Air travel after the war may transform transport
Air transport could replace trains and ships for passengers and freight after the war. Experts say huge bombers and transports would need revamping for self supporting operations and demand for terminal facilities, funding, and urban road access must be addressed. Hollywood stars face draft age shifts and many seek commissions or noncombatant war work as age 40 to 50 groups weigh limits on film production.
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Hollywood
Joel McCrea
United States
Apache dancers light up Latin Quarter in New York review
George Tucker describes a Latin Quarter revue in Manhattan featuring seven Apaches led by Frank Mazzone. The act includes acrobatic fights and dramatic stunts with injured dancers, legs broken and chairs shattered, amid a 12 minute French‑themed spectacle.
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New York
Frank Mazzone
Paris
Emile Boreo
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A critique of school punishments that punish whole classes for individual misdeeds. The author condemns mass penalties such as making an entire primary class write lines and stay after school. She argues for just, selective discipline and praises teachers while urging parental support and understanding of teachers' burdens. Released by The Bell Syndicate Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Red Cross
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Washington In Wartime Brain Corps Formed Under Dwight F. Davis
In a wartime move, the Army creates the civilian specialists corps led by Dwight F. Davis. The brain corps seeks trained technicians and inventors beyond standard drafts, with uniforms and pay aligned to Army or civil service. Applications flood in as the program aims for versatile, temporary service, including some overseas roles. Davis emphasizes brains over physique and notes the corps will not become a draft evasion loophole.
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Washington
Army Corps
Army
Dwight F. Davis
Secretary of War
Philippine Islands
Coolidge
Hoover
Davis
Great Britain
Navy
Steinmetz
Dwight Davis
Regular Army
Rehabilitation Conference Planned in Monroe for June
Announcement of an all day rehabilitation conference to be held in Monroe on Wednesday. Secretary H C Hoover will participate with J William Richardson James Fieser and George Ackerson in the Hoover party. Nine St Francis nursing graduates are listed for the class of 1927.
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Henry
Sobersides
Fonda
Bob Burns
Judy Canova
Dixie Lee
Universal
Lewis Howard
Louis Hayward
Garbo
Monroe
H. C. Hoover
Hoover Party
J. William Richardson
Red Cros
James Fieser
George Ackerson
Hoover
St. Francis School of Nursing
Thelma Scott
Grace Cobb
Edith Faris
Allyne Tarver
Lorraine Conway
Fay Cobb
Tinny Bolling
Alice Perkins
Bess Easley
Pupils Contribute 300 Pounds Tinfoil for Shriners Hospital
Georgia Tucker grammar school pupils nearing year end contributed 300 pounds of tinfoil to the Central fire station collection for crippled children at Shriners hospital in Shreveport. The foil, peeled and saved since last September, represents about nine months of work.
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Georgia Tucker Grammar School
Central Fire Station
Shriners’ Hospital
Shreveport
Georgia Tucker
Radio Schedule Notes from a 1940s Broadcast Day
A fragmentary radio program grid lists programs and hosts across the day including news, sports, music, drama, and war commentary. Items feature Fred Waring, Irene Rich, Lucille Manners, Abbott and Costello-style bits, and various sponsor segments amid a wartime schedule influenced by time changes and networks.
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Kirlelly
Ted Hoxing
Obe-Basia
Nox
Hedda Hopper
Hollywood
Piresccaer
War
Ted Steele
Chub
Dhe Lum
Abner
Pine Ridge
Blue Rank
Parker
Arimelrong
Stern
Lowell Thomason
Mecorta
Chicago
World & War News of Today
Dhe
Midnight Repost
Fred Waring
Col Broopnagte
Canada
Blue Amor and
Andy
Irene Rich
Johnson Family
Central Station
Blue
Ming
Lucille Manners
Kate Smith
Che Cai Tinney
Orc
Etner Davis
Abe Lymans
Walte
Nbe
Gabriel Heatter
Dramatico
CBS
Quin
Ube Klee Maxwell
Bob Hawk
Nde
Morgan Beatty
Derry Wayne
Nhe
Nbe-Red
War Quiz: First Division Insignia and Allied Bombing Question
A wartime quiz item asks what else the crimson figure 1 on khaki denotes besides belonging to the First Division of the U S Army. It also queries Augsburg bombing details and asks what fraction of Canada’s population French Canadians comprise with answers on Page Nine.
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United States Army
Royal Air Force
Augsburg
Heinkel
Skoda
Government of
Canada
Roan Sisters Schedule Benefit at Ouachita Parish High
The Exchange Club luncheon at Hotel Frances featured Clarice and Goldah Roan’s pupils including Rose Mary McGinn Diane Ducote Stanley Hodges Jr Patricia Ann Guerrero Ann Mary Johnson Maurene Linguist and Baby Sister Guerriero with accompanist Miss Violet Ethridge. The Roan Sisters will perform Victory Follies of 1942 at the Ouachita Parish High School auditorium Thursday at 8 p.m. A business meeting followed with reports from committee chairs. R C McRee Jr of the naval recruiting office attended as a guest.
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Exchange Club
Hotel Frances
Clarice
Goldah Roan
Rose Mary McGinn
Diane Ducote
Stanley Hodges, Jr
Patricia Ann Guerrero
Ann Mary Johnson
Maurene Linguist
Guerriero
Violet Ethridge
Roan
Ouachita Parish High School
R. C. McRee, Jr
Naval Recruiting Office
Columbus
Miss
Stephanie and the plan to hijack a ship
Stephanie confronts Henri and his gang who plot to seize a cargo boat and sail it from the Bay. He pressures her to persuade her father to cooperate while threatening Liu and Hayami. She resists, contemplates calling for help, then faces a guard and a looming midnight deadline under threat of capture.
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Stephanie
Golden Gate Bridge
Liu
Liv
Hayami
Tepuanie
Toing
Hans
Henri
Stephan
Henri Ha
San Francisco
Henris
Chear
Aster
War Today: Axis Drive Signals Escalating Global War
Analysis argues the Japanese raid on Midway signals a widening war as Japan and Germany prepare to strike. Remmel pushes toward Egypt and Suez while a planned spring offensive looms against Moscow. Allies fear a global clash with hundreds of divisions and a growing Nazi air fleet shaping future battles.
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Dutch Harbor
Midway
Little Midway
Marshal Remmel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Libyan
Middle East
Germany
Nazifuehrer
Europe
Pacific
Nav
Dry kiln fire at Harrell and Wills Lumber in West Monroe
A dry kiln at the Harrell and Wills Lumber Co on North Seventh Street in West Monroe suffered partial damage when it overheated early Friday. West Monroe and Monroe firefighters responded and quickly extinguished the blaze.
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Harrell and Willams Lumber Company
North Seventh Street
West Monroe
Monroe
Police investigate pocketbook theft from James Brown
Monroe police Friday investigated the theft of a pocketbook from James Brown of 416 Grammont Street. The bag contained an endorsed $18 check, identification cards, and small change while Brown was in swimming Thursday, according to Chief Frank Reitzeli.
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Monroe
James Brown
Grammont Street
Frank Reitzeli
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