Battle of Tennessee drills to test mechanized warfare
The Battle of Tennessee will stage a 77,000 strong exercise in rugged Tennessee hills to trial mechanized warfare. Forces will simulate offensive and defensive operations across armored, triangular and square divisions with air support and live mortars to measure new tactics and readiness.
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United States
Tennessee
New York
War Department
Air Force
Fort Benning
Europe
Manhattan By GEORGE TUCKER
New York talk mixes Marineland aquariums and city landmarks. Marineland mayor Milton Bacon Jr notes New York could sustain two aquariums, while Park Commissioner Moses moves the Battery tank. The piece also salutes Marineland's 50,000 fish and historic local sights along with humorous asides on a tulip tree and playwright Frederick Lonsdale.
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New York
USA
Milton Bacon, Jr
Marinesland
Fla
St. Augustine
Yessir
Bacon
Butch
Jenny Lind
Mayor Bacon
Marineland
Mases
Harlem River
Battery
Hollywood gossip rolls through June with marriages and moves
Lee Bonnell signs with RKO and sends a will you to Gale Storm in Alaska as she rushes home for a June wedding. Lionel Atwill plans an indefinite Washington stay. The Andrews Sisters promise a new musical after a long junket, while Mary Pickford and Sylvia Ashley fly east together. Georgia Carroll may wed Ensign John Schneider as Grace Moore considers a South American tour. Joel McCrea leaves his independent project.
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Hollywood
RKO
Lee
Mary Pickford
Doug Fairbanks
Sylvia Ashley
Jessie Matthews
N. Y
Army
James Stewart
Grace Moore
Youngdong Fairbanks
Wet
Joel McCrea
Rowland Brown
Paramount
Texas Guinan
Jean Arthur
Claudette Colbert
Binnie Barnes
Glen Ford
Evelyn Ankers
Georgia Carroll
Ensign John Schneider
Our Children by Angelo Patri
A safety guidance piece warns of household accidents involving children. It urges constant supervision and household safeguards, from locked medicines and matches to gun safety and clutter removal, stressing biannual safety checks and a thorough house scan from cellar to garret to prevent harm.
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Our
Angelo Patri
Postwar Economic Blueprints Rise in Washington
Washington officials discuss a shift from laissez faire to planning with defense needs guiding future policy. Talks of vast public works and housing overhauls surface as labor markets show unexpected demand with women and youth entering jobs for defense wages.
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Washington
Philip Reed
National Association of Manufacturers
Boulder Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Washington Gossip on wartime production and civilian training
The article outlines wartime policy shifts toward boosting milk and egg output via feeding rather than more livestock, and extending price floors for essential goods for one to two years. It notes reduced auto and appliance output to conserve defense metals while building postwar demand and highlights civilian pilot training as both a training bridge and a stimulus for airplane factory demand. No detailed future plans due to uncertainty.
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United States
Office of Production Management
Army
Navy
Monroe Youth Named Associate Editor At Delta Sigma Meet
At the fifteenth annual Delta Sigma convention in Hot Springs Arkansas Byron Grigsby of Monroe was named associate editor of the National Delta Sigma publication. Other officers elected include Phil Haskin Little Rock Leonard Linton Nashville Tenn Burl Sullivan Shreveport Virgil Christian Tyler Tex Gregory Falls Fort Smith as deputy commissioners Davis Brooks Hot Springs district commissioner Watts Pryor Texarkana district organizer for the seven state district. Fayetteville chosen as next convention city with a banquet finishing the event Saturday night.
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Delta Sigma Fraternity
Hot Springs
Ark
Byron Grigsby
Monroe
National Delta Sigma
Phil Haskin
Little Rock
Leonard Linton
Nashville
Fayetteville
Caldwell Parish Wildlife Association Formed in Caldwell Parish
A Caldwell parish group organized the Caldwell Parish Wildlife Association at the parish courthouse. Officers include President Rev. Paul Jones, Vice President F. C. Cruse, Secretary-Treasurer Curt Farrow, with a nine member board: W. W. Watts E Head Jack McDonald C E Stringer Bill Ray Herbert Childress Walker Lively J J Kelly D M May Jack Valentine. The note also states Quebec Ontario and British Columbia are larger than Texas.
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Herbert Childress
Walker Lively
J. J. Kelly
D. M. May
Jack Valentine
Rebuilding Plan Filed for Tensas River Suspension Bridge
J. I. Roberts of Shreveport submits plans to the U S engineer’s office in Vicksburg for reconstructing the Tensas River suspension bridge 131.1 miles from the mouth. The proposal adds a wood pile support in the stream bed with 80 foot channel clearance and 16 feet vertical clearance unchanged. Objections or suggested changes, especially on navigation, should reach the Vicksburg office by June 24, 1941.
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J. 1. Roberts
Shreveport
United States Engineer's Office
Vicksburg
Miss
Tensas River
Lock and Dam
No. 4
Monroe
Giddens Lane
S. D. Sturgis, Jr
Corps of Engineers
Radio Schedule Highlights 16 June Broadcasts
Program notes list a dense lineup for Monday June 16 with multiple time blocks. Key acts include The Three Suns, Captain Midnight, Wings on the Watch, dance orchestras, serials, and news features across CBS NBC and related networks. It records station segments, commentaries, sports and theater pieces, and closing news bulletins.
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Jack Armstrong
W. van Dyne Songen
Three Suns
Abe
the Escous
Betty
Nbe
Edwin J. Hills
Chicago
Aeolian Kasem
Cbs-West
Dhs
R. Reynolds
Paul Sullivan
Cbs
Lowry Kohler
Paul Douglas
Lowell Thomas
Nbe-Blue
Amoe
Andy
Cbhs-East
Cbs-Weat
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Europe
Lanny Ross
Cbs-East
Gal
Cbhs-Weat
Morgan
Mbs
Antrica
Biondie
Dagwood
Mbs-East
Baker — Wan
Kwk
Wire
James Melton
Cbhe
Mr. Smith
Wallenstein
Dr. Hagen
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Boeke Carter
Mba
West
Elmer Davin
Ebs
Red Basin St
Cecil B. DeMille Radio Theatre
Dbs
Gabriel Heatter
France Music Orchestra
Nbe-Red
Ted Steele
Jingie
Blue Dancing Music Orchestra
Marty Kogen
Guy Lombardo
Dha
Raymond Gram
Plano
Mary Small
Midwest
Juan Arvizu
Blondie Dagwood
Henry Weber
Fred Waring
Voice of Hawaii
Edwin C. Hill
Amos & Andy
London
Nance Misia
Tal
Unsheltered trio in Mongolian village custody
Anne Willard Blaze Sherwood and Pete Mackey are detained in a Mongolian snowstorm by a village headman. He intends to hand them to authorities. Anne seeks an English speaking woman for aid, while the woman hides in a sheepfold from her angry husband.
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Anne Willard
Blaze Sherwood
Pete Mackey
Anne
Perilous Escape Plan Amid Mountain Rogues
Anne and Khalima plot to flee the Emir with help from Khalima and her kin while Sherwood and Mackey negotiate by the Nagaras. Anne disguises herself as an aged Mohammedan crone, testing a fragile trust in a caravanserai as they move toward the capital.
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Anne
Khalima
Lanning
Eee Khalima
Sherwood
Chuka
Oliver
Dr. Oliver
Aik Anne
Animal Kingdom
Monroe installs new sidewalks at two schools
Monroe city crews under Commissioner Will Atkinson completed 4400 feet of cement sidewalks around Barkdull Faulk and Georgia Tucker schools with diagonal paths to protect lawns and provide safe routes for students. Southside school added baseball diamond tennis court croquet grounds and running track. The city council also approved light rate cuts from 12 to 10 cents for domestic and from 10 to 8 cents for commercial customers. Governor Fuqua named Mrs. Charles Phillips to fill Ouachita parish school board vacancy after A L Smith’s death.
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Monroe
Will Atkinson
Barkdull Faulk
Georgia Tucker
Atkinson
Southside
Mission Council
Fuqua
Charles Phillips
Ouachita Parish
A. L. Smith
Sterlington
Harlem man bets on numbers with detective
A Harlemite told Detective William Duggan he was taking the numbers today. Duggan asked what to bet on and the man chose 974. Duggan then led him to the district police station and noted 974 is the penal code section prohibiting numbers money.
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New York
Duggan
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Chill Wills
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Belle Davis
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Esquire Theater
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Joe Loss
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