Movie Star Joins U S Navy Ensign Wayne Morris May 1941
Ensign Wayne Morris, star of Wanted Wings, joined the U S Navy in May 1941. He praised Navy aviation training and career paths, noting opportunities in flight training, aviation maintenance, photography, and other trades. He is pictured at the Long Beach Naval Reserve Air Base with the Naval 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
Navy Questions and Answers for Enlistees
Navy guidance explains entry paths for trades, pay, and ranks. It notes that newcomers are on Uncle Sam’s payroll from day one, with petty officer ranks tied to qualification and rating. It lists crew sizes on battleships, gun calibers, and training requirements for ratings.
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Navy
Uncle Sam
Deferred men urged to serve at home
Missouri Selective Service Director Lt Col Claude C Earp says defer red registrants should assist civilian defense agencies. Many deferments stem from occupations dependents or health but all qualify for some defense work. He urges willing service to strengthen national security and civilian defense as communities expand activities.
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Missouri
Claude C Earp
Selective Service
Congress
Earp
Conway Tucker Stationed at Norfolk Navy Yard
Conway Tucker of Sikeston, a former engineer at the Sikeston Municipal Light and Power Plant, has been placed in charge of vessel engines on the U S S Suwanee after basic training at the Philadelphia Navy Yards. He writes that his ship was formerly near New York and now has Norfolk, Virginia as its headquarters.
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Tucker
Sikeston Municipal Light and Power Plant
U. S. S.S. Suwanee
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Navy
New York
Norfolk
Larger Shoes Needed for American Soldiers
Soldiers' feet exceed government estimates as the defense program buys 10 million pairs of shoes at an average of a full size larger than before. The median size shifts to ten from nine, raising the overall cost by two cents per pair.
Army to buy more shoes with composition soles
The purchase mix is 75 percent composition sole shoes and 25 percent leather sole shoes at $310 per pair, down from $338 in the last purchase. The army plans larger purchases of composition sole shoes to test the material adequacy.
Defense Savings Bonds and safekeeping guidance
The Defense Bond quiz explains keeping Defense Savings Bonds in a safe place as their value grows, with safekeeping by Treasury or Federal Reserve Banks at no charge and a receipt. It clarifies that stamps do not become bonds automatically and must be exchanged for a Bond to earn interest.
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Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Tife
Navy
Sikeston Seaman Garrett Named Navy Training Honor Man
Lawrence Eldon Garrett apprentice seaman of the U S Naval Reserve and brother of Mrs A R Heinemann of Sikeston was chosen honor man of his company at the United States Naval Training in Great Lakes Illinois. The 121 member class graduated Saturday after training in infantry boats signaling rifle range seamanship swimming athletics and naval life lectures. Garrett enlisted August 11 1941 in St Louis after schooling at Valley Park Kansas City area.
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Sikeston
Lawrence Eldon Garrett
United States Naval Reserve
A R Heinemann
United States Naval Training
Great Lakes
Young Garrett
Navy
St Louis
Valley Park
Sikestonian Passes Bar Examination at Borders-Wimmell
Charles J. McMullin son of Mr and Mrs Leonard McMullin passed the state bar examination. He graduated from the University of Missouri Law School on June 15 and has been with Borders-Wimmell in Kansas City since July 7. He was among 150 new bar passers.
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Charles J. McMullin
Leonard McMulln
Borders- Wimmell Law Firm
Akansas City
McMullin
University of Missouri Law School
Kansas City
Taxpayers League Names Committees in Scots County
Rev Walter G Craig new league president announces executive finance membership and research committees for the Scots County Taxpayers League. Executive includes Rev Craig Chaffee Blodgett Scott Sikes ton Keller and Gasser. Research Committee meets to begin county budgeting study with future subcommittees planned as membership grows.
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Walter G. Craig
Scots County Taxpayers League
Rev. Craig
Chaffee
George Pearman Blodgett
Clarence Scott
Sikeston
P. N Keller
Alvin G. Gasser
George Pearman
O. J. O’bryant
A. C. Shipman
Fornfelt
W. S. Corrigan
Earl Allen
Wm. Woehlecke
L. M. Standley
Joe Barnowsky
George W. Vetter
Commerce
G J. Shekman
Oran
Otto Diebold
Benton
Craig
Canadian census counts all domestic animals in 1939
In the 1939 Canadian census every domesticated creature, from house cats to bees, was counted while town dwellers answered only 40 of 600 questions aimed at farmers.
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Memphis
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New Orleans
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Detroit
Greyhound
Conway Tucker
United States Naval Officers Corps
Sikestonian
Lawrence Elden Garrett
FOR Taxpayers’ League
U. S. Navy
Naval Academy of the Annapolis of the Air
Pensacola
En Ite
Naval Reserve
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