Walkin' Pastor Quits Home Town in Ozarks Tale
Springfield reports Guy Howard known as the Walkin' Preacher of the Ozarks resigns as pastor in Gainesville after publishing his life story. He sells his home, departs amid fanfare and threats, and plans to move east to Banson in Taney County to continue preaching.
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Springfield
Guy Howard
Ozarks
Gainesville
Preacher Howard
Ozarks Hills
Chariton
Iowa
Ozarks County
Christ
E. W. Ebrite
The
Ozark County Times
Howard
J. C. Harling
Banson
Taney County
Board to seek President Murray on labor agency action
An executive board representing over a million workers met to discuss creating a new labor agency. The statement urged Roosevelt and Roose to push for a body with defined prerogatives and the authority to grant economic equity and address grievances promptly.
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Atement
Phillip Murray
Roose
En ‘Agency
War Labor Board
Purple Heart Award Sent With Bullet to West Monroe Family
Pfc. M E Deason sent his mother Mrs J W Deason of West Monroe the bullet that struck him and caused wounds. The Purple Heart award was enclosed with the bullet, attributed to restrictive wartime policies and limited discretion of the War Labor Board. A wartime tip suggests renewing discolored aluminum pots with potato or apple peelings simmered in water.
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M.E. Deason
J.W. Deason
West Monroe
WLB
James P. Byrnes
Office of Economic Stabilization
Fred M. Vinson
Washington Psychiatrists Flag High Draft Rejections
The report notes Washington D C ranked second in draft rejections for mental diseases, citing more doctors on boards and broader definitions of mental disease. It discusses how conditions range from alcohol abuse to nervous breakdowns and questions postwar figures to verify the true causes.
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Washington
Selective Service
Vermont
Washington, D. C
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Draft Board
Millard Wood Reported Safe and Well from Belgium
Millard Wood son of T. W. Wood at 500 Texas Avenue wired his father that he is safe and well after being reported wounded in action in Belgium on January 11. His brother Wallace Wood is also in European battle zones.
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Millard Wood
T. W. Wood
Texas Avenue
Belgium
Wallace Wood
Bronze Star Medal for Capt Goodwin at Leyte Island
Capt Hugh Hilton Goodwin U S N son of Mr and Mrs H T Goodwin of Monroe received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement as commanding officer of a U S ship from June 14 to August 4 1944 during the Leyte assault and island capture under enemy air attacks. The photo was taken on Leyte Island last Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Hilton Goodwin
H. T. Goodwin
Calypso Street
Monroe
U.S. Naval Academy
United States
Leyte Island
Grant Cole Downs Japanese Aircraft
Lt. (jg) Grant H. Cole, son of Mr and Mrs Ben Cole of 2900 South Grand, a Navy fighter pilot, helped defeat Japanese planes in a Philippine area air battle. He and crew sighted over 32 Jap aircraft and dove in a 12 plane formation, firing on targets. The 22 year old, commissioned 1943, is married. his wife stays with her parents in Arkansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant H. Cole
Ben Cole
South Grand Street
Navy
Philippine
Navy Department
Cole
Tom Putton
Arkansas City
Ark
James C. Cole
Third Brother Suiney Wood Sends Message From Pacific
A third brother, Suiney Wood, remains in the South Pacific and has not yet met with the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suiney Wood
South Pacific
Gloom in Germany as Neutrals Report Awe Over Ruhr Crisis
Neutrals returning from Germany say the average German feels gloom and doubt about leadership amid fear of an American British push into the Ruhr and the loss of Silesia. They note propaganda fails to hide disunity and a hunt for scapegoats as the war drags on.
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Stockholm
Germany
Ruhr
Upper Silesian
German Transocean
Upper Silesia
Silesia
Julich
Karl von Rundstedt
Berlin
Koelnische
Cologne
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Walvelmotrasse
Propatinda Ministey
Fereuns
Eve Toexe
Marshal Stalin
Goebbels
Bios
Smiong
Pastelish
Beri
Wermen Amd
Arrest Made On Hog Theft Charge In Brownville
Sheriff Milton Coverdale announced the arrest of J. T. Tisdale Brownville on hog theft after farmers complaints from wards 7 8 and 9. Tisdale held twelve live hogs with one identified as the property of Phelam Warren's son. Bond set at 750, he remains jailed in Quahehi Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Coverdale
J. T. Tisdale
Brownville
Tisdalgy
Tisdale
Quaehi Parish
Traffic lights to be installed at highway 80 intersection
Major Baker announced two traffic caution blink lights will be installed at the intersection of highway 80 and Kansas Lane and near the N C O club to reduce hazards. GE Company has the order and Monroe police jury negotiates terms. The road to Selman Field, repaved by the state highway commission, should be ready for full use this week.
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Kansas
N.C. O. Club
Charles J. Baker
Selman Field
General Electric Company
Shreveport
Monroe
Baker
Louisiana State Highway Commission
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Goodwin
Silve
Owl Dist of
Regia
Sali
Silverstein
Vlverstein
Louisiana
By James Marlow
Pfc
Davis C. Bennett Jr
H. H. Bryant
Oak Street
Tinian
Marshalls
Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
Army
New
Millard
Grant Cole Downs
America
Major Clark Gable
Neville
Major Gable
U.S. Army Air Forces
Ouachita Parish
Lola Simmermaker
Viverstein Norvth
Losianas
Srite
Monroe Tent and Awning Co
S. Grand St
Tiltam Bondi
KMLI
American Meat Institut
Spiedy
Pittsburgh “Lead & Zinc
Per Val
Slagle-Johnson Lumber CO
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