Argentina Ends Freedoms After War Declaration
New York Times Buenos Aires dispatch reports Argentina’s government clamps down after declaring war on Germany. Streets are patrolled, arrests and deportations occur, jails overflow, and May closes with eight newspapers closed and seven editors arrested. Cited abuses echo fascist Italy. Casserole dishes noted as time savers.
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New York
New York Times
Buenos Aires
Arnaldo Cortesi
Germany
Tepez
Mexico City
Cortesi
atBoc
Poem
Argentina
OPA Defends Sugar Stand Amid Canning Shortage
Montgomery June 1 The OPA explains the canning sugar shortage to Alabama housewives. Irby A Jones district rationing executive says protests from eight counties are honest and that hard facts must be faced as military and lend-lease needs force cuts.
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Montgomery
Ala
OPA
Alabama
Irby A. . Jones
War Food Administration
CPA
Jones
Four German POWs Shot at Camp Columbia Incident
Four German prisoners of war were wounded at the Columbia Army Air Base POW camp in an incident of insubordination. One man was in serious condition, another wounded in the leg, while the remaining two received first aid. Details were withheld pending investigation.
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Columbia
Columbia Army Air Base
Sweet Takes Over Direction of County Home
Jefferson County Commissioner Henry W. Sweet assumed active direction of the county home at Ketona to fill the gap after the discharge of Superintendent Dr. John T. Love. Sweet cited a serious help shortage and said he would handle duties himself if needed while awaiting a successor.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County
Henry W. Sweet
Ketona
John T. Love
Sweet
Rival to My Heart A Springdale Health Officer Story
Mary Berend, a war bride awaiting news of her sailor husband, gives birth to a son after a difficult labor as Gail, a new Springdale Health Officer, sets out to improve slum health services. Gail plans a milk fund and a day nursery while balancing clinic duties and her evolving personal hopes with Burke.
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Mary Berend
Mary
Gail
Thayer Hospital
Ralph Kramer
Springdale
Burke
Mrs. Gentry
Katie
Cassius McCormick
Markey
Springdale Health Office
Thayer Jelke
Howard Thayer
Sadie Thompsons
Mannings Department Store
Nina Sermalino
Nina
Future of the League of Nations Seen Through French Syria Clash
A Washington radio essay argues the League could fail to prevent conflict in the French Syria dispute. It stresses the UN Security Council must have all five permanent members vote yes, or any action collapses, risking a broader war if France resists.
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Washington
League of Nations
San Francisco
New League
France
League
Syria
Security Council
United Nations
Prisoner Husband Reunites as Liberated Soldier Returns
Mrs. Aston Cobb informs that her husband, a German prisoner for 26 months, was liberated April 22 by the Russians and is now in France awaiting transport home. Nearby family visits include L. G. McDonald clan in New Hope and Jimmie Adams visiting Decatur grandparents. Multiple locals note social visits and family illness, with Rev. B. F. Turrentine improving but bed-bound.
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Aston Cobb
France
L. G. McDonald
Gordon McDonald
New Hope
Jimmie Adams
Decatur
Robert Adams
Walter Ford
Otto Holliway
Tuskegee
B. F. Turrentine
John Vann
Birmingham
Walter Stephens
Wough Keller
Near Etna
P. A. Green
Henry Bess
Lawyer Kilpatrick
Cullman
S.R. Long
Falkville
Brooks Lindler
Lena Lockwood
Navy seeks skilled workers for West Coast ship repairs
Navy recruiting officials announce a nationwide drive to fill skilled and unskilled positions at West Coast naval sites. R C Keefer will interview and hire for electricians machinists sheetmetal workers and other trades at Mare Island Vallejo Hunter's Point Alameda and Hawaii facilities.
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Navy Department
Civil Service Commission
War Manpower Commission
R. C. Keefer
Navy
Keefer
Air
U.S. Employment Office
Pennay
Naval
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo
California
Hunter's Point Naval Drydocks
San Francisco
Hawaii Navy Yard
Alameda Naval Air Station
Alameda
West Coast
Fog dispersal device aids Allied air safety in Britain
London reports a new British fog dispersal system called operation FIDO. Oil burner devices along air base runways melt fog within six minutes, allowing Allied bombers to land despite poor visibility. First used by the Navy in 1943, it has since enabled thousands of aircraft and crews to land safely in heavy fog.
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London
Germany
Cortirol
Navy
Seaboard Air Line Railway Sold After 14 Years In Receivership
Seaboard Air Line Railway sold at public auction for 52,000,500. The Seaboard Railway Company formed by stockholders of the old firm purchased the line. The sale covers foreclosed properties including lines in Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Florida with about 3300 miles of main line equipment and appurtenances.
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Portsmouth
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard Railway Company
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Decatur Visitor Week Highlighted By Miss Lillie Mae Ryan
A week features Miss Lillie Mae Ryan of Decatur and visits from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Parker of Hanceville to the residence of Mrs. Brooks Lind ler and family during a Tuesday afternoon gathering.
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Lillie Mae Ryan
Decatur
C. K. Parker
Hanceville
Remember-next Sundays preaching day at Mt Vernon
Public invited for Mt Vernon preaching day. U S Army Pvt Kermitt Barnett arrived home last week on a 15 day furlough. Local residents Acton Nix family Opelika visited relatives here over weekend. Alice White improving after illness. Community notes list visits and Sunday gatherings among Barnett Braswell Waters Dutton McCain Gann and Rusk families. Farmers report benefiting from pleasant weather.
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Mt. Vernon
Kermitt.Barnett
U.S. Army
Acton Nix
Opelika
Alice White
Kermitt Barnett
Doyle Braswell
Ima Gene
Waters
Dutton
Wanda
Wed nesday Guests Share Family Time and Glass Fact
Mr and Mrs Kari Martin and Tommy and Onnie visited their parents after finishing planting. The article notes glass as one of the oldest known materials, reflecting a blend of family life and a brief science aside.
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Kari Martin
Tommy
Onnie
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
Suffering from backaches and urinary discomfort Try Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root a herbal kidney remedy of 16 ingredients. It promises faster urine flow and bladder relief with no harsh effects. Send name and address for a free prepaid sample to Kilmer & Co Stamford Conn. Offer limited. Available at all druggists.
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B. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Average man’s daily protein needs stated
A health note states the average man requires about a certain gram amount of protein daily. It emphasizes maintaining balanced meals and suggests consulting dietary guidelines for precise targets.
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Johnnie Sermalino
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George Zielke
Morgan County
Alabama Flour Mills
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Omer Braswell
I. D. Cockrell
Hodges
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Max Hodges
Sherrell Maner
Estaguisaio
Ann Page
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A&p Bakery
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Jane Parker
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Usin
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Muncie
Ind
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Sunnyfield Plain Enriched
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R. J. Scott
Australia
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