Chambers Back River Improvements Across Ouachita
Representatives from Monroe El Dorado and Camden Arkansas chambers agreed to push for a nine foot Ouachita River channel from its mouth to Felsenthal and to extend navigation works to Camden. They urged flood control and separate Ouachita plans, noted Eudora floodway removal, and planned congressional support while defense needs pause river projects.
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Chambers of Commerce
Monroe
el Dorado
Camden
Ark
Ouachita River
Chamber of Commerce Navigation Committee
War Department
Felsenthal
Louisiana Line
Ouachita
Red River
Eudora
Gordon Wright
Fred Mullaps
H. A. McDonald
Gene Daspit
Clyde Paine
F. Strauss
Is Epilepsy Inherited What Causes It
A booklet presenting opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy origins will be sent free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept J-580. The offer emphasizes hereditary questions and medical perspectives.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Dept. J
Churchill faces Syria dilemma amid war balance
An editor's note by DeWitt MacKenzie via Fred Vanderschmidt weighs whether Winston Churchill should seek a land sea occupation of Syria or rely on air pressure. It warns of German aims to draw Britain into Syria, threaten Turkey, and shape Egypt and North Africa while domestic pressure for action grows.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Syria
Winston Churchill
France
Britain
Mediterranean
Crete
Churchill
Vichy
French Mandate
Iraq
Palestine- Trans-Jordan
Charles de Gaulle
The
Levant
Axis
North Africa
Villafranche
Riviera
United States
Turkey
Asia Minor
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Labor Party of England
Labor Rank and File
Hitler
Groups Plan State Tours From Louisiana Baptist Home
Two groups from the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home will tour the state to present programs in Baptist churches. One group of about six children will visit Lafayette and nearby areas for 10 days under Superintendent T. W. Gayer. A second group of 10 to 12 boys and girls, led by L. A. Materne, will travel for three weeks on a broad circuit.
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Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
T. W. Gayer
Lafayette
L. A. Materne
Gaver
First Baptist Church
Ouachita Parish
Daddy” Flowers
Tech Will Repeat Drafting Course At Louisiana Tech
Ruston Louisiana June 4 Special Louisiana Tech will repeat a drafting course through its school of engineering for the governments defense program. Applications for admission are being received. Classes begin 4 p.m. Monday June 9 in room 201 engineering building. No tuition charge the government pays expenses. The course covers about 290 hours drafting and 120 hours shop math and shop processes.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Roy T. Sessums
Tech
Sessums
Tech Engineering
School of Engineering At Tech
Red Cross Expands Service to Armed Forces in World War II
Chairman Norman H. Davis outlined a major rise in Red Cross work for the military with more than 400 field directors and staff aiding army camps naval stations and military hospitals. The program includes recreational services medical social work and training with plans for expanding as new posts open and more troops are mobilized.
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Washington, D.C
Norman H. Davis
Red Cross
Mr. Davis
The
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Red Cross mobilizes equipment and comfort items for service hospitals
The plan calls for equipment and personnel to be available in military hospitals as needed. Non-standard medical supplies, bathrobes, bed jackets, socks, sweaters, and pajamas to be supplied by Red Cross volunteers. Toilet kits and comfort articles to be provided through Red Cross channels, and eyeglasses and frames supplied upon medical request.
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Red Cross
Air Corps Seeks College Men for Expanded Pilot Training
Thousands of college graduates are invited to apply for flying cadet positions in the United States Army Air Corps expanded training program. Training includes navigation, meteorology, radio, and flying, with cadets earning second lieutenant status and wings after completion. Berlin’s notable buildings largely date from the past century.
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National Defense Program
United States Army Air Corps
Army
United States
Congress
Air Corps Reserve
Neville High 1941 yearbook issued here
The Neville High School 1941 senior yearbook, produced by Monroe Printing, highlights the senior class with staff led by editor in chief Dicky Touchstone and business manager Ben Francis. It features Superintendent E L Neville, Principal Paul Neal, Mayor H H Benoit, honor students Emma Jane Weil and Jack Neel, and sponsors W A Ruple and May Coker, plus class histories and photos.
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Neville High School
Monroe Printing Company
Dicky Touchstone
Lloyd Barham
Newton Grant
Mary Jane Dickard
Ben Francis
Virginia Newmen
Helen Bowman
Sue Mary Moore
Sybil Daughtry
Jeanette Clarkson
Ira Cagle
Burnett Downs Post to Screen Startling Facts in West Monroe
Burnett Downs post No 2, American Legion sponsors a free will showing at Crosley school auditorium West Monroe Friday 8 p m entitled Startling Facts. Fred Hitchcock lectures on Naziism Communism Fascism and related views with references to Hoover and Dies. The program includes Stalin No 1 and mass murders, aiming to warn the public about un American activities.
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Burnett Downs Post No
American Legion
Crosley School
West Monroe
United States
Stalin
Fred Hitchcock
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Martin
Seas
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Herman L. Davis
Irene White
Forest
Henry Briggs
Viola Mae Keopple
Douglas Thomas Head
Lloyd Berdana Vining
Pioneer
Alexandria
Egypt
Nile Delta
Allie von Line
Faulk-Collier
St-Monroe
Joan Bennett
Franchot Tone
Paramount Screen
John Hubbard
Pierre Watkin
Eve Arden
William Tracy
Mr. Mattingly
Mr. MoOre
M&m
Mlattingly & M Moore
Frankfort Distilleries, Inc
Louisville & Baltimore
Marr
Baptist Home
Berard A. Goodkind
Financial District
Bad Man Beery
Capitol
the Capitol
Wallace Beery
Lionel Barrymore
Beery
Viva Villa
Pancho Lopez
Barrymore
Henry Jones
Laraine Day
AIR Corps
Berlin
Aes
Better Buy Bee Brand
Che Yew Hotel
Monteleone
Ares
Yce
Coca-Cola Company
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Walnut Street
Riksdag
Gustav V
Ladies
New Mexican
Huaraches
Desiard
W. RL
Hubner Virgina Hotel
Mexico
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