World War II update and domestic measures outlined
World War II extends into its third year with Blitzkrieg faltering and Soviet air defenses repelling German attacks near Leningrad. In the United States, policy officials urge defense production while Roosevelt centralizes resource control. Berlin endures air raids as Laval’s health concerns rise. Gas rationing talk surfaces in St. Louis amid defense needs. Morale studies praise religious and organizational involvement. Willkie favors debt payoff over Hitler’s removal. Senate tax talks draw high cost claims. An 18 year old and two others plead guilty to conspiracy to aid Germany. Mrs. Roosevelt reveals she knew of the Churchill meeting at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Berlin
Harvesting a Cotton Crop Has Its Seasonal Ups-and-Downs
Southeast Missouri farmers face wet fields delaying harvest while leaf worm damage prompts use of poison. A labor shortage and a covert bidding war for pickers drives up rates, with some workers switching between planters as pay rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri State Employment Service
Man Loses Hand in Cotton Oil Mill Accident
Harvey Pace, 22, a saw operator at EB P Coleman Co. cotton oil mill, was seriously injured yesterday when caught in a saw he was adjusting. His right hand was amputated at Sikeston General Hospital, left hand severed, and he sustained a head gash. Pace, married with an eight month old child, was reportedly alone when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Pace
Laater
Pace
Sikeston General Hospital
Sikeston Nudist Incident Leads to Fines and Suspended Jail
Sikeston police and City Judge Chickie Jewell acted after two men cavorted on the street last week. Ryburn Grisson paid 18.95 and Verable Capps 24.10 in fines. Each received a 30 day suspended jail sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Chickie"’ Jewell
Ryburn Grisson
Verable Capps
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce Meeting Tuesday Night
The Sikeston Chamber of Commerce will discuss National Defense Stamps sold by retail merchants at its monthly meeting on Tuesday night September 9. Milburn Albaugh, president, will preside at the Palace Cafe with all members urged to attend.
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National Defense
Sikeston
Matthews Return From Colorado Trip
Mr and Mrs Jos L Matthews came home last Saturday after a month in Denver and Estes Park Colorado. They visited Sister Felicia daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Corrigan of Poplar Bluff and a niece of Mr Matthews during their stay.
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Jos. L. Matthews
Denver
Estes Park
Colo
Colorado
Felicia
J. C. Corrigan
Poplar Bluff
Mr. Matthews
District Escapes Holiday Deaths On Labor Day Heat
Sikeston and the Southeast Missouri district, long regarded as a dangerous highway region, survived the Labor Day weekend with no serious injuries or fatalities among motorists. Missouri overall reported 17 holiday deaths, including 10 traffic fatalities and 7 others, with 614 nationwide fatalities during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Missouri
State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Banquet Attended by Sikeston PCA Officials in Bertrand
John M. Gary executive secretary treasurer of the Sikeston Production Credit Association led a Tuesday night dinner at Bertrand Methodist church for PCA employees and their families along with regular office staff Mrs Rex Martin and E R Putnam Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Gary
Sikeston
Start of Sikeston Schools Encouraging, Enrollment Growing
Sikeston public schools opened with orderly classes and heat-adjusted half-sessions. Supt. R A Harper reports 1408 pupils enrolled, down slightly from last year’s 1431. High school 386, junior high 217, Bailey 265, South Grade 522, special room 18, colored schools 171, senior class 90, juniors 101, sophomores 82, eighth 99, seventh 118. New high school arrivals include seniors from Charleston to Morehouse, juniors from Corning to Henryville, sophomores from Lilbourn to Morrillton, and freshmen from Jonesboro to Diehlstadt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
R A A. Harper
Sikeston
Supt. Harper
Bailey
South
Tharon Stallings
Fred Broyle
Charleston
Joan Edwards
Poplar Bluff
Anna Louis Gipson
Jonesboro
Ark
Lillie Monn Kaiser
Diehlstadt
Wanda Lee Nelson
Blodgett
G. 4
H. Starnes
Manila
Nadine Ferrell
Morehouse
Joe Buchanan
Jewell Crawford
Corning
Hugh R. Ely
Newton
Audrey Evans
Vandyser
John Garrison
Henryville
Ind
Edward Joseph Meunier
Louise Myers
Ida al
Berta Stephens
Berta Stephens, Blodgett; John Stewart, Bonne Terre
Ruth Thompson
Bell City
Lucille Tidwell
East Prairie
Mona Davis Johnson
Lilbourn
Leatrice June Jones
Betty Ann Loftin
St. Louis
Ernestine Rebstock
Morrillton
Billy Swacker
Bobby Gene Comstock
Wanda Lee Conrad
Flat River
Lorita June Dillon
Eulalene Garrison
Billy Tom Franks
Dyess
Tenn
Maxine Gray
Tanner
John Thomas Griffin
Salcedo
Betty Ruth
Jimmie Hodges
Stringer
Myra Katherine Kaiser
Betty Lackey
Greer
Dick Mumma
Gideon
Mary Ann Noonan
Ironton
Bobby O’conner
Oran
Maryland
Cotton Ginning Progress and Market Notes
More than five hundred bales have been ginned to date and peak operations are ahead. Gins in Sikeston and surrounding district run late hours to speed work. Cotton picking brings $1.00 to $1.50 per hundred, but a picker shortage is expected as the 1911 crop comes ready at once. Cotton quotes at 15 cents per pound and seed at $40 per ton.
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Charleston
Sikeston
Sikeston Girl Meets First Lady at Massachusetts Camp
Miss Alice Van Horne a Sikeston Girl Scout met Mrs. F D Roosevelt during the Western Hemisphere Encampment at Camp Bonnie Brae East Otis Massachusetts August 11 to 25 where 163 Girl Scouts Girl Guides and officials from North Central and South America joined US girls in a two week meeting Two delegates from Argentina spoke only Spanish and were helped by a Springfield Scout in English and Spanish A radio broadcast The Americas Calling aired from WMAS on August 15 with Mrs Roosevelt urging friendship and order for future peace.
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Alice van Horne
Girl Scouts and Girl Guides
Camp
Bonnie Brae
East Otis
Mass
F. D. Roosevelt
Miss van Horne
Mrs. Roosevelt
Girl Scouts
Girl Guides
North
Central and
South America
United States
Argentina
Springfield
Americas
WMAS
Finance Service Opens This Week in Sikeston
Sikeston opens a new finance service as a branch of General Contract Purchase Corporation located on Center street in the Young Building. The office, one of several nationwide, is owned by Industrial Bank and Trust Co of St. Louis with manager John E. Hauss and staff Al bert Nerone Thelma Chron Chas Farmer James Van Ausdall and Joy Corbin. The bureau buys installment contracts from auto furniture and appliance dealers and runs a direct loan department serving Southeast Missouri and northern Arkansas.
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Sikeston
General Contract Purchase Corporation
Young
Center Street
Industrial Bank and Trust Company of
St. Louis
Memphis
Little Rock
Springfield
Jackson, Miss
Peoria
Mount Vernon
Cape Girardeau
John E. Hauss
Albert Nerone
Thelma Chron
Chas Farmer
James van Ausdall
Joy Corbin
Missouri
Benton
Arkansas
Blytheville
Local Dairies Face Milk Bottle Shortage and Deposits
Dairies in Sikeston report a milk bottle shortage prompting a scent deposit on containers. The fee will be added to monthly bills if customers do not return bottles. Reiss Dairy manager L M Standley notes shipments of new bottles hoped to ease the shortage. Delays followed holiday store closures as deliveries lagged while bottles were filled.
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Sikeston Dairies
L. M. Standley
Reiss Dairy
Tipp Returns Home After Hospital Stay
E. G. Tipp, recently discharged from the Veteran's Hospital in Memphis after a major operation, returned home today and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily. He had spent the past month in the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Tipp
Veteran’s Hospital
Memphis
Mr. Tipp
Weather roundup for Sikeston district week
Sikeston remained wet after a two inch rain that fell in less than 114 hours. Temperatures ranged from 67 to 93 with 72 degrees this morning. Expect clear skies and 65 to 90 at weekend wrap with no general rainfall expected.
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Sikeston
The
Mercury
Heavy Draft for October Calls Set by Scott County
Scott County Selective Service clerk Wayne Buckhanan said October draft calls will be unusually heavy after a lull. The next call for 26 men is set for September 24 with names announced near the 10 day notice limit. To date 1400 locals have been classified and 2500 have received questionnaires.
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Scott County
Wayne Buckhanan
Scott County Selective Service
Buckhanan
Buckhanon
Selective Service
Jefferson Barracks
Sikeston City Council Cleans Up Busy Agenda
The Sikeston city council approved 540.25 for second floor city hall remodeling to host a state health branch laboratory. An ordinance declared Goldstein's junkyard a nuisance to be abated, with fines for delays. A pinball and music box license schedule set at 15 and 10 dollars annually. Police staffing, liquor licenses, Vernon avenue paving, Armory heating, garbage disposal, band stand repairs, and police salary increases were also tackled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
State Board of Health
Goldstein
Frisco Addition
Frank Miller
Lee Lawrence
Sunset Addition
Thomas W. Washington
Fairgrounds
Charleston
Gust Zacher
Loomis Mayfield
R. A. Dempster
Parrots Bring Raucous Roar To Malone's Drug Store
Regular customers at Malone's Drug Store are unsettled by the hysterical laughter and loud remarks of two parrots, Polly and Dora, kept as part of an adjacent pet shop. Polly, eight, speaks phrases including do you love your Polly and Polly wants a cracker, while Dora is affectionately loud and kisses when encouraged. The birds shout, whistle and even curse occasionally, creating a noisy, long-running routine that echoes through the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
Polly
Dora
Billy Malone
Goodby
Billy
Rex
Dorothy
Cottage completed for Mrs Olive Clifford in McMullin
A two room cottage near Mrs Olive Clifford’s home in the McMullin community has been completed and rented out upon completion.
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Olive Clifford
McMullin
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Leningrad
John H. Martin
Office of Production Management
Roosevelt
Wallace
Pierre Laval
American Phychological Association
Wendell L. Willkie
Hitler
Senate
Treasury
Vandenberg
New York City
Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Churchill
Sikeston Police
Chamber OF Commerce
Sikeston Markets
Sikeston Schools
Sikeston Public
R. A. Harper
Massachusetts
City Council
State Laboratory
E. H. Smith
Smith
Zacher
Malone Park
Hess Perrigan
Roy Beck
Grover Lewis
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