P Couch's Industrial Drive Spurs Southwest Development
C P Couch, brother of the late Harvey Couch, and chairman of the Louisiana Arkansas-Kansas City Southern railroad directors, is credited with fostering industry in South Arkansas and extending the rail system. His early work as lineman and manager, plus leadership in electric, ice, and railroad ventures, helped create new industries and improve service from Kansas City to Gulf Coast ports.
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South
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J. Couch
Harvey Couch
Mr. Couch
Little Lumbia
Calhoun
C. Couch
C. P. Couch
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Arkansas Power 1d. Light Company
Arkadelphia
Alvern
Mississippi
Harvey
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad System
Kansas City
Gulf Coast
Louisiana and Arkansas-Kansas City Southern Railroad
Southwest
Stamps, Arkansas
Harvey C. Couch
Civic leader Rex Brown active in Jackson service clubs
Rex Brown and his wife Mrs Brown have been prominent in Jackson Mississippi civic life. He is past president of the Jackson Rotary Club and the Executives Club and founded the Jackson Community Chest. He has chaired Boy Scout committees, directed war drives and Civilian Defense efforts, and the couple has a son Charles Edwin.
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Executives Club
Jackson Community Chest
Brown
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Moses outlines plans for industrial growth in South Arkansas
C. Ham Moses, familiar with late Mr. Couch’s long range plans, pledges to carry them out to the limit. He shows particular interest in developing industry in his native South Arkansas, and in recent weeks has taken steps toward this goal.
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Couch
South
Moses
Arkansas
Postwar planning push by Arkansas business leaders
In organized effort leaders in Arkansas outline a postwar development plan to use all resources after the war. They express confidence in rapid industrial growth for Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi. Turner, married to Marguerite Judge of Memphis, has a daughter Jo Ann and is active with the Louisiana Engineering Society and New Orleans groups. He serves in the American Legion and on the Committee for Economic Development Civilian Defense work.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Turner
Marguerite Judge
Memphis
Jo Ann
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Louisiana Engineering Society
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Orleans Association of Commerce
Community Chest
Paterson Named Louisiana Leader Of Economic Development Effort
A. B. Paterson of Louisiana chairs the Southern district of the National Committee for Economic Development and serves on Tulane University educational fund board and New Orleans city debt liquidation board. He advised on War Production Board panels and Orleans Department panel for Louisiana and Mississippi. He directed the Smaller War Plants Corporation in Louisiana. He also sat on the New Orleans RFC advisory board during Harvey C. Couch’s RFC tenure.
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National Committee For Economic Development
Paterson
Tulane University Educational Fund
New Orleans
War Productirs Board
Ordnance Department
Mississippi
War Plants Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harvey C. Couch
RFC
Turner as Builder of Large Local Workforce
W. C. Turner stands as a builder by training and instinct, leading an organization of about 1000 trained employees. He emphasizes that most staff are native-born Louisianians and is naturally optimistic about his enterprise.
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Turner
War plants burn gas to power ships tanks and planes
War production uses gas for heat, uniform control, and safety in shell hardening and countless other wartime needs. The Columbia Gas Treating Plant upgrades facilities to supply war plants and homes, with new pipelines to Arkansas plants and ongoing development for industrial and domestic use.
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Columbia Gas
Arkansas
Gas Company
Ark-La-Tex
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A. B. Paterson
W. C. Turner
Arkansas Louisiana Gas CO
Columbia Gas Treating Plant
South Arkansas
Public Service Company
Oklahoma
Arkansas Power and Light Company
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