Assassination Sparked World War I in Sarajevo
Twenty nine years ago today in Sarajevo Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip a Serb student. The event triggered a chain of alliances drawing Germany Austria Hungary Russia France and Britain into war.
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Associated Press
Sarajevo
I VY
Royal Automobile
Gavrilo Princip
Browing
Redduke
Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Britain
Belgium
Cities added to Group One by War Manpower Commission
The War Manpower Commission expanded Group One with four more areas Shanghai? No. Gadsden Muskegon and Stockton California along with another city raising Group One areas to 46 percent. These areas face 48 hour week if alternative production is found elsewhere.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Lair Gadsden
Muskegon
Stockton
Calif
Spartanburg
D. C
Knoxville
Tenn
Miami
Fla
Meridian
Miss
Baton Rouge
el Paso
Waco
Cullman County Social Notes Highlight Visits and Guests
Nellie West of Cullman spends week with Irene McKinney. Winfred and Mrs. McManus visit with sister Mrs. Calvin Johnson and Mr. Johnson at Walker. Mrs. Alvin Hodge of Berlin and son Keith visit J D Law family. Adrian Law and Milie Moore of Trade and Logan visit the Laws. Ora Duskin and Johnie Tolbert travel to Cullman on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie West
Cullman
Irene McKinney
Winfred McManus
Calvin Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Walker
Alvin Hodge
Berlin
Keith
J.D. Law
Adrian Law
Milie Moore
Trade and Logan
J. D. Law
Ora Duskin
Johnie. Tolbert
Messages From Sons Reach Athens Families
Athens Ala June 2 Local residents report interesting communications from sons in service Mrs W S Garth received news from Winston S Garth Jr prisoner in a German camp since April 29 saying he is healthy and spirits high T D Copeland answered an overseas call from his son Baker in the Pacific via San Francisco the first time in five years the father has heard his son's voice
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Athens
Ala
Mra. W
Garth
Winston
Garth, Jr
Holland
T. D. Copeland
Masonic Lodge
Pacific
San Francisco
Baker Copeland
Pacific Escape to Australia From Cebu to Brisbane
Clark Lee recounts a perilous Pacific voyage aboard the Princesa fleeing Cebu after a Japanese cruiser shelled the port. The journey includes Verdi Island passage danger, barilli to Cebu city, a near-captain rescue, and a tense eastward dash toward Brisbane before MacArthur's arrival in Australia signals renewed hope for the Philippines.
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Barilli
Cebu
Princesa
Bataan
Major Bird of
Imaster Corps
MacArthur
Mindanao
del Monte
Australia
Liloan Beach Club
Unds
Edmunds
Bird
Mel
Annalee
Corregidor
General MacArthur
Pons
Philippines
Rabaul
Fiji
New Caledonia
Coral Sea
Brisbane
United States
Clark Lee
The
Viking Press
Red Cross gains in Athens as club members boost surgical dressings
Interest in Red Cross work rises in Athens with county home demonstration clubs visiting weekly to assist in the surgical dressing department. Regular clubs include Piney Chapel Coxey Capshaw Oakdale Center Hill Hays Mill Sardis Spring Greenbrier Bethel Tanner Wheeler Copeland.
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Red Cross
Athens
Piney Chapel
Coxey
Capshaw
Oakdale
Center Hill
Hays Mill
Sardis Spring
Greenbrier
Bethel
Tanner
Wheeler
Copeland
R. M. Rawis
Washington, D. C
Col
Walter O. Rawis
Grand Junction hit by shrapnel from freight train fire
Residents dug shrapnel from yards and walls after a four hour bombardment in Grand Junction Colorado caused by a freight train car fire. At least four were injured by high powered shell fragments as railroad crews isolated the burning cars and military and railroad investigators opened inquiries.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Joe Brady
NYC Guests Visit Griffin Family in Alabama and New York Return
New York City residents spend the summer in Athens and Birmingham as guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Griffin and plan to return to New York later to rejoin government auditor Mr. Griffin. Babe Noblitt recovers from appendectomy at Limestone County Hospital. W H Daniel of Tupelo visits daughter and son in Alabama and returns next week with wife. Jennie R. Walker returns from weeks with Mrs. H A Savage and Dallas relatives. Mrs. John H. Bitting and children are mentioned next.
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New York City
Athens
Birmingham
Mr. Griffin
A. D. Griffin
New York
Griffin
Babe Noblitt
Limestone County Hospital
W. H. Daniel
Tupelo
Baylis Hightower
Mr. Hightower
Daniel
Charles
West Point
Jennie R. Walker
H. A. Savage
Dallas
Texas
John H. Bitting
Chil
McAnally Graduates as B-24 Mechanic at Keesler Field
PFC Harold T. McAnally of Lacey's Springs completes 17 weeks of Liberator bomber mechanics training at Keesler Field. He is now qualified as a B-24 mechanic and will join active line duty with the Army Air Forces. The course covered aircraft systems, tools, hydraulics, engines, and inspections with outdoor drills simulating battle conditions.
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Harold T. McAnally
Keesler Field
Luther McAnally
Lacey’s Springs
Pvt. McAnally
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Families Visit. Mrs. Walker in Birmingham on Red Cross
Dren of Elmore Ohio have been visiting Mr and Mrs N K Bitting. Mrs Erwin White has gone to Fort Leonard Wood North Carolina to spend a week with her husband stationed there. Mrs Mamie P Walker was a recent visitor to Birmingham on Red Cross business.
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Dren
Elmore
Ohio
N. K. Bitting
Erwin White
Fort Leonard Wood
North Carolina
Mamie P. Walker
Birmingham
Red Cross
Byrnes heads quiet but influential OWM in wartime role
Washington report notes the Office of War Mobilization under James F. Byrnes has completed its first month with no public orders issued. Behind the scenes, Byrnes acts as peacemaker and coordinator among agencies, issuing few directives and often guiding actions through polite inquiries rather than force.
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Washington
OWM
Office of War Mobilization
War Labor Board
WLB
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers
Ickes
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Inner War Council
White House
Byrnes
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Willingham
Sons
Mexsana
Polima
Bee
Loyd’s
China Sea
Luzon
Verde Island
Mindoro
Straits
Looc
Tablas
Estancia
Panay
Bohol
Japan
Caroline
Marshall Islands
New Guinea
New Britain
van Landingham
Jacoby
Truk
Dutch East Indies
Mandated Islands
Solomon Islands
Frank Jack Fletcher
D. L Rosenau, JR
John 8. Crutcher, Jr
Camp Forrest
Crutcher
Mayo’s
Rochester
Minn
Bruce Sherrill
Florida
Army Air Forces
George L. Sherrill
Ben Jaffe
A. J. Markowitz
Rowe Smith
Texarkana
Ark
Gilbert R. Smith
Elkmont
Pauline L. Ummerham
Wilson Dam
Kyle L. Looney
Thomas Coggin
Columbia
S.C
Coggin
Willard
Clarence Kurtz
Army
Thresa Nell Green
Robert Ellis Green
Decatur
Harry Pointer
Green
Nellie Rainey
Pfc. McAnally
Dillehay’s
OWM Silent
U. S
Agency
Belk’s
Linen Department
James L. Rankin
Tennessee Valley Company
State National Bank
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