Colonel Barnes to Outline War Production Plans in Alabama
Col James P Barnes new War Production Board chief will visit Decatur Tuesday June 16 to address industrialists and business leaders. The six day state tour includes Tuscaloosa Gadsden Huntsville Montgomery Selma Mobile and Anniston with naval and chamber sponsorship. Barnes will discuss priorities pooling contract distribution and enforcement as he outlines aims for Alabama war industry.
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Alabama
War Production Board
James P. Barnes
Decatur
Fuller Oe
Colonel Barnes
Associated Industries of Alabama
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Chamber
Associated Industries
John M. Nel
J. Handly Wright
Barnes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Syracuse
W. M. Circle Two Plans Monday Meeting
The W. M. 8. Circle two will meet Monday the 15th with Circle one at the church for a business meeting. Mrs. M. A. Bell has returned home after visiting relatives in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Euthrea and Betty Carl Hendon spent Saturday night with Mrs. J. M. Hendon. Rev. and Mrs. Dolphus Price entertained deacons and wives at lunch last Sunday. Present were Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Manly, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vickers, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hendon. Mrs. Lee Berryman and son W. E. and Bedford Berryman spent Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. William Barnett.
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W. M
Circle One
M. A. Bell
Ohio
Euthrea
Betty Carl Hendon
J. M. Hendon
Dolphus Price
L. G. Manly
Fred Vickers
Dennis Hendon
Lee Berryman
W. E
Bedford Berryman
William Barnett
Funeral Held for Somerville Man Elbert Swann
Funeral services for Elbert Swann 61 were held Saturday at 10 am at Shoal Creek Church with Rev. Dewey Crow officiating. He died Friday at his Somerville home route one. Survived by widow, daughter Marion Ramsey of Somerville, four brothers Will Swann Decatur route two Wiley Swann Falkville Lee Swen Decatur and Sidney Swann Louisiana and two sisters. Interment Shoal Creek cemetery Peck Hartselle directed by Peck. Pallbearers were W L Hopper J F Atchley L Carter Curtis Sharp BE A Butler and Grover Shadricks.
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Elbert Swann
Somerville
Swann
Marion Ramsey
Will Swann
Decatur
Wiley Swann
Falkville
Lee Swen
Sidney Swann
Louisiana
Shoal Creek
Dewey Crow
Peck
Hartselle
W. L. Hopper
J. F. Atchley
L. Carter
Curtis Sharp
BE. A. Butler
Grover Shradricks
Planes Ground Loop in Sudden Saturday Squall
Southern Aviation at School faced wind driven damage as several planes experienced ground loops during a sudden rain squall. No injuries reported. five planes at Beaver Dam auxiliary field weathered the gusts and returned safely to the main field.
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Southern Aviation
Beaver Dam
Kinsman of Local Residents Passes in Sumter
Relatives here are advised of the death Tuesday in Sumter South Carolina of W W Parramore after an extended illness He was a brother in law of Dr T G Morrow Miss Nona Morrow and Mrs Estelle Baker of Decatur.
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Sumter
S. C
W. W. Parramore
T. G. Morrow
Nona Morrow
Estelle Baker
Decatur
Three youths enroll in air school at Keesler Field
Three Decatur area youths joined Keesler Field Army Air Forces Technical School for an intensive one week training course to become airplane mechanics for line duty. They completed basic drills and orientation and will be assigned to maintain warplanes after finishing the course. Enrolled are Pots William Lester Murray of Hillsboro Alabama Joseph Price Goode of Decatur and Edward Frank Kullman of Decatur.
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Decatur
Keesler Field
Army Air Forces Technical School
Army Air Forces
Fort McPherson
Army
William Lester Murray
Leonard L. Murray
Rt. 1
Hillsboro
Ala
Joseph Price Goode
Z. K. Goode
Fourth Ave
Edward Frank Kullman
Leodonia Kullman
Fifth Ave
Davis Heads New Bureau
President Roosevelt creates the Office of War Information headed by Elmer Davis to consolidate all government information functions. The agency subsumes the Office of Facts and Figures, Office of Government Reports, Information Division of the Office for Emergency Management, and the foreign information service of the Coordinator of Information. Davis may issue directives to all departments on informational services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Office of Facts and Figures
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Government Reports
Lowell Mellett
Division of
Information
Office For Emergency Management
Robert W. Horton
Foreign Information Service
Trustees to Be Selected for Morgan County Schools
Morgan County will hold trustee elections June 30 1942 at 8 p m. Patrons choose six nominees for the county board to select three trustees for each school. Nominees must be six competent residents near the school and electors in the attendance district.
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Morgan County Schoola
Citiens
Guardians of
Board of Education
Morgan County Board of Education
County Board of Education
Maiden flight in a luxury ship for Tibby
Wayne escorts Tibby to a hangar where a silver high powered ship awaits. He declares she will pilot the maiden flight in this five seat cabin and trains her with stern confidence. Tibby proves both reluctant and eager as romance and ambition collide under a starry night.
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Tibby
Wayne
Mee
Promised Land
Wayne Courtright
Seetieaeret
Don Tibby
Falkville FFA Members Attend State Convention
Falkville FPA chapter leaders Jerry Nix Hart and colleagues Attended the 13th annual FRA state convention in Auburn. 108 boys statewide received state farmer honors. three Falkville members Buddy Douglas Almon Hamilton and David Dobbs were among them. The group toured the college facilities with demonstrations on erosion plots grasses soils and farm projects.
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Jerry Nix Hart
Falkville
FPA
O. Blackwell
Buddy Douglas
O. J. James
FRA
Auburn
Palkville
Almon Hamilton
David Dobbs
Mrs. H. G. Garrett Critically Ill in Birmingham
Athens residents fear for Mrs. H. G. Garrett who remains in critical condition at South Highlands infirmary in Birmingham. Her husband is a local Dodge and Plymouth dealer and former state law enforcement officer.
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Athens
Ala
H. G. Garrett
South Highlands Infirmary
Birmingham
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