State Leads Enlistments in Army Reserve Corps
State standings show Alabama leading enlistments and reenlistments in the Army Reserve corps for September 1 to 30 in the Alabama military district. Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi follow, with Alabama posting a reenlistment rate more than triple that of the second place state. Vacancies remain for many men and women. eligibility should be checked at local Army Air Force recruiting stations or sub district offices in Anniston, Auburn, Birmingham, Decatur, Dothan, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa.
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U.S. Army
Alabama Military District
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi
Army Reserve Corps
Army and Air Force
Anniston
Auburn
Birmingham
Decatur
Dothan
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Divorce After 22 Years Split by Church Beliefs
Guy De Franco, 71, and Nina De Franco, 70, were granted a divorce after 22 years of marriage in Los Angeles. He testified that she distrusted churchgoers and believed only good people went to saloons, and she disliked the number of women in church choirs.
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Los Angeles
Guy de Franco
Nina de Franco
de Franco
France Near End Of War Imposed Food Rationing
Paris reports the French cabinet voted to remove sugar and rice from control and double the normal coffee ration this month. The planning also calls abolishing the national food control board by December 31 and permitting sugar and cooking oil imports from Algeria and Tunis to maintain current ration prices.
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Paris
France
National Food Control Board
Algeria
Tunis
Heated racial discrimination suit in Richmond trial
In federal court here debate over a racial discrimination suit against Atlantic Coast Line railroad and its Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen heated up. Cross examination of Thad W Lee centered on a 1942 strike vote by white firemen and hiring policies, with Judge Hutcheson overruling objections. Original plaintiffs Willie J. Rolax and J. W. McGowan filed in 1947 seeking injunctions and $25,000 in compensatory damages plus $200,000 punitive from the union. Six additional negro firemen joined in 1948, seeking similar relief and damages.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Brotherhood
Thad W Lee
ACL Brotherhood
Sterling Hutcheson
Federal District Court
Willie J. Rolax
Manchester
J. W. McGowan
Fitzgerald
Attaway A. Fields
Oscar Mayo
Namon Liplin
A. C. Lamb
R. D. McCreary
James Minott
Sanford
Fla
Union
Want to Buy Some Uranium Not The Atomic Bomb Kind
In New York on December 1 the Atomic Energy Commission announced plans to sell two hundred pounds of uranium metal at fifty dollars per pound through commercial channels. The metal, not refined for weapons, will be available only to licensed buyers for research uses with electron microscopes and low temperature metal studies.
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New York
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Five Pole Speeds Dinner AP News feature
The Van Der Bosch family of Chicago runs a busy household as a micro business. Edward Van Der Bosch and wife lead nine children through chalked instructions and daily chores from a converted two family dwelling with a dormitory upstairs and dining area downstairs. A brass fireman pole between floors cuts dinner time to under a minute.
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AP News
Chicago
van der Bosch
Edward van der Bosch
Edward, Jr
van der Bosches
Richard
Larry
Betty
George
Jack
Patricia
Casey
Terry
Dad van der Bosch
Mother van der Bosch
Papa van der Bosch
Union Policy Backing Boosts CIO Electrical Workers
Philadelphia December reports 400 delegates at a CIO convention approved a policy declaration urged by James B Carey defending union members against court actions. The IWE faces suits by UE opponents seeking to freeze funds and block locals amid a power dispute. Carey insists courts must act with integrity while defending the union’s drive and legal rights.
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Russell Landstrom
Philadelphia
CIO
New Electrical Workers Union
James B. Carey
Carey
International Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
IWE
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
IUE
Cleveland
Jay
Request for Alabama gambling lore for new book
A literary editor from New York seeks legendary and actual anecdotes of Alabama gambling. He asks readers for historical gambling lore involving cards dice horse racing or other games with large stakes, promising credit if used. Henry Chafetz 108 Fourth Ave New York NY 3.
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Daily Decatur
Alabama
Henry Chafetz
Fourth Avenue
New York
No, John L. Lewis Didn't Shoot Santa
In Pittsburgh a broadcaster cried that John L. Lewis shot Santa Claus, prompting children in Chicago to phone The Sun Times to deny the claim. NBC commentator Paul Long in Pittsburgh doubted the report as unbelievable.
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John L. Lewis
Santa
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Santa Claus
The
Sun- Times
NBC
Paul Long
Suit Filed Over Injuries At Bessemer Radio Station
Maurice Travis, secretary treasurer of the CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union, seeks 100000 dollars in federal court from the CIO United Steel Workers union and eight members for injuries in a fight at a Bessemer radio station. Attorneys filed the action in U S district court yesterday. a similar suit was dismissed in state court to allow the federal case.
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Birmingham
Ala
CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
CIO United Steel Workers Union
Bessemer
Maurice Travis
Chicago
U. S. District Court
Travis
Smelter Workers Union
Please Dont Let Brave Betty Lose Her Right Hand
A Memphis The Commercial Appeal report centers on Betty Marbury a ten year old from Brownsville Tennessee undergoing X ray treatments for an infection in her right hand. Doctors fear amputation but readers are asked to pray for her recovery and to avoid loss of the hand.
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Memphis
Tenn
Brownsville
Tennessee
Baptist
Clay Marbury
Commercial Appeal
Betty Marbury
Betty
Skunk Bait Condemns Lobster Catch In Boston
Boston officials condemned the entire lobster catch after State Fish Inspector Frank H. Harrington found an offensive odor from a trap baited with a dead skunk. The lobsterman admitted using the skunk bait and also had all his equipment condemned.
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Boston
Lobersterman
Frank H. Harrington
Harrington
Christmas Trees Loaded For Alaska
Longshoremen loaded 130 bales of fir Christmas trees destined for Woodrow Alaska and Rexford Montana. The crew joked about the shipment as they cleared the pier while Alaskan custom favors native evergreens for holiday decor.
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Orin Farr
Rexford
Mont
Sidney Urie
Woodrow
Alaska
Smil Hanson
Electron gun drives TV tube image with electron stream
The television tube uses an electron gun to emit a stream of electrons toward a self contained screen. This action scans images to create the visible picture without any bullets or external projectile.
British DSC to widow for late Capt Jenson of Mobile
A posthumous Distinguished Service Cross awarded to Capt J Jensen of Mobile Alabama will be accepted by his widow Mrs Ursula Jensen at the British embassy tomorrow. The award honors his command of the Wacosta which was torpedoed in September 1942 during a convoy bound for Russia.
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Washington
J. Jenson
Mobile
Ala
Ursula Jenson
John Holmes
Jenson
Wacosta
Russia
Sacred Chinese Grain Once Held In Highest Regard
A historical note recalls the soybean as a revered crop in ancient China, regarded as sacred in cultural and culinary practices. The legume played a central role in traditional diets and agricultural rituals, reflecting its valued status among scholars and farmers.
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