Scott County Wheat Loans and Cotton Marketing Cards
The Scott County A A A reports 538 wheat farmers placed 287000 bushels under the 1940 wheat loan, drawing 204455 dollars. With prices around 65 cents, loan value near 70 cents, the loan adds about 14350 dollars to farmers this summer. Cotton marketing quota cards are available for those within 1940 allotments to identify taxable vs tax free cotton at sale. cards should be shown to buyers and ginners to ensure accurate gin records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon M. Lane
Scott County
Vin Burke
Scott County Agriculture Conservation Association
Making of 1941 Rural Program in Scott County Nears Completion
The 1941 Rural Program for Scott County is nearly finished after the August 22 community meeting at McMullin. Federal agencies and other groups have reviewed the plan and offered help on their parts. Wheat plans for 1941 were executed by community leaders and farmers in August. Price adjustment checks for wheat, corn and cotton have arrived and a shipment of computation sheets for the Agriculture Conservation payment has been sent to the State office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
McMullin
Agriculture Conservation
State Office
Study Experiment Field Results Invite Southeastern Missouri Farmers
Farmers across Southeast Missouri are invited to study experimental results at two field sites. The Steele cotton variety test field will host a meeting Thursday September 19 at 1 30 p m for all counties. Sikeston meetings split by morning and afternoon sessions on September 20 and cover nine years of results in cotton corn and soybeans, fertilizer effects, and green manure trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Sikeston
Steele
Mississippi
New Madrid
Dunklin
Pemiscot
Stoddard
Scott
Butler
Ripley
Perry
Cape Girardeau
Bollinger
Contour Furrows and Lime Boost 1940 Soil Fertility Plan
Otto Die bold Benton promotes contour farming to prevent soil washing while Otto Die bold Benton and W C Pattengill work on seed beds and contour furrows. Ground limestone is increasingly used to correct soil acidity. Farmers drill super phosphate with small grains and broadcast 22600 pounds of grasshopper poison bait. The station is closed but may reopen if fall conditions merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Diebold
Benton
W. C. Pattengill
Wilt resistant melons shown profitable in wilted fields
H. M. McPherson M. M. Brasher Elmer Grant and other farmers demonstrated that wilt resistant melon varieties can be grown where wilt is present and sold at prices comparable to the standard Dixie Queen. Hawksberry is the most widely grown resistant variety. Brasher grew Stone Mountain No 5 Improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. McPherson
M. M. Brasher
Elmer Grant
Stone Mountain No 5
Infantile paralysis rising in Missouri state health report
Missouri sees rising polio cases with more than 50 in a single month and nine in the week of August 3. Most victims are young children in the west central region. Polio is a warm weather disease with no preventive measure, often affecting one family member and requiring isolation and prompt care to limit paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
State Health Department
Jefferson City
Board of Health
Treasury records $760 million excess spending in July August
An Associated Press report says the Treasury ran 760,563,329 more out than in during the first two months of the fiscal year beginning July 1, spending 1,538,980,405 and taking in 778,417,075. The raise in the national debt reached 343,905,249,096 as of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Treasury
Federal loans on 1940 wheat reach 157,579 total
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced 157,579 loans totaling 74,180,190 dollars were made on 1940 wheat through September 4. By the same date last year 121,918 loans totaling 61,761,307 dollars were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
John Adams, Ex President, Lived Thirty Years As Elder Statesman
John Adams served as a living ex president of the United States for a quarter of a century, remaining a prominent figure in politics and public life throughout his later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
United States
State Employment Agency Serves Cotton Growers and Workers
The Missouri State Employment Service urges cotton growers to notify offices about releasing workers and to register available labor for next jobs. Permanent offices in Sikeston Kennett and Caruthersville and temporary offices in several towns coordinate employer and worker needs at no charge. Officials emphasize pre season prep and continued cooperation to catalog local labor for urgent hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employment Service
Carl Wedeking
Sikeston
Missouri State Employment Service
Wedeking
N. Kingshighway
Kennett
Kennett Street
Caruthersville
Ward Avenue
Charleston
East Prairie
City Hall
New Madrid
Essex
Malden
Wardell, Lindas Lumber Company
Hornersville
Steele, Blackwell Horse and Mule Barn
G A R meeting returns to cradle city Springfield
The Grand Army of the Republic, now about 1000 veterans, held its 74th encampment in Springfield Illinois. Veterans aged 88 to 103 opened sessions, with Commander in Chief A T Anderson vowing encampments and parades will continue as long as members can march. Two veterans visited Lincoln’s tomb before attending ceremonies.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Springfield
Ill
A. T. Anderson
W. J. Rutledge
B. F. Stephenson
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry
Grand Army
Anderson
Abraham Lincoln
New Officer for 140th Regiment
Sergeant Harrison Taylor arrived in Sikeston to take duties as technical sergeant on Major W. E. G. Graham staff. He has been on duty with the Minnesota National Guard at Mankato and now makes his home at the Dye Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Taylor
Minnesota National Guard
Manketo
Minn
Sikeston
W. E. G. Graham
Taylor
Dye Hotel
Cape Man Heads SEMO Reserve Officers
Capt Hal F. Irwin of Cape Girardeau was elected president of the Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Association at the first fall meeting held at the National Guard armory Sunday afternoon September 8. Lt Elvis B Hinson was elected secretary treasurer. Major C L Malone of Sikeston steps down after two years as head. Major Malone now on active duty in St Louis. Ten officers attended the meeting with new officers and instructors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal F. Irwin
Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Association
National Guard
Elvis B. Hinson
Capt
Irwin
C. L. Malone
Sikeston
Major Malone
Third Military Area
St. Louis
John R. Wilson
Civilian Conservation Corps
Malone
Martin L. Roth
S. J. Orgel
Caruthersville
Hinson
Roth
George L. Witt
Hayti
J. C. Frame
Dexter
Identical New Homes Occupied by Owners on Kingshighway
Newly built frame residences on South Kingshighway for the M. L. Canedy and Lowell E. Webb families are now occupied by their new owners. Each five room house features modern conveniences, identical construction and color, and includes a full basement with furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Kingshighway
M. L. Canedy
Lowell Ee, Webb
Cooley Divorce Granted in Scott County Missouri
In the September 6 1940 vacation term of the Scott County Circuit Court Mattie Lou Cooley files for divorce from nonresident defendant Harry Cooley. Plaintiff is represented by attorney M G Gresham and seeks relief by petition verified by affidavit noting service issues due to residency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Missouri
Mattie Lou Cooley
Harry Cooley
Circuit Court
M. G. Gresham
L. J. Pfefferkorn
Benton
Divorce petition publication for Scott County Missouri
Public notice in Sikeston Herald informs defendant Harry Cooley that a divorce action has been filed to dissolve their bonds of matrimony. Defendant must appear by the first Monday in November 1940 or plead otherwise. publication runs four weeks prior to term.
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Circuit Court
Scott County
Missouri
Harry Cooley
Scott
Benton
Sikeston Herald
L. J. Prfefferkorn
Zora Guillen
James P. Gillen
M. G. Gresham
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Neewseap
Scott County Farm Activities
Week’s Herald
State Employment Agency
Cradle City
Cape Man
SEMO
Seal
Opportunity Farms
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison Avenue
Memphis
Tennessee
F. B. Kelso
Arkansas
Kentucky
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Co
Wardell
Lindas Lumber Co
Ward Ave. Steele
Blackwell Horse and Mule Barn
The
the Unemployment Compensation Commission OF Missouri
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