Coast Shipping Tie-Up Eases After New Two Year Pact
Coast shipping remained tied up as engineers and radio operators demanded contracts but seamen returned to work on promises of higher pay and shorter hours. Mediators reported a two year agreement between operators and the CIO National Maritime Union effective retroactively from last Saturday, with a 44 hour week at sea cut to 40 hours by December 16 and in port hours unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gulf Coast
CIO American Radio Association
CIO National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
ARA
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Explosion Hits a Mobile Shop in Mobile Alabama
An explosion at the Facto Bake shop in downtown Mobile injured four workers. Three coworkers, Steve Beasley 37 Joe Fisher and Hawthorne Turner, escaped serious harm while James Warren Baker 28 remained in critical condition. Authorities suspect welder torch sparks ignited gas vapors.
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Mobile
Ala
James Warren Baker
Steve Beasley
Joe Fisher
Hawthorne Turner
Gov
Probate Daily Records Link Several Transfers and Sums
Daily records list multiple transfers from Murray Dodd to J W Wardlow for 607 36 from Charles H Eyster to Andrew Rombokas 3000 to H Garrett to Robert Hanness 100 Eva L Reed to George Joseph 1000 J M Baber to James P Duke 300 J M Baber to Arthur D Le Croix Jr 300 J M Baber to Willis Oscar Smith Jr 300 R P Lemley to Frank M Hunter 2600 E W Lewter to R T Agnew 6000 C E Pitt to Nellie Mae Haber conn 9000 Mary E Curry to D W McNeill 485 Ruth Owen Brooks to James C Brooks 5 Nora McCall to W P Newman
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Murray Dodd
J. W. Wardlow
Charles H. Eyster
Andrew Rombokas
H. Garrett
Robert Hanness
Eva L. Reed
George Joseph
J. M. Baber
James P. Duke
Arthur D. LeCroix Jr
Willis Oscar Smith Jr
R. P. Lemley
Frank M. Hunter
E. W. Lewter
R. T. Agnew
C. E. Pitt
Nellie Mae Haberconn
Mary E. Curry
D. W. McNeill
Ruth Owen Brooks
James C. Brooks
Nora McCall
W. P. Newman
Firework sparks blowout windows and injure bystander
A welding torch explosion at a shop on Government Street damaged the shop and several cars. Windows at the Admiral Semmes hotel nearby and a grocery store were shattered. A motorist felt the car lift as a bright flash swept the building. Jack Taylor and others were nearby when the flash occurred.
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Ernment Street
Admiral Semmes
Life Insurance Agents Elect Officers In Decatur
The Decatur Life Underwriters Association elected officers and directors. New officers are Watson Carlisle president Howard Belser vice president H G Williams secretary treasurer R C Roberts national committeeman Phil Nungesser state committeeman. Maurice Jackson won the National Quality Award for ethics service and client focus. Delegates were named to attend the Alabama Association of Underwriters convention in Montgomery June 28 29.
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Jackson
Watson Carlisle
Decatur Underwriters Association
Maurice Jackson
Protective Life Insurance Co
National Association of Life Underwriters
Life Insurance Agency Management Association
Decatur Life Underwriters Association
Alabama Underwriters
Montgomery
Howard Belser
H. G. Williams
R. C. Roberts
Phil Nungesser
R. T. Spiers
J. J. Putnam
W. P. Walker
L. C. Freeman
Malcolm Smith
John McGehee
Carlisle
Alabama Association of Underwriters
Messrs
Belser
Williams
Roberts
Nungessér
Cotton And Corn Sprayed By Plane In Regional Dusting
Ernie Blackwell of Tennessee Valley Flight Service reported cotton belonging to Winston Garth in Athens was dusted for boll weevil on Saturday, likely the first dusting this year near the Belle Mina Experiment station. Another spraying targeted corn owned by Dewey Hampton in Mooresville for corn borers.
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Ernie Blackwell
Tennessee Valley Flight Service
Winston Garth
Athens
Garth
Belle Mina Experiment Station
Dewey Hampton
Mooresville
Property Transfers and Small Sums in Sardis Ledger
The fragment lists transfers including J. M. Baber to Earl D. Allgood and to James M. Jones, Ernest Ray McReath to Ola Mc Reath, and B. L. Ryan to Woyd Ward with amounts of 4500 and 3000 dollars and a token one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Baber
Earl D. Allgood
James M. Jones
Ernest Ray McReath
Ola McReath
B. L. Ryan
Woyd Ward
Marriage Licenses Issued For Four Couples
Henry Long Ware 24 Aliceville salesman wed Virginia Hogan Barret 23 Decatur school teacher. Sgt Robert Thomas Rives 40 Fort Benning wed Martha Thelma Smith 40 Decatur textile worker. Gwin Arnold Pirkle 22 701 2nd Ave West Wolverine Tube employee wed Esta Lee Johnson 22 823 Grant St Mutual Savings em
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Long Ware
Aliceville
Virginia Hogan Barret
Decatur
Robert Thomas Rives
Fort Benning
Martha Thelma Smith
Gwin Arnold Pirkle
2Nd Ave. West
Wolverine Tube
Esta Lee Johnson
Grant St
Mutual Savings
NAACP Marches Into Atlanta for Deep South Convention
The NAACP arrives in Atlanta for its 42nd annual convention near the state capitol, planning court-action strategies against segregation. About 500 delegates from 40 states and 2,000 people are expected, with addresses by figures such as Dr. Ralph Bunche as gates open to nonsegregated public sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Deep South
State Capitol
Herman Talmadge
NCAAP
South
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Atlanta University
William M. Boyd
Boyd
United States
America
Ralph Bunche
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Potatoes Origin Traced to Andean Highlands
The piece notes the potato's original habitat likely Peru or Chile where it grew wild on the high Andes plateaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Chile
Andes
Liberia Capital And Founding Details
Monrovia is the capital of Liberia. The country was founded in 1822 by freedmen from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberia
Monrovia
United States
Northern Lights Span High Above Earth
A scientific note states that auroras lift 60 miles or more above Earth's surface, illuminating high-altitude skies. Researchers describe the phenomena as atmospheric light displays caused by solar wind interactions with the magnetosphere.
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Lanside
Kroehler
Jack Taylor
Baker
Lanty
F.H.A
Tee
Ncw
Life Insurance Agents
Helen Hayes
My Son
National Association
BEM Price
Stroys
U. S
NAACP
Georgia
Tion
Finley Island
Plymouth
Detroit
New Plymouth
Chrysler
Michigan
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