Missouri to Form Home Guard Units for Local Defense
The 140th Infantry Missouri National Guard plans creating local home guards of 20 to 75 enlisted volunteers aged 18 to 64. Officers will be chosen by members, must have prior military training and Missouri residency, and service runs three years or until the emergency ends. Mobilization is expected in November with duties limited to local protection under the governor. Southeast Missouri Guards may train at Camp Joseph T. Robinson near Little Rock, with orders pending.
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140Th Infantry
Missouri National Guard
Home Guards
Home Guard
National Guard
Missouri
United States
The
Missouri Guard
Southeast Missouri Guards
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Army accepts many physical defects for civilian recruits
The army explains that conscription loosens entry rules for civilian recruits with flat feet and other defects. It notes that even severe impairments do not bar service, with elastic standards for general service, including minimum height and weight and required teeth and a single trigger finger.
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Army
Magnetic map of Southeast Missouri by Missouri Geological Survey
The Missouri Geological Survey releases a magnetometer map showing vertical anomalies for the embayment area of Southeast Missouri. Scale one-fourth inch equals one mile with fifty gamma contour intervals. The base map notes well location elevation and total depth. Copies available by mail from Rodla Missouri at 25 cents each. orders before September 28 ship that date.
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Missouri Geological Survey
Missouri
Rodla
Eastern Star Club Covered Dish Luncheon
Twenty eight members and friends of the Eastern Star Birth day Club enjoyed a covered dish luncheon in the I. O. F. hall, with Mrs. H. E. Dudley presiding. Mrs. John Spence Jr. and Mrs. Wm. Dillon of Morehouse attended. The next meeting in October will be at Mrs. I. G. Lewis's home on Hunter street.
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Eastern Star Birthday Club
I. Co. O. F. Hall
H. E. Dudley
John Spence Jr
Wm. Dillon
Morehouse
I. G. Lewis
Hunter Street
Frisco Railroad cuts danger from slips along river bluffs
Frisco tracks from Crystal City to Ste Genevieve received major stabilization to prevent slide damage. Between 1939 and 1940, 150000 cubic yards of talus slope were removed, widening embankments and shifting the line 15 to 20 feet from bluff fronts for about 3.5 miles, at a cost near 130000 dollars.
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Sikeston
St. Louis
Sunnyland
Frisco Railroad
Herald
Frisco
Ste. Genevieve
Crystal City
O. M. Watts
L. E. Rice
Flagman
R. M. West
Harry C. James
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Memphis
Cape Girardeau
Hayti
Blytheville
Osceola
Turrell
Ark
St. Lows, Memphis and Southeastern Construction Co
Mississippi River
Memphis, Tenn
St Louis
Crystal Cuy
Rush Tower
List Constructor Company
Kansas City
List Construction Co
Fietalus Slope
Festus postmaster faces two year salary refund case
Max H Dreyer, Festus postmaster since 1934, may owe back pay if he cannot prove his father was naturalized when Dreyer was a minor. He sought a birth certificate after learning he was not born in America, having been brought from Germany as an infant. He has taken a voluntary leave of absence as an investigation proceeds. if he is not a citizen, salary paid since July 1938 could be refunded under a post office act.
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Max H Dreyer
Festus
Post Office
Dreyer
America
United States
Germany
Softwoods Beat Expectations With Harder Lumber Than Hardwood
Some softwood species yield lumber that exceeds the strength of certain hardwoods, challenging traditional wood classifications and expanding timber use options for construction and furniture making.
Louis Prang’s Christmas Cards Start of a Card Era
In 1874 Louis Prang produced what is considered America’s first Christmas cards. Separately, the use of goat whiskers is noted in advancing carpet manufacturing techniques.
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Louis Prang
America
German Planes Bomb London on 18th Day Raid
German planes hit east London in a daylight attack marking the 18th day of Nazi air raids. Casualties climbed with official counts of at least 90 killed and 350 injured after an all-night assault described as the fiercest yet. London officials note the city remains the most bombed in history as residents resume tasks despite damage.
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London
Mr and Mrs Britton Visit Cairo via Daughter’s Home
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Britton of Cairo are guests of their daughter, Mrs. Earl Allen, and her husband this week.
Sleeping Porch Offers Year Round Use For Growing Families
In discussing extra space for a growing family the sleeping porch is noted as useful year round. Miss Caroline Hess is ill and confined at home. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hatfield and children Ann and Larry Frank will return to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, after visiting their respective parents.
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Caroline Hess
L. F. Hatfield
Ann
Larry Frank
B. F. Blanton
Hattiesburg
Tragic reminder on road safety from Maryland teacher
A Maryland teacher urges caution after a motorist risks children at play and notes that three thousand boys and girls lost their lives to car wheels last year. The message stresses preventing future tragedies and protecting students.
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Bobbie
Maryland Teach
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Ranpeve
Idaho
Columbus
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
Maryland
Sikeston, Mo
Corona
W. Malone Avenue
Moore-Harris Abstract Company
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
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