Social Calendar Highlights Local Women's Missionary Circles
May 47th circle events of the Women's Missionary Societies across churches in Hope detail home meetings, guest hosts, and times. Engagements announced for Miss Vatter of Shreveport and Ralph Owen with a Coast Guard connection. Elizabeth Anne Oglesby to Captain John R. Greisser announced at Texarkana tea. Mary Claude Fletcher conducts a canning institute at First Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriagge
Miss the Vatter
Henny Vitter
Shreveport
Ralph Owen
Mer
John P. Owen
Hope
Owen
United States Coast Guard
New Orleans
St. John's Catholic Church
Arkansas Natural Gas Company
Elizabeth Anne Oglesby
W. G. Oglesh Toxarkanu
Elizabeth Anne
John R. Greisser
Als
Cleer
Texarkana
Captain Greisser
Bessie T. Greisser
Palo Alto
Gilif
Red River
Mary Claude Fletcher
Victory Gardens
First Methodist Church
Miss Fletcher
Local Visitors Return to City From Various Posts
Coming and going note several residents returning home after travels in Liberia and the South. W.C. Talleson rejoined his family at 903 South Elm after a year with Williams Construction Co. Jim Weary returns to Dallas from a brief trip. Lt. and Mrs. Frank E. Nolen of Fort Benning arrive to spend time with relatives. Mrs. Buford Poe and her son Billy visit Warren with Poe’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Edwards Nolen
Hope
Army of the United States
Infantry School
Fort Benning
Army
Camp Wolters
Texas
Nolen
Branham and Hughes
Spring Hil
Tenn
Sewanee
Sewiunee
W.C. Talleson
Liberia
West Africa
Williams Construction Co
Frank E. Nolen
Fort Benning, Ga
Buford Poe
Billy
Warren
New Library Additions at Hempstead County Library
The Hempstead County Library adds several new works including We Cannot Escape History by John Thompson Whitaker and Between the Thunder and the Sun by Vincent Sheean. Also Retreat With Stilwell by Jack Belden and a study on US-Soviet relations by Childs and Counts, plus Y served on Bataan by Juanita Redmond. These titles appear in the May American Library Association Bulletin and are featured by Booklist staff. Wartime travel tales await readers at home through books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belyt
Hempstead
John Thompson Whitaker
Vincent Sheean
Stlwell
Jack Belden
Burma
Belden
Stilwell
India
America
Russia
Communist Party
John L. Childs
George 8
Counts
United States-Soviet Union
Bataan
Juanita Redmond
Manila
Corrigidor
Booklist
American Library Association Bulletin
New
Crucial Series Starts Between Dodgers and Cards
Dodgers open a key three game set with the world champion St Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn swept Chicago in a doubleheader as Ed Head blanked Lon Warneke and Dolph Camilli plus Paul Waner supplied run support. Cardials split with Philadelphia as Howard Krist and Al Gerheauser pitched well. Giants and Pirates split, Mel Ott homered for New York in the opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Eurly Klourningt
Brooklyn
Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Ebbets Field
Teague
Frank Robe
Melton
Letty Howard Pollet
Redbirds
Chicago Cubs
Ed Head
Lon Warneke
Dolph Camilli
Paul Waner
Bobo Newsom
Kirby Higbe
Cardinals
Phillies
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Howard Krist
Boston Braves
Cincinnai Reds
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mel Olt
Jurges
New York
Bob Kiinger
Metropolitan area after-dark baseball suspended by army order
AP sports mirror notes a year ago after-dark baseball in Metropolitan New York was halted by army officials. It recalls three years past Hank Anderson joining Chicago's Bears as line coach, five years ago the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 in 12 innings at the Polo Grounds, and mentions Peru's climatic variations and a paleontological note about a sea's limb evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Hank Anderson
Chicago
Football Bears
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Polo Grounds
Serial Story Chapter VI Counts and Cast of Minds
Beth Carter confronts Lita Danton as Major Brit Jackson mingles with the glamorous intruder. Lita insists on old flames and signals a complicated past while threats of espionage hover over the WAAC unit and a covert information leak investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major, Jackson
Beth Carter
Carter
Lita Danton
Brit
Beth
Lita
Army
Beth Made No Reply, Major Jackson
Roundup of Amateur Boxing Plans and Wartime Sports News
The column covers Pennsylvania allowing 16 year olds in amateur boxing with plan for youth classes. It notes Western Golf Association ideas to attract cadets with garden programs and drills. It cites Dodgers, Madison Square Garden bouts, and a mix of wartime sports notes including football and baseball figures, cadets, and track sprinters from Fort Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Eugene C. Bonniweill
Ralph Marlow
A.A.U
Western Golf Association
Allies Blast Shelled Sicilian Port and Air War Updates
Reports confirm Tropitani in western Sicily was hit by Wellington bombers Saturday night with gas works damaged and fires in the center. RAF and Malta-based aircraft claimed success against German planes across Sardinia Sicily and Southwest Italy while prisoners in Tunisia numbered about 175000 with 120 Germans captured near Cap Bon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talian High
Tropitani
Sicilian
Trapani
Bone
Alberta
Sardinia
Sicily
Italy
Malta
Tunisia
Zembra Ishind
Gulf of Tunis
Cap Bon
Southern Dishing Out Variety This Season
Atlanta report covers Southern Association action with multiple games. Travelers crushed New Orleans 20-3 at Lite Rack before New Orleans won 8-4. Nashville beat Chattanooga 14-5, then Chattanooga won 5-3. Memphis and Birmingham split two close pitching duels 2-1 and 1-0, boosting Birmingham near Chattanooga. Knoxville split with Atlanta 7-1 and 8-2 as Smokies end eight-game skid. tonight’s planned pitchers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Camron
Atlanta
Southern Association
Travelers
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Nashville
Lookouts
Barons
Chicks
Birmingham
Knoxville
Awanta
Smokies
Crackers
Lanner
Little Rock
Lopat
Memphis
Brown
Orphal
Flashes of Life From The Associated Press
A collage of brief, quirky items from across the country. Clara Payton testifies victory gardening pays after finding a wedding ring 20 years later in a Springfield garden. Betty Fortner and three classmates lead Sand Springs High to a 95 average in valedictory. Fire chief uses an electrically charged screwdriver to dig for worms in Albuquerque. A wartime manpower note and a Stanford museum director debunk werewolves. War band prizes in Idaho crown precise rubber ball timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
Albuquerque
N. M
Art Westerfeld
Wallace
Idaho
Lead Creek
Mullan
Picnic plan restricts groups for two weeks at school
A two week schedule outlines picnics for school children with a rule that trips must be attended in groups with no repeaters allowed. The plan emphasizes alternating participants to cover all students.
Soviet Planes Reported Attacks Across Fronts
From Berlin broadcasts via the Associated Press, German troops were described as launching surprise offensives and destroying Soviet pillboxes near Velikye Luki, while German planes intensified strikes on Russian railway stations. The Moscow communiqué noted continued Russian artillery assault near Lishansk and a resumed barrage against Novorossisk, with eight German block houses demolished. Frontline fighting persisted on western and Kalinin fronts and around Mogilev, with no major changes reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Velikle Luki
Moscow
Monitor
London
Lishhansk
Donets
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Kalinin
Mogiley
Rumor Says Italy Prepares Defenses Amid Allied Pressure
The article describes Mussolini tightening control and purges to bolster morale for a possible last stand in Tunisia. It notes Italy’s geographic limits for defense, with stacked defenses along the Po valley and north south routes, and warns that though the fleet remains potent, air attacks from North Africa or Sicily could expose vulnerabilities. It highlights Ethiopia and Spain as indicators of Italian weakness and cites Allied bombing impacting Italian transport in upper and central Italy.
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Mussolini
Italia
Italy
High Command
Genoa
Venice
Sal
North Africa
Sicily
Sardink
Swi
Die Nation
Maly
Britain
Africa
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Daisy Dorothy Heard
Cirele
The
Women's Missionary Society of the
Womnen's Missionary Society of the First
Intehurch
Dah
Gibson, Sr
W'Elock
Women's Missionary Society of the First Bapist Church
Mya
James Embree
O'rbeck
Women's Missionary Society of
First Presbyterian Church
W. M.canaidy
Paul Simuns
Cirele Na
Vine
Yard
Welock
W. Y. Foster
Fredus
O’eluck
Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Oner
Wile Limias
North Washingston
Yoo'eluck
C.D. Linnfeebach
Dad
Bob Thorson
Menmberg
American Legion
Lurgiest
Sowlock
Robert Wilson
R. 13
Franklin
Terrell Cornelius
K. V. Hernden, Sr
Jett B. Graves
Hollis Tauche J
Ben Holonaston
Miss Vatter
R. N. Mouser
Mr. Poe
Bowby
Ashdown
City
J. W. Strickland
Thibodaux, la
Marianah Tutsen
Washington, D. C
Mrs
Joe Hulsots
J.T. Tack Fas
Washington
12. C
Navy Band
Pred Luell
Harvey Tuinell
Thela Jones
Minden
Tinell
Roy Craine
Craine
Willard . McBowell
Ft. Worth
K. J. Caplinger
Visiling
Robert Turney
Childrens
Sheveport
Ida Foster
Lila Womble
Arkadelphia
Reba Leverett
Magnolia A. and M, College
Magnolia, Ark
Merritt Coop
Julia Chester Hospital
Petrolettur Delly
Vantiig
Rialto
Don Armeche
Thunderbirds
Joan Bennett
Jim Weary
Dallas
New Saenger
George Ziemer
Tim Holt
Bonita Granville Smith
Kruger
Library Notes
Sports Mirror
Peru
Arted
WAAC
Lorette Cooper
NEA Service. Ing
Istana
Ariilery
Badtada
Puidde
Jackson
Berkeley
Lits
FBI
Manross
Marietta Longley Roll Ag
Hugh Fullerton, JR
Wide World Sports
Lyneghburg Piedmont Teague Club
Ollie Vanek
Pepper Martin
Beau Jack
Bob Montgomery
Madison Squire Garden
Ally Dashiell
Pensacola
Flo
Brit Jackson
Pacific
Lila
San Francisco
Orient
Pye
Ita
Lievenant
Navy
OPA
Clyde McBrdie
Kansas City Star
Big Six
Camp Grant
Art Passarella
Army Dogs
Noah Kaplan
Meriden
Noah
Dick Peebles
Sharon (Pa
New Cumberland, Pa
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
803Rd Signal Training Regiment
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Ameerican
Saw Springs
Okla
Sand Springs High School
Betty Fortner
Bruce Gavril
Barrie Hughes
Lloyd Huneryager
South Side
Sol Palo Alto
Calif
Ira L. Wiggins
Stanford Natural History Museum
Kansas City
AYDS
C. B. von Hoovar
Hetarem Notary Publis
John P
Cox Drug Co
Hope, Ark
Bsea
Shreveport Aeronautical Institute
Grim Hotel
Dudley Flour & Feed Co
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