D Day Airborne and Allied Landing Comparison
The text notes that within days after D Day one million Allied troops were ashore in France and 2.5 million men and 17 million tons of ships followed early. It compares Allied quantities to Pershing’s WWI port arrivals. It also cites the Great Lakes system as the world’s key inland waterway network, spanning 1160 miles from Duluth Minnesota to Lake Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minn
Lake Ontario
Miss Mitchell Weds Willis Granger At Impressive Home Rites
Miss Kathryn Mitchell daughter of Mrs. Nol an S. Mitchell and the late Mr. Mitchell married Willis Edell Granger son of Dr and Mrs Frank G Granger at the bride’s parents home. Rev J M McKinney officiated with family and close friends present. The couple will reside in Luverne after a Florida wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mitchell
Mr. Granger
Kathryn Mitchell
Nolan S. Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Willis Edell Granger
Frank G. Granger
Ashford
J. M. McKinney
Oswald Granger
Indianapolis
Ind
Guy Mitchell
Luverne
Ashford High School
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Europe
Crenshaw County
Lester Hardin
Nolan Hardin
Eclee- Cees
Memorial Sing Held At Anderson Church
A memorial sacred harp sing was held Sunday at Anderson Church near Blue Springs in memory of Albert Spivey and Ramie Parner. Officiants included Rev. A. J. Renfroe and a long list of Spivey family leaders guided both morning and afternoon sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Church
Blue Springs
Albert Spivey
Ramie Parner
A. J. Renfroe
Daniel Spivey
C. M. Spivey
Freemen Spivey
Talmadge Spivey
B. Z. Ryles
T. E. Helms
E. J. Benefield
David Renfroe
Ruby Helms
J. BR. Anderson
Hollie Spivey
A. W. Spivey
T. M. Tesl
W. J. Helms
Tom Lock
S. W. Scarbrough
Newville High School Senior I Elects Officers
The Senior I class elected new officers at a school meeting. Sara Nell Hartley is president, Fred Whiddon vice president, Myra Nell Hand secretary and treasurer, Mary Ella Bannen reporter, Willie Harold Parrish program chairman, and Winnie Ruth Johnson cheerleader. The Appalachians of North Carolina are the oldest mountains in America, having never been submerged or eroded by glaciers.
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Newville High School
Sara Nell Hartley
Fred Whiddon
Myra Nell Hand
Mary Ella Bannen
Willie Harold Parrish
Winnie Ruth Johnson
Appalachians
North Carolina
America
Gretna Green marriages per Britannica end in 1856
The article notes two famous Gretna Green marriages performed by a village blacksmith. It states run away couples could marry with witnesses, and that the practice largely ended in 1856 when Scottish law required a party to reside in Scotland three weeks before the wedding.
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Gretna Green
Scotland
US dairy per person consumption forecast this year
The Department of Agriculture projects fluid milk and cream consumption in the United States will average about 210 quarts per person, reflecting overall dairy demand trends for the year.
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U. S
Department of ‘Agri Culture
Fish with overlapping armor plates lay eggs at water surface
The passage notes that these fish have ordinary scales not, but overlapping armor plates and are good scavengers. They lay eggs to pub ge nests in plants at the water surface.
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General Pershing
Were
FIRE _ferkina
R . Lee'on
Harrison & Liseney Drug CO
van Ditch
Edward Partridge, Jr
Adams
Traunieres
Schumann
Eclectic
James Guy Mitchell
George W. Turner
d'Hardelet
Ray Granger
Charles McArthur, Jr
Joe Summerford
Louise Gidden
Mary Lou King
Mary Liles
Montgomery
Tommy Pearson
Sylacauga
F. O. Granger
Jack McBrayer
Dothan
Newville
Venice
Ouse
Younger
Cress
Amnette
Nicke
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