Need Carriers to Win War
Navy aims to shift from battleships to carriers as the war effort intensifies. The piece argues for a large carrier program, including numerous big and small carriers, and measures to protect and mass-produce air-sea strike ships while maintaining surface warships. It notes Midway and Coral Sea confirming carrier primacy and urges rapid expansion before Japan’s growing fleet and tactics.
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Thomas
Cartiers
Congress
King
Japan
Midway
Navy
Lesses New Ly
Australia
Fagan
Jrow
83 Living Dependents Means a Full House in Clifton Springs
Mrs Emma Comstock of Clifton Springs New York had 83 living descendants including great great grandchildren. She lists three children fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild as part of a large family dominated by the biggest item in her clan led by the great grand children.
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Clifton Springs
N. Y
Emma Comstock
Ber
Prescott Garden Club Entertained Tuesday
Prescott Garden Club met Tuesday June 16 with Mrs E P J Garrett and hostesses Cora Munn Dewey Stripling Ralph Fore Jesse Craw Sam Gee presiding. Plans for a spring Flower Show were made and yearbook plans discussed. Travel vase awarded to Mrs Callis Aukins for June entries. George Christopher commissioned as First Lieutenant in the U S Army and to report June 29 at Baltimore Quartermaster Base.
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Prescott Garden Club
E. P. J. Garrett
Cora Munn
Dewey Stripling
Ralph Fore
Jesse Craw
Sam Gee
J. Vernon Fare
Sam ©. Logan
Imon Gee
Carl Dalrymple
Prescott
Callis Aukins
Gus McCaskill
Vael Chamberlain
George Christopher
U. S. Army
Baltimore
Maryland
Social figures travel plans and visits reported
Society notes report Mrs EM Sharp visiting her daughter Mrs Tolbert Duke in Little Rock while Mr Duke remains there. Mr and Mrs John A Eagle and daughter Nona Kathryn travel to Detroit to visit relatives. Dr J B Nesterly visits Little Rock. Mr and Mrs Jesse Stitt attend the National Hotelmen's Convention in New York. Mrs Audrah Creed visits Tupelo to see relatives.
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EM. Sharp
Tolbert Duke
Mr. Duke
Little Rock
John A. Eagle
Nona Kathryn
Detroit
Michigan
J. B. Nesterly
Jesse Stitt
New York City
Audrah Creed
Tupelo
Mississippi
Warning Order in Hempstead County Circuit Court
Arkansas Power and Light Company sues Mary Scoggins Estate and numerous Scoggins heirs and spouses. Defendants must appear and answer within thirty days as of June 10 1842, with the clerk J P Byers presiding. June 11 1825 July 2 Plaintiff.
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Circuit Court of
Arkansans Rally to End Labor Abuses in Agriculture
Arkansas Farm Bureau and farmers press Congress to back Hobbs Bill 4. R. 6872 to remove union exemptions from the Anti-Racketeering Act and let DOJ prosecute racketeering and intimidation by unions. The article cites Supreme Court dissent and unions’ loading refusals at truck terminals harming farmers with perishables. It also discusses military family allowances and Selective Service changes impacting deferments and exemptions for dependents.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Congress
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Department of Justice
Unified States Supreme Court
New York
Teamsters
Stone
House
Judiciary Committee
Good News for Married Men Good News for Married Men
Eleanor Ragsdale explains new Family Allotments and Allowances bills granting semi automatic graduated pay raises to enlisted men with Class A dependents. The plan bases eligibility on relationship, not income, and makes payments compulsory if spouses or children demand them. Class B dependents follow different rules for financial dependence.
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Selective Service
Eleanor Ragsdale
NEA
Washington
Armed Services
Amy
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Willie
House
Senate
Sergeant Smith
Brown
van Plush
Park Avenue
War and Navy Departments
Federal Security Agency
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Nelly
Standard Volunteer
L. A. Hulburt
Independence
Oregon
By Galbraith
NEA Servic
Helen Hesterly
Marvel Family
National Nutrition Council
Irs
America
Sunkist Lemons
Shorts
Stueart’s
Tendurteed
California
Pou
Arkansans
Ustedman
Jack Tar
Secretary of War
Selective Service Boards
Mat
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Ser
Vice
Kansay
Canada
Alan Kirk
Naval Intelligence
London
Harold S. Stark
United States
European
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