Missing man located in Hartford after years of mystery
John A Commons 53 a former University of Wisconsin economics professor and WWI hero was identified in Hartford as the missing man sought since his 1930s disappearance. His son and father suggested illness as a possible reason for the long absence while noting earlier records and a 1938 declared death.
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Hartford
Conn
University of Jeconsin
Sing
Madioa
Wis
Milwaukee
Chicago
John A. Commons
John Rogers Comons
Commons
Washington, D. C
Thomas Jew
Paul Skwith
Hickey
Madison
Ord
John A. Comi
Hartford Times
Art Lauderdale
Jons
Brawn Offers Tire Repair Services and Head Injury Care
Brawn C toRrivers provides tire application repair work and injury care to head off tire failures. The firm handles cutting and bruising related to tires, offering a comprehensive fix up service.
Property Transfers and Deeds in Town Creek and Nearby Areas
Woodie O Masterson to Elizabeth Catherine Etheredge and Jessie M Davis to Helen V Ennix link a series of property transfers in Town Creek and Hillsboro Alabama. Deeds include W M Gentry and wife to Ernest Beaty for 960 dollars and subsequent conveyances up to 150 dollars to S T Roberts and Ethel Roberts.
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Woodie O. Masterson
Town Creek
Ala
Elizabeth Catherine Etheredge
Jessie M. Davis
Hillsboro
Helen V. Ennix
Cobie Brannon
Moulton
Edna Burden
Buddie . Long
Decatur
Lillian Elizabeth Shaffer
Willard B. Alexander
Clara
W. M. Gentry
Ernest Beaty
Fred
Ola Kenum
Polk Crane
L. P Conner
R.T. McCaghren
Charlotte S. McCaughren
Selma Tollison
Madge
Leon Appleton
Madge Appleton
Myrtle Holliman
Labor Board Rules on Overtime Pay
The War Labor Board in Atlanta orders time and a half overtime beyond eight hours per weekday and Sundays in dispute cases involving nine textile firms in Alabama and North Carolina and the CIO Textiles Workers Union. It also calls for double time on the seventh consecutive day and time and a half on designated holidays, affecting about 5 000 workers. Mill names include Dallas Manufacturing Huntsville Lincoln Mills Huntsville and Standard Coosa-Fratcher Akron unit in Gadsden. More than 4 000 tons of enemy weapons, including over 1 500 items, delivered to the Army Ordnance proving ground at Aberdeen Maryland for study and test.
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Atlanta
Fourth
Regional War Labor Board
Alabama
North Carolina
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Dallas Manufacturing Co
Huntsville
Ala
Lincoln Mills of
Huntswile
Standard-Coosa-Fratcher. Company
Sauquoit
Gadsden
Army Ordnance Proving Ground
Aberdeen, Md
Hartseiler Soldier Wounded in Italy Honored at Home
PFC William H. Vest, wounded in Italy on June 15, is the son of Mrs. Alice Vest and the late J. M. Vest of Hartseiler. Vest has served overseas 16 months. His brother Pruitt Vest, R D M 3-C, is also in service in the Southwest Pacific.
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William H. Vest
Italy
Alice Vest
J. M. Vest
Hartseiler, Pic
Vest
Pruitt Vest
Rules of war are complex and unresolved enforcement
Elton C. Fay discusses the limits of enforcing wartime laws citing the Geneva convention gaps with Japan. He notes reprisals against POWs remain prohibited but cannot be compelled from uncivilized enemies and explains military necessity and use of mines booby traps and gas. He mentions no US treaty bans on toxic gas and reports about its use by Japan.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Japan
Philippines
War Department
Somber Nazi Broadcasts Signal Impending Crisis Voice
Monitored German broadcasts during a mid-July weekend carried a somber tone that suggests possible crisis in Europe even as Nazi fronts fight hard. Observers note uncertainty about German resolve while Allied advances press deeply into French and Russian theaters.
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Kirkel
Simpson
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Montgomery
France
Normandy
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Goode & Morae Furniture CO
Pvt
Paul Russell
Sgt
Emens Russell
London
W. A. Russell
Decatur 3
Morgan County
Firman Brasfield
Dora
Peggy Sue Lee
Travis Kitchens
Mary Jane Huron
Mt. Hope
Willie Skipworth
Dorothy Lee Watson
Killen
William Eric Knight
Lacon
Margaret Nell Liles
Falkville
Fred Lee Smith Jr
Mary Annetle McCulloch
Emmett Hubert Smith
Linda Marie Key
John William Lewis
Somerville
Mary Foster
Conward Wawson Terry
Virginia Robinson
Veto
George Wesley Ellerbee
May Lou Weaver
Selvin Glen Wray
Valhermosa
Ruby Irene Willoughby
Jessie James Bledsoe
West Blodton
Christine Frost
Jasper
Emmett Oval Carter
Ill
Lillie May White
Floyd Kenneth Dahlgren
Lincoln
Nebraska
Margaret Jane Rodgers
Hartselle
Jack Mason Howell
Hilda Buford Vaughn
William Thomas Holmes
Elizabeth Marie Buford
Lonnie Patton
Mollie Derrick
Robert Lincoln Bradon
Denver
Colorado
Helen Louise Morris
Clarence Lee Pressley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Josephine Fitzgerald
Leighton
Talmadge O. Haynie
J. L. Smith
P. A. Green
Geo. T. Woodruff
Harwell O. Edwards
Charlie Hurt
Ola Cunningham
Anzie Forrester Et al
Grady Arvin Hill
J. M. Harmon
M. Harmon
R. L. Stephenson
Arnold Russell
J. C. Taylor
Joe Sherman
Charlie Sherman
J. G. Yancey
Hazel B
Yancey
Silvertowns
B.F Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Emmett McClary
Lee and
Oak Streets
Lawrence County
Labor Board
Roosevelt
Churchill
Axis
United Nations
China
John P. Delashaw
John Delashaw
Moulton 4
Eisenhower
Moscow
Russia
Winter’s Coal
East Davis St
Albany Grain Coal CO
Sterchi
Morow
Sterchi’s
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