Senators Debate Russia Aid and Lending Policy
Senators voiced divided views on expanding the lend-lease program to aid Russia. They noted potential multi billion dollar increases, questioned funding sources, and pressed for careful oversight while Roosevelt pledged aid. Some urged prudent limits, others warned of higher costs to defeat Hitler.
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Washington
Russia
Roosevelt
Germany
Byrd
Virginia
Great Britain
Pepper
Fla
Congress
Hitler
Europe
Glass
Adams
Colorado
Mead
New York
Johnson
Ward earns steady progress in army air corps service
Jim Rabbon Ward 22, of Fairbanks, has advanced in the army air corps since enlisting October 13, 1939 at Barksdale. He completed training at Lowry Field, Denver, on October 25, 1940 and has held roles as supply sergeant with the 50th Bombardment Squadron at Bowman Field Louisville. He is awaiting staff sergeant vacancies as he climbs the ranks with several promotions already earned.
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Jim Rabbon Ward
Ada Ward
Fairbanks
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Barksdale Field
Harold McNemar
Army
Monroe
Barksdale
Air Corps Technical School
Lowrey Field
Denver
Colo
Bowman Field
Negro Youth Injured In West Monroe Auto Crash
A 15 year old Negro youth, C B Collins, was injured when the car he rode in sideswiped another vehicle on Natchitoches street near Seventh in West Monroe. He was taken to St Francis sanitarium with facial cuts and internal injuries. The driver Dan Simpson and Cobb, his wife and infant were involved. the Cobb baby uninjured. Collison occurred as Simpson’s car left the road after hitting Cobb’s vehicle.
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Natchitoches Street
Seventh Street
West Monroe
Jeff Caldwell
C. B. Collins
St. Francis Sanitarium
Collins
Dan Simpson
Tragic drowning near Oak Ridge claims Eli Johnson
The body of Eli Johnson a 36 year old Black farm worker on P D Williams farm near Oak Ridge was recovered from Lake Ivern by the American Legion truck crew about an hour after he drowned yesterday morning while swimming Captain Lee Hales led the recovery with John McStravich and C W Flacy aboard the truck.
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Eli Johnson
P. D. Williams
Oak Ridge
Lake Ivern
American Legion
Lee Hales
Legion
Catholics Issue New Catechism Revised for Modern Times
New York June 28 The Baltimore penny catechism gets its first 50 year revision with simplified answers and altered phrasing. The Episcopal committee of the Christian Doctrine conference directed the overhaul after six years of work by American bishops scholars and theologians. The act of contrition and key questions are updated reflecting social issues and the era while preserving core doctrine.
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New York
Episcopal Committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
American Heirarchy
Sacred Congregation of the Council
Holy See
Rome
Agency
Heaven
Hell
God
Earth
18 Area Students Given Scholarships
Eighteen students from Northeast Louisiana were awarded continuation or new grants from the T. H. Harris fund announced by the state department of education. Scholarships range from 100 to 230 dollars annually, based on scholastic merit.
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Fighteen
Louisiana
T. H. Harris
State Department of Education
Harbert Marshall
Monroe
Louisiana Tech
Tech
Richard Baker
Jonesboro
Elmer Augustus Tooke
Homer
William Dozier
Delhi
Laveta Higgs
Rayville
Virginia Lee Frye
Lake Providence
First Sub Victim U S S Housatonic Sunk Near Charleston Harbor
The U S S Housatonic, the first warship sunk by a submarine, fell outside Charleston harbor after being struck by a Confederate undersea craft described as a fish boat.
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U. S. S. Housatonic
Charleston Harbor
Democracy gains in Italian detainee camp at Missoula
Immigrants at Fort Missoula Bella Vista detachment elect a purser, self rule, and a defence council runs daily duties. They cook, clean, and patrol under an elected commandant while awaiting broader rights and potential escape alarms.
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Fort Missoula
Mont
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Missoula
Bella Vista
Immigration Service
S. S. Conte
Biancamano
Bombs Save Valves in 1935 Hawaii Lava Standstill
In 1935 aerial bombs were used to redirect lava from Mauna Loa to protect Hilo. The blasts slowed the lava flow and saved the town, marking a dramatic intervention in volcanic crisis.
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Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Hilo
Roosevelt Signs End Of Fiscal Year Bills Housing Aid Extended
President Roosevelt spent a quiet Saturday at Hyde Park handling year end business and reviewing a $10.38 billion war department appropriation arriving from Congress. He signed measures extending the federal housing administration and boosting insured loan limits and approved expenses for state commerce justice interior agencies.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Texas
War Department
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
State Department
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Federal Judiciary
Interior Department
Interior
West Monroe Man Held In Parish Jail Here
Claude Hopgood, 28, was held in West Monroe jail on charges of fighting and intoxication. He was transferred to parish jail on larceny of a gun and unauthorized use of an automobile, per Police Chief Jeff Caldwell. The gun and car belong to Mrs. Alice Frost of 602 North Seventh Street.
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West Monroe
Claude Hopgood
Milton Coverdale
Parish
Jeff Caldwell
Alice Frost
North Seventh Street
Caldwell
Death notices Honor Anita B Ross of Start on Sunday
The funeral for Anita B Ross 16 of Start and a 19th grade student who died Friday in a Shreveport hospital will be held Sunday at 3 pm at Start Baptist Church with Rev H G Hammons officiating. Interment in New Salem cemetery on Oak Ridge road directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville. She is survived by her mother Edith Vought stepfather A D Vought three brothers and two sisters. Active pallbearers listed. Honorary pallbearers named.
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Anita B. Ross
Start
Shreveport
H. G Hammons
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Rayville
New Salem Cemetery
Oak Ridge Road
Mesa
Edith Vought
A. D. Vought
Robert Earl Ross
United States Army
California
Lavelle
Leroy
Starr
Dorothy Jewel Ross
Alice Annette Vought
Ray Porter
John Letlow
Lonnie Robinson
Fuqua Nolan
H. F Kirkley
Forest Futch
Jessie Lavell
Maynard Chambers
Bob Compton
Freddie Wilks
George Words
Carl Swendson
Cecil Bracknell
Elliot Letton
G. W Hogan
Richard Taylor
Fellowship Church
Sikes
A. L. Claus
Dixie Funeral Home
Elizabeth Adams
Oswald
Glenwood Adams
Edith Adams
West Monroe
R. D. Crain
Pallbesters
Walter Lacey
Guy
Funeral Services for Wallace Adams
Funeral services for Wallace Adams aged 15 of T11 North Fifth Street West Monroe follow his death at a local hospital at 6 p.m. Saturday. Dr A E Prince will officiate at services at the residence Sunday before the funeral cortege.
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Wallace Adams
North Fifth Street
West Monroe
A. E. Prince
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Hale & McNeil
Olive St
Monroe, la
Pat McGrady
Home Appliance CO
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Mussolini
Montana
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Optometrist
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Medaries
J. L. Medaries
W. D. Albritton
Messrs
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A. C. Saxon
J. B. Saxon
S. D. Bowers
Ross
Lake Louise
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