Roosevelt names Krug to lead War Production Board
President Roosevelt accepted Donald M. Nelson's resignation as chairman and named Julius A. Krug as successor. The White House also extended the maternity and infant care program to include health supervision for infants in their first year, with state health departments now allowed to use federal funds for this service.
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Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Julius A. Krug
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Sooo
Yanks Breaks German Lines Near Aachen in Big Push
American tanks pierced the Siegfried Line north of Aachen after days of stalemate, clearing a two and a half mile breach and pushing through mine fields and rifle pits as Hodges’ First Army advances toward the Rhine. Farther west, Patton's Third Army fights near Metz while Allied forces gain in Holland and Belgium. Belgrade teeters as Tito and Russian forces close in. In the Pacific, Allied raids hit Japanese ports and airfields. seven rear admirals die as Tokyo radio reports reach the FCC.
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Siegfried Line
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Rhine
West
Germany
France
George S. Patton
Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Moselle
Holland
Belgium
Maas
Holland Corridor
Low Countries
Russia
Pacific
Philippines
Amboina
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Leaders named for November bond drive Sikeston lists section captains
A. P. Veasman, general chairman, appoints section leaders for Sikeston's Sixth War Loan drive. Each section selects a captain followed by a co leader. The long roster includes Herman Mattingly and C. T. Keller in section 1, and a total of 20 sections with varied pairs and several triple leaders.
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A. P. Veasman
Sikeston
Herman Mattingly
C. T. Keller
Harry Young
Bill Shain
Marvin Carroll
Don Vowels
Joe Stacy
Elmer Boyer
George Seufert
Burt H. Rowe
Earl Cook
S. Il. Lawrence
O. D. Henning
W. W. Lankford
Bridwell Crenshaw
Henry Hazel
Walter Rayburn
Alvie Garner
B. B. Tatum
A.M. Jackson
Joe Leslie
Maurice Stewart
C. J. Stevens
Gene Aufdenberg
J. T. Price
Wm. Henington
M. L. Gayles
James Belmer
Jake Hunt
Ed Howard
Jimmie Pegues
C. D. Burns
Whitman Smith
Weekend Cooler Forecast From Meteorologist Klamm
Weather outlook predicts cooler conditions this weekend as Missouri Institute of Aeronautics meteorologist Albert Klamm notes clear skies and a low around 50 degrees. Last week’s coolest day was Sunday October 1 at 56 degrees, while highs reached 86 degrees yesterday.
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Albert Klamm
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Fiftieth Former Employe os Herald Joins Uncle Sam's Forces
The Herald highlights Bill Shuppert, a former carrier boy and printer at The Herald, who joined the Navy two weeks ago as part of National Newspaper Week. The piece lists 50 former Herald employees in service or who died in service, notes two Gold Stars on the service flag, and outlines the paper’s war effort including bond drives, a Coast Guard Band visit, and service pages.
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Fiftieth
Os Herald
Uncle Sam
Herald
Bill Shuppert
United States
The
Billy
Navy
Elia Louise Lutz
John Raymond Shuppert
Ella Shuppert
Shuppert
Sikeston
Bulldogs
Walter Weekley
Linotype
Bill van Horne
Florida
Scott County
Sikeston Cubs Merit Citation for Scrap Paper Drive
Cub Pack 43 earned a government citation after collecting 15 310 pounds of scrap paper on Saturday and totaling 36 000 pounds for August and September. Thurman Travelstead leads the pack as Cub master while Pack 41 and the Boy Scouts added 3 100 and 830 pounds respectively. Major contributors include Mitchell Sharp Chevrolet Woolworths Grabers and Scott County Milling Company as paper drives continue weekly in business areas and monthly in residential districts.
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Thurman Travelstead
Boy Scouts
Mitchell- Sharp Chevrolet Company
Woolworth's
Grabers
Scott County Milling Company
President Roosevelt to speak tonight in campaign broadcast
Roosevelt will deliver a major campaign speech at nine o clock Sikes ton time, his second political address this week. Dewey counters with charges of changes to tax law and promises tax reform after the war as part of a broader program. Dewey’s Saturday speech will be from Charleston, South Carolina.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Sikeston
Gov. Dewey
Dewey
Charleston
Southeast Missouri Casualty Lists
Southeast Missouri publishes casualty notices listing Killed Marine Pfc. Louis H. Fralick of Dexter and others. Missing Pfc. Ward S. Hutcheson East Prairie Pvt. Vester B. Millard Wardell Pvt. Wm L. Philips Vandyser Pfc. Lester G. Smith Kennett James Anderson Bain Jr Ad vance T O Mouser Lutesville Wounded Pfc. David H. House Kennett StSgt Charles D. Johnson Sikeston S Sgt Ward H. Pullam Hayti Pvt Shelby C Upchurch Marble Tall Sgt George D Bell Frederick Lown.
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Ward S. Hutcheson
East Prairie
Vester B. Millard
Wardell
Wm. L. Philips
Vandyser
Lester G. Smith
Kennett
James Anderson Bain Jr
Advance
T. O. Mouser
Lutesville
David H. House
Charles D. Johnson
Sikeston
Ward H. Pullam
Hayti
Shelby C. Upchurch
Marble Tall
George D. Bell
Frederick Lown
Sikeston Soldier Replaces Bomber Crewman in England
Sikeston, Missouri, records another war rotation as Tech. Sgt. Tommy Marshall replaces Tech. Sgt. Ralph Deane aboard a B-17 stationed in England with the Eighth Air Force. Deane earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and multiple Oak Leaf Clusters, and is bound for a Lincoln replacement center with a expected furlough soon.
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Sikeston Boys
Ralph Deane
Germany
Sikeston
Sgt
Tommy Marshall
England
Eighth Air Force
Young Marshall
Deane
Lincoln
Neb
Tuesday Begins War Fund Drive in Sikeston and Scott County
Sikeston kicks off the National War Fund drive on Tuesday October 10 with a house to house canvass led by the Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce under President Joe McCord. Sikeston’s quota is 12400 and Scott County’s is 21450.
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Sikeston
National War Fund
Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joe McCord
Monroe Rondol
Lacy Allard Jr
John D. Hux
Scott County
K. M. Standley
Scott County War Fund Committee
John G. Powell
W. S. Corrigan
Germany
Japan
Tin Can Collection Sent to Pittsburg Mills
Hight thousands of pounds of tin collected in Sikeston since April were shipped to a Pittsburg mill this week. Salvage Chairman Frank Miller announced the tin will be processed to strip the coating for war use while the remainder, mainly steel, goes to scrap. The collection schedule continues: Ward 1 first Monday, Ward 2 second Monday, Ward 3 third Monday, Ward 4 fourth Monday.
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Sikeston
Pittsburg
Frank Miller
Cotton Ginnings In Sikeston District Slow Toward Peak
Local ginners report varied picker availability with some needing more workers while others have enough. With favorable weather 1044 cotton could be picked and ginned in average time as gins push toward 3000 bales, cotton prices steady at 22 cents and seed at 50 dollars per ton.
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Sikeston
Herald
Soldier's Wife Fatally Shot at West Side Tavern
In Sikeston Missouri Mrs. Roy Nichols formerly Armetta Ruth Gray of Morehouse was killed in a rear tavern shooting. Roy Nichols a soldier was wounded as three others including dealer Gobel Owens faced inquest testimony. Police-linked gambling room led by Luther Glass and partners to the shooting at Luther Glass's place.
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Roy Nichols
Armetta Ruth Gray
Morehouse
Sikeston
Gobel Owens
Owens
Sikeston General Hospital
Luther Glass
Nichols
Vernon Chaney
Nick Tiddie
Chaney
Gabel Owens
Nick Tiddle
Lula Gray
Hot Springs
Ark
Secret Service Army
W. A. Myers
A. M. Jackson
Lou Roberts
Bob Tyrone
Marvin Carroll
Louis Graber
David Blanton
Circmt
J. C. McDowell
Scott County Circuit Court
Elmer
Hog) Oliver
Roscoe Weltecke
Circuit Court
Sikeston Council Approves Eight Foot Tree Trim Ordinance
The Sikeston city council passed an ordinance requiring property owners to keep trees and shrubs trimmed to eight feet above streets and alleys. If not trimmed within three days after a police or street department order, owners face prosecution.
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Sikeston
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
all-India National Fund
Paris
Dover
Federal Works Agency
B. F. Goodrich Company
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Tom Baker
Ralph Baker
Tom Bloomfield
Gene Bowman
John Webster Bowman Lee Austin Bowman
Lewis Conley Chester
Conrad Carroll Davis
Clint H. Denman JR
John C. Denman
Paul Denman
Bobby Dover
Billy Edwards
Clarence Felker JR
Bill Gardner
William Hahs Russell Heath
Jack Johnson
Glenn Joyner
Jean Klein
Harold Lindley
Bob Matthews
Bob McCord
E. M. Moore
Bob Nicholson Dwan O'Connor Rolland Moll
Gene Rabb
Jimmy Rabb
Dean Righter
Lloyd W. Sisson
Gene Struve
Frank Stevens
Cletus Stovall
Bill Taylor
Merlin Taylor
Jimmy Turner
Adron Werneck
Carl Werneck
William Werneck
Pat Wilbur
Glen Williams
Howard Wilson
Jean Wilson
Harry Young JR
Herald Service
United States Coast Guard
St. Louis
Missouri
Sikeston Cubs
Southeast
Louis H. Fralick
Dexter
West Side Tavern
Armetta Nichols
Tiddle
Nlewspa
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