Sikeston Airman earns Distinguished Flying Cross
Tech. Sgt. Ralph W. Armour of Sikeston receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement and bravery while flying on B-17 missions with the Eighth Air Force over Germany and Normandy. He is a radio operator and gunner aboard Hell's Belle, with over 250 hours in combat. Armour notes Berlin flak memories and recalls his first enemy- territory flight. He previously earned the Air Medal and four oak leaf clusters, and joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 after Coca Cola bottling work.
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Ralph W. Armour
George Armour
Sikeston
Germany
Nazi
Normandy
Set
Armour
Seighth Air Force
Berlin
Highth Air Force
Europe
Roosevelt
England- Africa
Messerschmitt
Regenberg
Sgt
Sikeston High School
Sikeston Coca Cola Bottling Company
Army Air Forces
Fort Myers
Fla
Sikeston Soldier Commended by War Secretary Stimson
Staff Sergeant John I. Sturgeon of Sikeston received a commendation from Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson for loyal and efficient service during Stimson's England visit. Sturgeon, a flying radio operator with Air Service Command, served aboard the trip to the Far Shore and to Normandy.
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John I. Sturgeon
Sikeston
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
England
Cape Girardeau Shoppers Mrs Cunningham and Mrs Osburn
Mrs Delia Cunningham and Mrs Ollie Osburn shopped in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday, joining local shoppers at downtown stores. The pair browsed fashions and household goods, then left with several purchases and planned returns before week’s end.
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Delia Cunningham
Ollie Osburn
Cape Girardeau
Former Sikeston Man Gets Purple Heart
John Bohannon, son of Mr and Mrs W L Bohannon former Sikeston residents now in East Prairie, has been awarded the Purple Heart after injuries to his back in the June 7 invasion of France. He has been overseas for over seven months serving with the Army Air Forces and is hospitalized in England.
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John Bohannon
W. L. Bohannon
Sikeston
England
France
Bohannon
Army Air Forces
East Prairie
Visiting French Home Provides Rest and Meals
Lieut. Conley reports in a France letter dated August 20 that troops found a rest area with portable showers and clean clothing forthcoming. He describes a hearty French supper, wine, and singing with locals, then a near encounter with German lines as they departed around 11:30.
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Lewis Conley
France
Eddie Orear and bride visit Sikeston friends after wedding
Ensign and Mrs Edwin L Orear visited friends in Sikeston Saturday after their marriage last week at the bride Nadine Ann Taylor's home in Lexington Missouri. Orear, known as Eddie, is the son of Rev and Mrs E H Orear of Poplar Bluff and an instructor in Corpus Christi Texas. The bride is daughter of Mrs Ann T D Taylor of Lexington and a Central College Fayette graduate where she met Orear.
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Ensign
Edwin L. Orear
Sikeston
Nadine Ann Taylor
Lexington
Ensign Orear
Eddie” Orear
E. H. Orear
Poplar Bluff
Sikeston Methodist Church
Corpus Christi
Texas
Public sale of Sturdivant Bank assets in Cape Girardeau
A public sale of the remaining assets of the closed Sturdivant Bank in Cape Girardeau will be held at the Common Pleas courthouse on Monday September 25. Roscoe P. Brune, special deputy commissioner in charge of the bank, announced the sale. the bank closed in November 1932.
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Cape Girardeau
Sturdivant Bank
Common Pleas
Roscoe P. Brune
Women Army Corps in the Mediterranean Area
Pvt. Bernice Husher of Sikeston is among 37 Missouri women in the Women's Army Corps now serving with 1800 WACs in the Mediterranean theater. Lt. Col. Westray Boyce details rapid growth, duties from Algiers to Naples, and praise from General Clark.
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Bernice Husher
Sikeston
Women's Army Corps
Missouri
Westray Battle Boyce
Boyce
Africa
Algiers
Casablanca
Tunis
Naples
Rome
U.S. A
Italy
University of Naples
Fifth Army
Clark
Caserta
Mediterranean
Home Guard membership rises with drill and visits
J F Cox Jr enrolled as a new member of the Sikeston Home Guard at a Monday night meeting. Regulars practiced close-order drill under Sgts Kirby Feverston and Cook. Missouri Home Guard ranks lead across 14 states per recent federal reports, Texas once led. Capt Howard Dunaway, Third Battalion Medical Department at Poplar Bluff, praised a Missouri Home Guard Camp near Troy as well run. Guests included Leo Cunningham of Murphysboro Illinois and Margaret Ditterline of Equality Illinois. Delia Cunningham hosted with Mr and Mrs Alfred Byrd and daughter Jane of Matthews visiting.
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J. F. Cox Jr
Sikeston Home Guard
Kirby
Feverston
Cook
Missouri Home Guard
Texas
Howard Dunaway
Sikeston
Medical Department
Poplar Bluff
Troy
Leo Cunningham
Murphysboro
Ill
Margaret Ditterline
Equality
Delia Cunningham
Alfred Byrd
Jane
Matthews
Cunningham
Newspaper missed delivery alert for The Herald
Readers missing The Herald by carrier or mail are urged to notify the newspaper at once so delivery can be arranged. The Herald aims for 100 percent delivery and is published each Thursday afternoon with immediate carrier or post office delivery.
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Herald
Poplar Bluff Farmer Harvests Broom Corn Profit
Poplar Bluff resident H. Starwalt planted 5 500 acres of broom corn and harvested one ton per four acres. At 300 dollars per ton and costs of 10 dollars per bushel seed 9 dollars per acre for harvest and 350 dollars per acre for land Starwalt reports a net around 400 dollars.
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Poplar Bluff
R H. Starwalt
Starwalt
Herald Promises Truth in Every Read
A brief note asserts trust in The Herald’s reporting quality. Readers are asked to rely on its coverage for local events, updates, and community notices as the paper positions itself as a dependable source.
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