Barkley backs Oklahoma candidate in special election
Senate Majority Leader Barkley agreed to back a Democratic bid in Oklahoma's second district after a resignation opened a special election. The race features Democrat W. G. Stigler against Republican E. O. Clark, with voting set for Tuesday.
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Ngton
Tie National Committee
Senate
Mary
Barkley
Oklahoma
Kentuckian
Roosevelt
House
W. G. Stigler
E. O. Clark
Farm Production to Fall Short of Goals
Government survey shows plantings of soybeans peanuts flax seed dry beans peas sugar beets potatoes and sweet potatoes will be well below War Food Administration targets. Livestock feed prospects look relatively favorable.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
War Food Administration
Western states press WPB clash over Geneva steel plant fate
A Senate watchdog group led by Pat McCarran probes the War Production Board order halting the Geneva Steel Company plant in Utah. Western states and industry lobbyists push to keep unfinished factories, fearing nationwide shifts in steel, aluminum, and shipyard capacity after Pearl Harbor.
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Ray Tucker
War Production Board
Geneva Steel Company
Utah
Republic Steel Corporation
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Eastern Corporation
Eta Ee
T Bonneville
Euak Cooner
Pittsburghs
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Abe Murdock
Edward V. Robertson
Wyoming
Kellogg's All-Bran touted as relief for constipation
A testimonial letter from Mrs. Joseph W. Poutie of Buffalo endorses Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle regulating cereal. She notes improved digestion after illness and suggests mixing with other cereals and consuming muffins. The ad urges readers to use genuine All-Bran from Kellogg's Battle Creek.
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Josph W. Poutie
Englewood Ave
Buffalo
N. Y
Kellogg’s All-Era
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Sgt Ernest Marshall Arrives Safely With U S Forces
Army dispatch confirms Sgt Ernest Marshall has arrived safely in England with U S armed forces His wife resides at 1 Ragan Street and awaits his return This brief note highlights the new arrival amid ongoing war duties and family connection.
Smoak Family Visit From Col Joe Allen Smoak
Col Joe Allen Smoak U S M C and his family visit father E C Smoak at 314 Montheww Avenue. Smoak has served in the Pacific Area for over a year and will report to Washington D C for orders. A brother Lieut Col Eustace R Smoak U S M C is now in the Pacific Area.
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Smoak
Joe Allen Smoak
E. C. Smoak
Monthew Avenue
Pacific Area
Washington, D. C
Eustace R. Smoak
Marion Receives Aerial Navigator Commission At Selman Field
Louis E. Marion, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Marion of 325 Foust Street Monroe Louisiana, earns second lieutenant commission and aerial navigator wings from Selman Field during the recent graduation class.
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Selman Field
Monroe
Louis E. Marion
C. C. Marion
Foust Street
English Awarded Army Good Conduct Medal
Tech Alva S. English of Route Two received the Army Good Conduct Medal at North Camp Hood Texas for exemplary behavior efficiency and fidelity in duty per his unit commander's recommendation.
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Tech
Alva S. English
Route Two
North Camp Hood
Texas
Carter Graduates From Harlingen RAF Gunnery School
Cpl. Wm. E. Carter son of Mr and Mrs W O Carter of 507 Carter Street has graduated from the Harlingen RAF aerial gunnery school and is now among the sharpshooters in the sky.
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Carter
Cpl. Wm. E. Carter
W. O. Carter
Carter Street
Harlingen
RAF
Soldier Keeps Promise With 13 Page Chain Letter
Pfc. Leonidas W. Byers at Fort Douglas Utah transferred to a Pacific coast base and mailed 13 pages, one to each of 13 buddies who had died. The letters formed a jigsaw when two recipients returned from furloughs and revealed the chain.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Leonidas W. Byers
Pacific Coast
Byers
NCEA Meets Wednesday Convention Opens in Raleigh
The 16th annual convention of the North Carolina Education Association begins here tomorrow and runs through Friday drawing educators from across the state to Raleigh.
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NCEA
Raleigh
North Carolina Education Association
Tville Woman Arrested On Perjury Count
Mrs. Ers ley Hill Moose of Thomasville is jailed on perjury charges after a warrant from County, S C led to her arrest. She allegedly aided a marriage in South Carolina by impersonating the boy's mother and consenting to the union of Ella Lambeth and Paul Sink, who is 17. the oath was taken before probate judge E Gettys Nunn in York County S C.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
E. R
Ersley Hill Moose
County
S. C
South Carolina
Moose
Ella Mae Lambeth
Paul C. Sink
Sink
Sentences Suspended In T ville Court
In T ville court Marvin Hill was given a six month suspended sentence on condition he avoids the boarding house for two years and pays 25 to cover hospital and doctor bills and costs. W B Redwine and Mrs Callie Miller received 60 day suspended sentences for fornication and adultery on condition they pay costs and appear in court July 28 and that they are married. Bernice Crawford was given a 12 month suspended sentence for abandonment and non support on condition he pays 50 now and 15 every two weeks. Crawford appealed with bond set at 400. George Hoskins, convicted of violating prohibition laws, received 60 days and a further sentence ordered into effect. Clifford Lewis, also convicted of violating prohibition laws, received four months with appeal notice and bond set at 300.
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Marvin Hill
W. B. Redwine
Callie Miller
Bernice Crawford
Crawford
George Hoskins
Clifford Lewis
Navy Personnel Standards To Be Revamped
Washington March 21 A congressional review will overhaul navy personnel standards to fit the postwar fleet. The House Naval Committee plans a new code for commissioned officers in the regular navy and naval reserve amid discrimination concerns in salaries and status. Magnuson predicts 70 percent of the force will be in the naval reserve by war’s end, with veterans recalled at active ranks affecting career paths.
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Washington
Congress
House Naval Committee
Naval Reserve
Rep
Magnuson
D-Wash
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy
Stone Age Rock Art Found in Uzbekistan Mountains
Designs dating from the Stone Age in the Sara Ak Saya mountains of Uzbekistan are cut into rock and depict bull hunting by primitive man. In the United States tuberculosis once the leading killer has fallen to eighth place as a cause of death.
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Moscow
Sara Ak Saya
Uzbekistan
United States
Britain restricts 700 miles of coastline to residents only
Britain declares a 10 mile deep protective belt along England’s southern and eastern coasts and the Firth of Forth off limits to non residents starting April 1. The move aims to fortify coastal areas as preparations for the invasion of western Europe intensify.
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London
Europe
England
Firth of Forth
Land
Norway
France
Highum
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Britain
Tra
Training Schools At Miami Beach Moved to Texas
All Army Air Forces training schools at Miami Beach Florida will move to the San Antonio cadet center by July 1. Some 20 000 officers and men participate in training for officer candidates cadets and basic training enlisted men. Future classes will go to Texas while current classes finish in Miami Beach. The shift frees Army facilities as more air forces personnel go overseas. Girl Scouting founded in the U S on March 12 1912.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
Fla
San Antonio
Ress
Texas
Det
Funeral Rites for Paul Mitchell Lee Held Near Thom asville
The funeral service for Paul Mitchell Lee four months old son of Paul and Nellie Davis Lee was held near Thom asville on Sunday afternoon in the Fair Grove Methodist church cemetery. Rev J A Cox officiated pallbearers included Wilson Hall Ione Myers Gordon Mae Rose Bean and Miss Clarice Bailey with Mae Bean at the piano. Flowers were arranged by Mrs Coy Gordon and Mrs Luther Jarrett. Interment followed in the Fair Grove church cemetery.
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Paul Mitchell Lee
Thomasville
Paul
Nellie Davis Lee
J. A. Cox
Wilson Hall
Ione Myers
A and Gordon
Navie
Mae
Rose Bane Rule
A Mae Bean
Clarice Baily
Third Public Hearing Confronts Carolina Teachers College Trustee
Greenville witnesses discuss an auditor report on funds handled by Leon R. Meadows from July 1934 to June 1935. The hearing reviewed amounts totaling thousands with claims of mispent college funds and altered records, while Meadows asserted no improper use and presented receipts. Attorney General Harry pressed to prove the personal book had been altered, introducing a photocopy as evidence.
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McCarran
WPB
Nelson
Murdock
Russia
Geneva
Utah
Defense Plant Corporation
Leo Tley
Foreign Economic Administration
Moscow
Oscar Cox
FEA
Central Pacific
Tojo
Carolines
Marshalls
Marianas
Truk’ Gardens
Hal Ernest J. King
Greenville
Trustees of
Carolina Teachers College
Leon R. Meadows
Meadows
Harry
State income tax receipts rise in first half of March
Raleigh reports tax collections for the first 18 days of March totaling 16.5 million dollars, up from 12.6 million the previous year. The fiscal year totals reach 25.1 million, with 20.1 million for last year and 5.0 million for the current period.
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Raleigh
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