Dozen Groups Accused in Southern War Employment Hearing
The President's Committee on Fair Labor Practices opened a three day hearing in Birmingham on charges that Negroes lack equal opportunity in war work. The docket includes Vultee Aircraft Nashville Bell Aircraft Atlanta and other defense firms. Hearings will address labor organizations and defense authorities across several Southern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Malcolm S. N. Hampton Institute
Vultee Aircraft, Inc
National Defense Training Authority
Nashville
Tenn
Gulf Shipbuilding Co
Mobile
Rookley Field
Army Air Base
Bell Aircraft Corp
National
Defense Training Authority
Atlanta
Macon
MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corp
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp
Savannah
Delta Shipbuilding Corp
Labor Organization
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
South
Four Broadway villains escape punishment in new shows
Wide World features four stage villains who seem above the law with audiences giving only boos. Among them Mary Anderson of Birmingham stands out as a season discovery while a playful mystery asks where Karloff's other leg might be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Birmingham
Karloff
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Notable figures protest racial employment notices in hearin
A committee heard complaints from Negro individuals and groups alleging racial barriers in employment and training. Spokesmen named Mark FE. Eth ridge, David Sarnoff, Earl B Dickerson, Milton P Webster, Frank Fenton, and John Brophy as involved or representing organizations. Affected parties were notified of the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man MacLean
Mark FE. Ethridge
Louisville, Ky
Courier-Journal
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
New York
Earl B. Dickerson
Chicago
Milton P. Webster
International
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Frank Fenton
American Federation of Labor
John Brophy
CIO
Flyers for recruiting drive seek medical volunteers
Montgomery Alabama June 18 In a drive to fill the Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center needs officers and enlisted men seek help from doctors. Col William F DeWitt surgeon says over 1000 doctors have been commissioned in the Army Air Force in eight weeks but more are required and asked to write friends in the medical field to volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Army
Southeast Air Forces Training Center
William F. DeWitt
Army Air Force
Fragmentary legal plea for representation
A fragment notes someone seeking legal representation by counsel several weeks ago, indicating an ongoing need for counsel without detailing parties, charges, or jurisdiction.
Demand for Mules Rises as Army Seeks Animal Power
Missouri traders report rising mule demand as the Army plans to replace 1500 vehicles with animal drawn equipment to save rubber. Civilians stock up amid tire shortages, with six hundred animals sold in a single Sparks Norris auction this week. Prices rise on good work horses to 150 dollars and saddle horses to 200, colt mules to 150, common mules to 85.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
AEF
France
Sparks- Norris Commission Company
W. F
Commission
Chattanooga adopts anti noise ordinance curbing dog barking
A June 30 deadline follows a new Chattanooga law prohibiting frequent or long continued dog noise. The measure removes a section about birds or fowl and tightens penalties for disturbances.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Local Notes from Morgan County and Austinville
Mrs FE J Lott and sons Mere dith and Kendall from Portsmouth VA visit J M Hendon parents. Mrs C W Howell returns from New York and Portsmouth VA with her husband. In Portsmouth Mr and Mrs Howell host their sister. Mrs D M Stephenson Ola Montgomery and daughter of Moulton visit the Barnetts. L G Manly goes to Charleston SC for Navy yard work. Theo White improving at Baugh infirmary. Hester Hall to Washington DC for Civil Service Commission. Meredith Lott ill with malaria at Hendon grandparents home. James McDonald visits Decatur Bunny Hendon home. Class of 1940 reunion at Mrs Malcolm Roberts Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. J. Lott and Sons
Meredith and Kendall
Portsmouth
J. M. Hendon
C. W. Howell
New York
James McDonald
Baannee Hendon
Decatur, Bunny
Malcolm Roberts
Hartselle
Squatters' Club Members Move Out of Tailor Shop
In Wilson North Carolina for a decade a group called the Squatters' Club met near Harry Walls' tailor shop to chat about weather politics and world affairs. Walls left town and the members pooled funds to lease the space, leaving no business beyond talk. The piece notes a political jab about bonds and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson, N. C
Harry Walls
Walls
Col Haynes Named Chief of American Bomber Command in China
Col Caleb V. Haynes is named to head the American bomber command in China. Details of the force and timing remain secret. Haynes previously led the Assam Burma China ferrying command and rescued refugees and personnel. He is a 46 year old North Carolinian with a long flying career and no crashes. He last flew into Lashio and Shwebo in Burma during notable missions including aiding Gen Stilwell.
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Chungking
Caleb V. Haynes
American Bomber Command
China
United States
Claire L. Chenault
Flying Tigers
Army Air Force
Col. Haynes
Burma
India
Assam-Burma- China
Col
Haynes
Lashio
Shwebo
Upper Burma
Joseph Stilwell
Stilwell
Sheriff Whitt Leaves for Montgomery Checkup
Athens Alabama on June 18 Sheriff Martin F. Whitt departed for the Veterans Hospital in Montgomery for a thorough physical and medical checkup and ten days treatment for his general condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Martin F. Whitt
Veterans Hospital
Montgomery
Funeral services held for Mrs Lura Rose in Limestone County
Mrs Lura Rose age 35 of Cartwright Limestone County died on Wednesday June 10 after an illness. Funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Valley Church by Bro Everett Bullington and her body was laid to rest in the local cemetery. She is survived by her husband and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lura Rose
Cartwright
Limestone County
Pleasant Valley Church
Everett Bullington
McConnel
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A. B Lane
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L. A. Roger
Fred V. Pierce
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Co. C. Strickland
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Young Brothers
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Roy Whitman
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E. A. Skidmore
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