Pilot training session opens at Selman airport
At Selman airport a civilian pilot training course begins with 30 minutes daily flight instruction for 30 students. The program, run by Northeast Junior College with the Civil Aeronautics Authority, includes ground classes and ends September 15 for a license.
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Selman
Northeast Junior College
Civil Arena Autics Authority
J. Berry
Berry
Ray Severance
Monroe
Ned Williams
Houston
Roosevelt
Civil Arronautics Authority
Dean Calvert
Charles Gremillion
Eugene Chapman
Joe Graham
Daniel Gremillion
Notable Names List Included in Local Notice
The document lists individuals such as George Peters James Harlan Jr Frank Holt Jr Earl Mallette Mark Mayo Henry McCormick Jr William Clarkson Edwin Regan Louis Breard Jr Eugene McNabb Bernard Berry James Peters John Humbrey James Wilson Robert Jefferson Burt Sperry and Ray Maynor as part of the public notice.
Certificate plan for rice urged in Louisiana meeting
H. L. Chalkley Jr. of Lake Charles urged rice growers to adopt a certificate plan for the national farm program. Speaking before 150 growers from Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and California at a division conference, Chalkley said the plan would stabilize their income under the 1941 AAA rice program.
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Shreveport
H. L. Chalkley, Jr
Lake Charles
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Chalkley
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
California
Marshall Field III Seeks 1940 Wattsburg Camp Training
New York June 21 Marshall Field III of Huntington New York who inherited 189000000 from his Chicago department store magnate father applied for admittance to a month long military training camp at Wattsburg in 1940. Soon thereafter his son Marshall Field IV filed an application as well. neither knew of the other’s action at the time.
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New York
Marshall Field III
Huntington
N. Y
Chicago
Wattsburg
Marshal Field IV
Deaths Last Night
Charles Chase Hollywood veteran movie comedian and writer died at 47 once with the Keystone Kops. Rev W Thompson Elliott Birmingham England canon of Westminster since 1938 and noted English churchman Ro tarian died at 59.
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Associated Press
Charles Chase
Hollywood
W. Thompson Elliott
Birmingham
England
Westminster
Britain Faces Invasion Threat As German Forces Advance
The article weighs Germany's armistice terms and the strategic position of Britain. It notes Brest's capture, Nazi bases across European ports, and the looming danger of starvation and invasion. Churchill vows to defend the island as two million Britons stand ready, with air power and naval strength key to repelling raids.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Compeigne
France
Britain
Brest
Brittany
Channel
North Sea
Atlantic
Arctic
England
Churchill
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
United Kingdom
London
Liverpool
Bristol
Cardiff
Norwich
Birmingham
Nottingham
Manchester
Sheffield
Hitler
Applicants Sought by Medical Corps at Fort Benning
Sergeant Harold B McNemar announces vacancies in the medical department and the Army Engineer Corps at Fort Benning Georgia. Applicants for the medical department need a practical high school education and should contact Borseen McNemar at the post office building for details.
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Harold B. McNemar
Medical Department
Rkadale Field
Tist Engineer Corps
Fort Benning
Borseen McNemar
Permits Issued For Service Station On Louisville Avenue
City building permits issued by Sam city building inspector for Concrete Material company to erect a one story concrete building for a service station on Louisville avenue east of HAH. E T Hance to construct a one story frame residence at 34 Concordia at cost ob 1.
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Sam
Concrete Material Company
Louisville Avenue
Hah
E. T. Hance
Concordia
Tobacco Tax Doubling proposed by Legislature in Louisiana
A judiciary committee approved amendments to bills that would double the tobacco tax and authorize sheriffs to withhold about 150000 dollars in additional tax revenues. The plan shifts stamping duties to wholesalers and raises sheriff expense allowances, with debates over rates and administration.
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Baton Rouge
Judiciary Committee
Thurst
Deleasepe Morrison
Orleans
Aaid
Kay
Beauregard
Morrison
Richard W. Lache
H. 5. Flournoy
Caddo
Sheriffs Association
Leche
Newman de Bretton
East Baton Rouge Parish
Oeb
Eugene Stanley
David M. Ellison
Ellison
Stanley
Jones
T. H. Martin
West Feliciana Parish
George Latter
Lester
Attorney Martin Cites Extra Funds For Law Enforcement
In a parish committee hearing Martin argued he could run his office for four years only because he drew extra funds from a special gubernatorial account for extraordinary law enforcement. He noted the state penitentiary sits in his parish and he is often called to assist in recapturing escaped prisoners.
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Martin
Church School Rites Set at West Monroe Revival
The Assembly of God church in West Monroe hosts a two week vacation bible school with commencement tonight at 7. Evangelist Laster F. Sumrall speaks on The Children of Europe versus Monroe children and work is on display for parents. Special Youth Night is Saturday with talks on Youth challenges. Rev Sumrall also plans messages on Christian living and the Imperial City of God. Rev James D. Cockman and Mrs Cockman will lead music and preaching next week.
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Amembly of God Church
West Monroe
Evangelist Laster F. Sumrall
Europe
Monroe
Evan«Gelist
Chicago
Vaughn Shoemaker
Chico News
Sumrall
Imperial City of God
James D. Cockman
Madison
Potato History Tied to Columbian Gold
The text notes that Irish potatoes did not originate in Ireland and that Indigenous Colombians ate them in 1508 before European contact. It mentions Spanish ships bringing the crop to Europe and the Irish adopting it as a food source.
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Ireland
Colombia
Europe
Rare welwitschia plant protected by law in South Africa
A perpetrator damaging a welwitschia nervosa plant faces penalties under South African law. Offenders may be fined 3 pounds or imprisoned up to two years. The case highlights legal protection for this rare species in the country.
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Fred Harman
Jordon
Colorfast Poplins
Bella Scherck Davidson
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Marshall Fields
Cavalier
Onica
N. 4Th St
Arc DE Triomphe
Paris
Marshal Petain
Germany
Berlin
United States
House of Commons
Uhita
Dan Cohen
Oxfords
Medical Corps
Monroe Building & Loan Assn
Jersey
Orlack
Terd St
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