Social Calendar Highlights Local August Events
Tuesday night at the BR and PW club plans a dinner meet at the Barlow with Maude Lipscome leading the program. The Mary Lester Sunday School class hosted a basket picnic at the Pines at 7 15. Transportation help available by calling 183 Wednesday circles and church groups hold meetings. Kansas visits, university friends, and hometown trips are noted along with several home relocations. The Walker McCrary nuptials mark a notable city event at First Presbyterian Lonoke, with Edith McCrary of Lonoke and Janes Wilton Walker of Baton Rouge marrying after a morning ceremony.
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BR. & PW. Club
Imeeting
the Barlow
Msg. Maude, Lipscome
Mary Lester
First Methodist
the Pines
Malcolm Porterfield
First Christian Church
Mary Haynes
Walnut Street
Boston
Hers
Stacy Peters
Floyd Porterfield
Winnfield Chapter
Corinthians
Portre
Forcum-James Cantreating
yThe Bride
Arkansas State Teachers
University of Arkansas
Sheridan
Walker
Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Lit
Local visitors and travel plans update across area families
Daisy Belle Ball and Mrs Louis Dodson of Nashville visited Miss Frances Yocum while Tommy Keeler headed to Ohio for a vacation. Rodney Parham plans to move to Little Rock after time with Dr and Mrs W R Alexander and Enola Alexander. Shirley Smith of Lille Rock stays with grandparents Mr and Mrs D H McLemore. Ben L Robinson and wife announce the arrival of a baby girl Saturday in a local hospital.
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C. W. Cruff
Lucille
Cleeles
Vivian
Roanoke
P. H. Dugan
Daisy Belle Ball
Louis Dodson
Nashville
Frances Yocum
Tommy Keeler
Ohio Points
Rodney Parham
Little Rock
W. R. Alexander
Enola Alexander
Shirley Smith
Lille Rock
Snd
D. H. McLemore
Ben L. Robinson
Safety Rules and Traffic Controls On Site
Safety measures meet Red Cross standards with a doctor and nurse on call. Dust from heavy trucks prompts 30 mph for cars 25 mph for trucks. no riding on vehicle exteriors or in partially loaded truck beds. Signs mark roads, guards direct traffic, a weekly safety committee reviews infractions and sets protective actions. Multiple safety conferences educate workers and periodic bulletins cover Transportation and Scaffold topics to prevent accidents.
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Red Cross
Turek
RAF raid near Cologne drives large air armada out
Britain launches daylight raid on Cologne amid renewed large scale air offensive. RAF forces strike German occupied coast and Cologne area. The British press agency describes the action as possibly the most intensive in days.
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London
Royal Airy Force
Cologne
France
Britain
Builish Press Association
Fill Ice Box Speed Meals By Mrs Alexander George
A midcentury home cooking piece outlines ready to assemble meals using a stocked refrigerator. It details fruit syrups citrus fruits mint and carbonated beverages to craft coolers and desserts with ice cream sherbet and fortified drinks. Recipes include Apricot Lime Fizz Fruit Nectar and a Fish Ring presented as quick, wholesome options.
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Alexander George AP
Tea Box
Belmont
Marquette
Daylight Bombardment Rocks German Coast and Cologne
The heaviest daylight attack yet targeted Germany with French coast bombardment observed from England as planes crossed the Channel. High flying bombers and fighters operated in VY and diamond formations while crowds watched. Blenheim bombers reported bombing Cologne, marking the third daylight strike on the city after numerous night raids.
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Germany
Uiden
Cologne
RAF Plane Crash Kills Seven American Officers
London reported seven American officers among fourteen total dead after a trans oceanic RAF ferry plane crashed on a hillside in Britain. Captain Watt M. King of Little Rock Arkansas, previously a crop duster and flying service operator, was among the victims. His widow Miss Geraldine Stain of North Little Rock is in Montreal. King had joined the ferry command in September after 15 years flying in the southwest.
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London
Watt M. King
Little Rock
Ark
Montreal
RAF Ferry Command
Littl Rock
Watt
M. King
United Kingdom
Southwest
Elf King
Graford
Texas
King
Geraldine Stain
North Little Rock
Public Home Defense Meeting on Education for Total Defense
A general public meeting will discuss the importance of education in the government program for Total Defense. Miss Marie B. Nichols will emphasize preparing for national defense positions and informed public opinion. Donald Nichols will urge youths to train through education for opportunities in defense industries and public service.
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Total Defense
Marie B. Nichols
Donald Nichols
State Department of Education
Federal Works Agency
Home Nursing
Marie Nichols
New York State
University of California
Adult Education Center
France to Aid Darlan Powers in Unoccupied Zone
France centralizes all military authority in unoccupied territory under Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan. Petain to address the nation on Tuesday explaining the move aimed at unity under the chief of state. The broadcast will be rebroadcast two hours later. Additional measures to boost Darlan’s internal powers were reportedly planned.
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Parlan
Vichy
France
Jean Davlan
Petain
Darlan
Answering the Mail Orders By JACK STINNETT
Washington columnist discusses MacArthur’s perceived demotion when reassigned as commander of the United States Army Forces in the Far East. He was still a full four star general, his rank change framed as a technical adjustment rather than a loss of status.
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Red Army
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Kentucky
Jacksonville
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Glendale
Calif
Army
Navy
National Aeronautic Association
Department of National Defense
House
Fat McCarran
Robert R. Reynolds
Air Force
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
F. R. Trindad
Cole
W. BB. Girard
Kas
Jack Stinnett
Washington
G. PB. Frederick
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
Far East
Bridegroom’s miscount leads to dressings and oats tale
In Kingstree South Carolina a prospective groom asked Rev C W Cantrell for a marriage license loan but received one dollar instead of the exact amount. The youth, with extra change, went to marry elsewhere and reportedly spent the extra four cents on salad dressing and a honeymoon.
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Kingstree
C. W. Cantrell
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