World This Week War talk and labor strife across America
This week sahiji world tensions surface as Secretary Knox warns Japan and President Roosevelt vows to defend liberty. A nationwide railroad strike looms December 7 8 9 with wage demands while fights over neutrality act amendments threaten to curb belligerent port access. Churchill and George report Allied gains in the Atlantic as Finland rejects US peace terms. Roosevelt meets CIO leaders and steel executives to discuss a union shop in captive mines as a billion dollar lend lease to Russia accelerates to supply the Soviet war effort.
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Roosevelt
CIO
White House
United Mine Workers Union
Bach Visits Hot Springs for Health Rest Stay
H. A. Bach traveled to Hot Springs Arkansas for a three week rest to aid his health. The trip was described as a health move with the purpose of recuperation and renewal.
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H. A. Bach
Hot Springs
Ark
No Shortage of Paper Bags Reported in Sikeston
Reports from Sikeston say there is no acute bag shortage despite statewide shortages in Southeast Missouri. McKnight-Keaton Grocery Co and Sikeston Grocer Co note limited sales and sufficient supply to meet demand. Foster-Matthews Grocery Co adds a pragmatic stance while mills struggle to meet military target needs.
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Missouri
Sikeston
McKnight-Keaton Grocery Co
Sikeston Grocer Company
Foster-Matthews Grocery Company
Cream Producers Meeting Attendee Plans Trip
L. M. Standley will travel to Columbia tomorrow for a cream producers meeting to be held at the University of Missouri and return home Saturday night.
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L. M. Standley
Columbia
Cream Producers
University of Missouri
Cattle mix up ends with Arkansas man freed
An Arkansas customer sold 18 head of cattle to a Southeast Missouri buyer via Sikeston Auction Company. The Arkansas sheriff halted the sale, thinking the cattle were stolen, leading to the Missouri sale being halted and the Arkansas man later released after officials determined no theft occurred. Arkansans identified the cattle by branding and milking memories, but news spread quickly that a batch of stolen cattle had been sold.
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Arkansas
Sikeston Auction Company
Missouri
Arkansan
Southeast Missourian
State Highway Patrol
Sikeston Cotton Ginnings Total Near 10,000 Bales Expected
With about 95 percent of Sikeston district cotton picked, some 8,000 bales have been ginned. The 1941 season is expected to top 10,000 bales. Bad weather slowed picking. lint sells for 14 cents per pound and bellies 12 cents. Seed stays at 40 dollars per ton.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Welcomes Two New Northeast Homes
The latest homes occupied in Sikeston's northeast district are the brick residences of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simpson on North Kingshighway. The Martins’ low irregular brick house features a screened porch to catch cooling southern breezes.
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Sikeston
Gus Martin
Charles Simpson
Martin
North Kingshighway
Kingshighway
Mrs
Chaffee Host to Legion Tuesday
More than a hundred Sikeston World War I veterans gathered in Chaffee to mark the war’s end and attend the Fourteenth District American Legion and Auxiliary annual meeting. Over 300 people from Southeast Missouri attended the banquet where Secretary of State Dwight H. Brown spoke. a parade preceded the event with Leo Pfefferkorn as marshal and Highway Patrol escorts. The Auxiliary adopted new bylaws under chairwoman Mrs. Champ Neavill, with Mrs. Kathryn Johnson presiding. Mrs. Harry Mayo delivered the principal address.
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Sikeston
Chaffee
Fourteenth District
American Legion
American Legion Aumiliary
Missouri
Dwight H. Brown
Leo Pfefferkorn
State Highway Patrol
Kathryn Johnson
Champ Neavill
Cape Girardeau
Harry Mayo
Trenton
Quail Season Opens Amid Good Weather
Missourians greet the 52 day quail season opening with cool damp conditions. Veteran hunters say hunting could be better as conditions compare favorably to last year’s freeze. The Conservation Commission notes strong permit sales and high turnout, including many hunters from other states.
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Missournimrods
the Conservation Commission
State health worker to start laboratory here
Bob Foster, a laboratory technician of the State Board of Health, is expected in Skeston soon to supervise equipment installation at the new Skeston branch laboratory. Dr Belden notes remodeling of the second floor of City Hall is nearly complete and the lab should be ready within a month. City funds financed the work, while the attendant for the laboratory will be paid by the State.
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Bob Foster
State Board of Health
S.keston
BE. A. Belden
Board of Health
Sikeston football player recovering after kidney operation
James Moore, Sikeston high school football player, underwent kidney removal surgery Tuesday night. He is at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, with his parents and relatives by his side. Doctors say the injury contributed but was not the sole cause. Three blood transfusions have been necessary to sustain him.
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James Moore
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
James
Chaffee
C. E. Moore
Light docket in Scott County Circuit Court proceedings
Circuit court in session for a brief period adjourned, with no criminal cases heard. Dispositions include a $216.20 judgment against the Estate of Roscoe Weltecke, and several divorces: Minnie Pascal and William Pascal, Harry D. Holmes and Clemmie Holmes, Ruby Kates Stephenson and Lester L. Stephenson, Cele Potter Richardson and Monroe Richardson. Next sessions set for November 21, 24, and 25 under Judge J. C. McDowell.
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Scott County
Roscoe Weltecke
Sikeston
Joe Meiderhoff
Minnie Pascal
William Pascal
Minnie Barber
Harry D. Holmes
Clemmie Holmes
Ruby Kates Stephenson
Lester L. Stephenson
Cele Potter Richardson
Monroe Richardson
J. C. McDowell
Market Prices Wide Range Wheat To Oats
SiKeston markets report commodity quotes with No 2 hard red wheat at 1.05 per bushel and white corn No 2 at 66 cents. Yellow corn No 2 at 61 cents, oats at 32.7 cents, hens at 12 to 15 cents per pound, and roosters around 3 to 10 cents.
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Leghorn
August Gosche and Louis Dannenmueller Visit Skeston
August Gosche and Louis Dannenmueller, both retired farmers from Oran, were in Skeston today on business visiting local firms and meeting regional colleagues.
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August Gosche
Louis Dannenmueller
Oran
Skeston
Officers Praise Highway Patrol at Southeast Missouri meeting
Missouri law enforcement officers from about 20 Southeast Missouri counties praised the Missouri State Highway Patrol at a Poplar Bluff gathering last Thursday night. They urged an extra legislative session if Attorney General Roy McKittrick’s opinion that the Patrol lacks authority to act beyond highway motorists is upheld by the Missouri Supreme Court, and they also urged expanded powers for the patrol.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Eli Sliger
Roy McKittrick
Missouri State Supreme Court
Jealous woman pleads guilty in stabbing case
Katherine Brunt, a Black woman, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill after stabbing Lindsey Gales at the Golden Lily Cafe in Sunset Addition. Gales was hospitalized with severe abdominal wounds and remained critical. Brunt was jailed in Benton on $1000 bond pending Scott County circuit court trial.
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Katherine Brunt
Justice of the Peace
Brown Jewels
Lindsey Gales
Gales
Golden Lily Cafe
Sunset Addition
Sikeston General Hospital
Sikeston General Hospital Notes
Patients admitted this week include L. C. McCoy of Sikeston and Rose Berry of Marionville for medical treatment. Lois Scott of New Madrid undergoes major surgery, Jimmy Nickell and Glenn Clark for minor surgery, and Marvell Mays of Morehouse for an X ray series. H. M. Zarkor injured in a derrick accident while unloading transformers at the REA building site on Highway 61. Discharges last week were Mrs. Roy Linde of Painton, Mrs. Roy Shelby and daughter of Sikeston, and Miss Virginia Vaughn.
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L. C. McCoy
Sikeston
Rose Berry
Marionville
Lois Scott
New Madrid
Jimmy Nickell
Glenn Clark
Marvell Mays
Morehouse
H. M. Zarkor
REA
Highway 61
Roy Linde
Painton
Roy Shelby
Skeston
Virginia Vaughn
Foley Family Set To Move Into New Home In December
The J. W. Foley family will take possession early in December of their new residence recently purchased from Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Swacker.
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J. W. Foley
A. W. Swacker
Now Mr. Cathey Has Two Buicks
H G Cathey a Canalou cotton ginner owned a green and gray 1941 Buick stolen October 14 from his home. A Truman Ark call brought news the car was recovered and a 20 year old Canalou youth Chester Robinson was jailed in New Madrid awaiting trial. Coppage recovered the car, Cathey gained a newer Buick, and Robinson faces charges.
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H. G. Cathey
Canalou Cotton Ginner
Buick
Mr. Cathey
Canala
Avai
Sikeston
Truman
Cathey
Robinson
Union Thanksgiving Services Set For Sikeston Churches
Union services led by Rev. E. D. Owen at 9 30 a m Thursday November 20 in the Methodist auditorium feature Rev. Jos P Read of the Christian church as president of the Ministerial Alliance and Rev E W Bartley delivering invocation. Special Methodist choir music and readings from Thanksgiving Proclamation by Rev. D D MacAdams precede benediction by Rev. W D Reaves of Hubbard Texas.
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E. D. Owen
Sikeston Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Jos. P. Read
The
Christian Church
Ministerial Alliance
E. W. Bartley
D. D. MacAdams
Presbyterian Church
W. D. Reaves
Hubbard
Texas
City Auto Tag Deadline Set for November 22
About 700 Sikeston auto owners must buy city licenses by November 22 to avoid fines, police say. Collector Joe Mathis reports 566 stickers sold so far, far below 1364 sold in 1940, with another peak anticipated before January 1, 1912 when taxes become delinquent.
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Sikeston
Police Department
Joe Mathis
Mathis
Sikeston Snow and Killing Frost Mark Early Winter
Sikeston reports its first snow of the season on a Saturday with melting snow continuing for hours. A killing frost followed on Tuesday morning November 11 with 26 degrees and a 54/29 high low. Temperatures near 32 today, weekend outlook 35 to 60 degrees, cooler Sunday and cloudy per meteorologist Albert Klamm of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics.
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Sikeston
Mercury
Albert Klamm
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Red Cross Roll Call in Progress in Sikeston
At noon today the Red Cross drive reported over $500 raised with many reports still incomplete. The county goal is $2600, with Sikeston aimed at 3900. workers conduct house to house solicitations with memberships from $1 to $25 and 50 cents of each donation to the national society.
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Red Cross
Sikeston
Jos. P. Rea
Walter Craig
Chaffee
Scott County
National Red Cross
Read
Er. G. Tipp
Malone Avenue
Kingshighway
Geo. W. Kirk
Tanner Street
Highway 61
E. C. Matthews
Missouri Pacific
Boyd Scillian
John A. Sutterfield
Houck Mitchell
Frisco
Smith Addition
Ward Two
Joe Gaines
Sunset
Grover Baker
Joe Sidwell
Loomis Mayfield
Paul Brown
George Lough
Paul Ferrell
R. L. Proffer
L. M. Standley
R. A. McCord
Ernest Hedden
R. L. Guthrie
Clifton Jones
Elvis Tidwell
W. W. Lankford
W. T. Shanks
W. P. Wilkerson
Sayers Tanner
P. A. McDougal
Leroy C. Leslie
A. J. Renner
John D. Hux
Ella Shuppert
Ora Fisher
B. F. Blanton
Charles Leonard Kirk
James McClellan
Ralph Williams
John W. Bryan
Charles Butler
W. L. Kirby
The
Herald
Scouts to Collect Old Paper for Defense Sikeston
Sikeston five Boy Scout troops met with Executive Paul Green and set Saturday November 22 for collecting old newspapers and magazines as urged by Leon Henderson head of the Office of Production Management. A house-to-house canvass will gather the papers and magazines with toys to support the Scouts' Christmas program. For over a decade Sikeston Scouts have collected and repaired old toys to give underprivileged children at Christmas.
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Sikeston
Paul Green
Leon Henderson
Office of
Boy Scouts
Sikeston Boy Scouts
Illness hits circus elephants after mass deaths in Atlanta
Illness further decimates the Ringling circus elephant herd as six more animals die in Atlanta. Walter Mc Clain, chief elephant keeper, reports 27 of 37 elephants remaining, with the latest six deaths expected momentarily amid suspicions of arsenic poisoning.
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Atlanta
Walter McClain
Ringling Brothers
Barnant & Bailey Circus
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