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•r/vi?c riknM®*11lit i engirieer.lat -JUie a»0- iv. ■T_VI* 1here as ch. acre Glenwlt;jod ■ Manual' TrainingArtist Prize Award- A coveted first prize award for I -a still life entry in the Grossej Pointe, Mich., Artists Association’ •annual show, was won this week 'by^Technician Fourth Grade .Tulsa ( -Van Dyke of Detroit, now stationed- at Ruston, La., and assigned to the art department ofj 'the' publications section of tbej ♦Fifth WAAC Training Center.; ‘Her rank corresponds to techni-j leal‘sergeant in the Army. i* “Sergeant” Van Dyke . is the j I the. daughter of Mr. John J. j •Bradley of 190 Moran Koad,[iGrosse Points. \• She is a graduate of the Howe- [ iMarot Sshool, Thompson, Conn.,; -‘attended the Detifrit Society ofj ..Arts and Crafts School, Detroit, -and traveled extensively throughout Europe to studV the old mas--ters and the modern art of different countries.: .When war was declared after “the- Japanese attack on. aePrlh -the* Japanese attack on'- lt;Pearl ~Hafbor, “Sergeant” Van 'W®. •-laid aside her brush and easel:toj ‘take a defense job with.: General 'Motors Corporation,-’Detroit,' “.Shev enrolied ‘ in ' th6' WAf^C. -February 15 [and '■ • recewed-rfher-basi c\ at ’riingnhrd?inf5' mfwyay— .j Jt a tit 4. a nMrs.'Mamie.Tarmon, of Dubach, recently received the following letter from her son from Africa:Africa.Hello Mom and Family,I will write yoii a few lines to let you know I am getting along j fine. I hope all of you are the same.We had another mail call yesterday. I got letters from all the family. I even got the one Dad wrote. We don’t have anything to write about here, or I would write more often. We have to write the same thing every time We are not doing much of anything here now. We cleaned up our car and the guns this morning. We are close to the sea now and they rust every time wo leri: at them.I am glad Harrel got his furlough all right. It is hard to go back but it will do him. lots of good. I guess I will have to take mine after the war.We have lots of fun in the sea here. We get to swim most any time 'we want to. We went to the beach nearly every day last week.., Tell. Ruth .that I got three copies of the. Ruston .Leader and then it stopped for .somej reason. I .havenreceived ;a copy since 'March.- ?; Tell them to please send it on’if they can.School for Roys. He.‘ began - his trade of building and installing ■machinery in a marine shop, at ins home town, Port Huron, Mich., in 1885, and has held a marine engineer’s license since 1888..Yds, the tang of salt air would be new to his nostrils, he said, for he never sailed on the ocean before“The war department asked me if I wanted a nassenger ship, a freighter or tanker,” he said. “I told ’em 1 didn't want a tanker, out would take the others.”* : ’ ' / * * ■ » ■* ■ 1 *! r • .■By United * Press , contact, fn -person, the great ma-•r' Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, :re-j Jprity of the Gofers 1 would like 'porting on battle in the 'Midway l*aTMonclav, June /, !ad3He got a bit grim as he thou eht nf the ocean routes he would take and the careo he'd haul—food and medical sutmltos going and. perhaps, wounded soldiers, returning. Their own grandson ws a technician fifth m-ade at Fort Leonard Wood. Mo.Island area, announces withdrawal of JappnrBf* fleet-after additional losses, including a jle-strover sunk: also announces a U. S. destroyer sunk in* this ne-tion.Chungking communioue admits loss of Cbuhsien airfield in Chekiang.R. A. F. raids Em den, ore port in northwest Germany, on night of .Tune 6.Tokyo radio announces 298,000 prisoners cantured (25-000 American) in Pacific since Dec. 8: admits losing 34f planes and 31 ships aggregating 160,000 tons. -o—-——■While I was in office before, no man, woman or-child can truthfully say that I did not try with all I ha,d at my command to as-sis tin any way possible any needy person or cause that was brought to my attention.I intend to stay on my farm and work and superintendend it,if elected, but I will assure you that I will do all in my power to make you a good state senator.X believe in and will endeavor to promote public education in everything that will make it moreonrPn^?lT‘‘ gelation to that' great throng] try with all my power to conductour people. I have never voted j of voters who voted for me when i myself in office so that vnn vnllagamst a liberal budget and bet-J I was defeated. I also want to lb? prouT ^ ^ ^! 1 pa.y . ouv schoo| teachers: =ny to those who saw. fit to rote j ported me for office.and. after you have made thsi in-orficf, and I will do all in mv power in the Legislature andagainst me that I feel you did right in voting your convictions at that time. You had a perfectotherwise to promote the interest right to do this and I feel no ill and welfare of these and other wilt toward you for exercising underpaid groups who are essential to our general well being.As a farmer and as a businessHow in ci.nclusion I want to say to every voter who fr*!s that our present civilization dependson the same grand principles thatit was founded on. namely: Freeman and as an ex-legislator, T think I have* some of the qmiliif-cations and experience that will contribute to my making you a good legislator.I want to express my deep ap-yonr Cod-given right; but I hope J dom of religious worrhip. frco-you wilt seriously consider my. dom of speech, freedom of the candidacy and study my record J press, and the goodness and as a citizen and as an official ■' mercy, the love and f*nr of Aland. after ou have made this in-im^y God, you may rest as-vcstigation and study, if you can sun?f* v;'tn a'^ anility that*oi for rr,c and support me, I mP' 1 *3! ,r»S, Liam and preserve these grandwill greatly appreciate it and will and g]0rioU5 blessings.Merchant marining toriav. he said. was a far crv from his earlier eynprio’irrlt;?. There were the ■npacr-’bd “Irfan mil nr 1.vin«.” for '■nstance—-te^terf npal at Buffalo.flax seed at. Tiulnlh. grain at Chicago and barlr asrain te Buffalo. “Aw\wv. J’m net ten old forntork,” wn«on eaM. “And T’vplived mv life, so «f t o»f tor^ednod end eo down it doesn’t' matter. Tdl at least, be saving thlt;? life of some vouns fellow.”During the first two months of the national tire inspection pro- jgrom, an estimated 400,000 passenger car eassings were found to be so damaged that they needed immediate repair to save them for future use.-o-New Mexico appeared on Span*ish maps of- the New World as as 1546,-n-2Continued From Page Oneto fegd and clothe the world aswell as whip the enemy., And for this reason I may not get .toa
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Mon, Jun 07, 1943
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