Movie Star Joins U S Navy Ensign Wayne Morris
Ensign Wayne Morris, star of Wanted Wings, joined the U S Navy in May 1941. He praised Navy aviation training and career options, noting opportunities for pilots and non flying trades. Morris appears at the Naval Reserve Air Base in Long Beach as part of the Aviation Cadet Selection Board.
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Wayne Morris
Uncle Sam’s Navy
United States Navy
Morris
Navy
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Long Beach Naval Reserve Air Base
Uncle Sam
Navy questions and answers trade to Navy careers
A reader asks about continuing work in the Navy and qualification options. Answers cover entry rank, pay, crew sizes on battleships, when pay starts, use of a tompion, leave pay, special leave, mechanical trades, calibers and ranges of main guns, and time to rating. Every rated man becomes a Petty Officer.
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Navy
United States Navy
Deferred men urged to serve at home
Missouri Selective Service head Lt Col Claude C Earp urges all defer red registrants to offer full help to civilian defense agencies. He notes many deferments stem from occupation dependents or fitness but stresses they are still eligible to assist. He calls for participation in civilian defense as communities increasingly organize activities.
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Missouri
Claude C Earp
Selective Service
Congress
Earp
Conway Tucker Stationed at Norfolk by Navy
Conway Tucker of Sikeston has been called to active duty with the United States Naval Reserve Corps. A former engineer at Sikeston Municipal Light and Power Plant, he is in charge of vessel engines on the U S 8 Suwanee after basic training at Philadelphia Navy Yards. His ship recently moved HQ from near New York to Norfolk, Virginia.
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Conway Tucker
Sikeston
United States Naval Offices Corps
Tucker
Sikeston Municipal
Larger shoes needed for American soldiers
Soldiers' feet are larger than government estimates at the program start, pushing up the average cost per pair. Defense purchase officials say demand for bigger sizes is heavier than expected, with the latest 10,000,000 pairs bought at an average one full size larger than prior purchases. The median size rose to 10 from the previous median of size 9.
Army buys more shoes with composition soles
The army reports 75 percent of purchases are shoes with composition soles and 25 percent with leather soles. The price is $3.10 per pair, versus $338 on the last purchase, as authorities test the composition material more thoroughly.
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Army i8
Defense Savings Bonds guidance and purchase notes
Defense Bonds guidance explains safekeeping at Treasury or Fed banks, receipt issued, and that stamps do not automatically become bonds. To buy Defense Bonds and Stamps, visit a post office bank or savings institution or write to the Treasurer of the United States in Washington for a mail order form.
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Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Sikeston Brother of Heimemann Honored Navy Recruit
Lawrence Eldon Garrett apprentice seaman in the United States Naval Reserve and brother of Mrs A R Heimemann of Sikeston was named honor man of company at United States Naval Training in Great Lakes. The 121-member class graduated Saturday. Garrett enlisted in St. Louis on August 11, 1941 after schooling at Valley Park MO. His honor man selection cites proficiency, prompt obedience, neatness, and overall adaptation to naval life and duties.
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Skeston
Lawrence Eldon Garrett
United States Naval Reserve
A R Heimemann
Sikeston
United States Naval Training
Great Lakes
Young Garrett
Navy
St. Louis
Valley Park
Sirestonians Pass Bar Examination
Charles J McMullin son of Mr and Mrs Leonard McMullin has joined Boiders Wimmell law firm in Kansas City after passing the state bar examination. He graduated from the University of Missouri Law School on June 13 and has worked with the Kansas City firm since July 7 among 150 new bar passers.
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Charles J McMullin
Leonard McMullin
Boiders- Wimmell Law Fir
Kansas City
McMullin
University of Missouri Law School
Taxpayers League names multiple committee chairs
Rev. Walter G Craig, newly elected president, announced committees for the Scott County Taxpayers League. Executive chairs include Rev. Craig and Chaffee, with Pearman, Scott, Sikeston, Keller, Gasser, and others. A research committee meeting set to study community budgeting, with more subcommittees to form as membership grows.
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Walter G Craig
Scott County Taxpayers League
Rev. Craig
Chaffee
George Pearman
Blodgett
Clarence Scott
Skeston
P. N. Keller
Alvin G. Gasser
Sikeston
O. J. O’byrant
A C. Shipman
Fornfelt
W. S. Corrigan
Earl Allen
Wm. Woehlecke
J. M. Standley
Joe Barnowsky
George W Vetter
Commerce
G J. Sherman
Oran
Otto Diebold
Benton
Craig
Census Counts Every Domestic Creature in 1959 Canada
In the 1959 Canadian census every domesticated living creature was counted from house pets to bees. Town dwellers faced 40 questions while farmers answered 600.
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Taxpayers League
Naval Academy
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