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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
8
Lamar prepares for the big day as Truman arrives within 38 miles, while hotels display Roosevelt posters from prior campaigns. Officials explain Truman posters have not yet arrived, but the town remains focused on the forthcoming event and welcoming the guest.
Marion residents hosted guests from Monroe including Mrs John Atkinson and daughter Ann Mrs Bettie Sanger and daughter Margaret. S L Reeves visited Alexandria to see son John Reeves and daughter Mrs Clara Herrin. Bas kin visitors Dr and Mrs J P Frellsen stayed with Mrs Alice Hopkins and Miss Mary Hopkins. Bessie Smith of Monroe spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Lizzie Smith. Mrs J Gulley and Mrs Etta Shepperd visited Dubach. H S Wasson of Monroe visited Marion on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Spurgeon Powell of Monroe were weekend guests with relatives in Marion.
Okaloosa residents hosted relatives from Chestnut and Winnfield Louisiana over the weekend. Camp Polk resident Fred Clark visited Okaloosa last weekend. A note mentions Thysania moths of Guatemala with a 12 inch wingspan.
Lt. Maleckas, navigator at Selman Field, fell from a disintegrating bomber above Bougainville during a May mission. He escaped with a opened chute, swam ashore after two days at sea, endured jungle survival with natives, and was later evacuated to New Zealand and Texas before marrying Helen Martinchek.
A critical profile of labor union leaders allied with Roosevelt era politics. The piece accuses Thomas De Lorenzo and Posner of delaying aircraft production to aid political ends, alleging deferments for saboteurs, pressuring troops with propaganda, and criticizing government handling of wartime labor disputes and statistics.
A Columbia senior pasted a war stamp on the university post office wall with the note This stamp was purchased out of the meager earnings of Buddy Pennell. Since then 10 and 25 cent war stamps, all dedicated, have lined the wall. at last count about 1400 stamps carried inscriptions from tuition cuts to graduation and roommate pledges.
The ordnance department reports the air craft rocket gun scored a direct hit on a Zero in the China-Burma-India theater. Two pursuing Zeros collided after debris caused by the shot, while a fourth Zero escaped. Col. H. B. Sheets announced the encounter from the Boston ordnance district.
Allied authorities report the Bulgarian armistice delegation has reached Cairo to receive armistice terms. A statement will be issued once the armistice is signed.
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Sally Julia McDonald 67 Tallulah and Mrs W B Brown 60 Monroe with funeral details. City council actions approve a taxi permit for Monroe and publish the quarterly financial statement outlining receipts and disbursements across departments including water light sewer and cemetery funding.
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