Bridal party Dinner and Society Notes From Local Churches
Social and personal column notes list a Monday evening gathering hosted by the Business Women's Circle of the First Methodist Church with attendance urged from related church circles. The Cox-Barrow bridal party enjoyed a rehearsal dinner with a white and green theme, a miniature bride centerpiece, crystal keepsake gifts, and a large guest list spanning multiple Arkansas cities and universities. Othy Lawless left Wednesday to enter Cadet Nurses Training at the Baptist State Hospital in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Carter Johnson
Cox-Barrow
Betty Cox
J. John H. Barrow Jr
van Alpepper
Prescott
Mildred Guthrie
Texarkana
Josephine Byrd
Camden
Martha Jean Hooper
Horatio
Frances Ann Exby
Mary Helen Sage
University of Miss
Betty Teeter Ofrescott
Nancy Robins
Mary Wilson
Martha White
Hope
Jane Gregory
Little Rock
William Orr
Henry Bell
Roy Hollings¢ Fulton
Otis Jackwood
Fulton
Douglas Stone
Harley Cox
St. Clarence Hooper
B. F. Scott
Fidton Tommey
Gerald Butterild
University of Arkansas
School of Medicine
Rupert Nanney
Oklahoma City
Elmo Reagan
Leo Robins
John H. Orne
Ernest Cox
Othy Lawless
Baptist State Hospital
Local Dwellers Headed To Training and Leave
Miss Lois Muriel Coffee leaves Thursday for Shreveport to enter Qadet Nurses Training at Tri-State Hospital. Pvt. Dudney and Pvt. Tarpley are on short leaves with family in town after training at Fort Meade and Fort Benning respectively.
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Lois Muriel Coffee
Promotions and Awards for Allied Servicemen from Texas and Arkansas
Cpl Howard Reece of Belgium garrison promoted to technical sergeant announced to his parents. Lelan Anderson of Hope Arkansas earns silver wings and becomes 2nd Lieutenant at Marfa Army Air Field in a ceremony led by Col A J Kerwin Malone. Staff Sergeant Tilman Hairston of Roston Arkansas earns the Air Medal for meritorious heavy bombardment missions as B 17 crewman in the Eighth Air Force at 388th Bomb Group. Hairston is the son of Mr and Mrs C J Hairston of Route Two Roston formerly a farmer before joining the RAF in June 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pye
Roy R. Dudney
Oscar Dudney
Pvt. Dudney
Amp Maxey
Texas
Fort Meade
Maryland
Cpl
Howard Reece
Belgium
S/Sgt. Reece
H. G. Reece
Marfa
Lelan Anderson
S. B. Anderson
Hope
Route 4
Marfa Army Air Field
A. J. Kerwin Malone
Eighth Air Force
England
Tilman R. Hairston
Rosston
Ark
388Th
Chester C. Cox
Superior
Wisc
Europe
C. J. Hairston
Route Two
RAF
We the Women We We the Women by Ruth Millett
A Delaware judge says 100 words a day would improve marriages. The piece argues men’s silence is not ideal and stresses quality over quantity in conversation. It notes couples learn topics to avoid and when to choose moments to speak to prevent divorce.
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Delaware
Potato Beehives and Lima Loaf Boost Family Meals
Gaynor Maddox describes Potato Beehives made from mashed potatoes eggs and sweet onion rings baked atop mounded portions. The Peanut and Lima Loaf combines lima beans margarine flour tomatoes peanuts breadcrumbs onions celery and cream sauce to create a protein rich vegetarian main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Idaho
Brockman Qualifies as Air Transport Mechanic
Cpl. Lee M. Brockman of Rosston and the 65th engineers' squadron at the Reno base completed four months of on the job training and two months in aerial ground school earning a diploma. The diploma, signed by Col. James W. Gurr, certifies him as a first class mechanic for the C 46 transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Cpl
Lee M. Brockman
B. E. Brockman
Rosston
65Th Engineers
Reno
Aerial Engineers
James W. Gurr
Lima Bean Loaf and Cream Sauce Dinner Menu
Pick over and wash beans and soak overnight. In the morning simmer til tender then boil until moisture is absorbed. Chop Lima beans, mix with flour and margarine, tomatoes, and thicken. Bake in leaf pans and serve with a cream sauce. Tomorrow's menu lists breakfast lunch and dinner items with beans.
Q and A on Reichsautobahn and Austrian leader
A four lane Reichsautobahn is described as Germanys four lane super highway. Kurt Schuschnigg, last Austrian chancellor, is believed detained as a political prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp. The article touches on women but text is incomplete.
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Germany
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Buchenwalde
Gi Mynee The Home Nurse Provides Fresh Interests For Restless Toddler
Two year old Bobby, with a fractured arm, grows restless under bed rest. His mother, Gi Mynee, uses safe play to keep him engaged, shifting activities daily. She introduces balloons, blocks, bubbles, bluing, dyes, glycerine, and simple boat play with pea pods and peanut shells to occupy his free time and aid healing.
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Lona L. Trott
NEA
Bobby
Fritzchen and the Chopin Child Star in Zelazowa Wola
A ten year old Frederic Chopin draws attention in Zelazowa Wola as Count Skarbek visits the cottage and the Chopin parents prepare him for a charity concert in Warsaw. The boy’s gift is clear though his mother worries about his future and tempering tears with discipline. The scene ends with a dramatic knock as Professor Elsner appears at the window asking for the lesson to be ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritzchen
Mamma
Fritzeren
Zelazowa Wola
Count Skarbek
Poland
Skarbek
Chopin
Warsaw
Papa
Jozef Elsner
Frederic Chopin
Chopin Cottage
Monsieur
Madame _ Chopin
Professor Elsner
Frederic
Mamma Chopin
Professor Eisner
Elsner
Texarkana Razorbacks Face Hope Bobcats Tuesday Night
Texarkana Razorbacks travel to Hope for a 7 30 game against the Hope Bobcats on Tuesday. Texarkana recently defeated Hope, and Coach Foy Hammons says the Bobcats intend to seek revenge in tonight’s clash on Hope’s court.
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Texarkana Razorbacks
Hope Court
Hope
Bobcats
Texarkana
Foy Hammons
Two Million War Dead in World in Forty Four
New York February 5 United Press reports Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians estimate more than 2,000,000 wartime deaths worldwide in 1944 based on Allied and Axis reports. American losses near 1,060, with western front deaths surpassing WWI total. Details include Britain 125,000. Russia 550,000. China 50,000. Japan 350,000-400,000. Axis satellites 100,000.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
British Empire
Russia
China
France
United Nations
Japan
Roosevelt moves to promote Elliott as Senate eyed
President Roosevelt pushes Elliott Roosevelt from colonel to brigadier general with Senate clearance anticipated. The nomination of Aubrey Williams to head the Rural Electrification Administration faces Senate scrutiny amid opposition tactics. House committees consider a national service work or jail bill and nurses draft, while a farm census funding measure seeks $6.784 million.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
Elliott
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Air Force
Taft
Ohio
Republican Steering Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Senate Coalition
Wallace
Williams
Senate Military Affairs Committee
House Military Committee
House
Stilwell Road named for Joseph Stilwell in Chinas war aid gesture
The article praises government priorities in wartime logistics and rail use, notes that roads could be seized to aid production, and welcomes Chiang Kai-Sheks proposal to name the Ledo Burma Road after General Stilwell. It argues Stilwells service for China was exemplary despite his forced departure.
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Stilwell Road
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ledo- Burma
China
Joseph Stilwell
Vinegar Joe
Generalissimo
Stilwell
Chiang
Child enjoys hourlong play aboard water crafts
A description notes a child acclimates to a restricted environment aboard small boats, using a free hand to amuse themselves as the water craft provides soothing play for about an hour.
Market Report from National Stockyards Hogs and Cattle Trade
Hogs 8,500 head with brisk demand and steady prices across weights. Top and bulk good to choice hogs 160-340 lb at 14.70. lighter weights 13.50-14.25. sows and stays 13.95. Cattle 4,500 with 35 loads of steers. ranges for feeders and cows, vealers 15.00. slaughter steers 10.00-16.50. slaughter heifers 8.75-15.65. stockers 8.50-13.50. Sheep 1,500 with market steady to strong, tops around 16.25 and typical ranges 14.00-15.50.
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ST. Louis
Chicago market report on poultry and produce prices
Chicago market figures show butter and eggs with firm receipts and varied scores, plus live poultry prices. Butter ranges around 40 cents with scores in the 90s, eggs firm with several price bands, and live fowl and ducks listed with FOB prices and truck quantities.
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Chicago
U. Ss
Old Roosters
Grain futures rise with wheat lead in Chicago trade
Grain futures markets firmed led by wheat and rye with light offerings and shorts covering. May prices were up across corn oats rye and barley as professional traders bought on bulges.
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Chicago
Cotton closes steady with May at 21.91
New Orleans cotton markets closed steady on February 5 with May contracts touching a high of 21.91 and closing the day at 21.91. Other nearby maturities ranged from July 21.47 to Dec around 20.68, with prices fluctuating within tight bands.
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New Orleans
RAF Pounds Bonn and Ruhr Targets In Night Bombing Campaign
RAF bomber command struck Bonn and the Nordstern and Osterfeld plants in the Ruhr with Halifaxes and Lancasters. Cologne Magdeburg Hanover and Coblenz were also hit by mosquitos from Europe. Attacks included 60 vehicles 20 barges and two trains. four aircraft missing. Dawn saw a 1600 mile Baltic raid against Nazi shipping northwest of Danzig bay by coastal command liberation aircraft.
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London
Rhineland
Bonn
RAF Bomber Command
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Cologne
Germany
Magdeburg
Hanover
Coblenz
Europe
AFL Expected to Oppose Service Bill At Miami Meeting
The AFL Executive Council convenes in Miami to draft objections to the work-or-jail compulsory national service act and to discuss readmission talks for John L. Lewis’s United Mine Workers. Legal steps against Florida and Arkansas closed shop bans are also planned.
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Miami
Fla
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Mier
House
William Green
Senate
Roosevelt
Green
Europe
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Lewis
CIO
Chartham Becomes First English Town Bombed by Germans
Chartham near Canterbury gains official recognition as the first English town bombed by German incendiaries at 4 15 a m on May 10 1940.
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Chartham
England
Canterbury
Paris Embraces Jeep as City Taxi Rival
Paris residents favor the American Jeep for city travel as it maneuvers through crowded streets, seen as a modern successor to the Paris taxi famed in Marine battles.
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Paris
German naval raid near Gdynia reported not followed by results
A German destroyer accompanied four U boats and a merchant ship believed to be attempting escape from Gdynia. The raid’s outcomes were not announced, leaving results unclear.
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Gdynia
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South Walnut
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Kodaks
Shipley
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Arkansas
Lee Brockman
Italy
Joseph T. McNarney
Supreme Allied Commander
Harry L. Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Signal Corps
Mynee
U. S
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the Prodigy
Market Report
St. Joseph
Harry W. Shiver
Hope, Ark
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Hope Star
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