Jubilee Program Is Presented In Sikeston
A tentative Southeast Missouri Jubilee program for Sikeston on September 29 and 30 was presented to the committee by President Murray Phillips and Manager Conly Purcell. Highlights include a merchants tent, a four-county agricultural display, livestock pens, premium contests, a pet parade, an open-air professional show, and an 80-foot fire dive. Six hundred high school musicians plan to open Saturday’s activities at 10 o'clock.
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Southeast Missouri
Sikeston
Jubilee Committee
Murray Phillips
Conly Purcell
Scott County Milling Company
Railroad Park
Malone Park
W_H Sikes
Bill Baker
Murray Klein
Missouri
Legion Park
Jane Ziegler
Crack Girl
Warfield
Cobb & Daley
Pappy Cheshire
KMOX
Ann Mayo
Municipal Opera
Joe Erber
Hege Maesed
Morehouse Strike Enters Third Week
Workers at Himmelberger Harrison Manufacturing in Morehouse continue a third week of strike with ongoing day and night picketing. Ten strikers remain held on circuit court charges next week for alleged disturbances linked to the picketing. Protests led to arrests for unlawful assembly and related counts as strikers plan to contact company head Himmelberger for a settlement.
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Himmelberger- Harrison Manufacturing Company
Morehouse
New Madrid
Ww. M. James
James
Grundy Hutson
Wesley Ferguson
Carl Collier
Virgil Gray
L. O. Strickland
Strickland
J. W. Crowley
John Kinder
Herman Atkinson
Charles Shoulders
Clyde Rogers
Louis Griffin
Harry Himmelberger
Four O Clock A A Too Late For Celebrating Sikeston Opinion
A Sikeston resident denounces 4 o clock in the morning celebrations by White and Negro residents as too late or too early for festivities. He says late-night noises disrupt sleep while a group of Alley residents celebrated into dawn as his wife cheered from the sidelines.
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Sikeston
American Legion to Convene County Meeting in Benton
A county wide American Legion meeting will be held at the Benton courthouse tonight with the Au Bubhon Alsobrook Post of Chaffee sponsoring. Chaffee unit officers will be installed with Commander Max Clodfelter of Dexter presiding. A fish fry will follow, with Dr W A Anthony and at least a dozen other Legionnaires attending.
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American Legion
Court House
Benton
Au Bubhon- Alsobrook
Chaffee
Max Clodfelter
Dexter
Legionnaires
W. A. Anthony
Sikeston
Henry Meldrum
Auto Burned Near Brown Spur Tuesday Night
An automobile, reported to have belonged to J. B. Graves, was found burning Tuesday night east of Brown Spur by Sergeant Melvin Dace of the Highway Patrol. The car, a 1934 Ford coach, showed no sign of collision or occupants when investigated.
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J. B. Graves
Brown Spur
Melvin Dace
Highway Patrol
Dace
Roosevelt Calls Congress to Special Session
President Roosevelt urged Congress to convene in a special session at noon on Thursday September 21. He signaled plans to seek repeal of the arms embargo clause and limit the session to that action, while also inviting Democratic and Republican leaders to an informal White House conference on September 20.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Congress of the United States
Senate
House
White House
Washington
Bert Rice
Kendall and
Delmar
Martin
Rice
Barber
Five Burglaries In One Night Reported Locally
Claude McManus and the State Highway Patrol probe a Tuesday night spree in which a night prowler hit four city homes then used a stolen Martin car to ransack a boarding house neighborhood. Loot varied from coins to a watch, with similar Cape Girardeau robberies noted.
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Claude McManus
State Highway Patrol
Sikeston
Cotton Ginnings Surpass Last Week in Sikeston District
Prevailing conditions boost cotton picking in Sikeston area as ideal weather and abundant labor push gins to long shifts. About 700 bales ginned so far this week, more than fivefold increase from 117 bales last week. Sikeston Compress and Warehouse has received 2000 bales, with potential to double weekly receipts if the season stays strong.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Compress and Warehouse Company
New resident praises Sikeston as best town in Missouri
James Noblitt of Chattanooga starting as Maytag salesman in Sikeston commends hospitality and efficiency. He notes unusual town activity and courteous housewives, calling Sikeston the greatest little town in Missouri while living with Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Henry on South Kingshighway.
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Sikeston
James Noblitt
Chattanooga, Tenn
Sikeston Maytag Company
Mr. Noblitt
Missouri
Red Cross Production Work to Begin in Sikeston
Red Cross district representatives met at Scott County Milling Company to organize Sikeston headquarters and begin production of surgical dressings and refugee slips. Mrs. C D Matthews Jr. named production chair, set to recruit volunteers as Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff chapters already started. Major Malone to launch October membership drive, with luncheon and program planned at Hotel Marshall Sikeston on October 17.
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Red Cross
10Th
Scott County Milling Company
H. L. Harty
Scott County Red Cross
Sikeston
C. D. Matthews Jr
Cape Girardeau
Poplar Bluff
10Th District
Hotel Marshall
Ruth Finney
Morley
New Arrivals Highlight Local Births This Week
Priscilla Armistead named daughter of Dr A E Belden and wife on North Ranney Street born Sept 9, sibling Jane's birthday observed. The Belden family note recalls the name lineage since 1792. A son born to Eddie and Amelda Jones Bone on September 13, and another son to Arthur and Mrs Maxey on the same date.
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Priscilla Armistead
A. E. Belden
Ranney Street
Jane
Dr. Belden
Bor
Eddie Bone
Letter to Missouri Governor on Jesse James dated
A Hollywood woman wrote to Governor Thomas T. Crittenden in Jefferson City asking for information about the outlaw Jesse James. Crittenden, who served 1880 to 1884, died in 1908.
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Jefferson City
Thomas T. Crittenden
Missouri
Hollywood
Jesse James
Crittenden
Cotton Pickers Strike Fails in Sikeston District
Reported strike by cotton pickers aimed at raising wages to one dollar per hundred failed. A noisy but orderly gathering formed at Front and New Madrid streets, but workers drifted away without disruption. Growers continue paying 75 cents per hundred as cotton opens rapidly in heat.
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Front
New Madrid
Sikeston
State Highway Patrol
Wade Tucker
Associated Farm Labor
Tucker
Trailback
New Madrid County
S. W. Barton
Tennessee
Arkansas
No Vote on Corn Quotas This Year Wallace Says
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace announced there will be no referendum this year on corn marketing quotas due to the European situation. He cited an indicated supply near 2.993 billion bushels for the coming year, with a 1939 crop of 2.523 billion and a 470 million bushel surplus as of October 1, and noted the quota level would be 3.03 billion bushels under the act.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Associated Press
Record Heat Persists In Southeast Missouri Weeklong Heat
The second week of oppressive September heat continues with hope for relief before the weekend. A high of 101 degrees was set on Sunday September 10 and the low dropped to 57 on Monday night September 11. Forecasters expect continued warmth for the next several days.
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Missouri
Mercury
Stray Ford V-8 Found On Malone Avenue
State Highway Patrol seeks owner of a grey Ford V-8 coach with Indiana plates parked on Malone avenue between New Madrid and Scott streets since Saturday. Patrol found the ignition key inside and the gas tank empty. car was locked and remains unreported stolen, according to Sergeant R. R. Reed.
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J. A. Barker
North Kingshighway
B. F. Klein
John Martin
Martin
The
Herald
State Highway Patrol
Indiana
Malone Avenue
New Madrid
Scott Streets
Businss
State Patrol
R. R. Reed
State Hospital Units Ready by October First
State Eleemosynary Board said new units at Fulton Nevada Farmington will be ready for use about October 1 after about $80,000 in equipment is installed. Dr. Frazer becomes Fulton criminal insane superintendent, with Dr. Bunch succeeding him. Mount Vernon and St. Joseph posts reshuffled.
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State Eleemosynary Board
Fulton
Nevada
Farmington
Sol. W. Ed Jameson
T. R. Frazer
Hospital
J. R. Bunch
Fulton Institution
Frazer
St. Joseph
Ralph Hanks
Orr Hullinex
Emmett F. Hector
R. H. Runde
Mount Vernon
H. M. Piper
St. Joseph Hospital
Marshall State School
A. Walter Smith
Veiled Prophet to Hold Court on October 10
His Mysterious Majesty, the Veiled Prophet, will appear for his annual street parade in St. Louis on Tuesday October 10 with the ball at Municipal Auditorium the next night. The second week in October was chosen last year and remains official. War in Europe will not affect plans. The celebration employs many people, and in 61 years the parade and ball have been canceled only twice in 1917 and 1918 during wartime.
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St. Louis
Europe
United States
Gold Star Mothers Day Set On September 24
President Roosevelt designated September 24 as Gold Star Mothers Day to honor American mothers who lost sons and daughters in the first world war.
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Roosevelt
Fires Ravage Multiple Cotton Gins Across Region
A string of fires at cotton gins destroyed baled or loose cotton and damaged buildings. Planters Cotton Company lost seventy two bales and its storage shed, with insurance covering the cotton but not the building or machinery. E P Coleman Cotton, Matthews Roberts-Davis Cotton and Grain, Fletcher’s Gin Gideon and Sikeston Gin also reported smaller incidents with limited damage. Fire departments responded, aiming to resume operations soon, while causes remain undetermined and heat dryness noted in several cases.
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Planters Cotton Company
W. W. Lankford
Lankford
E. P. Coleman Cotton Company
Matthews Gin
Roberts-Davis Cotton and Grain Company
Matthews
Fletcher
Gideon
Rains Help Warsaw Hold as Germans Press Besieged City
Reports from Europe mirror the ongoing conflict in Poland as autumn rains arrive and may hinder German mobile forces while Warsaw endures heavy bombardment and a worsening food shortage. Paris and Berlin claim heavy artillery on the Western Front as French dispatches push near Saarbrucken. The Duke of Windsor returns to England and is to take a war appointment, details unspecified.
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Europe
Germany
France
England
Poland
Warsaw
Paris
Berlin
Saarbruicken
Saar
Windsor
Duke of Windsor
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Mississippi
Stoddard
Prowler
Alva Vaughn
North Street
W. M. Carroll
Carroll
Stoddard Street
Clarence Deevers
Marshall
W_ M_ Carroll
Seikeston
Cc. L. Malone
C. L Blanton
Ross
E. C. Matthews
Stella Shill
J. D. Allison
M. H. Stubblefield
O. O. Owen
Planters
Coleman
Gidcon
Sikeston Gin Company
DW Spa
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