Sponge Exchange at Tarpon Springs Aims High
In Tarpon Springs Florida the Sponge Exchange, a non profit in northern Pinellas, houses fifty members and many sponges stored in barred cells. The piece describes sponge gathering methods, varieties, prices up to 500 for a large specimen, and the economics of auctions held four times yearly with profits largely shared among shipmasters and crew. It notes the dangers of diving and the community’s Greek heritage centered on St Nicholas church.
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Sponge Exchange
George M. Emmanuel
Tarpoa
Gulf
Tarpon S
Greece
St. Nicholas
Aristides Silakis
N. Cc
Arafaras
Orface
Viastos
Gus Cocoris
Chris N Diamandis
McNaught Syndicate Inc
Senate Bills Take Action On Wide Range Of Measures
The Senate passed 60 bills including S 60 to amend the constitution for old age pensions of $30 monthly. Other measures set wives as manda tory for husbands and allow married women to sue or institute, with broad support. Numerous bills cover taxation, state boards, elections, police pensions, and salaries. House actions include highway suits, district attorney raises, and new police pension provisions. Several bills were withdrawn or amended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Gardiner, Guidry
Hodges
King
Brumfield, Byrnes, Deramee
Brumfield, Et al
House
William F. Frediman
Highway Commission
Jack
First Land
Caddo Parish
Hunter
Blanchet
Dupuis
Lafayette
War Memorial
Heintz
Roberts and
Baker
East Baton Rouge Parish
Blasi
Orleans
Angelle
Daigie
Sixteenth Judicial District
Angelle and
Daigre
Morgan, Sevier and Blasi
Supreme Court
Webb
Tulane University
Red River
Atchafalaya
Bayou Boeuf Levee
Blanchard and Miller
Delouche
Friedman
Claunch and Sehon
28Th Judicial District
Morgan
Clerk of Supreme Court
Baker and Roberts
Police Pension Fund
Baton Rouge
Smith
Stovall
J. K. Smith
Police
Kay
Dubusson
J. P. Barnett Sr
Highway Department
Mereaux
Shreveport
Pacific War Update: Wadke Island Foiled Japanese Defenders
Allied forces stormed Wadke Island after heavy bombardment and ground assault, overcoming Japanese defenders who fought from caves and treetops. Casualties mounted on both sides, with the Japanese paying higher costs as Allied pressure grows. The article portrays Japan's fanatical defense as costly and unsustainable against superior Allied power.
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Pacific
Wadke Island
Tokyo
Wadke
Cassino
Tojo
Hollandia
Halsey
Burma
Guadalcanal
Hitler
Japan
Interned American Airmen Find Quiet Life Abroad
About a thousand American airmen are interned in neutral countries. Switzer land shelters 650, Sweden 381, with a few in Portugal and Turkey. Some are exchanged to England. In Switzerland they ski and skate. American hockey teams play captors, while Swiss learn baseball. Sweden grants privileges and tours with honor pledges. Germany holds hundreds with scant word on their fate as bombing and Navian conflicts continue.
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Switzerland
Sweden
Portugal
Turkey
England
Germany
Eger
Leaflet Aerial Campaign Raises Massive Wartime Figure
An Allied propaganda briefing notes 1 264 456 656 leaflets dropped over Axis territories in four and a half years by air forces from Britain and the United States. The effort averages about 1 200 million leaflets per month with several nations sharing operations. Experts say underground readers are scarce but leaflets remain a potent weapon, as The Englishman’s insight into enemy knowledge is used to inform bomb campaigns.
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Mir Aganda
Mir
Germanihien Co
Women Move Into Life Insurance as Policyholders Grow
A new Life Insurance report shows women bought 33 percent of last year’s policies and 43 percent of new business at one company. Most are in 30 years or below, with smaller dollar policies, while women buy more than half of the last category. The trend hints at rising female agents and a shift away from prewar male dominance.
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The
of Life Insurance
Possible Luce Gaime Clash Sparks Hollywood Politics
Text discusses rumors of a potential clash between Representative Clare Luce and actress-turned-politician Helen Twelvemile Gaime amid California and Connecticut political figures. It questions whether playwrights or actors would lead a cross party collaboration, noting Luce’s House role and Hollywood ties.
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Clare Luce
Connecti
Gabagan
Melvyn Do
California
Our Children ANGELO PATRI Dear Boys and Girls
Angelo Patri urges children to stop snacking between meals to improve health and school performance. He argues snackers stain growth, waste money, and harm wartime effort, proposing meals on schedule and saving for stamps and bonds. He cites booklets on eating and offers contact for More guidance.
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Snecker
Citiens
Oregon Wood-Hydrolysis Alcohol Plant Approved
WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson overruled committee and approved a 2 million dollar wood-hydrolysis plant in Oregon. The process converts wood waste into industrial alcohol, a method Germany and others have used. Pilot tests show viability, but one plant will not greatly reduce wheat and sugar use. continued war could make such plants help food supply.
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WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Oregon
Germany
Consult Your Conscience Says Dr Zabriskie
Dr Edwin G Zabriskie of New York told the American Neurological Association that soldiers on campaign conserve energy food and materials and that Americans at home display optimistic but angry views about war termination. He urges consulting conscience over convenience to curb extravagance and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin G. Zabriskie
New York
American Neurological Association
Zabriskie
Radio Broadcast Schedule Notes June 1 1940s Eastern War Time
Radio THURSDAY JUNE 1 schedule lists program corrections and time adjustments across east and west networks. Highlights include Jack Armstrong Captain Midnight Captain Tim Healy serials, World News and Commentary, news casts with Henry J. Taylor, Fanny Brice, Bing Crosby Music Halls, Dinah Shore, Abbott and Costello, and The Henry Aldrich Family.
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Nbe
Jack Armstrong
Biu-East
Biu-West
Chick Carter
Farrell
Captain Midnight
Cbs
Hop Harrigan
Cbs Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
America
Ted Husing
Tim Healy
Blu Dancing Music Orches
Jeri Sullavan
Cbs News
Volney Hurd
Fred Warinz
Fulton Lewis, Jr
John Nesbitt
Cba
Johnson Family
Bob Burns
Nbc-Basic
Abe
Coast Guard
Mr. Keen
Drata—dbe
Neing
Dbs
Dixie Arthur Hate
Mbs
East
Kaltenborn
Fanny Brice
F. Moreau
Abe Aspensé
Blu Frank
Arthur Hale
Lum
Blu
Henry Aldrich
America Town Meeting Forum
Cbs-Basie
Dixie
Bing Crosby
Music Halls
U. S. Navy
Dhs
Raymond Gram Swing
Henry Gladstone
Dale Carnegie
Joe E. Brown
Fred Waring
Noc- West
Bia
Commencement at Northeast Junior College Friday
Northeast Junior College will hold commencement in the college auditorium on Friday evening. Joseph E. Gibson, director of higher education in the state department of education, will be the speaker. Musical numbers are planned with processional and recessional selections.
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Northeast Junior College
Joseph E. Gibson
State Department of Education
Radio Schedule Fragment with Holiday Programs
A scanned schedule shows KWKH broadcast timings and show titles from breakfast through late night. Programs include The Sunshine Boys AP News News of the World, The Open Door Bachelor’s Children The Goldbergs Broadway Matinee and various orchestras, news segments, and religious programs.
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Avv
AP News
The
Sunshine Boys
Buri Ives
Paul Barron
Kate Smith
Helen Trent
Gal
Dot
Smokey
Ernie
the Goldbergs
Portia
Life
Joyce Jordan
Dr. Malone
Mary Marlin
Irene Beasley
Bill Costello
Charioteers
Council of Catholic Men
John
Convair
World Today
Joseph Harsch
Victory Trio
Harry James
Music Makers
Boyd Raeburn
Bill Henry
Major Bowes
Dinah Snore
Dance Orchestra
Kwkh World
Viva America
Clevelandatres
Bill Snyder
News
Micnight
Tricky Trivia Questions Reveal Puzzling Answers
A quiz list answers questions on rainfall, Hirohito’s age, a bizarre $10,060 bill, global telephones, and Muhammad’s flight from Mecca. The items present approximate earth rainfall, Hirohito’s age at 43, the questionable denomination, world telephones numbered 41,183,669 as of 1941, and the hegira as Muhammad’s flight from Mecca.
Rice Harvesters Cut Labor by Harvesting Wet Grain
United States rice brewers report saving fifteen dollars per acre in manpower by new harvesting and processing methods that allow collecting rice while it remains wet instead of drying in the sun before threshing.
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United States
Rumors Stir Over Roosevelt Fourth Term and New York Power Plays
Washington writers weigh two rumors: Alfred E. Smith may rejoin the Roosevelt fold if Roosevelt seeks a fourth term, and James Farley could return to the fray in New York politics, possibly as a gubernatorial candidate. Observers note strains within the Democratic ranks as Dewey looms in potential opposition.
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Washington
New York
Alfred E. Smith
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Smith
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
Farley
Charles Michelson
Dewey
Alan Ladd Says Army Is Tougher
Hollywood report notes Alan Ladd says the army is tougher than any film set battle. The press agent lists stunts and beatings Ladd endures for realism, while director John Farrow is defended as equally demanding. The film title remains uncertain between Two Years Before the Mast and Two Years Behind the Mack.
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Hollywood
Alan Ladd
Alan
Ladd
Farrow
John Farerow
Luis van Rooten
Brian Donlevy
Bill Bendix
Ven Rooter
Auto inventories show 47000 cars in dealer stock
About 47 000 new passenger cars remained in dealers inventories as of May 1 1944 according to the Office of Price Administration.
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Office of Price Administration
A L Smith School Ends Year With Honor Class
In Sterlington Ouachita parish the real honor class receives certificates tonight at A L Smith School. The group paid all class expenses and leaves more than 100 dollars in the school fund to aid visual education.
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Sterlington, le
Ouachita Parish
A. L. Smith School
Norma Andersen
Kendall Bailey
Martha Boyd
Ronald Davis
Lee Roy Day
Mary Evans
Max Funderburk
Daniel Goodwin
Mary Ruth Hall
Juanita Humphrey
Ivan Jones
Jarrell Matkins
Ella J Moshy
Bobby Otwell
Clyde Otwell
Alice Perry
Wade Pipes
Anna L. Sackett
Irving Sewell
Charles Whitard
Roland Knight
Shirley Knight
Alice Trichell
Jarsell Matkins
Anna Lois Sackett
Chrissie Williams
Tyrant's War title wins Roosevelt approval
Murfreesboro Tennessee June 1 President Roosevelt approved Jeste H. Snyder's title The Tyrant's War for the present conflict. Snyder 68 says he sent three title choices months ago and that the term tyrants best fit the war as aggressors and oppressors are used most often in coverage.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Jeste H. Snyder
Arizona
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Snyder
Graduation at Crosley Slated
The Crosley Grammar School will hold its graduation program at West Mouroe First Baptist Church Thursday at 8:45 p.m. Miss Gladys Greg serves as principal. Certificates will be awarded by Dr. J C Stewart, Ouachito parish school board member. The graduation sermon was eliminated this year.
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Crosley Grammar School
West Mouroe First Baptist Church
Gladys Greg
J.C. Stewart
Ouachiota Parish
Across and Down Puzzle Clues Mixed With Answers
A gapped list of crossword style clues with scattered answers and mistyped phrases. The page blends numbered across and down hints including names, places, and generic terms, some legible and others corrupted.
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L. A. Brenner
Legislative Digest
Brumfield, Et
Stafford
McCormick, Gardiner
Deramee
State Board of Liquidation
Goff
State Board of Economic Development
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Ruston
Sevier, Woodard and Oliver
Sevier
Woodward
Oliver
Woodard
State
Central Committee
Hendrick and
Gruber
Pen
Insurance Trend
Angelo Patri
Cain
P. O
Station G
New York 19
N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Radio
N. J.C
Emperor Hirohito
Mohemmed
Mecca
By Hershberger
Jack Stinnett
Crosley
New England
Desi
Euflix
Siberian
Maral i
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