Fontenot to Leave Job and Enter Army Next Week
Rufus W. Fontenot, Louisiana state revenue collector for over three years, will report next week for a five week Camp Custer Michigan training course with a major commission. He plans to stay at his state post through this week before leaving from New Orleans. Governor Sam Jones has not named a temporary replacement yet.
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Baton Rouge
Rufus W. Fontenot
Louisiana
Camp Custer
Mich
Fontenot
New Orleans
Charlottesville
Sam Jones
Post Exchange Opens Fourth Branch at Selman Field Hospital
Capt. Darwin Fenner announces the new Post Exchange branch in building 1127 on Central Avenue next to the Altitude Training unit. The hospital area unit serves patients and hospital personnel only with two sections for refreshments and for drugs, tobacco, candy, magazines, and other articles.
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Post Exchange Council
Selman Field
Darwin Fenner
Central Avenue
Fenner
Exchange Council
Cadets and Marines Recognized for Training Success
Aviation Cadet David H. Rust completes Basic Flying at Courtland Alabama and transfers to Advanced Flying at Craig Field Selma for final pilot training. Lieutenant Oliver Moore is commissioned in the U S Marine Corps and heads to Quantico. Private Alden T. Shotwell Jr joins Field Artillery Training at Fort Sill while Lonnie Murphy reports to Fort Sill. Raymond Thompson earns wings and second lieutenant at Napier Field and becomes instructor at Greenville Miss. He studied at Ouachita Parish High and George Washington University before enlisting in 1942.
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Courtland
Ala
David H. Rust
Benjamin H. Rust
Gordon Avenue
Monroe
Craigfield
Selma
Rust
C. P. West
Moore
Atlanta
Oliver Moore
Robert Lee Moore
Sterlington
U. S. Marine Corps
Quantico
L. I.A
Shotwell
Fort Sill
Okla
Alden T. Shotwell, Jr
Alden T. Shotwell
Porshythe Avenue
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
8Th
Camp Beauregeld
Lonnie Murphy
Dinnes Murphy
Egan
Shreveport
Murphy
7Th
Fort Humbug
Raymond Thompson
Newt V. Mills
Napier Field
Greenville
Miss
Young Thompson
Ouachita Parish
Congressman Mills
Washington
Eastern High School
George Washington
Unusually Young Instructor Assigned at Greenville Base
A young instructor at the Greenville Mississippi basic training center is noted this week. Private Ray Porter of Start Louisiana, a 1942 Start High School graduate, is a prisoner of war in Germany, with a card mailed March 26. Lieut William Adams of Mississippi, in the Tenth Air Force bomber unit, is praised by General Bissell for outstanding duty. Adams, who joined the service in 1941, earned his wings in Alabama and is married with a Florida wife.
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Greenville, Miss
Ray Porter
Start
J. D. Pittman
Germany
Pittman
Porter
Lorene McGowan
William Adams
D. L. Lyne
Monroe
Tenth Air Force Command
India
Clayton L. Bissell
Roosevelt
Bissell
Burma
Thailand
Cording
Associated Press
Adams
Mississippi
Armed Service
Alabama
Florida
Private Jerry Black Leads A M Class With 94 Grade
The Post Airplane Mechanics school graduates 15 students after a six week course led by Private Jerry K. Black of the 730th Navigational Training Squadron with a 94 percent grade. Other graduates include Corporal Wilbert E. Weimer and Private First Class Willie T. Cheatham of the 96th, Corporal Floyd M. Heflin, Corporal Elmer H. Pittman and Private Clayton C. Daniels of the 557th, and several others from the 666th 729th 313th Aviation Squadrons.
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The
Post Airplane Mechanics School
Jerry K. Black
730Th
Wilbert E. Weimer
Willie T. Cheatham
Floyd M. Heflin
Elmer H. Pittman
Clayton C. Daniels
Charles H. Johnson
James L. Ulrich
Potatoes Prices and Shipments Reported
Chicago delivery data shows 48 arrivals on track 198 with total U S shipments 810 and Washington white varieties. Prices list U S No 1 from 4.00 to 4.35 per cwt Idaho Bliss Triumphs 3.00 to 3.28 Nebraska Red War 3.10 Missouri Cobbler 2.413 Missionary Bliss Triumphs 2.40 Kansas Cobbler 2.85.
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Chicago
U. S
Washington
U.S
Butter And Eggs Prices Steady In Chicago Markets
Butter receipts total 936 122 and remain steady with Chicago price current quotes. Egg receipts reach 9 802 and prices show no change in the market report from Chicago.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Unchanged in Chicago Market
Chicago July 30 report notes poultry five trucks and a firm market with ceilings unchanged. Also mentions that many paper products used in shipping containers now come from corn and cites Vatican City as the world’s smallest independent state.
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Chicago
Vatican City
Twin City Cab Company Inc Dissolves and Liquidates
Notice states all stockholders consented to dissolve and liquidate Twin City Cab Company Inc. R L Weatherly named liquidator without bond to wind up affairs out of court. Post office address 21 Grammont Street Monroe La. Rel Whatherly official liquidator continued 18 oper.
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Twin City
Cab Company, Inc
R. L. Weatherly
Grammont Atrect
Monroe
Rel
Whatherly
Ious
Uainens
Continue
Markets at a Glance and Early Chicago Trading Quiet
New York markets show heavy selling pushing leaders lower with irregular bond activity. Cotton remains steady amid price fixing and New Orleans purchases. Chicago wheat gains fade as rye drops. futures show steady to strong overall. Cattle stay fully steady with top at 16.00 on medium weights. Several major firms and rail names appear in the list of active securities.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
New York Stocks Drift Lower Amid Renewed Selling
Renewed selling swept through the New York stock market with many leaders slipping back below Thursday's recovery levels. Losses ranged from fractions to over three points in the final hour while volume reached about one million shares. bonds were irregularly lower and cotton swung from 10 cents higher to 10 cents lower.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures tumble on Allied surrender terms rumors
Early buyers in New Orleans liquidated cotton futures on rumors Italy may accept Allied surrender terms. Prices closed steady to 35 cents a bale lower as traders weighed potential peace developments and market uncertainty.
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New Orleans
New Carleans
Italy
Spot Cotton Case in New Orleans Steady
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady with 500 sales. Prices for low middling 16.05, mid dling 20.39, good middling 20.75. Receipts 3,502. stock 107,747.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures tumble amid hedging and price fixes
Trade data show futures closing 10 to 25 cents a bale lower as hedging and liquidation offset gains. Prices featured various declines with midmonth quotes around 19.50 to 19.60 cents and New Orleans buying activity noted amid weak grains and peace adjustments.
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New York
Catton
New Orleans
Wheat falls after late selling erases gains
Chicago grain markets closed with wheat unchanged to fractional drops as late selling outweighed earlier parity gains between mid June and mid July. In livestock, hogs and cattle prices moved unevenly with hogs mostly lower and cattle values mixed across weight classes.
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Chicago
Upi
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