Commission formed to study France postwar losses and needs
General de Gaulle names Adolphe Landry to head a special commission assessing France’s wartime financial losses and needs. Members include Henry Queuille Raoul Dautry Georges Cahen Salvador and Charles Amet as they chart what must be bought from Allies to restore industry and economy.
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Paries
Hazes de Gaulle
France
Adolphe Landry
Navy
Sorbonne University
Paris
Henry Queuille
Raoul Dautry
Georges Cahen-Salvador
National Economic Council
Charles Amet
Financial Comptrolleer’s Department
Oced
Construction Men Honored by The Moles in New York
The Moles a New York organization of tunnel and heavy construction men will award Francis T Crowe constructor of Boulder Dam and William V McMenimen builder of Pacific construction bases at a February 7 dinner for 600 engineers. McMenimen chairman of an eight contractor group has built bases at Guam Wake Midway and other bases at a total cost of around 1.25 billion plus procurement bases in Chicago Joliet Fort Huachuca Oakland Oakland and Seattle. Crowe built Boulder Dam and other large dams and was general superintendent of Six Companies Inc which completed Boulder Dam ahead of schedule.
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New York
U.P
The
Moles
Francis T. Crowe
Boulder Dam
William V. McMenimen
Pacific
McMenimen
Guam
Wake Midway
Hawaiian Islands
Chicago
Joliet
Fort Huenétme
Oakland
Aikanedant
Seattle
Tacoma
Raymond Concrete Pile Co
Hudson River
Crowe
Guernsey
Deadwood River
Copper Basin
Gene Wash Parker
Shasta
Companies, Inc
Boulder
Newberry Items of 25 A Weekend of Local Visits
Mrs Laura Christenberry hosted visitors including Mrs Hulda Willian of Linton Mrs Golda Keller of Lyons and Mrs Hattie Storms of Elnora Others staying or visiting included Mrs Helen Bowers of Crane with Mrs Lydia Workman and Mr and Mrs Truman Neff of Detroit Visiting neighbors and relatives extended to Charley Anthony Gussie Anthony Ramsden Hennen Neal and the Anthony family Several residents travelled to Patoka and Linton with small hospital and shopping updates noted for Mike Myers Roy Ashcraft and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Christenberry
Caleb R. Carr
Hulda Willian
Linton
Golda Keller
Lyons
Hattie Storms
Elnora
Helen Bowers
Crane
Lydia Workman
Truman Neff
Detroit
Alex Neff
Nona Hasley
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Mike Myers
Newberry
Freeman
Greene County Ospital
Haseen
Raymond Miller - Odon
Charley Anthony
Flossie Chestnut
Kenneth Carpenter
Ada Killian
Sherman McClelan
Neal
Warren Jackson
Itann Hennen
Gussie Anthony
Petersburg
Jane Hilburn
Patoka
Reece
Roy Ashcraft
Shelbyville
Annis
Alva Gilbre
Girl Wins 200 for Carnival Night Art
Joyce Wener Wolner, an 18 year old Minneapolis art student, won a $200 cash prize in a national Ingelso ll art competition for her tempera painting Carnival Night completed at age 16. The work depicts a carnival crowd at night viewed from a merry go road vantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
U.P
Joyce Wener Wolner
Ingesoll
Young artist aims for commercial art after Minneapolis study
Miss Joyce Wolner develops from hobby to serious art interest in high school. She paints daily in class and evenings at home, sketches houses and city nights, and attends the Minneapolis School of Art. She plans to use prize money for tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nual
Berlin Signs Ready for Troops Director Cadlee Guides
American soldiers marching toward Berlin will find streets navigated by Cpl. George Kadlee of Chicago. Kadlee, with a military police battalion, has painted 20 000 signs to guide troops from France through Normandy and into Germany, always placing signs before the next objective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Berlin
Cpl
George Kadlee
France
Rice for the Orient plant in Houston to convert rice locally
A $750000 Houston facility will produce 25 to 30 million pounds of a new vitamin enhanced rice for liberated Orient peoples. The Haugenlaubh Method seals in vitamins, preventing loss in ordinary rice. Army aims to secure the entire output after completion early 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Ur—Iinder Construction
Orient
Pigeon Flight Breaks Record From Gibraltar to Kent
A pigeon named Per Ardua flew 1000 miles from Gibraltar to Gillingham Kent after being taken to Gibraltar for resettlement. The RAP bird, part of RAF experiments, returned to England, signaling a possible world record for distance.
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London
U.P
Gibraltar
Gillingham Kent
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GEM
E. J. Ecker & Son
Johnson’s Feed Store
Santa
Carl Roach
Callihan & Kramer
Farmers’ Hardware
Cheerio
Elson
Opera House Cafe
Sacer
Syester & Herndon
N. E. A Street
Ind
Inman & Hixson
Humphreys- Schloot & CO
Linton Finance Company
Rience
NEW Home Furnishing CO
J. C. Penney CO
Merry Christmas
NEW Union Lumber CO
Jasonville
Dugger
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