Southern Baptists Laud Russia Aid and World Liberty Push
The 99th Southern Baptist convention praised Russia relief work led by Russian War Relief Inc. president Edward C. Carter, noting $488,244 in kits donated last year and projected aid totaling $21 million. Carter urged organized aid as justice, not charity, and urged religious liberty as a condition of international cooperation, with Dr. John H. Buchanan calling for global cooperation beyond a super state.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Soviet Union
Edward C. Carter
Russian War Relief Inc
Russia
Valley Forge
United States
Louie D. Newton
Carter
United Nations Unity
Northern
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Joint Committee
John H. Buchanan
Southside Baptist Church
Birmingham
Ceiling Prices Hiked for Rub
The Office of Price Administration announced retail ceiling prices for high quality rubber heels in home replacement trade will be 15 to 30 cents a pair starting May 24. Current ceilings are 10 to 15 cents a pair. Moccasin venom preparations are described as used to stop bleeding.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration Today
Stilwell's Burma Front Ride With British and Chinese Allies
In Burma near Mogaung General Stilwell leads a mixed command convoy. The Boss and aides ride in jeeps with Lt Col Ernest Easterbrook and Indian Dara Singh among the staff. They survey Chinese units, tanks, and supply trucks, noting Japanese stubbornness and praising enemy soldiers before a cautious briefing with Col Brown and Capt Denaux.
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William F. Boni
Hal Boyle
Stilwell
Burma
Mogaung
Windom M. Brand
Baton Rouge
Ernest. F. Easterbrook
Aid
Dara Singh
Dara
Malaya
Singapore
China
U. S. Army
Paul D. Gish
Wadsworth
Ohio
Pfc
Myles A. Schauer
Oak Park
Ill
Liao Yao- Hsiang
Col. Rothwell
H. Brown
Col. Brown
Raymond L. Denaux
Charleston
S. C
Brownie
TVA Fate Up to Conferees
Senate and house conferees will begin talks next week on amendments to the independent offices appropriation bill targeting the Tennessee Valley Authority. McKellar and Woodrum lead discussions over TVA revenue use and payroll confirmation for officials earning 4500 dollars or more.
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Washington
House
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Woodrum
D-Va
Independent Offices
David E. Lillienthal
Russell
Dga
Truman
D-Me
Green
Dr.i
White
R-Me
Starnes
D-Ala
Fitzpatrick
D-N. Y
Hendricks
D-Fla
Wigglesworth
R-Mass
Dirksen
R-Ill
Case
R-S. D
Death claims famed humorist George Ade at 78
George Ade long noted author and satirist dies in Brook Indiana at age 78 after a week of heart attacks. The Hoosier writer rose from Lafayette to Chicago journalism and gained fame with Fables In Slang begun in 1897. He never married and celebrated bachelorhood in later writing.
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Brook
Ind
George Ade
Ade
Florida
Indiana
LaFayette
Chicago
Morning News
War spending will be cut by 4.8 billion dollars
President Roosevelt announced a net reduction of 4.8 billion dollars in next fiscal year war expenditures from January estimates. He cited better coordination and lower losses as factors, while Republicans urged deeper cuts without harming war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bridges
R-N. H
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Navy
War Shipping Administration
Labor Board Names New Public Members and Chairs
The fourth regional War Labor Board announced appointments in Atlanta on May 17. Alvin B. Biscoe and Paul L. Styles become full time public members and vice chairmen. Chairman M. T. Van Hecker also named Paul N. Guthrie as dispute director and Robert T. Ségrest as wage stabilization director, with a recent appointment noted.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Alvin B. Biscoe
Paul L. Styles
M. T. van Hecker
Paul N. Guthrie
Robert T. Ségrest
Appointment of Ralph L. Wiggits as regional attorney
Ralph L. Wiggits, a Knoxville native and former Huntsville newspaper man, is named regional attorney for the Board, succeeding Vice Chairman William M. Hepburn. The appointment reflects leadership changes within the board and confirms Wiggits’ regional responsibilities.
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Pointment
Ralph L. Wiggits
Styles
Knoxville, Tenn
Huntsville, Ala
William M. Hepburn
LAXATIVE AD PROMOTES Kruschen Salts at Caddell Drug
A promotional notice touts Kruschen Salts as a gentle laxative remedy. It requests five days of use and habit attention, claiming relief from dull headachy constipation and promising satisfaction or money back. It claims over 245 million bottles sold in a century.
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A&p
America
Caddell Drug Co
New Law Dean and Disputes Appointees Named
Biscoe of Wilmington Delaware becomes dean of law at the University of Alabama replacing the named successor to Paul H. Sanders who left for a Navy commission. Segrest of LaFayette Alabama is named disputes director with Guthrie of Greenville Tennessee as the new disputes director added to the post since September 1 1943.
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University of Alabama
Biscoe
Wilmington
Del
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Paul H. Sanders
Navy
Segrest
LaFayette
Ala
University of Georgia
Paul N. Guthrie
Greenville
Tenn
Chicago Leads With First Milk Pasteurization Law
The city of Chicago enacted the nation’s first milk pasteurization law. Officials cited public health as the driving force and set timelines for dairy producers to comply.
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Chicago
Milky Tank Truck Pioneered Milk Shipping in 1914
A tank truck marked a milestone in dairy logistics by being the first vehicle used to transport milk in 1914. The innovation improved delivery efficiency and dairy distribution, signaling a shift in regional farming and transportation practices.
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CME Srr
Pettey’s Cleaners
North Alabama
Athens Cafe
Athens, Ala
W. C. Starkey
Athens
R. J. Scott
Scott
Dirkh
Amree
A&p Food
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Death
Labor Board
Sgt
Myrtis C. Lyle
Sgt. Myrtis C. Lyle
England
Loyd’s
Second Ave
Pamplico
Chesterfield
Pamplico, S. C
Nature
Science
Roy Ny
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