Open House Draws Large Crowd at Selman Field 37th Anniversary
Monroe and surrounding communities joined military personnel at Selman Field to mark the 37th anniversary of the Army Air Force. The free open house drew a large crowd, with visitors viewing the celestial navigation trainer, Dead Reckoning building, and radio compass gear. Police managed traffic as families enjoyed picnics and tours, including a retreat parade and flight line inspections of navigation trainers and AT-7 cockpits. Submarines can sink safely to a depth of about 300 feet.
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Monroe
Selman Field
Army Air Force
Navigation Training Center
RAF
Need for more and better elementary teachers in Louisiana
Dr Mary C Wilson of Ruston urged improving elementary teacher training and salaries to reflect high school levels. She called teaching a great profession and warned enrollment shifts will raise elementary demand as 1933 birth cohort advances.
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Buston
Mary C. Wilson
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Wilson
Louisiana
Birth Rates and War Increase Demand for Primary Teachers
The article notes birth rate rises due to the war will boost primary teacher demand by 1948 and that stronger compulsory education laws imply higher elementary enrollments. It cites a mismatch with high school teaching and certification trends, underscoring the need for more elementary teachers. It also explains escort carriers: the C-3 class converted merchant ships and Kaiser shipyard carriers built on modified merchant hulls.
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Louisiana
Kaiser Shipyards
Government take of taxes seen by Smith
Treasury estimates show fiscal year 1944 45 1945 spending reaching 98 404 million with net receipts 45 663 million and a deficit of 52 741 million. War outlays total 88 900 million while debt rises to 251 286 million. Smith warns outcomes depend on Europe and Japan and notes large non direct war spending and continued savings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harold D. Smith
Europe
United States
Smith
Congress
Japan
War Department
Navy Department
Maritime Commission
War Shipping Administration
Treasury
Building Permits Granted for Church and Dwelling
Tuesday permits issued by the Louisiana district council of the Assembly of God authorize a one story frame church at Hall and Calypso with expenses under 1 000 using second hand materials. Idona Roberts may build a one story frame dwelling at 411 Malvern with costs not to exceed 200 and some second hand materials. A note mentions glass overcoats using bonded glass fiber boards to preserve storage batteries in Arctic army motorized equipment.
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Louisiana District Council of the Assembly of God
Hall Street
Calypso
Idona Roberts
Malvern
Arctic
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Forrest M. Runnels
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U.S
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