Dewey Aides Plan Expanded 1944 Campaign Swing
Dewey aides outline a two month campaign plan starting in Philadelphia on September 7 and Louisville on September 8. The push would cover major states, with Bricker and Dewey touring Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and California as the Pacific coast path looms.
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N. Y
Gevhamas E. Dewey
Union
Philadelphia
Andouisville
Pacific Coast
Ed H. Moore
Oklahoma
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
G. O. P. Truman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chicago
Detroit
Roosevelt
Senate
Truman
Lamar
Dewey
Herbert Brownell Jr
Bricker
New York
Massachusetts
Roy Cole Returns From Basic Training for Furlough
Roy Cole is home on furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs R Q Cole at 114 Pargood Drive. He completed basic training at Great Lakes and will receive his next assignment on returning to his base. Before enlisting he studied mechanical engineering at LSU and completed his junior year last June.
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Roy Cole
R. Q Cole
Pargood Drive
Great Lakes
Cotton leaf worm threat urged for Louisiana fields
Louisiana cotton growers are urged to watch for the cotton leaf worm, now widely distributed in neighboring states. Extension entomologist J B Garrett warns late fields may suffer if foliage is stripped. Cattle should be alert for screwworm. treat wounds promptly using smear No 62 or alternatives like pine tar to deter the fly.
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Louisiana
J. B. Garrett
Arkansas
Mr. Garrett
R. C. Gaines
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Tallulah
Vermilion Parish
Garrett
United States Department of Agriculture
Radios Installed To Aid Freight Service On KC Southern
Kansas City Southern railroad announces full use of a two way radio system along its 560 mile main line from Kansas City to Shreveport. The system supports communication between freight locomotives cabooses and 17 dispatchers offices. The induction based setup uses weak signals picked up via parallel trackside wires.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern Railroad
America
Aircraft Accessories Corporation of
Shreveport
Proxy Bride Learns Husband Killed in Scotland Crash
West Palm Beach, Aug 23. Proxy bride and groom in wartime nuptials face heartbreak as staff sergeant Jerry C. Layton, married a year ago to Margaret Kohl, dies in an Aug 11 plane crash in Scotland. Layton’s wife learns of his death from the War Department and memories of a second ceremony fade.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Jerry C. Layton
Layton
Air Forces
Scotland
War Department
Margaret Kohl
Richard P. Robbins
Morrison Field
Grave markers available for unmarked veterans in Ouachita Parish
Relatives or acquaintances of deceased honorably discharged service members from any war in Ouachita parish are asked to contact H. B. McClendon, service officer, or his courthouse office. Provide grave identifying details and discharge certificate to enable a requisition for a grave marker from the War Department or the quartermaster general's office.
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Ouachita Parish
H. B. McClendon
Court House
Flashes Of Life In a Patchwork Of Local Nod and Nook
A string of short, humorous vignettes from various towns: New York housewives cope with clothespin shortages while Cleveland reports a car stolen and recovered with a repair bill forgiven. Warsaw gardeners claim moth balls ward off beetles. Syracuse records a Navy enlistment persistence. Bedford notes bicycle recovery. Reading highlights curbside car fire service. Los Angeles showcases a button society exhibit. Kansas City dog feeding via butcher bone swaps. Hobart OPA urges rationing of visits.
Right At Home in Woodlands School Building Converted to Apartments
The Woodl and city board of education plans keep teachers in the social science building this year but it has been converted into an apartment house due to housing shortages. First two tenants are teachers.
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Conoco
Woodland
Calif
City Board of Education
Constitutional convention ends amid pressure on final month
In Missouri and Oklahoma items a convention member warned that failure to finish within a month would cost them voter support as sessions stretched to 11 months. In Cement Oklahoma Lt John G Bonine saw a gas well fire that ignited his car after he left it unattended.
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Souri
Cement
Okla
John G. Bonine
Outing Days With Signs and a Furlough Son
Havana druggist posts a humorous sign noting shortages from ice cream to stamps while his soldier son is home on furlough. In Camden a motorist who asked two men for rides to Garden State park was fined $50 for operating a taxi without a license.
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Havana
Camden
N. J
Garden State Park
Northeast Junior College Holds Summer Commencement
The Northeast Junior College summer commencement will be held in the college auditorium on Wednesday August 20 at 11 a m. Dean Amos W Ford of the Tech school of business administration and economics in Ruston will be the speaker. Four graduates are Louis Buckner Mary Kalil Martha Kirk and Mrs Lois Heinlen wife of an officer at Selman Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Junior College
Amos W. Ford
Tech School of Business Administration and Economics
Ruston
Louis Buckner
Mary Kalil
Martha Kirk
Lois Heinlen
Heinlen
Selman Field
Monroe
ROTC Review Planned at Northeast Junior College Stadium
A final R O T C review for Northeast Junior College will be held Thursday at noon in the college stadium. Commandant Capt Bernard Reynolds and officers will preside from the reviewing stand as students and guests observe. The event promises wide interest despite Oklahoma’s shortages in fruit and vegetable production.
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Northeast Junior College
Bernard Reynolds
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