Red Cross Staff Aides bolster Civilian Defense effort
Winchester Civilian Defense coordinator praises Red Cross Staff Assistants and Aides for efficient service. The group held a monthly meeting at the Council Chamber with Mrs Abney Payne as chairwoman announcing 80 hour yearly service, fingerprinting, a switchboard course, and July 25 sugar rationing resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Chester
Civilian Defense
Winchester
Office of Civilian
Council Chamber
Abney Payne
O.C.D
St Louis Public School Towel Laundering Bid Rejected
Public schoolchildren in St Louis face shortened school days due to towel laundering contract issues. Only one laundry bid, higher by four dollars per hundred towels than last year, led to rejection of the bid as new bids are sought.
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ST. Louis
Earl L Mason Ad Listed With Phone and Address
Classified notice lists Earl L Mason with contact phone 6211 and address 215 percent N Loudoun. The fragment suggests a local sale or service listing published on July 18.
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Earl L. Mason
N. Loudoun
Missionary Hope Amid War and Global Shifts
Dr Albert Schweitzer's hospital on the Gabon border aids Free French during the war and prompts future migrant needs. Dr Mark Dawber urges churches to ready for large postwar population movements and greater commitments to aid. The Catholic Church expands Negro- only priest posts in the United States, while Methodist missions commission twenty-five young people to foreign fields and many deaconesses to domestic roles.
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Albert Schweitzer
Gabon
Free French Equatorial Africa
Schweitzer
American Red Cross
Mark A. Dawber
Home Missions Council of North America
America
Dr. Dawber
Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church
Doris E. Cary
Wilmore
Belgian Congo
Jane Southern Rhodesia
Pearl Willis Jones
Arlington, Va
China
Jane Smith
Conway, Ark
Cuba
Maurice E. Persons
Independence
Oregon
Liberia
Susan Mitchell
Godfrey, Ill
C. W. Chappell
Moss Point
Miss
United States
Ruth Marie Baker
Auburn
Ind
Ethel Mary Bechtold
Lancaster
Anna M. de Ponceau
Brockway
Irene C. Pritchard
Parnell
Missouri
Rubye FE. Russell
Woodland
Dorothy Strong
Sac
Frances A. Taylor
Hemet
Calif
Louise Weeks
Norman
Oklo
Elizabeth Cooling
Collingswood
N. J
Puerto Rico
Mary F. Fairchild
Drew
Alice E. Farrington
Buffalo
New York
Jewell Mamtooth
Henryetta
Ohio
Doris Miller
Philadelphia
Erma Re- Paskey
Robins, Ohio
Christine Snyder
Charles Town
West Va
Helen Strickland
Ile
Georgia
Demands Rise Over Higgins Shipyard Closure in New Orleans
In New Orleans in July 2004 politicians and labor groups demanded why the Higgins Corporation shipyard was closed and pressed to reopen it. They sent telegrams to President Roosevelt and other officials, staged a parade, and organized a mass meeting after the Maritime Commission canceled a contract to build 200 liberty ships due to steel shortages.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Higgins Corporation
Roosevelt
Washington
Martime Commission
Orpee
Maritime Commission
Sam Jones
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Robert S. Maestri
Mones
James W. Smither
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Emory S. Land
Central Trades and Labor Council
AFL
Mae West Seeks Freedom From Husband Wallace
Mae West filed for divorce from Frank Wallace claiming cruelty as grounds. Wallace seeks $1000 monthly separate maintenance and alimony, asserting Mae’s fortune exceeds $1 million. he cites long separations and his own long marriage to a second wife.
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Mae West
Husband Wallace
Los Angeles
Frank Wallace
Mae
Wallace
Milwaukee
Walter Desmond
Miss West
Ten Known Dead In Flash Floods Across PA and NY
Violent floods in northern central Pennsylvania and New York cause at least 11 deaths and widespread damage. Rivers including the Susquehanna, Clario and Allegheny flood communities, destroy homes, inundate businesses, strand families, and disrupt power, phones, and transportation. At Port Allegany six deaths are reported as the Allegheny crashes into a church. Olean and Portville see further drownings. Salamanaca endures a record crest.
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William Biesel Ridgway
Pennsylvania
New York
Susquehanna
Clario
Allegheny
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Port Allegany
Free Methodist Church
Austin
Johnsonburg
Canastea Paper Company
Wharton
Potter County
Olean
N. Y
Portville
Salamanaca
Three Freight Trains In Wreck On B and O Railroad
Three freight trains collided on the Baltimore and Ohio near Mt. Airy Maryland killing engineer Charles H Voyce and injuring fireman T J Hiers and brakemen C O Lyle and S G Davis Officials reported about fifteen tank cars derailed amid roughly one hundred freight cars The accident occurred last night and an investigation was started by railroad officials at Frederick City Hospital Voyce died shortly after at Frederick City Hospital
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MT. Airy
Charles H. Voyce
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Voyce
Frederick City
Baltimore and Ohio
T. J. Hiers
C. O. Lyle
S. G. Davis
Hiers
Administration Defends Nelson Over Synthetic Rubber Policy
The Roosevelt administration defends Donald M. Nelson over control of the synthetic rubber program amid a Senate farm bloc challenge. Endorsed by Republican leaders, the plan faces opposition from lawmakers seeking broader-grained authority. The Agriculture Committee endorses converting grain alcohol to butadiene as the fastest path to synthetic rubber with minimal critical materials.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Senate
Barklen
Kentucky
Thomas
Dokla
Gillette
Iowa
McNary
Oregon
Nelson
Agriculture Committee
Productions Resume At Buffalo Aircraft Plant
Production resumed at the American Magnesium Corporation Buffalo plant as about 1,000 workers returned after a three day strike. Workers agreed to submit complaints to the War Labor Board in Washington. The walkout followed a union demand for a wage increase from 73 cents to 1.65 dollars hourly.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Macnesium Corporation
Army
War Labor Board
Washington
H. Dick
Walter H. Morris
CIO United Mine
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Elsie Rosenberger
Comelin
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun
St. Dial
United Food
United, Food Stores
United Food Stores
Brown’s
Bailey Brothers Larrick’s
L. E. Harris & Co. Cash & Carry Grocery
Ramsburg’s Grocery
Henry A. Wallace
India
Latin America
Kinston
North Carolina
David Gannon
Society of the Atonement
Father Gannon
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
Dodge
Ford
Chevrolet
Pine Motor CO
Lana
Las Vegas
Lana Turner
Ken Crane
A. Marshall
Artie Shaw
Central
Clendenino
the Star
Omps Funeral Home
Barkley
Buffalo Aircraft Plant
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller’s Hardware
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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