Prisoner of War S/Sgt William B Blackmon Captured
S/Sgt William B Blackmon 20 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Elliott Monroe has been captured and placed in a German prison camp after a mission over Germany previously reported missing. He graduated Ouachita Parish High School enlisted November 1942 and has been in England since October 1943. He received oak leaf clusters and an air medal for heroism. The piece also includes Dr Thewlis remarks on the impact of fearsome words on patient health and a warning that postwar elder care and economic strain will rise as war ends.
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William B. Blackmon
Charles Elliott
Grayling Lane
Monroe
Germany
Ouachita Parish High School
England
Barber Shop Chatter on War News and Tomatoes
In Washington June 9 a fat man and a man in a brown jacket discuss headlines while a barber cuts hair. They joke about German defenses and a colonel's demotion, touching on war news, gliders, and a rumored invasion date before June 15.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Europe
England
War Department
OPA Seeks Volunteers for New Educational Program
The Office of Price Administration calls volunteers for an educational program joining OPA and retail merchants. A kickoff meeting is set for Monday June 12 at 4 PM in the Ouachita Parish Health Unit upstairs. Miss Myrtle Rodgers urges two hours monthly from workers, noting fixed salaries rise less with price increases.
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OPA
Ouachita Parish
League of Women Voters
Office of Price Administration
Myrtle Rodgers
Opa For Summer Service. She Is Anxious To Obtain Many Assistants. Miss Rodgers
Miss Rodgers
Bill Worrell
Mr. Macbeth
Henry Blanks
Office of Price Control
Invasion Outlook From Cherbourg Peninsula War Analyst
DeWitt Mackenzie notes weather hinders the Cherbourg landing as Allies secure a foothold. He stresses need for a fast port to pour men and materiel, warns Rommel will mount a major counterattack, and cites inland Atlantic wall defenses and multiple Allied fleets ready from the British Isles.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Associated Press
Cherbourg
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Rommel
Atlantic
British Isles
Open House By Jewish Welfare Board In Monroe
Open house under the Jewish Welfare Board will be held Saturday June 10 from 6 to 830 pm at 2007 North Fourth Street Monroe. Director Samuel Collins invites service men and families to join for deli cacies like bagels pumpernickel bread pickled herring sour cream and lox. The venue was previously announced as at the Temple.
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Jewish Welfare Board
Monroe
Samuel Collins
North Fourth Street
Temple
Rings Vested in Wife After Marriage Ceremony
Charleston court notes Magistrate Thome A Matthews held wedding rings become the wife’s property on marriage. In a domestic dispute the magistrate advised a wife not to hide her husband’s shoes to keep him home and ordered the husband to return the wife’s rings taken in retaliation.
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Charleston
S. C
Thome
A. Matthews
Matthews
Doctor Says Words Can Kill People At Geriatrics Meet
Dr. Malford W. Thewlis of Wakefield told the American Geriatrics Society in New York that words can endanger elderly persons. The meeting discussed aging changes and the society's goal to uncover causes to prevent harm.
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New York
Malford W. Thewlis
Wakefield
American Geriatrics Society
New Incendiary Bullet Promises Devastating Air War Edge
A new American incendiary .50 caliber round is claimed to ignite enemy aircraft on impact. The round is described as the most devastating yet produced for aerial warfare, capable of causing planes to burst into flame and render self-sealing tanks helpless.
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