New Air College at Sikeston Opens Saturday
The Missouri Institute of Aeronautics in Sikeston, one of 18 Army Air Corps reserve officer training detachments, begins operations with a campus including two dormitories a cafeteria an education building an administration building and a large hangar. The school plans expansion to add another hangar one or two more dormitories and more personnel as cadet capacity grows from 140 to higher levels with the first class numbering 36 and another class due October 19. Aerial view notes campus spread one mile east of Sikeston on Highway 60 with 11 planes currently in the hangar and space for up to 35 ships.
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Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Sikeston
Oliver L. Parks
Parks
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
United States Army
Army
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics Plant
Highway 60
Increased enrollment for fall term at ArCollege
More than 1100 students have enrolled at the State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau for the fall term, a gain over last year in the first week of the new term. The cotton term, started to serve teachers in cotton districts during cotton vacation, is postponed until September 23 because cotton matures later in Southeast Missouri.
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State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Mussouri
Sudden Cold Closes In Across Southeast Missouri
A cold snap swept Southeast Missouri from 100 degrees to 37 in under a day. Residents lit fires as coal dealers saw brisk business. Sheltered fashion fell back to coats as frost and near freezing temps spread across Missouri, with Joplin reporting the first frost.
British Use Phosphorus Bombs on German Areas
British aviators since early August have dropped thousands of celluloid slabs and raw phosphorus on German fields forests and dwellings causing fires and civilian casualties including a fatal pet death in Guditeshivy. The report notes widespread burns and suffocation amid civilian impact and confirms ongoing air operations over Germany.
Paving Moore Avenue Ordered by Sikeston Council
At a special meeting Sikeston city council orders concrete paving of Moore avenue from Hunter street to Wallace street and to invite bids. Graveling of College avenue from Ranney street to Sikes avenue is tabled for now while labor import policy is considered and a tractor grader purchase of 1700 dollars is approved. An ordinance to pro-rate motion picture licenses for at least six months was not passed.
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Moore Avenue
Hunter Street
Wallace Street
Sikeston City
College Avenue
Ranney Street
Sikes Avenue
Allis-Chalmers
George D. Steele
Market Prices From Sikeston Grain and Live Poultry
Sikeston markets list for wheat No 2 per bushel corn white No 2 per bushel corn yellow No 2 per bushel hens per pound fryers heavy per pound leghorn fryers per pound leghorn hens per bushel old roosters 12c to 57c 60 is shown as license?
Understanding Intoxication Pathways in the Bloodstream
The statement explains that intoxication from alcohol occurs only after it enters the bloodstream and reaches the brain. It clarifies the physiological sequence from ingestion to central nervous system effects, noting that drinking alone does not imply immediate impairment until systemic circulation distributes alcohol to neural tissue.
Sikeston Opens Army Air Cadet Training Center
Thirty cadets arrived for the first course as Sikeston steps into a national defense program. The Missouri Institute of Aeronautics will train Army Air Corps cadets in a ten week primary, then ten weeks at Randolph Field, with finishing at Kelly Field before commissioning. About fifty staff support the operation as Army officers and men are stationed, and a $150,000 pilot training plant awaits completion.
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Arkansas
Iowa
Texas
Eldon
Missouri
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Army
A. C. Burns
Civil Aeronautics Authority
St. Louis
Parks Air College
East St. Louis
ICHY ARTHUR OPENS NEW AIRPORT MARKET
Sikeston announces Ichy Arthur opens the Airport Market on highway 60 opposite the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics. Remodel includes red and white exterior, screened front for fresh air, overhead folding door, fluorescent lighting, and wide parking. Store offers full groceries, a small meat market, and forthcoming expansion for hotdogs and jumbo hamburgers. Open daily 7 AM to 9 PM. Dr. J. Neinstedt traveled to St Louis on professional duties.
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Sikeston
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
O. M
Arthur
Ichy
Negroes Hart In Train Car Wreck
Theo Branson a 34 year old Negro was critically injured when the Lair Company truck he drove east on the Salcedo road struck a northbound Frisco freight train. His companion Luther Hill sustained an arm fracture and severe bruises. Branson was taken to St Marys Infirmary Cairo in critical condition. The freight train continued to Sikeston after the collision.
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Theo Branson
Sikeston
Lair’s
Chaffee
Lester Wallace
Oscar James
Route 1
Buchanan visit to Poplar Bluff hospital family
Mr and Mrs C C Buchanan and Mrs Laray Taylor and son Bobby Ray visited Mrs Ernest Bolic and baby daughter Mary Ruth in Poplar Bluff hospital on Sunday.
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C C Buchanan
Laray Taylor
Bobby Ray
Ernest Bolic
Mary Ruth
Poplar Bluff Hospital
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Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, Inc
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Ichy Arthur
J. Neinstedt
Mm St Lous
Negroes Hart
Charles J. Fogarty
Arthur McGieeny
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