Laughlin Field Bond Drive Opens With Community Push
Laughlin Field launches a bond drive for the Fifth War Loan with a downtown campaign. Officers wives and local volunteers sell bonds at a booth near the bulletin, with a parade, a dance, and a final concert planned at Laughlin High School.
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Odnis
Pass Bachange
Ereeton
B. Atkins
Bel
Villa Arana
Une Val Verde
Jor O'Toole
Tio High School
Laughlin
Piri Roe
Department Store Sales Rise 11 Percent Last Week
Washington reports department stores posted an 11 percent gain in the week ending June 2, with the previous week up 6 percent from a year earlier. For the five weeks ended May 27 sales rose 3 percent over last year, led by the Atlanta district with a 27 percent rise. Regional gains appeared in various districts including Chicago New York and San Francisco with smaller increases in other cities.
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Arinent
Medepal Board
Atlanta
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Chieska
New York
Ricard
Francisco Toereh
Besta
Philadelphia
Eneh
Jans Mass In Offensive To Take Pingkiang
Albanian offensive report claims Jans Mass advances toward Pingkiang while fighting near Paekians. The narrative describes unclear battle lines and enemy setbacks as troops push northeast of a central medical facility.
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Jans Mass
Pingkiang
Chungring
She
Emoital
Hit the Rivet ee Ann Pendleton wartime youth tale
The real life adventures of a society girl who goes to work in a war plant unfold in Moore City. She navigates a confusing transit route to Kerry Kraft and seeks a place to stay while starting a new job. Mrs Schwartz and Mrs Nelson offer guidance and rooms as she adapts to this unfamiliar world.
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New York
Ant
Mayden
Kerry Kraft
Bes
Schwartz
Miz Nelson
Mom
Petty Officer Melvin Billings Visits Parents
Petty Officer Melvin Billings is on furlough visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs F W Gillies Sr, in Del Rio. He arrived Monday night and will stay until next Thursday. He is stationed at Fort Hueneme, Outi.
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Mr Billings
Secsb
Chiss
Navy
di Spemd
del Rio
Ais
F W. Gillies Sr
Fort Hueneme
Outi
U S C Calendar Highlights Friday to Sunday Events
The calendar lists Friday croquet events and partners, Saturday activities include letter home talk informal dancing by GSO with a $30 fee, quiz contest, and more. Sunday features classical music hour, community sing led by Nell Bochat, a camera club lecture, and an archery session on the game lot. A note mentions Tolan adapting a grey-green serge for the army in 1913.
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GSO
Doroal
Nell Bochat
Camera Club
Wounded Soldier Recalls Near Death in Italian Campaign
Staff Sgt. Sequoyah H. Harper of the 45th Division, son of Hominy residents, recounts surviving a mine blast that amputated his leg after his buddy was killed. He and his friend, both in a field artillery unit, were ten miles south of Gassina when a mine from an olive stump exploded. Harper details the moment and their close bond in the aftermath.
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Barry
Sequoyah H. Harper
45Th Division
L. L. Harper
Hominy
Oklo
Harper
Warre
Gassina
Jeg
Buddy
Alwys
Bevery Hovewife Dreams Of Modern Model Kitchen
After the war you can buy domestic appliances, including cabinets and convenient gadgets, but model kitchens are not available today. The piece describes postwar desires for shining features and modern conveniences in home setups.
Whimsical Weekend Menu From a Vintage Pantry
A quirky old menu lists Creamed Scallions and Exes with boiled eggs, watercress salad, endive, and vegetables with French dressing. It includes a Sunday plan featuring lamb stew with potatoes and green beans, plus cream of tomato soup with ham and warm gingerbread.
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Alan
Hay Quality Compared To Grain in Digestible Nutrients
Good quality hay contains about two thirds as many digestible nutrients as grain or feed mixtures.
Industrial Peace Urged By Perkins
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins urged industrial peace during wartime, decrying wildcat stoppages. She noted that despite walkouts, the no-strike pledge by labor and no-lockout pledge by management remained at over 99 percent, criticizing strikes called without responsible leadership.
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Boston
Frances Perkins Tenigsht
Perkins
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
When American boys fight for peace and fair union justice
Mrs Perkins told the union representatives that leaders in Ibor have cooperated with the conciliation service of the Department of Labor and the National War Labor Board in adjusting their differences. She argued that when American boys are fighting and dying for peace and well being, and there exists fair machinery for settling industrial disputes, no strike is justified.
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Ibor
Department of Labor and
National War
Anahor
Aduaputes
Woe cheraving practiced by early Chinese in 10th century
The fragment notes that woe cheraving was practiced by ancient Chinese as early as the 10th century, indicating historical ritual or craft activity.
Electrical power demand in April exceeds prior year
Austin reports higher electricity consumption with a 179 percent rise in April versus March and compared to April a year earlier. University Bureau of Business Research notes increased electric power usage, with shipments, consumption, and related figures indicating substantial growth. Brasil also sending delegates to study U.S. agricultural methods.
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Texas
Sipe & (Sp
Bureau of Business Research
Apric
Agar
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