Taylor's Films to Teach Flying at New Orleans Base
Lt. (jg) Robert Taylor stars in 17 short films created for embryonic flight instructors at the New Orleans naval air base. Commander Hugh B. Jenkins says the 20 to 33 minute reels teach primary training through drama and narration, with two cadets and a pilot instructor as cast. Aerial footage was shot on site with a blimp and planes, while other scenes were finished in MGM studios.
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New Orleans
Hugh B. Jenkins
Taylor
Commander Jenkins
Jenkins
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Navy
O. B. Hardeson
Pacific Air Fleet
Naval Air Primary Training
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hollywood
Cadet Flight Reform Aims for Faster Navy Training
Com. Frederick Reeder says new approach reduces cadet flight instruction time by leveraging prior work of top Navy instructors. In 20 minutes, cadets gain access to decades of experience and guidance from the service’s best aviators.
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Com
Frederick Reeder
Navy
Es Praised by Roosevelt Navy WAVES Mark Second Anniversary
President Roosevelt and high officials praised the WAVES as they celebrate the women's reserve second anniversary. Navy leaders praised their vital shore work and contributions from 72 350 members, freeing men for combat and aiding Normandy and Saipan operations. Recruiting aims for nearly 100 000 by year end 1944.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
White House
Women’s Reserve
Normandy
Saipan
Adm
Ernest J. King
TW Chief
Naval Service
Forrestal
United States
RAF Gunner Accounts Two Focke Wulf Knockdowns Near Brux
S/Sgt. Thomas R. Wiley, tail gunner of the B 17 Dog Breath, claims two more Focke Wulf 190s shot down near Brux. He describes a 1,000 yard approach, one plane exploding in red flame, another catching fire and pilot bailing out. Wiley, from Monroe, Louisiana, already holds the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters and is cited for bravery amid heavy Luftwaffe assaults on the bomber formation en route to a synthetic oil facility target in Brux and during the invasion buildup.
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England
Brux
Thomas R. Wiley
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Focke-Wulfs
Messerschitts
Wiley
Meonroe
Stella E. Wiley
Hall St
Monroe
Euin K. Wiley
Sarepta
Louisiana Municipal Attorneys to Form Statewide Group
Frank H. Peterman city attorney of Alexandria announced a meeting of Louisiana municipal attorneys in Alexandria on August 15 to form a statewide organization. He cited strong sentiment and noted similar associations exist for other municipal and parish officials.
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New Orleans
Frank H. Peterman
Alexandria
Peterman
Real estate transfers filed in Ouachita Parish court
Yesterday's clerk of court records show Myrtle Hogan Coats tutrix selling a tenth interest in Lot 3, McClain Crossley addition West Monroe to Peoples Homestead and Savings Association for 240 dollars. Jexel E Colvin sold to Miss Louells Kennedy a 44 by 100 foot lot near McEnery Street and Gordon Avenue for 4250 dollars. The text notes the earth’s average land height above sea level as 2300 feet.
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Ouachita Parish
Myrtle Hogan Coats
Allie Lou Coats
Peoples Homestead and Savings Association
McClain-Crossley
West Monroe
Jexel E. Colvin
Louells Kennedy
McEnery Street
Gordon Avenue
Cordon Avenue
WLB Compliance Record Bogging as War Labor Board Struggles
Washington July 23 The Office of Defense Transportation will take over a group of Midwest truckers to settle a wage dispute but the War Labor Board compliance record remains bogged down. Navy and army delays hinder enforcement of WLB decisions though many employers accept wage terms. A San Francisco machinists’ 48 hour week and a Lansing Michigan centrifugal fusing plant strike show the services’ reluctance to place officers and workers in production disputes. A White House attempt to secure peaceful compliance involved Anna Rosenberg and Harry Bridges, who cut the call short.
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Washington
ODT
Office of Defense Transportation
War Labor Board
Army
Navy
WLB
White House
A. F. of
L. Machinists
San Francisco
Uptown
Lansing
Mich
Anna Rosenberg
Manpower Commission
New York
Harry Bridges
California
A. F. of L
Louisiana Legion to Elect Officers at 26th Convention
More than 800 members of the Louisiana American Legion and its auxiliary will elect officers at the 26th annual convention in Baton Rouge. A barbecue, dance, and reception at the governor’s mansion followed speeches by Ex-Gov. John Steele and other officials highlighting veteran programs including GI Bill rights and civilian reentry efforts.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana American Legion
John Steele
Illinois
Steele
Legion
Congress
Quintus Camp
National Rehabilitation Office
Louisiana
Roland B. Howell
Legion For Veterans
Overton Brooks
Charles McKenzie
Thomas Saling
U. S. Civil Service
Texas
Mississippi
Col
Harry T. Herring
New Orleans
Veterans Bureau
Maisto Sentenced Again in Bicycle Theft Case
Louis Maisto a New York transient who escaped the Ouachita parish prison road gang while serving a 12 month term for bicycle theft was sentenced in Union parish district court to one year in the state penitentiary for bicycle theft Sheriff Milton Coverdale said Maisto escaped the road gang in this parish Wednesday fled to Ruston and was arrested Thursday night Local peace officers surrendered him to Union parish authorities.
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Louis Maisto
New York
Ouachita Parish
Union Parish
Milton Coverdale
Coverdale
Maisto
Ruston
Hope 10 Settle Polish Dispute
Washington officials expressed cautious optimism that a settlement between the Polish government in London and the Soviet backed Polish Committee of Liberation could end a major intra Polish rift. A failure to resolve the dispute might threaten Poland’s internal peace and future U S British and Soviet harmony in postwar peace efforts.
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Washington
London
Polish Committee of Liberation
Poland
Britain
United States
Russia
Moscow
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Mikolajcczyk
European
Committee of National Liberation
Louisiana Soldiers Wounded Listed in War Department Release
The War Department released a list of 828 U S soldiers wounded in action in Europe and Asia. Louisiana entries include Sgt James W Cockerham Mrs Minnie Cockerham Route 4 Winnfield Pfc Grady Farrar Mrs Susanna W Farrar Route 2 Lille Pvt James Green Mrs Amanda E Green Olla S Sgt Harold I Gumm Mrs Mildred M Lee Route 1 Box 113 Choudrant Sgt Ernest J White Jr Mrs Edith White Route 2 Box 124 Jonesville
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Washington
War Department
U. S
Louisiana
James W. Cockerham
Minnie Cockerham
Winnfield
Grady Farrar
Susanna W. Farrar
Lille
James Green
Amanda E. Green
Olla
Harold I. Gumm
Mildred M. Lee
Choudrant
Ernest J. White Jr
Edith White
Jonesville
Nine World War II Vets Register for Free LSU Training
Louisiana State University officials said nine World War II veterans enrolled for free college training under the federal GI bill of rights. The report notes the good quality day contains about two thirds as many digestible nutrients as grain or feed mixtures.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana State University
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