Major role credited to Captain Wilkes in coach company development
Captain M Wilkes, long time head of a Southwestern Gas company, is praised for shaping the Arkansas Power and Light program. A WWII veteran from Salt Lake City and Kentucky, he joined AP&L in 1919 and rose through engineering and executive ranks to influence power pool growth in the South. He now leads a Shreveport-based firm and remains a key energy figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ach
Arkansas Power and Lightmpany
Captain
M. Wilkes
Ars
Comny
Wilkes
Southwestern Gas and the Company
Headquarts
Shreveport
Flity
Uth
Arkansas
Captain Wilkes
Aansas Power and Light Comig
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kentucky
Kentucky State University
Ing
Generallectric Company
Chilgagzo
Public Service Company
Northfern Illinois
Pracly
Ofentral
Missouri
United States
Armiistice
Oidf
Kington
D. C
Arkansas Power and Light Company Organion
Commercial Ager
Stuttgart
Mississippi Power & Light Company
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tristate
Wilkes rises to top role at Southwestern Gas and Electric
The record traces Wilkes’ ascent from acting general manager to general manager and later operating vice president in 1940. After A Lieberman fell ill in 1941, Wilkes became assistant and, on Lieberman’s death, was elected president. He envisions Southwest industrial growth and plans to bring executives to South Arkansas for the Harvey Couch war power plant dedication. Every major geologic division is reflected in California’s marine sediments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lieberman
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
Mr. Wilkes
Lieberman
Wilkes
Southwest
South Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Arkansas’ Natural Resources
Harvey Couch
Stamps
Arkansas
Carter Oil Company
Adequate Railroad Service Boosts Arkansas Industrial Growth
J G Carlisle argues Arkansas railroads through Missouri Pacific Lines have long advocated the state as a future industrial empire. Arkansas now has 4740 miles of rail, with 90.5 percent owned by seven major companies, linking markets across the nation. The rail network supports raw materials from fields, forests, mines, and oil pools and positions Arkansas for defense and expansion during national programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Carlisle
Missouri Pacific Lines
Arkansas
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Gulf Ports
America
Southwestern Gas and Electric Drives War Plant Power Network
Southwestern Gas and Electric expanded to support war plants across Bowie county and the Texarkana region. It built three creosoted-substation lines, a 132000 volt link from Weleetka to the system, and new feeders for Lone Star Ordnance and Red River Depot, adding over three million dollars in capacity and a 10000 kilowatt substation. The crew surpassed 775 workers, with additional staff for surge demand and TVA and aluminum plant preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Arkansas
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
Harvey
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Southwestern Power Pool
Bowie County
Southern Gas and Electric
Highway 82
Hooks
Texarkana
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Lone Stars Ordnance Plant
Shreveport
Lone Star
Red River
TVA
Tennesssee
Texas Power and Light Company
Hot Springs
Weleetka
Okla
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Seee
Southwest Proving Grounds
Hempstead
Much More Oil from Old Fields
Dr. George H. Fancher of the University of Texas directs a preliminary feasibility study on second oil recovery in Texas fields. His team, including Steve DeBoard Jr and C V Lisman Jr, works with oil company officials to collect production and geological data and prepare maps for a winter data compilation and a possible start of initial experiments next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Fancher
University of Texas
Steve DeBoard, Jr
C. V. Lisman, Jr
Allen Scott
Henry Cotton
H. A. Thomas
Cousins Meet in Marines Over Coffee in South Pacific
In the South Pacific, U S Marines share coffee and reunion as cousins Cpl Angelo M Dugo 26 of Escalon Illinois and Pvt Frank P Dugo 22 of Chicago meet for the first time during a frontline coffee break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
U. S
Cpl
Angelo M. Dugo
Escalon
Pvt
Frank P. Dugo
Chicago
Mail Orderly Camp Wizard Camp Polk
Corporal Raymond L. Larson of Council Bluffs Iowa acts as mail orderly at Camp Polk. He knows every man by sight and can judge letters in boxes, even when letters are scarce. A War Production Drive clerk devised a method that saves 4992 man-hours annually and 264000 sheets of paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Raymond L. Larson
Council Bluffs, Ia
War Production Drive
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Coach Company
A. P. and
L. System
Harvey Couch Power Plant
California
Frank M. Wilkes
Marines
Gustafson
John Blue Fertilizer Distributors
Feeny
Arkansas Institution
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Southern Acid and Sulphur Company, Inc
Little Rock, Arkansas
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