The Daily Standard from Sikeston, Missouri • 2

yn -v THE TWICE-A-WEEK STANDARD SIKESTON MISSOURI PAGE TWO FRIDAY MARCH 30 1945 WORLD WAR HFRQFS4 FRANK RIGNEY March 2 according to a telegram received by his wife Sunday She had received letters previous to the telegram stating that he was in a hospital in France recovering from a leg wound Pfc Tanner has been overseas i for 15 months serving in a med-j Major Chester Conrad who has ical unit the Third Army been stationed for the past two His wife and 19 months old! years with the Army Air Force daughter resides with her par-! in China arrived in San Antonio For Early Rotter Melons St Gardens Use VIGORO 5 lb Vigoro 59 25 lb Vigoro 149 50 lb Vigoro 100 lb Vigoro 349 ents living at Sikeston Route 2 Texas Monday and is visiting his brother Conrad and fam-jily before arriving her for a visit with friends William Taylor Back Home From Pacific william a Taylor acmm Vanduser Soldier At the Navy arrived in Sikes ton Sunday He has been sta- tioned at Guam for the past few I months After his leave he will I report to a base in Iowa for pre- I flight training His wife and son will accompany him to his new i base Home For Ten Days Pvt Albert Sullivan Of Van-duer is spending a ten day delay in route with his wife and son and parents Mr and Mrs Sullivan all of Vanduser Formerly stationed at Camp Howze Texas he is being transferred to Fort Mead Md was a real Christmas! The mail first got through in tried to keep up military practices because it was good for our morale We had formations and roll call the Japs required that every morning afternoon and night and we had regular religious services the boys become more some of them did and others turned against their Sgt Wallace says He is reticent about Japanese brutality saying only that he had seen cruel acts seemed to single out the larger men for their brutality he says just stand to think of any one superior I to them in any He like to talk about it but would be practically impossible to exaggerate the brutality of the Japs You can believe everything you he 'says and changes the subject Seated Raymond Peters Secretary ami Treasurer (1 riesedieck saw ouv Brothers Brewery Standing from left to right Kenneth Parke as eatly as la Commercial Manager Radio Station WIL St Louis Donald I Barnes we knew our liberation would President American League Champion Browns Edward Griese- come soon We even had lot-dieck Jr Assistant to the President Grieserlieck Brothers Brewery teries and pools on guessing the Charles (Gabby) Street baseball announcer: Harry Caray: baseball wuen it came well and sports announcer: Sam Breadon President St Louis Wori Cham- ueipve it pion Cardinals: Harold Neusiiz Advertising Manager Griesedieck we mst couWnt beheve it I Japs had a trick of tTy- ing to make you believe you could make a get away so they could catch you trying to escape It was a good excuse to kill Wallace says When The Yanks Came was sitting outside the barracks at 7:30 never for- il was announced contrasts rjavt For Spraying Shrubs and Garden Pure Arsenate Of Lead 29 25 lb 425 Also Paris Green And Black Leaf 40 1 pt Sprayers 39 I qf Sprayers 59 3 gal Sprayers 525 RAY TRANSFERRED 1C Herman Hay who has been stationed at Fort Fierce Sturgeon In Sikeston i Fla with the amphibious train- Furlouall ling forces for the past year has vn UMJ runou9n I been transferred to New Orleans' TSgt Sturgeon son of Mr and for further assignment his wife Mrs Sturgeon arrived Mrs Herman Ray has learned from the European Theatre i of War on a 45 day furlough to visit his wife and son John Frederick At the termination of leave he will report back to overseas duty in France SSgt Sturgeon has been in the service for six years having left with the National Guards Decem- THE SOUTH PACIFIC LT HIS WIN6MATE GONE ALONE ATTACKED A SQUADRON OF NINE JAP BOMBERS IN FIVE MINUTES HE DOWNED FIVE AND DISABLED A SIXTH AID SOON ARRIVED FROM HIS SAVED CARRIER EDDIE WAS A BOY SCOUT IN TR00P2I4STL0UISN0 Pvt Beverly Ralph who hasber 1940 He has been overseas for 33 months (Lse Week of January 8) 50 FT GARDEN HOSE $440 been overseas for one and half years has just completed infantry training in England Pic Albert Ralph is with a medical outfit in France and has been overseas for one year The above are the sons of Mrs Cletus Harr theJCardinal teal is ttfjpresedieck Bros Brew- hat they want accuracy enthusi- askej one b0y where he was cry Cojjjpaif of St Louis to asm and color from and he said Indiana Then Street was also sign- somehow I knew it was the real by Old Judge Coffee to broad- thing evacuated that camp bro ide the did fit L(ut teams Broadens vJiH jnclude ad night and i a Program Cpl Lynn Recovering From Appendectomy Cpl William Lynn son of Mr and Mrs Morse Lynn Rt 1 is recovering from an appendec-j tomy which he recently sustain-jed in France Cpl Lynn is with a medical corps in France and has I been overseas since November day Sundays when the secipAf ame of double headers Iwii? broadcast Fortress has been awarded the Air Medal for during bombing attacks on Nazi military and industrial installations and in cooperation with Allied ground forces The award was presented by Colonel Charles Dougher of Wilkes-Barre Fa commanding he field over WIL fifteen nut before each game on WIL interviews and irside base-Cfcntracts were signed-also with information will be exclu-' a liimber of radio sue Ures of this CORY COFFEE MAKERS 4-6 Cup 395 Cup 495 Upper and lower bowl repairs i isedieck Bros Brewery Com- broadcast pany with WIL in St the in 27 minutes 511 of us including 15 bed patients Strangely enough it was orderly and while we were excited we seemed very calm following orders Then we came home and on CpI William York when wfreSaw I Coining A Gunner the United States it was just ARMY FIELD ARDMORE uncl about spring too much for most of us Lots Okla Cpl William York hannng Starting last Mon- of men were ciying son of Mr and Mrs Bill York of day they will' be heard on KXOK 5: TO FM and on WIL at 9:45 PM babies people in San 1 718 Lake st is assigned to this 2nd AAF flying field where he is completing final phase training Som Hunter To Toke Training In Maryland Lt (j g) Sam Hunter Jr officer of the 94th Bomb Group son of Mr and Mrs Sam Sgt Burke is the son of Mr Hunter Sr of New Madrid who and Mrs Evin Burke of Vanduser returned from 23 months duty in He was an agriculturalist before South Pacific on March 15 entering the Army Air Forces on leaye will report to Edge- wood Md this Friday where mother Mrs Harley Props sr he will enter school for an in- Pvt Props is stationed with the definite period before being as-! Air Corps engineers at Hobbs signed to another ship Field Pfc James A Tanner was i Lt Hunter entered the service slightly wounded in Germany 1 on July 5 1941 and has taken Sikeston Standard $250 Per Year I as gunner of a heavy bombard-I ment unit KHMO-Hannibal Columbia Mo Mo KFVS-Cape Girardeau Mo WJPF-Herrin 111 and WKRO-Cairo 111 Announcers were also selector 1 and signed to handle the broadcast Harry Caray a veteran pi iris announcer Mho has brotri-basebaftl md whomre TSeent sports TcnRO KDRO-Sedalia at 3 a iqJJuwirig wiih bis BEAUTIFUL DINNER SETS 20 iece 498 32 Piece 695 35 Piece 750 53 Piece 1 795 LAMPS Bordoir pr 650 Table ea 975 Francisco were wonderful they have been nicer but it was when I saw the lights of Sikeston Saturday night from the train that it was more than I could take I just believe it and still spellbound I feel like walking around in a only reason we could stick FREEDOM WORTH PRICE OF YEARS IMPRISONMENT tfbt throifgh Httrel dt WIL in the play- will handle Vanduser Soldier Is Awarded Air Medal AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION England Sgt Jack Burke 23 year old Vanduser ball turret gunner on pro Stl Louis by slay of all games st-nd I know what we hffTt without -the)' 4 I Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying arid- books and -maga-fit-out is because we knew eyes irtMuaMtHi- and -spouts equipment be homo some day We never i only temporarily set Utter of Christmas 1942 was when the (admitted defeat I used to tell If I believed that I playei veteran mu iv years came through It the men: are not defeated i be here On Your Pre-Easter Shopping Trip DECORATED WATER SETS Pitcher and 6 Glasses 79 PLAIN Pitcher and 6 Glasses 59 8 ox Glosses 6 for 20 AND TACKLE BOXES 15x6 229 18x6 279 20 8 Heavy 450 DON'T FORGET--- THAT ALL-IMPORTANT JUANITA FLOUR JUANITA FLOUR guarantees you good results in baked goods that will delight the whole family! JUANITA will help you get variety into many a menu long after Easter And you'll find it's so ECONOMICAL to use! The next time you're shopping ask for JUANITA FLOUR Your grocer has it! MR FARMER J' 1 I 1 1 4 Here is your Sale Barn News for this week 1 i cl 1 If you are needing CATTLE or HOGS come to onr sale Sat Mar 31 We are the largest and oldest cattle market in Southeast Me You will find plenty of livestock to suit yon We weigh on GOVERNMENT TESTED SCALES and are the only BONDED AUCTION in Southeast Mo operating as a POSTED MARKET under both FEDERAL and STATE INSPECTION and SUPERVISION firing your fat hogs in we guarantee yen will he pleased with the price and yen will have less shrinkage when you bny at the Sikeston Auction Company Inc We will get the highest prices for your fa hogs and hove buyers awaiting to take them away Auction Sale Of Cattle Hogs Horses and Mules EVERY 4 SATURDAY AT THE Sikeston Auction Company Inc Phone 672 Highway 60 West Sikeston Mo The oldest and largest auction sale in Southeast Missouri We are bonded and operate under Federal and State inspection and supervision WRENCH SETS Box End Set 765 Socket Set 298 6" Stilson 80 8" Stilson 95 10" Stilson 125 14" Stilson 165 1 8" Stilson 225 24" Stilson 380 GARBAGE CANS 7 gal 175 20 gal 249 Scott County Milling Company Sikeston Oran Dexter 10000 SPRING CLOTHES PINS Get yours while they lost 39c Dox PARKER HARDWARE COMPANY (Successor to Leeks) PHONE 6 138 Front Street SIKESTON MISSOURI I.