National Tire Safety Week Launches Nationwide
National Tire Safety Week begins this week as tire manufacturers, distributors, and dealers urge safer highway practices. The campaign projects a surge in tire replacements and related employment, noting 59 million tires due for change this year and a $509 million sales volume amid broader economic ripple effects.
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Roosevelt
Congress
National Tire Safety Week
A. L. Wiles
Rubber Manufacturers Association
Wiles
Sikeston To Attend 64th SEMO Teachers College Commencement
Invitations have been received by a number of Sikeston residents to attend the sixty-fourth annual commencement exercises of Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in the auditorium on May 15.
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Sikeston
Southeast Missouri State Teachers College
District Rural Electrification contract awarded in Mississippi County
The Scott Mississippi New Madrid Cooperative Association will begin construction of 171 miles of rural electrification lines after a bid of 130000.87 from Stuart C Irby Co of Jackson Miss was opened May 4 at Hotel Marshall Fifteen bids were received The Rural Electrification Administration funds 157000 loan for the work Current will be bought from Sikeston municipal light plant Q O F Winn supervising engineer is on site The cooperative moved its office to Greer avenue opposite the International shoe factory
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Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid Cooperative Association
H. M. Zarkor
Stuart C. Irby Company
Jackson
Miss
Three County
Marshall
B. & M. Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Okla
White City Electrical Co
Chicago
R. B. Potashnick
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston Municipal Light Plant
Greer Avenue
International Shoe Factory
E.R. Putnam
Zarkor
Rut Patterson
Automobile Deaths Drop in 180 U.S. Cities This Year
The Census Bureau reports a nearly 20 percent drop in motor vehicle deaths in 180 leading cities for January through April. In 150 cities, deaths totaled 2536 from January 1 to April 30, down from 31 3% the year before.
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Census Bureau
New Map Adds Hours to Miles on Conoco Travel Guides
Poised to change how motorists plan trips, Conoco Travel Bureau adds driving times in hours and minutes under each mileage on new maps. Figures reflect safe speeds under normal dry-road conditions and account for hills turns and other route features. A 182 mile Arizona stretch at a safe pace appears 4 hours 30 minutes, while the same distance over West Virginia hills requires 5 hours 27 minutes.
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Ponca City
Okla
United States
Conoco Travel Bureau
America
Continental Oil Company
Continental
Arizona
West Virginia Hills
Notorists
Southeast Missouri road sealing plan seeks bids
The Missouri State Highway Commission issued sealed proposals to build 134 miles of roadway in five southeast counties for about 197000 dollars funded largely by federal aid. The project focuses on seal coating and bituminous surface treatments on asphalt roads in Scott Cape Girardeau Dunklin New Madrid and Wayne counties with work slated for May 20 and includes two sodium vapor lights at Highway 84 Frisco Railroad crossing near Hayti.
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Missouri State Highway Commission
Missouri
Scott
Cape
Girardeau
Dunklin
New Madrid
Wayne
Highway 84
Hayti
Highway Department
Missouri ten year road plan approved by Citizens' Road Association
The Citizens' Road Association in Jefferson City approved a 10 year road building program with a proposed constitutional amendment to set gasoline tax at three cents. The plan allocates 50 percent to trunk highways, 20 percent to supplementary roads, 20 percent to arterial streets in cities, and 10 percent to discretionary projects in recreational areas. Estimated annual revenue is 33.2 million dollars, with 17.98 million for road improvement after fixed charges. BE Cramer elected secretary, R S Brownlee chairman. attendees included Pat Noon an and other highway officials.
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Citizens’ Road Association
Jefferson City
Highway Department
BE. E. Cramer
Brookfield
R. S. Brownlee
State Highway Department
Pat Noonan
F. W. Webb
H. E. Dudley
Dewey Conrad
R. C. Caplinger
Standard Oil Increases Papers for Advertising Campaign
Standard Oil Company of Indiana expands its spring and summer 1938 ad push from 1 596 to 1 746 newspapers. The effort covers 14 000 total circulation in the Herald and other papers, reaching 12 000 000 readers last year, with ads promoting gasoline, motor oil, and Standard services across 13 Midwest states. June promotions highlight clean rest rooms, low cost per mile, and endurance of Iso-Vis oil featuring athletes and recreational imagery.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Wesley I. Nunn
Herald
ONG
Middlewest
Man offers to lend government money for a fee
An Associated Press dispatch reports a citizen offered 10001 for a 10000 loan bill to the Treasury. The name was not disclosed and the offer aimed to have the government accept the loan despite an extra payment. The case highlights unusual attempts to influence government finance.
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Treasury
Associated Press
Conoco Stations Operated by Rafferty in Sikeston Area
In Sikeston area news, Conoco service stations are listed with owner Rafferty and attendants Barnes Hampton and Comstock. Rafferty runs a restaurant adjacent to the station and represents Conoco at York Motor Co and several other local sites. Treasury reports a weekly $550 million offering with the $50 million issue reportedly sold at a record low average interest rate of 0.029 percent.
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Rlfe Rafferty
Russell Barnes
Doyle Hampton
Omar Comstock
Mr. Rafferty
Conoco
Sikeston
York Motor Company
East Malone
Schrorf & Aufdernburg
North Kingshighway
Fussell Bates
Morehouse
Marvin Ralph
Canala
Stroud & Lindenschmdt
Noxall
O. F. Spann
Vanduser
DeField Station
East Prairie
Drake Auto Service
Matthes
C. M. Muller
Charleston
H. D. Sweet
Bertrand
Tary
Treasury
Morgenthau
Linde drain tag promises long mileage and oil plating
An automotive notice touts the linde drain tag and a Germ Process that magnetizes oil onto engine parts as an implanted oily plating. It claims improved wear resistance, prevents draining when the engine is stopped, and enhances oil longevity.
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Conoco Germ Pro
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