No material damage from storms in Decatur area
Decatur and Morgan County escaped major damage after storms that brought wind and rain. Lightning disabled rural electric lines in Morgan and Lawrence counties and 15 Decatur phones were out. Temperatures peaked near 99, with 30 of an inch rainfall in the 24 hours ending 7 am. Local outages occurred in Falkville, Trinity, Hillsboro, and near Lacon.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Morgan
Lawrence
Weather Bureau
City Electric Department
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Lawrence Counties
Ayrea
Falkville
Trinity
Hillsboro
Lawrence County
Lacon
Hartselle
Parkville
Rts
Einer
Associated Press
Alabama
Anniston
Birmingham
Clanton
Cullman
Evergreen
Fayette
Centerville
Union Town
Gadsden
Goodwater
Greenville
Huntsville
Montgomery
Selma
Thomasville
Tuscaloosa
Pine Hill
Whatley
Wetumpka
Childersburg
Leed
Helena
Bucksville
Bilockton
Montevallo
Flying Cadet Gianquitti Killed In Maxwell Field Crash
Flying Cadet Victor W. Gianquitti of Syracuse New York was killed when his Maxwell Field training plane crashed near Warrior Alabama last night Cadet Leon H Golinsky of Columbia Washington DC survived after bailing out as 30 craft returning from Memphis battled heavy rain The storm dispersed cadets and crews as observers searched the crash area and nearby woods for Golinsky and wreckage
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Ontgomery
Ala
Victor W. Gianquitti
Syracuse
N. Y
Maxwell Field
Warrior
Leon H. Golinsky
Columbia
D. C
Memphis
Golinsky
W. A. Herman
Birmingham
Birmingham News
Jon Burns
C. B. Siniard
Giariquitti
Heat Wave Eases in Central Midwest Still Hot in South
A week-long heat wave relaxed in Central and Middlewest states though the South stayed hot and humid. Temperatures fell 5 to 10 degrees in the dry Midwest with many readings above 100 previously. In the Southeast highs neared 100 with Jacksonville reporting 100 at the airport. Fort Worth reached 102 and Oklahoma City 101.
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Central
Middlewest
Jacksonville
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Husband Of Child Is Given Prison Term
Lois Irwin Rosson, 22, of Lauderdale county, must serve five years after a Limestone county grand jury charged him with perjury in the Lauderdale Limestone child bride case. He pleaded guilty to perjury and was sentenced by Circuit Judge Seybourn H. Lynne. The case centers on Beatrice Violet Adams, then said to be 19, but later found to be 10, when Rosson obtained a marriage license in Athens on June 4 and married her on June 5. The minister and mother faced separate arrest. the couple’s marriage license was aided by a note claiming Beatrice was 19. The mother and daughter’s welfare care is handled by Lauderdale county.
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Lois Irwin Rosson
Lauderdale County
Limestone County
Lauderdale-Limestone
Seybourn H. Lynne
Rosson
Beatrice Violet Adams
Athens
Thomas J. McConnell
Martin Whitt
van Adams
Limestone
Sheriff Whitt
Lauderdale County Welfare Department
Snake Road
Sherriff Whitt
Adams
Edward Goodrich
War by Dewitt Mackenzie on Churchill and U S aid
The article comments on Prime Minister Churchill's warning that the United States is nearing war as it debates how far to aid the Allies. It questions the choice to raise the war danger in Parliament and notes Churchill's famed intellect and potential misstep in rhetoric.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Churchill Words Stir Resentment Across the Atlantic
The writer analyzes Churchill’s remarks as possibly premeditated and notes American reluctance to be pushed into conflict by outsiders. He calls Churchill a friend and English cousin, then stresses the close Anglo American ties while signaling mixed reactions at home.
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Mr. Churchill
No Paralysis Report Amid Contagion Across State
Morgan county health officials report continued absence of infantile paralysis locally while diphtheria and scarlet fever surface. A four month old white girl with diphtheria near Somerville and a five year old white girl with scarlet fever in Decatur are noted. Five diphtheria cases and two deaths among black children in Decatur are reported this year, plus 15 scarlet fever cases with no fatalities.
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Morgan County
L. R. Murphree
Somerville
Decatur
Infantile paralysis cases rise to 179 in Alabama
Eight new infantile paralysis cases were diagnosed in Alabama raising total cases since July 1 to 179. Walker county reported four new cases, Marshall two, with one each in Jefferson Billingham and Butler. July total reached 172, near the 176 July 1936 record.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Walker County
Marshall
Jefferson
Billingham
Butler
Mobile
BAC
Weevil-fighting flame thrower pitched by Captain McLemore
A flame thrower designed by Captain Price McLemore, a reserve officer and farmer, is praised for killing grass in cotton fields and reducing boll weevil infestation, according to the inventor.
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Montgomery
Ala
Price McLemore
Plan for Army Service Extension Drafted in Washington
Senator Hill reported sponsors had agreed on a compromise for the army service extension limiting active duty to 18 months additional to the existing 12 months for selectees guardsmen and reservists. He noted the 18 months would be the maximum any individual could face with possible earlier release as new personnel join. Congress moved to meet the urgent War Department deadline amid Senate opposition over lifetime service concerns.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Hill
War Department
Congress
Army High Command
Senate
Clark
Dmo
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Higher wage demands sweep through aluminum and shipyard workers
Aluminum workers push to end regional pay gaps with a Washington conference after Alcoa rejects demands. CIO leaders cite 2 to 18 percent lower wages in Badin North Carolina and Alcoa Tennessee versus New Kensington Pennsylvania. Shipbuilders union considers strike vote after rejecting a contract offer. AFL electricians end a citywide strike in New York returning to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a massive expansion project.
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Associated Press
CIO
Washington
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh
N. A
Zonarich
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Badin
N. C
Alcoa
Tenn
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearney
N. J
AFL Electrical Workers Brotherhood
New York City
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Apology for Ship Bombing Closes Case
The United States accepted official Japanese apologies for the gunboat Tutuila attack near Chungking and Japan's indemnity offer. Congress weighed delaying Philippine independence amid Indo China tensions with senators proposing postponement to aid defense and strategic aims.
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Washington
Tutuila
State Department
Congress
Philippines
Welles
Roosevelt
United States
U. S
Chungking
China
Senate
Indo-China
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Austin
R-Vt
Barkley
Lee
D-Okla
Tydings
Japanese say Tutulla damage accidental in Yangtze air raid
Shanghai August 1 Japanese naval spokesman Commander N Hazama said the damage to the United States gunboat Tutulla on the Yangtze at Chungking during a Japanese air raid was purely accidental. He noted the gunboat was near targets and a slight miscalculation could cause stray bombs.
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Shanghai
United States
Tutulla
Yangtze River
Chungking
N. Hazama
Rocking chair spill fractures man in street
In Memphis Tennessee on August first a truck jolted, tossing Jim Eddinboro from a rocking chair into the street and fracturing his skull. The chair was in the truck bed when the accident occurred.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jim Eddinboro
Eddinboro
Roosevelt lauds Soviet fight against Nazis from Moscow
President Roosevelt praised Russia's resistance as magnificent and better than German military experts expected. He said the Soviet effort would not come under the lease lend program and noted no decision until Hopkins returns from Moscow. Roosevelt planned a brief rest and travel up the coast next week.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Russia
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Moscow
London
Madison Man Due Home on West Point
Washington August 1 The state department released a list of U S government personnel arriving at New York from Lisbon aboard the West Point. Included are foreign service officers with past posts and home addresses. Names include Henry H Balch Genoa consul general Madison Alabama Has sell H Dick Bordeaux consul Sumter South Carolina Lucien Memminger and wife and daughter Copenhagen consul general Charleston South Carolina Lester L Schnare Milan consul Macon Georgia George P Waller Luxembourg consul Montgomery Alabama.
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Washington
United States
Perso
New York
Lisbon
Portugal
U. S
West Point
Foreign Service
Henry H. Balch
Genoa
Madison
Ala
Hassell H. Dick
Bordeaux
Sumter
S. C
Lucien Memminger
Copenhagen
Charleston
Lester L. Schnare
Milan
Macon
George P. Waller
Luxembourg
Montgomery
Unwinding Tape Sends Soldier to Naval Ranks
Private Barli Peetoom, aged 21, who earlier joined the army and later the navy reserve, was notified at Fort Sheridan that he is to report to the Great Lakes naval training station. After a four month mix up with a navy call and furlough, he now serves as a sailor with dual uniforms and a sense of irony.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Peetoom
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Here
Selective Service Board
Bethany
Navy Reserve
Army
14Th Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kas
Navy
Marines
Elk River Hatchery to Run as Usual Says FWS Official
Dr Tarzwell of the Fish and Wildlife Service today denied reports the Elk River hatchery would be abandoned or its production curtailed. He said the hatchery will operate under FWS supervision with continued work to prevent seepage, while TVA cooperation kept waters stationary for spawning. Official statement from Elk River Hatchery lists fingerling and fry plantings across Wheeler Wilson Pickwick Guntersville and other TVA waters totaling 89 150.
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M. Tarzwell
Fish and Wildlife Service
Elk River
Fred L. Cox
TVA
Sta
Wheeler and Wilson
Tarzwell
Elk, River Hatchery
Elkmont
Alabama
Wheeler Reservoir
White Springs
Second Creek
Beulah Bay
First Creek
Anderson Creek
Orrsville Bay
Flint Creek
Wilson Reservoir
Edgewater Beach
Bailey Springs
Pickwick
Waterloo
Guntersville
Honeycomb Creek
Town Creek
London hears Nazis stalled on Eastern Front in war update
British papers report Adolf Hitler’s invasion stalls as Soviet front lines near Moscow show heavy fighting. Harry Hopkins voices optimism that Hitler will lose, while German dispatches claim decisive battles in the east and threaten Odessa with a forced passage toward the Black Sea port.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
London
Moscow
Harry L. Hopkins
Hitler
Odessa
DNB
Nasi Trop
Dinlesterer
Bessarabian
Cetateau Alva
Black Sea
Verdict on railroad death blasts Cohen case
Coroner Bev Howell ruled that Sam Cohen, a 40 year old Negro section hand for Southern Railway, was mangled by Southern train No. 45 westbound early Wednesday. Parts of his body were found along the tracks near Trinity after the Memphis Special crew reported striking a man. The engineer said he saw a man on the rails but could not stop in time. Hillsboro testified Cohen left his home around midnight Tuesday and walked toward Trinity. the Memphis Special passed the scene about 2 46 a m.
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Bev Howell
Sam Cohen
Southern
Cohen
Southern Railway
Trinity
Memphis
Sheffield
Howell
Tha Goraner
Hillsboro
Kennedy, Bibb County banker, dies after fall injuries
John Percy Kennedy 82 president of Bibb County Banking and Trust Co Centerville died in a Birmingham hospital from injuries suffered in a fall. He is survived by his widow a daughter and two sons.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Percy Kennedy
Bibb County Banking and Trust Company
Centerville
Germany accuses overreach in Mexican protest on Axis listing
Secretary of State Welles condemned Germany for pressuring Mexico to protest the United States blacklisting of Latin American firms aiding the Axis. He argued such demands violate sovereignty and warned against meddling in U S policy. Mexico rejected the request, asserting no need for German guidance.
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Sherwatetty Wee Sumner
Germany
Mexico
United States
Welles
Ibence
Latin America
Axis
Soviet Deep Offensive Battles Reported Across Ukraine and Russia
Moscow dispatches describe heavy hand to hand fighting as Soviet units retreat from trains and suffer enormous casualties in a 230 mile west Smolensk theatre while other fronts see fierce overnight engagements in the Ost sector and near Leningrad. Berlin editors push a wait and see line as London officials claim signs of Soviet collapse or possible victory in central front.
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Red
DNB
Moscow
Red Army
Themolensk
Zhitomi
Russia
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Soviet
Madison Man
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Cairo
Egypt
Smolensk
Fushrer
East Front
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