Wedding Bells and Club News From Local Church and School
The YWA of First Baptist Church plans a Dixie Jackson State Mission Program meeting at 7 30 Thursday in the Educational Building with all members urged to attend and bring offerings. Helen McAdams and George M Young wed at the groom’s uncle’s home with Rev R B Moore officiating. The Paisley PTA opened with prayers, new officers named, Miss Beryl Henry as guest speaker, and 43 members present with refreshments served in the lunch room.
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First Baptist Church
Dixie Jackson State
Paisley P.T.A
N. Rettig
Nathan Harbour
Perry Moses
Geo. Green
Arkansas Veterans Returning to U. S.
Arkansas service members aboard the General Anderson are due in New York Friday. The list includes Maj Francis R. Koby of Fort Smith Burl K. Bush a captain from Conway Victor W. Simpson master sergeant Ha vana Rhea rhoten C. Sargent from Little Rock and many others from Waldo Mountain View Hot Springs Paragould Lockesburg Walnut Ridge and Little Rock. A second ship the Coaldale Victory docked at Newport News bringing home additional Arkansans including William Burton Leroy Richards George Walker Berley Witherspoon Henry Kerley Dale Page and others.
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Associated Press
General Anderson
New York
Arkansas
Koby
Francis R
Fort Smith
Bush
Burl K
Conway
Simpson
Victor W
Havana
Rhea
Rhoten C
Little Rock
Scott
Lloyd W
Waldo
Sargent
Forest W
Morrison Ave
Hot Springs
Copeland
Ellis D
Mountain View
Leach
Raymond D. K
Gentry
Eaton
T-5
Paragould
Sykes
Edward B., Jr
Lockesburg
Henderson
Arthur L
Pfe
Walnut Ridge
Landrum
William L
Pfc
Carryville
Martin
Raymond E
England
W. B
Pvt
el Dorado
Ulm
Woodrow
Lincoln
Leeper
Herbert L
Lickesburg
Yandell
Allen E
Waldrow
Johnson
Milton J
Garfield
Sullivan
Lee R
Cpl
Brinkley
Freeman
Chalmer T
Brown
Robert L
Merschel S
Everton
Halt
Doyle M
Prescott
Reed
Roger E
Tuckerman
Dean
Wardell H
Campbell
Leo
Fulton
Hill
Jerry F
Snyder
Rufus
Arkadelphia
Bordel
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Coaldale Victory
Newport, News
Burton
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Humnake
Richards
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Walker
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Page
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Talent Triumphs Over Beauty for Homely Girls
A discouraged teen asks if beauty is essential for success. Dorothy Dix counters that looks rarely determine fortune. talent, wit, study, and personality matter more. She notes many successful women are not beauties and urges cultivating counter attractions to shine in work and life.
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Bobby-Sucker
Maria
Gilead
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Local Family News and Military Returns
Mrs. W. M. Garner visits with daughter Mrs. J. E. Bell and Major Bell in Goea Rat on Florida. Cpl. T James Aubrey Collier Jr returns from 28 months overseas duty in the China Burma India theater for a 45 day furlough with his parents in town before re assignment to San Antonio Texas. Petty Officer 2/Cl Clinton Davis lands in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth and will report to Camp Endicott Rhode Island before heading to Hope for leave with Mrs. Davis and daughter Susan and relatives. Tahiti island is 33 miles long and 402 square miles in area.
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T. James Aubrey Collier Jr
China- Burma-Kidia Theater
Aubrey Collier
San Antonio
Texas
Clinton Davis
New York
Camp Endicott
Rhode Island
Hope
Mrs. Davis
Susan
Moroline Advertises Balm For Burns And Bruises
The ad touts Moroline as a premium balm for minor burns cuts bruises chafes and abrasions. It promotes a ten cent offer and highlights a simple fingertip test to prove its high quality.
World War II Quiz on Japan and Allied Figures
A Q A quiz lists Gen Homoyuki Yamashita as the surrendering ally with Malaya links, notes Truk as Japan’s strongest Pacific naval outpost, and states Gen MacArthur used five pens to sign the peace treaty with Japan.
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Malaya
Philippines
Homoyuki Yamashita
Japan
Pacific
Truk
Pearl Harbor
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Stagg Coaching Pacific Team At Age 83
Former Chicago mentor Amos Alonzo Stagg, now 83, leads the College of the Pacific squad. The famed coach focuses on football guidance in the Pacific program.
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Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
A—Stagg
College of the Pacific
Postwar distribution puzzles and Allied remarks
Postwar economic concerns are discussed with emphasis on distribution problems delaying prosperity. Dutch official Van Mook calls for resolve to maintain gains, while Greek war-torn conditions show 1691 villages destroyed and 414,056 homeless. UNRRA deputy Hendrickson and British Health official Jameson stress international cooperation in relief and health.
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Greece
Roy F. Hendrickson
UNRRA
United Nations
Sir William Jameson
British Ministry of Health
McCormack Calls for Quick Reunion of Servicemen
Representative John W. McCormack of Massachusetts urged swift action to reunite servicemen, stressing the need for rapid completion of the process and signaling congressional support for expedited handling.
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John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
British Public Relations and War Censorship Reflections
A wartime columnist recalls a Japan interview with Vice-Admiral Ruiparo Fumita showing Japan's limited early Pacific fleet. The piece highlights British insistence on access, the admiral's shaken nerves, and the end of censorship as the war closes. It notes Cuba as the West Indies’ largest island.
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Hong Kong
Ruiparo Fumita
Japan
South Pacific
Fumita
United Press
War Department
Washington
Cuba
Island
The
West Indies
Explosion rocks town as truck crash scars skyline
Carolyn learns of a massive blast tied to X-999 that destroys Cragin liquor store and watchmen casualties. Bob Hale, shaken, searches for answers while rescuers probe the wreckage. Carolyn reunites with Hale at Schoenfeld Laboratory as authorities warn more bodies may be found.
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Spud Delaney
Hale
Carolyn
Bob Hale
W. H. Delaney
Metropolitan Transfer Company
M. M. Cragin
Schoenfeld Laboratory
Robert Hale
Dr. Hale
Bob
Leana Sormi
Robert
Miss Lormie
Hospital Care Reduces Maternal Death Rates
Dr. William A. O Brien notes maternal deaths decline as more women seek hospital confinement. Hospitals credit high standards and specialized care, with 70 square feet per patient and isolated infection control. Visitor rules limit to two adults, exclude contagious cases, and bar nursery access to protect newborns.
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William A. O'Brien
NEA
North
California doctor warns on travel and prosperity
A California doctor says travelers to prosperity are half crazy and the remark hints at broader folly. A Colorado deputy jailer faces bootlegging charges amid suspicions of bad company.
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California
Colorado
Proper courtesy for mail deliveries in business and social life
The guidance stresses saying thank you when receiving letters or packages at your doorstep. It notes that polite responses are as important in business as in social contexts.
Splice the Mainbrace: Rum Rules and Navy Habits
The article explains Royal Navy practice of rum allowances and watering, British officers' drinking norms, and special occasions like victory over Japan. It contrasts American navy dry status, wardroom spending caps, and a self regulated approach by officers emphasizing personal responsibility aboard ships.
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Halsey
United States
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