Rockwell Kent mural depicts postwar U S aviation and freedoms
The mural by Rockwell Kent in the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce room portrays America after the war from an aerial view. It shows fields, towns, a modern highway, aviation activity, and four angels with wings forming the letter V symbolizing the Four Freedoms. Chairman Clarence Lea praises civil aviation growth and postwar roles for pilots and technicians as part of a peaceful America.
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Washington
America
Rockwell Kent
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
Ety
House
Senate
Clarence F. Lea
Air Land
Lea
U. S. House of Representatives
Reckon Theys Crazy ITTLE Darling Fight Night
A river of miners witness a brutal brawl between the enormous Little Darling and the Great Haleway at St Michael's. Darling swings heavy, Haleway dodges then counterattacks, ending with Darling mortally beaten but spared as Haleway weeps. Darling still declares, you’re my own brother.
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Ittle Darling
Haleway
Little Darling
St. Michael's
St. Mike's
Halenay
Big Darling
Godfrey
Hulk
Halfway
Jimmy
Great Halfway
Daffy War Turns Private Into Hero Of Barracks
A frontline correspondent narrates a soldier Joe O Briens humorous clash with war and longing for Barbara. He imagines England and acts bravely at Attu, tossing a grenade into Jap trenches. A surprise meeting with Major General Farwell in a bombproof trailer yields a promotion and a medal.
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Barbsie
General Farwell
Bird
Simpsie
Daffy
Farwell
O.K
Sikeston Hospital Treated List Of Patients This Week
Names of residents treated at Sikeston General Hospital over the past week include Robert Grigsby Charles Ashcraft KK O Shelby Grover Wilson and Mrs Glenn Corgan Sikeston Mrs Mary Stewart Mrs Jack Pinnell and Mrs Tom Pitman Morehouse Mrs William Carter Pama Jack Cruse Bell City Mrs Lee Fine New Madrid Robert Sibert Bernie Mrs Clyde Blumquest Charleston R C McDonald Canalou and the six month old son of Mr and Mrs Wm Evans near Sikeston.
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Sikeston Hospital
Robert Grigsby
Charles Ashcraft
Kk. O. Shelby
Grover Wilson
Glenn Corgan
Sikeston
Mary Stewart
Jack Pinnell
Tom Pitman
Morehouse
William Carter
Pama
Jack Cruse
Bell City
Lee Fine
New Madrid
Robert Sibert
Bernie
Clyde Blumquest
Charleston
R. C. McDonald
Canalou
James
Wm. Evans
Christmas greeting cards and railway sleeping cars note
The Herald Office promotes new greeting cards for Christmas and mentions railway sleeping cars introduced in America by Andrew Carnegie.
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Ium
Herald Office
America
Andrew Carnepie
Notify The Herald If Paper Is Missed
When readers miss their copy of The Herald they should notify the newspaper at once so delivery can be made. The Herald aims for 100 percent delivery, publishing each Thursday after noon by carrier or post. The Sahara spans 3,000 miles from Atlantic to Red Sea. The Ohio is the busiest U.S. river. Yacht racing in the United States began around 1840.
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The
Herald
Wounded Marines Named From Local Areas
Reported wounded include Marines Pfe Charles J Rogers Fornfelt and Pfc Ervin M Reisen bickler from Jackson and Portage Pvt Jesse G Ogun Pvt Frank Cram S'Sgt Earl E Goff Pvt George F Startish Pvt John A Chappell Pfc Lowell A Fairless Pfc Paul C Ford Harold Jones Pic Ray W Jones Pfc Leonard D Minkade Pic Everett Lufry Cape Girardeau and other names from surrounding towns.
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Marine Pfe
Charles J Rogers
Fornfelt
Marine
Ervin M. Reisenbickler
Jackson
Jesse G Ogun
Portage
Frank Cram
Wig
Earl E Goff
Bloomfield
George F .Startish
Malden
John A. Chappell
Bernie
Lowell A. Fairless
Poplar Bluff
Puxico
Leonard D. Minkade
Broseley
Everett Lufry
Cape Girarden
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Center Street
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London
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Island
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Attu
England
Barbara
Dance Palace
Jake’s Spa
Pharis
Nicholson’s
Camelback
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JTIRE
Glenn Nicholson
Malone Ave
Sikeston, Missouri
Shleston General Hospital News
Sahara
Atlantic
Red Sea
Ohio
United States
Beethoven
Russia
the Herald
Sikeston Herald
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