Interfraternity pledges list spans many chapters
Monroe and West Monroe lead a lengthy roll of nine pledges across Lambda Chi Alpha Kappa Sigma Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Lambda Tau chapters. The men named include Charles Gwin Leo Miles William Snabnett Jimmy Williams Albert Cloud Orin Flanigan Thomas Flournoy Richard Garland Luther Steward John Morris Bell and Robert Newcomer among others in cities from Monroe to Oak Grove and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Berry
Ben Chase Jr
Joe Hazlip
Kappa Sigma
Eunice
Kearney Tate
Alfred M. Marks
Otis Robinett
Alpha Lambda Tau
Farmerville
Durwood Grafton
Alex Vardeman
Pi Kappa Alpha
Arcadia
Ray A. Gilbert
James R. Watson
Lake Charles
Harry Lee Jr
Lambda Chi Alpha
Jonesville
John Sewell
Olla
Frank Thompson
Rayville
Hugh C. Watson
Little Rock
Ark
Joe Feith
Bastrop
Charles McDuff
Choudrant
William Norris
Oxford
Don Palmer
DeRidder
Jack Simms
Trout—I. C. Turnly
Oak Grove
Billy Wilson
Haynes
First Application Relief Claim for Blue Star Ointment
Ad claims one application relieves severe itching from eczema rash ringworm pimples and scabies. Promises repeat use as needed with money back if not satisfied. Text emphasizes rapid effect and natural healing.
Recognition of Col Fries Receives Bronze and Silver Stars
Lt Col Stuart Fries, cousin of the late Charles Modes, is awarded a bronze star and a unit citation for his battalion’s role in the first invasion spearhead in France. He also earns a silver star for gallantry, directing medium tanks under heavy fire to aid an infantry battalion’s attack near the beachhead. He served from the District of Columbia and is the son of Maj Gen Amos A. Fries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Fries
Charles Modes
France
Fries
District of Columbia
Modes
Monroe
Amos A. Fries
Sinatra May Be Screen Comedian
Hollywood reports Frank Sinatra seeks a screen laugh giving career but remains unsure how to click. He is cast in a navy training camp comedy with Gene Kelly to test public interest. He gives up dancing after two weeks of intense practice.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Gene Kelly
Sinatra
Kelly
War production plans cut aircraft goals amid labor shortage threat
Washington reports a three percent reduction in 1944 aircraft output to about 8 274 planes monthly, citing strategic reasons. Labor shortages in foundries steel mills and heavy industry threaten the war program, with 320 armament categories lacking minimum requirements and a manpower push planned by Byrnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Germany
Wilson
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
WPB
James F. Byrnes
Army
Navy
War Manpower Commission
Byrnes
Eastern Europe War Moves Signal Hitler’s Weakening Grip
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie notes Turkey’s severance of ties with Germany and Finland’s move toward peace as indicators the Nazi regime nears collapse. He suggests Bulgaria may defect to avoid German control and warns Finland’s leadership under Mannerheim could shape the crisis.
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Hitler
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Warsaw
Vistula
Vistula Line
Baltic
East Prussia
Berlin
Red
Normandy
Associated Press
Turkey
Reich
Baron Mannerheim
Balkans
Germany
Bulgaria
Danubian
Mannerheim
V. F. W. Post Meeting Notice and Obituary
Com. D. M. Carroll calls all V. F. W. Post members to Thursday night’s meeting at 8 p.m. at the V. F. W. home Sixth and Oak. The post mourns William Beckley who died July 30 and rests in Riverview Burial Park. Beckley served with the First South Dakota infantry in the Philippine insurrection. The post will sponsor a carnival next week to fund cigars for overseas veterans. In 1943 the Public Roads Administration supervised 8,445 miles of highways completed nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Com. D. M. Carroll
Rodney J. Hobbs
V. F. W. Post
Sixth
Oak Streets
Post
William Beckley
Riverview
Beckley
South Dakota Infantry
United States
The
Public Roads Administration
Mae West lifesaving gear to fire fighters in forest service
Missoula Montana reports the forestry service will issue Mae West life preservers to firefighting personnel soon as they are available from military services. Landing is hazardous when smokejumpers come down in timber and rough terrain.
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Missoula
Mont
Forestry Service
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Michaal O'Shea
Susan Hayward
Jack
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Tom Neal, Ann Savage, and
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Michael O'Shea
Midnite Show Saturday
Step Lively
Frank George Sinatra
Murphy
Toumanova
Gregory Peck
Alan Reed
Hullaba Lulu
Lil’ Lulu
Santa Claus
Cary Grant
Janet Blair
PHOME
HiPiomeek Pay
Sidney Toler
Joan Woodbury
Betty Rhodes
Johnnie Johnson
Lah
William Boyd
Andy Glyde
Col. Fries
Technicolor
Roddy McDowall
Dame May Whitty
Edmund Nigel Gwenn
Bruce Cisa Lanchester
Lassie
Sainares
Hugo Butler
Eric Knight
Fred M Wilcox
Samuel Marx
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Allied
U. S
Faulk-Collier
Bonded Warehouses, Inc
N. 2Nd St
Monroe, la
Allied van Lines, Inc
MAE Wests
Ware’s Drug Store
DeSiard St
Czechoslovakia
AIR Force
Wac
G.I. Joe
WAC Womens Army Corps
Women’s Army Corps
U.S. Army
U.S. Army Recruiting Station
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