Strike Halts Parke Davis Production Over Labor Dispute
Parke Davis & Co. workers strike for a third day halting penicillin blood plasma and other supplies for the armed forces. After failed negotiations under the Smith Connally act, 1,347 of 9 00 employees voted to permit interruption of war production. CIO leader Martin Wagner due in today as two Detroit labs close and Red Cross coordinates out‑of‑state processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parke Davis & Co
Smith-Connally
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Martin Wagner
Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers of America
CIO
Parke Davis Laboratories
Detroit Red Cross
Joe
Senate backs cotton price plan amid price control extension
The Senate adopted an amendment to tie raw cotton prices to finished textile costs, sponsored by Senator Bankhead. It sets a minimum price equal to parity cost plus manufacturing costs and a reasonable profit, as OPA opposition looms. A broader reform by Senator McClellan seeks guaranteed cost plus margin for all farm commodities. The price-control extension bill moves toward a Senate vote with potential floor action next Thursday.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
McClelan
D-Ark
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Barkley
March on Capital Rapped by Solon Gibson
Representative Gibson denounced last week’s Capitol protest against shelving the anti-poll tax bill as a “dastardly demonstration” led by Communist interests in New York. He accused organizers of inciting race hatred and described the picketing as a vile abuse of Capitol grounds by a group he called “Negroes” led by white allies.
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Washington
Gibson
D.-Ga
Capitol Grounds
New York
Congressional Record
Capitol
Senate
Infant James Knighton Dies. Funeral Friday
Funeral services for infant James Leroy Knighton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Knighton, who died this morning at 1030 Tower Avenue, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the Austinville Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Ross Lawn Cemetery under Mutual Service directing. Survived by parents and one brother, Luther Earl Knighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leroy Knighton
Raymond Knighton
Tower Avenue
Austinville Baptist Church
Ross Lawn
Luther Earl Knighton
Hemingway Injured in London Auto Crash
The American writer Ernest Hemingway suffered head injuries in an automobile accident in London last night. After a minor operation, hospital officials said today he was not in apparent danger.
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London
Ernest Hemingway
Markets Mixed Amid Profit Taking and Oil Debut
New York trade showed scattered gains in preferreds and industrials while lenders faced heads with profit levels near a peak. Oil issues kept activity lively though volume hovered around 900000 shares, with mixed bonds and uneven rails amid steady cotton and firm grains. cotton futures rose late on Bankhead textile parity support.
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New York
Chicago
Navy Officer Is Suspended Over Ordnance Inquiry
Commander John D. Corrigan of the Navy bureau of ordnance has been suspended pending investigation following Truman committee disclosures. The case, referred to the Justice Department, coincides with a Truman inquiry into two firm partners and production problems at Corrigan Osborne and Wells in New York City.
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Washington
John D. Corrigan
Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
Truman
D.-Mon
Corrigan
Justice Department
Truman War Investigating Committee
Hartselle Fulfills Quota Day of Boy Scout Drive
Hartselle subscribed the full quota for the Tennessee Valley Council Boy Scouts on the first day. The drive opened at the Rotary club with Rev. Rudolph Scott as principal speaker Tom Reynolds. Local leaders and city women canvassed districts. by 3:30 p.m. the quota of 450 was exceeded with 475 raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Rotary Club
Rudolph Scott
Tom Reynolds
Robert McRight
Tom Fitzpatrick
James Rankin
Hartselle City
Mesdames
H. E.,orr
J. L. Roberts
J. F. Stewart Jr
W., V. Pattillo
B. G. Hall
Lee Palmer
CY. Quinn
Lizzie Reed Penn
Buford Kracke
Marine Ace Joe Foss Reaches 27th Plane In Pacific
Major Joe Foss, famed Marine ace from Sioux Falls South Dakota, scored his 27th enemy aircraft in the Pacific theater by destroying a Japanese floatplane off New Ireland. Foss, now commanding a squadron, has continued active combat duty despite delays and a base relocation near the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Joe Foss
New Ireland
Falls
S. D
Landing Craft Bill Passed in Senate
The Senate approved unanimously a bill authorizing construction of an additional million tons of landing craft and other small vessels. The total authorized tonnage rises to 3,000,000 with a projected cost of 1.8 billion dollars as the Navy plans vast amphibious operations.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Pasteeth false teeth powder promises secure grip
An old-time pitch touts PASTEETH as an improved powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates. It claims teeth will not slide or rock, with no gummy taste, and notes an alkaline formula that does not sour. Available at any drug store.
Butter Eggs Chicago Market Update
Butter prices hold steady as receipts show 973 796 for butter with little change. Eggs receipts rise to 28 019 while top grades hold firm and market remains unchanged.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 25
Federal state market news notes cattle mostly steady with narrow outlet for low grade killing classes. Calves dealers active steady. hogs demand narrow steady with for good to choice 180 to 270 pounds at 13.50 and other weights around 11 to 12.50. sheep spring lamb trade active steady with prices 15.50 to 16.50 for good ewes and wethers. miscellaneous small lots at 11.00 to 14.50 and wool prices up to 7.00 for certain lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal-state Market News Service
Nazis Try to Ease Shock After Italian Retreats
London reports German propaganda claimed an imminent invasion from the West as Nazi forces brace. Hitler’s Volkischer Beobachter called the battles a prelude to large scale summer fighting. Tass in Moscow cited rumors Himmler left for France as officials tighten control amid Allied air pressure.
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London
Italy
Hitler
Volkischer Beobachter
Stockholm
Pas-De-Calais
France
England
Belgium
Holland
Vichy Radio
Tass
Moscow
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Fifteen Japanese Ships Sunk by American Submarines
American submarines have sunk fifteen Japanese vessels including a destroyer as part of a continuous effort to cut supplies to Japanese garrisons. The tally brings total enemy ships sunk or damaged to 724, with 573 definitely sunk, 36 probably sunk, and 115 damaged.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Japan
Tates Bay
Falkville Prepares for Annual Homecoming Event
Falkville plans a Sunday Homecoming at the Falkville school auditorium with the program starting at eleven. Rev. O B Spiegle of Montgomery will deliver the principal address. A noon dinner will be served on the grounds and the afternoon will feature singing.
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Falkville
Falkville School
O. B. Spiegle
Montgomery
Explosion at Pearl Harbor Destroys Several Small Vessels
Navy reports on Sunday’s explosion and fire at Pearl Harbor as ammunition was being unloaded from landing craft tied in harbor. Several vessels destroyed, injuries reported, and some fatalities expected pending next of kin notifications.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Ward Probe SS Continued: Dispatches on Troops and Mail
Wayne C. Taylor of the Commerce Department testified that troops were discussed to seize Montgomery Ward and its Chicago plant but not used. He said clearance came via phone with Jesse Jones and officials including Biddle. Post Office official Cargill explained mail service policy during the strike, noting mail for Ward’s plant was handled as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wayne C. Taylor
Ee of Commerce
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
superior Seagee _Taylor
Rae
Ugo Carusi
Biddle
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Patterson
Postoffice Department
Tom C. Cargill
Cargill
Ward’s
Bradford Ruling Finds Labor Law Unconstitutional
The court invalidates the act's anti-union provisions, including banning strikes by a minority without a secret ballot, and rules a section on political contributions unconstitutional. Justices dissenting warn the law chokes liberty of contract and union rights, while Brown concurs that the ban on contributions curtails free speech in elections.
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Gardner
Justice Thomas
Thomas
Brown
Legislative Department
Republic
Justice Brown
Press notes no deliberate wartime censorship violations
Censorship Director Byron Price told the House Appropriations Committee that no newspaper or publication deliberately violated the wartime censorship code. He praised the press as magnificent despite some mistakes and inadvertent breaches amid manpower shortages and many young editors. he said the free press remained vigilant but not criminally careless with military information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byron Price
House Appropriations Committee
Price
John H. Rorex Dies at Home After Illness
John Beckwith Rorex, aged 66, died at ten am at his home on Hartselle 1 after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beckwith Rorex
Hartselle
Brown
Allied Breakthroughs Push Through Liri Valley in Italy
Dewitt Mackenzie reports Allied forces reach key Poentecorvo after Canadian thrusts in the Liri valley and Terracina capture. American aid relieves pressure on the Canadians as they advance, while Kesselring seeks reinforcements with German divisions in Italy numbered around twenty five, many below quota due to losses.
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Liri
Poentecorvo
Pico
Terracina
Liri Valley
Kesselring
Ialy
Italy
Adriatic
West
Anzio
Istrian
Trieste
Sand table generals and bomber crews in wartime chat
The article profiles sergeants Kenneth Hackett and Howard Hanson as they serve in B-26 bomber units. Hackett, 34, from North Miami, jokes about becoming a general with a sand table yet flies as a radio gunner over France. His wife and daughter in Baltimore receive a cablegram about lipstick antics. Hanson, 37, Topeka, acts as first sergeant and engineer-gunner, surpassing combat-mission limits while keeping a family snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Kenneth Hackett
Martin
Baltimore
France
Hackett
North
Miami
W. Belvedere Ave
Theda
Howard Hanson
Hanson
Army
Pappy
Pop
10Th St
Topeka
Kas
Allied air offensive saturates front north of Rome
North of Rome Allied fliers logged nearly 3000 sorties and struck enemy highway traffic, destroying or damaging over 650 vehicles. Four engine bombers hit targets in Austria Yugoslavia and North Italy. The Luftwaffe countered with 80 planes in the battle area and 55 Nazi aircraft were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Terracina
Italy
Austria
Yugoslavia
Canal plan given boost by Senate committee vote
The Tennessee Tombigbee waterway, with a $66 million share for Alabama, won Senate commerce committee approval 11 to 5. Alabama also gained $60 million for the Alabama Coosa project, bringing Alabama’s total stake to $126 million in a $500 million bill. The plan envisions a Tom Bigbee channel, a Demopolis dam, 18 locks, and a 20 mile canal near Pickwick dam. The Coosa project would create a nine foot channel from Mobile to Rome and build 22 dams, yielding about 987 million kilowatt hours of power.
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Washington
Alabama
Senate Commerce Committee
Mobile
Mississippi
Ohio
Demopolis
Pickwick Dam
Rome
Progressive Negro party names 18 delegates for national convention
The Progressive Negro Democratic party of South Carolina names 18 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to be seated in place of delegates chosen by the white state convention. The group formed in March after the state party moved to self regulation to block Negro voting in white primaries. The convention year platform urged several Roosevelt terms to preserve a truly democratic government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Democratic Party of
South Carolina
Chicago
Progressive Party
John H. McCary
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
J. M. Hinton
Negro Citizens Committee of
John Long
Union
Long
House
South
Negro Democratic Club Formed in Fulton County Georgia
C A Scott an Atlanta Negro editor and NAACP leader announced formation of The Citizens Club Of Fulton County to participate in Georgia’s July 4 white Democratic primary. Officers include Dr R A Billings Birdie Wallace and J A Watts. At Brunswick several Negroes were turned away as registrars had not certified eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
C. A. Scott
Scott
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Citizens’ Ee Club
Fulton County
R. A. Billings
Birdie Wallace
Servicemen's Mothers’ Club
J. A.atts
Apro-American Insurance
Brunswick
Glynn
WPB forms inter agency panel for X-day planning
The War Production Board creates the production planning and adjustment committee led by Charles E. Wilson to plan postwar plant use and labor shifts. It will coordinate with Army Navy and Maritime on proposed arms cutbacks and advise on plant reconversion to civilian goods or other military work and rapid worker absorption.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Germany
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Annual Singing at Sulphur Springs Church
The annual singing will be held at Sulphur Springs Baptist church in Lawrence county the first Sunday in June. Everyone is invited to attend and bring song books. Dinner will be served to the singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulphur Springs Baptist Church
Lawrence County
Vacation Bible School at Central Methodist Opens Monday
The Central Methodist church vacation Bible school will open Monday at nine o'clock. Mrs. Ralph Edney was dismissed from Baugh's infirmary after treatment. Eva Sowell moved from her Fifth Avenue home to Baugh's infirmary via Mutual Service ambulance. A group of Negro men left for the Columbus naval recruiting station to be inducted into the Navy. Lt. Robert C. Strother, from the Army air forces base at Mariana Florida, returned home for an overnight visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Central Methodist Church
Eva Sowell
Fifth Avenue
Baugh's Infirmary
Columbus
Georgia
Navy
Nelson Stewart
William Frank Jackson
Leroy Davis
Charlie Lewis Jr
Charles Rainey
Jessie James Henderson
Johnny Johnson Jr
Robert C. Strother
Army Air Forces Advanced Field
Mariana
Florida
Allied Air Blitz Across Europe Strikes Aachen and Berlin
Allied air forces pounded Aachen and Antwerp while bombers and fighters shuttle across the channel. United States Marauders and Havocs, escorted by Thunderbolts and Spitfires, attacked rail bridges at Liege and Luftwaffe bases at Denain and Monchy Breton. Berlin radio noted daylight raids penetrating eastern France and approaching Germany as RAF night blows cost 28 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mator
Aachen
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
Eighth
Ninth
U. S. Air Forces
United States
Liege
Belgium
Denain
Monchy- Breton
France
Reich
Germany
Britain
Italy
Channel
Balkans
RAF
Aaachen
Antwerp
Templehof
Schlesicher
Rechlen-Lars
Melun
Orly
Creil
Poix
Meun
U. S
Shootout at Brookley Field Triggers Armory Lockdown
Maj. Gen. James A. Mollison ordered all Negro personnel confined to the military area at Brookley Field after an early morning exchange of shots between white military police and soldiers. No one was killed or wounded except a white soldier with a minor gunshot wound in an accident. An investigation was promised to ensure impartial justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
James A. Mollison
Mobile Air Service Command
Brookley Field
Mollison
Gen. Mollison
Plans Ready for Camporee Entries at Local Church
Scoutmaster Charles Syer announces First Methodist Troop 19 will enter three patrols led by Donnie Warren George Journey and Oakley Rogers for the May 31 to June 2 camporee. Troop 20 from First Baptist plans two patrols. Some boys work summer jobs and newspaper routes will excuse later attendance. Morgan district Scouters meet Friday to finalize plans with Dr. E J Chenault and Troop 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Syer
First Methodist Church
Syer
Donnie Warren
George Journey
Cobra
Oakley Rogers
The
Wolf
Henry Howell
First Baptist Church
Morgan District
E. J. Chenault
Yancey Vaughn
Smith Rites Held Friday
Funeral services for Claude Smith age 49 killed early Wednesday when his car hit a northbound freight train 12 miles south of Athens will be held Friday at 4 p m at Athens Baptist Church. He lived in Decatur nine years and worked for the State Highway department and Ingalls shipyards. Survived by wife and seven brothers. Interment in Athens city cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Smith
Athens
Athens Baptist Church
W. F. Wembley
Jim
Earl
Dick Smith
Leeman Smith
Memphis,Tenn
J. R Smith
North Africa
U. S. Army
Athens City
McConnell
Decatur
State Highway Department
Ingalls Shipyards
Allied Air Offensive Hits Berlin Paris and Vienna
British and American air forces led a daytime assault across Europe targeting Berlin Paris and Vienna. Bombers and fighters missing from Wednesday daylight operations. The day saw over 5500 tons of explosives dropped from Britain and Italy bases while German raids over Southeast Britain and East Anglia caused casualties.
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Britain
Europe
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Italy
East Anglia
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Pyle
Daewaee
Ralph Edney
Baugh’'s Infirmary
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Johnston St
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