FEPC Frown on Shipyard Segregation Sparks Debate
FEPC officials voiced opposition to complete segregation of Negro workers at a shipyard while praising the Mobile settlement. A seven member committee will hold hearings September 18 on alleged employment discrimination by 26 railroads and six unions, with most firms located in the Southeast. The group returned from Detroit stressing housing, repression, and transportation as causes, and noted no Klan or Axis influence in Detroit race disturbances.
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Moemsigner
Francis J. Waas
Aif
Akem
Mobile
Haas
Preas
Detreit
Oalg
Ku Klux Klan
Michigan City
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
Southeast
Watermelon Canteloupe Prices Not To Fall Says Government
Washington reports that prices for watermelon and cantaloupe will stay high through peak season amid reduced melon acreage last year and government findings that the produce lacks necessary food value. Agriculture experts warn shortages and continued higher costs, with peak season around July 2 and limited supply.
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Betty MacDonald
WEA
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Mary Browne Visits Buna Nostalgic Nightlife and War Tour
NEA Service recounts Mary K Browne, former national tennis champion and Red Cross director, visiting Debadura and Buna. She describes friendly natives, jungle camps, camp life, and a Port Moresby daylight raid. Browne attends a Crown Club event and notes contrasts with Australian jungle life during wartime.
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NEA
Mary K. Browne
Miss Browne
American Red Cross
Australa
Qwen-Stanley Mountains
Debadura
Buna
Tayttory
Coconut Grove
New Guinea
Air Force
Red Cross
American Red Cross Service Club
Hellzapapuen
Edtiot
Brisbane
Soath
Ranchers Prepare Steers For Market
Ranchers face choices as grassfed beef surges toward market with rains easing shortages. Kansas City Stockyards quotes grassfed steers at 11.11 to 13.50 per hundred pounds, up from last year. The article notes looming summer clearance and price implications for cattle producers amid new legislative maneuvers on war agency funding and appropriations.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kea
Kansas City
Appropriations Row Waxes In Congress
In Washington the House and Senate clash over an appropriations plan granting lawmakers hiring and firing powers over war agency staff earning $4,500 a year or more. President Roosevelt denounces the bill as a tragic mistake.
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House
McKellar
D-Twan
Rep. Taber
R-N.y
Beneta
Houss
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
State Bar Group To Meet Tomorrow
The Alabama State Bar Association opens its annual convention in Birmingham tomorrow with notable legal figures set to address the two day event. San Bert A. Taft of Ohio is slated to speak Saturday, and Jacob A Walker of Opelika, President of the State Bar, will present his presidential report during the same session.
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Birmingham
Alabama State Bar Association
Bert A. Taft
Ohio
Jacob A. ‘Walker
Opelika
State Bar
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Java
China
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John FB. Parker
United Sates Court of Appeals
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American Bar Association
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Birmingham Bar Association
Thomas BB. Bamford
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Alabama Association of Circuit Judges
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Bleck
Better Homes & Gardens Magazine
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N. Oates
Mary Browne
Australia
Wew Games
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Song
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State Bar Group
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Boston Brown Bread
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Aeld
Jana Parker
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