Alabama National Guards to Train 3800 for 21 Days
About 3800 Alabama National Guard personnel and officers will deploy Sunday to the Sabine River Valley for 21 days of training. The 117th field artillery unit will travel by trucks while other guardsmen join special trains from Athens Decatur Huntsville Valley Head Florence Tuscaloosa Selma and Birmingham as they concentrate near Bringhurst Louisiana and prepare for combat maneuvers against imagined threats along the Louisiana Texas border.
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Valley Head
Britons Embrace A Curious Summer Vacation Tradition
The piece paints a humorous portrait of Britons journeying to seaside towns like St Ives and Blackpool for holidays. It notes the open air, spending mindset, and enduring routines in boarding houses, meals, and religious observance, all while dismissing wartime anxieties as “no war” this weekend. The tone satirizes fixed habits across generations.
Market Roundup Leads and Lags On Wall Street
Stocks showed early strength with gains for U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler GM and other titans but broad leadership faded as trading wore on The day featured mixed close with several issues lifting briefly then retreating while tobacco and chemical names drifted in the later session Cotton futures closed a touch higher to lower with steady spreads and attention to midweek supply data
Markets Mixed As Steels And Motors Edge Forward
New York but reports show mixed stock action with steels and motors edging higher while bonds hold steady and rails and industrials gain. Foreign exchange remains narrow with light dealing. cotton quiet. sugar firmer on the raw market. wool and metals steady. Chicago notes wheat and corn lower with cattle rising up to 25 and hogs steady to 10 lower near 6.60.
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New York
Boston
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US Dept. Agro Cattle Prices Report Nashville Market
U S Dept. report shows 125 salable cattle and 1650 calves with prices on grassers steady and grainfeds active. Heifers and yearlings mostly 5.50 to 7.00 with some down to 5.00, grainfed top to 9.50. cows under 5.00, cutters 3.00 to 4.50, bulls mostly 5.00 down. Wealers to 9.00 and butcher selections at 9.50. hogs steady with sows around 4.00 and 150 to 165 lb hogs 5.20 to 6.35.
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Nashville
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U.S
Bennett 86 Illness Victim in Hartselle Death
Mrs Eliza Bennett 86 died at her son E H Bennett's home in Hartselle after a brief illness. She leaves one son and ten grandchildren. Funeral at Woodville Church of Christ Jackson County at two Saturday afternoon. Interment Elkins Cemetery Warshall County Peck of Hartselle directs. Pallbearers listed and flower girls named.
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Berval Bennett
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There Ain't No Justice
An 18 year old groom told police his 14 year old bride ran away and asked for help recovering unpaid wedding and engagement rings. Police said the rings were the bride’s property and advised the groom to keep up payments.
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Dallas
Tex
Jury Includes Two Negroes Delivers Guilty Verdict
In Evangeline Parish Louisiana a jury with two Black jurors found Hugh Pierre 24 guilty of murdering Constable Ignace Rouseel four years earlier. Sentencing was deferred. This marked the first such jury seated in a trial here involving a Black defendant.
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Roosevelt Jr Joins Navy Reserve Ensign Training
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr the president’s son boarded the U S S Lawrence Lee in Newport Rhode Island. He will spend two weeks training as an ensign in the naval reserve aboard the destroyer Lawrence Lee.
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Springfield Advises Cool Dignity in Heat Wave
Official proclamation signed by Mayor John W. Kapp urges men in Springfield to endure high temperatures without collars ties or coats on city streets during the current heat wave.
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Springfield
John W. Kapp
Bees End Nine-Game Slide With 10 3 Win Over Reds
Boston Bees snap a nine game losing streak by beating the Cincinnati Reds 10 to 3 behind six hit pitching from Nick Strincevich in the first game of a doubleheader on August 2.
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81 Foreign Agents Held Through the Canal Zone
United States army intelligence officers in Panama denied knowledge that 81 foreign agents were being held. Refugees at Balboa immigration station formed the only readable group approaching that figure. Canal Zone naval officials said four US destroyers were stationed at Cristobal to replace ships overhauled in the United States.
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Gospel Team to Conduct Services at Two Churches
The Young People's Gospel Team of Central Baptist church will lead a Saturday 7:30 pm service at Blue Springs church. Sunday night the team conducts the Pleas ant Pill church service at 7:30 pm.
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Pleasant Pill Church
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Sixth Avenue
Louis Meyer
Texas
Decatur Kiwanis Club Shows Two Moving Pictures
Decatur Kiwanis conducted a Thursday meeting featuring two public service film showings. Three new members were welcomed while resignations from Murray House and Fred Hunt Jr. were announced. John Caddell will replace Hunt as club secretary.
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Boy, 13, Takes Life After Father Scolding
In San Antonio, August 2, 13 year old Joe Doran took 25 cents from his father Nicholas Doran a bus driver to buy a ball. After a sharp scolding the boy lamented he did not want to live. He died minutes later from a pistol wound ruled death by own action by Justice of the Peace O L Wiley.
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Joe Doran
Nicholas Doran
Joe
Justice of the Peace O. L. Wiley
Union head resigns amid AFL charter revocation
Joseph Socks Lanza, once leading the fish market racketeers, quit today as business agent of the United Sea Food Workers Union Local. The union's AFL charter, revoked two days earlier by order of William Green, was automatically restored.
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Joseph
Socks) Lanza
Fish Market
United Sea Food Workers Union
AFL
William Green
Two Ways of Life in Sunday School Lesson
A Sunday school lesson contrasts two paths: the righteous man who follows God's laws and is blessed, and the self indulgent man who prospers briefly but perishes. Psalm 1 and Matthew 7 illustrate the blessed life as a tree planted by water, while the wicked vanish like chaff. Christ's parable of the rock and sand reinforces the same message. The discussion notes authorship and dating of Psalm 1 and compares Old and New Testament ethics.
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Newman Campbell
Solomon
Christ
Atures Syndicate, Inc
Community Notices From Decatur Daily Chronicle
Local notices report hospital return of Mrs. Martin and church services across Clinton and Decatur. Rev P O Davidson fills pulpit in Clinton while Rev D C McNutt preaches at First Methodist. Births announced for Maple and Phillips families. City council, police court, and hospital updates noted with upcoming youth programs and civic meetings. Boats to be launched on the Tennessee River after purchases of Correct Craft vessels.
Morgan County Jail Voted Best In Alabama
Valmon J Stewart state BHMGR Hebrector Montgomery lauds Morgan county jail as the best in Alabama noting its modern detail and 86 prisoner capacity. The new $100000 jail will soon be turned over to the sheriff with transfers from the old building to end years of county concern. Stewart reviewed plans after overseeing 69 county jails 17 city jails and five state prisons.
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Hebrector
Montgomery
Morgan County
Alabama
Jat
Stewart
Morgan
Roosevelt Urges Prepared War Workforce and Training
In remarks on national defense and industry, Roosevelt stressed the need for trained manpower before any conflict, citing wartime lessons and large defense contracts. He recalled past crisis steps, noting criticism for expediting bills without hearings while saving time in emergencies.
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United States
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Canalise
State awards gas contracts to eleven Alabama dealers
Alabama signed new gasoline and oil contracts totaling about 750000 dollars annually with eleven dealers. Ten firms will sell gas to the state at five cents per gallon below retail, while one offers 5.6 cents off in seven southern counties plus 1 percent off bills paid within ten days. The Graham Oil Company of Atmore will supply all state gasoline in Butler, Baldwin, Conecuh, Clark, Covington, Escambia and Monroe counties.
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Tennessee Guard Lunch Stop En Route to Louisiana
About 225 soldiers from the 117th Tennessee National Guard Infantry halted at noon for lunch, using 25 trucks before continuing by road to encamp near Louisiana for the next three weeks.
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Tennessee National Guard Infantry
Louisiana
117Th Tennessee
Unidentified Man Dies After Collapse in Park
A man collapsed on a park bench in New York on August 2. He told a fellow bench-sitter his name would be in tomorrow’s papers and died. The only clue is a laundry ticket with no recalled name.
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Politician Defends Draft Legislation Concept Amid Editorial Pressure
A political figure faced questions over tentative draft bills and the term must legislation. He argued there had never been must legislation and explained why he had not spoken on conscription before. An editorial urged Congress to act quickly while another questioned the rush.
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Heat Wave Relents Slightly as Dying Heat Persists Across Regions
The weather report shows a 98 degree reading after noon with a 95 degree high for the day, as heat and drowsiness deaths exceed 1,000. Forecasters expect a wind shift bringing Kansas and Missouri heat, while plainer showers cool parts of the South and mid-Atlantic.
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Europe moves on Soviet admission claim and regional claims
Germany presses a second day session on admitting Latvia Lithuania Estonia and parts of Bessarabia and northern Bucovina to the Soviet Union. Romania plans talks on Transylvania Dobruja while Panama studies deporting 83 foreign detainees. France sets August trials for Raphael Alibert and cabinet ministers over the nation’s defeat.
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