Federal Bureau of Investigation Holds Decatur Defense Conference
FBI holds a nationwide defense conference in Decatur at the post office building with Special Agent Guinane coordinating. Local officials Chief Moore Patrolman Whitmire Sheriff Willoughby and state officers participate as agencies pledge cooperation and discuss streamlined information sharing and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Federal Bureau
E. P. Guinane
T He Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigat
Poand
United States
Army and Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Feders Bureau of Investigation
U. S. Dean of Justice
Federal
Birmingham
Alabama
PBI
Washington, D.C
National Police Academy
Enn
Guinane
Moore
Whit- Mire
Tennessee Republicans Map Drive For Wendell Willkie
GOP planners in Nashville outline a campaign push for Wendell Willkie and McNary and name opposition to U S Senator K D Me and Gov Prentice Cooper amid Democratic contest.
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GOP
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Wendell
Willkie
McNary
U. S
K. D. Meand
Prentice Cooper
Study period closes at Alabama Polytechnic Institute
The annual three weeks of graduate study at Alabama Polytechnic Institute ends with 207 vocational agriculture teachers from 64 Alabama counties completing the program. They will return to Auburn August 19 for the 11th annual convention of the Alabama Association of Future Farmers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama
Alabama Association of Future Farmers of America
Scouts Meet at University for Third Training Institute
Leaders from the area gather at the University for a three day training institute led by Jackson R. Sharman head of the men's physical education department in charge. The program runs through Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Ala
University of
Prackson R. Sharman
Men’s Sica
Education Departent
Birmingham Sticks Birmingham Daylight Saving Time
Birmingham will stay on Daylight Saving Time until its official end date in September, announced by Commission President Wm. Coop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Ww. Coop
Wall Street Mixed After Tepid Trading With Modest Advances
Market activity offers scant gains as U B Steel and Bethlehem face a modest post open drop ahead of next week’s steel plant repairs. United Aircraft and Sperry push higher on brief bouts, while American Telephone posts a July gain of 22 000 stations. Major buyers include U S Rubber and Anaconda while Standard Oil of N J Texas Corp and others hold steady. Cottonseed meal and dairy prices show little movement with steady to unchanged quotes.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
NEW_YORK
U. B. Steel
Bethlehem
United Aircraft
Sperry
American Telephone
Kennecott
Great Northern
Woolworth
Goodyear
du Pont
Union Carbide
Standard Oil
N. J
Texas Corp. Anaconda
Brooklyn- Manhattan Transit
Pennsylvania
U. S. Rubber
Markets At A Glance From New York and New Orleans
Aug 3 4 market notes show light trading in bonds and foreign exchange with limited swings. Cotton futures rise modestly on light selling pressure and Wall Street buying awaiting the August 8 government crop estimate. New Orleans closes steady with prices a touch higher on covering and demand for Oct Dec and Jan contracts.
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New York
Wall Street
N. Y
New Orleans
Spot Cotton Quiet in New Orleans Market
Spot cotton in New Orleans on Aug 3 closed quiet with no sales reported. Prices held at low middling levels as traders awaited further demand and market cues.
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SPOT
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Prices and Market Report
Nashville Tennessee August 3 cattle and hog market notes. Calves and cattle mixed clearances with steers and yearlings in the 5.50 to 9.50 range, cows scarce, bulls around 5.00 to 5.75. Hogs salable about 150 to 240 pounds at 5.20, sows 4.00. Sheep steady with spring lambs around 7.50, fat ewes 2.00 to 2.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Wheat and corn price listings from Chicago market report
Chicago market notes list cash wheat and corn prices by grade with numbers like No 1 red wheat 78 and No 1 yellow corn 65-65 1 2 as well as oats and barley ranges including No 2 oats at 30 and barley at 41 making 4 nom.
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Chicago
Decatur Guests Expected at Races For Naval Association
Commodore Claude Pox of Kinoxville official referee and Commodores B R Betterton D B Etheridge of Chattanooga with S H McGravey of the Nashville Yacht Club and Paul Mathes of the Chickamauga Yacht and Boat Club in Decatur will view the races as honored guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Pox
Kinoxville
B. R. Betterton
D. 8. Etheridge
Chattanooga
S.H. McGravey
Nashville Yacht Club
Paul Mathes
Chickamauga
Auburn Graduation Set With Blake Address
Dr. Edgar Blake bishop of Miami will deliver the baccalaureate address to about 260 Auburn summer school graduates. Exercises in Graves Center amphitheater with Auburn president Dr. L M Duncan to award degrees. Dr Zebulon Judd, a summer school director, will preside.
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Auburn
Edgar Blake
Miami
Fla
Auburn Summer School
Graves Center
L. M. Duncan
Zebulon Judd
Conviction Upheld for Daytona Beach Official
In Tallahassee the Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Ralph W. Richards, Daytona Beach city commissioner, for accepting an unauthorized payment to influence his vote in mayoral selection. Richards was found guilty of receiving ten thousand dollars to vote for Frank V. B. Cough and faces a prison sentence if he fails to pay a related fine.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Ralph W. Richards
Daytona Beach
Supreme Court
Richards
Prank
B. Cough
Seed saving urged to cut pasture costs in county
County agent T. W. Bridges urges farmers to save Dallis grass and annual lespedera seeds to establish permanent pastures. Readily visible heads along roadsides can be mowed and scattered as seed, with seedpans attached to mowers to harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Respedere
T. W. Bridges
Negro County
Bridges
Urphig Negro
Alabama Democrats defend pledge to support nominees in November
A Alabama party leader argues the primary pledge compels voters who entered the Democratic primaries to support all nominees in the November election. He notes May and June turnout, warns against crossing to other parties, and urges local campaigns rather than nationwide appeals. He cites law requiring pledge printing and urges overseen, orderly party efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Democratic Party
Montgomery
Republican Party
Party of Our Fathers
McCorvey
Birmingham Tank Company Election Ordered
The labor board ordered a vote within 30 days among Birmingham Tank Company division employees of Ingalls Iron Works in Birmingham Alabama to choose collective bargaining representatives. Workers will decide if they want representation by the International Association of Bridges Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers shopmen's local 5639 AFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Board
Birmingham Tank Company
Ingalls Iron Works Company, Inc
Birmingham
Ala
International Association of Bridges, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
AFL
Eastern weather relief amid heat across nation
A cool air mass shifted southeast from central Canada bringing relief to the eastern third of the United States while the West endured extreme heat. Readings dropped to the 50s and 60s in major cities, with 100s still reported in Dallas and Dodge City as showers grazed Gulf states and parts of the Great Lakes region.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Canada
North Atlantic
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Boston
Albany
N. Y
New York
Syracuse
Washington
Richmond
Raleigh
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicago
Kansas City
Str. Louis
Dodge City
Kas
Dallas
Atan Antonio
Nebraska
Mindnight
Gulf Coastal
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
British Fleet Sails to Aid England From Gibraltar
Le Petit Dauphinois reports Gibraltar fleet sailed west into the Atlantic to assist England. The force split into two groups with five submarines seven destroyers two plane carriers three cruisers and three auxiliaries. German high command says raids sank three armed merchantmen off Harwich and Hebrides and a lone U boat bagged seven more, totaling 56 108 tons. Air raids targeted oil tanks on the Thames and anti air positions.
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Grenoble
France
le Petit Dauphinois
Tangier
Spanish Morocco
Gibraltar
Atlantic
England
Berlin
Harwich
Hebrides
High Command
Thames
Romania's Manoilescu warns of Communist threat and border shifts
Transylvanian leaders said Romanian Foreign Minister Mihail Manoilescu told them the government had been advised a strong Communist movement in Hungary neared danger point. He said Hitler urged Romania to settle borders with Hungary to blunt Vienna Budapest pressure.
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Bucharest
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Rumania
Hungary
Mihail Manoilescu
Manoilescu
Budapest
War economy boom amid European conquests and shortages
The article notes Germany's wartime gains in iron steel coal and food from Luxembourg Belgium France and other regions. It emphasizes the need to move products and food to sustain exports while Europe suffers hunger and disorganized imports, urging markets to restart industry and reduce blockade impact.
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Luxembourg
Belgium
France
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Hitler
Europe
Fuehrer
Germany
Reich
Danubian
England
Siamese Kittens Born at Palmer Home Reported Healthy
Five Siamese kittens born to a cat of a Palmer family in McClellandtown area were reported "doing all right." Postmaster Michael Heffren said three kittens were black and white while two were all black. all five were together at birth.
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Mcclelland Town
Palmer
Michael Heffren
McClellandtown
Decatur Daily Notes Local Socials and Church Events
Decatur gossip lists guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bowen from Washington DC and multiple church activities. The First Christian circle plans a Woodall’s picnic on August Sth while the Women’s Missionary Society meets August 5. Revival services start Sunday at Union Grove Methodist with daily 10:00 am and 7:30 pm services. Several local residents are noted for illnesses visits travel and family gatherings around Decatur and nearby towns.
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The
First Christian Church
Woodall's
Womens’ Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
S. M. ,Thompson
Cora Getchell
Edwin Wyle
Monteagle
Union Grove Methodist Church
Decatur-Moulton
Canaan
Minute Men Help Defense by Drew Middleton
The Minute Men of 1940 number about 1.25 million guard volunteers behind Britain's front line troops. They juggle civilian jobs and drill daily to patrol roads and coasts, delay invasions, guard depots, and aid regular forces. Their local knowledge aids defense and they target small parachute demolition groups along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
Britain
Home Guards
Singers at Morgan County Sacred Harp Session
The Morgan County Southhouse Singers open the sacred harp sing with a good crowd on site. About 30 Peabody College students from Nashville observe to study local folklore. The session ends about 3 30 this afternoon and resumes Sunday at 10 with a similar end time. The visiting Peabody group will return to Nashville by private car around four this afternoon. Included are Dr G P Jackson of Vanderbilt University composer E J Garwood and E H Stein head of Peabody Music and Vanderbilt departments.
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Morgan County Southhouse
Sacred Harp
Peabody College At
Nashville
Peabody College
Peabody Group
Dr. G. P. Jackson
Vanderbilt, University
E. J. Garwood
Peabody
E. H. Stein
Vander
Snake cult case spurs arrests and a missing girl
Leader ordered dispersal after an arrest for disorderly conduct. Daught rey, missing 72 hours, was found at her mother’s home with a swollen arm from a copperhead bite. Relatives delayed medical care until a judge warned Lipman and Rowan could face murder charges if she died. Eight others bitten, none seriously harmed.
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Daughtrey
Little Letha Mae
H. W. Clements
Smith
Lipman
Rowan
Madison Barbecue Brings Huntsville Band to High School
The annual Madison school barbecue is set for August 8 at the high school. The Huntsville Band and other attractions are expected to draw a large crowd and the public is invited.
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Madison
Madison School
Huntsville
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