Morehouse Ouachita Baptist Association Meeting Plans
The Morehouse Ouachita Baptist Association, comprising 31 churches and 10 000 members, will convene at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church in West Monroe on Thursday and Friday. Rev. A D Langston Sr of Monroe is moderator and rural church leader. Attendance is expected to be the largest ever, with lunch served both days near the Ouachita Valley fair grounds.
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Morehouse-Ouachita Baptist Association
Ridge Avenue
West Monroe
A. D. Langston
Monroe
Langston
Louisiana
British Extol Bombers Work In War Reports
The piece notes that despite heavy attacks, no invasion occurred last autumn. It emphasizes the bomber raids and their perceived effectiveness while downplaying fatalities and injuries as not of immediate importance. The continued report analyzes strategic implications of the long campaign.
War booklet cites Gamelin limits heavy bombing and losses
The pamphlet asserts seaborne invasion threats will persist while German danger remains. It claims Britain lost 40 percent of first line strength in France and Flanders. It blames French British tactical rifts and Gamelin for hampering air strikes on German soil, noting 33 to 67 bombers lost in one raid. It warns of continued German resilience and describes Turin’s panic during Italy bombings. Bills are very small brooks.
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France
Flanders
Maurice Gustave Gemelin
Britain
Gamelin
Germany
Italy
Turin
Pammy Hollingworth Found Alive After Eight Days
Pamela Hollingworth was found alive after eight days missing in the woods. She suffered frostbitten feet and hunger but calmly identified herself as Pammy. Her father Joseph Hollingworth, a Lowell Mass. businessman, led the search and carried her from the trail to safety.
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Matson
Brooks
Charles Smith
Lowell
Mass
Pamela
Ter
Pammy
Hollingworth
Pam
Lem Baker
Lions’ Club
England
Lowell Sun
Boston
Soviet Claim of Victory Near Leningrad Amid Global War News
War dispatches report Soviet forces repelling a German push near Leningrad while Berlin and London trade claims on frontline gains. Axis and Allied statements cite heavy fighting from the Azov sea to Moscow, with tank battles, bombardments, and prisoner exchanges shaping a broad eastern theater update.
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French
Ardennes
DNE
Alvis Elias
Bohemia-Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Berlin
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Azov Sea
Thefuehrer
Moscow
London
Perekop
Crimea
Genichesk
Red Fleet
Leningrad
Black Sea
Kirov
Valdai Hills
Roslavl
Smolensk
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Karelian Isthm
Kronstadt
Red Navy
Newhaven
Dieppe
France
War Office
Britain
Germany
Bomber Command
Far East
United States
Japan
Thailand
East Asia
Tokyo
Yomiuri
Singapore
Asahi
AFL Support of Aid in War Seems Assured
United States aid to Soviet Russia faces little opposition says Secretary George Meany. He notes the executive council favored aiding Soviet Russia despite denouncing its communist creed. The report argues cooperation is practical as the U.S. and Soviet Russia are both enemies of Nazi Germany. Two early resolutions urge relief for workers harmed by priorities rulings and warn unemployment harms morale during defense buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Russia
George Meany
Executive Council
Council
Russia
Germany
Bridge Collapse Halts Great Lakes Traffic For Days
A jack knife bridge on St. Marys Canal collapsed trapping engine and two cars in water. Bridge tender Penman estimated two to three days to restore river traffic but later cautioned it was hard to tell. The bridge, operated by a joint Canadian and U S railway consortium, connected upper and lower lakes and linked ore and steel shipments.
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Whitefish Bay
Lake Superior
St. Mars’s Canal
Great Lakes
Penman
Penman Sas
Seale
American Owl
Canadian Pacific and Dulouth South Shore
Atlantic Railways
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company
Tropical storm slim winds hit Florida coast and inland
Tallahassee was raked by wind with falling trees disrupting power and communications though no major injuries were reported. The tropical storm moved inland near Carrabelle and Nassau, with winds peaking around 102 mph in the Bahamas and 60 mph in Miami, but damage was limited.
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Georgia-Florida State Line
Tallahassee
Apalachicola
Fla
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Carrabelle
Miami
Forida
Nassau
Bahama Islands
W. L. Heape
Pan-American Airways
Dinner Key
State appeals to Supreme Court over levee board bids
The state seeks Supreme Court review of a bid dispute and alleged bribe payments tied to the Orleans Dredging groups and related entities. The suit targets Shushan and several New York headquartered firms, arguing Louisiana has a forum to seek relief and should not be forced to sue in sister states.
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Levee Board
Stanley
Orleans Dredging Company
Shushan
Standard Dredging Corporation
Dredging Realization Corporation
Claude Cummins
Clarence R. Birch
New York State
Supreme Court
Louisiana
New York
New Jersey
California
United States
United States Supreme Court
Panama Regrets Armed Merchant Ships Under Panama Flag
Panama cabinet orders revocation of merchant ships registered under Panamanian flag that had been armed, affecting American vessels converting to Panama registry. The move, seen as a possible response to the neutrality act, prompts White House talks with key leaders and Ever urging repeal by the Republican Party.
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Panama
White House
Connally
Amer
Belliger Ports
Agai
Cabinet Council
Roosevelt
United States
Ite Republic
Ames Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Georgia
Capitol Hill
Wallace
Hull
Senate
Barkley
McNary
Austin
Vermont
Bloom
New York
House
Johnson
Texas
Eaton
New Jersey
Wendell L. Willkie
National Republican Club
Republican Party
Congress
Pink Star
Iceland
Three Die as Kansas City Tornado Leaves Wreckage
A devastating tornado swept through the Kansas City area injuring about 135 and killing three. Mrs Dorothy Lucas, 25, and her month-old daughter Diana perished when their home collapsed. Mrs Ea Perkins Sr was trapped under debris while another cottage remained mostly intact. Rescuers found Maggie Sutter with a broken back after the twister lifted a house. Torrential rain followed the storm, and several blocks suffered extensive damage with uprooted trees and ruined structures.
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Dorothy Lucas
Diana
Ea Perkins
Kis
Hos
Maggie Sutter
Beunce
Pew
Allanton
Union
Copany
Troop Heat Forces Simulated War Exercises Across Regions
Report describes First Army Corps under Major General Charles P. TD and the Eighth Division conducting field exercises while Blue Army elements including Ninth and Thirtieth divisions maneuver near Chester and Winnsboro. Second Corps under Major General Lloyd Fredenhall trains near Mount Gilead with Twenty-Eighth National Guard from Pennsylvania and other units. Sixth Corps led by Major General Karl Truesdel includes Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts Division elements and car troops engaging in defensive maneuvers near Mount Gilead North Carolina.
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First Army Corps
Charles P. TD
Reco
Deau
Chester
Winnsboro
Lloyd Fredenhall
Twenty-Eighth National Gas Division
Pennsylvania
Fort Fourth
New York
New Jrsey
Twenty Ninth
Morch
Chefield
09H
Karl Truesdel
Twent
Massachusetts
Mount Gilead
N.C
House votes to deport Bridges amid deportation push
Washington reports the House approved a bill directing the immediate deportation of Hart Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, to Australia. The measure mirrors a similar failed decade old Senate vote and follows findings by Charles B. Sears of Communist affiliation. Attlee to visit New York for international labor conference.
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Washington
House
Legislatio
Hart Bridges
West Coast
Senate
Representativ Allen
Louisiana
Directin Bridges
Australia
Bridges
Ne York State
Charles B. Sear
Labor
Justi Department
Sears
Bridg
Communist Party
Attlee
New York
London
Churchi
Clement Attlee
Jord
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A.F.L
U. S. Supreme Court
Wen L. Willkie
Lord Halifax
National Publican Club
Republi Party
Gress
Willkie
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