Social calendar patterns visible in Legion and garden groups
May events include American Legion Auxiliary at the Surgical Dressing unit on Tuesday, Lilac Garden Hub meeting at Mrs Kinser’s home on Wednesday, and Garden Club hats at Mrs Rook’s garden. Circle No 4 of the Women’s Society met at Mrs Harry Silver’s home with 14 attending. cottage prayers planned at Mrs Webb Laseter’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
W. Mamsey
Lilac Garden Hub
Tom Kinser
Floyd Otterfeild
Circle No. 4
Wien
Society of First Baptisted
Harry Silver
Guines
John Turner
Webb Laseter
Servicemen Updates From Home Front
Communiques report Cpl Verban L Sparks arrived safely in England serving with the medical corps. Ensign Robert Jewell promoted to lieutenant jg in the U S Naval Reserves effective April 1. Pfe Ruel Mullins arrived safely in England. Cpl Dorsey D Keith promoted at post in Canada. S/Sgt Robert Bales returned to Marianna Air Base Florida after furlough with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Verban L. Sparks
England
Medical Corps
C. A. Sparks
Robert Jewell
J.g
U.S. Naval
South Main Street
A. T. Jewell
Pfe. Ruel F. Mullins
F. J. Mullins
Dorsey D. Keith
Canada
Keith
A. C. Keith
Hope
Robert Bales
Marianna Air Base
Fla
R. H. Bales
McCaskill Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
McCaskill residents and families enjoyed a flurry of visits this week with relatives in Star City Eldorado Gordon Nashville and Prescott. Notable travelers include Mrs C A Hamilton Virginia Hamilton and Mrs Susie White with El Dorado links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hamilton
Virginia
Star City
D. P. Morgan
van Hamilton
Springdale
Susie White
Eliorado
Jd. S. Bittick
C. B. Bittick
Houston
Texas
David Frith
Hope
Dora Wortham
Watson Wilson
Little Carlyn Wilson
Prescott
Deora Wortham
J. M. Curtis
Eldorado
Verdie Lovells Place
Curtis Blackmon
Nashville
J. O. Harris and Sons
Seven Arkansans Missing in Action in European Area
A War Department release lists seven Arkansans among 916 U S soldiers missing in action. Names include In the European area T Sgt Allen D Brown Sgt Howard L Evans S Sgt William R Mooney 2nd Lt Walter W Pogue and Sgt Woodrow W Rains. In the Mediterranean area S Sgt Otto E Benz. An annual rainfall of 5.62 inches was recorded at Maui.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arkansans
War Department
U. S
Allen D. Brown
Flora M. Brown
Wilmar
Howard L. Evans
Susia E. Evans
Dell
William. R. Mooney
Mansfield
Walter W. Pogue
Walter F. Pogue
11Th St
Fort Smith
Woodrow W. Rains
Jane Inman
Bay
Mediterranean
Otto E. Benz
Katherine E. Logan
Paris
Ration Coupon Changes and Stamp Validities Notice
Summary of ration stamp changes with dates for blue red and sugar stamps Affected stamps and book numbers listed with new indefinite validity and expiration updates Sugar stamps No 30 and 31 have extended validity Airplane stamps No 1 and 2 issued Book No 3 Gasoline ration adjustments extend validity from two to three months and reduce weekly allowance in A books
Memorial service set for Mrs. Burke and playground dedication
In Stamps Arkansas a memorial service for Mrs. Charles W. Burke will be held in the Stamps School auditorium Wednesday night with the Vida Burke Playground dedication. Burke, who died in April, taught in Stamps for twenty years, largely as a primary teacher. Tributes will be given by H. T. Steel, T. M. Stinnett, wm Lattle Rock, and A. G. Shannon, all former Stamps superintendents.
Kansans Promoted in War Department Orders
Washington May 16 The War Department announced James Monroe Kolb of Clarksville Arkansas promoted from captain to major and William Hamner Richardson of Malvern Arkansas advanced from first lieutenant to captain in temporary promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wey
James Monroe Kolb
Clarksville
Ark
War Department
William Hamner Richardson
Malvern
Leutenant
Sponge haul uncovers vast Gulf of Mexico marine life
A washtub sized sponge pulled from the Gulf of Mexico yielded an extraordinary find of over 17 000 shrimp barnacles worms and crags along with other attached marine life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Barnsdall Moves Toward New Well After Setback
Oil activity in the Midway field includes Barnsdall Oil Company’s Luzenia Creek No. 2 awaiting success after coring and fishing in 9-15-24. A Barnsdall gasoline plant progresses with routine construction. Lion Oil Refining drills Cusetta No. 1 in 35-17-24 as Stamps area sees MeKamie spur gas field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamps
Ark
Lafayette
Midway
Barnsdall Oil Company
Luzenia Creek No. 2
Barnsdall Gasoline
MeKamie Spur
Lion Oil Refining Company
Oil and Gas Leases in LaFayette County Arkansas 1944
Legal notices record assignments and royalty deeds in LaFayette County Arkansas. Searcy and wife convey to Root Petroleum Company a lease from Minnie Copeland in section 28 township 17 south range 25 west. J B Burton and wife assign royalties and acreage to J G Griesbeck across sections 26 and others dated May 12 1944 and filed May 13 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette County
Arkansas
Eunice Triplett
Lewisville
EB. Searcy
Root Petroleum Company
Minnie Copeland
J. B. Burton
D. Burton
J. G. Griesbeck
P. D. Burton
Buenos Aires Claims World’s Largest Electric Sign
Buenos Aires reportedly hosts the world’s largest electric sign measuring 188 by 30 feet and lit by 15,000 bulbs. The sign was manufactured in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Courtright Confronts Japanese Authority in Japan
Tilda Courtright navigates danger in Japanese-occupied territory as Captain Azaraski pressures for progress. She recalls a life devoted to educating Japanese officials while fearing discovery and possible torture for Link and Norma. Azaraski hints at staying two or three days at the inn as danger looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilda Courtright
Link
Iowa
Japanese Educational Department
Pearl Harbor
Lincoln Belt
Norma
Azaraski
Baldwin
Japan
Monk
Russia
Courtright
28 Candidates for Queen of Kiwanis Show
Henry Haynes announces 26 Kiwanis Minstrel queen candidates enrolled with Friday deadline. Each ticket to the 1944 show grants 100 votes. tickets go on sale now. Enrollees include Bonnie Anthony Jessie Clarke Brown Rose Mary Coop Jo Ann Card Mickey Boyette Mavis Cornelius Gwen Evans Robbie Joyce Formby Aura Lou Hairston Alice Lorraine Heard Doris Hatcher Mary Jane Hearn Mary Stewart Jackson Alice Jones Jean Keen Alice Lile Melba Moore Sara Jane Murphy Mary Roy Moses Matilda McFaddin Peggy McNeil Dorothy Quillan Betty Robins Jean Rogers Sue Sutton Marion Stewart Bobby Jewel Roberts Phillis Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Anthony
Jessie Clarke Brown
Rose Mary Coop
Jo Ann Card
Mickey Boyette
Mavis Cornelius
Gwen Evans
Robbie Joyce Formby
Aura Lou Hairston
Alice Lorraine Heard
Doris Hatcher
Mary Jane Hearn
Mary Stewart Jackson
Alice Jones
Jean Keen
Alice Lile
Melba Moore
Sara Jane Murphy
Mary Roy Moses
Matilda McFaddin
Peggy McNeil
Dorothy Quillan
Betty Robins
Jean Rogers
Sue Sutton
Marion Stewart
Bobby Jewel Roberts
Phillis Williams
This Country Needs a Good Cigar
Washington reflects on cigar prices under OPA. Officials consider a plan to boost cheap cigar production as shortages persist for nickel and five-cent sticks. Postwar price mechanics and taxes pressured makers toward higher priced varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
George Zielke Washington
OPA
Armed Services
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
A trucking of odd items and incidents spans multiple cities. Police lose a patrolman and horse after an officer joins the navy and the department plans to sell the horse. Harvard guests glimpse a horse steak dinner menu at the faculty club drawing curiosity and hoards of meat. In Los Angeles a seaman’s car skids into a ditch during rain, attracting a fleet of officials who helped pull him out, aided by two rear admirals and other officers. Chicago reports hens increasing production amid fluctuating poultry markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Faculty Club
Eugene U H. Gieringer
Los Angeles
Dewey Gains New Jersey Delegates in 1948 GOP Contest
New Jersey delegates backing Dewey total 35 at the primary, while California pledges 50 to Warren. Roosevelt seeks renomination on first ballot with 677 pledged and claimed votes projected, far above the 589 needed. Downey contests California and New Jersey nominations as cross filing shapes the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
Dewey
Walter E. Edge
Warren
Montana
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Simeon S. Willis
Kentucky
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Douglas MacArthur
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Delaware
Oklahoma
Sheridan Downey
Downey
Washington
Elmer H. Wene
W. Warren Barbour
Arthur Walsh
H. Alexander Smith
GOP
Andrew ©. Wittreich
Egg shaped novelty produces double egg with shell tube
A white rock hen laid two eggs connected by a shell tube forming a dumbbell shape. The yolk remained at one end and the white at the other, showcasing an unusual egg condition observed by the farmer.
Youths robbed after mule hike to riding academy
Harry Wydajewski 17 and William Walker 16 were robbed by two men after their horses were taken during a mule hike to a riding academy in Washington Park. They were forced to surrender $1.07 and Wydajewski’s pants before the horses returned about ninety minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry Wydajewski
William Walker
Harry
Washington Park
Wydajewski
One Charge Remains in Chaplin Paternity Case
In Los Angeles on May 16 the Chaplin case narrows to the paternity suit filed by 24 year old Joan Berry who claims he is the father of her daughter Carol Ann. Earlier a federal conspiracy indictment was dismissed. Berry’s vagancy charge was also dropped. The California Supreme Court denied Chaplin’s bid to dismiss the civil action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
U. S
J.F.T. O'Connor
Miss Berry
Beverly Hills
San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Chaplin
Panama Isthmus Link Marks Early Transcontinental Rail
A historic 50 mile isthmus rail line in Panama completed the first American transcontinental railway linking coasts. The project united markets and accelerated travel across Central America, laying groundwork for broader U S railway expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercian
Panama
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Shere Khan
Raymond Hite
Long Beach
Calif
U S. Army
San Carlos
Buttons
Hite
George E. Sorrell
Rai
War Dog Center
Royal Scrappers
Children’s Aid Society
Jeanette Delle Valla
Vincent Petrocelli
Gardenia Garden Club
Hincheen
Louise Broyles
Nell Louise Broyles
J. C. Broyles
East Second
Henderson State Teachers’ College
Arkadelphia
Velock
Hope High School
Broyles
Ador
Colges
Omen
U Mlc
Philo
Linguistic Society
Te Women's Volunteer Training
C Amps
Audent Senator Masquers
Oracle Ad Star
Upsilon Phi
Happy Pritchard
Washinton, D. C
Elizabeth Pritchard
R. A. Boyett
Lexarkana
Mr. In¢. Mes. Bronk Tlowsen, Jr
Willie Chamberlain
Denver, Folo
PD. Tamberlain
Gene Champerlain
Narce Ella Joe Edmiaston
St. Paul's Hoospital
Dallas
Ben Edminston
al Park
el Wendo
Tow Kinsers
Mr. Park
Louisiana
Mrs. Garrett Story, Jr
Minden, la
Mrs. Garrett Story
L. C. Mays
Mrs. V. Foster
Little Rock
Pvt. Mays
Pvt. Foster
Camp Robinson
Lee Roy Murphy
Coast Guard
Mrs.$. L. Murphy
Thomas Carmical
Oklahoma City
W. B. Carmical
Jack Fielding
USNR
Corona Calif
Raip
Rialto
Ward & Son
Maui
Hawaiian Islands
Barnsdall
Oil and
Jane — Poe
Mi Lady
Tiepa Courtright
Tomare
Greer
Ater
Pal
Henry Haynes
Queen
Kiwanis Minstrel
St. Louis
Warren Allen
Navy
Sam _ Jovicsin
Manhattan
Chas. A. Haynes Co
Econd and Main
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