Courtship of Andy Hardy adds guest stars in latest film
The Courtship of Andy Hardy opens Sunday at the Bertha theater with Donna Reed and Lundigan among the guest stars. Reed wins early notice from talent scouts after campus queen headlines and joins the Hardy troupe as Cecilia Par. The comedy follows Andy helping a young girl whose parents face a court case and separation, set in Gerver, with supporting players Fay Holden and Sara Haden among others.
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Hardy
Andy Hardy
Trish
Lardy
Andy
Gtone
A. Parker
Marian
George Beltz
Fay Holden
Ann Itherford
Sara Haden
Frieda ‘Ort
Harvey Stephens
George Eston
Tod Karns
Betty Welles
Steve Cornell
Geurvel
Mickey
Jaloppy
General Motors reports wartime deliveries rise in May
In New York on June 25 AP says General Motors Corp announced May deliveries of war matériel, including airplanes, engines, tanks, guns, ammunition, and other war supplies. The May total was more than double the previous period, reflecting robust war production. The first five months of 1942 delivered $486,838,038 worth of materiel.
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New York
Eral Motors Corp
Ayain May
Tal
Oil and Gas Filings and Deeds June 25 1942
Oil and gas filings dated June 1942 include mineral deeds and leases among various parties. J A Fletcher and wife transfer interests to B L Young. W M Smith to Mid Cont Petroleum Corp. George D Stevens and wife to T E McHachern. J B Powell and wife to Susie L Wadley. Royalty deeds show multiple 1/128 to 1/32 int. and terms up to 14 years. locations include Sec 18, 14, 10 and surrounding townships in S&E. Deliveries in April May 1942 totaled $225 million. 1942 Q2 payroll averaged 245,326 in May. Filed June 22-25, 1942.
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Eunice Tripiatt
J. A. Fletcher
B. L. Young
S&s
West. O. & G
W. M. Smith
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
NEY
J. B. Powell
Susie L. Wadley
West
Gene Goff
Salimount Oil Company
Saltmount Oil Company
SEY and New
See
Rge
Ickes Urges a Gas Committee
Secretary of the Interior Ickes asked the House Banking Committee to create a $500 million war petroleum corporation. The plan would ensure delivery to shortage areas, expand transport and production for the war effort and essential civilian needs, maintain strategic reserves, and safeguard public interest by returning certain products to underground reservoirs.
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Washington
War Petroleum Corporation
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
House Banking Committee
Battle Wagons Can Still Slog
NEA Service correspondent Bob Ruark reports Navy views on battleships versus carriers. Officers argue heavy ships may return as decisive two-handed fighters in slugging battles, despite air power advances and calls for more carriers. Carriers displace battleships in priority yet the big guns and armor remain valued for long range shelling and troop movements.
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Bob Ruark
NEA
Washington
Navy Department
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Coral Sea
Midway
Navy
Billy Mitchell
Pearl Harbor
Prince of Wales
Property Transfers and Leases Recorded in June 1942
The document lists multiple oil and gas lease transactions and property deeds dated in June 1942. It records J B Warmack transferring to J B Zick, and J B Zick to Danciger Oil & Refining Co, with associated land descriptions in sections and townships, plus a warranty deed from Winifred E. Spear to R F Barnes.
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B. Warmack
O. & G. Lease
J. B. Warmack
J.B. Zick
Assyn. O. & G. Lease
J. B. Zick
Danciger Oil & Refining Co
Winifred E. Spear
R. F. Barnes
Naval warfare shifts to carrier centric, long range air power
The article analyzes naval strategy amid extended combat zones with a shift from heavy battleships to carrier-centric fleets bolstered by cruisers and destroyers. It notes land based aircraft are favored for practicality, while carriers remain essential, awaiting future decisive air power to prevail.
Advice from Mrs Doolittle to World War II brides
War bride and mother Mrs. Jimmy Doolittle offers guidance to daughters in law and thousands of WWII brides. She urges adaptability, quiet endurance, and active work, noting secrecy and training, loneliness, and maintaining a home while husbands serve. She recalls her own WWII era efforts and stresses staying busy and communicative.
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Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
James Doolittle
Iao
Pearl Harker
Washington
American Red Cross
Merchants to Start Appreciation Day in Prescott
Prescott merchants join a weekly Trades Day program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce to boost goodwill with rural communities. The effort begins July HW and reflects the strong ties between local merchants and nearby residents. Also noted are hometown connections and visits from Blakely family, Miss Patty Mayhan in St Louis visiting Kay Bemis, and the Peebles and Barrow families relocating to Prescott.
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Prescott
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon
Blakelys
Patty Mayhan
St. Louis
Kay Bemis
L. Peebles
Harrison
Mr. Peebles
John I. Barrow
Ozan
Society Notes From Prescott and Nearby Visits
Mrs. Dan Pittman Jr. visits Prescott from Little Rock to spend time with relatives. Miss Alice Ruth Cantley and Miss Irone Hamby are noted visitors from Little Rock and El Dorado respectively. Mrs. Belle Sowell of Arkadelphia guests her daughter and Mr. Helton, while Mrs. M. W. Greeson and Mrs. Matt HiM visit Hot Springs. Samuel B. Blakely, son of Gurdon’s postmaster, is accepted into the Army Air Corps and will report for training. The letter closes with a wartime exhortation to courage, humor, tolerance, and national unity.
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Dan Pittman Jr
Little Rock
Prescott
C. &. Black
Alice Ruth Cantley
Irone Hamby
el Dorado
Belle Sowell
Arkadelphia F
H. &. Helton
Helton
M. W. Greeson
Matt Him
Hot Springs
Samuel B. Blakely
I. A. Blakely
Gurdon
Army Air Corps
Gurdon High School
Dutch Harbor Raid Eyewitnesses Describe Surprise Attack
Eyewitness accounts from Seattle dated June 25 describe the Japanese air raid on Dutch Harbor on June 3 at 6:45 am. Civilians, evacuees, and seamen recount anti aircraft fire from ships and shore, with crew snatching rifles to defend the raid while army and navy men manned guns. Official tallies of planes downed remain unclear as damage was light and warnings had been expected.
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Dutch Harbor
Seattle
France
W. Flack
San Francisco
Duleh Harbor
Unalaska
Fietcher
Dittch Harbor
Fletcher
Unalaski
Holt Speaks Here Saturday at Hope City Hall
Attorney General Jack Holt, candidate for the United States Senate, will speak at 2:30 Saturday afternoon June 27 on the east side of Hope city hall. Mayor Albert Graves to introduce him. Read remarks include wartime experiences and harbor bombardment descriptions from Unalaska and Dittch Harbor.
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Jack Holt
United States Senate
Hope City Hall
Albert Graves
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