Y W A at First Baptist Plans Postponed Picnic and Club Meeting
Social calendar notes a YWA meeting at First Baptist Church at 6 30 Friday then a picnic cancellation for Vacation Bible School and a rescheduled Monday night session. Azalea Garden Club luncheon moved to June 21 with details of the D A R District and Flag Day events in Texarkana and Arkadelphia.
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Y.W.A
First Baptist Church
K. G. McRae
Azalea Garden Club
Cain
D.A.R
Caddo Council
Caddo District
Arkansas Society
W. E. Barkman
Adelphia
Southwest Isas
Lone Star
Texarkana
Texas
Bob Morris Wins Army Record as Technical Sergeant
Bob Morris, former Bar department store manager in Hope, is discharged at Abilene Texas with a distinguished service record as technical sergeant. He served with the 90th Division from France to Czechoslovakia, earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and four campaign stars. He has not decided his civilian plans.
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Bob Morris
Hope
Abilene
Texas
Morris Talley
First National Bank
Morris
France
Czechoslovakia
First Baptist Bible School to Hold Final Graduation Tonight
The seventh annual Vacation Bible School of First Baptist Church closes with a 7 30 p m commencement in the church auditorium. Pupils and teachers invite guests to attend the program and view handwork and notebooks. Intermediate students will manage flags, Bible bearers, ushers, and exhibit arrangement. Enrollment reached 195 with an average daily attendance near 170 despite rain.
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First Baptist Church
Baseball Scores From The AP Report
National League games show Pittsburgh 5 6 Chicago 2 5 Brooklyn 6 New York 5 Philadelphia 13 while American League results include Boston and St Louis 3 Detroit 2 Chicago 4 Cleveland 3 Boston 1 Philadelphia 0.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Transfer of Affection in War Time Romance
Dorothy Dix discusses a fiancée who may have fallen for another man while her fiancé is a prisoner of war. The column advises openness, weighing consequences for both the fiancé and the returning soldier, and notes war pressures temptations yet warn against destroying faith.
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Miss Dix
Mary
Sally
Brushoff Club
Stewart elected president of Arkansas Retail Jewelers
Edwin H. Stewart of Hope was elected president of the Arkansas Retail Jewelers association at the Little Rock convention. Ernest Hesterly of Prescott joined the board of directors as the group discussed the 20 percent federal excise tax, a topic few years.
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Edwin H. Stewart
Stewart
Hope
Arkansas Retail Jewelers Association
Little Rock
Ernest Hesterly
Prescott
Nimtz Heads U S Submarine Forces in Atlantic
Chester W Nimtz aged 27 served as commander of United States submarine forces in the Atlantic Ocean during active service.
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Chester W. Nimtz
Atlantic Ocean
Men who fly the Hump over the Himalayas to deliver cargo
A veteran recounts rapid training and perilous Hump flights for C N A C pilots. He describes improvised mapmaking of uncharted routes, daily dangers from Japanese Zeros, and a selection test that required perfect instrument landings.
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Himalayas
India
China
C.N.A.C
LSU student Carolyn Trimble elected Pi Beta Phi president
Personal notice names Carolyn Trimble daughter of Mr and Mrs F G Trimble of 607 West 3rd Street. She is elected president of Pi Beta Phi social sorority on the Louisiana State University campus.
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Carolyn Trimble
F. G. Trimble
West 3Rd. St
Pi Beta Phi
Louisiana State University
Homecoming Sunday at Sutton Harmony Church
A homecoming service is planned at Sutton Harmony church on Sunday June 17. The Rev. G. E. Waddle of Dallas Texas will preach at 11 o clock with singing in the afternoon.
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Sutton, Harmony Church
Dallas
Texas
Wright brothers first glider had no engine or tail
The early Wright brothers glider featured no engine no fuselage and no tail and reportedly cost 15 dollars, reflecting its primitive design and experimental purpose in the pioneering aviation era.
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Wilbur
Orville Wright
Londonderry
Howard
San Francisco
Calif
Okinawa interlude tests Japanese surrender bid
With the 1st Marine Division at Itoman Okinawa on June 11, Lt. Gen. Buckner authorized a half hour of quiet for a surrender display. Japanese movement on Kunishi ridge stopped as shells and gunfire resumed, bringing renewed fighting across the ridge and rice paddies amid calls to unleash mortars and smoke.
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E. G. Valens
1St Marine Division
Itoman Village
Okinawa
Kunishi Ridge
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Spencer S. Berger
Eisenhower Receives Heroic Paris Welcome
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will be greeted by a hero's reception in Paris with Allied flags adorning the city. Trains bring crowds as he arrives from Frankfurt to place a wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb. De Gaulle calls him a fellow of the liberation and hosts an official reception at city hall.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Fights Last Night New York Al Guide 136
New York outpointed Frankie een 131 1 2 in Brooklyn while Billy Lima 116 stopped Hugo Flores in Miami. Flores was knocked out in Tampa Florida.
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Associated Press
New York
al Guide
Frankie Een
Brooklyn
Miami
Billy Lima
Hugo (Peesee) Flores
Tampa
Fla
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