Whisky resumed production for August under tighter controls
Washington reports the War Production Board will release 40 to 50 million gallons of 86-90 proof blended whiskey for August to ease the industrial alcohol shortage. Senators urge stricter distribution controls to curb bootlegging while Rep Bryson denounces the move as harmful to feeding Americans. A Senate committee plans to publish its report recommending tighter enforcement of Alcohol Tax Unit activities and distribution controls below retail level.
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Washington
Senate
Liquor Shoree
WPB
War Production Board
Bryson
D-S. C
McCarran
D-Nev
Alcohol Tax Unit
Nokia
Work halts at two plants in Birmingham area
Two plant walkouts in Birmingham tied up production, 1400 workers idle. Virginia Bridge plant with 500 workers faced CIO United Steel Workers accusations over Negro riveters, which the company denied. Wylam coal mine employes about 900 also idle. both firms are U S Steel subsidiaries. Union spokesmen blamed unauthorized stoppages.
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia Bridge Company
Kesman
CIO
United Steel Workers
Wylam
Tennessee Coal, Tron & Railway Company
United Mine Workers of America
TCI
Virginia Bridge
U. S. Steel Coreporation
Calamity House in Wrightsville Encountered by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen as "Smith" visits Wrightsville to write a new novel and rents a honeymoon house designed by banker John F. Wright. Nora Wright and Jim Haight marry amid town gossip while the author pursues inspiration and contemplates new plot twists in a tale of mistaken calamity and domestic life.
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Ellery Smith
Mr. Queen
Wrightsville
John F. Wright
Hermione
Nora
James Haight
Lola
Smith
Wright
Jim” Haight
Jim
Ellery
Frank Lloyd
John F
Carter Bradford
Carter
Hermy
Pat
Wright Driveway
Ludjé
MR. Haighty
New York
Ed Dotchkiss
Hollis
Mark Doodle
Grover
Hallowe’en
Hill
Little, Brown @ Co
King Features Syn-icate
Upside-Down Dive Tests Forties C-47 Courage
Air Force transport pilot Walter F. Hasley recounts a one mile inverted dive in a C-47 amid thunderstorms near a radio station. Despite extreme updrafts and instrument failure the crew recovered at 6,300 to 7,000 feet with fourteen passengers safely landed and the damaged aircraft deemed repairable.
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Clyde A. Farnsworth
Hal Boyle
Fourteenth U. S. Air Force
China
Walter F. Hasley
Fort Myers
Fla
B. F. Mehall
Detroit
Lewis G. Helm
St. Joseph
Helm
Hailey
Land's End Held as Most Westerly Point in Great Britain
Land's End, a granite cliff group in Cornwall, is described as the most westerly point of Great Britain, marking a notable geographic extremity.
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Land's End
Cornwalk
Great Britai
Arnall Meets Roosevelt in Washington White House Peace Move
Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall visits President Roosevelt to discuss Southern concerns and party strategy. Rep Sikes calls it an olive branch and Arnall is not expected as a running mate. Arnall also plans to advance a Supreme Court fight for lower freight rates in the South.
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Washington
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Roosevelt
White House
Sikes
D-Fla
Arnall
Manasco
D-Ala
Supreme Court
South
House sets probes into campaign finance including labor unions
Washington June 22 The House voted to investigate suspected election fraud in this presidential campaign year and expand scope to labor unions and other groups. The rules committee rewrote the inquiry to cover contributions and expenditures by individuals partnerships corporations labor unions and political committees linked to labor. Rep Marcantonio criticized the final wording saying it includes everyone without singling out unions. Speaker Rayburn to appoint seven House members to lead the panel.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Marcantonio
Al-N
CIO -Political Action Committee
Rayburn
Toxicologist Aids In Death Probe In Alabama
State Toxicologist H W Nix joined the investigation into the slaying of Ester Drew a 19 year old Army cadet wife. He began near the Clover drainage ditch area where her body was found last Friday night. Authorities report no progress as Nixon works under the State Attorney General at the request of local police.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. W. Nixon
Ester Drew
Auburn
Snraes Wa
Nixon
Senior Class Party Honors Army Veteran Reuben Sims
Jessie Nell Lee hosted Morgan County High School seniors in a party honoring Reuben Sims of the U S Army, a former student. Letters were written to classmates serving in the armed forces, including John Lockhart Jimmie Bennett Paul Sanders and Ramon Woodall.
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Jessie Nell Lee
Morgan County High School
Reuben Sims
U. S. Army
John Lockhart
Jimmie Bennett
Paul Sanders
Ramon Woodall
Mimi Groover
Minnie Lee Hartselle
John D. Long
Sara Phillips
Carol Pickens
Helen Polytinsky
Martha Ryan
Coy Stephenson Jr
Jean Tanner
Latane Turgney
Jean Weinman
Frank N. Philpot
Lizzie Reed Penn
Methodist bishops urge Christian postwar world peace
In Atlanta on June 22 the Southeastern jurisdiction bishops of the Methodist church call for a people's war and a people's peace. They urge the church to keep America receptive to its responsibility in shaping a Christian postwar world as clergy note soldiers dying on battlefields worldwide.
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Atlanta
Methodist Church
America
First magazine issue born in London in 1731
The earliest magazine, titled Gentleman s C, issued in London in 1731 marks the start of periodical illustrated print journalism. It established the model for serial publishing and literary reviews that influenced subsequent magazines worldwide.
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Gentleman's
London
Plea for Hoe Hands in Troy War on Weeds Affects Crops
County Agent J. Carter reports a flood of farmer appeals for hoe hands to fight weeds and grass threatening crops near Troy Alabama. Volunteers are promised good wages and provided transportation, marking a shift from wartime conditions.
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Seerie Troy
Ala
J. Carter
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
Don’t be embarrassed by loose dentures. FASTEETH powder sprinkles on plates keeps teeth firmly set and secure with no gummy taste. Gives confidence and comfort. available at any drug store.
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