WAC Greeting from Europe Christmas Message
A Christmas greeting from the WACS in Europe describes holiday scenes and memories of home. Corporal Mary F. Jones signs the message from Decatur Alabama, reflecting on services, carols, and soldiers abroad. The note closes with a separate zoological fact about the peacock’s historical import to Greece by Alexander the Great.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WACS
Rim
Mary F. Jones
Seventh Ave
E. Decatur, Alabama
Ceylon
Burma
Malaya
Java
Greece
Alexander the Great
Corporal Martino's Tomato Patch Hero Feats in Germany
In December 1944 near a German pillbox Corporal Joseph Martino of the American Second Infantry Division crawled into danger to seize an enemy gun crew. With a pistol he killed one Nazi and, from a ditch, retrieved grenades to toss onto the gun positions, killing two more. He helped capture 20 prisoners and saved a civilian tomato patch moment while earning Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Joseph Martino
New Haven
Conn
Peck Street
Martino
John M. Hightower
Las Cruces
N. M
Hightower
Supreme Court Ruling on Labor Unions Prompts Fairness Duty
The court ruled unions must deal fairly with all represented workers, banning racial discrimination in bargaining. A 1941 case upheld equal treatment for white and Negro firemen, allowing injunctions and damages if repeated. A West Virginia plant dispute questioned whether an independent union can be exclusive bargaining agent and enforce closed shop terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
South
Brotherhood of
Locomotive
Brotherhood
High Court
CIO
Oes
West Virginia
Phene
Seoreene
Vndeas
Plan Company
Sas
Textile wage issue to be decided by War Labor Board
Washington dispatch reports the War Labor Board weighing a 60 cent minimum wage for textile workers amid a broader demand for a 10 percent wage rise and other benefits. The CIO seeks higher base pay, vacation pay, shift differentials, and guaranteed minimums for piece workers across 50,000 workers in 54 mills in New England, the South, and the Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Service
Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
William H. Davis
Pepper
D.-Fla
Congress
CIO Textile Union
New England
South
New York
Pennsylvania
Now England
Pentephonia
North Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Texas
Surplus Display Open in Atlanta Office lobby
Items declared surplus by the Sixth Region Treasury procurement office are on display in the Belle Isle Building lobby in Atlanta. The display includes rain coats outdoor broilers griddles pans wheel and convalescent chairs surgical equipment office supplies and more. Open daily 8 15 to 5 with sales limited to dealers municipalities and public institutions via eight commodity channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Armed Services
Treasury Procurement
Belle Isle
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Harry E. Harman, Jr
Treasury Procurement Division
Burton M. Graham
Office of
Buckley’s Canadiol Mixture Namely Buckley’s
Great News for Asthma Sufferers promotes Buckley’s Canadiol mixture as a triple acting remedy. It claims fast relief of throat and bronchial spasms and phlegm, improves breathing and sleep, with a money back satisfaction guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caddell Drug Company
Goldel’s
Buckley
George F Minor Earns Bronze Star for Heroic Achievement
Mrs May W Minor receives a letter from Major General Louis A Craig announcing that George F Minor of the Ninth Infantry Division has been awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achievement. Minor’s wife Mrs Maybetl Minor lives in Athens while her husband is stationed in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
George F. Minor
May W. Minor
Fourth Avenue
Louis A. Craig
Ninth Infantry Division
Maybetl Minor
Decatur
Athens
Former Judge Reynolds Dies in Clanton Alabama
Lewis Henry Reynolds aged 80 former probate judge of Chilton county dies at his home. A Macon county native elected in 1904 he served 24 years with a break from 1911 to 1916. Survivors include his widow two sons and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clanton
Ala
Lewis Henry Reynolds
Chilton County
Macon County
Salvation Army Christmas program listed for Decatur
The Salvation Army presents a series of Christmas events for the community and youth groups in Decatur. Activities include a Christmas tree at Peoples Church, a Red Shield Boys Club party, a tree at 1331 4th Avenue South, and a Christmas play The Spirit of Christmas at South Decatur, with contact for those in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Peoples Church
None
Red Shield Boys Club
Hall
4Th Avenue S
South Decatur
Also Mentioned on This Page
WAC
Europe
Walgreen Agency
Gene Akern
Bens
Aasam
Sandy Claus
By James Marlow
George Zielke
Colmar
France
Rhine
Columbarium
2Nd Ave
Decatur, Ala
Remington Rand
AGATE
Bronze Star
Fuller
Vauar Vicks Nnoeer
YIC
Purina
Turner Coal & Grain CO
Checkerboard
Moulton
Belk’s
Styles
S]j.os
sDos
BELK
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