Wedding Party Announced For Boyett Howson Nuptials
Edith Boyett will wed Frank Howson Jr in a First Methodist Church ceremony on September 10 at 8 30 p m Miss Catherine Wrather will be maid of honor with bridesmaids Miss Mary Wilson The wedding party includes James Thompson Jr as best man and Mayor Albert Graves among ushers Little Miss Ginanne Graves flower girl and candles by Tony Boyett and Mitchell LaGrone Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Wrather
Washington, D. C
Mary Wilson
Harriet Ann Pritchard
Margaret Gunter
Hope
Betty Desinger
Dallas
Emily Flanagan
Little Rock
James Thompson, Jr
Fayetteville
Howson
Albert Graves
Thomas Carter
Monroe
Weldon Traver
Joe Steele
Ashdown
A. L. Goff, Jr
Tulsa
Okila
Miss Ginanne’ Graves
Tony Boyett
Comer Boyett
Coming and Going Across Regions in Weekend Travel
Mrs. Lloyd Spencer leaves Tuesday for St Louis for a brief stay, will be joined by Mrs. Max Cox and Mrs. F E M McWilliams who have been visiting Chicago. Mrs. Thomas Carter and children return to Monroe after visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchard and relatives. Mrs. Jack Meek and Carolyn Bradley visit Mr. and Mrs. K G McRae. James Hannah Ward, attending the Naval Reserve V-5 school at Louisiana Tech Ruston, spent the weekend with his parents, joined by Mr. and Mrs. M B Hannah and Miss Anna Herman of Shreveport, who were accompanied home by Miss Mary Margaret Hannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Spencer
St. Louis
Max Cox
FE. M. McWilliams
Chicago
Thomas Carter
Monroe
Elizabeth Pritchard
James Hannah Ward
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Frank Ward
Ward
M. B. Hannah
Anna Herman
Shreveport
Mary Margaret Hannah
Visitors and relatives tour Dallas Terrell and beyond
Miss Mary Lois Ames visits relatives in Dallas and Terrell while Mrs. Oliver Mills spends the weekend with Lt. Bonnie Blevins and Camp Chaffee and Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Dickey at Booneville. Carlene Bruner arrives from Wreaton College Illinois for a visit with her parents. The Rettibs entertain JoBeth in Pine Bluff as Trumah Humphries visits from Shreveport and returns with Mrs. Humphries and Barbara June. Billy Dan Agee from Texarkana is a guest of the Agees. The Doggetts spend two weeks in San Antonio.
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Mary Lois Ames
Dallas
Terrell
Oliver Mills
Bonnie Blevins
Camp Chaffee
A. B. Dickey
Booneville
Army and Navy Personnel News from Hope Area and Beyond
Hope area soldiers and families are active with new enrollments and promotions. Pfc Leroy Karmada Pfc William Everett Ames and Pfc Loy Lee Cato joined aircraft mechanics schools at Keesler Field Mississippi. First Lieut Frank C Malone of Hope promoted to captain at Perrin Field Texas. Archie L Hanse promoted from Pfc to Corporal in England. Cpl Raymond C Arnold of Hope enrolled at Fort Knox Kentucky. Hubert W Monts from Hope arrived at Lowry Field Colorado for US Army Air Corps training. Milton Crews visiting Hope and Little Rock before Salt Lake City assignment. Mack May completed study at San Diego base and transfers to Newport News Virginia.
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Keesler Field
Miss
Hope Area
Leroy Karmada
C. H. Pike
Chula, Ark
William Everett Ames
Ollie Ames
Fulton
Loy Lee Cato
V. A. Cato
Hope
Perrin Field
Texas
Frank C. Malone
Army Air Forces
Malone
Sherman
Magnolia A
Kelly Field
Lowry Field
Colon
Hubert W Monts
A. C. Monts
United States
Army Air Corps
Rock Mound High School
Miami Beach
Fla
Buckley Field
Colo
Pfe
Monts
Southwestern Proving Ground
Billy Monts
Milton Crews
Little Rock
Salt Lake City
Utah
Brownwood
Mack May
U. S
San Diego
Calif
Newport News
Hollywood Gives Army Parade of Song in This Is The Army
Warner Bros stages a lavish screen adaptation of Irving Berlin's This Is The Army linking stage show to film with added songs by Kate Smith and others. The cast includes George Murphy Joan Leslie and Lt Ronald Reagan plus Sgt Joe Louis and uses World War I links to Yip Yip Yaphank. The piece blends war effort charity with a broad revue style. A second film We've Never Been Licked surveys Texas A&M student life and military drill on campus presenting a respectful collegiate portrait.
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Hollywood
Irving Berlin
Warner Bros
Kate Smith
Frances Langford
Gertrude Niesen
George Murphy
Joan Leslie
George Tobias
Alan Hale
Charles Butterworth
Ronald Reagan
Sgt
Joe Louis
Berlin
Texas A. M
Clara Bow
Alice White
Colleen Moore
Red Cross Clubs Earn Army Praise From Doughboy in Scotland
Master Sergeant A. W. Watson praised American Red Cross work in the ETO during World War II, noting he arrived as an observer in 1941, later taught RAF trainees in blind flying, and credited Red Cross Clubs with lifting morale and giving troops a home-like place to be. He recalled lacking clubs on arrival and described clubs as spaces where soldiers feel they can act and dress as gentlemen.
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Prestwick
Scotland
British Isles
Pearl Harbor
A. W. Watson
John Watson
State Hospital
Austin
Texas
American Red Cross Club
Lois Watson
Patmos
Ark
England
RAF
Watson
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Chanute Field
Panama Canal Zone
Mitchell Field
L. I
United States Military Academy
American Red Cross
ETO
Tr Jop Planes Shot Down After Tragedy
A Japanese bomber crashed into outdoor church services at an Allied base in New Guinea Aug 16. The attack followed a battle in which 11 enemy bombers and 3 fighters were shot down near Watui valley west of Salamaua. A chaplain and several soldiers were killed. mutiple crew bailed out, with rescue efforts underway.
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New Guinea
Watui
Salamaua
Wau
Richard Mikiska Montgomery Minn
George Hilbert Jr
Baltimore Md
Mikiska
Hilbert
Mikisha
Courage of Commander Brings Plane Out of Watery Grave
Lieut. John F. Kennedy and ten crewmen survive a damaging encounter near New Georgia after Kennedy orders general quarters as a Japanese destroyer closes in. He tows a wounded machinist mate from the burning PT boat, drags two more survivors from the wreck, and leads efforts to reach safety aided by natives until an American rescue boat recovers them hours later.
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United Press
John F. Kennedy
South Pacific
Kennedy
Joseph Kennedy
Solomons
Blackett
New Georgia Island
Pt’s
Kilombangara
Tunisia
Sicily
Medical corps key to saving wounded in WWII
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk credits sea and air evacuation networks and sulfa drugs for a 97.5 percent survival rate among battle wounded. He notes the crucial role of the medical corps and its personnel in fastest front to rear evacuation, with vast air transport from Tunisia and Sicily aiding recovery and return to duty.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
United States Army Medical Department
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Japanese pilots bale out beside American flyers in chase
Mikiska reported that two enemy planes dropped bombs that landed harmlessly. He said Capt. Francis Dubisher Willemsburg Sa. and 1st Lt. Harold Nus Sikeston Mo. bailed out and landed near each other while an American pilot floated down beside them. They chased the enemy for almost 20 miles before two more planes were shot down.
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Mikiska
Francis Dubisher Willimsburg Sa
Harold Nus Sikeston Mo
Atherton in pursuit as Pat trails suspected bridge route
Pat drives Elinor’s car after Atherton after he leaves the office and heads toward a construction bridge. Dave Elson and Clem Evans rush to follow, contacting Sam Blair as police notes reference the Atherton bridge project and a possible powder plant site.
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F.linor Roberts
Dave Elson
Clem Evans
Dave
New York
Jones
Elinor
Sam Blair
Clem
Pat
Blair
Sam
Atherton
Dead man found near Atherton bridge site
Adeline McElfresh abandons her car as she slips through briars toward the unfinished Atherton bridge crew. She returns to find Randolph Atherton dead in the blue coupe on the highway, with authorities preparing to pursue a continuing story.
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Atherton
Randolph Atherton
Midvale
Halstead County
Ordnance Department Production Rates Compared
The Army Ordnance today produces about 18 million artillery rounds monthly versus 2.7 million in 1918. Small arms ammunition runs around 1.778 billion rounds per month, far above the 278 million monthly peak in 1918.
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Army
Medics Under Fire Save Wounded in Front Line Aid
The article recounts how medical corpsmen on the front lines provide urgent first aid and rapid evacuation. It highlights aid stations, litter bearers, and mobile hospitals, noting medals rarely honor corpsmen yet detailing acts of heroism by Anderson, Jacobsen, Lakin, and Franer.
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Medical Department
Washington
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Geneva Red Cross
Kirk
Jimmy Anderson
New Castle
Dick Jacobsen
Humboldt
Iowa
Tunisia
Anderson
Bob Lakin
Newton
Bob Franer
Cincinnati
Lakin
Franer
General Kirk
Combat Services
Ordnance Advances and War Production Highlights
The Army Ordnance Department notes gun production exceeding 22,000 monthly for certain calibers and describes boosts in anti air artillery range firepower and tank speed. Women workers at Frankford Arsenal supply polish for optics and a plastics study cites non combat bullets. Training air guns imitate recoil.
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Ordnance
Frankford Arsenal
Philade
Ordnance Department
Army
Army Service Forces
Three Dons Join Roanoke Red Sox Roster Deployed
Roanoke Virginia three Dons Calaman Ed wards and Krupin were drafted into military service within three days.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Red Sox
Don Calaman
Don Edwards
Don Krupin
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