Labor Front Bristles with New Disputes Across Nation
The Associated Press reports fresh labor conflicts as over 60 thousand idle workers plan to return after settlements while 40 thousand remain idle and three railroads plus 18 Western Electric plants threaten strikes. Detroit sees most CIO UAW workers back after AFL CIO dispute. Glass industry walkouts end as war labor board urges resume.
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Associated Press
Western Electric Company
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile
Afl-Cio
War Labor Board
Libbey - Owens - Ford Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Prices surge for fruit and staples since 1939
The report notes the largest price increases since 1939 affect apples, potatoes, prunes, and lard, highlighting how everyday food items gained in cost over the period.
Argentine Romance Includes Vermont Writer in High Society
Terry Arnold, a young Vermont newspaperwoman, travels to Argentina to research a novel about the wealthy playboy set. She experiences a glamorous invitation from Brooks Kimberly and Corinne Artigas, faces romance with Raff Cordoba, and plans a rapid departure to the Kimberly estancia after a night of dazzling social intrigue.
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Terry Arnold
Vermont
Brooks Kimberly
Ultimo Ventura
Corinne Artigas
Kimberly
Raff Cordoba
Terry
Rast Rdoba
Norman
Raff
Corinne
Buenos Aires
Jime
Brooks
Corrine
Brooks Plans And Flight To The Pampas
Corrine stays behind for a meeting while Terry joins Raff and Brooks for breakfast. They travel to the airport where a silver Brooks plane awaits and the crew readies bags as the plane powers up for takeoff over the pampas.
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North America
Terry
Raff
Brooks
Kimberly Estancia
Corrine
Kimberly
Manuela
Pampas
Construction of an Earthen Weir Across Lake Elbert
War Department permit requested by Electro Metallurgical Co to build a concrete spillway and weir across Lake Elbert a tributary of the Tennessee River near Wilson Dam Alabama. The basin for industrial wastes would be 800 by 250 feet and 35 feet deep with a 100 acre drainage. Objections due by 2 July 1945 to the Nashville District Engineer.
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Electro Metallurgical Company
Sheffield
Alabama
War Department
Lake Elbert
Tennessee River
Wilson Dam
Ala
Reading Wilkinson
Corps of Engineers
War Today analyzes China Moscow talks and Soong alliance
Dewitt Mackenzie examines rumors of a China Russia meeting as Premier Soong seeks a mutual aid pact to bring Russia into the war against Japan. He notes tensions with Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese communists, and suggests Moscow’s stance could reshape Asia after the war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Chungking
Moscow
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Harvard
San Francisco
Soong
Japan
China
Chiang
Soviet Union
Hospital at Field Closed At Courtland Field
The Station Hospital at Courtland Army Air Field will close to transient personnel of the Armed Forces at midnight June 28 1945. Transients may still receive care at other Army facilities in the area including Huntsville Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama Birmingham Army Air Base in Birmingham Alabama and Columbus Army Air Field in Columbus Mississippi.
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Courtland Army Air Field
Courtland Field
Huntsville Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Birmingham Army Air Base
Birmingham
Columbus Army Air Field
Columbus
Miss
Woman reelected president of mid-South Synod group
The synodical of the mid-South Presbyterian Church of the United States has reelected Mrs. W. J. McPheron Stephens of Birmingham Alabama as president.
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Nashville, Tenn
The
Synodical of mid-South
Presbyterian Church of the U
Soong Visit in Moscow Signals Expanding Soviet Influence
The piece argues that Soong's Moscow trip could place China near Soviet bargaining power with Chiang Kai-Shek and boost Russia's prestige in China. It frames this as a broader pattern of Soviet influence expanding eastward, likening it to a continental tide and noting Russia may seek political clout rather than direct territorial expansion along bordering states.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
China
Soong
Moscow
Orient
Europe
Pvt Grover Cobb Returns From German Prison Camp
Friends note Pvt Grover A Cobb has returned home to his wife Mrs Lola Lindler Cobb after 26 months in a German prison camp. He is on an 80 day furlough. Local visits include Boyd Puryear of Tuscumbia and family.
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Pvt
Grover A. Cobb
Lola Lindler Cobb
Boyd Puryear
Tuscumbia
E. B. Puryear
Robert Adams
Cephas Turner
Harry Turner
Gadsden
Lillian Patterson
Gum Pond
Hyland Ryan
Talladega
Mexiana Soothe Powder Aids Heat Rash Relief
A hot weather remedy promotes Mexiana powder to ease itching burning and stinging from heat rash and diaper rash. It absorbs moisture, helps dry skin and reduce irritation, with a note to save money by choosing larger sizes. May imply pediatric use.
Four New Polio Cases Reported in Jefferson County
Four new poliomyelitis cases were reported yesterday in Birmingham area bringing June total to 18 in Jefferson County. Twenty one cases diagnosed in the county this year and two deaths occurred earlier, one in March and another last week.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Marcn
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Sinclair Service
Highway 31
8Th St. South
Based Central Press Association
Old Man River
United States Engineer Office
Nashville District
Nashville
Tenn
Ross
BANK
Pryor Motor Company
Mack
Mack Trucks
Mack Service
Lems
U.S. War Bonds
First Avenue
Johnston Street
Decatur
Morgan County
Brooks Lindler
R. A. Ryan
Johnnie Woodruff
Union Hill
Walter Stephens
Keller
Etna
John Vann
Morton
Mortons
Vas
Ance
Silverbrook Creamery
Kraft
Philadelphia
Polk's
Adams
Leeta Bell
Calif
Calif, Juicy
Nabisco
Kadota
Zeigler
Iceberg
A&p
White
Sultana Peanut Butter
Patapsco
Jar
Marvel
Jane Parker
Staley
Ann Page
Virginia
Florida
Pan Whiting
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