World This Week Highlights World War II News
George Ade dies at 78 in Indiana and Marian Anderson earns honorary Doctor of Music at Smith College. Frederick Faust killed in action in Italy. William J. Sewall sells Carthage Press and retires after 57 years. Harold Mason indicted for threats against Roosevelt. Allied invasion coverage piled by 300 reporters at Supreme Headquarters. Roosevelt signs fourth lend lease extension totaling over 24.2 billion. Navy to recruit male officers from enlisted. Detroit area strikes ease with 28 000 idle. Backyard poultry warned coffee grounds unsuitable feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Mason
Roosevelt
Mason
Philadelphia
Pickets Call Off After Fights In Sikeston
Dewey Neal union painter faced police court twice for striking non union workers at Joyner tavern and a Greer street grocery, pleading guilty and paying fines $8 and $25, with union members covering costs. Picketing ceased after second assault, as others planned longer picketing to warn non union shops. A Guadalcanal veteran threatened Neal in a Malone avenue tavern, and induction into the army was anticipated. no charges were filed yet in state court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Neal
Sikeston
Frank Smith
Neal
Wm. Robinson
Joyner tavern
Malone avenue
Robinson
Felix Robinson
E. R. Putnam
Greer street
Joyners
Putnam
Guadalcanal
Uncle Sam
Robinsons
Catholic Dean Bequeaths Over 100000 to Charity
William Cardinal O Connell, once dean of the American Catholic hierarchy, left more than 100000 to charity in his Boston probate will. After gifting to house staff, he stated a desire that all he owns be given to charity with gratitude to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cardinal O'Connell
America
Boston
Mass
God
Lieut Joe Dover Receives Air Medal for 100 Hours Combat
Lieut. Joe Dover son of Mr and Mrs Harry Dover earned the Air Medal for 100 hours of combat duty in the New Guinea war area. He flew Thunderbolt planes with the Army Air Corps since West Point graduation in January 1943 and has been overseas since October 1943, with a rest period in Australia.
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Joe Dover
Harry Dover
New Guinea
Australia
Lieut
Dover
Army Air Corps
West Point
Navy Secretary Knox Leaves $2 Million Estate
Navy Secretary Frank Knox who died April 28 left an estate estimated at $2,000,000. The will assigns the Chicago Daily News stake to his widow Annie Reid Knox. James V. Forrestal was confirmed by the Senate to succeed him as secretary of the Navy yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Frank Knox
Col. Knox
Chicago Daily News
Annie Reid Knox
Knox
James V. Forrestal
Senate
Cookies and Services Sought for U S O Center
Residents are asked to donate batches of cookies or pies for refreshments at the U S O Center this weekend. Contact hostess Mrs Harry Dover at phone 385 if you will donate or provide your services for one or two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. O. Center
Harry Dover
Mother and Sons Hold Reunion Here
Mrs. Betha Killgore returns home after five months with daughter in Richland Washington. She visits son Pfc Z W Killgore and wife, then Trooper Ross Killgore of Waynesville with Mr and Mrs Franklin Smith in Jefferson City. They plan to return to Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. mother will join for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betha Killgore
J. B. Vaughn
Richland
Wash
Pfc
Z. W. Killgore
Killgore
Edgewood Arsenal
Navy expands to over 1200 fighting ships in fleet
Rear Admiral E K Cochrane announced at a National Association of Manufacturers gathering in Los Angeles that the U S Navy now operates more than 1200 fighting ships, up from about 380 four years earlier, making it the world’s largest fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Cochrane
bureau of ships
National Association of Manufacturers
Los Angeles
Calif
Egg production hits seven billion record
Egg production in April rose to nearly 7 billion, the highest monthly total on record, 252 million above the prior month. E O Pollack, Midwest regional director of food distribution for the War Food Administration, announced. Stocks reached 6.978 billion and laying hens on farms totaled 894,194,000. Government purchases via authorized agents guarantee at least 27 cents per dozen for shell eggs without cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Pollack
Midwest
War Food Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Former Scott County Woman Mary Gleuck Dies En Route
Mary E. Gleuck a 63 year old native of New Hamburg died on a Frisco train in a Cape Girardeau hospital after a stroke. She had been living in St. Louis and was traveling with her daughter Pauline Miesner toward Scott County to visit relatives when the illness struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Gleuck
New Hamburg
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau hospital
Pauline Miesner
Scott county
U.S. War Casualties Reach 201454 Guarded Totals
American war losses total 201,454 with 44,778 naval and 156,676 army casualties. The figure, up 3,613 from a week earlier, comes as Secretary Stimson reports army totals through April 28 including 27,297 killed, 64,321 wounded, 33,715 missing, and 31,343 prisoners plus 37,009 wounded who have recovered. Navy totals add 19,221 killed, 12,070 wounded, 9,034 missing, and 4,453 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
navy
marine and
Coast Guard
Electric Stove Trouble Triggers Fire Alarm
A short circuit in an electric kitchen stove at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Stearns on East Gladys Street yesterday morning set off a fire alarm but caused no fire and little damage.
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Charles Stearns
TEast Gladys street
Reckless Driving Fined in Cairo Court
Melba Kelso of New Madrid County was fined 25 dollars in Justice of the Peace Frank Smiths court on Tuesday for reckless and careless driving. State Highway Patrolmen J. O. Knapp brought her into court, with the incident trans acted business in Cairo today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melba Kelso
Justice of the Peace
Frank Smith
Kelso
New Madrid
Former Prisoner of Japan to Speak in Sikeston Sunday
Sikeston hosts Mrs. W. S. Berst, former missionary in China, prisoner of the Japanese for ten months, speaking at the Methodist church Sunday at 7 30 pm. Her husband Dr. Berst and her girlhood friend Mrs. E. L. Corbin will be in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Sikeston
United States
W. S. Berst
E. L. Corbin
Berst
China
Presbyterian board of Missions
Chefoo
Yellow Sea
Chantung
exchange
Gripsholm
Florida
Methodist Church
Twenty seven Scott county men drafted for Navy
Twenty seven men from Scott county were accepted at Jefferson Barracks for service with the U S Navy on May 9, thirteen of whom were from Sikeston. Names include Herbert Burton Francis, Charles Edward Runyon, Robert Emerson Moffat, Marvin Richard Wallace, Ward Edward Bratton, Victor Dale Ledbetter, Johnny Woodrow Marshall, Paul Woodrow Cope, Elbert Lee Hodges, Ollie Lester LeGrand, Arden Hudson Ellise, Warren Cooper, Thomas Edward Holmes, James Arthur Barber, Vancuser, Willard Orval Lasley, Herschel Odell Gilpin, Orvil Wayne Medlin, Commerce, Earl Albert Alvey, William Taylor Rogers, Gilbert Matthias Westrich, Chaffee, Leon Dagre Michael, Bell City, Woodrow Benton Harshbarger, Morley, Edwin Paul Enderle, Ancell, James Edward Young, Glenn Bennett Keesee, Tilmo, Robert Odell Clark, Pain ton, Alfred Nelson Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott county
Jefferson Barracks
U. S. Navy
Sikeston
Herbert Burton Francis
The
Herald
Charles Edward Runyon
Robert Emerson Moffat
Marvin Richard Wallace
Ward Edward Bratton
Victor Dale Ledbetter
Johnny Woodrow Marshall
Paul Woodrow Cope
Elbert Lee Hodges
Ollie Lester LeGrand
Arden Hudson Ellise
Warren Cooper
Thomas Edward Holmes
James Arthur Barber
Vancuser
Willard Orval Lasley
Herschel Odell Gilpin
Orvil Wayne Medlin
Commerce
Earl Albert Alvey
William Taylor Rogers
Gilbert Matthias Westrich
Chaffee
Leon Dagre Michael
Bell City
Woodrow Benton Harshbarger
Morley
Edwin Paul Enderle
Ancell
James Edward Young
Glenn Bennett Keesee
Tilmo
Robert Odell Clark
Painton
Alfred Nelson
Benton
Former Doniphan Young Man Honored With Wisconsin Fellowship
William S. Hayes, 1935 Frank P. Blair scholar at University of Missouri, awarded a University of Wisconsin fellowship. Hayes, former English instructor at Caney College in Kentucky for two years, is son of Mr and Mrs Truman E Hayes of Doniphan.
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William S. Hayes
Frank P. Blair
University of Missouri
University of Wisconsin
Hayes
Caney College
Kentucky
Truman E. Hayes
Doniphan
Southeast Missouri Soldiers Prisoners of War
Technical Sergeant Clarence Daniel of East Prairie and Sergeant Russell E. Hill of Cape Girardeau are named as Missouri war prisoners held in Germany. The notices flag them among Missourians listed as POWs in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Daniel
East Prairie
Germany
Russell E. Hill
Cape Girardeau
Warm spell continues with cooling front weekend forecast
After a hot week with a record 92 degrees and a low of 60, forecaster Albert Klamm of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics predicts cooler weather Saturday and scattered thunder showers for the weekend. Farmers celebrate improved conditions as planting resumes and crops show life with tractors heard from dawn.
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Albert Klamm
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
East St Louis Driver Faked Robbery to Cover Loss
William Peek a 30 year old East St Louis truck driver admitted to Chief Harold Wallace that he staged a robbery to hide gambling losses. He claimed a fake abduction after returning from Memphis with Linoleum profits of about 100 dollars. Police notified employer Glenn Hunter and permitted Peek to continue home with the truck.
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East St. Louis
Harold Wallace
William Peek
Glenn Hunter
Parolmen
Sikeston
Memphis
Tenn
Wallace
Peck
Portageville
Morehouse Worker Buried Under Lumber Dies Not
Virgil Dejournette, 57, injured Tuesday when buried beneath lumber at Himmelberger Harrison Lumber Co. in Morehouse, was moved to his Essex home from Sikeston General Hospital. He received abrasions but no serious injuries, and remained under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Dejournette
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co
Morehouse
Essex
Taylor
Sikeston General Hospital
Dejournette
Missing in Action over Germany Sgt Rowlett
Sgt. Robert Wayne Rowlett, 20, a B-24 tail gunner from Sikeston, is reported missing in action since April 1949 over Germany. He joined in 1942, trained at Harlingen and Will Rogers Field, served in Italy nearby, and wrote home proudly of his silver wings and stripes.
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War Department
Robert Gunter
Sgt
Robert Wayne Rowlett
Germany
Rowlett
Warren G. Rowlett
Italy
Kodak
Jefferson Barracks
Har Jingen
Texas
Denver
Colorado
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tuscon, Ariz
Salt Lake City
Topeka
Kansas
Steward resigns as Motor Vehicles Commissioner after 12 years
W. H. Steward of Poplar Bluff resigns as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in the office of Secretary of State, effective Monday May 22. He leaves after nearly 12 years to focus on his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State. He is the second Democrat to quit a key department post since Gregory C. Stockard took office May 12.
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W. H. Steward
Poplar Bluff
Steward
Gregory C. Stockard
Jefferson City
Treason charges at Mothers Day address by Dr Maier
Dr Walter A Maier of the Lutheran church branded so called Absentee and Card Crazed Mothers as treasonous during a Mothers Day speech at Lambert Naval Training Station St Louis last Sunday He blamed paganized motherhood for family breakdown and youth crime urging church action to win youth for Christ He proposed medals for mothers who sustained the Christian home during wartime Sikeston will recall him as the 1942 high school graduation speaker.
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Walter A. Maier
Lutheran church
Lambert Naval Training Station
St. Louis
Meier
Dr. Maier
Maier
Sikeston
Women Fill Half of Wartime Labor Shortage
The census bureau reports women making up more than half the drop in the male labor force. In April the number of working women rose by 300,000 to 17,180,000, driven mainly by gains in agriculture. Over the past year men fell about 1,110,000 while working women rose about 600,000.
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census bureau
Bond Campaign Plans Set for Sikeston Fans Home Visits
Workers announce Fifth War Loan Drive in Sikeston with a stay at home slogan from 5 to 8 pm. Businesses to close at 4 30 pm on June 14 for the bond drive on Flag Day. District captains named to organize house to house canvassing across 20 districts. Scott County quota set at 863 300 with districts listed and county totals to follow.
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Sikeston
Sikeston homes
R. A. Harper
Harper
George Lough
Jess Chapman
J. S. Kevil
Scott county
court house
Benton
Mr. Kevil
Missouri
Bollinger
Cape Girardeau
Dunklin
Madison
Mississippi
New Madrid
Pemiscot
St. Francois
Perry
Stoddard
Million Synthetic Tires Made a Month
John L. Collyer of B F Goodrich Rubber Company announced that the American rubber industry now produces one million passenger car tires monthly made entirely of synthetic rubber. He said these tires deliver about 90 percent of service compared with prewar natural rubber tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
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George Ade
Brook, Ind
Marian Anderson
Smith College
Northampton
Frederick Faust
Harper's magazine
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Faust
Max Brand
Dorothy Dilling
William J. Sewall
Carthage Press
Carthage Publishing Company
E. L. Dale
Sewall
Europe
yy. J. Davis
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Russia
France
United Nations
Adm
Ranall Jacobs
naval
Detroit
Agriculture Department
Washington
Air Medal
U.S. C. CENTER
MOTHER AND SONS
U. S
J. O. Knapp
Cairo
S. E. MO
Peek
Mothers Day
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