Registrants Get Their Numbers In Scott County Draft
James Harold Van Dyke 21 of Benton tops Scott county draft numbers as the first serial card drawn in a crowd of over four thousand. Officials announce the numbers will determine the order of call for service, with public posting planned after a nationwide drawing next Tuesday in Washington.
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James Harold van Dyke
Benton
Scott County
van Dyke
Scott County Draft Board
J. D. O'Connor
Leo J. Pfefferkorn
John Hobbs
Joe Leslie Stone
Oran
Norman M. Murphy
Morley
John Leo Steimle
Chaffee
Erwin Henry Wbisert
Olmo
Antone John Schaefer
Louis Osborne
Sikeston
Byron Curtis Brown
Alfred H. Schlosser
Robert Houston
Jones
Court House
Newton D. Baker
Selective Service Board
Washington
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Charles R. Morris
Elizabeth
N. J
Baker
Stimson
Cin
Youths Leave On Naval Cruise From Sikeston
Allen Swaim and G B Greer depart Sikeston for New York to join a 30 day Caribbean voyage aboard the battleship Arkansas as part of a program to commission 5000 college students as naval reserve officers after four months training. They meet age limits 19 to 26 and will travel via Frisco to New York then Norfolk Guantanamo Colon before returning for final training at Annapolis Northwestern or aboard the U S M Winois with $75 monthly pay during the three month period and commission as ensigns.
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Allen Swaim
G. B. Greer
Sikeston
New York
Arkansas
Caribbean Sea
Naval Reserve
Swaim
State College
Cape Girardeau
Green
University of Missouri At
Frisco
Norfolk
Guantanamo
Cuba
Colon
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Annapolis
Maryland
Northwestern University
Evanston
Til
U. S. S. M Winois
United States Navy Reserve
Jesus gives man stolen auto in New Madrid incident
State Trooper John Tandy stopped 38 year old Charlie Gathing on Highway 61 after Davis reported his 1931 Chevrolet sedan stolen. Gathing claimed divine origin for the car and was taken to New Madrid jail while his wife said he had gone crazy on religion.
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Jesus
John Tandy
Charlie Gathing
Tandy
A. B. Davis
New Madrid
Highway 61
Gathing
Mr. Davis
Byrd
Davis
Bandys Guilty Of Conspiracy
E A Bandy and two sons Herman and Raymond formerly of Sikeston were found guilty in Cape Girardeau Federal Court of conspiring to conceal assets of the bankrupt Sikeston Oil Company. They face sentencing Saturday. The verdict covers the conspiracy and multiple counts of concealing assets including oil tires gasoline and checks. The case centers on about $1800 alleged concealed from trustee W J Hunter as bankruptcy proceedings continue.
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E. A. Bandy
Herman
Raymond
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston Oil Company
Hast Prairie
W. J. Hunter
Jerome Burford
Doniphan
Harry McGee
Leo Martens
J. F. O’neill
Frank Pirtle
Gilbert A. Stutterer
J. H. Sailor
Sayers Tanner
Joseph Volkerding
Harold Baker
C. A. Doherty
J. W. Clark
Edwin Funke
Bandy
Absentee Ballot Rules Updated for Benton Voters
Scott county voters away on election day can cast absentee ballots at the county clerk office in Benton any time now. Applications must be filed at least five days before election, by Oct 30. Mail ballots are sent if you apply by mail. out of state voters cannot vote unless in military service outside Missouri. Military ballots must be returned 66 hours before the election, by noon Nov 2, and counted at home wards.
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Scott County
Benton
Missouri
Senatorial Candidate Speaks Here Saturday
Republican U S Senate nominee Manuel H. Davis will address Sikeston in Railroad Park at four o clock Saturday afternoon. Introductory remarks by former congressman Ralph E Bailey. Benton Republican circuit judge candidate Stephen Barton will speak briefly. Davis and Forrest Donnell headlined a district Republican rally at Houck Field House in Cape Girardeau with Rush H Limbaugh presiding.
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Manuel H. Davis
United States Senate
Sikeston
Mr. Davis
Railroad Park
Missouri
Ralph E. Bailey
Stephen Barton
Benton
Davis
Forrest Donnell
Houck Field House
Cape Girardeau
Rush H. Limbaugh
New Planes Bring 10 Aircraft to Sikeston Air College
Ten new training planes from Lakeland Florida arrived this afternoon to boost cadet training at Sikeston air college. The facility now operates 42 planes for instruction and practice.
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Air College
Sikeston Air College
Lakeland
Florida
The
Autumn leaf colors explained by plant pigments
Experts from the State Division of Parks explain that carotenoids and anthocyanins, not Jack Frost, color leaves in autumn. Chlorophyll fades as destruction outpaces formation, revealing yellows reds purples and oranges though the claim of frost painting window designs remains unproven.
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Jack Frost
State Division of Parks
Pavement Contract Won for Kathleen Avenue in Sikeston
Sikeston city council met Monday selecting Asphalt Products Corporation of Cape Girardeau as low bidder at 2372.60 for Kathleen Avenue paving from New Madrid to Scott Street. City Clerk Barrett to pay tax bills for street improvements near Malone Park. Building permits to be cash only. Jail for women planned in city hall. Traffic rules tighten downtown with stop signs on Prairie and Scott at Center and no left turns from Front into Kingshighway. Hospital committee report covering Sept 22 to Oct 14 accepted.
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Kathleen Avenue
New Madrid
Scott Street
Asphalt Products Corporation of
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau Company
A. C. Barrett
Malone Park
Scott and Stoddard Streets
Frank Miller
T. F. Rafferty
Jos. L. Matthews
Robert A. Dempster
Prairie
Scott Streets
Center Street
Front Street
Kingshighway
Illmo Man Killed By Rolling Logs
Leon Heisserer of Illmo died instantly when rolling telephone poles broke loose from a freight car at Ardeola. Four others were seriously injured including Clifford Knupp Wilford Clark Ralph Hamilton L E Williams and Harlan Ramsey of Illmo along with several from Fornfelt Ancell and Tyler Texas. Funeral services were held at St Augustine Catholic church Kelso with burial in the church cemetery.
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Leon Heisserer
Ijillmo
Cotton Belt
Ardeola
Heisserer
Silmo
Clifford Knupp
Joseph Keusenkothen
Former mayor Ed Fuchs recovering at St Louis hospital
Reports from St John's Hospital in St Louis state that Ed Fuchs who has been there for medical treatment and surgery the past six weeks is now convalescing.
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St. John’s Hospital
St. Louis
Ed Fuchs
Crazed Driver Still at Large in Sikeston Chase
State Police pursue 19 year old Howard Lucas after a Friday night spree that wrecked autos, dodged officers, and featured a car theft attempt, a gate crash, and a cotton wagon overturn near Baker farm before he fled toward Morehouse. Separate encounters with two young women and subsequent sightings leave Lucas at large.
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Howard Lucas
Lucas
Sikeston
Fred Lucas
Morehouse
B. W. Forrester
Baker's Lane
Grover Baker
Joe Baker
Moore Avenue
Hunter Avenue
Fern Bowman
Della Wright
Miss Bowman
Wright
Miss Wright
Harold Wallace
City Light
Tom Greer
Greer
Limbaugh
Howard
Major parties open headquarters in Sikeston
Sikeston residents see a heated campaign as Republicans establish HQ in the Bone building on West Malone with Women for Willkie in charge, while Democrats set up at Hotel Dunn on Malone. The presidential race dominates, blurring party lines as Willkie and Roosevelt become the central issue.
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Sikeston
Republican
New Bone
West Malone Avenue
Willkiefer President Club
John Powell
Hotel Dunn
Malone Avenue
Willkie
Roosevelt
Convoy of Guardsmen Through Sikeston Today
More than 7000 Michigan National Guardsmen, now part of the Regular Army, travel en route to Fort Beauregard near Alexandria Louisiana for a year of training. About 125 trucks and private cars move from Ypsilanti Tuesday, stopping in Cairo and Newport Arkansas, with Lt Worden and Cpl Hidder directing traffic at Sikeston.
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Michigan National
Sikeston
Malone Avenue
Poplar Bluff
New Madrid Street
Malcolm G Worden
Herbert Hidder
Ted Fenker
Lionel Fulton
Chaffee Man Assumes Draft Board Secretary Post
Wayne Buchanon son of W J Buchanon Frisco engineer at Chaffee assumed duties as secretary of the Scott County Draft Board on Monday Buchanon has civic duties including heading the committee to raise funds for a 70000 shoe factory at Chaffee
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Wayne Buchanon
W. J. Buchanon
Frisco
Chaffee
Scott County
Buchanon
Company K Recruits Boost Sikeston National Guard
Missouri National Guard unit Company K in Sikeston grows to 78 with twenty new recruits. Regimental training begins in a month at Camp Robinson near Little Rock, Ark. Captain Wade Shankle commands the company. new members include Lester Bailey, William Barber, William Brooks, and others.
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Sikeston
Missouri National Guard
National Guard
Company K
140Th
Camp Robinson
Ark
Little Rock
Lester Bailey
Wm. Barber
Wm. Brooks
Shannon Carter
Ward Enterline
Roy Kinder
Charles Masters
Ferrell Miller
Thomas Neary
Virgil Owens
Ralph Sturgeon
Ervin Adams
James Dumey
Richard Johnson
Benjamin Cook
Clyde Ferguson
Ethel Owens
John Wisdom
Harold C. Billington
Prospective Home Guard Meet Monday Night
Men interested in joining the Home Guard are asked to meet at the National Guard Armory at 7 30 o clock Monday night Captain Wade Shankle announced. It is hoped enlistment will be complete that night Officers will be elected by the men.
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Home Guard
National Guard
Wade Shankle
Weather Glorious Autumn Week In Southeast Missouri
Southeast Missourians enjoyed warm autumn days with high about 75 and lows near 45 as frost stayed away despite a 40 year average frost date approaching. The week featured brilliant clear skies with light haze and mild, pleasant air, while forecasts predict continued mild weather into the weekend.
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Mercury
Derris Drug Store Robbery Tied to Morning Crime Wave
A lone thief robbed Derris Drug Store of about 45 dollars after an attempted burglary at Pauline's Place on West Malone Avenue. Police link the Derris theft with a nearby street robbery of a Negro man. all descriptions point to the same young, hatless suspect wearing horn rimmed glasses, a dark jacket, and black curly hair.
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Sikeston
Derris
West Malone Avenue
W. EB. Derris
Pauline
J. R. London
the Herald
South Kingshighway
Delays Hit Guard Training Camp Near Little Rock
Southeast Missouri residents learn Camp Robinson near Little Rock will not be completed before January 2 due to material shortages. Missouri National Guard units, including Company K Sikeston and the 140th regiment of the Sdth Division, are assigned for training there with mobilization set for November 25. Captain Frank Reed confirmed the earlier claim of 15,000 troops moving in by November 15 was wrong, signaling a hard winter for guardsmen.
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Sikeston Markets
Bandys
Kathleen
Illmo
Chaffee Man Made Draft Board Secretary
Derris Drug
Missouri National Guardsmen
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