Social and Personal Notes From The First Methodist Church
Daisy Heard reports Monday meetings begin the year at the First Methodist Church with an array of auxiliary circle sessions and a large list of hostesses. Various church groups plan programs, receptions, and Red Cross work, while Nedra Gibson wed Lt. Francis S. Johnson at the First Baptist with a formal ceremony, vows, and a reception followed by a home wedding trip.
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First Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Bridwell
Jimmy Miller
C. W. Tarpley
Nedra Gibson
Francis
Johnson
First Baptist Church
Nedra Gib
John §. Gibson, Sr
Francis S. Johnson
United States Army Air Corps
A. Johnson
Providence
Rhode Island
R. Hamilton
Paglar
GB. Parrott
George Brandon
Marshall
Texas
Jess Davis
John 5
Gibson
Carter Gibson
Alton Terry
San Angelo
Wanda Lane
Vern Marie Porter
Sue Rodgers
Mary Nell Daniels
Monoelle Lyon
Wesley Gamble
C. J. Dufresne
H. Parratt
Harold S. Atwood
R. J
South Walnut
San Angelo,Texas
Social notes on visits and travel in Wynne and Rochester
Mrs. Merlin Coop and daughter Carol returned the phone after a visit with relatives in Wynne. Mrs. R. L. Gosnell is back from Washington DC where she stayed with daughter Mrs. H. K. McHarg and Capt. McHarg. Mr. Wingfield left for Mayo Clinic Rochester to seek treatment for illness. Miss Mary Frances Hammons from Washington DC is visiting relatives.
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Merlin Coop
Carol
Wynne
R. L. Gosnell
Washington, D. C
H. K. McHarg
Capt. McHarg
EB. O. Wingfield
Rochester, Minn
Wingfield
Mayo Clinic
Mary Frances Hammons
Washington, D.C
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Thomsen's Wife Seeks Honor for Unfulfilled U of A Contract
Fayetteville May 1 Mrs Fred C Thomsen wife of the former Arkansas University head football coach asks the university board to honor his contract either by pay in full or granting a leave of absence. She argues the captain in the Army Air Force should receive the same consideration as other professors and outlines the contract terms including 6000 per year and time remaining.
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Fayetteville
Fred C. Thomsen
Arkansas University
University Board of Trustees
Fred Charles Thomson
Foreign Service
Army Air Force
University of Arkansas
Thomasen
Air Force
Thomsen
Bobby Feller's Father Dies Early Today
William Feller, 30, father and lifelong mentor to baseball star Bob Feller, died after a long illness at the family farm. He coached his son from childhood, built a practice diamond, and watched him rise to the Cleveland Indians, including a no hit game in 1939. Bob, now in the Navy, is believed to be at his training station.
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William Feller
Bob Feller
Bob
Bill Feller
Cleveland Indies
Chicago White Sox
Indians
Navy
Suinery
Giets Marguerite
Reformers Fight Over Secretary and Clerk Shipments
Reformers pressed to elect Buller as secretary with Shaver in the lead and a small majority forecast, while Senator Ward vowed to keep opposing Buller for not recognizing senate election rights. Rossbire compromise candidates Ned Stewart and Ed Farvis mentioned before the session. In the house race, Hal P. Smith and Jack Machen vied for clerkship, with Machen backed by Speaker-designate Bob Griffith and Smith claiming Governor Adkins’s support though the governor stayed neutral.
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Shaver
Buller
William A. Ward
Mariana
Eherr
Senate
Butler
Ward
Rossbire
Ned Stewart
Texarkana
Corporation Commission
Ed Farvis
Little Rock
House
Hal P. Smith
Clarendon
Jack Machen
Mag Noli
Machen
Bob Griffith
Smith
Adkings
What You Busy With War Bonds
Washing machines and other household appliances are not available today. Manufacturers have converted their plants to war work. If you save today by buying War bonds, this money saved will start these factories rolling and put millions of Americans to work after the War is won.
Training Tales and Spring Fights in Cold Baseball
In a wide World Sports roundup, Hugh Fullerton Jr. recalls early spring training anecdotes from Pop Fullerton and Roy Rog Denver, noting how cold climates shaped prep for seasons while mobbing on snowbanks and desert runs. The column discusses clubhouse feuds sparked by boredom, a charity drive reaching over six figures, an upcoming boxing title defense in San Francisco, and a misscheduledUtah coach Ike Armstrong’s misread trip, ending with a guest star note on Bill Terry’s wary Philadelphia investment.
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Hugh Fullerton, Sr
Pop
Anson
Ryan
Burts
Mike Kelly
Lake Front Park
Chicago
Mike
Waycross
Savannah
Hot Springs
Kansas City
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Selma
Ala
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West Baden
Ind
University of Minols
Hudson
N. M
Hig
Bill Kuster
Bowler
San Francisco
Eddie Booker
Jack Chase
Jim Corbett
Ike Armstrong
Utah
Training Jobs Open to Women 18 to 25
The U S Employment Service in Hope announces training in aircraft sheetmetal work for women aged 18 to 25. Applications require good physical condition and completion of the 8th grade. Contact the U S Employment office at 201 East Second St, Hope, for details and enrollment.
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U. S. Employment Service
Hope
U. S
East Second St
Van Sickle Enters Navy Pre-Flight School on Jan 11
Wallace W. Van Sickle of Hope Ark has enrolled in the U S Navy Pre-Flight School in Athens Ga as part of a three month intensive training program combining physical conditioning and ground work ahead of further naval aviation training. He previously studied at Magnolia A M and completed CAA primary training at Arkadelphia. A caption notes Capt Forrest Sherman describing a torpedo explosion from the carrier Wasp.
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Athens
Naval Aviation
Wallace W. van Sickle
Hope
Ark
U. S. Navy
van Sickle
E. C. van Sickle
East Division
Magnolia A
CAA
Arkadelphia
Mrs Blanche Cannon Dies at Home in Hope
Mrs Blanche Cannon 56 longtime Hope resident died at her home yesterday. Funeral at Herndon Cornelis Funeral Home 10:30 a m Tuesday officiated by Rev Moore. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs James Fields of Hope son Howard Cannon of Dallas two sisters Mrs J B Schooley of Hope and Mrs W J Fall of Mineral Springs a brother R W Smith of Lovingston N M and a grandchild Active pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named from local figures and doctors.
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Blanche Cannon
Hope
Herndon - Cornelis
Moore
Rose Hill Cemetery
James Fields
Howard Cannon
Dallas
J. &. Schooley
W. J. Fall
Mineral Springs
Reds Strike Across Caucasus and Don Fronts
Soviet reports say two hundred Germans killed as Red armies press in the Caucasus and along the lower Don toward Rostov. A Red Aryan unit repelled six enemy counterattacks at midnight, while hundreds more Germans slain and eight tanks destroyed. Farther south Russians seize Zimovniki area as German losses mount. On the Moscow front, German forces southwest of Velikie Luki face isolation amid ceaseless counterattacks.
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Caucasus
Lower Don
Rostov
Stalingrad
Tikharetsk
Novorrossisk
Black Sea
Zimovniki
Lam A Murderer by Morris Markey
A serialized tale unfolds at a Marguery party where Henry Prentiss, Cynthia, and vaunted figures like Vaughan Dunbar swirl around a romance. Mitchell Grace, Naval Academy hopeful denied line service, leads toward Dawn Shower ties with Colonel Merriwether as a new, complex life begins ashore.
Roosevelt Budget Aims War Economy Shift and Tax Reforms
President outlines a $135 billion national income for this year and $145 billion next year, with a wartime tax and savings drive. He urges unity in Congress, cap on after tax salaries, and stronger purchases of war goods while civilian consumption falls about 25 percent from 1941. Public debt rises to about $210 billion by June 30, 1944, needing revision of limits.
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Chis
Armed Services
Pearl Harbor
Veteran Administration
Works Projects Administration
Velikie Luki News Leads With Army Claims Of Reprisal
The Red Star reports infantry wiped out in another sector as reinforcements move toward Velikie Luki and Kurmal from the east. The German high command, denying losses, says Velikie Luki’s garrison offered heroic resistance to strong enemy attacks.
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Velikie Luki
Kurmal
Usin
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Highlights From FDRs Budget Program
Washington reports President Rows yell delivers budget message to Congress outlining a war budget surpassing 100 billion dollars for fiscal 1944. The plan emphasizes total war effort, with 96 cents of every dollar in 1944 to war costs and debt service, and seeks higher taxes or savings to raise at least 16 billion more funds.
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U.S Tressury Department
Washington
Rows Yell
Congress
Adkins Asks Racing Order the Recinded
Little Rock Jan 11 Governor Adkins asked the Racing Commission to rescind authorization of this year’s annual racing meet at Hot Springs. Telegrams to commission members drew mixed replies with opposition from Hightill and most others. Mayor Leo McLaughlin announced plans to oppose the race over rubber and gasoline concerns and to start a horse and buggy shuttle from the hotel district to Oaklawn.
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Adkins
Racing Commission
Hot Springs
Commission
H. Hightill
Blythevile
Jack
Carnes
Camden
Van
Lyell
Leo McLaughlin
Oaklawn
Staff Sergeant Frank Drake Promoted At South Plains Army Flying School
Lubbock Texas January promotion report states Staff Sgt Frank Drake of Hope Arkansas has moved up from Sergeant. Col Norman B Olsen commanding officer of the South Plains Army Flying School announced the promotion. Drake is the son of Thomas J Drake of Hope Arkansas. Also note the death of Juan Moles Ormelia, 72, former Minister of the Interior of the Spanish Republican government, in Mexico City.
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Texas
Frank Drake
Hope
Ark
Norman B. Olsen
South Plains Army
Winged Commandos
Drake
Thomas J. Drake
Mexico City
Juan Moles Ormelia
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