Wider use of Negro urged to aid defense effort
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt led a conference with 15 national firms and labor leaders to address silk shortages and labor dislocations in defense work. He urged ending racial prejudice and boosting negro employment, saying skills trump color and 150000 more skilled workers are needed locally with 50000 to be imported.
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Paul V. McNutt
America
McNutt
National Corporation
Office of Production Management
Xied
Philadelphia
McNutt Iited
Mason-Dixon Line
Ylena Varanoff Returns as Tense Divorce Plays Out
In La Madera Ylena Varanoff faces Theodore Vincent and Vernon Stone as custody, money, and revenge collide. Rose the housekeeper informs on Carlyle while Ylena asserts independence living on $150 a month, masking danger beneath bruising power plays.
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Ylena Varanoff
Theodore Vincent
la Madera
Rose
Vernon Stone
Vincent
Carlyle
Ylena
Yiena
Tate Cromwell
Scott Hamilton
Theodore
Stone
Miami
Alena
Masons Plan Fine Meeting In Courtland
The fourth district Masonic conference will be held in Courtland with elaborate plans. The program lists opening notes, degree exemplifications, and a closing address by Grand Master Geo A Potter. A dramatic inner subplot follows with Viena defending herself against Theodore Vincent in a tense scene.
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Courtland
Courtland Lodge
R. F. McDonald
Courtland Lodge No
EB. T. Balding
Pleasant Site
Geo. A. Potter
Mobile No. 4
Fire insurance hike in Alabama schools temporarily averted
Montgomery officials report a possible rate increase for Alabama schoolhouse fire insurance was set aside amid a fire prevention push led by superintendents and principals. State actuary B P Amerine cited last year’s $490000 in fire damage and lower fire counts as factors, noting this fiscal year’s damage at $480000 with fewer claims.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
B. P. Amerine
Amerine
River Traffic Reports From Ohio River Movements
River traffic briefs show on August 13 the Delmar R Travar towboat delivered miscellaneous freight to Guntersville Alabama. Susie A transported coke to Wilson Dam Alabama on August 16. Norman Crawford towed grain past Kentucky Dam August 18 bound for Decatur. Italy reports a light plane powered by a charcoal motor.
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River ‘Tranportation Division
Commerce Department
TVA
Delmar R. Travar
Guntersville
Alabama
Ohio River
Susie A
Igert, Inc
Ohio
Wilson Dam
Norman Crawford
The
Arrow Transportation Company
Kentucky Dam
Decatur
Alan
Fear and pursuit collide in Ylena’s crisis
Ylena gasps as she recalls Jose’s accident and Vincent money’s power. Vernon Stone’s silence forces her into a perilous race back to Carlyle, where Vincent’s ruthless plan to seize control unfolds.
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Ylena
Jose
Vernon Stone
Old Stone
Vincent
Rose
Florida
Carlyle
Yilena
Reunion draws a large crowd at Roberts home
A lengthy turnout attended a reunion on August 17 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bille Roberts on Hartselle route two. Dinner was picnic style and many relatives from Decatur, Moulton, Danville, and nearby areas shared reports of a good gathering. The group planned another meeting in August 1942 at the Elkin Roberts home near Neel.
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Bille Roberts
Hartselle
Ada Roberts
Agnes
Geneva
Moulton
G. W. Roberts
Belle Rogers
John W. Lewis
Eloise
Mendlene
Edwin Roberts
Charolette
Auther
Annie Thomas
Ala
W. L. Sparkman
J. L. Roberts
Nancy Carolyn
Joe
Liuvenia Roberts
Nettie Roberts
George Roberts
Seldon Roberts
Vera Roberts
Norman Sparkman
Mable Sparkman
Trion Sparkman
Dorothy
Rachel Roberts
Seldon Harp
Billy
Danville
J. C. Roberts
Willis Hicks
Bobby Ray
Orrville Tanner
R. B. Roberts
Noah Wynn
Louise
Loyd
Alfred
Babbe Gean
Billie
Earl Hays
Beraldine
Bobby
Bud Johnson
Decatur
Earnest Roberts
Cora Roberts Hallie
Galson Maddox
Tat
Sue Ann
Martha A Puckett
Elkin Roberts
Neel
Weight Control Cadets See Most Gain At Cadet Camp
Of 170 air force cadets, all but two gained at least a pound during weight control tests at the camp. The report notes steady progress and improvements in fitness over the training period.
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Montgomery
Ala
Third Army General Captured in Calvary Drill Trap
In a Louisiana war game Aug 19 the Third Army commander Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger was seized by cavalry from Fort Bliss during a simulated advance into the Fifth Corps area. His release required an umpire as a roadblock decoy and helicopters were not used. The drill, part of two weeks of maneuver tests near Alexandria and the Red River, aims toward late September big war games.
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Third Army
Louisiana
Walter Kreuger
Eighth Corps
Fort Bliss
Tex
Fifth Corps
Kreuger
Jeff
Mike Davidson
Ring Fifth
Non-gainers fall behind after strict diet trial
Both subjects were overweight and placed on a special training diet for reducing. The report notes they did not gain the expected weight loss during the program and faced ongoing weight management challenges.
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Lorena Carleton
Masons
Fellowcraft
Master Mason
Sheraton
West
Viena
G. BE. Kitchens
Virginia Grey
John Shetton
Princess Screen
Italy
Department of Commerce
J. R. Daniels
Insurance and Financing
W. Walnot St
Gene Aker
Jove
Ouijar-Boai
Money the
Paw Ee
Lee
Mr. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
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