Pilot Lt. David R. Bell Killed in Bomber Crash
Lt. David R. Bell a Selman Field graduate class 44 2 was killed in a medium bomber crash near the Raleigh Durham Army Air Base along with four other fliers. Two others were injured. The aircraft originated from Greenville South Carolina Army Air Base. The photo shows Bell during aviation cadet training.
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David R. Bell
Selman Field
Raleigh-Durham Army Air Base
Greenville
S.C. Army Air Base
Bell
Fiscal experts weigh postwar debt burden and economy
Washington reports a looming national debt near 300 billion with forecasts rising to 390 billion after the war. Analysts warn of higher interest costs and potential postwar inflation while hoping the economy sustains 140 to 150 billion in annual income. In New York, experts discuss the eye as both sense organ and visual action mechanism.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Delave
Terest
America
New York
Better Vision Institute
Bangor colonel earns Legion of Merit for D-Day timing
Col Don ald Yates of Bangor Maine received the Legion of Merit for his weather forecasting that helped pick the D-Day date. Lt Gen Carl Spaatz pinned the award as five other fliers were honored. The citation praised Yates for good judgment skill leadership and reconciliation of differences in forecasting the June weather.
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London
Donald Yates
Bangor
Carl Spaatz
United States Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Yates
Sam Battalo
Farmer Avenue
Vicksburg
Miss
Market Wrap: Mixed Turnover as Holiday Approaches
Stock activity remained uneven on a holiday-thinned day in New York with gains for some favorites while leaders faced rougher footing. Trading slowed, with about 500000 shares exchanging hands and many issues showing spotty quotes at the close.
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New York
Wall Street
Bonde
Louisiana Oil Reports Eight Wells and New Permits
The State Conservation Department released a weekly oil report noting eight well completions with initial daily production totaling 2086 barrels and 27 new well permits. Completions include Beauregard Parish Neale Field Gulf Refining W A 1-D and Minos Miller 2 with varying daily outputs. many other fields and operators listed. A closing note mentions a cat's eye cornea allowing wider peripheral vision than humans.
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State Conservation Department
Beauregard Parish
Neale Field
Gulf Refining Company
L. H. Bagby Jr
W. F. Campbell
Richland
Delhi
Murphy-Sun
J .E. Holt
St. Martin Lake Chicot
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Lake Chicot
White Lake
Union Oil Company of California
School Board
Acadia—Egan
Sun Oil Company
J. N. Clement
A J. P. Fuller
Calcasieu
Edgerly
Hunter Company
Union Sulphur Company, Inc
Fee
Cameron
W. Hackberry
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
Cameron Parish
Catahoula
Wildcat
H. C. Eckhardt
Claiborne
Lisbon
Lyons and Prensiss
H. E. Patton
Theria
Rabbit Island
Texas Company
Jefferson Davis—Hayes
Gulf Producing
Lacassane Company, Inc
Lafourche
Delta Farms
Humble Oil and Refining Company
I. R. Price
Plaquemines
Grand Eraille
Freeport
St. Charles
Goodhope
Shell Oil Company, Inc
River and Rails Terminals, Inc
St. John the Baptist—Reserve
The
Atlantic Refining Company
Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Company
East White Lake
Union
Sooo Eos Geode Eae
West Gueydan
Market at a Glance NY and Chicago Dec 23
Stocks mixed with narrow changes and steady bonds. Cotton closed. Chicago grains mixed with short covering and liquidation. Corn and rye weak with light demand, hogs nominally steady and cattle steady.
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Chicago
Grain markets end mixed as wheat leads firm finish
Chicago grain markets show irregular trading with gains in new crop wheat contracts July and September, while May wheat slips near a quarter to an eighth. May corn trades 1.20 to 1.25 per bushel, oats range 0.65 to 0.62. Potatoes arrivals 55, total shipments 732, U. S. No. 1 prices quoted for Colorado Michigan Minnesota and North Dakota varieties.
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U. S
Colorado
Michigan
Pontiac
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bliss
Births in Mangham and Pine Street families announce sons
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Earl Dear of Mangham announce the birth of a son Rufus Earl on December 21. Mrs Dear is the former Dorothy Mae Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Alexander of 015 Pine Street announce the birth of a son Richard Stuart Jr. on December 23 at St. Francis Sanitarium. Mrs Alexander is the former Martha Hopson.
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Willie Earl Dear
Mangham
Rufus Earl
Dear
Dorothy Mae Jones
Richard S. Alexander
Pine Street
Richard Stuart Jr
St. Francis Sanitarium
Alexander
Martha Hopson
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