Eisenhower says allied winter campaign in Western Europe
Allied Supreme Headquarters chief General Dwight D. Eisenhower tells 100 reporters the Allies will advance into the Reich as conquerors with no fraternization. He warns German resistance will be desperate and Gestapo coercion helps prolong the war, and that a tough winter campaign lies ahead toward Berlin.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
Europe
Gestapo
Brysenhower
Reich
Aachen
United States First Army
Courtney H Hodges
Berlin
Germany
Hisenhower
Tommy Mathis Recovering From Car Wreck Injuries
Tommy Mathis is recovering from injuries sustained in a highway wreck on Highway 60 east of Sikeston last Thursday night. He is under treatment at Barnes Hospital, St Louis, after the collision with a truck driven by A R Hall of Illinois. Mathis suffered a serious left eye injury but is expected to retain sight, along with a badly cut left hand and bruising. the accident was deemed unavoidable due to glare from an approaching vehicle.
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Thomas IF
Tommy) Mathis
Sikeston
Barnes Hospital
St Louis
Young Mathis
Mathis
Sikeston Country Club
A. R Hall
Ulinois Lumberman
State Highway Patrol
Missouri traffic deaths rise in eight months
The highway patrol reports three hundred fifteen fatalities from traffic accidents in Missouri over the first eight months, attributing the high toll to careless driving by some individuals.
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Missouri
Leader predicts final victory and unwavering will to win
In a wartime address the speaker said the Nazis would fight on in mountain hideouts and underground. He praised the morale of troops and United Nations workers at home, insisting Germany will be whipped with no letup until the job is finished. The Supreme Command urged balanced public messaging, stressing neither pessimism nor optimism. He asserted the home front and armed forces will see the war through to victory.
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United Nations
Germany
Supreme Command
Good News for Santa More Toys for Christmas
War Production Board reports abundant, varied toy supply for Christmas 194? with metal wheels on over 100000 doll carriages and some wagons, limited zinc toys, steel dishes, reduced use of iron and other metals, and return of metal construction sets for civilians under wartime constraints.
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Santa Claus
War Production Board
WPB
Man Saved by Lincoln Dies in Coldwater at 83
George Quickenbush, the boy whose life was saved by President Lincoln when a Sandusky train rolled toward him, died Sunday aged 83. Taken by his parents to hear Lincoln, the tin smith later recounted the peril that year and how the president rescued him.
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Lincoln
Coldwater
Mich
George Quickenbush
Sandusky
Ohio
Four Sikeston teachers head district committees
Four Sikeston teachers were elected as chairmen of district committees at the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association annual meeting in Cape Girardeau. Lenda Corbin led Practical Arts, Jane Thompson Childhood Education, Margaret Rumph Home Economics, Dorothea Muller Elementary School Principals.
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Sikeston
Southeast Missouri Teachers’ Association
Cape Garardeau
Lenda Corbin
Jane Thompson
Margaret Rumph
Dorothea Muller
J Abner Beck
Charleston
Mississippi County
State Teachers Association
John Wright
Bloomfield
Ugh
Dee Norman Powell
Matthews Brade
John Whight
Lenore Hitt
Piwold Iehue
Biker Tickson
Giddens
Sunset Addition resident shoots at judge’s exit
John Henry Spiller of Sikheston’s Sunset Addition fired at Sally May Coleman as she left a door. Sally stated she had no knife and escaped unharmed. Spiller was fined $25 and costs with six months jail suspended on payment. Weekend arrests included multiple drunks with fines from $8 to $10.
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John Henry Spiller
Sikheston
Earl Trend
Frani Smuth
John Henry
Sally ‘May Coleman
Sally
Goebbels vows Nazis will keep fighting Allies
German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels told the nation the Nazis will continue their fight until enemies agree to peace. He warned the Allies will never dictate terms or chain the German people, and that anyone who thinks otherwise will be outlawed and expelled from society.
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New York
Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Little Shop opens in Sikeston on North Street
Mrs Gladys Finklea opens a new millinery shop named The Little Shop on North Street Sikeston. She recently moved from Blytheville and previously operated in 112 North Street in the Shanks house. A recent fire forced the location change but she remains in the same residence. An invitation to the public to visit is printed in this issue of The Herald.
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North Street
Gladys Finklea
Finklea
Sikeston
Blytheville
Shanks House
the Herald
REA Reserves Fund Totaling 12 5 Million for Loans
The Rural Electrification Administration announced 12 1/2 million dollars be set aside for loans in states. Allocations use estimated unelectrified farms as of last July and cover the year ending June 30 19145. Arkansas Illinois and Missouri listed with specified loan figures and farm totals.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Central Station
Arkansas
Tlinois
Mussouri
Open House Tomorrow at New Parsonage
Rev and Miss D Owen, new residents of the Baptist parsonage on West Gladys Street, invite church members and congregation to an open house starting at 7:30 PM tomorrow night.
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D Owen
Baptist
West Gladys Street
Price crises after V E Day predicted
Washington War Price Administrator Chester Bowles warned the first eight to nine months after Germany's defeat would shape the peacetime economy. He forecast initial deflation followed by inflation as civilian production resumes, with a major price leveling period to follow and consumer goods shortages and bidding pushing prices higher.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Germany
OPA
Bowles
Young man seeks white collar job with advance chance
Classified ad from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows a 20 year old, 4-F, boasting of a wild Saturday night and steady sobriety Monday, no alarm clock, and a claim to “get things done” with food and personal contact for a white collar position with good pay and advancement, aiming to live like a king.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vaccinate Dogs to Eliminate Rabies
Kansas City Ma Oct 19 A Foundation report cites Alabama’s six year rabies drive showing dramatic drops in dog and human cases after mandatory dog vaccination. Alabama laws cut dog rabies cases from 927 in 1937 to 73 by 1943 and near zero in many counties. Foundation urges other states to adopt the dog vaccination program.
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Kansas City
American Foundation For Animal Health
Alabama
Foundations
Foundation
War Production Board lifts limits on metal license plates
The War Production Board this week lifted restrictions on production of metal license plates issued by state and local governments.
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War Production Board
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