Texas States Push War Prisoner Commission Move
Senator W Lee O Dan iel of Texas urges Congress to create a United States war prisoner and internee commission to free 10 000 civilian internees and secure humane treatment for 15 000 military prisoners The Lost Battalion clubs in Texas amplify the call as lawmakers prepare hearings with cooperation from the state war and navy departments and from California representatives Anderson and Engle
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12000 British Miners Strike Over Wages
London report on a wage dispute sparks a large scale slowdown in Monmouthshire and Northern coal fields. The Ministry of Fuel orders transfer of 450 miners from Easington colliery and warns of plant closure if output does not recover from 16000 to 5000 tons weekly.
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Luce Adopts English Refugee Girl in War Child Plan
Representative Clare Luce has adopted Joy Agnes Agier, 11, a refugee English girl, through Foster Parents Plan for War Children Inc. She joins Eleanor Roosevelt and several American stars in supporting the program after Luce’s own daughter was lost in a traffic accident.
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Foster Parents’ Plan For War Children, Inc
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Storm hits Skidmore area with rain hail and wind
BLEVILLE March 6 Rain wind and hail caused damage at Skidmore one mile south of Beerville between 7 and 8 am Saturday a cloudburst lasting about 30 minutes flooded the town. Hail damaged gardens and crops and knocked out 40 lights in the high school. Wind briefly reached 75 miles per hour and toppled telegraph poles and outbuildings.
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Trains collide in Florida injuring twenty three passengers
In Miami a crash between the Miami New York Havana special and a freight train at Pompano injured 23 persons last night none seriously. The passenger train carried service men and tourists returning northward and had left Miami at 8 p.m. local time when it collided with the northbound freight 35 miles north of Miami.
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Publisher Bentley Dies. Former Donaldsonville Chief Founder
Linden E. Bentley, age 4, founder and former publisher of the Donaldsonville Chief and organizer within the Lowatana Press Association, died yesterday at his home in New Orleans. He helped shape local journalism and publishing in the parish.
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Linden E. Bentley
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Dzlis
Lowatana Press Association
Loretta Young Expecting First Child in August
Hollywood reports actress Loretta Young wife of Col. Tom Lewis is expecting her first child in August. The 31 year old former wife of actor Grant Withers has an adopted daughter named Judy, age eight.
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