"Third War Loan Bombers Christened."
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"Birmingham and Alabama Negroes put hundreds of thousands of dollars into War Bonds during the Third War Loan Drive and climaxed their War Bond sales programs with launching of Liberator bombers at the Bechtel-McCone-Parsons modification plant in Birmingham. The Julius Ellsberry (top scene) was dedicated by the Jefferson County Negro Division, which totaled more than $1,000,000 in War Bond sales, to the memory of the first Negro from the county to lose his life in World War I. Taking part were, left to right: Standing, L. K. Shivery, Florence Ellsberry, A. G. Gaston, Mrs. A. G. Gaston, Oscar W. Adams, C. J. Greene, W. D. Hargrove, Robert Durr, Mrs. Ruth Jackson Odum. Kneeling, S. J. Bennett, H. D. Coke, E. O. Jackson, Dr. F. D. Patterson. The Tuskegee Institute was christened by a group from the institute and Army Air Base including: Left section, T. M. Campbell, Dr. E. H. Dibble, Victor C. Turner, N. Kollock, Lt. Carl B. Taylor, Lt. Rose. Right section, Henry Sims, Tuskegee President F. D. Patterson; Mrs. A. G. Gaston, both of Birmingham; and Capt. Roscoe P. Burton."
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1943 October 10
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