Pastor Seeks Combat Pilot Role From War Duty
The old Grace Methodist pastor in East Orange New Jersey who received a wartime leave is now stationed at the New Orleans naval air station. Michalson explains war raises moral questions for Christians and that fighting may be necessary. His aim is to pursue a path as a combat pilot despite his wish to end war.
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Grace Methodist Church
East Orange
N. J
New Orleans Naval Air Station
Michalson
Mobile Third Army ends maneuvers in Louisiana briefing troops
Major General Wade Haislip told Third Army troops their second period exercises showed strong leadership and effective command. The third phase begins June 28 under Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges. Delta Ship building launches the S. S. John Sharp Williams in New Orleans. James Wilkinson, 87, a White League survivor and former Louisiana bar member, died in New Orleans. Governor Sam Jones appointed Dr. O L Wise as West Carroll coroner and Alice J Champagne to St Martin parish school board. A flying Methodist minister studies flight instruction. Louisiana 4 H club reports rural war production training numbers. Weather bureau forecasts Mississippi River receding after June 10 with no flood danger outside levees. NLBR seeks secret-ballot election for Arkansas Fuel Oil workers. Keeshin Air Freight proposes New Orleans gateway network to 200+ cities nationwide and abroad.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Third Army
Louisiana
Wade H. Haislip
Haislip
Courtney H. Hodges
New Orleans
James Wilkinson
White League
Wilkinson
Louisiana State Bar
Hugh Wilkinson
Walter E. Dawes
Keesler Field
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
O. L. Wise
West Carroll Parish
Alice J. Champagne
St. Martin Parish
Wise
Champagne
Sloan Writes of War Events from Bizerte to El Gutar
Private First Class S. D. Sloan of company B Ninth medical battalion reports to his mother in Monroe from Bizerte Tunisia detailing actions after the Africa landings. He describes海 naval bombardment at Safi Casablanca parade with the sultan on duty march and battles at El Gutar Sedjenane and the capture of Bizerte with thousands of prisoners and praise for the U S Army Air Forces.
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S. D. Sloan
Monroe
Bizerte
Tunisia
Africa
Newport News
Safi
French Morocco
Casablanca
Port Lyvertig
Aran
Algiers
Gafsa
el Gutar
Sedjenane
Ford Office Girls Won't Wear Slacks in Detroit
Ford Motor Co office girls at Highland Park plant refused to wear slacks, wearing dresses and idling at typewriters. A company spokesman cited machine entanglement as reason for slacks rule while 50 Army ordnance workers wore uniforms nearby. A labor meeting will hear the dispute, with union leaders noting many more awaiting a decision.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Bernice Clark
Highland Park
Army Ordnance
Clark
Army
Ford Company
Ben Garrison
Union of the United Automobile Workers
Pelican Boys State to Study Government at LSU
About 270 boys will arrive at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge for Pelican Boys State to study and practice American government. After registration at 2 p.m., they will elect state parish and city officials and stay a week in LSU barracks. A Pelican State guard will be organized.
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The
American Legion
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Marilyn Christine
Hollywood
Delta Shipbuilding Company
Gordon E. Michalson
John E. Coxe
Department of Education
United States
Coxe
State Normal College
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Natchez
Miss
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Shreveport
Longview
Tex
Oil Workers International Union, C. I. O
Civil Aeronautics Board
Keeshin Air Freight, Inc
Sloan
Kellogg’s
All-Man
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Ford Office
Pelican Boys
Poplin
S.ms
Grantee Slack Sox
Men's Fine
Seamont Ties
Seament
Dresrites
Bondeaux
Home Fabrics
W. T. Grant CO
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