Gas Shells Burn Nine Negroes Near Mobile
In Mobile Alabama nine African American laborers were burned when unloading gaseous bombs from the SS Francis Lee at Theodore naval depot. Two men later said the injuries came from German poison gas bombs. No official comment from Army or Navy.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile City Hospital
Francis Lee
Naval Ammunition Depot
Theodore
Army Chemical Warfare Service
Navy
Army
Union Plan Given in Muscle Shoals District
Florence Alabama July 5 Members of the Tri Cities central labor union in the Muscle Shoals district urged members to buy only absolutely essential items such as food and to refrain from purchasing consumer goods. A resolution warned inflation would destroy the value of property bonds and money of the working class and urged the public to boycott price profiteers.
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Florence
Ala
Tri-Cities
More Bonds Held as Redemptions Drop in June
U S Treasury reports June redemptions of E bonds fell 20 percent from March the peak cash-in month 1946. Ed Leigh McMillan state chairman cites June July promo and ongoing downward trend. June redemptions were 111 million dollars less than March as promotion boosts holding.
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Ed Leigh McMillan
U .S. Savings Bonds Division
Treasury Department
Reutes Ons
McMillan
Treasury
D-Day
U. S
Infant Dies After May Car Crash in Alabama
In Birmingham an automobile crash on May 12 proved fatal yesterday for 10 month old James Davis McCoy of Jasper Alabama. The infant's mother Mrs James McCoy a British war bride also died in the wreck.
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Birmingham
James ‘Davis McCoy
Jasper
Ala
James McCoy
DDT Use And Safety For Insect Control
Dr. Hermann Bundesen explains how DDT should be applied in right form right time and right amount to control flies mosquitoes bedbugs and lice while noting it is poisonous but less so than many insecticides. precautions include avoiding skin contact inhalation and consulting a physician for body lice treatment.
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Tropic Islands
Bilbo Victory in Mississippi Eyed by James Marlow
Washington July 5 Senator Bilbo’s re election in Mississippi sparked debate over white supremacy and Negro turnout. Bilbo won 97 000 votes to 93 000 for four opponents amid a 190 000 total vote, about 38 percent of the 500 000 eligible white voters, highlighting racial prejudice as a campaign factor.
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James Marlow Washington
Bilbo
Mississippi
Washington
South
Enrollment Up at University of Alabama in 1945
Enrollment for graduate study at the University of Alabama totals 443, the largest since 1941. More than half of the graduate students are enrolled in the education division.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
AFL Man to Lose Office in Explosive Local 693 Dispute
Walter Lowry, business agent of AFL Boiler Makers Local 693 in Pascagoula Mississippi, faces loss of his post after a charge of assault and battery on local president Charles Roof. Lowry is held on $5,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Monday. The dispute arose over an 18 cent an hour retroactive pay agreement for 4,500 Ingalls Shipbuilding workers, which Lowry reportedly refused to sign, delaying about $725,000 in back pay. Demonstrations followed his arrest.
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Pascagoula
Walter Lowry
AFL Boilermakers Union
Lowry
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Saulting
Charles Roof
Smith
Shipbuilding Company
Aspute
Union circles object to inclusion in agreement
Lowry said the union circles objected to including the AFL Bridge Structural And Ornamental Iron Workers in the agreement. The text notes the first American flag by Franklin and Washington in 1775 as the Grand Union Flag.
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Lowry
AFL
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Notice of Register's Sale in Morgan County Alabama
Special Register Bryan McAfee will sell at public outcry the 2.10 acres in MorTown 6 Range 5 near Danville and Trinity Road in Morgan County Alabama. The sale is on July 19 1946 during legal hours at the eastern door of the Morgan County Courthouse Decatur Alabama for cash.
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Russell W. Lynne
Harvey Brown
Lottie Jewel Brown
Circuit
Morgan County
Alabama
Circuit Court
Bryan McAfee
Register
Court House
Decatur
Mor- Township
Danville
Trinity Road
Special Register
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Dearman Auto Body Works
Lee Street
Sheaffer, Parker and Eversharp Pens and Pencils Films
Dugger's Book Store
219 Johnston
Decatur Transit
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Jim Simpson
Pol. Pol
Committee of Friends
Eley Frazer
Secy
Hermann
Bundesen, M.D
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Hallmark
City Park
Don’s Floor Service
Don Williams
Enolam Blvd
E. Moulton
KoolAid
Cosby-Hodges Milling Co
Kerr Mason Fruit
KERR
U.S
CERTO
Kes
DOI
Ieee Litho
Godchaux
Twelve Oaks Cider
Ann
Armola
Nabisco
Sultana Peanut Butter
White House
Sunnyfield
Ann Page
Woman's Day
Ann Page White
Crowder Peas
Sunkist
Zeigler
Coneys
Turkeys
Atla
State OF Alabama
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown,stores, Inc
Service Department
Stewart
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