Air Scouting Program Set For Camp Ki Ro Li
The Boy Scouts of America adopt a new air Scouting program taught by Scouts attending Camp Ki Ro Li this summer. Olan H. Black of the Ouschita Valley Council announced that the program, for ages 12 to 15 and 15 and older, focuses on ground training to ready youths for flight training, with no actual flight taking place. The camping season opens June 14, and other activities include swimming, life saving, aircraft, Indian lore, nature studies, hiking, Scoutcraft advancement, emergency service, and campfire programs. Scouts will reserve times with their Scoutmasters.
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Boy Scouts of America
Camp
Ki-Ro-Li
Olan H. Black
Ouschita Valley
Southern Baptist Official Dies in Columbia
The Rev. Charles A. Jones D D 73 longtime executive secretary treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist General Board and former president of the Baptist Secretaries of the South died after several days illness at his Columbia home. He served as vice president of the Southern Baptist convention for two years and helped formulate retirement plans adopted by Baptist churches in 18 southern states.
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Columbia
S. C
Charles A. Jones
D. D
Southern Baptist Convention
State Baptist General Board
Baptist Secretaries of the South
State taxes debate and civil service reform in Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers discussed a proposed state sales tax to shore up a one third revenue shortfall with speakers from the retail and manufacturing sectors. The sessions also covered civil service reforms, with debates on eligibility, pay plans, and the impact on state payrolls amid a wartime budget.
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Tugwell
Statehouse
House
Ways and Means
H H. Huckaby
Caddo Parish
Senate
State Crime Commission
Supreme Court
British State Raid Smashes Ships at Trondheim and Dieppe Blitz
World War II update reports British raid operations smashed a Tirpitz and Admiral Hipper at Trondheim, Norway, with German naval concentrations aimed at severing Allied Arctic supply routes. Soviet dispatches claimed three Nazi bomber bases were hit, over 40 Nazi planes destroyed, RAF raids limited to Dieppe and Dutch airfields. Soviet artillery repelled a German attempt on the Bryansk front near Moscow, while German advances appeared minor in Ukraine and the Moscow region. In other news, Downsville Junior Homemakers elect officers led by Evelyn Hicks. Mortgage burden remains high for many owner-occupied homes in the United States.
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Tirpitz
Admiral Hipper
Trindheim
Norway
Arctic
Murmansk
Archangel
Britain
United States
Germany
Dieppe
France
Holland
Bryansk
Moscow
Hitler
Ukraine
Leningrad
Rome
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Gas Rationing Debate Reaches Congress
President Roosevelt weighs nationwide gas rationing amid war needs as Representative Rankin leads a push against bureaucratic overreach while Harness attacks the handling of the program. A five-member committee is authorized to study steps needed to address the gas and rubber crisis, with Roosevelt distancing himself from conclusive orders. He rebuts claims of authority to push a pipeline and barge canal route, noting lack of congressional consent and warning of economic impacts on Louisiana and other oil regions.
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Eugene Stanley
House Judiciary Committee
Joe Sanders
Sabine
R D. Ragan
Lincoln
Sam Jones
Raymond H. Fleming
House
Louisiana
Theo Cangelosi
East Baton Rouge Parish
Cangelosi
New Orleans
Robert 5S. Maestri
House Appropriations Committee
Willard E. Parker
Congress
Rankin
Mississippi
Harness
Indiana
Henderson
Kleberg
Texas
North
Florida
Eastern
Seaboard
Roosevelt
Governor Plauche urges focus on gas rationing impact
Congressman Vance Plauche wired President Roosevelt urging careful study of gas rationing effects on Louisiana industries and tax revenues. He warned rationing could abandon welfare services, threaten public schools, and ruin the state's credit, noting his Seventh District's oil prominence and his inquiries into consequences.
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Lake Charles
Vance Plauche
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Plauche
Nelson forms group of food requirements
The navy will report their requirements and the civilian supply division will prepare lists of foods essential for home consumption. The industry operations division will report on stocks of foods and related supplies to meet civilian needs.
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Nelson
Group OF Food Requirements
Navy
Industry Operations
War agencies outline roles in resource production
The BEW and lend-lease will estimate Allied food needs. WPB's industry operations division handles later food production like baking and confectionery. The materials division will manage non‑food item processing such as soap from agricultural materials that are a source of food.
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BEW
WPB
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Food Dept
West Monroe
Wisconsin
Jersey
Luzianne
Maxwell House
PAN American
Joe Waller
Food
Kellogg
LARES
Hi. Ullegg
Pee Ertetee
Grove Stafford
Rapides Parish
Justin Daspit
Revenue Department
James I. Smith
Ben Haney
New Orleans Retail Grocers Association
George M. Darnes
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Sam Dunbar
Louisiana Association of Manufacturers
W. J. Kurzweg
Plaquemine
J. J Boyd
Baton Rouge
W. Preston Barnes
Fred C. Barksdale
Alexandria
John A. B. Smith
Shreveport
State Civil Service Department
Parker
California
Michigan
New York
Minnesota
Rhode Island
City of San Francisco
City of Los Angeles
Civil Service Department and Commission
Charles E. Dunbar
State Civil Service Law Commission
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Dunbar
Moore
Downsville Group
Marion
Downsville
Evelyn Hicks
Mae Hinton
Loretta Wilson
Fabrice Littleton
Maxiene Simpson
Elta
War Production Board
Luffo
Pete Eer
Costanza’s Food Center
Rinso, Ive
Cor Wood & Catalpa
Armour
Pillsbury’s Best Flour
Hormel
Stae-O-Life
DOG Food
Fryers
Tres Vt Ca
Walker Bros
Liktoo
Treet, Ca
Wieners, Ib
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