Local notes mix praise and warning across Birmingham area
A column surveys local heroes and changes in Birmingham area life. Eddie Eubanks becomes Mountain Brook recreation director while Wheeler Park and Ramsay Tech receive attention. The piece laments war losses and critiques polls and book-racket scams, urging voters to cast ballots and warning against fraudulent war decorations schemes.
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Eddie Eubanks
Ramsay Tech
Mountain Brook
Huntsville Times
the Times
War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Nelson lauded as top U S businessman during TVA rally
Donald M Nelson praised for leading War Production Board and for boosting U S war industry. He spoke to Tennessee Valley leaders highlighting TVA and TVA allies in Alabama, urging regional unity to sustain wartime production and postwar growth. He warned against political meddling in TVA and urged local action from twelve North Alabama counties.
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Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
United States
War Production Board
Russia
Donald Nelson
Tennessee Valley
South
TVA
The
Tennessee
Southern Airways
Alabama
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee Valley Authority
McKellar
House of Representatives
Looking Ahead In Washington
A survey of postwar planning notes growing U S diplomacy under Hull with Teheran Moscow and Cairo conferences and a world organization concept. Republicans seek a middle of the road convention chair. labor talks address Bridges and Ward. turkey and fuel oil outlooks. rural health aid from surplus military supplies. coffee rationing status. Far East division buildup led by Joseph Clark Grew as new division head.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moscow
Cairo
Hull
Senate
Ptate
Russia
China
Britain
Wilson
U. S
America
Clare—Luce
Connecticut
Taft
Ohio
Canaher
Austin
Vermont
Illinois
West
Orient
Pacific
Far East
State Department
Thailand
Korea
Joseph Clark Grew
Japan
Idaho Democrats name ten national delegates and GOP holds state races
June 5 reports Idaho Democrats selecting ten national convention delegates while Democrats contest U S Senate seat held by Guy M Gillette and seek eight House seats and the governorship, with Republican Rourke Hickenlooper seeking other offices. June 6 notes special congressional elections in New York districts four and eleven to fill vacancies caused by deaths of Representatives Thomas.
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Idaho
Lowa
U. S. Senate
Guy M. Gillette
House
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
New York
Thomas
Unified effort signals path to national greatness
A fragment suggests strong optimism about progress toward a great future driven by collective intelligence. The speaker emphasizes unity, determination, and an effective start on a shared road, with decisive belief in eventual success.
Machine Diagnosis Has Limitations
Dr. Martin Fischer comments on the limits of medical machines in diagnosing conditions. He notes that devices like electrocardiographs reveal only part of a patient’s issue, while human factors such as anxiety, emotion, and personal circumstances influence symptoms like heartache and shortness of breath. The column includes Q and A on scalp oil remedy and gout treatment with colchicine.
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Cincinnati
Adrian Gibbs
Dr. Gibbs
Anzio
New Guinea
M. S
Tennessee and New Mexico delegate selections stir primary activity
The piece notes Tennessee Democrats selecting 26 delegates, New Mexico primaries for two House seats and state offices, Mississippi Democrats choosing 20 delegates, and Nevada Republicans naming six delegates as the convention roster nears full. Separate humorous vignettes appear on local life and daily chatter.
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H. Cullen
James A. O'Leary
Tennessee
New Mexico
John J. Dempsey
Mississippi
Nevada
Daily kindness and a split tongue toward a busy night
A compact collection of homilies and quips. a note on giving daily to others and the Master’s record in heaven. then humorous vignettes about a Decatur man who won t pay bills, a party dress miscue, and a water-wary visitor exit from a restaurant.
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Decatur Man
Friend
Poorleigh
Buy More Bonds: The Wise Advice for Investors
A clipped ad style note urges purchasing bonds as sound advice. It mentions Mrs. Helen Parfield and emphasizes avoiding cashing in bonds, presenting a booster message in a period newspaper tone.
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Helen P
Rfield
Walter Winchell On Broadway The March Connection in Europe
Walter Winchell argues Juan March, the Spanish magnate, is the hidden hand behind Europe’s peril. He links March to Franco and Nazi cartels, detailing finances, ships, and political intrigue from Madrid to Lisbon and New York.
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Juan March
Spain
Iberian Peninsula
South America
March
Lison
London
Washington
Stooges
Tomas Peire
Madrid
Peire
Rafael de Jordana
Franco
Young Jordana
New York
Juan Beigbeder
Beigbeder
Jordana
Luis Garcia Guijarro
Spanish Republic
Juan Merch
Valencia
Cortes
Congress
Republic
Navy
Paris
Gil_Robles
Gil Robels
Europe
A. Hitler
Fuehrer
People of the Republic
Gil Robles
Axis
Poland
France
England
Hitler
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Birmingham Post
Late
Literary Digest
Posl
Jim Simpson
Jefferson County
Hill
Patrick
Dewey
Saturday Evening Post
North
Val
CIO Executive Board
Harry Bridges
Longshornmen's Union
United wholesale _and_retail workers
Bridges
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Chicago
Sewell Avery
St. Paul
War Food Administration
Attu
OPA
WPB
Churchill Downs
AAA
Martin Fischer
Clendening
Rooster
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Othr
Walter Winchell
King Makers
Senor
Wall St
Jose Mayorga
Mayorga
Pearl Harbor
Isla de Tenerife
New York Harbor
Eee
Mediterranean
Alfonso
Lisbon
Azi
Argentina
Bolivia
United Nations
Western Hemisphere
Morgan’ County Board of Revenue and Con
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Alex Dunn
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Somerville
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