Chemical to Help Fibers Improves Textile Friction
Dr aid H Powers of Monsanto and colleagues describe a chemical bath that increases friction inside cotton wool and rayon fibers. The treatment can be applied before weaving or to finished goods and forms a soft internal plastic that preserves softness and resists wrinkling. It promises longer wear and less shrinking, with non slip fibers reducing runs in stockings.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Ted Press
J York
Ican Chemical Society
Draid H. Powers
Boston
Onsanto Chemical Company
Tex Research
Dexter Reynolds
Elmer Rossin
Tire inspection records to be discontinued
Washington reports that mandatory periodic tire inspections end with current A books. Motorists will receive a new mileage recording record with the new A ration. old tire inspection records are no longer required. East coast to start using new books September 22 across 17 Eastern States.
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Washington
Office of Price Adminismn
OPA
East Coast
FASTEETH Advertises Easy Denture Comfort
A vintage ad notes I Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With More Comfort. Pleasant alkaline formula helps plates fit better with no gummy feeling. Sprinkle FASTEETH on teeth to reduce odor and improve eating and talking. Available at drug stores.
Mail Gifts Overseas Rules for Servicemen Distribution
Government overseas mailing rules limit packages to five pounds and 15 by 36 inches, with length and girth. One package per person per week during Sept 15 to Oct 15, labeled Christmas Parcel. Use standardized boxes or craft your own from carton, tie with twine, and print or type address in waterproof ink. Include rank name serial number unit and FPO or APO details, plus return address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Army
Mail guidelines for parcel post and prohibited items
The notice outlines return address completeness and prepaid postage rules. It bans certain items including perishable foods, intoxicants, weapons, poisons, and inflammables. It specifies fourth class postage for parcels over eight ounces and third class for lighter items, and notes many articles are taboo for mailing.
Miss Hathorn Succeeds Parr as Macon News Editor
Miss Thena Hathorn of Anniston Ala is announced as the new Macon News editor succeeding Miss Mary Parr who resigned. Roy I. Neal is named in connection with the appointment.
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Macon
Thena Hathorn
Anniston
Ala
Aei
Ross Cap Chattan Roy I. Neal
Mary Parr
Icarus First U S Ship to Sink Nazi Submarine
Coast Guard cutter Icarus earned distinction as the first U S vessel to sink a Nazi submarine during World War II, marking a pivotal anti submarine victory for the naval war effort.
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Coast Guard
U. S
Idle Pullman-Standard plant faces worker complaints
The Bessemer plant in Birmingham remains idle as production of railroad cars for Army and civilian use halted by a work stoppage last Thursday. Plant Manager W C Sheeman said he would discuss complaints of about 900 CIO United Steelworkers of America members when they return to work. The Coast Guard cutter Lincoln was the first U S ship in Alaskan waters after Alaska was purchased.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Pullman- Standard Car Manufacture
W.C. Sheeman
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
Coast Guard
Lincoln
U. S
Alaskan
Territory
Goerdeler Among Seven Executed for July 20 Plot
Berlin radio reported Dr. Karl Friedrich Goerdeler former Leipzig mayor and seven other plotters sentenced to death for the failed July 20 1944 attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The six others named include Ulrich Von Hassell Wolf Hendrick Von Helldorf Trott zu Solz Paul Lejeune Jung Wilhelm Leuschner and Josef Wirmer. The conspirators planned a post assassination dictatorship and immediate capitulation to Germanys enemies.
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London
Karl Friedrich Goerdeler
Leipzig
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Goerdeler
Ulrich, von Hassell
Rome
Count Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf
Trott Zu Solz
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Paul Lejeune-Jung
Wilhelm Leuschner
Josef Wirmer
Germany
World news freedom proposal urged by U S officials
The State Department drafts a plan to guarantee free and honest news globally. It calls for press access to gather and transmit news anywhere and for nations to allow unhindered reception, aiming to prevent wars and foster understanding per Rep. Fulbright’s floor resolution.
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Washington
State Department
House
Rep
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Congress
Europe
Venus Ramey Crowned Miss America of 1944 in Atlantic City
Washington D C teen Venus Ramey, 19, won the Miss America title after preliminaries for talent and bathing suit. Runner ups included Pauline McKevitt Miss Boston Virginia Warren Miss Florida Elaine Steinback Miss Chicago Betty Jane Rose Miss Birmingham. Coast Guard maintains Alaskan coast law and order.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Venus Ramey
Washington, D. C
Boston
Pauline McKevitt
Florida
Virginia Warren
Chicago
Elaine Steinback
Birmingham
Betty Jane Rose
Publication Order in McMinn Divorce Case
In the Morgan County Alabama Circuit Court equity case Hubert T. McMinn versus Inez McMinn the register orders weekly publication for four weeks in Decatur Daily. Inez McMinn is non resident and unknown address. she must plead by October 11, 1944 or the bill may be confessed. September 11, 1944. MARVIN WEST, Register.
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Hubert T. McMinn
Inez McMinn
Circuit Court
Morgan County
Alabama
The
Register
Dilien
Régister
Decatur Daily
Marvin West
Christmas mail for G I s stays overseas despite Germany fall
The article notes holiday packages for U S troops abroad will continue regardless of Germany's fate. Even with a fast demobilization plan, 1,000 to 2,000,000 men may be discharged later, yet many will remain overseas this Christmas. Troops shift theaters and new inductees keep shifting overseas.
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Europe
Thoes
Heliday
G.I
European
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Germany
Pacific
France
United States
G. I
Amusement center at Camp Wheeler destroyed by fire
The Wheel amusement center at Camp Wheeler near Wheeler, Georgia, burned on Saturday. Origin and damage amount were not determined. A spectator said coins melted into a mass in the coin machines.
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Camp Wheeler
Camp Wheeler Amusement Center
Fluorine in Water Could Cut Tooth Decay, Experts Say
Health officials in New York and Michigan plan large scale demonstration tests to prove adding fluorine to community water reduces tooth decay. Dr Trendley Dean noted natural fluorine in some waters linked to one third the decay, cautioned feasibility of artificial fluorine addition remains unproven.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Cleveland
U. S. Public Health Service
H. “‘Trendley Dean
The
Health Service
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dean
New York
Michigan
Veterans pick capital for next U S volunteer unit meet
The reunion association of the fifth U S volunteer infantry, which served in Cuba during the Spanish American War, chose Montgomery as the next convention site at its 12th annual meeting held yesterday in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
U. S. Volunteer Infantry
Cuba
Montgomery
Vine
Tropical storm passes Pensacola with heavy rains
A tropical disturbance struck Pensacola Florida with winds up to 54 mph and the center reaching the city around 7 30 p m Rainfall measured 7 21 inches over about 30 hours After moving on winds diminished the storm moved northwestward with little damage or casualties reported.
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Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans Leader Reelected Vice President for Third Term
In New Orleans the official was reelected to a third vice presidency term. President John A. Holmes Jr was named lifetime head of the association in 1933.
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New Orleans
John A. Holmes, Jr
Association
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