Petroleum Industry Split Over Supplying Eastern Areas
The petroleum industry is divided over supplying the East with gasoline this summer and fuel oil this winter. Some favor rationing while others oppose, as tanker diversions from Gulf and South American ports shrink East Coast stocks. Pipeline plans propose miles of new lines east of the Mississippi to move refined products and crude oil, yet expert opinion varies on cost efficiency versus tanker shipments.
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Charles E. Harner
New York
Special
Ickies
Seaboard
Gulf
South American
East
North Atlantic
Japan
Texas
Mississippi River
Illinois
New England
Portland
Montreal
New Say Ae
Savannah
New York State
Model Railroad Drama in Wildwood Lodge
Henry Potter visits a Wildwood lodge model railroad club where tensions simmer among members led by Laurence Harkness. A dispatcher room hidden behind a canvas doorway controls trains as John Ives, a former banker, looms with possible malice while a staged accident jolts the scene and raises fear of real danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Potter
Wildwood Lodge
Hans Svenson
Professor Bisbee
Stanley King
Marcia
King
Laurence Harkness
Susan Baker
Louis Spinelli
John Ives
Henry
Spinelli
Susan
Hans
John
Ives
Laurence
Mr. Potter
Let Them Lie Article 4 on Neck Break Prevention
Prepared by the Committee on Accidents and Industrial Health Alabama State Medical Association approved by the Medical Association of Alabama. Contains cautions on recognizing and treating neck injuries, keeping the head and chin aligned, preventing spinal damage, and calling for ambulance. Includes dramatic anecdote and warnings to avoid moving a victim improperly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Accidents and Industrial Health
Alabama State Medical Association
Medical Association of
State of Alabama
Alabama reports low 1939 accident death rate
The Alabama Health Department released census compiled figures showing the 1939 accident death rate at 65 per 100 000, eight percent below the national average and better than all but 14 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Health Department
United States Census Bureau
Family continues injury streak at local school
In Tuscaloosa Alabama Prangeline Hartley aged 14 started a streak after falling and breaking her arm. Her brother Lonnie aged 12 and an older brother Gordon aged 10 also broke arms in separate incidents. Adran Pepe Phare brought the family name home last week leaving Lester as the only member without a cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Prangeline Hartley
Lonnie
Gordon
Adran Pepe Phare
Mems
Lester
Drive Begins To Boost Graih Crops In County
A crop drive in Gadsden Alabama has begun with at least twelve combines in use across the county to increase grain production. Farmers report rapid field work and coordinated efforts to raise yields amid growing demand and weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Anniversary Observed by Kitchens Family at Home
Mr. and Mrs. Kitchens observed their 20th wedding anniversary at their Moulton route 2 home. They hosted ten children and 22 grandchildren, with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Purman Thompson Mrs. Edna Matthews and Mrs. Mae MacMillian. A noon picnic dinner followed, and field work noted with the harvest of cut black wheat and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Kitchens
Moulton
Purman .Thompson
Edna Matthews
Mae MacMillian
River Traffic on Tennessee River and Kentucky Dam
A barge of pig iron tows downstream via Central Barge Line and Mary Ellen passed Kentucky Dam June 13 en route to the Ohio River after loading at Decatur Alabama. The Golden Eagle excursion boat from St Louis passed Kentucky Dam June 13 with sixty to seventy passengers. Louis Igert Jr. tows gasoline and coke barges beginning June 15 for Texas Company terminals in Sheffield Decatur Guntownville Chattanooga and TVA Fertilizer Plant Wilson Dam Alabama.
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Central Barge Line Company
Mary Ellen
Kentucky Dam
Ohio River
Birmingham
Decatur
Alabama
Golden Eagle
St. Louis
Tennessee River
Sheffield
Louis Igert, Jr
Igert, Inc
Texas Company
Gunoteraville
Chattanooga
Tennessee
TVA Fertilizer
Wilson Dam
Women physicians serve as Alabama county health officers
Montgomery June 17 state health officer J. N. Baker said six counties in Alabama are being served by women physicians as the national defense program increases the number of doctors. This marks the first time women fill county health officer roles in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
National Defense Program
Alabama
J. N. Baker
Dragon Hunting and the Duty of a Free Press
A weekly message from Newspaper Publishers Committee argues for unrestricted freedom of thought and speech. It warns against groups pressuring media to conform and asserts newspapers’ role to expose truth, watch power, and inform the public about threats to liberty. It cites Hitler’s takeover of German press as cautionary.
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Lexington Avenue
New York
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Richard Houghton
Andre
Chapter
Truuck
Betty Field
Roxy
Fredric March
Madam Marie
Palmist Reader
Pullman
Highway 31
Athens City
By Gen Aker
Pauline Zinsdeekle
P'r Transportation Division
Commerce Department
TVA
Alaba Milla
Norman Chandler
Newspaper Publishers Committee
Free America
Hitler
Germany
Women’s Pink Tea Club
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