Church 10 Pray for MacArthur at Easter Service
In Little Rock Arkansas the Christ Episcopal church where Douglas MacArthur was baptized will hold Easter prayers for divine guidance and safety for the allied commander and his men. The rector W P Witsell will lead about 400 communicants in the service and his sermon notes the MacArthur connection.
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Little Rock
Ark
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
W. P. Witsell
Christ Episcopal Church
Douglas
Malcolm
Federal Arsenal
MacArthurs
Witsell
Witzell
Edwin Bentley
Arsenal
T. C. Tupper
Witsel
Pacific
Church of Your Baptism
Sentry's Bullet Ends Youth's Life in Teaneck New Jersey
Raymond Lufkin, 16, of Tenafly, died after being shot in the back by a sentry on a military road near the 104th engineers armory. Prosecutor calls it accidental. army investigates. Sentry Private Rufus Cheatham of Vidalia, Georgia identified. car passenger Dermot F Holden of Tenafly and others present.
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Teaneck
N. J
Raymond Lufkin
Tenafly
Holy Name Hospital
Lufkin
104Th Engineers
John J. Breslin, Jr
Army
Whitney Turley
Turley
Rufus Cheatham
Vidalia
Dermot F. Holden
Edward
Holden
Holdens
Frank Holden
Pearl Harbor
Easter Fashion Show Forecast Grabs New York
A multi million dollar Fifth Avenue parade is predicted as Easter fashion soothsayers note a 25 percent rise in Easter merchandise. Hats tilt jauntily. mink furs and orchids join khaki and navy. Ilka Chase and Al Smith surface as style icons amid air raid signs and citywide church services.
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New York
Fifth and
Park Avenues
United States Department of Commerce
Fifth Avenue
Malcolm Rutt
Master Tailors Council of America
Ilka Chase
al” Smith
Mrs Henderson Dies in Monroe After Illness
Mrs Josie Baur Henderson widow of D D Henderson Jr longtime Monroe resident dies at 7 15 pm at the home of her sisters Misses Theresa and Alice Baur 505 Louisville avenue She was active in the Women s Benefit association and a member of First Presbyterian church Surviving siblings include Louis Tony Theresa and Alice Baur and E M Henderson Funeral services are scheduled for Monday at 4 30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev Ernest Duncan Holloway officiating and interment in the old city cemetery under Peters Funeral Home direction
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Josie Baur Henderson
D. D. Henderson, Jr
Monroe
Theresa
Alice Baur
Louisville Avenue
Henderson
D. D Henderson
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Women’s Benefit Association
First Presbyterian Church of
Louis Baur
Tony Baur
Theresa Baur
E. M. Henderson
Buster Baur
Charles Baur
Joe of Beaur
Alexandria
Orleans Man Named Cairo Vice-Consul
The State Department announced changes in the foreign service. Heyward Hill of Hammond Louisiana was reassigned as second secretary of the embassy and consul at Madrid, a cancellation noted. Oscar Holder of New Orleans was designated third secretary of the legation and vice-consul at Cairo Egypt while serving as vice-consul at Montreal.
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Washington
State Department
Foreign Service
Heyward G. Hill
Hammond
Madrid
Oscar C. Holder
New Orleans
Montreal
Quebec
Legation
Cairo
Egypt
Battered body of slain girl found in Quincy quarry
Police reported a nude battered body of a girl, age teens to early twenties, found wedged between stone blocks in a south Quincy quarry. Clothing strewn about, evidence of a struggle, autopsy pending while medical examiner reviews injuries.
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Quincy
Mass
Teignery Amon
Quincey
Anpiri
Init
Tae Stone
GOES 2 200 MILES IN GOAT DRAWN CART
Burt C. Andrews aged 65 completed a 2200 mile journey in a two wheeled buggy made from discarded auto parts, drawn by goats Tom and Jerry. He left South Dakota seven months ago to visit his sailor son William at the destroyer base in San Diego.
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San Diego
Calif
Burt C. Andrews
Andrews
South Dakota
William
Tom
Jerry
WPA
General Drum Urges Chloroforming Wartime Bickering
General Hugh A. Drum told New York listeners that wartime unity must erase peacetime politics and labor disputes. He spoke as Army Day events drew about 1 million spectators along Fifth Avenue with 30 000 marching units, cadets, veterans groups, and patriotic societies.
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New York
Hugh A. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
First Army
Drum
Fortresses Halt Japanese Zeros in Australia Air War
Second Lieutenant Robert Meyer of Birmingham explains how newer flying fortresses deter Zeros. He recalls older craft lacking tail guns, the Zeros’ behind-tail approach, and how modernization let American bombers gain a ringside advantage over Japan’s fighters in northern Australia after battles in the Philippines and Java.
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Australia
Robert Meyer
Birmingham
Ala
Princeton
Butch” Konoye
Prince Fumitaro Konoye
Meyer
Philippines
Java
Small Norwegian cargo ship sunk in Atlantic attack
A Norwegian freighter was torpedoed near the Atlantic where Gunny was sunk days earlier. All 29 crew members plus one Englishman and three Chinese were saved. The U boat fired on the ship at close range after the crew abandoned it. The attack occurred under poor visibility and strong winds.
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New Orleans
Naval Aethet
Atlantic
Gunny
Strom Jorgensen
Eighth Naval District
Eliot Urges Cutting Off Dies Probe Fund
Representative Eliot Democrat of Massachusetts demanded halting funds for the Dies committee. He accused Dies of phony investigations and Nazi propaganda usage while questioning the board of economic warfare employees tied to Communist front groups. Milo Perkins urged full staff lists for prompt inquiry.
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Washington
Eliot
Massachusetts
House
Dies
Demcrat
Texas
CBS
Board of Economic Warfare
Berlin
Mr. Dies
North America
Martin Dies
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Milo Perkins
Perkins
Wallace
Two Men Sentenced for Beating of Teacher in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana on April 4 two fathers received three day jail terms and fined $200 each after pleading guilty to assault and battery related to a school incident. Judge Parkinson said the court had no alternative but to impose the sentences to uphold the law.
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Lafayette
Ind
Arthur Ho Lasue
Jade Lenn Parkinsen
Sou
Parkins
Myre
Leslie
Rae
Befure Parkinson
Ates Leaves Wife Note to Join Army in Texas
In Dallas a man named Ates leaves a note to his wife before enlisting. He plans to join the army and is expected to be assigned to intelligence, possibly as an officer. He previously served as a private in World War I and now faces uncertain return timing. He struggled during a conversation with Col. Steffers.
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Dallas
Tex
Ner
Ates
Colmel Steffers
Sultan to Command Eighth Army Corps
Major General Daniel Sultan named commanding general of the Eighth Army Corps in Brownwood Texas. He succeeds Major General George W. Strong, who moved to Washington for staff work. Sultan, a native of Oxford Mississippi, is a 1907 West Point graduate with extensive engineers service in Hawaii the Philippines and Nicaragua including fortifications and relief work after the 1931 earthquake.
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Brownwood
Tex
Daniel Sultan
Eighth Arms Corps
Corps of Engineers
Hawaii
Philippines
Nicaragua
Senate Approves War Contract Profit Limit Plan
The Senate appropriations committee backed a gradual profit cap on war contracts up to 10 percent, with 2 percent on large awards, sending the proposal and the latest war appropriation of 19.2 billion dollars to the Senate. Senator O Mahoney called the plan a stopgap until full price controls are imposed as debate looms.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
SREP
Sibott Lan Ag
Flow
Skye @ protits
Mahocey Plagers
Selec Eoparsiel
Britain and Italy Exchange Wounded at Lae and Srayrna
Reported exchanges of wounded between Britain and Italy as Allied operations continue in Africa and in the eastern Mediterranean. Detailing transfers and casualty figures, the dispatch notes ongoing combat losses and medical evacuations amid the broader war effort.
Coroner Sentenced for Looting Corpse in Neellsville
Report from Neellsville states coroner Bob Lutovie was sentenced to three years in state prison after being accused of looting a farmer’s body. He allegedly removed $46 in cash and a check while investigating the case. Lutovie pleaded amnesty.
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Neellsville
Wos
Crosty
Tialay
Bob Lutovie
Chikow
Paisa Oon
Ludosie
Sears
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