Edward Jones Rites Held In Rayville Parish
In Rayville Louisiana funeral services were held for Edward A. Jones deputy sheriff who died after a gunshot. The service occurred at the Baptist church with Rev John H Hooks officiating. Interment followed in Masonic cemetery. He leaves a wife a son a mother two brothers a sister and half brothers. He was a book keeper for the sheriff and other local firms. The coroner reported death occurred Thursday afternoon after a shooting at the family home.
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Rayville
Edward A. Jones
Richland Parish
Parisi
T. M. Sayre
Baptist Church
John H. Hooks
Masonic Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Tenn
John P. Jones
Sikeston
J. Mays Jones
Albuquerque
N. M
Ralph King
Monroe
Milk price hike eyed by Chicago distributors on July first
Chicago dairies and two major milk distributors announced a one cent per quart rise in farm and home delivered grade A milk from July 1 to cover higher labor costs and rising markets. Storekeepers will pay 10.5 cents per quart after July 1, likely passing the cost to customers, with cream prices rising 3 cents per quart and 2 cents per pint, costing Chicago area consumers about 400000 dollars monthly. Automatic traffic recorders are being rolled out in 46 states to monitor traffic flow continuously.
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Chicago
Dairies
States
The
Union
Burial of Plane Crash Victim Thomas Simms at Huttig
The funeral for 19 year old Thomas Allen Simms of Huttig Arkansas was held there after a Savannah Georgia plane crash killed him last Sunday. His body traveled from Monroe to Huttig for burial. he had enlisted August 28, 1940 in the 13th bombardment group Air Corps at Barksdale Field.
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Thomas Allen Simms
William Francis Simms
Huttig
Ark
Young Simms
Savannah
Monroe
Monroe Army Recruiting Office
13Th Bombardment Group
Air Corps
Barksdale Field
Harrisburgs young women fill gas stations in wartime shift
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania twenty young women ages 18 to 24 pump gas check oil and tires clean windshields at two uptown stations after a surge of male workers left by army and defense industries. They wear khaki uniforms and caps and aim to learn lubrication and tire changes as customers approve. Men remain on night shifts.
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Harrisburg
Army
Defense Industries
Harry Ratner
Ratner
Government estimates 1,456,285 man-years from defense build
Government estimates that building airplanes and naval craft for the United States defense program will create about 1,456,285 man-years of work, reflecting large scale wartime industry labor requirements and economic impact.
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United States Defense Program
German military push toward Minsk in Baltic front analysis
The War Today notes German forces pressing toward Minsk in White Russia as panzer units probe east Poland and the Baltic states. It compares early western campaign gains to the eastern drive, stressing reliance on air power and the Red Army’s resistance, with Minsk as a crucial rail hub 465 miles from Moscow.
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Baltic-Black Sea
Minsk
White Russia
Privet
East
Poland
Baltic States
Red Army
Russia
Moscow
High Command
Red Air Force
Outflanking the Maginot Line the Dunkirk Pocket Looms
German forces rapidly outflanked the Maginot line and closed the pocket to the sea. Three armies advancing over twenty five miles daily trapped the French and British in Flanders, shaping the Dunkirk evacuation epic.
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Corap
Maginot
Flanders
Dunkerque
Cotton's Election Pleases Kiwanis Members
Reports from the Kiwanis International convention in Atlanta were presented to the West Monroe Kiwanis Club during a regular meeting. The club discussed outcomes of the election and praised Cotton's performance at the event.
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Atlanta
West Monroe
Kiwanis Club
Louisiana Kiwanis names W. D. Cotton international trustee
The convention drew record attendance as Louisiana Kiwanis named Senator W. D. Cotton of Rayville as international trustee for the first time from this region. Vicksburg Kiwanis will visit Monroe for a July 9 program, with meetings after July 1 at West Monroe First Baptist Church. England balloon barrages kill migrating birds and threaten aircraft.
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Louisiana
England
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Aristophanes
Athens
Thomas Simms
U. S. Army
Savannah, Ga
Monroe Building & Loan
St. John Street
Norge Night-Watch
NORGE
Night Watch
Night-Watch
ST. John ST
Passman
Tony Martin
Virginia Grey
Paramount
Marx Brothers
DeWitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Hitler
Netherlands
Fort Eben Emel
Liege
Albert Canal
Belgium
Ardennes
Sedan
France
Cotton
Frank
Franks
DeSiard
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