Lazier Named Director of Southern Research Institute
Thos. W. Martin announced the appointment of Dr. Wilbur Arthur Lazier of Wilmington Delaware as director of the Southern Research Institute. A 1925 University of Wisconsin chemist with long Du Pont service, Lazier is noted for catalytic hydrogenation and soapless soap work and has advised the Armed Services and the National Defense Research Committee.
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Mingham
Thos. W. Martin
Wilbur Arthur Lazier
Wilmington
Delaware
Southern Research Institute
Lazier
University of Illinois
University of Wisconsin
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
du Pont
Armed Services
National Association of Manufacturers
National Defense Research Committee
American Chemical Society
Franklin Institute
Eighth of a Ton of Coal Used to Make Barrel of Gas
A report notes that one eighth of a ton of coal is used to produce a barrel of gasoline. This illustrates the energy cost associated with fuel refining and the efficiency of coal-based production methods.
Villa Capri Dreams Edge Matthew and Judith
In a sunlit Connecticut cottage phase Matthew weighs life with Judith while his mother Mary plans a summer retreat. The family tensions surface as Lynn challenges Matthew’s emotional independence and Mary grapples with lingering feelings for Irene.
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Mary
Nellie
Matthew
Greenwich
Connecticut
Ella
Judith
Crisis near in Europe foretells Nazi collapse this August
War analyst notes weeks ago in August portents of German defeat as Allied pressures intensify in France and across Europe. Roaring offensives converge near Paris while Rome-Berlin axis buckles through Balkan withdrawals and Russian Allied moves threaten the Danube frontier.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Germany
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Rhine
Loire
Seine
Rhone
Galati
Danube
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Hungary
Balkan Peninsula
Finland
Norway
Denmark
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Hitler
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Ceylon
Admiral Frazier
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
Lord Louis Mountbatten
London
Asia
Dutch East Indies
France Safe as England Says Soldier Letter From France
In a letter to his sister Ola Sgt Milton M Aldridge now in France says no doodlebugs were seen in England and it seems as safe in France as in England The letter notes good rations and hope to be home soon He recalls the fourth of last year and mentions plans with Wilfred and prayers for safety A Birmingham Alabama settlement of 33345 is reported for Lawrence Products Company of Attalla Alabama in an Office of Price Administration case involving cotton rugs.
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Judith
Mary
Nellie
Kate
Treadways
Hollywood
Jimmy
Jimmy Treadway
Lynn
Greenwich
France
England
Milton M. Aldridge
Leonard Harp
Ola
Wilfred
O. K
Sis
Birmingham
Ala
Lawrence Products Company
Attalla
Office of Price Administration
Local News Briefs From Conway Arkansas Area
Mrs Bates returns home after visit with daughter. Sgt Almond Gillespie on furlough with mother and relatives. Draper family returns from Florida after visiting Pvt Mervin Draper. Watermelon cutting at Midway. Howard and Abylene Thrasher visit Ennis Shelton. NeSmiths visit her brother. Elijah Smith to preach at Bethlehem on the first Sunday. S B Bean visits with Herbert Daniel's family. W S Draper and family visit Lee Pitt.
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Pvt
Mervin Draper
Howard Thrasher
Baby
Ennis Shelton
Culis NeSmith
Elmer Smith
Bethlehem
S. B. Bean
Herbert Daniel
W. S. Draper
Lee Pitt
Birmingham OPA official cites price regulation violation
An enforcement attorney from the Birmingham District Office of the OPA announced a violation of maximum price regulations. The statement named Andrew Griffin as the enforcement attorney.
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Ing
Andrew Griffin
Birmingamn District
OPA
James H. McCoy Jr. Rites Held at McCoy Memorial
Funeral services for James H. McCoy Jr. 32 of Athens were held Saturday at McCoy Memorial Church in Birmingham. He died after an extended illness at Birmingham Hospital. He was a Limestone solicitor and son of the late Bishop James E. McCoy and Mrs. McCoy. Survivors include his widow Frances Everitt McCoy and two daughters, Frances Jean and Lynn Norman, plus two sisters and other family. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
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McCoy Memorial Church
Birmingham
James McCoy Jr
Athens
McCoy
Thal
Limestone
James E. McCoy
B. T. Waites
Fred R. Chenault
Marvin Franklin
Elmwood Cemetery
Frances Everitt McCoy
Frances Jean McCoy
Lynn Norman McCoy
W. E. Estes
E. B. Coker
Clineton
Okla
Royal Academy of Arts Founded in 1768 by King George III
The Royal Academy of Arts, Britain's premier arts organization, traces its founding to King George the Third in 1768, establishing a national institution for training, exhibition, and support of the arts.
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Royal Academy of Arts
Britain
Ige III
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