Steel industry readies bid for higher prices amid wage hikes
Washington reports steel firms plan a push to raise prices after a wage increase approved for 400,000 CIO United Steel workers. OPA estimates costs at 80 million dollars annually, with industry figures up to 150 million. Companies delay formal statement until after holidays, to contest with price hikes at the federal price agency.
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Washington
CIO
United Steel
Fred Vinson
Office of Price Administration
War Labor Board
Vinson
Sewell
Avery
Nininggas
OPA
War order details face tight rereading request
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an war order or decree with emphasis on timing and enforcement. The readable lines point to a military instruction related to defense measures and mobilization but lack full context or clear identities.
Production Board orders cotton broadcloth plant shutdown
PLANT TO CLOSE LTON Ga Jan 1 a Production Board directive halting cotton linen production Jan 15 will cut the annual payroll to 3 120 000 W R Ingram secretary of the Bedspread association said plants now operate to use remaining yarn before the deadline All plants making chenille except war contract holders will close Many workers may find absorption in other local industries
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Lton
Night Intrigue at the Cottage Ends in Flight and Fear
A tense scene unfolds as Alexia dons Nicky's clothes and confronts violence while Drue and Miss Cable remain upstairs. Nurse Keate asserts control over Anna as the narrator fears police pursuit and a deadly secret linked to Mr. Brent’s murder.
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Frederic Miller
Nicky
Alexia
Micky
Hit
Nugent
Drue
Aexia
Anna
Miss Keate
Nurse Keate
Hidden Rooms Reveal Tense Night at Brent House
Narrator searches for Drue and notes about digitalis while Anna and Alexia loom. Drue hides at first as the narrator, aided by Drue's courage and a revolver, plans to get police involved and uncover Anna's knowledge. Anna fled for police. Nicky's movements link to Craig's past in Washington before shifting toward New York business.
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Drue
Sarah
Alexia
Nicky
Anna
Digitalis
Brent House
Craig
Washington
New York
Falkville Soldier Aids Two Invasions
Pfc. Curtis M. Chaney of Falkville Alabama earned credit for aiding invasions of North Africa and France. After 2 1/2 years overseas with a military police unit in England he guards transports for the air service command. His escort list includes Eleanor Roosevelt and Bob Hope.
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North Africa
France
Pfc
Curtis M. Chaney
Falkville
Ala
England
Air Service Command
Eleanor Roosevelt
Henry H. Arnold
Eddie Rickenbacker
Jacob L. Devers
Bob Hope
Stafford Cripps
Bing Crosby
Pfc. Chaney
W. H. Chaney
Army
Pvt
Virgil Chaney
California
Woodmen of the World names new vice president
President Farrar Newberry announced that T. E. Patterson resigned after 15 years as vice president and will be succeeded by R. E. Miller, who holds the post of treasurer. The change was disclosed from Omaha on January 1 to 4.
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Omaha
Farrar Newberry
The
Woodmen
World Life Insurance Society
T. E. Patterson
R. E. Miller
All white male blue eyed cats deaf yet no cause found
A statement notes all white male cats with blue eyes are deaf. No scientific explanation or cause is provided.
Congress to Tackle Jobs and War's Aftermath
Washington January 1. A new Congress arrives to address war aftermath and reshaped pay questions. Key issues include compulsory military training management war taxes and postwar economic plans as Roosevelt faces a more Democratic Congress with early tests on universal service and policy direction.
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Washington
Congress
Was
Roosevelt
United States
Sgt. McMillan Returns Home From Pacific War
Son of Mrs Ava W McMillan of Moulton, he spent 27 months in the Pacific. He led two major landings with Marine amphibious forces at Bougainville and Guam and was not injured. After a 30 day furlough he will report to Parris Island South Carolina for the next few months.
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Ava W. McMillan
Moulton
McMillan
Marine
Bougainville
Guam
Parris Island
S. C
Horace L. McMillan
Ross Smith Dies in Birmingham Leader in Alabama Life
Ross Cullen Smith a prominent business political and civic figure in Alabama died at a local hospital. He served as assistant area distribution manager of the Solid Fuels Administration For War for two years and previously as associate director of the Federal Housing Administration in Alabama. He also led the Birmingham district of the National Bituminous Coal Commission from 1939 to 1943.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ross Cullen Smith
Alabama
Solid Fuels Administration For War
Federal Housing Administration
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Congress confronts shift from war to peace economy
The new congress faces a hard task of finding a way to ease the transition for industry and labor from wartime to peacetime, with winter as the target period for legislation.
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Congress
Hitler Warns of Prolonged War and Defeatists
Adolf Hitler pledged that defeatists would be crushed and the war would continue at least until 1946 unless Germany won. He called the conflict a merciless struggle for existence and urged unity against Jews and democracies, insisting Germany would not capitulate.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Beir
Germany
Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Lochner
Reich
Taxpayers urged to file 1944 estimates and final return by March 15
Instructions to taxpayers outline optional filing paths for 1944 estimated taxes and final returns due by March 15 1945. Huntsville zone office hours run January 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 15 with deputies meeting at several locations including Huntsville Decatur Athens Scottsboro and Steven Street.
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Birmingham
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Huntsville Zone
Collector of Internal Revenue
Huntsville
P. O
Decatur
Athens
Huntsville End
Scottsboro
First National Bank
Steven Nena
Ala
Contract Awarded for Redstone Arsenal Alterations
War Department announced a contract for alterations and additions to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama. The $411 450 project was awarded to C G Kershaw Contracting Company of Birmingham.
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Washington
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
War Department
C. G. Kershaw Contracting Company
Birmingham
Searle Urges Methodist Reform to Save World
Rev. Robert W. Searle told over 500 Methodist leaders in Nashville that the church must undergo drastic revision to serve as the savior of the world. He warned that God cannot be limited to white or American identity and urged aimed at internationalism, world relief funding, evangelism, and stronger Sunday school attendance as part of a four-year crusade. The gathering’s goals include raising 25 million dollars for relief and reconstruction and expanding global outreach as Bishop J Ralph McGee and Rev J Manning Potts outlined plans. The conference continues with Searle delivering the second of four addresses, ending Wednesday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Robert W. Searle
New York City
Germany
Methodist Conference On Christian Education
Searle
Greater New York
J. Ralph McGee
J. Manning Potts
Chicago
McKay Returns to U S After Pacific Tour
Corporal Samuel C. McKay Jr., 24, of Danville arrives at Army Air Forces redistribution station No 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment processing after nearly three years in the Southwest Pacific. He will undergo medical exams and classification interviews before a new assignment is set, with about two weeks of rest and recreation. He joined the Army December 29 1941 and previously worked as a mechanic in Decatur.
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Cpl
Samuel C. McKay Jr
Danville
Army Air Forcer
Mimai Beach
Continental
United States
AAP
AAF
McKay
Southwest Pacific Area
Danville 2
Army
Decatur
Church Factor in Birmingham Discusses Divorce Rates
Roy Ewing Vale, president of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, notes that the divorce rate among regular churchgoers is very small and attempts to prove a point about church attendance and family stability.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roy Ewing Vale
General Assembly of the
United States
Local church roles list executives and educators
The record notes positions including executive secretaries and presidents of conference boards of education and youth workers, adult workers, college teachers of religion, and directors of Christian education in the local church.
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Education
Two Flyers Bag Nip’s Two Bomb Hits Sink Ship
Marines pilots 2nd George E. Pond and Joseph J. Moriarty of the Wake Island Avengers credited with direct hits that sank a Japanese supply vessel near San Isidro Bay Philippines. They dove from thousands of feet releasing 500 pound bombs. Pond struck the forward hatch, Moriarty saw the bow rise as the ship sank. Pond’s wife listed in Mobile Alabama.
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E Payson
Marine Corps Combat Corre
Leyte
Philippine
Philippines
George E. Pond
Ais
Joseph J. Moriarty
City
Okla
Moriarty
San Isidro Bay
Pond
Joe
Marine -Corsair
Wake Island
First Marine Air Wing
New Britain-New Ireland
Church minister speaks on family role at Independent Presbyterian
A speaker at the Independent Presbyterian Church yesterday said the church is a weak factor in sustaining family relations, offering a controversial view on the church’s influence within households.
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Independent Presbyterian Church
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