Openings for Merchant Marine Officers Offered in Midwest
The War Shipping Administration notes urgent openings for cadet officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine. Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska residents may apply by letter to the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps in Washington DC. Applicants must be 11th to 23 years old or up to 27 with college training, have 15 high school units including math and sciences, and meet strict physicals. Training lasts 18 months with six months on convoy lanes, then up to nine months at Kings Point Academy in New York. Graduates receive commissions in the Naval Reserve and the Maritime Service. engine cadets obtain Third Engineer licenses, and neck cadets Third Mates.
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U.S
Merchant Marine
U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Minneapolis
War Shipping Administration
Northwest
U.S. Marchant Marine Cadet Corps
Washington
D.C
Seven Millon Dolar Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Long Island
N.Y
U. S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Maritime Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Red Cross Benefit Card Party Planned in Town Hall
A Red Cross benefit card party is set for Friday evening in the town hall with admission at 25 cents and lunch served free. Bonilla notes the Bonilla Ladies Aid will meet at Rolla Kennison home on Thursday, March 16.
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Red Cross
Bonilla
Mar
Town Hall
Bonilla Ladies Aid
Rolla Kennison
Former Clark County resident George Brent dies at 52
George Lee Brent, 52, longtime Clark County resident, died of a heart ailment at 6:20 p.m. February 25 in Chaffee Missouri. Born June 8, 1891 in Union County Tennessee, he lived in Kentucky before moving to Missouri where he married Anna Wagoner July 18, 1911 in Sioux City. They later settled in Clark County until 1942 then moved to Advance and recently to Chaffee. Surviving are his widow Christina Rydl of Alamo Texas and four granddaughters. Funeral February 29 at the family home with Rev. W L Keeney, burial in Union Park Cemetery Chaffee.
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Carpenter
George Lee Brent
Clark County
Brent
Chaffee
Mr Brent
Union County
Tenn
Kentucky
Missouri
Anna Wagoner
Sioux City
Advance
Christina Rydl
Alamo
Tex
W. L. Keeney
Union Park Cemetery
Highmore Junior Red Cross Report Details Work and Finances
Miss Kate M. Bawdon reports Highmore Hyde County Junior Red Cross work for the school year. Financials show 22 dollars enrollment 44 copies 5 dollars donated to crippled children fund and a 40.56 dollar bank balance. One thousand two hundred holiday tray covers and related items were completed and sent, 31 Christmas gift boxes sent to Exchange Depot Jersey City, a sack of odd buttons to the Sioux Falls children home. Two Easter and July 4 assignments remain for Soldier Home Hot Springs and Denver respectively. Approximately six percent of a person’s weight is blood.
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Highmore
Kate M. Bawdon
Hyde County
Exchange Depot
Jersey City
N. J
Sioux Falls
Hot Springs
Denver
Red Cross Benefit Dance At NuJoy Hall Beecroft
Adams announces a Red Cross benefit dance Friday at NuJoy Hall Bee on March 17. Proceeds go to the Red Cross War Fund.
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Red Cross
Adams
NuJoy Hall
Re Cross War Fund
St Joseph Aspirin Promises Quick Relief
An old time ad touts St Joseph Aspirin as fast relief for muscle aches and sore throat. It claims the product as the world’s largest seller at 10¢ with a 35g Jet size packaging option.
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St. Joseph
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J.C. Shirley
M.D
H. Saxton
Mld
B. T. Lens
M.D. Hansa Jacoby
Hl, Seyler, M.D
P. L. Crowlie
Mgr
Bertha Boekelheide
American College of Surgeons
Metais
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Highmore Junior Red Cross
Union
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