Army Statistics Show Size and Speed of U S Forces
Baltimore newspaper excerpt compiles Louis Azrael’s notes on U S Army life. Facts include Army insurance options for overseas troops, helmet design from football, three cent stamps for letters, and limited wartime ship losses. It also notes Brig Gen Laurence S Kuter’s youth and Lieut Gen Ben Lear Jr.’s rise from private.
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Louis Azrael
Baltimore News-Post
U. S. Army
Company D
30Th Engineers
Azrael
Louis
News-Post
Waington
Exon
Ben Lear, Jr
Surprising WWI to WWII Army Facts From The Era
A collection of Army trivia including aircraft counts at WWI start, Alaska ski gear, wartime death rates, the origin of the word mess, land acquisitions, shoe measurement methods, daily rations cost, and comparisons to 1917 1918 food staples.
Four Star Generals Named and Stateside Soldier Claims
Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell cites seven active or retired four star generals including Marshall MacArthur Pershing and Summerall along with Grant Sherman Sheridan Bliss and others. The piece notes four star status and asserts today’s soldier is taller heavier healthier and better educated than ever, while a light anecdote mentions cooks complaining about square pie cuts.
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Marshall
MacArthur
Pershing
March
Summerall
Craig
Hines
Ulysses Grant
William T. Sherman
Philip H. Sheridan
Tasker H. Bliss
Brehon B. Somervell
U. S
Legal Title Opinion Traces Land Back to Creation
A Louisiana land parcel title dispute features a New York firm requesting a thorough opinion. The New Orleans lawyer traces title to 1803 and adds a humorous addendum tracing sovereignty from Columbus to the Pope, ending with a quip that the title search extends to the creation of the universe.
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Louisiana
New York
New Orleans
United States
France
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Ferdinand and Isabella
Rome
Earth
Christ
Gene Tierney At Pitts Theater This Thursday
Gene Tierney, star of Belle Starr and many hit pictures, returns to the Pitts Theater on Thursday for a new engagement that will draw moviegoers.
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Gene Tierney
Pitts Theater
Pitts
Pitts offers slate of new films this week
Friday brings The Shanghai Gesture with Vic Mature and Walter Huston in a famed screen effort. Roy Rogers stars in Red River Valley at the Pitts on Saturday. Cadet Girl with Carole Landis highlights Sunday. Claudette Colbert headlines Remember The Day May 18-19, with a May 20 double feature Jail House Blues and Fighting Bill Fargo.
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Shanghai
Victor Mature
Walter Huston
Roy Rogers
Red River Valley
Pitts
Roy
Carole Landis
Claudette Colbert
Jail House Blues
Bill Fargo
Mahaffey Hucks Wedding Announced for April 18 1942
Mr and Mrs J D Hucks announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Eloise to David Leo Mahaffey on April 18 1942 at home on Franklin Street.
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J. D. Hucks
Margaret Eloise
David Leo Mahaffey
Franklin Street
Birthday Party for Betty Clary Marked Fifth Birthday
Betty Clary celebrated her fifth birthday on Saturday with a party attended by Shirley Bridges Gladys Brown Ethel Brown Sammie Brown Richard Tanner Poochie Hux Curtis Pittman Rudy Tillery Brother Tillery Ola Draper Beverly French Patricia Clary Henry Clary Vivian White and other friends. Refreshments included ice cream cake candy and a large birthday cake. Betty received many gifts.
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Betty Clary
Betty
Shirley Bridges
Gladys
Ethel Brown
Sammie Brown
Richard Tanner
Poochie Hux
Curtis Pittman
Rudy
Brother Tillery
Ola Draper
Beverly French
Patricia
Henry Clary
Vivian White
Couple from Aurelian Springs visit Murfreesboro kin
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Dwar of Aurelian Springs spent the weekend with Mrs. Dwar’s parents in Murfreesboro.
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Mrs
S. D. Dwar
Aurelian Springs
Mrs. Dwar
Murfreesboro
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Nuns Gte Business
Horizon
Ay Howard Hancock
Roanoke
Ray
Laurence S. Kuter
Army Post Office
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Pitts Theatre
Emporia
Virginia
Thur. & Frs
Levon
Sun-Mon
Marlene Dietrich
Fred McMurray
Claude Rains
Dick Foran
Lon Chaney
Wolf Man
Comedy
Act
Bette Davis
Monte Wooley
Man
Walter Woolf King
Mona Barrie
Charles Starrett
Levon Theatre
Enfield N
Mahaffey
Hucks
Rose
Colfax
Roanoke Rapids
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