Tobacco Row Still Goes On
Controversy over a ceiling price for flue-cured tobacco threatened the planned openings of state markets. Governors debated a market holiday if prices were not satisfactory, with 41 cents per pound for untied and 45 1 2 cents for tied tobacco considered acceptable. A 21 member committee was named to gauge grower sentiment on possible continued closures.
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Associated Press
Office of Price Administration
Columbia
S. C
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
H. L. Wingate
Pelham
Georgia Farm Bureau
John S. Gibson
Border Belt
Olin D. Johnston
Nazis March as Prisoners Through Moscow
Thousands of German soldiers captured in the Red Army offensive marched through Moscow in a calm procession. About 57,600 prisoners moved from rail stations toward the East as over a million Muscovites watched without reaction. Cavalrymen escorted the detainees along routes from North, Northwest and Southwest stations.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Salvage Drives At Maxwell Field Push On
Montgomery Ala July 17 four carloads of paper are salvaged monthly and the goal is six cars. Two carloads of tin cans totaling about 33 tons are also salvaged each month under salvage officer Captain Lawless C Stewart at Maxwell Field.
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Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field
Lawless C. Stewart
Army Air Field
Undernourished Children Show IQ Gains After Diet
Undernourished children under four achieve as much as 18 point increases on intelligence tests after receiving an adequate diet. The finding highlights nutrition's impact on early cognitive development and supports feeding programs in at risk populations.
Radio Robot Planes Could Redefine Aerial Warfare
Louis Bruchiss describes radio controlled robot planes linked to a mother ship that could deploy folding wings and small engines for bombing or smoke screens. The concept emphasizes mass production with simple durable parts and radio guided flight within visual range, shaping future combat logistics.
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Bruchiss
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Army Ordnance Association
The
U. S. Naval Institute
American Rocket Society
Cologne
Hamburg
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Research Corp
Lawrence Burt Sperry
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Louis Bruchiss
Aerosphere, Inc
New York
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Lincoln Mills strike slows Alabama textile production
About 1,400 workers at Lincoln Mills of Alabama failed to report for work amid an unauthorized strike by Textile Workers Union of America members. Production was curtailed as officials awaited 2 PM shift reports while union leaders urged submission to the War Labor Board.
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Huntsville
Ala
Lincoln Mills
Alabama
Armed Services
Textile Workers Union of America
Caresby
H. S. Williams
TWUA
CIO
War Labor Board
W. C. Finch
U. S. Conciliation Service
Witherspoon Dodge
War Production Board
Pneumonia Cases Rise in Alabama in First Half
Alabama health officials report 4299 pneumonia cases in the first six months of the year. January recorded 684 cases and March 682 as the highest months. The State Department of Health released the figures today.
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Montgomery
Ale
Alabama
State Department of Health
Dominican Republic Industries Highlight Tanning and Distilling
Leather tanning and shoe making dominate the Dominican Republic economy along with shirt manufacturing furniture production cigaret and cigar making and rum distilling.
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Dominican Republic
Revival Has Good Start In Decatur Churches
Large crowds attended both Central Methodist services as Decatur Methodists sponsor a revival led by Rev. E A Lacour with Loren G Jones directing singing. Mrs Jones at the piano and Mrs Lacour delivering chalk talks, the event runs daily at 10:00 am and 8:00 pm through next Tuesday.
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Central Methodist Church
Decatur
E. A. Lacour
Loren G. Jones
Jones
Lacour
Leaves from a War Correspondent Notebook
Hal Boyle with the Second Infantry Division in France recalls frontline moments. Pfc. Albert L. Boesch, an Austrian-born ace bazooka man, taunts Nazis from hedgerows and proves fearless, including a 75 yard sniper kill. Other soldiers, like Pvt. Jack D. Whitaker, receive home packages. Corp. K A Wanamaker narrowly survives a German air attack when an anti tank gun is hit.
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France
Albert L. Boesch
America
Austria
Union City
N. J
Boesch
Germany
G. I. Joe
New Jersey
Jack D. Whitaker
Beaumont
Tex
G. I
Corp. K. A. Wanamaker
Youngstown
Th Kole
Ceiling set on 1944 sweet potato prices in Birmingham district
The Birmingham district Office of Price Administration announced ceiling prices for the 1944 sweet potato crop to lower retail costs compared with last year. The new schedule took effect last Saturday. Congress once held a regular session in a Washington hotel after the Capitol was burned by the British in 1614.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham District Office of Prices Administration
Congress
Washington
Capitol
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Morton Downey
Jimmy Lytell
WMSL
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Warren H. Bennett
Bull
Radio Control Space
Lincoln
Evelyn Witowski
Electric Auto-Lite
Toledo
Johnston St
Zechariah
Hal Boyle
Oshkosh
B’gosh
Belk’s
Work Clothes Dept
Ptepsi
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
WAC
Wacs
WAC Womens Army Corps
Women’s Army Corps
U.S. Army
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