Oddities in the News: Whimsical, War, and Oddball Tales
An assortment of brief items from across the country. A West Haven mother reports jury duty for herself and her 13 month old son amid war work. A Hartford heater manager recounts a wife who used $375 in war bonds to pursue a divorce, while expressing hatred for Hitler. A Williamsport pupil misidentifies the Star Spangled Banner author. A 99 year old Benton Harbor man still trades futures and bought $2,000 in war bonds. A Seattle engineer requests his name be listed Philip Max Kay. A Los Angeles story notes a Japanese classmate returning to Japan with a medical text. A Boise report mentions penitentiary and drug concerns.
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Associated Press
New Haven, Conn
Leonard Solan
West Haven
Superior Court
William
Solan
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ernest Tabor
Uncle Sam's Tabor
Admiral King Addresses Legion on Navy Air Power
At the American Legion convention Admiral King asserts naval strategy hinges on long range aircraft and coordinated attacks. He cites recent Pacific operations on the Marianas and Gilbert Islands and stresses swifter air power to strike enemy bases.
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National Convention of the
American Legion
Marus
Gilbert Islands
Aneijie
Nevis
Pacific
Navy
LeBlanc seeks governorship with broad reform platform
Louisiana State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc Abbeville announced his bid for governor in the January 1964 Democratic primary on a plain business platform. He urged pensions for the elderly labor and farmer protections port facilities expansion free public education and reforms to remove low offices while stressing his record of honesty and service to working people. A second item notes Twin City merchants plan a three hour Saturday bond sale to boost war bond purchases as part of national campaigns with local coordination and store participation.
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Orleans
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Abbeville
Janmuary
LeBlanc
Candizietes
Lowinlang
Gem
Iatance
Sar Jones
Organized Labor
Lea
Louisiana
Vermilion Parish
Twin City
G. L. Holloway, Chapman
Merchants War Bond Committee
Henry L. Morganthus
Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago
Me Holloway
Cecil Brown to Quit Broadcast at CBS
New York newsman Cecil Brown, CBS commentator, will end his broadcasts tomorrow night citing CBS policy against editorial opinion. He had objected to a August 25 program claiming war enthusiasm was fading. Bill Henry will replace him starting Monday.
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New York
Cecil Brown
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Paul W. White
CBS News
Bill Henry
CBS Washington
Brown
Elinor Glyn Dies Noted Writer at 78 in London
London news reports the death of Elinor Glyn at a nursing home after weeks of illness. The famed author of Three Weeks influenced early modern romance and taught Rudolph Valentino screen love, living a glamorous, well-traveled life.
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Elinor Glyn
London
Isand
Jersey
Clayton Glyn
Germans Scuttle 30 Ships And Black Dock Berths At Naples
German forces scuttled about 30 ships and darkened docks at Naples to hinder Allied operations. The action followed a broader Axis effort as Allied air and naval power pressed operations in the Mediterranean theater. The move aimed to disrupt supply and logistics ahead of expected ground or naval actions near Italy.
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Naples
R A F Lands on Coo Island in Dodecanese
Cairo radio reports R A F planes have landed and occupied the air field on Coo in the Dodecanese, about 50 miles northwest of Rhodes. Italian troops are said to be assisting while Rhodes remains German occupied as the target.
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Dodecanese
Coo
Rhodes
Cairo Radio
R. A
Allied Forces Close on Bastia and Naples in Italy’s Campaign
Allied sea and air power blockaded Corsica cutting off German troops fleeing Bastia. In Italy the inland push neared Naples as Kesselring’s lines bent under air bombardment and ground pressure. Soviet advances near Gomel and Poltava reported as Red Army presses toward the Dnieper area.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Corsica
Bastia
Sorenzara
Gomel
Kiev
Smolensk
Dnieper
Poltava
Vorskla
Ukraine
Kharkov
Kremenechug
Dneperopetrovsk
Charles XII
Peter the Great
Dikaha
Golowach
Berlin
Red Army
Yelnys
Demidov
Russia
Keretone
Kuban
Black Sea
White Russa
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Demidow
Police Jury seeks funds for farm to market roads
The Louisiana Police Jury Association committees ask the state board of liquidation to allocate 1.92 million dollars from the general fund surplus for farm to market road construction across all parishes. Each parish would receive about 30 thousand dollars, pending board approval and potential Orleans exception.
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Shreveport
State Board of Liquidation
Louisana
L. F. Clawson
Clawson
Wate
Police Jury Association
Orleans
Highway Commission
Clawson Reid
G A R Selects Convention City For Next Encampment
Milwaukee Sept 23 The Grand Army of the Republic will decide at the closing session which city Des Moines or Columbus should host next year’s encampment. Officials said travel conditions could affect the decision and that the group may reaffirm a policy of continuing encampments to the last man. A suspension for the duration was to be considered at the final session. Veterans known as boys in blue rode to a reviewing stand to observe a parade with 1,500 members from five affiliated groups.
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Milwaukee
Des Moines
Columbus
Grand Army of the Republic
Reka “Boys In Blue
Nazis Tried to Invade Britain in London Air Crisis
London reports reveal a planned invasion carried out by 2100 barges across the English Channel aimed at landing Hitler’s forces. The scheme called for RAF destruction first to break British resolve, with RAF pilots highlighted as pivotal in turning back the invasion.
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London
Europe
Reich
Hannover
Nantes
United States
France
Air Ministry
Britain
Germany
Ministry
Emden
Oldenburg
Bremen
Vannes- Meucon
Berlin-Bastard
Evereaux-Fauville
Paris
H Capital
Continental Gunmswerke
Thig
Huls
R. A. F. Fliers
Dunlop
Montlucon
English Channel
North Sea
Winston Churchill
May Set Debt Limit at 300 Billion May Set Debt Limit at 300 Billion
Washington September 23 congress may raise the national debt limit to 500 billion. Chairman Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee said the current spending rate nears the 210 billion limit and estimated monthly outlays between seven and eight billion. He added a 300 billion limit may be sufficient if the war does not last long.
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Washington
Congress
Cannon
Democrat
Missouri
House Appropriations
Wheeler Bill Believed Dead Prompting Senate Hearing
Washington reports Bernard M. Baruch warned the senate military committee to trust the army high command on manpower as evidence grows the Wheeler bill to postpone the draft may be shelved. An elderly critic, Mrs. Margaret Horvath of Maryland, challenged Wheeler over exempting fathers, saying they also deserve to serve.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Reynolds
North Carolina
Margaret Horvath
Maryland
Nancy Oakes Hires Two Investigators in Murder Case
In Miami Florida on September 23 two private investigators were hired to seek answers about the Alfred De Marigny murder trial. They aim to identify the killer of Sir Harry Oakes Raymond Schindler and Northwestern University professor Leonard Keeler head of the crime lab.
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Miami
Fla
Alfred de Marigny
Tes
Nasesit
Harry Oakes
Raymond C. Schindier
Leonard E. Keeler
Northwestern University
Schindler
Mea
Nancy Oakes de Marrigns
Keeler
Winnfield Man Tops Two Zeros in Pacific Air Duel
First Lieutenant William L. Walker Jr of Winnfield Louisiana credited for downing two Japanese Zeros during a Pacific air assault. He earned the dentist debt payoff by silencing the second Zero after engaging the enemy at 15 000 feet. The Dallas time stake and squadron timing noted in the report.
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South Pacific
William £. Walker
United States
Marine Corps
Park Avenue
Winnfield
Walker
J. BR. McCarthy
Plans advanced for WAC drive in Louisiana pact
Preliminary plans for Louisiana's pact in the WAC special recruiting drive October 21 December 7 were set at a Baton Rouge conference today between the Army and WAC officials and James J. Smith executive counsel to the governor. Officers at the meeting included Major Warner J. Bishop New Orleans state recruiting and induction officer Captain Winfred L Stilwell Dallas representing Major General Richard Donovan Eight Service command and Lieutenant Lula Humphries New Orleans state WAC recruiting officer.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
WAC
Ermy
James J. Smith
Warner J. Bishop
New Orleans
Winfred L. Stilwell
Dallas
Richard Donovan
Eight Service Command
lLieutenant Lula Humphries
Woman Circulation Head Tackles News Star Duties
Sue Sharman of Monroe Louisiana attends a Southern Circulation Managers meeting in Atlanta as circulation head for the News-Star and Morning World. She supervises distribution of about 25 600 newspapers daily and plans to return to bookkeeping after the war. She notes strong ties with carrier boys and a love for the work despite a teaching career lapse.
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Atlanta
Sue Shereman
Monroe
Southern
Navy Secretary Know Meets King George at Buckingham Palace
London dispatch reports United States Navy Secretary Frank Know was received by King George VI at Buckingham Palace. Prime Minister Churchill also visited, staying for lunch, amid official palace calls.
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London
United States Navy
Frank Know
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Palace
Mini Churchill
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