Bereaved Father Questions Ability Of Negro Pilots
In Anniston an executive whose son Lieut Earl C Knowlton Jr was killed in a crash involving an Army pursuit plane piloted by a Black airman, questions the sudden devotion to duties Negro pilots are said to be too new to perform. He shared his views in a letter to the Aurisian Star and the War Department, amid the crash fatalities that also claimed Farl C Knowlton head of Anniston Water Works and other crew members.
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Anniston
Aurisian Star
War Department
Farl C. Knowlton
Aanisian Water Works
Earl C. Knowlton
Letter From Knowlton on Negro Pilot Tragedy Near Charleston
A father laments the loss of his son and eleven others in a recent air accident near Charleston S C. He condemns what he calls the government fetish for elevating Black servicemen too quickly while honoring the memory of his boy and others who died. He argues background and training matter in handling a fighter plane and asserts sympathy from Black community members despite his grief.
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Charleston
S.C
Knowlton
North
South
States
Knowlton W
Kissing Subject Stirs Up Rucus at LSU
Gloria Jeanne Heller, 16, a Havana Cuba native and transfer student from Duke, resigned from Louisiana State University after a clash with President W B Hatcher over campus attitudes toward kissing and free love. Three student groups urged Civil Liberties Union and others to investigate. Heller said she sought to gauge student opinion after distributing a campus leaflet about the issue.
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Baton Cage
Gloria Jeanne Heller
Havana
Cuba
Louisiana State University
W. B. Hatcher
Civil Liberties Union
Nelson Rockefeller
Miss Heller
Duke University
New York City
Maruna
Hatcher
University Board of Supervisors
Soldier Killed in Action from Midland City
Sergeant Liloyd Ward of Midland City route two was killed in action in France on the date in question. His mother Mrs. Mattie M. Ward receives War Department notice. Surviving are two sisters Mrs. Carson Riley and Mrs. Lynette Jarvis and brothers Grady Floyd and Felton Ward. Ward was inducted at Camp Blanding and trained at Camp Chaffee and Camp Cooke before going overseas in January.
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Liloyd Ward
Midland City
France
Mattie M. Ward
Route
War Department
Carson Riley
Lynette Jarvis
Grady
Floyd and
Felton Ward
Camp Blanding
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Camp Cooke
Calif
Civilian goods value in 1943 exceeds 1942 figures
Despite wartime conversions the value of civilian goods available to Americans rose from 82 billion dollars in 1942 to 90.5 billion in 1943, indicating stronger civilian supply despite war pressures.
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Red Ryder
Smay
B. F. Goodrich
Advea
Wandreda
Ancentrad
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown
Abe
Goodrich
Coker
Mer
N. Oates St
Harris Furniture Compart
Dothan
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