War Relief Fund Tops Seven Million Dollars Nationwide
The American Red Cross war relief fund totals over 7 031 814 with many chapters doubling quotas. Ouachita parish reports 4 000 toward an 8 000 target while AFL president William Green donates 1 000. Nineteen chapters meet or exceed double quotas and numerous clubs contribute locally.
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War Relief Fund
American Red Cross
RE. C. Gibson
Ouachita Parish
Washington
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Norman H. Davis
Red Cross
The
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Davis
Monroe Fire Fighters Association
Flower Shop
Louise Thompson
Johnnie Smith Elbert
E. N. Mansberg
W. C. Feazel
G. McClanahan
B. A. Kramer
Federal Power Commision
Frank Ticheli
S. S. Marrus
Camp Ki-Ro-Li 10 Opens Today With 150 Boys
Scout Camp Ki-Ro-Li opens today for the first encampment week with about 150 boys registered. George Simpson, assistant regional director of the Boy Scouts of America, will visit Tuesday and Wednesday. The annual Camp-O-Ral featured patrol-based competition in first aid route judging knot tying signaling fire by friction water boiling chopping and bugling with eight percent scores.
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Ki-Po-Li
George Simpson
Boy Scouts of America
Ki-Ro-Li
Olan H. Black
Admiral Hugh Rodman Dies at 81 in Washington
Admiral Hugh Rodman retired navy officer dies at the naval hospital after long illness from coronary thrombosis. He was 81. Rodman commanded a division that joined the British grand fleet in World War I and served with Admiral Dewey in the Spanish American War at Manila Bay.
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Rodman
Washington
Hugh Rodman
Naval Hospital
Admiral Rodman
Dewey
Manila Bay
Army Recruiting Office Increases Its Monroe Staffing
Major Frank P. Robison and First Lieutenant Forrest M. Terral join Monroe army recruiting office as it reopens permanently. 23 Monroe and area youths enlisted for infantry and field artillery with Fort Benning, Ga. in past week. Recruit requirements include age 18 to 34, single with no dependents for original enlistment, height at least five feet four, weight minimum 115 pounds, good moral character, health and fitness tests, and US citizenship.
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Frank P. Robison
Forrest M. Terral
Army
Sam
Harold B. McNemar
United States Army
Terral
Medical Corps Reserve
Robison
McNemar
Shreveport
Monroe
Uncle Sam
Fort Benning
Andrew H. Adair
Wilmot
Ark
Cecil M. Bacle
West Monroe
Robert C. Bynum, Jr
Alton F. Brown
Rayville
Homer E. Chadwick
Ernest E. Clower
Oliver H. Donaldson, Jr
United States
Regular Army
United States Military Academy
West Point
83Rd Field Artillery
Eighth Infantry
Liberty Bell Sound to Ring Nationwide on June 24
Philadelphia June 8. Republican leaders plan a patriotic meeting at Independence Square on opening day of the national convention. Independence Hall doors will open for a view of the Liberty Bell as it is struck and the sound broadcast.
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Philadelphia
America
Independence Square
Independence Hall
Defense offices in air cooled state amid Washington bustle
The new national defense commission is housed in air conditioned comfort behind the Federal Reserve Board on Constitution Avenue. Key figures like William S. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman occupy corner offices as mounting work links production, labor, and materials to defense. Stettinius and Budd oversee raw materials and transportation while Leon Henderson studies price trends across town. Long days, frequent conferences with military and business leaders, and 12 hour workdays mark the pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Ragydale
Washington
National Defense Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Constitution Avenue
Commission
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Edward S. Stettinius
Stettinius
Harriet Elliott
Raph T. Budd
Chester Davis
Defense
Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reserve
War Department
Knudsen
Garner
Army
Navy
Italy Increases Scrap Steel Purchases for War Industry
Washington reports Italy has boosted monthly scrap steel imports from the United States to 74,000 tons in April, a ten fold rise from October 1999, to fuel its munitions sector while Japan cuts purchases and U S export options face embargo talk.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Japan
Commerce Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Trial of Leche Set for June 24
Special petit jurors drawn for the Withers court term to hear the Leche case in Ruston Louisiana. The former chief executive is charged with perjury in connection with the construction of the administration building. Jury list includes Verley Laska Drew Jarman Tarbutton Tube and others. It is estimated that 80,000 farm laborers have entered since 1925.
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Ruston
Dischet Jade
Withers Court
Furmer Gothte
Richard W. Leche
Jane
Tansisiana Taek
Leche
Overman
Verley
Laska W. Saabs
Cee Geen Ee Coan
Drew Neee Jarman
Geor Tarbutton
Jee . Tube
Leon Nog Jonberger
J. Jenith
W. C. Owens
A. & Rebinon
W. Durden, Jr
IC. Drewett
Davkd Glover
L. Mo Hinton
JL. Poller
A. KR Stinson
C. A. White
A. Woodman
F. M. Merron
C. AL
Burt
J. A. O'Nea
Floyd B. Darmem
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W. E. Smith
Woolworth Bldg
DeSiard
Gulf
Gades
White House
Bilox
Army Recruiting Office
Defense Program
Liberty Bell
Reserve Board
Uaite
Boulogne
France
Eupieia
U. S
Jte
Great Britely
Canada
United
Toma
Religious Society of Friends
Riversides
Ward
Montgomery
North Third St
Ruston Court
Sincw
Froster
Pull Evers
Food Guardian
Down
Montgomery Ward
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