Wetumpka Honors Native War Hero Admiral Charles J McMorris
Wetumpka crowds greet home Navy veteran Admiral Charles J McMorris with a school ceremony, corsage for his mother, and a porch greeting. Many locals, plus a group of Negro neighbors, pay respects as he thanks the town. Officials seek volunteers to speed renewal coupon processing amid wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetumpka
Chasha
McMorri
South Pacific
Batues
Mage
McMorris
Charles J. McMorm
Big Wetumpke
John J. Law
New York
Government Seeks Quartz Inspectors for War Effort
National Bureau of Standards in Washington announces nationwide Civil Service exam for trained quartz inspectors. No education or experience required. selected trainees will learn a scientific technique, contribute to war work, and earn 1970 dollars yearly. Apply by September 10, 1943. early July 23 examined. Contact local secretary Sedie Ward in Dothan or the Washington office for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bureau of Standards
Weahington
D. C
United States Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
Commission
Mra
Sedie B. Ward
Dothan
Number 7- Continued from Pages One
A fragmentary note describes a meeting at a bus station and the subsequent arrest of soldiers and a girl. Soldiers were handed to MPs and the girl to juvenile authorities. Later, the soldiers were arrested on a warrant and freed on $500 bond each pending a grand jury. The piece also cites the earth’s weight as six sextillion tons per the U.S. Bureau of Standards.
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Hartford
U. S
Bureauu of Standards
District Attorney to present case on idle workers and strikes
District Attorney Charles F. Uhl announced the situation would be presented to a grand jury Wednesday as 18,000 workers remained idle. Picketing flared into violence last week while 4,800 miners in 11 UMW locals in Monongalia County voted to continue work despite a rebel group in Pennsylvania pushing a coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Uhl
Narvital
A. S. Steel
Clairton
UMW
Monongalia
W. Va
Pennsylvanis
Jon Angelo
UMW District 31
Pennsylvania
West
County to Repair Roads Under Mutual Insurance Plan
The Workmen’s Compensation insurance for the road and bridge department was handled by Ussery Insurance Agency under a mutual agreement with policy last year via J. A. Logue. Two county roads, from Gordon to Lucy road and to the old CCC camp, and a Kinsey road will be repaired and improved after delegations reported the roads in rundown, nearly impassable in places.
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Ussery Insurance Agency
J. A. Logue
Gordon
Lucy Road
CCC
Kinsey
Allied Invasion of Sicily Presses Forward Across Coast
Allied forces report successful landings along a 100 mile southeast Sicily coast near Gela Pachino and Syracuse. American, British, and Canadian troops drive inland as Luftwaffe and Italian defenses stiffen with multiple counterattacks repelled and prisoners taken. Air forces bombard rail yards, airfields, and supply lines while aerial forces confirm heavy German losses and advancing beachheads under Eisenhower's overall command.
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Sicilian
Faw
Navy
Plas
Porzalo
Cape Carrenzi
Syracuse
Raguss
Avolo
Pachino
Potgallo
Scoguitt Gels
Licata
Ispice
Rosolini
Noto
Catania
Sicily
Beaufightera
Madison St
Wood River
Middle East
Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentia
Gela
Pa_ chino
Axia
Eward King
al Mada
North Africa
Cnief
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rom Munro
Cangman
Cape Pamero
Paehico
Aragoza
Ragusa
Marsala
Ionian Sea
Mediterranern
Noutheastern
Cape Passero
Pachido
St! Gela
Germany
Bautte
Strains Rise In Italian Morale Amid Allied Bombing
The article notes rising Fascist appeals in Naples and Sicily, as Alfred Cucco urges Italians to curb rumors, with sharp measures discussed. It highlights a worsening food shortage due to Allied rail attacks, reporting 182 trainmen killed and 341 wounded, while transport bottlenecks hinder farm-to-city delivery and Berlin signals hint Axis optimism if supply lines hold.
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Naples
Alfred Cucco
Fascist Party
Tl Giornale D-Italia
Berlin
Neue Wuercher Zeitung
Naz
Axia
Italy
Gersmany
Balkan
Crete
Balkana
United Nations
Wright Field Probers Chart Plane Engine Flaws
Senate investigators focus on aviation safety and foreign airfields funding postwar ventures. Wright Aeronautical, Lockland Ohio, accused of supplying defective engines with over 35 percent failing tests. Curtiss Wright denies all charges while Justice Department pursues damages for defective materials.
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Wright Field
Ohio
Oudstentis
Army
Tas
Ene
Air Forces
Knud
Patterson
Lockland
Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Treman
United States
Truman
Senate
Mead
D.-N.y
Brewster
Rme
Brewater
Caliitary
Justice Department
Department
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Navy
G. W. Vaughan
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Wright Aeronauticalls
Vaughan
Wright
Testes
Burton
Wright Aeronautical
Federal District Court
Trenton
N. 3
Milk allotments revised in wartime shared program
The article notes revised allocations totaling about 1.805 billion pounds with condensed milk at 217 million pounds and civilian dried whole milk at 20 million, plus two dried skim milk types at 80 million. WPA and allocations hinge on urgency and expected production, with funding valid for three months.
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WPA
Ex NYA Students Seek Further Training Amid War Programs
Ex NYA students may join training courses run by city and county education boards under the Division of Vocational Education supervision. The United States Employment Service will handle applications and referrals, with 38 centers active and more possible as needed.
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NYA
Boards of Education
Division of Vocational Education
State Department of Education
United States Employment Service
NVA
Hull Sees Sicily Invasion as Historic Step Forward
Secretary of State Hull called the Allied invasion of Sicily a second great historic step toward invading Europe. He said military progress there was favorable and noted cooperation with Army authorities on relief plans, though details could not be discussed.
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Washington
Hull
Sicily
Europe
State Department
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
Herbert Lehman
OFRRC
Negro Soldier slain in Camp Shenango race clash
At Camp Shenango Pennsylvania a dispute between white and colored troops led to one black soldier killed and six wounded. A post board of inquiry was appointed as military police controlled traffic after colored soldiers entered a supply building and fired on white troops.
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Shenango, Pa
Camp Shenango
Army
Shenango
Zim E. Lawhon
Batallion
Statlon Hospital
Post Hospital
Police arrest 28 during weekend
City police said 28 people were booked over the weekend with about half charged with public drunkenness and the rest for disorderly conduct, gaming, traffic offenses, or petty larceny. Thirteen were for drunkenness, nine for disorderly conduct, two for larceny, three for gambling, and one for traffic.
18 Negroes Nabbed in Gambling Games
Sheriff B G Farm leads raid on four gambling games netting 18 arrests during the week. The operation was part of a broader roundup by the sheriff s office which reported 33 arrests in total that period.
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B.G. Farm
Sheriffs Office
Chain Store Accused On 152 Violations
AP report from Birmingham states Bears Roebuck & Co faces 163 charges under rationing rules, including selling tires to expired certificate holders and mislabeling goods. OPA attorney warns penalties may suspend sales of rationed items. store manager claims investigations stem from their own tickets. Promotion news follows: First Lieutenant AM Heward promoted to Captain with Fourth Air Force in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirmingham
Joe Bhort
Perth
Alsbems
Bears Roebuck & Casere
OPA
Cape
Lawrence Domas
Sorth Alahams
Wote
Clements Syttom
Atlanta
J. L. Coughton
AM. Heward
Fourth Air Force
San Francisco
California
Canadians Storm Sicily Beachhead In Bold Coastal Raid
Reporters describe the first day of the Sicilian invasion with Canadians breaking through beach defenses, capturing 700 prisoners, and driving inland under heavy naval and air support. Royal Navy ships pounded shore targets while RAF Spitfires and anti aircraft fire protected the landing.
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Royal Navy
Sicily
Pachino
Deech
RAF
London
Britain
Mediterranean
Sicilian
Sicily Beach Landing Debacle Amid Gale Force Seas
From a wartime diary kept during a Sicily operation the author recalls a stormy sea state and failed landing attempts. He notes gale strength winds, heavy seas, and the crew facing tough beach conditions while headquarters reported the airfield area and Italian defenses, with secrecy about the assault? No.
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Sicily
Morveen
Coleone
Sbng
Secarty
Russians claim repelling large German assault near Kursk
The article reports Soviet forces repelling a major German push in the Kursk region with heavy armor and air support. It notes German attempts across the Ba and Orel Kurakacetor fronts, with hundreds of tanks involved and thousands of infantry, while Soviet counterattacks recaptured ground and halted the advance.
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Belgorod
Orel-Kurakacetor
Kursk
Fragmentary report on Holloway family case and suspect item
Police continue inquiry into injuries on Holloway and the discovery of a small, blunt weapon at the scene. The Holloways are described as former Marines with daughters from a prior marriage.
Tobacco Growers to Vote on Quota Referendum
Washington AP reports Food Administration officials say Southeastern cured tobacco farmers will vote in a referenda to decide marketing for the 1944 crop or the 1944 46 period. Quotas in effect were set three years ago. new quotas for 1945 marketing year would be proclaimed with state and farm acreage aligned to existing provisions.
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Washington
Food Administration
Asi
Virginia
North Carolina
Carolina
Georgia
Florida
WFA
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Ualesa
Ds&l Convenient Loan
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South
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W. V. Sullivan
Chicago
New Orleans
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Port
Holloway
Holloways
Mar
Dethan Roofing & Heating Co
Dethan
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