Social Calendar Highlights April 29 30 Events
Local clubs announce gatherings April 29 and 30 with hostesses Mrs Olsen and Miss Porter, a luncheon for bride elect Sara Ann Holland, a Cleaners class prayer service, and a bridge party for Sara Ann Molland at the Anderson home. Mission Study class meets at the church. War Bond appeal urges support to reach Arkansas quota as patriotic buying notes broadcast.
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Mra. . M. Olsen
Jack Porter
Buainesa
Olsen
Li. M. Lile
Theimmel Young Will Fele Misa
Sara Ann Holland
the Barlow
Sara Ann Molland
Thompson Evans, Jr
Roy Anderson
Frantic Weekend in Canada Sparks Schemes and Show Biz Plans
Peggy Muck travels with Myra and Michael to a summer retreat where Baldy, a show business manager, schemes to mold young talents. Myra suspects Peggy’s escapade masks a larger plan as Nigel guides Peggy in a plotted ruse and Fay Ransom’s absence looms. The scene sets a tense mix of romance, ambition, and manipulation.
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Peggy Muck
Canada
Myra
Michael
Ferdy Lorton
Tangled Ninten
Fine Mediately
Nigel Monkhouns
Baidy
Fay
Peggy
Baldy
Baley
Pittsburgh
Hardy
Nigel
Fay Ransom
Old School Tie Wearing Thin in Wartime England
ROETTE HARGROVE reports that wartime upheaval is loosening rigid English class norms. Tax pressures and conscription push lower middle class families toward elite schools, with fees reduced and dress codes loosened. Eton and Rugby adopt practical concessions to keep schools open, signaling a potential permanent democratization of British education.
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Roette Hargrove
London
Eton
Harrow
Rugby
Winchester
America
Sons of Profiteers
England
Harrison in Hollywood Wild Bill Wellman Faces War and Work
William Wellman, famed director of Thunderbirds, shifts from feisty film boss to war aware filmmaker. Friends describe a sobered, sardonic figure who jokes less, plans four months rest, then Army service. His past clashes with bosses hint at a volatile but talented career.
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Hollywood
William
Wild Bill Weilman
Thunderbirds
Welman
Wellman
Aecross
Foreign Legion
Rench Air Corps
Darryl Zanuck
Kerplunk
Warners
Sam Bischoff
Local Courtesies and Arrivals Across Garland City
Mrs Kenny McKee of Garland City visited with Mr and Mrs Jewell Moore and others Monday. Lt and Mrs W I Greamwald announce the birth of William James Greenwald Jr on April 27 at Judi Chester hospital. Mrs Bill Graver returns to Malvern after a visit. Mayor Albert Graves and Dick Watkins journey to Conway for Board duties. Mrs Tom Brewster re elected treasurer of the Dunchiin Presbyterial. Mrs J C Whitworth spends week in Pine Bluff with Mr Whitworth. Orah Reece and Mel welcome a daughter born Tuesday April at Julia Chester.
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Kenny McKee
Garland City
City
Jewell Moore
Charles Dana Gibson
Dang
Wien
Texas
Gibson
W. 1
Greamwald
Judi Chester Hospital
William James Greenwald, Jr
Bill Graver
Malvern
Albert Graves
Dick Watkins
Conway
Mel
Orah Reece
The
Julia Chester
New British Joint Workers Council Grows in Wartime
Government and corporations push for a Joint Workers Council to unite management and labor. The plan expands beyond prewar use, now scaling across essential wartime industries. Royal Ordnance factories, with about 900,000 workers, are among early adopters.
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Joint Workers Council
Ministry of Suply
Royal Ordnance Factories
Joint Work Councils Proposed Across Engineering Trades
In a major push, unions representing about 1,250,000 workers sign an agreement with employers representing around 3,000 firms to establish joint works councils in every plant. Elections by secret ballot will choose council members, with councils meeting regularly to oversee operations and attendance, aligning labor and management in a new governance framework.
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Ministry of Aircraft Production
Wminn
Britain
Edson in Washington on Pipelines and Control
In Washington the petroleum coordinator’s decision over pipelines faces debate about labor management, potential interstate Commission control, and effects on fuel supplies as war demands boost shortages. Officials consider pipelines to ease bottlenecks, with proposals for long lines from Texas to mid Atlantic refineries and alternatives to avoid ocean traffic.
Baptist Workers' Council to Meet at First Baptist Church
The Sunday School Workers' Council of First Baptist church will convene at 6 45 Tuesday evening in the Educational Building. The program focuses on the Sunday School role in the revival starting next Sunday lasting eleven days. About seventy five officers and class teachers are expected to attend and take part in the council meeting.
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First Baptist Sunday School
Tiduestional
Women War's Making Women Seek Tonic in Work
A wartime column portrays Mrs Housewife tidying home as a form of work effort. It notes women clean with energy, finding outlet in domestic tasks though no direct link to war work. The piece links mood, steam release, and visible results to patriotic duty.
Pipeline plan rejected despite wartime transport role
The Wichita Falls Savannah pipeline proposal, intended as a public utility to break major oil price control, was rejected after a three member board found no defense necessity. Director Eastman affirmed ODT oversight of domestic pipeline transport, signaling future action rests with his office.
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U.S
Wichia Falls - Savannah
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastiman
Wichita Falls
Savannah
Eastman
Women Clean House Yet Fight No Wars
The passage notes women channel the urge to fix a messy world into domestic efforts rather than warfare. It portrays women as strong in cleaning and organizing their homes but lacking in combat readiness, framing domestic labor as their arena of influence.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
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Alec Twle
Arkansas
Edmund Fancott
NEA Service, Inc
Benny Blatter
Johnny White
Harrison
Paul Marrison
NEA
Wild Bill Wellman
Ering
Bischoff
Rialto Wuespav
Priscilla Lane
Richard Whorf
Lynn Bare
Cornel Wilde
Tom Brewster
Dunchiin Presbyterial
el Dorado
J. C. Whitworth
Mr. Whitworth
Olie
A&p Food
Mrs. B.C. Acker
B&b
Brookwood
Cassidy
Moore's City Market
Davis
Dan Godbold
Harris Grocery
Harry Hawthorne
Hobb’s Grocery & Market
Houston and Son Grocery
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Lewis Grocery
M System
R. L. Patterson
Stueart
West Side Grocery
Olie’s Dairy
Saenger
Tripoli
Rialto
Matinee Daily Sun-Man
International Squadron
Billy the Kid
Edson
Washington
Harold
Ickes
Harold Ickes
National Defense
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Hastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bastimat
Atlantic
New York
Philadelphia
Alotentions Board
Petroleum
Eastern Seaboard
Tex
Eastexas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Norfal
Charleston Navyl
Johnny Weismuller
Maureen O'Sullivan
Tarzan
March OF
Baptist Workers’ Council
Ruth Millett
Williams
Talbots
Superba
Talbot
Cefn Sa
Crosby Square
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