Colleges oppose Chicago plan for two year degrees
The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools rejected proposals to award bachelor’s degrees after two years of college, urging four year completion. University of Chicago proposals faced censure while associate in arts titles were deemed acceptable for two years of work. Chancellor A B Butts of Mississippi warned against short of requirements degrees. R O T C plans were deferred, with educators pledging war effort cooperation.
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Uni- Chicago
A. B. Butts
University of Mississippi
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins
War Department
H. N. Snyder
Wofford
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Commission On Institutions On Higher Education
Association
Peterson's Ointment Relief for Piles Ad
Millions of sufferers in 30 years used Peterson's Ointment for quick relief from itching and burning. A user testimonial claims relief and sleep through the night. 35¢ a box, 60c tube with applicator, money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
Adv
MacArthur awards two generals for heroism in Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur advised the War Department that Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright and Brigadier General Albert M. Jones received the distinguished service cross for extraordinary heroism during the early Philippine invasion. Wainwright commanded the Luzon northern front, Jones the southern sector, retreating and uniting in Pampanga before Foxing to Bataan. Both escaped a large enemy pincers and earned high honors. Dr. Thomas Bird dies at 54 in Baton Rouge after a decade as coroner and role in Huey Long shooting investigation.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Albert M. Jones
Department
Wainwright
Luzon
Jones
Pampanga
Bataan Peninsula
Walla Walla
Wash
82Nd
France
The
Military Academy
Thomas Bird
Baton Rouge
Thomas Buffington Bird
East Baton Rouge Parish
Bird
United States
Huey P. Long
Change in Time 10 Be Change in Time 10 Be
War time begins tomorrow night with clocks moved ahead one hour at 2 am Sunday locally. Railroads airlines and radio switch to war time. changeover expected smooth. Officials study power savings. prior estimates place capacity gains at 1,000,000 horsepower. New Orleans and Mississippi follow suit with state prefects and transit services adjusting schedules to central war time.
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Roosevelt
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Sam Jones
Robert S. Maestri
Paul Johnson
Batista Gains Expanded Powers During Cuban Emergency
Cuba's cabinet issued sweeping decrees granting President Batista authority to build defense factories, contract for defense materials, use national territory for allied military movements, and provide Cubans military training. The 45 day emergency also placed Cuba's agricultural, economic and industrial sectors under state control, with the 1942 sugar crop largely pledged to the United States and its allies.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Congress
United States
War Depends On Agriculture, Dr. Taylor Says
Baton Rouge Louisiana February 7 Dr Henry Taylor agricultural economist and director in Chicago says U S war potential rests on efficient agriculture The margin between subsistence needs and total living standard gives 69 percent of energy for armaments while 40 percent goes to food He speaks during a tour of southern colleges assessing agricultural economics and policy
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Baton Rouge
United States
Henry Taylor
Farm Foundation of Chicago
Taylor
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department
Deaths Across Parish as Strickland Kin Interred
The obituary notices record the funeral of Wayde Huff Strickland 83 of Mangham La and other relatives across Downs ville Delhi and Harrisonburg. Details list survivors, church affiliations and burial plans with Mulhearn Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Wayde Huff Strickland
Dee A. Strickland
Monroe
Catahoula Parish
C. N. Underwood
Harrisonburg Methodist Church
Mulhearn
Rayville
Harrisonburg
Strickland
Rolling Fork
Miss
Earl Strickland
Victor
Tex
Dee Strickland
L. Y. Statson
D. W. Gibson
George McGee
L. L. McGuffie
Richard Pierce
J. M. Trichell
Ruth Wooley
Delhi
Lenore Parks
Parks
C. S. Almand
Italians Hit With New Food Rations And Scrap Drives
Italians, already hungry amid Mussolini's war, face new restrictions with nut eggs and cheese banned from restaurant meals on weekends and nights. Premier orders turning in pre-1930 autos to be scrapped for war materials as shortages deepen.
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Associated Press
Mussolini
Reichsmarshal Goering
Adolf Hitler
Italy
France
Hitler
Germany
Obituary notices list survivors and pallbearers for two Mississippi families
The notice records conveying details of burials for Mrs. Sallie Powell Grayson and Mrs. Wooley, with surviving children, siblings, and honorary pallbearers named. It lists locations Port Gibson Grayson Minden Forest Columbia Jackson and includes church ties and cemeteries.
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Jonnie White Blanchard
Harrison Street
First Baptist Church
L. T. Hastings
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
Riverview Burial Park
X. Holt
Jimmie Harbuck
Alymer Crow
Tom Monk
Delmos Jackson
C. C. Lindley
Burl Hollis
Walker Glenn
H. H. Benoit
C. C. Calvert
Edward Everett, Jr
Harry Taylor
Dewey L. Barr
D. C. Black
Mike Tarver
T. J. Norris
Vernon Riddick
Henry Haas
L. W. Wilkinson
R. C. Stokes
H. L. Morrow
J. C. Dollar
Sallie Powell Grayson
Sallie Powell
A. F. Robinson
Grayson
Grayson Methodist Church
W. H. Carroll
Welcome Home Cemetery
Robinson
Adlerika Relief for Constipation and Gas
An advertisement promotes Adlerika for people over 50, claiming it eases constipation and gas by drawing extra moisture into the bowels to soften waste. It suggests the product leaves bowels refreshed and clean and recommends asking druggists for Adlerika.
Shortages Shift Ration Rules and Nighttime Curfews
The report notes 60 cent price for a day, with monthly rations of sugar one pound and macaroni two pounds at year start. Seven ounces of bread daily were allowed. Electric current and gasoline are scarce, and since last November street cars, buses and taxis stopped at 10 PM while all public places except neighborhood cinemas closed.
Bombing Plot Arrests Reported in Rouen France
In Vichy the news dispatch says two hundred people were detained in Rouen amid a bombing attempt investigation. Authorities move to secure the city as the probe continues and more details emerge from the occupied zone.
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Vichy
France
Rouen
Disturbances Reported in Occupied France and Tours
Reports from occupied Paris and Tours describe attacks and punishments for alleged terrorism. Amiens sees an armed incident at a recruiting station with a cyclist arrested after smashing the front, then overpowered when pursued. Ray prisoner and Raymond Gourdain named. The U S uses 80 percent of Canada’s newsprint exports in April 1940.
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Tours
Petit Parisien
Paris
Amiens
Anti-Russian Legion
United States
Canada
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