Navy Recruits Sworn In At Post Office Ceremony
Eighteen Neville High School recruits took the oath of allegiance at a Sunday ceremony beside the post office building. Mayor Benoit and Chamber of Commerce president Kilpatrick spoke as Rev. Ernest D. Keway offered prayers. Navy officer G. C. Goldman Jr. administered the oath amid band selections and a Star Spangled Banner finale.
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Pearl Bor
Monroe
Imber
Pearl Har
Paul J. Neal
Neville School
Ernest D. Keway
First Presbytr Church
Neville High School
H. H. Benoit
Kilpatrick
Chamber of Commerce
G. C. Goldman
New Orleans
Navy
Screwy News Roundup of Odd War‑Time Events
Hollywood gossip and oddities from the week as the war era wears on. Letters to draft boards reveal schemes to dodge duties, a cavalry job in Fort Blix is sought, and readers poke at Tokyo baseball scores. A Salt Lake City reader, a judge, a stenographer search, a sewer crew in New York, and a stolen steam roller headline a curious mosaic. A tornado upends a sugar ration, a giant catfish is hauled from a spinach patch, and cattle stampedes amid drought and rain. A Kansas City man’s Washington tour ends with blame for copper wiring shortages and a failed copper wire purchase.
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Cavalry
Fort Blix
Tex
Presno
Calif
Tokyo
Doolittle’ Reid
Salt Lake City
Helifax
Philadelphia
Black River Falls
Wisman
Alden
Kas
San Angelo
Kansas City
Washington
Office of Government Requirements
Army and Navy Munitions Board
War Production Board
Enemys Sub Sinks 25 More Vessels
Associated Press reports a dramatic tally of submarine sinkings across the Atlantic and Caribbean. Attrition includes 10 U S ships among 19 Americans plus several British and other Allied vessels with dozens reported missing or dead. The Atenas was damaged after fending off a raider in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Canada
South America
United States
Pearl Harbor
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Atenas
San Jose
Costa Rica
Bills Acted On In Legislature
An Annpelated Press report details Senate bills acted on Sunday night with several withdrawals and a handful of measures passing. Notable passes include S Stafford requiring sheriffs to post bonds, S 12 recording tax subrogation in clerk records, S 82 protecting racing pigeons, S 125 Tulane fund investments, and S 166 creditors oath extensions, while many others were withdrawn. Canada released 72 million whitefish fry into eastern Lake Erie per the Commerce Department.
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Senate
Ketler
la Fourche Levee
Plaquemines Parish
Boucher
Batley
Keller
LeBlanc
T. H. Harris
Arras
S . Stafford
Orleans
Landry and
Stafford
Tulane University Educational Fund
Lanier
Canada
Lake Erie
Department of Commerce
Deaths Thomas Higginbotham Winnsboro La
Thomas E. Higginbotham 81 of near Winnsboro died at home after a short illness. Funeral under Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro will be at Liddieville Cemetery. Surviving eight sons Monroe Warren Milburn Thomas George Walter Clarence Vincent and four daughters Bessie Stephen son Clara Franks Dorothy Myrtle Higginbotham.
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Winnsboro
Thomas E. Higginbotham
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Liddieville
Monroe
Warren
Milburn
Thomas
George
Walter
Clarence
Vincent
Bessie Stephenson
Clara Franks
Dorothy
Myrtle Higginbotham
Merchants Meet Tuesday to Discuss State Bills and Policies
David C. Silverstein announces an important Chamber of Commerce merchants meeting at the Hotel Virginia ballroom Tuesday at 9 am. About 150 merchants are expected to attend to review pending state legislature measures including two per cent wholesale and retail sales tax bills. OPA price policing, credit rules, Fourth of July closing, a possible summer clearance sale, and staggered store and professional hours to ease city bus congestion will be discussed.
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David C. Silverstein
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Virginia Ballroom
Northeast Junior College enrolls 196 by Monday
Summer session opened with 196 registered by 11 a m Monday, defying Dean Calvert and faculty who expected no more than 150. Registrations may exceed 200 as week continues, with classes meeting and buses bringing in students from outlying areas. Outlook for the season is promising. Shetland ponies are mentioned as draft animals in the Shetland Islands.
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C. C. Calvert
Northeast Junior College
Calvert
Promoted Army Major Assigned to Fort Douglas Utah
Troy W Crawford was promoted to major in the aviation branch of the army and stationed at Fort Douglas Utah. He is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Sam A Crawford of Mangham and brother of Mrs Zula Williams Mrs Ollie Sharboro Mrs Maudie Weston and Miss Ona Crawford all of Mangham.
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Troy W. Crawford
Army
Fort Douglas
Utah
Major Crawford
Sam A. Crawford
Mangham
Zula Williams
Ollie Sharboro
Maudie Weston
Ona Crawford
Little Theater to stage Home and Beauty at Northeast JC
The final Little Theater play of the year is the three act comedy Home and Beauty at Northeast Junior College on June 11 and 12. Victoria is played by Kathleen Miller with cast members including Jack Ducote Dorothy Duncan Dorothy Dennis Judy Caraway Kent Anderson Everett Lawson Blossom Butler Jerry Honeycutt Tommy Elred and Mrs. John Young. The production follows a British drawing room plot and mirrors the recent film Too Many Husbands adapted from Maugham.
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Northeast Junior College
Crosley School
West Monroe
College Auditorium
Victoria
Kathleen Miller
Lorenzo Smith
Jack Ducote
Dorothy Duncan
Dorothy Dennis
Judy Caraway
Kent Anderson
Everett Lawson
Blossom Butler
Jerry Honeycutt
Tommy Elred
John Young
Maugham
Monroe Little Theater Membership Campaign Planned
Monroe Little Theater announces a membership drive for the coming year to be held in September. The past year was regarded as highly successful for the organization.
Atlanta Pastor Named Next Leader of Louisville Seminary
Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, after 14 years as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, will resign to become president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Trustees recently offered the post. Fuller said he would accept. Deacon board vice-chairman W. D. Barker predicted the resignation would be received with regret.
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Atlanta
Ellis A. Fuller
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Lovers Lane Phey and North Side Pheys Sandman's Phey
A fragment lists names linked to Lovers Lane and North Side areas with Pheys and Sandman figures. The readable bits mix place descriptors with proper nouns, implying a local note or notice without clear events or dates.
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Lovers Lane
Phey
North Side
Pheys Sandman's
Army Bomber Forcibly Crashes Off Margate Beach
An army bomber ran out of fuel and was forced to crash 50 feet off Margate City beach in New Jersey shortly after midnight. All five occupants were rescued. pilot Captain Fitzgerald and Mechanic Private Walter B. Egoff remained in the plane. Co-pilot Lieutenant R. W. Depke Radioman-Sergeant F. R. Luke and passenger Lieutenant Colonel Borrer bailed out and were later picked up by coast guardsmen. No serious injuries reported.
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Margate City
N. J
Fitzgerald
Walter B. Egoff
R. W. Depke
F. R. Luke
C-2223 and C-2224 pain relief offer nationwide relief
An adpromises pain relief with C-2223 to ease pain and bring rest. It claims users will feel as good as others who used the product and urges immediate purchase at $1 everywhere with a money back satisfaction guarantee.
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5. C
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Hixson
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Evergreen Cemetery
Pineville
W. L. Meredith
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C. Basbyshell
San Antonio
W. G. Miller
W. A. Joliff
Shreveport
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Twin Cities
OPA
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Shetland Islands
I ’ Cuticura
Little Theater
Monroe Little Theater
Focal Factory
Save Middleman DS
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Pioneer Parachute Co
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