Lieutenant Bernard Berry Dies in Action at Sea
Lt. Bernard F. Berry 27 son of Mr and Mrs W S Berry West Monroe died serving his country and was buried at sea. A naval air corps veteran who joined in 1942 trained in New Orleans and Jacksonville and earned the Navy Air Medal and commendation ribbon for sea duty. He married Opal Robinson in 1944 and served in the Southwest Pacific before returning to the United States. He leaves his wife, his parents, siblings Hazel Webb Lorene Gene Burton and Pic and a host of friends.
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Bernard F. Berry
W. S. Berry
West Monroe
Berry
Ouachita Parish
Northeast Junior College
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Chicago
Naval Air Crops
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami Beach
Southwest Pacific
States
Opal Robinson
Huntington
W. Va
San Leandro
Calif
San Diego
Hazel Webb
Lorene Berry
Los Angeles
Gene Berry
Delta Airlines
Monroe
Burton D. Berry
Pic Buford Berry
Army Air Corps
Alsatian survivor buries wife under wartime bombs
Boyle's Notebook shares the story of an Alsatian man who avoided conscription by fleeing with his wife and daughter. After Allied bombings, he buried his wife in a coffin fashioned from a table and later carried the child to Strasbourg, where shells forced him to complete the grave alone. The piece ends noting nearly 10,000 pedestrians die yearly in U S traffic accidents.
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Strasbourg
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
Get relief from backaches and bladder irritation with Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. This herbal kidney remedy promises faster urine flow and reduced acidity. Send name and address for a free prepaid sample from Kilmer & Co. Box 1255 Stamford Conn. All druggists sell Swamp Root. Offer limited.
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Gsad
Department B
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Swamp Root
OPA Cracks Down On Home Canning Sugar Racket
The Office of Price Administration announced a drastic four point program to stop chiseling in home canning sugar. Applicants must sign a pledge and report usage. boards will suspend certificates in hard hit areas to slow sugar diversion amid reduced 1945 allotments.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Mudbox Removal Authorized on South Grand Street
The Board of Commissioners of the Tensas Basin Levee District awarded the mudbox removal contract on South Grand Street from Grammont to near Bry Avenue to W. C. Salley. Salley said he will begin removing the mudbox on June 4.
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Grand Street
Grammont
Point
Bry Avenue
Board of Commissioners of
Tensas Basin Levee District
W. C. Salley
Salley
Stone Avenue Church Permitted to Add One-Story Frame Building
In May, 35 building permits were issued totaling 29423 dollars for various projects. Stone Avenue Baptist Church received permission to expand a one story frame building at Stone and Eleventh streets with costs not to exceed 300 dollars and using day labor. In May 1944, 19 permits were granted at a total cost of 10757 dollars.
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Stone Avenue
Monroe Fire Department Hosts Family Chicken Spaghetti Supper
Members of the Monroe fire department held a Thursday get acquainted supper for families. The event, held a week in advance, benefited Sgt. Homer Massingill and Sgt. H O Hampton.
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Monroe
Homer Massingill
H. O. Hampton
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U. S. Marine
Naha
Okinawa Island
U. S. Marine Corps
B. F. Berry
Sander Berry
Rembrandt
Sellers
General Electric
The
Ouachita National Bank
St. John St
Monroe, la
Boyle
Paris
Marv
United States
Ben Burton & Orchestra
Hollywood
Columbia Road
W. A
Smitty” Smith
Kimball
A. B. Chase
Camp & Co
Mason & Hamlin
Orld Renowned
Jackson St
Roark Bros. Music House
Square Mirror
Furniture Dept
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