Federated Music Clubs Host Ouachita Chorus Concert
The Ouachita Parish High School chorus directed by Velma Nichols performs at Parish School Auditorium Friday May 12 at 4 pm. Records donated for armed service men and silver gifts are collected at the door by Fine Arts Club members. Accompanists are Mack Fay Hann McHenry and Mary Bas Serex.
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Federated Music Clubs
Ouachita Parish
Velma Nichols
Parish School
Music Guild
Coterie
Fine Arts Club
W. B. Inabnet
Eleona Brinsmade
Schubert
Muzicheski Tkach
Jacques Wolfe
Franz Daggett
Gretshaninoff
Lily Strickland
America
Noble Cain
Henry Williams
Stephen Foster
Carryall
Milton
Arthur James
Sigmund Romberg
Nobl Cain
Steffe Ringwald
Mack Fay Hann McHenry
Mary Bas Serex
Freezing Technique Saves Limbs in War Injuries
Captain E. Eric Larson commanding a new freezing method reports it successfully preserves wounded legs in the south Pacific theater by reducing metabolism and allowing blood flow to resume. Harvard physician Dr. Alice Hamilton notes wartime metal use creates new occupational poisonings for physicians.
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Los Angeles
E. Eric Larson
U.S. N
Larson
Los Angeles Surgical Society
South Pacific
California Medical Association
Alice Hamilton
Harvard University
Fifth Army rodeo at Anzio highlights war brief
Pvt Tete Rather a cowboy from Utica Mississippi helped stage a rodeo at Anzio on the beachhead aboard Red Devil a wild horse. A rapid treatment venereal disease center opens at Pineville Louisiana with 250 beds and another 200 bed hospital planned in New Orleans.
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iRy Associated Press
Fifth Army
Anzio
Pvt
Tete Rather
Utica
Miss
G. I
Rather
Man
New Orleans
Pineville
David N. Brown
Louisiana State Board of Health
Births Reported For S. W. Blum Jr and Delma Lee
Two births announced by Lt add Mrs Blum Jr and Mrs Delma Lee. A boy born May 7 at St Francis Sanitarium Temple. A boy born May 8 at St Francis Sanitarium Guam. Guam note.
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S. W. Blum Jr
South Fourth Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Templ
Delma Lee
Monroe
Markets At A Glance New York Chicago May 8
Stocks mixed while specialties advance and rails edge higher. Cotton steady as New Orleans buyers appear. Wheat steady with light trade. rye firm on May contract short covering. Hogs slow with weights over 270 pounds down 15 to 25 cents, top 13.75. Cattle remain medium to good grade and active with top 16.80.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Cotton futures steady amid invasion uncertainty and price talks
Cotton markets in New Orleans and New York showed little movement as traders weighed Allied invasion prospects and looming price control proposals in Congress. May through December contracts traded narrowly with some months up to 25 cents higher, while spot cotton closed steady with rising middling prices and strong receipts.
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New Orleans
Western
Europe
Congress
New York
Mey
Washington
Commission House
Market Shows Mixed Progress as Traders Take Profits
New York stocks opened steady with scattered gains in select issues while many leaders paused for profit taking. The day saw active trading around 600000 shares with a mixed bond market as earnings and individual stories supported few favorites including liquor stocks.
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New York
Associated Press
Chicago
Grain and livestock totals in Chicago market report
May grain eased slightly as rye and corn rose after General Foods announced it had not sold cash stock. Wheat advanced to 1.69 7 8 per bushel, rye up to 13 4, May 1.24 3 8. hogs, cattle, and calves showed broad price ranges with choicest hogs at 13.75 to 12.35, sows at 11.15 to 11.40, steers 13.75 to 16.00, vealers 16.00, and bulls up to 13.50 in a busy Chicago market snapshot.
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Chicago
General Foods Corporation
WFAI
Butter and Eggs Prices Report Chicago May 8
Butter firm receipts reach 641 851 with creamery butter grades running 93 AA through 99 B and cooking at 88. Figures list totals for Figgs at 25 003 and US market classes with current receipts and dirties in the 25 1 2 to 29 range.
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Chicago
U. S
Potatoes Arrivals and Shipments Reported Nationwide
In Chicago on Saturday 185 shipments, 222 on track, total U S shipments 787, Sunday 19. Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs commercials 245-75, Alabama Bliss Triumphs U S No 1 price 5.00, Louisiana Bliss Triumphs U eg 1 3 25-50, California long Saat U No 4 536.
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Chicago
U. S
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bliss
Alabama
Louisiana
Trumphs U
California
Long Saat U
Local social notes from Grayson and Winnsboro visits
Mangham Rev and Mrs J P McKeithen and son visited relatives in Grayson during the week. Mrs EB Selinser of Houston was a recent guest of her parents. Several ladies attended the associational W M A meeting in Winnsboro. Mrs J L Barrett, Oakdale, a Baptist mission study director, visited Rev and Mrs C W Jones. Mr and Mrs W E Hixon hosted their daughter Mrs R O C Green of Alexandria as a guest.
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J. P. McKeithen and Son
Grayson
EB. D. Selinser
Houston, Tex
Mrs. King
J. W. Jones
Lida Taylor
Hagger
J. W. DeMouss
Winnsboro
J. L. Barrett
Baptist
Oakdale
C. W. Jones
Yanks Craft Flying Tool Kits for Bombardment Crews
Wartime field notes describe U S airmen improvising flying tool kits with fuel tanks and gear to aid pilots behind lines in Italy. The reports mention Sergeant Harley A. Bisselberg and the Thunderbolt unit crafting devices weighing up to 500 pounds to assist brother pilots operating far from home bases.
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Harley A. Bisselberg
Italy
Woop
First British case awards Billings $2050 after RAF plane crash
In a landmark British case, John Billings receives 2050 dollars after an RAF aircraft flew so low that it decapitated his wife who was working in a field nearby.
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Nottingham
Eng
Britain
John Billings
Billings
River Stages Shape Use of Plastics in Military Gear
Plastics are now used in the manufacture of magnetic campers fuel tanks and armored vehicles shaping progress in river stage industries and defense fabrication.
Photographer escapes captors using vanity and flash
Private First Class J. Malan Heslop, a signal corps photographer, was captured by enemy Blues during maneuvers near Tenn. He tricked his captors by posing them on a log, flashed their faces with a bulb, and slipped away into the woods before they could react.
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Second Army
Tenn
J. Malan Heslop
Signal Corps
Ration Wise Pup Spurns His Meat in Kansas
In Hays Kansas ninth month old terrier Tippy refuses meat and oats, preferring cabbage and vegetables. Neighbor Isadore Schmidt notes the dog will eat vegetables only, saying Tippy will not touch meat.
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Hays
Kas
Tippy
Isadore F. Schmidt
Schmidt
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