Bottlenecks in Arms Production Probed by Grand Jury
A federal grand jury probes alleged monopolistic patent deals across at least ten industries tied to U S war materiel, including machine tools glass chemicals and textiles. Attorney General Office official Samuel Isseks and DOJ anti trust chief Thurman Arnold warn such practices hinder defense production with magnesium as a key example.
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New, York
United States
Krupp Steel Works
Samuel Isseks
Isseks
Thurman Arnold
Department of Justice
Washington
Arnold
England
Revival at Union Grove Ends This Evening
Rev. P. C. Oliver of Memorial Drive Methodist church will close a successful revival at Union Grove Methodist church this evening. The public is invited to attend the closing service.
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P. C. Oliver
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Union Grove Methodist Church
Grocery Ad Fragments Highlight Prices and Items
A fragmented grocery ad lists Concord grapes lemons and various fruit and produce prices. The readable lines show price points like 39 cents per dozen, 18 cents, 34 cents, 10 cents, 65 cents and 85 cents for assorted produce.
Aircraft plants push US defense output toward new highs
Washington reports defense commission finds war plane production rising to 10 800 annually and monthly 900 planes. By January 1 output reaches 1 500 planes and employment nears 175 000 with 80 000 in training. Farm income and price stability are urged to keep plant healthy while avoiding postwar price spirals.
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Washington
America
The
Defense Commission
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Chester Davis
Gifts Pour In From Empire Peoples For Britain's War Chest
Word spreads that the great white king needs help in the war against Germany as gifts arrive from African tribesmen and Pacific islanders. Included are 50 live turtles and 1 680 cases of rum.
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London
British Empire
Germany
Britain
Book Arrivals at Carnegie Library Highlight New Novels
Carnegie Library announces new fiction including Stars On The Sea by F. Van Wyck Mason a tale of the war of Independence with colorful characters and colonial Haiti Worlds End by Upton Sinclair a sweeping 1914 18 war era epic Quietly My Captain Waits by Evelyn Eaton a French Canada romance Trees of Heaven by Jesse Stuart a rugged rural love story.
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Carnegie Library
E. A. Tillery
F. van Wyck Mason
Three Harbours
van Wyck Mason
Haiti
Newport
Upton Sinclair
Evelyn Eaton
Canada
Tite
Louise de Freneuse
Rachel Field
Walter Edwards
Jesse Stuart
Rain lingers across gulf region and northeast Texas
A broad storm system remains over northeast Texas stretching rainfall north to Iowa and east to Meridian Mississippi. Heavy rain, waterlogged Louisiana highways, and swollen Sabine area streams affect traffic and soldiers near large army maneuvers. Regional highs exclude a mix of western cities with record heat.
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Gulf Coast
Texas
Towa
Meridian
Miss
South Carolina
Georgia
Lake Charles
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Sabine
South
Middle West
East
Miles City
Mont
Havre
Boise
Sheridan
Salt Lake City
Reno
Phoenix
Ariz
Public health engineer post opened in Mobile
Personnel Director Harry T. Pillans announced applications for Mobile board of health public health engineer will be received until August 21. An open competitive examination for the job, expected to pay about 225 dollars a month, will be held. The rest of the list of new arrivals will follow soon.
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Mobile
Ala
Harry T. Pillans
Mobile Board of Health
Pillans
Britain Gains U S Exports As Europe Shipping Falls
New York reports Britain and other British empire markets now receive about half of U S exports due to expanded war purchases and Europe shipping bans. Analysts note ongoing U K orders total about 2 billion with under half shipped, mainly aircraft, while steel demand runs high at 500k to 600k tons monthly.
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New York
United States
Europe
England
Canada
United Kingdom
St. the
Great Britain
Australia
South Africa
Fever Deaths in Alabama Fall to 202 for 1939
Malaria killed 202 people in Alabama last year, down from 227 in 1938, state health department statistics show. The toll is the second lowest on record since records began in 1913.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Electrocution of Willie James Brandon at Kilby Prison
Willie James Brandon, a Black man, was executed at Kilby prison in Montgomery for the assault of a 26 year old Coffee county matron. Governor Dixon had earlier rejected the inmate's clemency plea.
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Montgomery
Ala
Willie James Brandon
Kilby
Coffee County
Dixon
Planes Maneuver Over Montgomery In Wartime Exercise
Forty ships of the latest design will take off from the Southeast air base near Montgomery to exercise army air defenses in upper New York State in a maneuver described as war time proportions.
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Montgomery
Ala
New York State
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