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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
5
US birth rate stays elevated after three war years yielding a net population gain per war casualties. President Truman urges unemployment benefits of at least 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks, aiding the war to peace transition.
Sikeston city council debated replacing Mayor Presnell who died last Saturday. With the vacancy more than six weeks before the next regular election a special election will be held. Council president Marvin Carroll will serve as acting mayor until a successor is chosen. Rumors say several citizens plan to run for Sikeston’s top office.
Divola's Flower Shop is now open for business at 109 North Kingshighway in the former Gilbert's Cafe location. Mrs. Ernest Cox, long connected with the Flower Basket, is owner and operator and a trained florist with years of experience. She offers cut flowers, potted plants, floral designs, greeting cards, and novelties with special attention to wedding and funeral flowers. the shop is air conditioned to keep arrangements fresh.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary chaired by Mrs Charles Lindley sold 1500 poppies for Poppy Day raising 190 dollars. She thanks Mrs Lindley and all helpers including Boy Scout Cubs and other friends for their assistance with the annual sale.
On June 14 the 9th Naval District Coast Band will present a musical show titled The Road to Tokyo at the Armory in Kennett. Admission is via purchase of a band in the 7th War Bond Drive. Thirty eight service men including musicians singers and other entertainers will perform the show to boost Dunklin county's war bond quota of 1 053 600, with only a little more than one third sold.
A brief but fierce storm ripped through Cairo and surrounding areas on Tuesday morning, inflicting about 500000 dollars in damage. The 10 minute gale shattered hundreds of windows, toppled roofs, destroyed power lines, and scarred farms and towns from Chaffee to Madison County. Tree falls and unroofed homes marked the devastation across Scott, Madison, and nearby communities.
A large crowd attended the funeral for Dr. George W. H. Presnell at Sikeston Methodist Church officiated by Rev. B W Bartley. Burial followed at Memorial Park with Masonic lodge and American Legion conductors. Dr Presnell died at his Gladys Street home Saturday evening after leukemia illness, aged nearly 72. He practiced in Sikeston since 1914 except for WWI service as a U S Army Medical Corps lieutenant. He led in local growth, helped fund hospital expansion, and served terms as mayor and city council member. He was active in the Methodist church and various fraternal bodies. Survived by wife and two stepchildren, two brothers, and other relatives.
Sikeston residents are urged to have scrap paper tied in bundles and ready by 8:30 a.m. Saturday June 2 for collection. Cub Packs 48 and 41 will operate north and south of Malone avenue respectively, with Pack 244 possibly assisting.
Fulton Missouri cancelation of the annual Girls State project due to travel restrictions. More than two hundred school girls were to attend from June 17 to June 24. Attendees included Mrs. S. L. Schillig and her daughter Mary Jane, Jackie Henington, and Miss Betty Cumrains invited as official bugler.
The third week total for Seventh War Loan bond sales hits 2.529 billion dollars with 31.543 billion in E bonds. The figures cover individual purchases only. corporate sales begin officially on June 18.
Mr and Mrs John Russell traveled to St Louis for a business visit lasting several days. They plan to visit Teo Russell, Johns brother, in Farmington before returning home.
Crop planting in Southeast Missouri runs two to three weeks late but yields look promising. Cotton acreage is near average with strong reports from Little River area and Stoddard New Madrid Dunklin counties. Plants are above ground, fields clean, and rains in April and May boosted prospects. Corn planting lagged but can still reach usual acreage. early alfalfa cuttings suffered from rains and army worms, with control measures showing results. Farmers expect to endure two yearly risks: late planting and hot July August weather.
The Coast Guard band performs The Road to Tokyo at the Sikeston Armory on June 16 to boost E Bond sales in the 7th War Bond Drive. City and county officials, including J O Knupp and G H Butler, promote the event with KMOX publicity and dinner with dignitaries. The drive runs April 7 to July 7, with Sikeston aiming for 3202.00 in city bonds and 270000 in Scott county, though progress lags as pledges total 50000 and 90000 in E bonds bought locally.
After D-Day, 20 three inch pipelines carried about 1 million gallons of gasoline daily to the continent. By war’s end gas flowed through an unbroken Britain to Frankfurt line, across the Rhine, supplying occupation forces in Germany and freeing tanker tonnage for the Pacific. The concept originated in 1942 from Lord Louis Mountbatten when he led combined operations.
Mrs Glenn Jones of Hot Springs Ark is the guest this week of Mr and Mrs Clarence Cummins.
Floyd J. Asberry of Sikeston served on the U.S. Destroyer Yarnall, a ship noted for an excellent reputation and a string of major operations in the Pacific. In its first year, the destroyer engaged in about a dozen key actions against Japan, including the capture of Saipan, battles at the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, support for the Luzon and Palau campaigns, air strikes on Formosa and Ryukyus, and early Tokyo raids. The vessel also patrolled off Iwo Jima and shot down seven enemy planes while serving as flagship of a destroyer division.
American incendiary attack on Yokohama left about 250000 people homeless as 60000 houses were destroyed and city communications collapsed. In Tokyo the heart was damaged by large gasoline jelly bombs. Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay announced details while Premier Suzuki met with former premiers to review the disaster.
General Chiang Kai-shek resigns the premiership and names his brother-in-law T Soong to succeed him while remaining president and military leader. The move aims to secure greater harmony among Chinese people amid opposition to his policies.
French troops clash with Syrian nationalists in Damascus as fighting rages since Tuesday. An English officer is dead and others wounded. French air and artillery in action. Britain, the United States, France and Russia protest to the Arab crisis while American officials seek peaceful solutions. Churchill orders hostilities in the Levant cease as turmoil spreads to Algeria with heavy Arab casualties.
Report from wartime dispatches describes 11,700 tons of incendiaries dropping on Tokyo and Yokohama. Fifty-one square miles devastated, smoke rising to 23,000 feet, flames likened to an ocean. Okinawa Marines flag raised at Shuri Castle as forces close around Japanese garrison. Mud and rain slow advances, with 13.5 inches of rain in 11 days. Japan defenses on Luzon reportedly collapse.
The War Department lists Southeast Missouri service members as casualties this week with next of kin notified. Entries include Lieut Barney L Townsend of Charleston, Oran E Craft of Jackson, Chester H Jaynes of Tallapoosa, Everett V Shackles of Chaffee, George R Lipps of Cape Girardeau, Charles A Patton of Bloomfield, Felix Sheerer of Poplar Bluff, Herman C Cook of Kennett, Kelly W Baker of Lutesville, John W Page of Lutesville listed as missing, and Jimmie B Driskell of Advance noted among others.
Lieut. Tongate Jr of the 6th Marine Division was wounded on Sugar Leaf Hill near Okinawa’s capital. In a letter to his parents received yesterday he said he would undergo surgery for the injury but the timing had been censored. Tongate is a company commander of his outfit.
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