Returning Veterans To Get Assistance
L. O. Brackeen reports that 400 Alabama farmers and business leaders join 11,000 nationwide in guiding returning veterans to avoid land investment mistakes. Committees will advise, not fund loans, with county agents coordinating and linking veterans to resources for farms, leasing, credit, and operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Brackeen
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
United States
War Food Administrtion
WFA
Selective Service
Selective Service Boards
Decatur
Morgan
B. G. Hall
Hartselle
J. H. Harvey
Japanese to Return Home from West Coast
Japanese evacuees from California Oregon and Washington will be allowed to return after January 1 1942 according to Western Defense Command chief Maine Henry C. Pratt The War Department will exclude only those deemed personally dangerous The West reacted variably with Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron urging protection if returing residents come back and seek housing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Maine
Henry C. Pratt
Western Defense Command
War Department
Pratt
Pacific
Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Bowron
Neat gunnery upon Maginot Line fort
Lt William Kennedy of Tallassee Alabama earns credit for precise gunnery during the assault on the Maginot line fortress Fremenburg. While spotting for artillery he timed turret movements and sent back calculations aiding a shell arrival as a turret rose. Two other turrets fell to guns at seven to ten miles.
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Bitche
William Kennedy
Tallassee
Ala
Fremenburg
Kennedy
Two New Vessels Launched At Mobile Shipyards
The U S S Mobile Bay a 22 400 ton tanker and the freighter Andrew Jackson a 10 875 ton ship were launched yesterday in Mobile Alabama. The Mobile Bay was the 69th tanker in its yard series at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co the Andrew Jackson the 62nd vessel built at Gulf Ship Building Corp Chickasaw yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co
Andrew Jackson
Chickasaw
Gulf Shipbuilding Corp
Protest Letter From Father Over Negro Pilot Issue
An Anniston business executive whose son died in an air collision condemns the rapid elevation of African Americans to duties they are not yet qualified to perform. He writes the Anniston Star and War Department, arguing the government pursues an unrealistic policy while noting sympathy from Black Americans. Bolivia is the principal world producer of antimony ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
Anniston Star
War Department
Earl C. Knowlton
Anniston Water Works
Cpse
Charleston
Knowlton
North
Fragment from a manor mystery amid hidden peril
Gertrude Keate probes a tense house in the aftermath of murder. Beevens reports an alibi slip for Nicky and a missing blue vase as Craig weighs what to tell police. The nurse fears Drue and waits for a crucial revelation in the unfolding danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Claud
Drue
Anna
Gertrude
Miss Keate
Beevens
Nicky
Dr. Chiery
Craig
Claud Chivery
Mac Baten
Masefield Sees Russia as Peace Force in Postwar World
Poet laureate John Masefield says Russia will be a strong force for peace after WWII. He notes Russia’s resilience, warns Europe may face Balkan tensions, and urges joint efforts to build a practical community of nations while fearing postwar fatigue. He also mentions his wartime reporting and future translation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell C. Landstrom
Burcote Brook
Abingen
Berkshire
John Masefield
England
Russia
Masefield
East
Europe
Balkans
Balkan
Italy
London
Steel Industry Sees Long War Ahead in Scrap Market
The Steel magazine notes the scrap market indicates a prolonged conflict as the average price of steelmaking grades hits 19.17 and remains near the ceiling after a prior drop in 1941. It cites upward trend and continued strength though some smaller scrap grades lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Steel
Surface water canals face new bombing hazards from air attacks
Surface canals and pipelines supplying city water, visible from airplanes, are increasingly vulnerable as bombing techniques advance, threatening critical infrastructure and urban water security.
Price set on ham costs in Alabama counties
The Birmingham OPA office announced ceiling prices for country ham meeting dry cured and aged standards. In northern Alabama counties prices are 53 cents a pound for half or whole ham, 60 cents for slices in some stores, 52 and 58 cents for the same cuts in groups 1 and 2 stores. In southern counties prices are 54 cents for whole or half and 61 cents for slices, 53 and 59 cents in groups 1 and 2 stores. Bermuda is noted as 677 miles southeast of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jackson
Madison
Limestone
Lauderdale
Colbert
Lawrence
Morgan
Franklin
Marion
Lamar
Winston
Cullman
Walker
Fayette
Jefferson
Bibb
Blount
Calhoun
Marshall
Cherokee
Clay
Cleburne
DeKalb
Etowah
Pickens
Randolph
Tuscaloosa
St. Clair
Shelby
OPA
New Process for Smokeless Powder From Paper Fibers
Western Cartridge Company announces a new smokeless powder process using cotton linters and limited sulphite pulp from paper supplies. Dr. Fred Olsen states it offers lower costs than existing methods. Sulphate pulps already used in Radford Virginia and Charleston Indiana plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Alton
Dee
Western Cartridge Company
Fred Olsen
Radford
Charleston
Ind
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Webster’s
New International and Collegiate Dictionaries
Robinson—Furniture
William W. Rehberg
Harry Rehberg
Oak Street
Naval Reserve
Naval Air Training Base
Pensacola
Fla
Annapolis
Bolivia
Sinclair Ize
Sinclair H
Sinclair Refining Company
Sinclair
Wole
Mr. Craig
W. E. Curry
Public Accountant
Polhill
Elmere’s
James L. Cottingham
Germany
Pfc
Cottingham
James T. Nichols
W. E. Marion
Robert Paul Crow
U. S. Navy
J. E. Crow
Decatur 2
Dewey Richards
Seaman Crow
Bermuda
New York
Johnson
RED Cross
Johnson & Johnson
Walgreen Agency
Prescription
Peps
Pepsi-Cola Company
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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