Local Club Meetings and Military News Highlight Week
The Lilac Garden and Gardenia Garden clubs plan Wednesday gatherings at 2 30 and 3 00 pm respectively with associate hostesses. Friday Music Club meets 7 30 pm at Mrs. C C McNeil's home. Circle 5 of the W M U hosts a Monday meeting at Mrs Murphy's East Third Street with a Genesis text program and nine members attend. Lt. W F Griffin returns from 14 months in the South Pacific for a week to visit family. Private Meggie C Quillen graduates from Chanute Field A A F Training Command.
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Lilac Garden Club
Floyd Porterfield
Thomas Kinser
Gardenia Garden Club
C. V. Nunn
Lanky Callicutt
C. C. McNeil
W.M.U
Jeff Murphy
Hugh Bearden
Circle 5
First Baptist Church
Urphy
East Third Street
S. D. Cook
C. W. McConnell
W. F. Griffin
South Pacific
Chanute Field
Ill
Meggie C. Quillen
George P. Quillen
Hope Route 1
Army Air Forces Training Command
A.A.F.T.C
Woman Recovers Well After Saturday Surgery
News notes that she is progressing nicely following an operation at Julia Chester Hospital on Saturday, with health officials reporting stable condition and positive recovery.
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Julia Chester Hospital
Mexican Chili Beans and Belgian Eggs Highlight Lent Menu
Mexican chili beans feature pintos simmered with salt pork onion and spices for a hearty meatless main. Belgian eggs and shrimp combine shrimp eggs and cream baked with cheese for a rich dish. Tomorrow’s menu lists breakfast lunch and dinner items centered on these recipes.
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NEA
Q and A facts from a mixed home quiz page
The text lists rapid factual Q A items on topics from Berlin area and prewar population to MET in the British Army barnacle characteristics dentistry counts and plastics weight compared with aluminum. It reads like a column of misc trivia with brief answers.
Arkansas Hereford Cattle Show Ends With Auction
Little Rock February 20 The first annual Arkansas Hereford Cattle show closes with an auction sale of 90 head of breeder stock 55 bulls and 35 females at the State Livestock Show grounds. Breeders from across Arkansas exhibited yesterday as judges awarded honors in several classes.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Hereford Cattle Association
Arkansas
New State
New Favorities Shift Who Shapes Town Life
A town discovers that the most valued citizens are the practical workers and service people. Laundry owners, barbers, seamstresses, nurses and cleaners gain standing, while bankers and social leaders recede. Community effort, not wealth, defines importance.
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Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Licensing dogs, not owners, urged by animal group
The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals proposes licensing dogs rather than owners in need of good homes. The policy aims to ensure pets go to responsible households and reduce stray cases. In other notes, employment agents use taxis to place job seekers, and a Moscow police report questions a muddy ice lump tied to a smash window.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Perons
Moscow
Idaho
John Llewellyn
Black and White Skin Ointment and Soap Ad Claims Cure All
An old advertisement touts Black and White Ointment for eczema acne ringworm tetter and skin blemishes with promises of instant action and 25 years of success. The ad offers 25 cent and 50 cent sizes and a refund if not satisfied, endorsing penicillin use as directed and daily cleansing with Black and White Skin Soap.
Liszt and Chopin Play Unified in Paris Salon
In Paris a scene unfolds with Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin performing together in the presence of Louis Pleyel and Jozef Elsner. Chopin recognizes his own Polonaise as Liszt accompanies, the room alive with shared music and mutual respect. The moment hints at a planned Paris concert for Chopin after two weeks.
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Louis Pleyel
Frederic Chopin
Paris
Frederic
Jozef Elsner
Franz Liszt
Beethoven
France
Louis Phillippe
Frantz Liszt
Europe
Chonin
Pleyel
Liszt
Dupont
Henri Dupont
Louis
Jozef Eisner
Chopin
Monsieur Liszt
Poland
Monsieur
Elsner
Monsieur Chopin
Home Nursing Lesson From a Health Emergency
Mrs Horner learns the value of home nursing when her husband Mr Horner collapses at home. Esther, visiting sister, uses a nursing course to tend him, taking temperature and improvising hot water bottles from jars while awaiting the doctor.
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NEA
Flipped into the Window by Car Wheel
A brief report notes a person was flipped into a window when a passing car's wheel struck them. The incident occurred near a street where onlookers witnessed the event, with no further injuries described.
Burglary In Santa Fe Yields Odd Exchange
Two items, a shirt and two watches, plus a quart of milk and peach preserves were taken by a burglar who swapped shirts and left a soiled shirt as evidence. Police identify Ted McFarland as the mechanical superintendent victim.
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Loswer Santa
How About Caviar
A Los Angeles will leaves $300 for a cat named Scamper kept as a companion by a retired school teacher. The will specifies Scamper should be fed kidneys liver and hearts but not pork and dislikes canned food.
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Los Angeles
Scamper
Six Year Old Brings Cake to Red Cross Canteen
Bloomington Illinois, Feb 21 A six year old girl Robin Lynne Baxter whose father serves in North Africa learned morale is built by sharing. She passed up a portion of her birthday cake and took the rest to a Red Cross canteen at a local railroad station for servicemen passing through.
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Bloomington
Ill
Robin Lynne Baxter
North Africa
Robin Lynne
Red Cross
Bing Crosby Talks on Awards and Press
Hollywood writer Bob Thomas recalls a relaxed interview with Bing Crosby after a rehearsal. Crosby jokes about attending the Academy Awards and explains his laid back approach to publicity while mentioning colleagues Ronald Colman and Fred Astaire.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Sinatra
Mary
der Bingle
Bing
Cruz
Knox
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Ronald Colman
Fred Astaire
Lend Lease Aid Reaches 35 Billion Says Official Report
Washington reports the 18th lend-lease review to President Roosevelt shows aid totaling 35.382 billion dollars. Leo Crowley says shortages at home were not caused by lend-lease shipments and notes 1944 goods and services reached 15.4 billion, with munitions by far staying with U.S. forces.
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Washington
Congress
Leo T. Crowley
Roosevelt
U. S
Lend Lease
Lend Lease Aid Reaches High Point in December
In December lend lease aid rose to 1.319 billion dollars as shipments to Allied forces continued in Europe and the Pacific. The rapid fall in merchant shipping previously slowed aid but December figures mark a new peak since July.
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Normandy
Europe
Pacific
Police to Be Quizzed in Cage Scandal
New York officials including Police Commissioner Valente will testify at the open hearing into the college basketball gambling case when it resumes. Assistant District Attorney Cohen announced the plan and hinted at other police witnesses from Madison Square Garden jurisdiction. Brooklyn College President Gideon urged police action to keep gamblers off campuses.
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New York
Lewis J. Valentine
Charles N. Cohen
Cohen
Madison Square Garden
Harry Gideons
Brooklyn College
Arkansas adds 260 industries in 1944 report
Approximately 260 new or expanded industries were established in Arkansas during 1944, the Arkansas Agricultural and Industrial Commission told the legislature. The report says the state is in a good position to continue industrial development, led by the naval ordnance plant at Camden as the biggest new industry.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Agricultural and Industrial Commission
Naval Ordnance Plant
Camden
Electric Locomotives Take Hold By 1885
The electric locomotive began to see use around 1885 marking a shift in rail propulsion. This early adoption signals a turning point in railway technology as electricity provided an alternative to steam power for traction.
Conference on Stock Show Bills in Little Rock
Gov. Laney met with five Senators to day to break a legislative log jam over three stock show bills. He urged compromise and said he may issue his own recommendations if talks fail. Bills would authorize state and district shows, set up district and county shows, or provide county shows only.
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Little Rock
Laney
Clyde Byrd
el Dorado
Toney
Pine Bluff
Paul van Dalsem
Perry County
OPA Probes Cigarette Price Hike Across State
The Office of Price Administration began a statewide campaign to stop sales above ceiling prices. Eight suits were filed in federal court against retailers including a North Little Rock shop selling three packs for a dollar and a Bearden dealer at two fifty per carton. Six firms, four in Fort Smith, faced injunctions to post ceiling prices in plain view of customers.
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Little Rock
Office of Price Administration
North Little Rock
Fort Smith
OPA
Lloyd George in Critical Condition at Welsh Home
David Lloyd George, 82, former British prime minister and WWI leader, remained in serious condition at his Wales home tonight after a week of illness made worse by age.
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Lloyd George
Wales
London
David Lloyd George
Back to the Bible stands through centuries of peril and denial
The article argues the Bible endures, citing scriptural promises and historic blows against it. It recalls Jehoi akim, Antiochus IV, Diocletian, Julian, Pope Innocent III, Voltaire, and Paine, claiming all attempts failed and the word of God remains forever.
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Isaiah
God
Jesus
Peter
Jehoiakim
Antiochus IV
Metz
Voltaire
Thomas Paine
Rock of
Gibraltar
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