Racial Discrimination Hearings Set For Defense Workers
In Birmingham on June 14 the Presidents Committee on Fair Labor Practices announced it will hear about a dozen cases of alleged discrimination against African American defense workers. The three day session will cover war industries and labor groups in Alabama Georgia Tennessee and Louisiana with six field reps conducting preliminary work ahead of Malcolm B McLean's committee. The inquiry aims to uncover grievances and may lead to recommendations to correct discrimination in shipbuilding and other defense sectors.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Beecher
President's Committee On Fair Labor Practice
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Beecher
Malcolm 8. McLean
Hampton Institute
Lawrence Cramer
Washington
Roosevelt
Hearing on Civil Rights Probes to Be Held in the South
A hearing on race discrimination will be the first in the South while earlier hearings occurred in Los Angeles Chicago and New York. After the Chicago session ten war contract firms in Chicago and Milwaukee were ordered to end discrimination based on race or religion. Pull Committee members plan to attend led by Beecher with Ethridge Sarnoff Webster Fenton Broxpey and others representing major unions and organizations.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Milwaukee
Beecher
McLean
Mark F. Ethridge
Courier-Journal
Louisville
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Farl B. Milton P. Webster
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Frank Fenton
William Green
Amercan Federation of Labor
John Broxpey
Phillip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Cramer
Louisiana
Virgin Islands
Two-Front War Looms For Hitler As Winter Nears
The piece argues Germany faces a looming two front war with Britain and the Soviet Union. It notes Allied raids threaten Cologne and Essen as signs of harsher times, while Nazi forces struggle to shift from defense in the Crimea and the Eastern front. Britain mobilizes ships planes and men in fortress readiness.
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Cologne
Essen
Hitler
Britain
Warmaker
Kereh Isthmus
Russia
Sevasto- 1
Crimea
Black Sea
Two Juveniles Held for Cafe Robbery in Morgan County
Two Negro boys aged 12 and 16 were placed in Morgan county jail to await juvenile proceedings after being detained by City Policemen Whitmire and Terry for a robbery at Joe Reed Martin cafe on West Cain Street. They confessed to the cafe theft and attempted entries at two other stores on Weary Church Street, with some stolen items recovered. The cafe break in involved a smashed front window and the loss of small change and various articles. DR. W. R. HALE to Head Mathematics Department at Athens College Starting This Quarter. He brings extensive college teaching experience from Walker Junior College and Mississippi College and will teach mathematics and astronomy to support armed forces preparation.
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Morgan County
Whitmire and
Terry
Joe Reed Martin
West Cain Street
Whitmire
Weary Church Street
W. R. Hale
University of Texas
Athens College
Hale
Walker Junior College
Jasper
Mississippi College
United States
Nazi thrusts threaten Rostov and Kharkov front
The report describes a broad Nazi push around the Rostov corner toward the Caucasus and a Russian bulge south of Kharkov menacing the German north flank. German failure to blunt these threats could hinder any general Nazi advance as new attacks continue below Kharkov.
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Rostov
Caucasus
Kharkov
Tre
Sevastopol Battle Reports Intensified Flank Efforts
Descriptions indicate a massive and persistent Nagi assault on Sevastopol with attempts to clear both flanks. The text notes heavy pressure and extended fighting as the operation unfolds.
Guardhouse Gabae: Decatur guards note personnel and encampment
The weekly bulletin from Decatur Alabama State Guard Headquarters reports Andrews welcoming a daughter and extends congratulations. It notes an encampment at Dauphin Island on July 10 and urges participation by July 31. Various guardsmen describe drill activity, a merit system, and social events including music and a chicken fry as preparations continue.
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Heart
Civilian Defense School
Decatur
Riverside High School
Wilson
South
THE
Decatur Daily
State Guard
Set. Andrews
Dauphin
Pvt
Partell
Kitchensa
Dame Bun
Higdon
Interior Guard
Pvt. Brown
Sgt
Pat Brown i Holliday
Pvt Kitchens
Herndon
Battle
U. S
Albany Grain & Coal CO
City Coal & Fuel CO
Davidson Coal & Feed CO
Ratliff Coal CO
Turner Coal & Grain CO
Thomason Coal CO
Dara
Needle ‘Craft Dept
Eighth Avenue
N. Y
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