War rally staged by Ouachita fifth war loan committee in Monroe
A wartime event showcases the Kewpie Dell chorus of male soldiers and female chorus girls in a Broadway burlesque parody at West Monroe. Cast includes Buck Wooten Monroe Pvt Renucci Cpl Mike Marcus Carlyle McLendon Pvt Jake Tecobeon Pvt John Less with Pete Medak Mack Bishop Ed Stein Jaus er and others. Produced by Sgt Lorenzo Smith Selman Field in Monroe. By May 1944 synthetic tires were produced at 0% monthly rate.
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Ouachita Fifth War Loan Committee
Theoroughfare
West
Monroe
Pearing - Switch
Gypsy Roe Lee
Buck Wooten
Renucci
Mike “Marcus
GIs A Poppin' Musical Revue At Selman Field
GIs dress as burlesque queens in an all star revue staged by the Selman Field special service office to aid the Fifth War Loan drive in West Monroe next Monday night.
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Selman Field Special Service Office
West Monroe
Capture of Cherbourg Erupts As Expected In Allied Breakout
J M Roberts Jr reports that Cherbourg falls as expected after German delays. In Russia the offensive accelerates with envelopment toward Minsk and a northern anvil against pocketed German forces. Eddy Gilmore notes unprecedented Soviet preparations, with Ukraine as the staging area and Poltava serving as a bombing base.
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J. M. Roberts Jr
DeWitt Mackenzie
Cherbourg
Russia
Baltics
Lithuania
Latvia
Polotsk
Minsk
Orsha Mogilev
Bobruisk
Baltic
Gomel-Kowel
Red
Brest- Litovsk
Kowel
Warsaw
Dnepr
Gome
Mogilex-Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Finland
Kovel
Brest-Litovsk
Lwow
Iasi
Eddy Gilmore
A. P. Moscow
Gilmore
Moscow
Ukraine
Poltava
Insurance Agents Elect Officers At Louisiana Meeting
The Louisiana Association of Mutual Insurance Agents held its annual meeting in Shreveport at the Washington-Youree Hotel June 23 and 24. John Musselwhite was elected president with R. M. Troy as vice president and William B. Coleman as second vice president. Paul J. Seaman was named secretary-treasurer. The program featured expert talks on agency management and casualty insurance, followed by discussions. A barbecue at Cross Lake capped the event with attendees hosted by Shreveport agents.
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Louisiana Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Washington-Youree Hotel
Shreveport
John Musselwhite
Baton Rouge
R. M. Troy
Monroe
William B. Coleman
Lake Charles
Paul J. Seaman
New Orleans
J. D. Christy
Central Manufacturers’ Insurance Company
van Wert
O. Casualty Insurance
R. C. Merritt
Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Company
Chicago
Ill
Frank Compton
John Lindholm
Ed A. Hook
Cross Lake
Stalin Talks With Johnston at Kremlin on US-Soviet Trade
Eric Johnston of the US Chamber of Commerce met Premier Stalin for two and a half hours in the Kremlin to discuss future trade between the United States and the Soviet Union. Stalin praised American business labor and agriculture in a formal statement for publication.
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Moscow
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Johnston
United States
Soviet Union
Stalin
Red Army
Vladimir Pavlov
Vyacheslav Molotov
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Edward Page
Lenin
Surovov
Kutuzov
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
America
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
A Card Holders Must Wait For Tires
Washington June 27 The Office of Price Administration says new tires for A card motorists likely won’t arrive before early 1945 due to a backlog after B card eligibility expanded in May Demand exceeds projections and release of tires for A drivers will wait until monthly allocations hit about 2 000 000, with delivery possibly three months after that milestone. Dive proves fatal Beaumont Texas June 27 Private Posten of the De Ridder La area died from a plunge into a public swimming pool His head struck the pool bottom and he suffered a broken neck His home was said to be in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Rafiormig
Charles F. Phillips
Office of Price Administration
Phillips
Philips
Beaumont
Tes
Ebuer Posten
de Ridder
Aie Bese
Datardsy
Posten
Wisconin
Cherbourg Harbor Clears for Allied Supply Base Prep
On an LST in the English Channel the crew and divers prepare to clear Cherbourg harbor of mines and obstructions. Divers note the depth and time limits as British and American teams ready to transform the port into a sheltered base for Allied supplies and troops.
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Alex Singleton
Associated Press
English Channel
Cherbourg
J. H. MacDonald
Hoehne
Colo
Portsmouth
N. H
Pacific
Roosevelt
MacDonald
Grand Rade
Petite Rade
Allies
LST
Naples
Pearl Harbor
England
Maine
Michigan
Georgia
Alabama
Treasury
Fire at Jackson Imperils Workers
Flames swept the Standard Mill work and Supply Company in Jackson Mississippi causing about 250000 dollars in damage and forcing roughly 80 workers to flee. The blaze reportedly started in vats used for lumber treatment under military contract destroying the mill and power lines and all company records. A city fireman collapsed from heat but was reported in satisfactory condition. Federal investigators opened a routine check while a nearby aircraft plant shifted from B 26 to B 20 fuselage production with a 19 day interim loss.
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Jackson
Miss
Standard
F. O. Cambre
Cambre
Leon T. White
Leroy Toell
Walter Pierce
G. R. McSwain
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sewer voice Garry clashes over Roosevelt staging at GOP rally
James Marlow reports on Tom Garry superintendent of Chicago sewers known as the voice of the sewers who supported Roosevelt, sought to help at a Republican convention while denying using stadium pipes for amplification. Garry faced blocked outlets and campus control scenes as he assisted with platforms and telephones.
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Chicago
Tom Garry
Roosevelt
Illinois
Roosevel
New York
Garry
Th Stadium
Court decision upholds Bridges deportation appeal
The U S circuit court of appeals denied Harry Bridges the writ of habeas corpus as the longshoremen leader fights deportation to Australia. The ruling says the court reviewed only whether Bridges had a fair hearing and constitutional protections were observed. Bridges planned to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
West Coast
Australia
United States
Circuit Court
Martin Welsh
Bridges
Longshoremen
Francis Biddle
United States Supreme Court
Couns
Behal
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Moralize
Enic
Finisio
WAR Bondsi
Three Feathers Distributors, Inc
N.Y
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Democrat
By James Marlow
Dave
Sam Adams
Eeurope
Prairies
Hills
Europe
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