Dropping the Hot Potato on Roosevelt Era Seizure
The Commerce Department returned Chicago property to Montgomery Ward & Company and left management with firm leaders. Critics call the seizure brazen and argue it aimed to force a labor contract renewal. With a union vote showing continued representation, the government relinquished control and no ruling on legality was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward &Company
Chicago
Benton Visits Cape Girardeau Amid Flood Fears
Cape Girardeau prepares for a visit by painter Thomas Hart Benton, namesake of Missouri's pioneer senator. Citizens fear a flood tide could overwhelm the city, creating twin calamities for the sister town and prompting prayers for deliverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Thomas Hart Benton
Missouri
Cape
Missouri-as-she-is
Oll
County Home Opinion Calls For Modern Facility Near Benton
The Herald publishes a report by local church members criticizing Scott county's county home for the indigent poor near Benton. It argues the facility is outdated and underfunded and should be sold and replaced with a modern home in or near a town to better care for inmates and improve living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Benton
Scott County
Missouri
Administration Endorses Ward Company Return to Owner
The Commerce Department frees Montgomery Ward after a majority vote favors CIO union representation. Simultaneously CIO leader Phillip Murray pushes for a fourth term for President Faorayet, signaling a crossroad in national labor and political alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Administration
Department of Commerce
Montgomery Ward & Company
CIO
Phillip Murray
Presider Faorayet
Sikeston Herald 1924 Local Items Briefly Covered
Twenty five years ago Sikeston reporters note new businesses Radio Silver Cleaning Plate Company under Ernest Arterburn and E G Buchanan. Bertrand Custom Gin Company incorporated with officers Hardwick Collier Russell Bowman Bridges Presson Gary. Sikeston high plans commencement at Methodist church with graduates listed. May brings 4.19 inches rain this month. Keller wins weekly story contest How Patronizing Home Industries Helps a Town to Grow. Attendees to Butler county courthouse dedication at Poplar Bluff planned. Mrs Van Horne Greer Sikes Cook visit Cape Girardeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Herald
Radio Silver Cleaning Plate Company
Sikeston
Ernest Arterburn
E. G. Buchanan
Bertrand Custom Gin Company
Bertrand
S. B. Hardwick
J. H. Collier
G. A. Russell
W. C. Bowman
George Bridges
L B. Presson
L. C. Gary
Oity
Sikeston High School
Sikeston Methodist Church
Myrtle Allard
Pearl Allard
Lillian Ancell
Elise Bates
Irma Ballard
Hilma Black
Ben Blanton
Bill Bowman
Jack Bowman
Reba Cravens
Ruth Crow
Robert Day
Lottie Dover
Mary Ferrell
Martha Gresham
McClelland Hamby
Ellen Hayden
Camillie Hill
Billie Keith
Martin Lancaster
Pearl Lee
Mary George Lee
Grace Putnam Malone
Sara Malone
Franklin Moore
Electa O'Hara
Clifford Peacher
Lyndell Pearman
Ben Sells
John Sikes
Lillian Shields
Mary William Smith
Lola Smith
Linn Smith
Annette Smith
Earl Stacy
Appalone Taul
Nina Taylor
Fred Woods
Tra Keller
The
Herald
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Frank van Horne
Lou Greer
Jennie Sikes
Katie Cook
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston High to stage Nancy's Private Affair play
The senior class play Nancy's Private Affair will be presented at Sikeston High School Tuesday night. Cast includes Harry Harty Adagene Bowman Ann Adams Charles Cook Mary Elizabeth Hunter Hazel Young Daniel Malone Rex Joyce and Mudred Baker. The week saw a high of 93 degrees and a low of 60 on May 4 as Glenn Fish started as pharmacist at White Drug Store, after leaving Derris Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Fish
White Drug Store
Mr. Fish
Derris Drug Store
Nancy
Sikeston High School
Harry Harty
Adagene Bowman
Ann Adams
Charles Cook
Cast list for Sikeston senior play Spring Fever
The senior play Spring Fever features Russell Heath Mary Jane Sikes Eddie Crear Catherine Anne Cook Billy Bess Esther Jane Greer Betty Jo Grass Gwendolyn Kirk Rodney Sutterfield Ruth Hollingsworth Elwood Taylor and Dean Minner. A council meeting this week will decide if Sikeston will have a swimming pool. Ground clearing began for Sikeston’s new thirty acre addition north of East Acres, developed by the C. D. Matthews estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
East Acres
C. D. Matthews
Missouri Ends Axis Resistance in Tunisia
Weather and flood reports color a regional scene as Southeast Missouri notes a shift from heavy summerlike conditions to early spring. Rain and winds dominate, with 52 degrees the low this Sunday while floods crest then gradually subside as the African war concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Tunisia
Missouri Traffic Deaths Up In First Quarter Of 1944
Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a twenty percent rise in traffic deaths in the first three months of 1944 versus the prior year. Rural and small-city deaths climbed thirty six percent, while large cities grew seventeen percent. Colonel M Stanley Ginn blamed carelessness and inattention and urged drivers and pedestrians to stay alert and stop taking chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
City
Missouri
Missouri State Highway Patrol
M. Stanley Ginn
Ode to a Mother in a Small Town Home
A poem praises a cheerful elderly woman living in a shabby cottage on the town’s edge. She brings wealth of kindness, welcomes all, and spends her days helping others and singing while she works. The verse calls her rich in happiness and friendship with rich and poor alike, following a Golden Rule in daily life.
House Committee Backs Abolition of FSA
A House committee urged abolishing the Farm Security Administration citing mismanagement and unAmerican ideas. It faulted Rexford Tugwell and C. B. Baldwin, praised Frank Hancock for reforms, and accused FSA of financing settlement projects that undermined home ownership and even tried to influence how borrowers raise children and vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Rep
Cooley
North Carolina
Rexford Guy Tugwell
C. B. Baldwin
Frank Hancock
Baldwin
Montgomery Ward Reopens As Seizure Fallout Eases
Sewell Avery said the return of the plant followed public indignation that pressured the administration. Federal judge Holly was to rule on government seizure legality while Ward workers voted to settle the dispute with the union. In Washington, Speaker Rayburn formed a special House committee led by Rep. Ramspeck to probe the seizure case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
William H. Holly
Avery
Montgomery Ward & Company
War Labor Board
NLRB
Ward
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Robert Ramspeck
Georgia
State officer to speak at Jaycees dinner meeting
Joe McCord president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce says a State officer will address the local Jaycees at the next meeting Tuesday night May 16. Clyde Mharper secretary of the State organization will discuss the recent Jefferson City State meeting. Dinner at Dunn Hotel starts 6:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McCord
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Clyde Mharper
Caruthersville
Jefferson City
Dunn Hotel
New Books Needed to Grow Sikeston Library Circulation
Sikeston Library board discusses securing funds for more new books with mill tax maintenance funding insufficient. Proposals include $5 yearly memberships and memorial book donations, while local groups fund a 50 volume Chronicles of America set. Story hour to continue, led by Woman's Civic club during vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Public Library
Library Board
R. &. Bailey
State Library Board
Sikeston Library
Yale University Press
O. N. Watts
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Gleaners
Methodist Church
Kingshighway
Daughters of the American Revolution
Arch Russell
C. C. White
Woman's Club
John Walter Clymer
Alma Harris
O. B. Kendall
Kate Harris
Lon Ables
E. J. Malone
American Legion Auxiliary
Laura Smith
J. W. Baker
Women's Bible Class
The
Woman’s Civic Club
Sikeston
Propwash Cadet Editorial Note from Sikeston 309th AAF unit
The Propwash is written and edited by the Cadets of the 309th A. A. F. BF. T. D. of Sikeston Missouri. All articles and remarks here are those of the cadets and do not necessarily reflect the views of this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
309Th
Sikeston, Mo
Editorial Staff Commanding Officers and Editors Named
The document lists editorial leadership including Commanding Officer Captain Phil Hughes Editor-in-Chief James J. Cole Jr. and associate editors J In Watson, Eugene J. Cale, plus art editor H. S. Wainwright with assistant art editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Hughes
Wm. T. Cogbill Jr
James J. Cole Jr
Jack C. Carmichael J
Eugene J. Cale
J. In. Watson Howard Dale
H. S. Wainwright
Ass’t. Art
Sikeston Hospital Reports Local Patients This Week
The following patients are receiving medical attention at the local hospital this week: Henry, son of Capt and Mrs H G Voorhies, Mrs Frank Speck and Jack Sherrill of Sikeston, Z B Turner of Vanduser, and Mrs Mildred Volz of Canalea. William Barentine of Sikeston underwent an appendectomy in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
H. G. Voorhies
Frank Speck
Jack Sherrill
Sikeston
Z. B. Turner
Vanduser
Mildred Volz
Canalea
William Barentine
New Arrivals Born to Sikeston Area Families
Mr and Mrs T A Shorter welcome Vernon Ray born May 9 at home near Sikeston. Dewey and Mrs Sikeston welcome Linda Sue born May 4. Barnie Bratcher near Miner Switch welcomes a child named William or John born May 7. A daughter born to William and Mrs Simpson near Sikeston May 6. D Vanguilder of Sikeston welcomed a son born at the local hospital May unknown. Mabuse couple of Painton welcome a son born May 6 at Sikeston General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Shorter
Vernon Ray
Sikeston
Dewey Ramsey
Linda Sue
William
Janie
Barnie Bratcher
Miner Switch
William Simpson
D. Vanguilder
May
D. Mabuse
Painton
Sikeston General Hospital
Cadet Honor Creed Affirmed by Aviation Cadet
A historic cadet honor creed at West Point and the Army officer programs emphasizes truthfulness, loyalty, and high ethical standards. The aviation cadet pledges not to cheat or lie, to report dishonesty, and to choose the harder right, aiming to earn trust and serve the country with integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Honor Council
Prize Trick Of The Week Ends With Missing Instructor
Squadron One's Robert C. Bischoff performed a daring takeoff and maneuvers after which he discovered his instructor was missing from the cockpit. He landed safely and later found the instructor at the edge of the field. The incident underscores the dangers of aviation training. Also, after a PT session, airmen reported brown oily creosote in shower water, prompting concern over the water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squadron One
Robert C. Bischoff
Gosport
Bischoff
Bob
Squadron 1
P. T
Cadet Dance Sponsored by Mrs Brewer This Saturday
Mrs Brewer again sponsors a cadet dance for Saturday night at the Armory with the Kassel Orchestra providing music. The Junior Matron's League held a Thursday meeting at the Country Club, highlighting several new members in attendance.
For Rent in Sikeston One Third Kitchenette Space
For rent in Sikeston a small unit offers one third of a kitchenette, five square feet of floor space, half a bunk, one faucet and one burner of a gas stove. Suited for one stout person or two thin persons seeking a compact living setup.
Pursuit Mission Ends Without Kill Against Noted Destroyer
Four days after sighting the enemy destroyer the Hootchie Koo near Walgreen's Drug, Aviation Cadet Purkins closed in for the kill but the craft evaded fire. With fuel and ammo low he returned to base. the destroyer remained able to maneuver, its stern listing heavily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purkins
Hootchie Koo
Walgreen
Stern
Parkins
The More Sober Side Owl Wise Advice
An old owl in a parable urges restraint and quiet wisdom. The more the bird observes, the less it speaks, and the less it speaks, the more it hears. A urging to imitate that silence for security and insight.
Nature Knight Awards At Miner Public Schools
Nature Knight awards were presented to Miner public school children last month per the State Conservation Commission. Dorsey Ford and Mickie Lewis received the Conservation medal, while several pupils advanced from Squire to Knight and others earned Squire badges. Miss Madge Davis of Sikeston leads the Nature Knight program at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miner
State Conservation Commission
Dorsey Ford
Mickie Lewis
Squire
Patsy Turner
Berna Dean Jones
Herschel Murphy
Derrill Young
Harvey Bailey
Orval Krauss
Glenn McGill
Hester McGill
Syvil Kaiser
Billy Lollar
Edith Murphy
Paul Slinkard
Ponnie Ford
Bobby Mullin
Jackie Tayor
Raynette Ward
Betty Isaacs
Joan McClung
Paul Rudisill
Nature Knight
Madge Davis
Sikeston
Oil Stove Explosion Damages Home on Prosperity Street
A morning blast from an oil stove in the wash house at the rear of R. R. Hogan’s residence on Prosperity Street damaged a washing machine and interior framing. Firemen arrived as flames were brought under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Hogan
Prosperity Street
Knucklehead Warns Cadets Over Form 1 Safety Clip
A cadet warns about loose Form 1 safety belts causing issues during acrobatic flight training. Cadets display sandwich signs at the home field to push proper belt use, require re-signing the form, and coordinate tours to fix the problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tours
Nuff
Now Showing at Your Local Theater Lineup
Monday and Tuesday feature Why Men Leave Home with a 1-A cast. Wednesday and Thursday present The Deacon's Pants along with shorts in red and green polka dot. Friday through Sunday tease What Do You Care with a note about admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon
Energy judged the best by Government test
Ferrell Oi Co at Highway 60 East receives government testing praise as the top energy supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Energy
Ferrell Oi! Co
Highway 60
East
I Energy
Ferrell of
Game Law Bans Various Harmful Hunting Practices
Effective this date the following practices will be discontinued sniping butts gunning for wolves stripping chickens and other game fowls.
Ferrell Co Energy Judged Best by Government Test
Ferrell Company energy product received top ranking in a government efficiency test, with officials praising its performance and reliability. The announcement highlighted improved output and compliance with stated standards.
Squadron 3 Sweetheart Bernice Widawski Named
Bernice Widawski, sister of Ed Widawski, is noted as the locker sweetheart of Bill Walden a famed Group I commander. The Detroit native and dancer stands about five foot four inches with a personable charm. Ed calls her built like Petty's creation and praises her dancing and swimming talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Widawski
Ed Widawski
Bill Walden
Gp. I
Squadron 3
Miss Widawski
Petty
Bernice
Detroit
First Accident at Air School Breaks Months of Safety
Aviation Cadet Gordon M. Pinchin of North Tonawanda New York sustained a mild forehead contusion in a minor plane crash at Matthews Field at 2 00 p m May 5 The PT 19 trainer flown solo by Cadet Pinchin during routine flight was partly damaged This marks the first accident in several months breaking the school s flawless safety record
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon M. Pinchin
North Tonawanda
New York
Matthews Field
Pinchin
Railroad extension opens Park track for coal yard access
At a City Council meeting on Monday night permission was granted to Missouri Pacific Railroad to lay a track across North Scott Street into Railroad Park. The switch will run from the Jewell Coal Yard into the park and to the north driveway, providing space for three box cars and easing shipping for area shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
J. E. Robinson
Scott Street
Railroad Park
Jewell Coal Yard
American Legion to Meet at Sikeston Armory
The American Legion will hold its regular business meeting at the Sikeston Armory next Tuesday night May 16 at 7 45 oclock. All members are urged to attend this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Sikeston Armory
Summer Handbags In Three Main Materials
Summer handbag trends favor plastic, wood and straw. Plastic square bags in white or white with black or red remain on hand, echoing last year. Light tan wood fiber, neutral straw with bright embroidery in envelope styles lead popular priced options in sizes from small to very large.
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Clint H. Denman
Malone Avenue
Scott
Adjoining Counties
Mrs. Freeman Lutes
House Committee
Montgomery Ward CO
Jaycee
Story Hour
Sikeston General Hospital News
Bernice Widowski
Armory
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