Dealers Oppose Gas Tax Increase In Sikeston
At a Friday night meeting in Sikeston the Scott county petroleum dealers formed an organization led by B B Tatum to oppose a proposed state gasoline tax rise from two to three cents per gallon. Officers include J C Slinkard and John Gosche with committees on legislation public relations and local affairs and a platform opposing tax shifts and seeking equitable treatment for distributors. The group plans to mobilize motorists and support candidates opposing tax changes and urges delays to vehicle registration and repeal of federal taxes seen as unfair.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Sikeston
B. B. Tatum
Missouri
Scott County
Vicechairmen
J. C. Slinkard
J. Slickman
Oran
R. J. Rafferty
Geo. Vogle
Arthur Heeb
Chaffee
Fred Nunnelee
Blodgett
Ward L. Hunter
Morley
Congress
Wage-Hour Bill Passed by House in 314 to 97 Vote
A revised wage-hour bill cleared the House 314 to 97 Tuesday night and moves to the Senate. It raises the minimum wage from 25 cents to 40 cents by year three with annual 5 cent steps, sets maximum weekly hours from 44 to 40, and broadly covers industries in interstate commerce with few exceptions.
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House of Representatives
Senate
South
North
Progress Edition Highlights 116 Pages at Ozarks Jubilee
The Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff releases a progress edition of 116 pages, the largest issue to date, issued in connection with the annual Ozarks Jubilee event.
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Progress
Daily American Republic
Poplar Bluff
Ozarks
Sikeston High School Class of 1938 Graduates
Dr W W Parker president of State College Cape Girardeau addressed Sikeston high school graduates on Seeing Things as They Are urging tolerance and openness to new ideas. The auditorium overflowed as he warned against clinging to prejudices and majorities while noting past experts were often wrong. The program opened with Festival March and the girls glee club performing Kentucky Babe as seniors entered.
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W. W. Parker
State College
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston High School
High School Auditorum
Parker
D. D. Fllis
Presbyterian Church
R. D. Sorrells
Adam Geibel
James Lewis
Memorial Services Sunday Afternoon Sikeston War Memorial Day Program
Sikeston residents are urged to attend Memorial Day services at Sikeston city cemetery Sunday at 2 30 PM. Units assemble at Malone Park and march in the parade including Sikeston high school band Company K National Guard American Legion members Sons of the Legion Legion Auxiliary Daughters of the Legion Girl Scouts and Boy Scout troops 41 42 and 43. At the cemetery the program features an invocation band selection an address by Judge James Reeves Caruthersville Benediction a firing squad salute and taps by C C Cummins.
Fifteen Kindergarten Graduates Receive Diplomas
Fifteen kindergarteners were graduated at exercises Friday night May 20 at the parochial school. In white caps and gowns they received diplomas promoting them to first grade, under Sister Mary Peter. Names include Billy Baker James Gallagher Neal Whittle Bobby Perdun Pearl Shy Carol Jane Trousdale Mary Louise Simon Ann Hollenbeck Mary Clyde Pyson Dannie Taylor Ronald Lipe Betty Sue Keasler Jeannie Pharris Lillian Ancell Harold Coleman.
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Sister Mary Peter
Billy Baker
James Gallagher
Neal Whittle
Bobby Perdun
Pearl Shy
Carol Jane Trousdale
Mary Louise Simon
Ann Hollenbeck
Mary Clyde Pyson
Dannie Taylor
Ronald Lipe
Betty Sue Keasler
Jeannie Pharris
Lillian Ancell
Harold Coleman
Local boy wins parish Catholic essay contest
Clyde Rowark an eighth grade graduate of the parochial school here won the Cape Girardeau deanery parish essay contest. He received a merit certificate and a year’s subscription to the Catholic Herald for his work titled The Season I Like Best.
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Clyde Rowark
Claud Rowark
Cape Girardeau Deanery
Young Rowark
Catholic Herald
Fatal Accident Claims Two New Madrid Sisters
Nadine Masterson 13 and her sister Sara 11 died after a Sunday collision on a New Madrid street involving 19 year old Roger Kirk. Nadine died in Cairo after leg amputation. Sara died in Cape Girardeau after severe injuries. Kirk faces man slaughter charges and bond set at 2000. Trial likely this term.
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New Madrid
Nadine Masterson
Carrie Shaver
Sara
Roger Kirk
Wadine
St Mary's Hospital
Cairo
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Nadine
Stanley
Kirk
Masterson
Missouri
Poppy Day Observed Nationwide By American Legion Auxiliary
Saturday marks Poppy Day across the United States with poppy distribution in every city and town. Mrs. Dudley, Mrs. Wagner, and Mrs. Burrows lead arrangements with Junior Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion assisting. over 100000 workers will distribute more than 10000000 poppies made by disabled veterans in forty states as part of rehabilitation and income programs.
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United States
American Legion Amxiliary
Harry Dudley
Roy Wagner
Arthur Burrows
Sons of the Legion
France
American Legion and Auxiliary
Ten-year sentence for attempted Cape Girardeau robbery
Wm Faulkner 22 of Paducah Ky pleaded guilty to attempted robbery last February at Bartels store in Cape Girardeau and was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary. Co defendant Fred English also of Paducah, free on bond, will be tried in August. both cases moved to Scott county from Cape Girardeau.
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Wm. Faulkner
Paducah
Bartels
Cape Girardeau
Benton
Fred English
Liberty
Scott County
Faulkner
English
State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Weather signals warm spell in Southeast Missouri
Likestonians felt the approach of summer as highs reached the 90s on May 20 and 21. The week’s low was 50 degrees on Tuesday and again this morning, with about an inch of rain total, mainly Sunday afternoon. Unsettled conditions with possible showers and steady temps are forecast for the region.
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Missouri
Ozarks Jubilee Draws Record Crowds To Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff readies for the sixth Ozarks Jubilee May 27 and 28 with record crowds expected. J Richard Reynolds chairs the Jubilee committee as baby show judges, pet parade prizes, amateur hour, and a St Louis Little Symphony concert headline a two day festival with 40 musicians, Miss Ozarks pageant, queen’s banquet, and a large parade. Local Boy Scouts serve as ushers while 2500-seat auditorium hosts major events and 18 bands plus two drum corps participate in Saturday’s mass concert.
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Poplar Bluff
Missouri
Arkansas
Ozarks
J. Richard Reynolds
J. Tom Boyce
Ernest Dunn
John H. Wolpers
Guy Cahill
the Ozarks
St. Louis
Polly Hearne
Lee Jones
Claude Marshall
Paris Symphony
Fighteen
Mammoth Ozarks
Formal application for hospital fund submitted for Sikeston
A formal application for aid to build a modern hospital in Sikeston was mailed to an Eastern philanthropic organization. Endorsements come from 90 percent of physicians in Scott Stoddard Mississippi and New Madrid counties. If approved, the foundation would supply 200000 to 250000 for the hospital and nurses home, while Sikeston must raise 50000.
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Sikeston
Scott
Stoddard
Mississippi
New Madrid
Missouri
John A. Young
Armory committee heads to Jefferson City today
Tanner C Dye Harry E Dudley and J F Cox members of Sikes ton armory building committee travel to Jefferson City to interview Governor Lloyd C Stark and Adjutant General Lewis M Means about required State funds to finish the local armory.
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Tanner C. Dye
Harry E. Dudley
J F. Cox
Sikeston
Armory-Building Committee
Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
Lewis M. Means
Attendants chosen for Sikeston queen in Ozarks jubilee parade
Mary Jane Sikes and Mary Louise Montgomery were chosen as attendants to Martha Jane Myers, Sikeston's queen, in the Ozarks jubilee parade at Poplar Bluff on Saturday. The Sikeston girls ride the white and green J C of C float entered for the city of Sikeston.
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Mary Jane Sikes
Mary Louise Montgomery
Sikeston
Martha Jane Myers
Ozarks
Poplar Bluff
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston High Band announces summer concert series
R D Sorrells announces four park concerts by Sikeston high school band this summer. A public recital and a paid concert will accompany the schedule, starting June 24 with subsequent dates July 15 July 29 and August 4. Recitals on July 22 and August 18. Proceeds from the August concert fund school letters. A June 15 start to summer music work planned. The band will perform July 3 for the Junior Chamber of Commerce picnic.
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Sikeston High School
R. D. Sorrells
Sikeston
Sorrells
Sikeston Library Announces Summer Morning Hours Begin
The Sikeston public library will open 8:30 to 12 on Wednesdays starting June 1, with summer hours in effect each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday morning. Memorial Day closes the library on May 30.
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Sikeston Public Library
Katie Cook
CCC Member Killed in Wreck Near Beckerton
James L Wiseman of Bragg City, 18, a New Madrid CCC camp member, died from shock and skull fracture after a February Wednesday morning auto crash that left 21 enrollees mostly uninjured. Four others including Edmond Wood and Fred Hoge were treated. rescue efforts saved many from drowning as five trucks of the U S Bureau of Agricultural Engineering convoy overturned on a rutted road west of Beckerton, near Portageville.
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James L Wiseman
Bragg City
New Madrid
CCC
Edmond Wood
Sikeston
Fred Hoge
Anniston
Hogg
Wood
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Beckerton
Portageville
Young Wiseman
James Park
Hayti
Wiseman
Blytheville
B. F. Ferrara
Jefferson Barracks
Richard
George Thompson
Ditch No. 10
Little River Drainage District
William J. Wiseman
Sikeston Dispatches 19 Pounds Air Mail in Week’s Peak Day
In Air Mail Week Sikeston post office shipped 19 pounds of air mail, equaling 614 letters. The Sikeston total matched the combined air mail from 22 Southeast Missouri towns on that day.
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Sikeston
Southeast Missouri
Purchase Equipment for Summer Recreation
Vernon Green and Harold Ancell travel to Mayfield Kentucky to buy gear for a Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce summer recreation project. Green, a high school basketball coach, will oversee the program slated to start June 5 and run for 10 to 12 weeks with tennis, softball, baseball, archery and other sports. Recreation periods will occur five days a week.
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Vernon Green
Harold Ancell
Mayfield
Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Green
Regents Meeting At Cape Girardeau Names New Instructors
Attorney R E Bailey member of the State Teachers College board attended the regents meeting at Hotel Marquette. The college faculty was re elected and three new instructors added for the five week cotton term. Four instructors were appointed as special teachers for the ten week summer term.
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R. E Bailey
Board of Regents
State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Hotel Marquette
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