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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
1
The Agriculture Department forecast a net income decline of up to 15 percent for farmers in 1946 yet still more than double the prewar average. The week details global events and notable items from Tokyo to Shanghai and St. Louis, including rare ectopic cordis births, military asset sales, and a new presidential flag.
H G Sharp announces the 1946 Chevrolet will be shown at Mitchell Sharp Motor Co on Saturday November 3. Sharp, who saw the new model at a Memphis dealers meeting, predicts top volume sales will resume but warns limited initial supply as production ramps up.
Jess Dodd, a tenant on Burt E. Rowe’s Sikeston area farm, grew a three foot long sweet potato. He delivered the oversized gift to President Truman at Caruthersville during the fair visit, prompting laughter as the President displayed it. Rowe jokes about selling potatoes by the yard and notes the novelty of the gift.
Five Sikeston girls join Central College All Girl Marching Band which performed before Gov. Phil M. Donnelly and about 12,000 fans at the Missouri Nebraska game in Columbia. The band also led the Navy Day parade Saturday morning. The girls are Jacquelyn Cain Wanda Gail Richards Rosemary Proffer Martha Stevens and Mary Francis Smith.
In a radio address President Truman endorsed moderate wage rises to avoid deflation and unemployment and allowed price hikes only where needed. He warned labor against excessive demands, but said industry can profit to fund modest pay gains. He floated possible price increases after six months. The Missouri House approved a bill letting sheriffs seek re election, now moving to the Senate.
R A McCord Hoover and Glenn Matthews Sr take control of Sikeston Auction Co on Highway 60 west. Opening sale set for Saturday in November features stocker and feeder cattle 300 to 700 pounds, fat cattle, horses and mules, with top ceiling hog prices paid daily without commission.
A 1937 Ford collided with a Kimball Truck Lines tractor on Highway 61 about 15 miles south of Sikeston. The Kimball truck, driven by Lewis Stone, was northbound while the Ford, driven by Lewis Eby, was southbound. The Ford was demolished. both drivers suffered only minor cuts and bruises. the truck overturned.
General Eisenhower told Washington yesterday that dangerous unrest in Germany is one step away from organized resistance. He said US troops have been attacked by youths and retiring German soldiers, and that no real progress exists in creating central German administration. He cited too few issues settled by the Allied Control Council due to lack of unanimous agreement.
National Community Day events promoted by local churches will be observed with special services at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Sikes ton Methodist church. Rev. M G Joyce will preside. Mrs R L Harrison chairs the sponsoring committee for National Community Day observed annually in November.
Val B. Heisel of St. Louis, a noted organist, will give a recital at the Christian church on Sunday night November 11. The public is invited to attend. Heisel will play the Hammond organ, which will be dedicated at the church that same afternoon at 2 30.
A global snapshot notes 2796 languages spoken worldwide with English among the hardest and Malay among the easiest. It cites over 200 million English speakers and 400 million in India who speak more than 100 languages. It mentions Japanese as very polite and Chinese Egyptian and Assyrian as some of the oldest recorded languages.
District cotton crop totals 646 bales ginned so far with a crop about 60 percent below last year. Prices for lint run 21 to 24 cents per pound while seed stands at 45 dollars per ton, up 35. Weather has slowed harvest yet plenty of pickers stay ahead at 2 dollars per hundred pounds.
Mayor Marvin Carroll proclaims Tuesday November 6 as Missouri State Guard Day in Sikes ton. Capt Earl Cook commanded Company D will lead a downtown parade with a equipment caravan and a recruiting booth in Legion Park. A high ranking official will discuss enlistment and Governor Donnelly urges current guardsmen to recruit to keep strength until reorganization. Paraders start 10:30 am at Malone Park and proceed to Malone Avenue Scott and Front Street before gathering at Legion Park.
Sikeston shoppers met the end of shoe rationing with calm behavior and lower than normal sales. Nationally, many rushed stores to buy shoes without stamps, but local merchants report subdued demand after the midnight Tuesday cutoff, ending a rationing period that began February 7, 1943.
Mrs Edna Scott of Benton reports a $50 fraudulent theft by a woman who used the name Mrs Nellie Allen. She also faces a $1000 bogus check charge drawn on the Bank of New Madrid to earnest money for property. Held on $500 bond after arrest by the State Highway Patrol, she has been living at a Silveston hotel.
Mrs Julian M Cox mother of Mrs F H Hocker died at her Kelso Washington home at 11 o clock yesterday morning from a paralytic stroke. Mrs Hocker left here on Sunday for Kelso and arrived at 10 20 yesterday morning shortly before her mother passed away.
Hollis Pack faced police court this week for traffic signal violations on Malone avenue and was fined ten dollars. Police Chief Harold Wallace led the arrest.
Over the past week Robert Zook son of Willie Zook of Hast Prairie received treatment for a fractured arm. Opal Hask ing of near Essex underwent a tonsillectomy and Sikeston residents Ramelle Vinson and Martha Walker aged 90 each received medical care.
Scott County Chairman Charles K. Dement urges immediate contributions to the National War Fund. The need is as great as during the war, he says, for American servicemen, many still overseas, and all should help raise the fund. Sikeston’s county quota is 12000, with 5209.95 turned in. J O Knupp, city chairman, calls for sol icitors to complete their work and submit collections promptly. no reports yet from other towns or school districts in the county.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce weekly meeting at the Dunn Hotel featured a report by E R Putnam Jr president on the Missouri Affiliated Junior Chambers board meeting held last weekend in Columbia G C Baker Jr Bill Gardner George Hale and Putnam attended Thirty six members were present and one new member Ben Bowman was admitted Putnam named G C Baker Jr committee chair for the Jaycees monthly party with 3B Murback Joe McCord and Bridwell Crenshaw on the panel The speaker at the state meeting was Charles Rothe Tulsa Okla vice president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce the gathering drew about one hundred directors from Jaycee groups across the state.
A Camdenton hunter returns disappointed from a Lake of the Ozarks area trip. J. W. Hines, 72, found many residents had canned large numbers of squirrels last fall, leaving him with only a few for his season. He visits his brother Tom and sister Annie Hines each year and does some hunting during visits.
The War Department recommends Colonel Charles L. Malone of Sikeston for the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct from April 1942 to September 1945. He led the Fort Leavenworth War Department Personnel Center, processing over 330,000 inductees, improving morale and welfare, and expanding operations including a Special Training Unit and a major construction program for demobilization facilities.
New court docket shows fifty nine divorce cases, over half of civil matters, for the Scott county circuit court term starting Monday, November 5. The docket also features many men filing for divorce, with other civil cases involving property and financial disputes. About 45 criminal cases remain from prior terms, including parole reports.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren York of Sikeston welcomed a daughter at the local hospital on October 28. Pfc and Mrs. Charles Taylor of Lilbourn had a son on October 29. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Broyles of Marston welcomed a son on October 28. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Westmoreland Jr. of Sikeston welcomed a son on October 30.
Southeast Missouri experiences a prolonged Indian summer with unusually warm weather. The week peaked at 82 degrees, never dipped to freezing, with a Friday low of 86. A windy, overcast morning forecasts rain and continued warmth lacking in the near term.
Pfc. Woodrow W. White of Fredericktown visited his aunt Mrs. C C Cummings and family this week. He served 55 months in the Army Signal Corps in London England. While in London he shared a room with Clifton Jones of Sikeston, nephew of Mr and Mrs Glen Fish.
November 8 marks War Bond Day in Sikeston with Dan Malone and Elwood Taylor as chairmen overseeing a $169,300 quota. The city will use the past district plan led by black captains, and business houses will close early to host bond salesmen. In Scott County Caleb Smith heads Sikeston efforts with a $322,600 quota.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Charleston for Julia E. Rowe eighty eight year old mother of Mrs. F. D. Lair. Interment followed in Odd Fellows cemetery. Rowe a Charleston native linked to congressman Joseph J. Russell and the Wilsonian women’s clubs with deep local roots. Survivors include daughters Mrs. Lair and Mrs. Paul Salmon and son Herbert Rowe with four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Attending from Sikeston included Burt Rowe and several relatives.
Mr and Mrs Bill Werneck of Sikeston report one son discharged from the Army and two others to be discharged soon. Staff Sergeant Bill Werneck served 18 months overseas with the Third Army and will settle in Sikeston. Adron Werneck is at Jefferson Barracks Separation Center and Carl Werneck, 28 months overseas, is at Fort Logan Colorado awaiting discharge. Also, T Sgt Charles C Clark of Matthews, son of Mr and Mrs W C Clark, is honorably separated after 10 months overseas duty with the Army Air Forces at San Antonio Texas. He flew 20 combat missions as an aerial engineer with the Fifth Air Force in Europe. He previously worked for ELTS DuPont in Millington Tennessee.
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