World This Week Highlights and Notable Figures
World This Week reports Tokyo Rose Uwa Touguri D Aquino sentenced to ten years and fined ten thousand dollars. Mount Mitchell death of nine aboard an Air Force C 47 crash. Hawaii dock workers end 159 day strike with 14 cent hourly wage raise. Missouri students face expulsion for speeding and careless driving. United Nations 1950 budget set at 37 895 468 dollars with the US paying 15 077 786. Weather varied across the U S last weekend with extreme events in Houston and Missouri. Christian Rural Overseas Program targets 3500 carloads of food for Thanksgiving. 110 year old William Williams celebrated birth anniversary in Chicago. 1124 hours set as air endurance record by Jongeward and Woodhouse. Explosion damaged the Christian County Republican plant. John L Pile linked to Springfield paper layoffs. Pittsburgh cab drivers strike solidarity to avoid bankruptcy. US Supreme Court declines to review May bribery conviction. U S Senate and House members take oaths. funeral of Postmaster Robert Mannese noted. Four killed and many injured in Rock Island train wreck near Meare Kan. Missouri education board notes Annual meeting of Missouri Parent Teacher Association opens in Joplin. George W Parker, Scripps Howard editor in chief since 1927, dies aged 63. Communist gains in Austria limited to five seats in 165-member parliament.
Disabled American Veterans returns Sikeston keys
A Sikeston man received his lost keys from the Disabled American Veterans DAV Idento Tag program. The tag aids key recovery nationwide and supports free veteran rehabilitation services through DAV operations in Cincinnati. Keys have been returned from around the world, even from war zones, aided by the Idento Tag system.
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Clarence R. Keathley
Daniel Street
Sikeston
DAV
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Grainery
English Channel
Poland
Poland Requires Civil Authority for Marriages Under New Code
A new family law in Poland mandates civil authorities perform marriages before church ceremonies, aligning with a Soviet influenced code. The change emphasizes secular civil registration and limits church role in nuptial rites.
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Poland
Chaffee Engineer Killed in Memphis Train Collision
Engineer E. E. Talley, 64, of Chaffee died after a Frisco freight train of 112 cars plowed into a standing train in Memphis rail yard last Thursday night. Brakeman Ralph Lape, also of Chaffee, was seriously hurt leaping from the train and rolling down an embankment.
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E. E. Talley
Chaffee
Frisco
Memphis
Ralph Lape
Aged Oran resident James W. Bowman dies in hospital
James W. Bowman aged 80 a lifelong Oran resident and farmer died Monday in a Cape Girardeau hospital after two weeks as a patient He was born February 2 1869 and married Niecy Ellen Dillender of Princeton Kentucky November 18 1894 Surviving are his wife six children a brother Amos Bowman seven grandchildren and other relatives
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Oran
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Bowman
Niecy Ellen Dillender
Princeton
A W. Bowman
Edna Bowman
L. E. Bowman
Early Bowman
Calvin Bowman
St. Louis
R. D. Bowman
Denver
Colo
Alfred T. Bowman
San Louis Obispo
Cal
Amos W. Bowman
Bono, Ark
Choosing New Draperies for Your Rooms
Practical guide from Miss Alice Alexander of Missouri University on selecting draperies. Emphasizes harmonizing window treatments with room furnishings, considering budget, usage, care, and wear. Recommends plain or self patterned fabrics for busy rooms and patterned draperies for plain walls, and to check fabric labels for laundering and shrinkage.
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Alice Alexander
Missouri University Home
Cape Girardeau Football Roundup to Feature Scout Family Event
The 20th Annual Cape Girardeau Football Roundup will be held Friday afternoon and evening October 14. About 1500 Scouts Cubs leaders and parents are expected to attend with registration at 4 00 p m a free feed at 530 and a parade at 630 to Houck Stadium for the game between State College and Kirksville. The evening meal is being fur-
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Cape Girardeau
Houck Stadium
State College
Kirksville
Roundup Scouts Parade in Cape Girardeau Program and Funeral for Child
A Cape Girardeau Roundup will feature three bands from State College Central High School and Chaffee High School with all participants registered. New boys may mail or bring rosters. Robert Daniel Hagy, six, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hagy, died Tuesday. services were held at Tanner Street Church of God with burial in New Morley Cemetery.
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State College
Central High School
Chaffee High School
Tanner Street
Church of God
Robert Daniel Hagy
George W. Hagg
Vernon Guttenfelder
Morley
Merlin Gayle
Freddie Donald
George Rickey Hagy
Patricia Dianne Hagy
Edward Kindred
Sikeston
D. W. Wheeler
Robert Flowers
Pontiac
Mich
Select your new oil heater or coal heater now
Lair's advertises a choice of oil or coal heaters. The brief notice urges readers to select a heater model quickly, highlighting ready availability and store location.
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