News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Soldiers and relatives in this town share visits and updates from service members across the United States. Pvt C D Matthews returns from Sheppard Field Texas for two weeks with family before continuing training at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma City. Capt Daniel Malone on leave visits St Louis with relatives before returning to San Antonio. Pvt Joe Allen trains at Washington University in St Louis and spends weekends with his mother Irma Allen. Pfc Ernie R Jones son of C F Jones near Bell City serves with Army Air Corps at Grand Island Nebraska sending letters home. Pvt Jesse LaFentress with Fort Leonard Wood notes time with family. Walter Weekley, Herald veteran and printer, now in Italy, complains only of K P duty. Lt Kenneth Bracket in Oakland California visits parents in Oran. Cpl John C Dennis in Marine Air Corps San Diego visits Morley parents. brother Seaman Bill Dennis serves in New Guinea after Atlantic convoy duty. another brother Clyde Dennis nearing active duty after Farragut training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. C. D. Matthews Ltd
Sheppard Field
Texas
Daniel E. Malone
Ruth Malone
Cecil Reed
St. Louis
Malone
San Antonio
Ernie R. Jones
C. F. Jones
Bell City
Pfc
Jones
Army Air Corps
Grand Island
Nebraska
Cpl
John C. Dennis
Marine Air Corps
San Diego
Cal
W. C. Dennis
Morley
Dennis
Seaman Bill Dennis
Armed Forces
New Guinea
Atlantic
Pacific
Clyde Dennis
U. S. Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Hutchison Files for Congress from Pemiscot County
Ralph Hutchison a Caruthersville farmer and longtime Pemiscot County resident has filed for the Ninth district seat in the Amiteu States Congress. He is a former prosecuting attorney and farmer advocate, active in Farm Bureau Kiwanis War Dads and American Legion affairs seeking primary support in Scott County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Missouri
Ralph Hutchison
Caruthersville
Amiteu
Hutchison
Pemiscot County
The
Farm Bureau
Legion Fair Board
Sicily Engagement Veterans News and Far Flung Army Posts
Roy Pratt son of Albert Pratt of Sikeston, veteran of the Sicily engagement, recently discharged from the Army after four months in North Africa with the Second Army Tank Corps and Salerno. Walter Uptain son of Oran residents went to Jefferson Barracks for service entry. Barney Blankenship promoted to First Lieutenant in England. Sgt. Jim Walls home on furlough from Louisiana. Lieut. Ames D Taul of Canalea stationed in New York with Navy. Gary Dee Taul to join him soon. Seaman Bob Slickman of Great Lakes visiting Oran family. Roy Ragains and wife depart for Fort Meade Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Roy Pratt
Albert Pratt
Sikeston
North Africa
Second Army Tank Corps
Salerno
Young Pratt
Cole Blankenship
Canalea
Barney Blankenship
England
Ames D. Taul
Navy
New York
Taul
JSON
Gary Dee
Joe Duckett
Advance
Appreciative letter from war area praises Herald gift
Linn Smith of Sikeston writes from the Southwest Pacific that receiving The Herald is deeply valued by overseas troops. He commends Mr. Denman for sending the paper and notes he is in the Hebrides and has not met anyone from Southeast Missouri yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Linn Smith
Sikeston
Southwest Pacific War Area
Denman
Hebrides
Missouri
Local residents receive military and service honors
Lynn Finley of Sikeston, active in the Wells ton Area Gallon club, donated two gallons of blood to the Red Cross and received a red jug certificate at a Wagner Electric Company dinner in St Louis where he works in the lathe department. Other items note aviation cadets, soldiers returning from abroad, missing officers, and family members in military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Finley
R. C. Finley
Sikeston
Wagner Electric Company
St Louis
Red Cross
Finley
Wellston Area Gallon Club
KE. C. Ernst
St. Louis Medical Association
Derby Seizes 825 Autos At 70th Kentucky Derby
About 825 out of state license numbers were recorded at the Derby in Louisville last Saturday by A. M. Edwards Jr a gasoline enforcement officer for the district Office of Price Administration. Reports will go to state OPA headquarters for relay to local motorists boards. Local boards are expected to take appropriate action. About 70,000 spectators witnessed the 70th running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
A. M. Edwards Jr
District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Edwards
Sikeston Boy Graduates From Navy School of Music
Mr and Mrs C H Butler arrive from Washington D C where their son J B Butler son of C H Butler graduated at the U S Navy School of Music in the Navy Yard auditorium one of 125 graduates He has served in the Navy since December 1942 and will be assigned to foreign service after this graduation His twin brother Co D Butler is in the army at San Antonio Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Butler
Washington
D. C
U. S. Navy
School of Music
Navy Yard
J. B. Butler
Navy
Sikeston
Foreign Service
Co. D. Butler
Army
San Antonio
Texas
100000 Ex-convicts reported in service
Fighting on the war fronts of the world are more than 100000 former convicts. Eugene S. Zemans, executive secretary of the Central Howard Association, private post-prison rehabilitation society, announced at the 10th annual meeting of the Central States Probation and Parole Conference in Chicago last week. Zemans also said that prosecutors, prison wardens, psychiatrists and other officials of federal penal institutions alone so far in the war have manufactured for the army and navy some 25000000 dollars worth of war material. He said state prisons also have produced millions in war goods and that thousands of known former prisoners are employed in war plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene S. Zemans
Central Howard Association
Central States ‘Probation and Parole Conference
Chicago
Zemans
Army
Navy
Australians Give Goat to MacArthur's Son
In Sydney and Rockhampton Queensland residents donated a billy goat, harness, and cart for General Douglas MacArthur’s seven year old son Arthur. Justice Brennan noted the boy’s joy as he rode a wooden horse and a broadcast appeal delivered the gift within thirty minutes. A policeman presented the cart and local tradespeople supplied the harness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Gen. MacArthur
Arthur
Rockhampton Longreach
Queensland
Rockhampton
Justice Brennan
Army air corps sergeant visits Tennessee with family
Sgt Asa Matlock of the Army Air Corps in Nashville for a two week stay with his wife and infant Evelyn Marie born May 8 at Sikeston General Hospital. He is visiting relatives near Blodgett while Seaman James Thomas Coppus of Camp Scott Farragut Idaho visits his sister Mrs Roy Holt and family at Canslou this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Matlock
Army Air Corps
Nashville, Tenn
Evelyn Marie
Sikeston General Hospital
Matlock
Blodgett
James Thomas Coppus
Camp Scott
Farragut
Idaho
Roy Holt
Canslou
A Peoples' War and All Should Do Their Best
Capt Lynn Twitty, former Lilbourn school superintendent, writes from the Pacific theater describing combat duty, brutal fighting, and the need for all Americans to support the war front with spirit. He notes the sacrifice of buried comrades and urges national unity, duty, and resolve for victory.
Spiritual Awakening From Letters Of Soldiers At War
Thousands of front line letters reveal dauntless courage and a spiritual awakening among soldiers. A found poem from an American casualty expresses a hesitant faith, asking God about existence, seeing the sky from a shell hole, and saying goodbye as combat nears. The piece conveys humility and belief found in a war's crucible.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pvt
Joe Allen
Washington University
Irma Allen
Lonesome
Jesse LaFentress
Fort Leonard Wood
Walter Weekley
Italy
K. P
Lieut
Kenneth Bracket
Oakland
Tom Bracket
Oran
Walter Uptain
John Uptain
Jefferson Barracks
Sgt
Jim Walls
Louisiana
Mrs. O. M. Walls
Morehouse
Bob Slickman
Great Lakes
G. J. Slickman
Roy Ragains
Harold Ragains
Maryland
Fort Meade
Caruthersville Farmer
Congress
Paul D Allen
Jewell Allen
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, Inc
Independence
Kansas
Bob Taul
Ernest Taul
Canalou
Treasure Island
Buddy Cain
US Army
Florida
Mrs. C. Cain
Pie
Martin H. Lund Jr
Camp Livingston
M. H. Lund
Thomas H Lund
Detroit
J. C. Weiman
Bank of Kennett
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Department
Weiman
Leroy Westmorlan
Hornersville
United States
Westmorlan
Ashburn General Hospital
McKinney
Edward M Bender
Cape Girardeau
France
M. G. Bender
Bender
Wm E Glass
Sofia Glass
Canaloa
Southwest Pacific War Zone
War Department
Robert Finley
South Pacific
Derby
MacArthur
Lynn Twitty
Lilbourn
Kenneth Twitty
Southwest Pacific
Twitty
Owen J. Taul
Hawaiian Islands
We&St
Central Pacific
Tojo
Panamas
South American
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