Barbee joins gas mask plant as war work sparks resolve
Barbee, sister of Ned French, pursues a chemistry course and lands a lab job at a dirty gas mask plant. She faces grimy work, grimy surroundings, and a chance to aid the war effort, while balancing romance and duty with Charles Mowry.
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Ned French
Barbee
Mr. Kent
Ken Carter
Barbes
Charles
Mowry
Ned
Charles Mowry
OPA Permits 10 Percent Lumber Price Increase Across Regions
The Office of Price Administration allows a 10 percent rise in lumber prices for northern hardwood and softwood, with exceptions. Interim ceilings for softwood yard sales are set in six more areas based on March 1942 markups, expanding ceilings to 82 percent of retail yards. The northwest, Wisconsin, upper Michigan, and the South will be added next. actions take effect August 10.
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Aur
Office of Price Administration
Great Plains
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
South
OPA
South Dakota War Bond Uptake Hits 97 Percent in July
South Dakotans purchased 2,241,292 in Series E war bonds in July, reaching 97 percent of the $2,300,000 quota. The War Finance Office announced the August quota remains unchanged from July.
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Sioux
Falls
South
Military Merit Medal Puzzle List Reveals Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A fragmented OCR page shows a mixed list of military terms and clues for a puzzle, including references to the Medal, Order, and various abbreviations. The text interweaves a horizontal and vertical set of entries with misread notes and stray characters.
Unity pledge between Giraud and De Gaulle in Algeria
In Algiers on August 5, generals Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle announced a unity agreement for France. Giraud thanked de Gaulle for his order of the day July 31 and called on followers to march against the enemy under loyal leadership as soldiers of France.
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Algiers
France-twerel
Ierals
Henri’ Giraud
Lorion Giraud
France
Second Exams Set For Rural Teachers In August
Beadle County rural school teachers will take a second teacher examination August 19 20 and 21 announced by Margaret Long Beadle County superintendent. This summer session is the first time two exams are offered, a change made to ease fall shortages. Contacts with Miss Long are urged for those planning to take part. Returns from the first exam are on file. those who failed may try this session and qualify for a certificate.
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Beadley
Margaret Long
Miss Long
Pierre
Beadle County
Huron College Alumni Move and Local Notices
Twenty five years ago Prof H Foster Jones resigned as head of the English department at Huron College to join the University of North Dakota as assistant professor of English. News from Sioux City reports the marriage of Ruth Chesebro to Middleton Cushman, with Chesebro a former Huron High graduate and Cushman district sales manager in Watertown. Local movements include births, travels, and soldiers enlisting for coast artillery and ambulance corps.
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Huron’ College
University of North Dakota
Otto Lambert
M. Sweeney
Devils Lake
N. D
Robert Larkin
Keith Holton
Walter Kinsman
Jefferson Barracks
Coast Artillery
Ambulance Corps
Winnifred Bowe
Watertown
Edna Tolmie
Helen Urquhart
Salem
Mitchell
J.C. Spink
L. N. Grosvenor
Denver
Colo
Huron
Sioux City
Ruth Chesebro
Middleton E. Cushman
Jackson
Miss
Mankato
Watertown Sash and Door-Co
Cushman
Periodical
Chicago
Civilian Woolen Goods Boost Planned for Winter
WPE officials announced increased civilian woolen and worsted production to provide several million garments and blankets this winter. The program, run with the Army and War Production Board, shifts part of Army demand from late 1943 to early 1944, expanding mackinaws Melton jackets blankets and other apparel for men women and children.
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Alu Neapalad
Aneres
WPE
Army and War Production Board
Stickney Pilot Earns DFC for 50 Missions
The War Department announced that over 60 officers and enlisted men of the Army Tenth Air Force in India received the Distinguished Flying Cross for participating in more than 50 combat missions in the theater. The list includes First Lt. Merle G. Bryan, a pilot from Stickney.
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Washington
United States Army
Tenth Air Force
India
War Department
Merle G. Bryan
Stickney
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