Dene Stinnett
Irena Giml
Bernadine Gleason
Virginia Woods
Louise Thompson
Washington, D. C
Washington
Home Economics Assembly featured student fashion show
Thursday morning April 27 the combined home economics classes presented an assembly directed by Miss Fern Sample. Girls modeled self made garments from housecoats to better dresses while a short play by Lois Phillips Jane Lewis and Freda Andres preceded the parade.
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Fern Sample
Lois Phillips
Jane Lewis
Freda Andres
USO Center lecture outlines services for service members
Mrs. Harry Dover described the local U S O Center's role in boosting morale for soldiers and sailors. She cited 3030 U S O units, with 2800 in the U S and others overseas, plus mobile units with troops. The center provides writing, calls, transport, shopping, mailing, valuables storage, lending library, grooming, and sports. Wives also receive housing, entertainment, classes, and support. the local center has hosted visitors since February 1943, with about 200 weekly guests aided by junior and senior hostesses.
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Harry Dover
U.S
U S O
United States
U.S O
U S O Center
U. S O
Dover
Model Airplanes and School Dodge Ball Recap
The aeronautics class displays scaled model planes including Chieftain Art-Chesler Racer Vultee-Vengeance P-1 Taylor craft Stinson Flying Wing and Corsair built by students Archie Alliston W J Bennett Phil Bowman Jamie Foster Bob Mitchell Chris Porter Bill Wagner and Amy Irene Wilkinson. This week ends the South Grade school dodge ball tournament with boys and girls rooms led by Mount Wilkening Houchens Finney and Dunn in top five places. A softball tournament runs this week and next.
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Science Laboratory
Taylorcraft
Stinson
Flying Wing
Archie Alliston
W. J. Bennett
Phil Bowman
Jamie Foster
Bob Mitchell
Chris Porter
Bill Wagner
Amy Irene Wilkinson
South
Misses Mount
Wilkening
Houchens
Finney
Dunn
Misses Wilkening
Mount
Sikeston High to Names Dean Irion Commencement Speaker
Dean Theodore H Irion dean of the University of Missouri School of Education will speak at Sikeston high schools 1944 commencement exercises on May 29 in the auditorium. Baccalaureate services are set for May 28 with Rev Eb W Bartley delivering the sermon. The term ends May 26. American Export Airlines reports a new record flight time of 15 hours 30 minutes from New York to Foynes Ireland on April 17 18 aboard the Flying Ace piloted by Capt Charles A Thompson of New York.
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The
American Legion
Legion
Theodore H. Irion
School of Education
University of Missouri
Sikeston High School
R. A. Harper
Dean Irion
EB. W. Bartley
Sikeston Methodist Church
American Export Airlines
New York
Foynes
Ireland
Charles A. Thompson
Track meet plans and want ads spark activity
Between the home rooms in grades five and six a track meet is being planned for a later date. Herald want-ads bring results.
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Herald
Military Funeral for Secretary Knox Monday
Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, died at 70 after heart attacks. Flags worldwide lowered in mourning as James Forrestal announced the death. Knox, a Rough Rider, wartime leader, and Roosevelt ally, is survived by his widow and three sisters. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM with Arlington Cemetery burial and full military honors.
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Frank Knox
Roosevelt
James V. Forrestal
Knox
New York
Washington
Claude A Swanson
Navy
Rough Riders
Chicago Daily News
Michigan
Theodore Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Kansas
America
France
Forrestal
Arlington Nation
Louis E. Denfelt
Britain plans large pay rise for service men and dependents
Britain announced a $200,000,000 annual program to raise pay and land allowances for service men and women and their dependents. The measure, set by the government, aims to improve compensation for military personnel and families.
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Britain
London
Army Private Pay and Family Allowances Rise in War Survey
Pay of an ordinary army private increases from about 95 cents to 1 dollar per day. The minimum payment for a wife with a child rises from 5.20 to 7 dollars per week. Other children allowances shift to a flat 2.10 dollars per week instead of the prior descending scale. Increases apply to air force, navy, and women's services.
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Army
Air Force
Navy
Mushroom cellars extend 160 feet underground in Paris
Paris reveals a network of mushroom cellars driven by deep underground caves, reaching 160 feet below the surface. The vast subterranean spaces support cultivation near the city, with potential implications for urban food production and historical storage practices.
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Paris
Buy War Bonds Ad Promotes War Bond Awareness
A wartime civic ad urges buying war bonds with a nondescript scene of a high school senior in a tuxedo and a bright yellow jalopy. It emphasizes patriotism and collective effort, linking small comforts to the war effort and urging persistent selling and savings.
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Dorothy Marshall
Ann Hatfield
John Ensor
Martha Jane Lewis
Donna Lee Tanner
Ardeth Kirby
Billy Miller
Mara Lee Cotton
Bobby Dye
Barbara Canedy
Billy Hailey
Vieth
Mrs Collins
Ivan Dunn
Paes
Bert Moore
Mrs. Dover
Scotts’ Safe Deposit Company
South Grade News
Secretary Knox
E. C. Robinson Lumber CO
the Friendly Yard
Sikeston
Jack Feldman
Bob Ernest
Earle
Russia
Norway
Holland
Denmark
Belgium
Maestro
Stardust
Elite Hat
Hahs Machine Works
Likeston
Claude Turner Garage
F. & M. Oil. Company
Woods Dairy
Crenshaw Candy CO
Caleb Smith
John G. Powell Insurance
Hartzell Blacksmith & Agency Welding Shop
R. D. Clayton—Mules
Armstrong Appliance
DAN McCoy Seed CO
Sikeston Paint & Wall Paper Company
ER. C. Robinson Lumber CO
P. J. Auto Supply
Lair Furniture Company
Scott County Milling CO
Norton's Shoe Store
Bess Distributing CO
Garner-Dement Motor CO
Sikeston Farm Equip. CO
Semo Elevator Company
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Company
Vogue Dress Shop
Malone & Rex Theatres
Allard & Matthews Insurance Agency
Vogue Beauty Shop
Heisserer’s Drug Store
Dunn Hotel
Graber's Store
the People's Store
White's Drug Store
Scott Insurance Agency
Board OF Public Works
Kellett Farm Equipment
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