Settlement of Missouri Pacific strike announced Sunday
Settlement ends a 45 day stoppage by about 5 000 engineers trainmen and conductors and an additional 20 000 idle workers. Trains resume on Sikeston line with No 3 from St Louis and No 4 from Little Rock due in Poplar Bluff around noon. Missouri Pacific serves 10 states and faced 282 claims reduced to 93 under arbitration or Railway Adjustment Board.
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Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Sikeston
C. W. Elliott
A. L. Waller
Ted Francis
Poplar Bluff
Bismarck
Charleston
Little Rock
Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Engineers
J. B. Robinson
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Railway Labor Act
Railroad Adjustment Board
Former Sikeston Man Arrives From Orient
Mr and Mrs John C Denman formerly of Sikeston arrived in St Louis from Tokyo where he has worked as a Northwest Airlines pilot in the Orient Division. They traveled over a month visiting Singapore Colombo Bombay Port Said Cairo Rome and Paris before heading home. Their four year old son John C Jr remained with maternal grandparents in University City. The family plans to visit Sikeston next week and stay about a month.
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John C. Denman
St. Louis
Tokyo
Japan
Northwest Airlines
Orient Division
Manila
States
New Tucker Truck Lines Building Underway West of Buchholz Home
Construction on a corrugated steel facility for Tucker Truck Lines began this week on a lot west of the Paul Buchholz residence, opposite the airport along Highway 60.
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Tucker Truck Lines
Paul Buchholz
Highway 60
Sikeston Jaycees to stage Halloween Spooks parade
Sikeston Monday night will be spook night as the Jaycees sponsor the town’s first Halloween parade with cash prizes for costume groups. The event runs 7:30 to 8:30 pm on Front street with a judges’ stand near Buckner Ragsdale and traffic re routing by Chief Harold Wallace.
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Sikeston Jaycees
Sikeston
Shad Old
The
Jaycees
Harold Wallace
Donald Hammock Yields 100.7 Bushels Per Acre Of Corn
A group of Farmers Home Administration borrowers formed a Corn Club to boost yields. Donald Hammock of Sikeston Route 3 produced 100.7 bushels per acre using 300 pounds of 3-19-18 fertilizer and 150 pounds ammonium nitrate. Other members posted strong results with fertilized plots averaging 67 bushels per acre versus 37 on unfertilized plots.
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Donald Hammock
Sikeston
Route 3
Farmers Home Administration
Ed Parker
Matthews
Tom Wright
Cecil Ford
New Madrid
Tom Morgan
Canalea
George Bass
Pemiscot County Man Is Victim Traffic Accident
Pemiscot County farmer Will E. Powell, 66, of Peach Orchard, was killed when his nephew Tellie J. Powell’s Ford overturned near Diehlstadt on Highway 55 Monday night. Tellie Powell and his wife were injured. Powell’s body went to Welsh Funeral Home. Powell survived by five sons and five daughters, plus siblings. A second crash nearby involved Wilburn L. White of Charleston whose Lincoln left the highway and struck a fence, stopping in a farm yard.
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Will E. Powell
Peach Orchard
Pemiscot County
Misselt
Diehlstadt
Tellie J. Powell
Powells
Powell
Sikeston
California
Conway County
Ark
William Powell
Albert
Leo
M. D
Wilbert Powell
Little Rock
Stella Foster
Morrillton
Clara Scoggins
Leona Henry
Charlene Alburn
Billie Dean Flemmings
Keo
Wilburn L. White
Charleston
Campaign Begins Sunday for Girl Scout Camp Fund
The Cotton Bell Area Girl Scouts launch a Southeast Missouri drive to finance a camp in Paducah area. With a 50 000 goal and 10 000 for Sikeston, donors in Kennett and Hornersville contribute 8500 already. Camp benefits include camping experiences for 1000 local girls and a plan to freeze funds for construction under a camp development committee.
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Girl Scout
Cotton Bell Area
Clarence Powell
Dexter
Charles Baker
Kennett
Hornersville
Missouri
Sikeston
Paducah Council
Paducah
Schuchart Dairy on National Honor Roll
The R P Schuchart Dairy west of Sikeston is awarded a diploma by the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association and added to the National Honor Roll for developing a herd of 71.50 cows to an annual butterfat average of 464 pounds as of March 31 1949. The diploma, signed by association officers and E T Itschner extension dairy specialist, notes the Schucharts herd of 150 animals on 300 acres of crops plus pastures and roughage. They were members of the Balanced Farming Association for two years and follow a balanced farming plan.
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R. P. Schuchart Dairy
Sikeston
Purebred Dairy Cattle Association
R. P. Schuchart
E. T. Itschner
Missouri College of Agriculture
Schucharts
Balanced Farming Association
Court allows referendum on state gasoline tax hike
Judge Sam C. Blair of the Cole County Circuit Court ruled that the Missouri Farmers Association cannot legally block a statewide referendum on a bill increasing the gasoline tax from 2 to 4 cents per gallon. Officials said they will appeal to the Supreme Court for a ruling.
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Sam C. Blair
Cole County
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Supreme Court
Reynolds County Woman Killed in Traffic Accident
Mrs. Nellie Laramore a Banner resident and Mrs. Anna Lane of McMinnville Tenn were killed or severely injured in a Highway 72 crash about 34 miles west of Ellington yesterday at 450 PM. Helen Lane Hitchcock drove the Ford pickup and reportedly lost control. Lane Laramore and Lane Lane were crushed as the truck overturned and fell on them. Lane was hospitalized in Ironton in critical condition.
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Nellie Laramore
Banner
Reynolds County
Anna Lane
McMinnville
Tenn
Ellington
Highway Patrol
Poplar Bluff
Helen Lane Hitchcock
Lane
Laramore
Ironton
Girl Scout Week Court of Awards Held at Methodist Church
A Court of Awards and Investiture Service for Girl Scouts and Brownies will be at the Methodist church on Tuesday night November 1 as part of Girl Scout Week observances. All Scouts, Brownies and parents are invited. Talks by Lonnie Standley Camp Drive chairman and Mrs. Charles Hicks executive director of the Cotton Belt Area Girl Scouts. Two songs to be sung by the crowd.
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L. M. Standley
Paducah
Cotton Bell Area
Girl Scout Council
Standley
Methodist Church
Camp Drive
Lonnie Standley
Charles Hicks
Girl Scouts
Herssesin
Pn C
Council
Clyde M. Clark
Cape Girardeau
Clark
al Lantz
St Lous
Engineers To Meet In Cape Girardeau
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers will be held in Cape Girardeau tomorrow and Friday. Between 200 and 300 engineers are expected, many with their wives, with Southeast Missouri and Lead Belt chapters hosting. Notable leaders include Carl C. Wilkinson and A R Baron as chapter presidents, and committee chairs from Sikeston and Cape Girardeau. Speakers span Col L H Foote, John C Sutton, John H Pylat, with Saturday talks by W E Walker Jr and leaders from state highway and national societies.
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Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
Cape Girardeau
R. B. Spencer
Sikeston
H. B Garrison
M. S. Gwinn
T. A. Martin
Col. L. H. Foote
Memphis
U. S. Engineers
John C. Sutton
Washington, D. C
The
Soil Conservation Service
John H. Pylat
General Motors Corp
W. E. Walker Jr
Products Engineering Corp
H. D. Rodgers
Benton
Missouri Highway Commission
W. W. Mains
Topeka
Kan
Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc
A. G. Stanford
National Society of Professional Engineers
A.C. Magill
Science Department of State College
New Hamburg Man Crushed By Tractor
Albert Andrew Vetter 62 of New Hamburg died when a tractor toppled backward into a depression in his field. His son nearby could not help before a team of mules freed the body. Survivors include his wife one son and three daughters. Funeral services were held at New Hamburg Catholic Church.
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Albert Andrew Vetter
New Hamburg
New Hamburg Catholic
Mellies
Mr. Vetters
Mr. Vetter
Pop Inn Motor Service Station Changes Hands
The Pop-Inn Service Station on Highway 61 in Sikeston has new ownership. Delta Petroleum Corporation of Columbia, Missouri, has acquired operation and begun remodeling. The station will feature top grade products at low prices, with gasoline shipped in from Delta’s Memphis refinery. The Pop-Inn has long been a 24-hour truck stop and remains a focal rest area for drivers.
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Pop-Inn
Highway 61
Sikeston
Delta Petroleum Corporation of Columbia
Delta Petroleum Corporation
the Herald
Delta People
Delta
Memphis
Envelope Manufacturer on Visit in Sikeston
Mr and Mrs John D Moss of Milwaukee Wisconsin are guests of Mr and Mrs Truman Ball and Miss Kate Hurff of Maplewood Drive Mr Moss secretary of the Western States Envelope Company at Milwaukee Ball was a representative for nearly 25 years They expect to leave Friday morning for Fayetteville Ark to attend the football game there Saturday between Arkansas University and Texas A M
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John D Moss
Milwaukee
Wis
Truman Ball
Kate Hurff
Maplewood Drive
Moss
Western States Envelope Company
Ball
Fayetteville
Ark
Arkansas University
Texas A. & M
Aged Matthews Woman Dies at 93 in Matthews
Mrs Sallie Adeline Fox died at 3 15 this morning at her Matthews home aged 93 born September 22 1856 one of New Madrid countys oldest residents lifelong Methodist member Her funeral will be Friday at 2 30 in Matthews with Rev Herschel Yates Burial in Matthews cemetery She is survived by four children W H Deane Luther Deane Jack Deane and Amanda Long 25 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and 30 great great grandchildren total 75 descendants
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Sallie Adeline Fox
Matthews
New Madrid County
Matthews Cemetery
Fox
Upton Fox
W. H. Deane
Sikeston
Luther
Jack Deane
Amanda Long
Funeral tomorrow for Frank Carter
Funeral services for Frank Carter aged 70 will be held at 2 30 Friday at the Baptist church with interment in City Cemetery. Carter, a Sikeston native, died Wednesday morning after years of declining health. Surviving are wife Essie Jackson Carter, four children Marion and John Carter Cairo Illinois Mildred Marsley Kalamazoo Michigan Edith Emerson Sikeston, two brothers, four sisters and six grandchildren. The body lies in state at Mrs Emersons home 403 Moore avenue.
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Frank Carter
Baptist Church
Carter
W. H. Carter
Sikeston
Vienna
Essie Jackson
Marion
John Carter
Cairo
Mildred Marsley
Kalamazoo
Mich
Norval
Edith) Emerson
Will Carter
Gay Carter
Glendale
Califf
Ben Weller
Arista Randol
Rex Cook
John Dill
Milem Limbaughs Occupy New Home In Sikeston
Mr and Mrs Milem Limbaugh moved into a new Tanner Street home described as one of the year’s largest in Sikeston. The former Limbaugh residence on West Kathleen may become a church parsonage for the Presbyterian church.
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Milem Limbaugh
Tanner Street
Sikeston
Hayti child victim of traffic accident
Richard Alexander two year old son of Mr and Mrs R M Alexander of Hayti was fatally injured near that town last Saturday evening in a traffic accident Arthur B Rhodes sixty year old banker of Caruthersville has been held responsible for the accident and arrested on a charge of careless and reckless driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor The accident occurred on Highway 84 a few miles east of its intersection with Highway 61 about 620 p m The injured child died on an ambulance while en route to a hospital.
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Richard Alexander
R. M. Alexander
Hayti
Arthur B. Rhodes
Caruthersville
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Pemiscot
Schuchart Dairy
Girl Scout Week
Court OF Awards
Hamburg
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Cape Man
Southeast Mo
Boy Scout Council
Harry Newman
Milem Limbaughs
New Home
Harry D. Newman
Missouri Utilities Company
Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council
Rustic Rock Inn
Newman
Fred Lewallen
Chaffee
Boy Scout Movement
Harry Blanton
L. D. Fisher
Morehouse
T. H. Winyard
Homer Deevers
Lutesville
E. M. Bartlett
Robert C. Hyde
National Council
W. W. Parker
Allan Oliver
Martin Brunke
Perryville
Harry Himmelberger
Roy Ward
H. E. Russell
Carl Corbin
Harry Porter
A. C. Willm Jr
Charles Craig
al Rogers
Get Beaver
Southeast Missouri
Boy Scout Organization
Harold Nance
Malden
Kossuth Blomeyer
Bloomfield
Byron Finley
C. B. Turner
Gladys Street
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