J C Steele Lumber Co Receives Public Service Award
The J C Steele Lumber Company earned a National Retail Lumber Dealers Association public service award in Washington DC for unpaid work. Officers and employees provided trucks lumber and supplies to public projects churches and youth groups including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. A P Kitchens stood out for active Scout involvement.
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J. C. Steele Lumber Company
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Washington, D. C
A. P. Kitchens
State Dept Apologizes and Lattimore Travel Order Is Lifted
The State Department publicly apologized to Owen Lattimore and revoked the stop order barring him from leaving the United States. The action, based on a fabrication by an unnamed informant, restores his passport status and follows a federal indictment of the source. Lattimore, Johns Hopkins professor and longtime State Department consultant, criticized the case as an American injustice fueled by a lynch mob mentality.
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Lattimore
Washington
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins
United States
Department of State
David Bruce
Seattle
Harry A. Jarvinen
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia
Baltimore Sun
Johns Hopkins University
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wise
Department
Customs Service
U. S
Soviet Union
Congress
Hold Rites for Nurses at West Monroe Crosley School
Capping exercise for the first class of practical nurses at Oua chita Valley Vocational school was held Friday night at the West Monroe Crosley school auditorium. Dr A D Tisdale spoke on professional development and need for workers. Valedictory by Mrs Anna Dell Brown, salutatorian by Mrs Pauline McEacharn. Third and fourth honors went to Mrs Mable Matkins and Mrs Maxine Barnes. Perfect attendance honored for a list of students led by Mrs Lillie Johnson and others.
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Ouachita Valley Vocational School
West Monroe Crosley School
A. D. Tisdale
Anna Dell Brown
Pauline McEacharn
Mable Matkins
Maxine Barnes
Lillie Johnson
Edna Shean
Katie Smart
Sallie DeLee
Bertie Smith
Rebye Milestead
Mable Holdiness
Brown
Barnes
Matkins
National water skiing champions to perform at Miss Louisiana pageant
More than ten thousand spectators are expected to attend the Miss Louisiana Beauty Pageant in Lake Providence with two national water skiing champions featured on July 4, 5 and 6. The crowd will be thrilled by the display from the champions as part of the event program.
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Lake Providence
Taft Eisenhower Camps Exchange Verbal Shots
Campaign managers for Senator Taft and General Eisenhower traded sharp remarks as the GOP nomination fight intensified in Chicago. Lodge accused Taft of desperate tricks while Ingalls questioned Eisenhower’s shifting stance and leadership consistency ahead of the July convention.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
David S. Ingalls
Lodge
Ohio
Denver
Ingalls
Vermont
James F. Dewey
Claude Farr
Tait
Rhode Island
Felix Herbert
Stephen Wilson
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