USO Continues to Raise Cash in Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish USO seeks 597.01 more to meet a 12500 quota. Citizens are urged to donate via Robert Cowden at Ouachita National Bank. Several local supporters, including Liner's Laundry staff, Cypress Mitchell, Mrs. L. P. Brown, Milton Coverdale, and others, have contributed. The piece notes about 409 annual lightning deaths, mainly in rural open areas.
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Ouachita Parish
Robert Cowden
Ouachits National Bank
Sess Tapwatind
Cylde Mitchell
Offensives by nature listed by Red Cross leaders
Alexandria Va June 5 Special Nature stage a spring offensive of its own in the United States this year and it was the most devastating combination of natural disasters encountered by the American Red Cross in its 61 years of disaster relief. Tornadoes floods ice jams and fires across eighteen states killed 250 plus and left about 7 000 families homeless. The spring cost more than 1 000 900 dollars for relief and rehabilitation.
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Alexandria
United States
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
West Virginia
Maine
Texas
Red Cross
Motor Corps
St. Louis
Red Crosx
Devise
Nature
Hirlitz
Lefiore County
Mississippi
Tennessee
Indiana
Alabama
Kentucky
Balkiwyn Mus
Goehen
Ind
Hornes
Memphis
Red Crom
Oklahoma
Song evangelist Raymond Parker leads revival at Nazaren e Church
Nashville Tennessee based song evangelist Professor Raymond Parker presents inspirational songs at the revival. Services are at 9 30 a m and 7 p m with the public invited to attend all sessions.
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Raymond Parker
Nashville, Tenn
Church of the Nazarene
Pryor Devastation After War Crisis Leaves Town Homeless
The report describes a catastrophe where 674 people were hospitalized or injured, 314 homes destroyed, and the entire business district wiped out. In response, the Red Cross requested aid and the army relocated a CCC camp to house the homeless while mobile canteen units fed hundreds of victims.
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Pryor
Red Cross
CCC
Chinese merchant buys record war bonds in year
San Francisco reports that Chinese merchant Joe Shoong purchased $106,000 in war bonds the maximum allowed in a year for series F and G. In a separate note, seeds buried in bottles 60 years ago have been revived and found viable again.
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San Francisco
Joe Shoong
Scrap Day Success Boosts USO Funds in Monroe Parish
Memorial Day scrap drive on May 30 collected 108800 pounds. Local chairman T H Scott notes USO gains from proceeds. Citizens, farmers and crews at Bosco and Brown Gin Companies and other points gathered scrap. publicity led by Ron Campbell. Ben Adams electrocuted at Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas for 1941 liquor-store holdup. testimony mentions Mississippi county involvement.
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USO
T. H. Scott
Monroe
Bosco Gin Company
Brown Gin Company
McHenry Gin Company
Okaloosa School
Cypress School
Gregg’s
Guy P. Stubbs
Swartz School
Garland’s Gin
Prairie Church
Ron Campbell
Ben Adams
Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Tipton County
Tenn
Arthur Bowie
Augusta
Mississippi County
Don’t Be Satisfied With a Mere Laxative
An old advertisement urges readers to use Dr Bond’s Pills for bowel cleansing and temporary constipation relief. It claims 25 doses for 25 cents and notes decades of use by leading families.
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Dr. Bond
Memphis Officers Seek Clues on Unsolved Killings
Memphis police sought information on two unsolved killings while prison spokesmen said Adams apparently could shed no light on the cases.
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Memphis
Adams
German gov organizes laborer recruiting in occupied regions
The department of commerce reports that recruiting of laborers in occupied and neighboring countries has been organized by the German government. This indicates coordinated manpower sourcing across territories under German influence and nearby areas.
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Department of Commerce
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Saewe
W. O. Downing
Pauline Sanders
L. P. Brown
Milton Coverdale
Quachita Parish
Frank Jones
Georgia ‘Tucker
Southern Carbon Company
Dixie Shop
D. I. Garrett
Collins
Mitchell School
Wees
Dr. Pepper
Edward Auerbach
Ast
Says & CO
Annivisary
Gil
Betsy Ross
Spinet
Knabe
Wurlitzer
Lester
Brook Mays & CO
Fashion
Lewella
Sargasso Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
Louisiana
Nancy Tyler Muslin
Tuxedo
Batiste
Southern Belle Volle
Seersucker
Jersey
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