Nimitz Praises Air Power At Pearl Harbor Address
Navy head Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told Pacific fleet sailors aboard a fighting ship that American air power at Coral Sea and Midway exacted 10 Japanese men and planes for every U S loss. He urged veterans to hold the line until reinforcements arrive as carrier air groups suffer early losses but promise rapid improvement.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Coral Sea
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Acific
Nimitz lauds Midway victory and air power led triumph
Admiral Nimitz praised joint Army Navy and Marine teamwork in the Midway win and noted medal awards for aviation corps and submarines. He stressed air power's leading role in Coral Sea and Midway battles and the need to rotate and increase battle strength as the war continues. Secretary Knox called the victory a magnificent page in naval history.
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Coral Sea
Midway
Nimitz
Army
Navy
Navy Knox
Battle of
Knox
Hawaii
Tibby Accepts Wayne's Proposal at Roadhouse Table
Wayne pleads for a swift engagement as Tibby tears up. she agrees to marry him, while doubting her own love. He vows a future home and gifts Steena, then plans a pearl birthstone keepsake to seal the betrothal, as tension and tenderness mix in the roadhouse scene.
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Wayne
Tibby
Tommy
Steena
Spirit of Christ Topic Set for Tonight at First Christian
Rev. Noble R. Edwards of Bessemer will sermonize on The Spirit of Christ at First Christian Church evangelistic meetings tonight. Adjutant and Mrs. Thomas of the Salvation Army will sing and Ernest McCulloch directs the musical program. A large crowd attended last night as interest grows.
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Christ
Noble R. Edwards
Bessemer
First Christian Church
Thomas
Salvation Army
Ernest McCulloch
Edwards
Applicants flock to Athens post after postmaster's death
Following the sudden death of Postmaster C. W. Sarver last week, many seek the Athens post, with Luther Yarbrough county tax assessor M. B. Kennemer city clerk Joe B. Sarver former alderman Donald Isom clerk H. N. Binford and others named among likely applicants as the list grows daily.
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Athens
Ala
C. W. Sarver
Luther Yarbrough
Merchants Warned in Birmingham on Ceiling Price Rules
Houston Cole, Alabama state OPA director, cautioned retailers to file statements of ceiling prices for all cost-of-living commodities with the nearest war price and ration board. A July 1 deadline was set for compliance.
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Birmingham
Ala
Houston Cole
OPA
Alabama
Savings Bond Pledge Campaign Urges Support for Troops
The pledge campaign invites every income earner to back servicemen with funds for weapons and equipment, emphasizing unity with the fighting men through guns tanks ships and planes.
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U.S
New Device to Mine Tin From Low Grade Ore
Westinghouse Electric announces an electro static separator to extract tin from low grade ore. G W Penney notes the device could ease wartime tin shortages after testing on a Southern state deposit. Federal Bureau of Mines observers attend a laboratory demonstration as high voltage charges separate tin from rock and sand.
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Pittsburgh
America
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
G. W. Penney
Electro
North America
Malaya
East Indies
Westinghouse
Federal Bureau of Mines
Penney
Home Front Soldier Pledge Card Question
The message asks readers how committed they are as a home front soldier and whether they have signed their pledge card yet, prompting participation in wartime civic duties.
Revival Series Set by Hartselle Church Minister
Rev John R Havener pastor of the Hartselle Christian church announces evangelistic services starting Sunday morning in Hartselle June 98 and continuing through the week Sings by J K Haynes of Hartselle will lead the singing Havener a former Mississippi state evangelist is a noted pulpiteer Evening services begin at eight o clock and run one hour fifteen minutes Public invited to attend
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John R. Havener
Hartselle
Retail sales rise in Alabama tax receipts grow
Revenue Commissioner John Curry reported Alabama retail purchases show higher spending than last year. For the first eight and a half months of the fiscal year starting last October, sales tax receipts reached 8,106,200 compared with 5,004,860 in the same period a year ago.
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Ala
Istea
Alabama
John Curry
Bombardier Credited With Sinking Carrier at Midway
Lieut Henry Hunter Fitts a 25 year old from Madeon North Carolina is credited by officials with dropping bombs that sank a Japanese carrier in the Battle of Midway Island He served as bombardier in a B 17 bomber nose He was UNC graduate and trained at Billington Field Texas
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Lieut
Henr Hunter Fitts
Madeon
N. C
Midway Island
Fitts
University of North Carolina
Billington Field
Texas
Truman urges changes in War Production Board
Truman of Missouri on a special Senate defense committee report condemns damaging delay in converting civilian industry to war needs. He calls for organizational and personnel changes within WPB to meet responsibilities, echoing Guthrie's charge that low paid executives impeded the war production program.
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Truman
D.-Mo
Senate
WPB
WPR
Robert P. Guthrie
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