Louisiana considers 12 year public school plan
The Louisiana legislature debates a bill to establish a 12 year public school system as state policy with a phased 1943 44 start and completion by 1947 48. Introduced by Rep Beatrice Moore the measure aims to raise educational standards without new immediate costs, urging state and parish boards to proceed with transition while preserving flexibility.
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State Department of Education
Beatrice Moore
Caddo Parish
State Department
State Board of Education
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House Educational Committee
W. J. Dodd
Julius B. Sellers
Doris Holland
W. Sam Vincent
W. M. Rainach
le Roy Soleai
A. D. Flowers
Hollywood Fifties Gossip Toward War Efforts and Affairs
Hollywood gossip roundup details Marjorie Weaver departing for fiancé Don Briggs near Chicago, Betty Grable operation minimal, Mickey Rooney and MGM conflict over army service, and many star relations and wartime moves. Reports note Linda Darnell near a fire incident, Sonja Henie managing husband Dan Topping’s team, and Rex Downing enlisting at 17.
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Hollywood
Marjorie Weaver
Don Briggs
Chicago
Reno
Betty Grable
Mickey Rooney
MGM
Metro
Frances Gifford
Bob Cobb
Gail Patrick
al Jolson
Alaska
Bob Burns
Bing Crosby-Dixie Lee
Linda Darnell
N. M
Sonja Henie
Dan Topping
Army
Malibu Beach
Universal
Helen Broderick
Brad Crawford
Miss Broderick
Brad
Naval Achievement Guards Troop Convoys Worldwide
The navy successfully moved thousands of soldiers and marines to distant posts without losing a single troopship. Despite Axis submarines and planes' best efforts, convoys to Northern Ireland and other destinations endured unscathed, marking an outstanding naval achievement.
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Northern Ireland
Pigeons and Whales: Odd WWII Fact Fragments
Hundred thousand carrier pigeons were used by Great Britain during World War I. A whale's skin varies from two inches to two feet in thickness across its body, indicating regional differences in texture.
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Great Britain
Our Children By Angelo Patri
An essay urging adults to stop pressuring teens about dating and friendships. It argues early adolescence is unsettled and sensitive, and casual, supportive guidance is healthier than prying about who a teen calls a friend. Praise and encouragement beat judgmental questions.
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Lover's Lane
Washington In Wartime
Washington writer Jack Stinnett recalls Deborah Sampson as a symbolic patron for WAACs, noting she served as the first American woman in uniform by disguising herself as Robert Shurtleff to join the Continental army in 1781, earning late-life pensions and historic recognition.
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Washington
WAAC
Deborah Sampson
Army
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
United States Armed Forces
Oveta Culp Hobby
Deborah
Massachusetts
Robert Shurtleff
Continental Army
Shurtleff
Tarrytown
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
Benjamin Garnett
Benjamin Gannett
Commencement Exercises for City High School Class of 1927
Fifty years ago the city high school will hold the class of 1927 graduation exercises at 8 p m in the school auditorium. The 32 graduates include Charlotte Breard Dorothy Bynum Mildred Cole Marie Collens Augustine Dabney Guy Elliott Alice Florsheim Ruth Gulley Virginia Gulley James Kramer Philip Lisotta Thomas Mason Derniel Marks Vernon McCoy Jeanette McGee Sarah Mullins John Mulbean Maude Oakland Elizabeth O'Donnell Sue Parker Marguerite Robert Joseph Sutton Leon Titche Winifred Washburn Sidney Wood Building activity surged as 10 permits, totaling 5748 dollars, were issued by Building Inspector Cassidy. The largest permits, 17 000 dollars each, go to T L Tippit for two 10 house projects on Dick Taylor Street and Polk Street.
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Twin Cities
City High School
Charlotte Olive Breard
Dorothy Lee Bynum
Mildred 5. Cole
Marie Louise Collens
Augustine Lee Dabney
Guy T. Elliott
Alice Regina Florsheim
Ruth Augusta Gulley
Virginia Lee Gulley
James Henry
Theo Higgin
Oak Grove Youth Receives Wings Cadet Hatten
Oak Grove La June 2 Special Audis W Hatten graduate of Oak Grove high school class of 1936 has just received his wings as a cadet at the government field in Albuquerque New Mexico He will at once report to Keesler field for assignment Hatten is the son of Mrs B F Hatten of Oak Grove.
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Audis W. Hatten
Oak Grove High School
Government Field
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Keesier Field
Hatten
B. F. Hatten
Radio Schedule Highlights From an Evening Program
A 1940s era radio guide lists Tuesday June 2 Eastern War Time programs and network alterations. Highlights include Three Lane Trio and Beoret City dramatic serials, Captain Midnight repeats, Denver Strings, Chicago Rhumba Band, Ted Breele Studio, Amos and Andy sketches, Warner News, Jack Armstrong serial, Glen Miller Orchestra, American Melodies, Xavier Cugat Rhumba, and Fibber McGee and Molly with nation at war updates. The lineup runs from 6:46 pm to 2 am with various talk, music, drama, and sports segments and multiple repeats and alterations.
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Captain Midnight
Denver
Tiis Frazier
Chicago
Denver Strings
Dorothy Kigalien
Cbs Haseball
John Agnew
Urgan—mba
Ted
Lowell Thomas
Escorts
Ehs
West
Waring
Nbe
East
Biue Ames
Andy
Basiv Fulton Lewie Jr
Nhe
Mr. Keen
Glenn Miller
Dhs
Johnson Family
Burne
Gracie Allen
Belen Ortega
Arthur Hale
Johnny
Xavier Cugat
Horavce Heidt
Milton Berle
Bob Burna
Red Tucker
Tommy Dorsey
John B. Hughes
Muricale
Red Skelton
Ae Beatty
Eaker
Kkies
Mbs
Fred Waring
War Quiz Challenge From a Bygone Era
A historical trivia item asks readers to identify a flag seen over a country invaded by Italy, with options Albania Ethiopia or Greece. It recalls a May 23, 1913 action by President Wilson on China. It also cites a Roosevelt remark about fighting until victory, and a U S general who vowed to fight on the lines he had laid down if necessary.
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Italy
Albania
Ethiopia
Greece
China
Wilson
Roosevelt
Desiard Road Buses Shorter Route Implemented
City buses yesterday stopped operating beyond DeSiard road to curb overcrowding during peak hours near the airport. Monroe buses on the DeSiard run had ended at McCabe's store at DeSiard and Bon Air. Operators now mark the end of the line a few blocks east of the junior college, near the Bayou DeSiard turnoff to Edgewater. Darwin formed his ideas on evolution on the Galapagos Islands.
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DeSiard Road
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Finance and Public Utilities
Monroe
DeSiard
McCabe
Bon Air
Junior College
Bayou DeSiard
Edgewater
Dangerous game at Millers and Farra Street
Stephanie and Kurt confront Henri and a blackout as Guy heads to Titan for dynamite. Henri’s arrival heightens tension while Lia warns of a suspicious ally. A call from Headquarters pulls Stephanie toward a midnight shift, and Lia claims Hayami may be held nearby.
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Stephanie
Kurt
Guy
Stevie
Tsang
Titan
Henri
Mercy
Millers
Steve
Vicky
Hayami
Mrs. Daubney
The War Today Highlights Heydrich Assault Effects
DeWitt Mackenzie notes how the attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich shocks the Nazi regime, stirring resistance across conquered Europe. He argues the act amplifies anti Gestapo sentiment, prompts executions as reprisals in Prague, and signals growing courage among oppressed peoples against Prussianism and Hitler’s rule.
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Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Cologne
Essen
Heydrich
Prague
Honker
Europe
Hith
Bi Seria Moravia
der Henker
Deer antlers puncture tractor tire in Batavia casualty
Walter Myers, a farmer in Batavia New York, reported that discarded deer antlers pierced a tire on his tractor causing a casualty on the farm.
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Batavia
N. Y
Walter Myers
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