Dated Oddities From The News Across The Nation
A jumble of tiny items from diverse places includes wartime payroll quirks at Bank of China in Wall Street over four freedoms, a mid Atlantic radio miscode from a German commander, a Wichita man sought for old army papers, Polynesian terms for white visitors, and a San Francisco shipyard worker repeatedly cutting a ship’s telegraph line.
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New York
Atlantic Charter
Bank of China
Wall Street
War Labor Board
Theodore W. Rhee
WLB
Kheel
Kansas City
TWA
mid-Atlantic
Otis Frank Bryan
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Bryan
Federal Court Jurors Named for October Convene
Merrillo Bush and John A Seiten named deputy clerks to select thirty grand jurors and petty jurors for the federal court opening October 4. The list includes J. A. Newkirk Monroe William Griffin Clarks Bob Hynes Wee Monroe W E McKoui Janes Warren Powell and others from Lake Providence Ruskin Monroe Rayville Oak Grove and West Monroe.
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Grend
Wednemisy
Merrillo Bush
John A Seiten
United States District Court
J. A. Newkirk
Monroe
William L. Griffin
Clarks
Bob Hynes
Wee Monroe
W. E. McKoui
Janes
Warren Powell
Lake Providence
J. E. Jenkine
Ruskin
Morgan Drew
Wert Monroe
J. J. McKeithen
Grayson
L. Mans
Waterproof
L. P. Norman
Raskin
Raymond Bolton
Rayville
J. R. White
Bastrop
Pred Rosenbaum
Tom Mitchener
Oak Grove
Sternington
J A. Lew
Chase
Fred Wilthite
Chathar
Rastus Hauser
Marion
Marvin Rom
Winnshore
C. L. Pippin
Henry Stevensori
W. & Garnett
Fathers Draft Foes Yielding to Induction Pressure
Washington reports the army and navy seek 1 221,680 more men in the last four months of 1942 with 175,006 available new fathers. Major General Lewis B. Hershey testified before the Senate military committee that 446,006 must be drawn from married men with children to meet manpower needs. The chiefs warned postponing Pearl Harbor era inductions could hinder war production.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Lewh B. Hershey
Congress
Hersey
Senate Military Committee
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Ransiall
Winke
Wheeler Denovrat
Muntena
Barkley
Kentucky
Gulf Coast Hurricane Alert Spreads to Texas Gulf Coast
A hurricane alert covers the Texas Gulf Coast as Norquest of the local weather office notes developing circulation in the Gulf of Mexico. An authentic source pins the disturbance in the Gulf of Campeche, with uncertainty about its path to Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Norquest
Gulf of Mexico
At &Ean
Gulf of Campeche
Yucatan
Mexico
Texas Gulf
Grady Hospital flooded with adoption calls over found infant
Atlanta officials report Grady hospital receiving many calls from people seeking to adopt a baby boy found in a garbage can. The superintendent said the child endured an hour wrapped in heavy paper exposed to weather and ants but appeared none the worse.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Frank Wilson
Nine candidates enter gubernatorial race in Louisiana
The Louisiana gubernatorial primary looms four months off as nine candidates announce plans to run. Names include Sam Caldwell Jimmie Davis Ernest Clements Earl K. Long James Morrison James Noe Pat Tugwell and Frank Ellis. Reports say Lt. Gov. Ellender is considering invitations from national figures and political circles.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Sam Caldwell
Shreveport
Ernest Clements
Oberlin
Monroe
Pat” Tugwell
John Williams
Washington
Eilender
Tax Hearing Postponed Amid Tax Bill Uncertainty
Washington observers report the Ways and Means Committee postponed indefinitely the start of hearings on the 1944 general tax measure. Chairman Doughton remained hopeful a bill with new levies could pass by January 1, while Rep Reed urged action without waiting for administration proposals. President Roosevelt signaled delays as treasury readiness lagged.
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Washington
House
Doughton
North Carolina
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Reed
New York
Reed
War Bond Premier at Paramount Aids Third Loan
A wartime promotion will stage a bond premier at the Paramount theater Monday from noon to 2 pm to boost the third war loan. Admission is by ticket earned with any bond purchase, and September buyers may claim tickets. The feature is Bombers' Moon with George Monttomerry and Annabella, plus shorts.
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Paramount Theater
Moon
George Montfomerry
Annabella
Heavy raid targets Montlucon rubber plant in France
London reports a large allied air strike against Berlin and a heavy raid on a vital rubber factory at Montlucon in central France. The operation followed dusk attacks on Paris airfields by U S Eighth Air Force, with RAF Mosquito bombers suspected in the Berlin assault. Additional RAF strikes hit northwest Germany and Vichy region targets.
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Montlucon
London
Berlin
France
Paris
Rra.f
Germany
Air Ministry
Morthacon
Vichy
Hitler
Chartres
Munich
Indictment of 6 in War Contract Brokerage Scheme
A federal grand jury charges six officials of Engineers' Group Inc with 21 counts under the fraud statute. Including Rep James M Curley and Donald Wakefield Smith, the defendants allegedly posed as expert engineers to win war contracts, taking up to eight percent commissions and up to $60,000 in retainer fees.
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Washington
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pittsburgh
National Labor Reishons Board
Engineer's Group, Inc
Chicago
Boston
Curley
Democratc
Democratic National Committee
Indictmment
Curley and Smith
Marshall J. Fitzgerald
Engineers’ Group
Ine
James G. Fuller
The
Concern
James Barton Underwood
Cairn
Egypt
Reds Tear Nazi Defenses Apart
Soviet dispatches report Red Army advances in the Caucasus and toward Kiev and Zaporozhye. Novorossisk fell after a five day battle, routing German, Romanian and marine forces. Nezhin and Gulai Pole captured as the offensive drives Germans east of the Dnieper. Berlin claims heavy Soviet losses but expects no halt to the offensives.
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London
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Caucasus
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Monitor
Marshal Stalin
Red Army
Kiev
Zaporozhe
Dnieper
Red Star
Nezhin
Gulai Pole
Pokrovskovs
Fokrovskoye
Berlin
Associated Press
Milk subsidy proposed to avert winter milk shortage
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones will ask the Senate banking committee to consider a government subsidy during winter to prevent fluid milk rationing and hike butter cheese and canned milk rations. Subsidies might total 140 to 160 million dollars as urban areas face shortages and WFA quotas aim to boost output.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Senate Banking Committee
War Food Administration
WFA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ouachita Parish Teachers Listed For Fall Term
Ouachita Parish teachers for fall term 1984 1944 are listed by Supt T O Brown with staff across high school and other schools. The roster names numerous educators including Jack Hayes Ola Mae Pennington Grace Carter Helen Andrews Evans Eunice Chandler Gertie Mitchell Ada McWilliams Thelma Bradley Ruth Lee and others.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Ouachita Parish High School
Jack Hayes
Ola Mae Pennington
Henry Littlepage
Roy Nichols
Fenshy Terzia
Sally Humble
FE. B. Stover
Mary Annie Wall
Anne Smith
Gladys Latham
Mabel Lani
D. W. Griffith
Zelda Moss
Elizabeth Gilbert
George Riser
Kate Perkins
Mig
A. L. Tatum
Julia C. Martin
Grace Carter
Frances Wilson
T. V. Simmons
Mary E. Carruth
Elizabeth Manhein
Sara Hollingsworth
Fred Cook
Wanda Earnest
R. B. Rush
Margaret Templeton
HD. Payne
Sue Pate
F. L. Stricktin
Carrie Dee Drew
F. M. Durham
B. L. Mulhern
John Coon
C. C Shultz
Lenora Jones
Virgine Hathorn
Edith Rodriguez
Josephine McCranie
Mary M. Bennett
Sue McBride
Jose
Vernon
Eunice Chandler
Miriam” Downey
Cypress
Gertie Mitchell
Gwendolyn Turner
A. R. Bates
Watson
Virgie Larche
Lena Rawls
P. L. Crowell
Claiborne
H. P. Smith
Maxine Davis
D. F. Dennis
Fairbanks
Ada McWilliams
Thelma Bradley
Salerno Allied efforts told as U S bond drive aids troops
Amid war news a section highlights the Salerno battle and a September 17 Back Salerne/y Day for the third war loan drive in Ouachita parish Louisiana. Bond totals reach 2.17 million of 4.32 million target, urging individual purchases to support servicemen. Reports from Ankara claim Greek islands Samos and Lero were occupied and handed to the Bendarmerie after Italy's surrender, with discussions on the Ninth Army and potential Balkans invasion.
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Rogers
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Mr. Rogers
Salerno
Boas
London
Balkans
Haly
Ankara
Samos
Lero
Reiles
Crete
Great Britain
Ninth Army
Middle East
Mediterranean
Syria
Trenajordania
London Morning
Bendarmerie
Alles
Stockholm
W. H Holmes
Axis
Cairo
Lewis H. Brereton
United States
Texas and Mexico Celebrate Jointly
Texas Governor Coke Stevenson closed a goodwill tour with President Camacho in Mexico City during the Hidalgo Cry of Freedom ceremony. The event marked a new era of understanding as officials from the United States and Mexico joined a large crowd to celebrate independence.
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Mexico City
Texas
Mexico
Coke Stevenson
Manuel Avila Cammeho
United States
Camacho
Ezequel Padilla
Miguel Hidalgo
Plaza de la Constitucion
Stevenson
New Orleans War Loan Drive Exceeds Daily Goal
Gerald L. Andrus, sales director of the third war loan drive, announced that New Orleans yesterday raised about $4,060,000, pushing the city’s total to $15,000,986 toward a $50,000,006 quota.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Gerald L. Andrus
Missing Messenger Boy in Hospital with Amnesia
Jin Coward, a Western Union messenger from West Monroe, disappeared last Monday morning. A New Orleans wire reports he is in Charity hospital with amnesia and his mother has been notified. He was last seen around 11 am near Whites Ferry road. bicycle found in front of the Paramount theater.
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Jin Coward
Young Western Union
Monroe
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
B. L. Brantle
Young Coward
Whites Ferry Road
West Monroe
Paramount Theater
Clark asserts hold clinched in Salerno breakthrough
Allied Fifth Army under General Mark W. Clark claims to have driven German forces back from Salerno and secured a foothold in Italy as Mussolini era Rome battles surge across a 27 mile front. Montgomery's Eighth Army advances toward Sapri with air and naval support aiding the operation despite heavy casualties.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Fifth Army
Salerno
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Mediterranean
Sele
Calore
Altavilla
Clarks
Middle East
Walnnt
Warspite
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Bernard L. Monte Domery
Eighth
Italia
Food problem before Congress and White House in 1944 program talk
Washington reports a joint focus on food output and farm policy as Marvin Jones outlines next year’s program. President Roosevelt and leaders of farm groups discuss price incentives and subsidies, signaling a shift toward lower guaranteed prices and selective subsidies if needed.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
North Carolina
Roosevelt
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Venice
Los Angeles
Wee Point
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Frenk L. Roe
Faet
Roe
Camp Funst
Biondes Net
Papeete
Tshita
Pollynesianus
Tm Perry
Whington Weters
San Francisco
Rawers Rochmond Yard
Parr
Federal
Peger
Daily Report
Paes
Gulf Coast
Congressional
Pfitth
Kiev and
Ty Page
Wil Loy
Banking Committee
Pitth
Quachita Parish
Phine Wick
Velma Nichols
Walter Minnicar
J. W. Musselwhite
Robert Mundy
Henry Montgomery
Helen Andrews Evans
O. B. Gilcrease
Jo Katherine Jones
Dorothy Grayson
Mary Jo Coates
Jennie Sullivan
Madge Finney
Miriam Alterman
Anne B. Gannaway
Frances Yarbye
J. A Webster
KH. P. Willis
Marion W. Putnam
Salermo
Signal Corps
Balkan Islands
Chateau Thievy
Aegean Sea
Rhodes
Cantiene
Pugt
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