Awards For Board Given At Civitan Luncheon
The Civitan Club hosted a weekly luncheon with OPA officials from Birmingham and sixteen Morgan County OPA members as guests. Joseph Short, district OPA director, spoke on ration rules and price ceilings and presented awards to Morgan County War Price and Rationing Board members who had completed at least three months of volunteer service before 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Birmingham
Decatur Opa
Ralph Slate
Sarah Ann Thompson
Morgan County
Civitan Club
Joseph Short
Morgan County War Price and Rationing Board
Oscar L. Napps
Wilburn R. Riley
Phillip H. Werner
James E. McClary
Allison C. Bailey
Edward W. Strother
Duke P. Clemens
Herman G. Williams
John H. Peach
A. D. Sample
James
Alabama Church of God convention to convene this weekend
The Alabama state Young People's convention of the Church of God will convene Saturday and Sunday at the Church of God on Sixth Ave East. The first service Saturday starts at 2 30 PM with services all day Sunday from 8 30 AM. Out of town speakers and special singing planned.
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Alabama State Young Peoples’ Convention
The
Church of God
Sixth Ave
Birmingham Board Votes Teacher Pay Increases
The Birmingham board of education approved salary hikes totaling 193000 annually for teachers and staff across administrative, maintenance, and operations departments. President F. D. McArthur stated the increases, effective September 1, would range from 90 to 153 dollars per year.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Board of Education
F. D. McArthur
FDR Improves as President Clears Bronchitis
President Roosevelt's bronchitis is described as clearing up nicely. His physician requests no appointments and that he remain at home until he is entirely well.
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Washington
Roosevelt
A Wise Decision to Try Gly-Cas
If you measure medicine purchases by results you will see Gly-Cas offers relief for occasional constipation and its distresses. Headache, gas, bloating, biliousness, and sluggish feelings may ease with this commonly sold preparation. Caution: Use only as directed. Gly-Cas is sold by Loyd's Drug Store and other local drug stores.
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Loyd’s Drug Store
Argus Seeks Dorry at Club Runway Show
In a bustling ballroom Argus Steele aims to rendezvous with Dorry as a fashion show unfolds. Dorry reveals she is Bill’s wife and hints at trouble with Syria Verne while Argus probes her past and a gun incident. A note from Cynthia Lane summons Argus to a dressing room at intermission as the event continues.
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Argus
Cynthia Lane
Dorry
Mr. Steele
Bill
Ellen Curtis
Third Avenue
Syria Verne
Ohio
Sturgis
Flagg
Roger Flagg
New York
Florida
Ellen
Somerville Sailor Cited For Bravery
Dewey Thomas Rice of Somerville, boatswain's mate second class USNR, received a commendation for outstanding service aboard the SS Robert Rowan during anti aircraft action off Gela Sicily on July 11 1943. The citation praised his crew’s courage under attack by 32 hostile bombers and their efforts to defend the ship before the vessel exploded and sank.
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Dewey Thomas Rice
USNR
Someerville
Sicily
Rice
George L. Rice
Somerville 2
Robert Rowan
Gela
Morgan County
Navy
Birmingham
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Naval Personnel
22Nd
Special Naval Construction Battalion
Leading role chosen for No Excuse Sir musical
Mrs. Jimmy Willett, wife of the Southern Aviation Training School assistant athletic director, won the leading role in No Excuse Sir a three act musical comedy for Army Emergency Relief. Tryouts were held at the S A T S Cadet club and will conclude tomorrow night at 8 00 PM at Riverside high school auditorium.
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Southern Aviation Training School
Riverside High School
Army Emergency Relief
Jimmy Willett
J. H. Nunan
W. M. Norris
Public utility ruling targets Mobile butane distributor
Montgomery Ala March 30 the state Public Service Commission ruled that Green's Fuel of Florida Inc a butane gas seller to more than 1000 Mobile area customers is a public utility and must apply for a state certificate or cease operations Commissioner Gordon Persons said the decision tests the commission authority and the case may be carried to higher courts Green's Fuel has 15 days to comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery. Ala
Mobile
State Public Service Commission
Commission
Gordon Persons
Green's Fuel of Florida, Inc
Odds Against Four Perfect Bridge Hands Reported
A published calculation states odds against four perfect bridge hands being dealt at a single table are 158,000,000 to 1. The figure reflects the rarity of each player receiving exactly five cards in each suit, producing perfect distributions.
Closure of Kentucky Lock on Tennessee River
Navigation notice states Kentucky Lock at Mile 22.4 will go out of operation the night of 30 March 1944 due to high river levels. A further notice will be issued when a probable return date is known. District Engineer H. E. Pannabaker signs the message.
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Kentucky Lock
Tennessee
Kentucky
H. E. Pannabaker
Pstor
Coins of Engineers
Union Urges Pay Increase In Cotton Textile Mills
The Textile Workers Union of America argues 1943 pre tax profits of 18 Southern mills justify higher wages, seeking a 60 cent hourly minimum, paid vacations, and third shift differentials. A War Labor Board panel heard profits totaling 8.9 million in 1942 and 35.8 million in 1941, with 1943 figures described as conservative. The panel plans to report findings without recommendations and await mill management testimony in April.
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Atlanta
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Southern Cotton and Rayon Mills
TWLA
Solomon Barkin
Tri-Partite War Labor Board
WLB
Southern Mills
Barkin
Southern Cotton
Wit
Nesses
Twua
National War Labor Board
Young flyer sets Air Corps record at Courtland
In under nine months after leaving high school, 2nd Lt. Jack W. Steiner of West Newton Pa was commissioned and earned his wings in the U S Army Air Corps. Four days before his 19th birthday he was made a flight instructor at Courtland Army Air Field, where he trained. He is the youngest flying officer at Courtland. Steiner’s rapid rise appears to set a record.
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Jack W. Steiner
West Newton
U. S. Army Air Corps
Courtland Army Air Field
Courtland
Steiner
Weather after four days rain in Birmingham area
Weather story reports a two inch fish fell from the sky striking a postman’s umbrella during heavy rain. A thief stole a rain gauge from the U S observatory. Fifteen seagulls were seen flying over the inland city in the unusual weather spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
I. J. Williams
F. C. Horton
U. S. Observatory
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Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines, Inc
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
Babs Lee
Cynthia
King Features Syndicate
Lag
Somerville
Robert Krovan
United States Naval Service
Lowe Bros. Paints and Enamels
Stone Lumber Co
Old Ferry Road
Old Man River
AIR Corps
Purina
Livestock Spray
Turner
Coal & Grain CO
Checkerboard Store
Moulton Street
Johnson's Red Cross
Doh Wiens
Rep Cross
Shan
Gunter
Second Avenue
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