Leahy Tied to Brake on French Collaboration Policy
German press claims U S envoy William D. Leahy influenced Paris by urging a brake on collaboration with Germany. Reports from Vichy describe Petain seeking to resist German pressure while unoccupied France questions whether to align with Berlin.
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Vichy
France
Ris
United States
William D. Leahy
Marshal Petain
Seanedy
Germany
Dakar
Paris
Ised Petain
L’pffort
Marseille
Deae Petain
Marcel Dent
Leahy
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Nazi Crack Up Is Predicted By Bel gian Exile Minister
Camille Gutt, finance minister of the Belgian government in exile, warned on a BBC broadcast that a German collapse is near. He said the path to victory has begun and that Germany’s losses, failures, and shame could crack suddenly, while praising Belgian resistance and Russia’s fight.
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London
Camille Gutt
BBC
Gutt
Russia
Belgium
Hered
Britain
Finland
Goteborg
Sweden
Arctic
Lord Beaverbrook
Middle East
Tobruk
Libya
Area PTA Plans Nine August Meetings in Alabama
The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers announced nine area meetings to strengthen its program this August. Mrs Ellen Walker chairs the council committee and will be assisted by Mrs Harry Nelson, PTA office and field secretary, and Miss Martha W Smith, consultant with the state department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Congress Parents and Teachers
Ellen Walker
Harry Nelson
Martha W. Smith
State Department of Places
O Daniel Takes Oath as Texas Senator
W Lee O Daniel took the oath today to fill the unexpired term of the late Morris Sheppard as Texas Senator. He noted that Texas laws automatically terminated his term as governor of the state after his Senate swearing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’daniel
R W. Lee Odaniel
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Senetar
Hosiery Outlook Improves in Decatur Mills
Hosiery production in Decatur rose with near full operation at Alabama Mill and Cooper Wells. Loyd Lively reports most machines running using silk stock, while Frank Yaney confirms continued operation and plans to adapt with silk substitutes. The Town sees renewed optimism as fears of plant shutdown fade and local industry signals stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Cooper Wells
Loyd Lively
Lively
Cooper-Wells
Frank Yaney
St. Joseph
Mich
Decatur
Far East
Government orders require 10 percent of rayon output for silk users
The Office of Price Administration directs rayon producers to earmark 10 percent of output for silk users affected by defense orders to avert dislocation in the silk processing industry. Hosiery mills face shortages as stores report surging demand and limits while nylon backlogs loom.
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Washington
Defense
Office of Price Administration and Supply
New York
Chicago
State Street
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Morgan County Declared Free of Polio Amid Statewide Cases
Morgan county health officials announced no polio cases locally as nine new cases reported in the state. The county remains polio free and residents celebrate the absence of the infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Morgan
Five hurt as cars crash and a man is shot in weekend violence
One man was killed and another arrested on murder charges after a Saturday night dice game dispute at Madison and Walnut. A state trooper was seriously hurt when his motorcycle wrecked after striking a dog on Sixth Avenue. Several others sustained minor injuries in collisions and a tire blowout on Bee Line Highway.
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Morgan County
Sammy White
Madison and
Walnut Streets
Brice Ingram
Lawrence County
W. T. Willoughby
W. P. Moore
Willoughby
Ingram
Flower Hill
Courtland
George D. Byars
Fred Riley
Moore
White
Madison
W. E. Kilgore
B. D. Meadors
Reynolds
W. H. Sherard
W. Vine Street
Chambers
Benevolent Society Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Falkville
Julius Hale
Sixth Avenue
Hale
J. Cater
E. B. Payne
Mr. Chambers
Raymond Dobbins
Decatur
M. C. Dunn
Trinity
Third Avenue
Second Street
Dunn
Joe Weatherly
Bee Line Highway
Tanner Road
Edward J. Kelley
E. 52Nd Street
New York City
Alice Dedolph
Huntsville
Joe Gannon
W. E. Rogers
Nine new infantile paralysis cases raise Alabama total to 192
Nine new diagnoses of infantile paralysis were reported bringing the statewide total since July 1 to 192. Cases appeared in Jefferson, Marion, Etowah, Franklin, Montgomery and Tallapoosa counties. Health officials urged quarantines and church groups approved a voluntary Sunday School holiday for children under 12. Visitors were barred at Tuscaloosa’s airport housing 130 Royal Air Force cadets, and cadets were restricted from leaving the reservation. Children were barred from amusement places in Tuscaloosa and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
Jefferson County
Marion
Etowah
Franklin
Montgomery
Tallapoosa Aities
J. N. Baker
Tuscaloosa
Hargrove van de Graff
British Royal Airforce
Dixon declines call for special session on education surplus
Alabama Governor Dixon refuses to call a special legislative session over a $1.5 million surplus in the state educational trust fund. State Superintendent Dr A H Collins urged changes to law to use funds for schools or reduce ad valorem taxes, while Dixon cites a 1939 40 statute allocating surpluses and notes any session would require general fund payment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
A. H. Collins
Collins
Aluminum drive under review for missed calls
Decatur Lions Club sponsors say the aluminum collection campaign was extensive but some residents may have been overlooked. A resident reports her home not been canvassed and urged to call Claudie Shttumake at 700. drive team members will call for the aluminum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Lions Club
Claudie Shttumake
Britain Moves To Counter Japan In Asiatic Waters
A British naval squadron including the 30 600 ton Warspite sails toward Asiatic fronts as Britain seeks deterrence against Japan. Japan suspends US ship departures affecting about 600 Americans and eyes economic mobilization to blunt Western pressure. Silk cargoes shift as ships prepare for swift departures while Japanese forces reinforce Manchukuo ports and tensions rise in Shanghai and northern China.
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Associated Press
Warspite
Japan
Indo-China
Britain
Singapore
Far East
United States
Royal Navy
Suez
Japan Times and Advertiser
Tokyo Foreign Office
San Francisco
Sanancisco
Seattle
U. S
China Ports
Kobe
Shanghai
Dairen
Manchukuo
Siberian
Manchukuo-Siberia
Tsingtao
North China
American Chamber of Commerce
State Department
Chefoo
Pieping
Tientsin
Gas station manager welcomes new sign as order to close early arrives
In Dunkirk New York on August 4 194? Stephen Jozwiak manager of a Central Avenue gasoline station waited weeks for a new electric sign to advertise at night. The sign arrived just as petrol eum coordinator Harold L Ickes called stations to close by 7 pm and Jozwiak complied.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Stephen Jozwiak
Central Avenue
Harold L. Ickes
Jozwiak
Eighth Annual Trinity Colt Show Set for August 14
Trinity's eighth annual colt show will be held August 14 on the high school grounds starting at 10 4. Gla time. Entry is free. Prizes totaling 7350 will be awarded across three age classes with first second and third prizes in each. Colts include mule draft and combination types. Best mare and a 1941 twin colt set are among special awards. Lunches will be available. show committee includes Sam P. Lile chair. Hundreds are expected from Morgan and nearby counties.
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Trinity
Morgan
War by Dewitt Mackenzie on Red Army struggle
The Soviet Izvestia pledges a new phase of decisive battles as German pressure increases near Leningrad and a heavy pincers thrust targets Kiev. The piece argues Bolsheviks must hold the Baltic to Black Sea front and that blitzkrieg speed is beaten as Hitler staked everything on rapid advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Red Army
Izvestia
Leningrad
Kiev
Baltic
Black Sea
Trump
Hitler
Russian Struggle In Decisive Stage and Red Resistance
The piece discusses the decisive phase of the Russia conflict with Reds delaying Hitler through strong resistance. It notes dwindling reserves on both sides, exhaustion among troops, and German soldiers captured under strain, citing extended Nazi communications and supply challenges as factors shaping a drawn out war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Roosevelt vetoes defense highway bill over apportionment plan
President Roosevelt vetoed a 320 million defense highway bill citing the pro rata distribution to states rather than granting the executive branch power to direct funds to areas of greatest defense need. The measure mixed 150 million for new roads to access military sites 125 million to fix strategic highways 25 million for damages from maneuvers and 10 million for emergency flight strips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Executive Department
Congress
Senavre
House
Senate
Son of Solon Takes Stump
In Aiken South Carolina a 15 year old boy filled in for Rep. Joseph R. Bryson at a campaign stop while Bryson was in Washington voting on a tax bill. Bryson’s son William spoke to the crowd as Bryson and other Democratic hopefuls Governor Burnet Maybank and Olin D Johnston toured the state for the September 2 primary.
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Aiken
8. C
South Carolina
Hastings
Joseph R. Bryson
Greenville
Arangeburg
James F. Byrnes
Burnet R. Maybank
Olin D. Johnston
Spartanburg
Bryson
Washington
William
Mrs. Knight Claimed by Death in Selma
Mrs. Thomas E. Knight wife of Alabama Supreme Court Justice died at King Memorial Hospital from complications after an operation. Survived by husband and daughter Rebecca Knight Odum. son Lieutenant Governor Thomas E. Knight Jr. preceded in death. Funeral set for 5 p.m. with New Live Oak Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Thomas E. Knight
Alabama Supreme Court
King Memorial Hospital
Knight
Justice Knight
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
New Live Oak Cemetery
Strikes and Labor Shifts Span U S War Industry
AFL and CIO actions ripple across plants in Kansas Ohio New Jersey Arizona and Florida as workers return to duty after holidays or accept new contracts. Overtime pay changes prompt timely recalls while wage gains and shop terms reshape labor in shipyards copper mines and drydock facilities.
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Associated Press
AFL
Midwest Ordnance
Eouls
Kansas
Plum Brook
Ravenna
Ohio
War Department
John Coyne
AFL Executive Council
Building Trades Department
Tampa
Fla
Gulf Coast Metal Trades Council
Gulf Coast
Newark
N. J
CIO
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Defense Mediation Board
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
Bisbee
Ariz
CTIO
Shattuck Dean
International Executive Board
Denver
Colbert Escape Suspect Extradited From Meridian
In Meridian Mississippi authorities prepared to extradite a man who claimed he escaped an Alabama prison in 1929 after a murder conviction. He told detectives he was sentenced in 1923 to 35 years for the killing of two white men in Colbert County Alabama. He waived extradition and was to be sent to Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Alabama
T. D. Harbour
Harbour
Colbert County
Ala
Montgomery
Allied World War II Fronts In Europe And Africa Report
Reports detail German claims of disrupted Soviet rail links near the Red army in the Smolensk region while Soviet forces counter a tank advance near N town. Mussolini signals a global clash with Rome and Tokyo aligned against Washington and Moscow. British forces report Tobruk pressure easing as raids pound Berlin for the 50th time and fires flare across the Suez area.
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Raine
Mussolini
Rome
Bax
Tokyo
Washington
Moscow
Tr Duce
Manetua
North Africa
Suez Canal
Cairo
Alexandria
Port Said
Red Army
Smolensk
Ukraine
Sians
Berlin
Lomedon
Germany
England
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