Japs Irked by Reference of Chamberlain
A British French military mission heads to Moscow as Japan voices extreme irritation at Chamberlain’s remark that a British fleet might sail to the Orient under certain conditions. Tokyo officials call Britain’s stance a dangerous maneuver while new anti American sentiment grows in China with protests lodged against Japanese actions.
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Associated ‘Press
Moscow
Chamberlain
Britain
Tokyo War Office
House of Commons
Far East
William Strang
London
China
Japan
United States
Kaifeng
Henan
Hankow
Clarence J. Spiker
Yochow
Tsingtao
Hongkong
Americans Prepare Quick Exit From Kaifeng Under Japanese Pressure
Shanghai dispatch reports Americans in Kaifeng racing to leave as Japanese pressure mounts. Officials could not provide full details as report continues on page two.
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Shanghai
Kaiefeng
Anti Radical Witness Testimony At Bridges Deportation Hearing
N Francisco August 5 Harry Bridges defense scheduled to call Harper Knowles American Legion anti radical leader as witness Monday at the West Coast CIO director deportation hearing. Knowles will be questioned to probe alleged improper inducements for Bridges testimony. Bridges denied Communist party membership and argued for government ownership of major means of production.
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N. Francisco
Harry Bridges
Harper Knowles
American Legion
CIO
Knowles
Bridges
James M. Landis
Harvard University Law School
Thomas B. Shoemaker
Immigration Service
Communist Party
Labor Board rebuts Republic Steel in 1937 strike case
In a brief to the Third Circuit, the National Labor Relations Board blames Republic Steel for many unfair labor practices during the 1937 little steel strikes and defends reinstatement of 5,000 strikers with back pay despite violence claims. The board cites beatings of organizers and coercion to join puppet unions. Arguments set for Monday.
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Philadelphia
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Company
Little Steel
Third
U. ‘S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Republic
Washington
Labor Board
Interest on Plant Up in Decatur Cheese Project
Enthusiasm ran high Friday as about thirty individuals agreed to subscribe stock for a proposed Decatur cheese plant. The plan aims to reach $7,500 in stock, then incorporate. A meeting by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will explain operations and community benefits, including year round farm income and new milk routes into Decatur.
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Decatur
Harry Kloppfer
Welch Dinsmore
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Senate Rejects Few Nominations Amid Roosevelts Wave
The Senate rejected only a dozen of 10 979 nominations from President Roosevelt this session raising total approved to 57 631 since 1933. Records show 631 civil posts filled since January 1 and 3 839 postmasters named with ten rejected. He signed 2 812 army, 3 025 navy and 663 marine corps commissions.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Navy
Busy Week Ahead as Solons Prepare Agenda
Alabama legislators, in recess until Tuesday, anticipate a busy week with the administration pressing for immediate House action on appropriation bills. Senate passage came on two bills allocating about 40 million dollars annually for the next four years, while many money measures await action. A new pardon parol e and probation system was advanced and Senator P F DeVane introduced a bill to call a statewide election on repeal of the Beverage Control act.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
House
Senate
Dixon
P. F. DeVane
Student Nurse Heroine Saves Life After Wreck
Irene Krouthamel a 24 year old student nurse used her uniform as compresses to staunch arterial bleeding after an automobile crash. She revived Naomi Musselman 22 and saved her life though injured herself. Dr Clyde B Flory reported Musselman would live and credited Krouthamel.
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Eng
Wane
Serer Ti
Irene ‘Krouthamel
Studs A
Miss Krouthamel
Naomi Musselman
Clyde B. Flory
Miss Musselman
Roosevelt vetoes bill delaying bank interlock termination
President Roosevelt vetoed a Senate bill that would have granted a four year extension for banks to terminate interlocking directorates. The action affects financial governance and regulatory timing in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Tale Of Death Unveiled By Youth After Waiting Years
In Omaha Nebraska Joseph Servia now 17 reveals to Louis Circo’s mother and police what happened to 13 year old Louis Circo who disappeared May 28 1936 after mudded Missouri River currents carried his group away. Servia had sheltered the truth for three years fearing family shame and now confirms he and Angelo Spampinato drifted with Circo and that Circo was swept away.
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Omaha
Neb
Joseph Servia
Louis Circe
Missouri
Louis
Sebastiano Circo
Joe
Angelo
South Dakota
Sam
Drought Area Relief Moves From Federal Agencies
The Agriculture Department says relief is extended to drought stricken northeastern states. Acting Secretary Harry L. Brown notes the AAA has paid for seeding grasses and close growing crops lost to drought. Additional loans or grants by the Farm Security Administration may follow if conditions warrant. The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation stands ready to act if circumstances require.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Harry L. Brown
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Farm Security Administration
Brown
Hatch Law Foes Rally At National Democratic Meet
Pittsburgh agitation over the Hatch Political Practices Act sparks debate at the 1940 Democratic National Convention. State President Joseph M. Barr cites fears of violating the law as delegates voice support for ex governor Paul V. McNutt, Senator Bennett Champ Clark, and Senator Josh Lee. Indiana sends 1500 to 2000 delegates backing McNutt. Texas split over Roosevelt third term versus Garner. Oklahoma backs Lee. Missouri backs Clark.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Barr
Barr
Paul V MecNutt
Philippines
Texas
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
New Night Reflective Paint Used for Center Stripe
State Highway Department crews began center striping the Bee Line Highway from Hartselle southward using a new reflective paint. The paint improves nighttime visibility, can be seen by car headlights at a distance, and is already in use on other state roads with satisfactory results.
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State Highway Department
Bee Line
Hartselle
Highway Department
Boy Sought In Burned Forest Missing Kelly Witman
In Cramer Minnesota volunteers CCC enrollees forest rangers and deputies search a burned area for two year old Kelly Witman who wandered from home Tuesday. Authorities expect to abandon efforts if the boy is not found today.
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Cramer
Minn
CCC
Forest Rangers
Sheriff's Deputies
Kelly Witman
Here
Forest Ranger
O. M. Eckbeck
WPA roll cuts reach across Alabama nine counties
WPA official R W Shepherd reports 1908 workers removed in nine Alabama counties under 18 months continuous service rule. Alabama faces heavy total cuts with July to September quotas, 4620 drop in September and 5800 more planned for September 1, while 16,000 Alabama WPA employees may be affected nationwide.
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R. W. Shepherd
WPA
Morgan County
Alabama
Works Projects Administration
W. G. Henderson
Washington
Congress
Henderson
Naw
Dr James H Kirkland dies at 79 long-time Vanderbilt chancellor
Nashville dispatch reports the death of Dr James H Kirkland aged 79 who led Vanderbilt University as chancellor from 1893 to 1938. He presided over growth from under 2 million to over 20 million in assets and spoke at the 1938 commencement about building a future for the university. He died at his Magnetawan summer home, Canada, with wife and daughter nearby.
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Nashville
James H. Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
James Hampton Kirkland
Vanderbilt
Kirkland
Magnetawan
Canada
Benjamin Meraitt
Hugh J. Morgan
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Hospital
Explosive Found Near Green Mountain Dam Site
Four cases of dynamite and three dynamite bombs were found near the Green Mountain Dam site in Colorado where workers returned to a guarded job. Guardsmen had seized firearms earlier amid labor clashes that wounded seven. Separately, terms of a GM UAW CIO settlement included wage gains for skilled workers and union recognition in 42 plants.
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Green Mountain Dam
Colo
Green Mountain
Colorado National Guardsmen
William Hunn
Ralph L. Carr
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Uaw-Cioo
Uaw-Cio
Uaw-Afl
International Executive Board
W T Johnson Rites Held In Hartselle
William Thomas Johnson 76 died at his home Hartselle Route 1 at 7 30 last night Funeral services were at Antioch at 2 30 this afternoon with Rev R F McDonald Drinkard Howell directing burial Surviving are widow six sons five daughters 45 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and numerous relatives
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William Thomas Johnson
Hartselle
Antioch
R. F. McDonald
Drinkard-Howell
M. M
Eva
M. D
W. G
C. F
H. T
Somerville
M. W. Ryan
J. J. Grizzard
J. W.grizzard
J. T. Johnson
Leo Johnson
Peacetime appropriation record set by Congress
Congress appropriated more than 13.15 billion for peacetime needs, a new record, with committee figures at 13,158,575,386 about 1.665 billion above last year. Nearly one billion dollars of the rise funds permanent obligations such as debt interest and veterans benefits and social security and railroad retirement reserves.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Graves Fights Freight Rates For Nation Not Just South
Former Governor Bibb Graves urged freight rate readjustment to aid the nation, not only the South, arguing northern consumers should buy where they please and the South should be free to sell. He cited steel growth in Birmingham after removing Pittsburgh plus charges and said parity would aid Southern business.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
South
Bibb Graves
Florence
Graves
Birmingham
Pittsburgh
Andrews to Head Corps
Washington Aug 5 Brigadier General Frank M Andrews named in charge of all Army operations and training as assistant chief of staff for operations and training He becomes the first air force officer to hold such a high command post succeeding Major General Robert Mac Beck Jr who retires October 31 after 42 years service Andrews a Nashville Tenn native 55 and World War I flyer
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Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Frank M. Andrews
Andrews
Mobile General Headquarters Air Force
Andrewa
Air Force
Robert Mac, Beck, Jr
Malin Craig
Nashville
Tenn
General Andrews Leads Army Aviation Training Effort
General Andrews now heads all Army aviation operations including training and oversees them. He is a nephew of Milton Andrews, a Louisville and Nashville freight agent and yardmaster.
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General Andrews
Milton Andrews
Louisville and Nashville
Typhoid Inoculations Reach 1800 in Morgan County This Year
Morgan County health officer Dr. L R Murphree reports about 1800 people have received typhoid shots this year with roughly 7000 immunized in the previous two years. Two current typhoid cases exist in Cedar Lake and near Danville. 350 children have diphtheria shots. smallpox inoculations underway for school entrants as clinics begin August 14 in multiple towns with a schedule through August 18.
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Morgan County
L. R. Murphree
Cedar Lake
Danville
Decatur
Congress Clears Way for Adjournment on 185 Million Farm Aid Plan
Conferees reach a compromise on a 185 million dollar deficiency bill with 119.6 million for the Commodity Credit Corporation to bolster farm prices. House and Senate negotiators trim about four million from the Senate version as they aim to adjourn. Wage Hour admin expenses cut to 1 thousand dollars. four million set for civilian pilot training. Senate debates social security bill while adjournment nears.
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Congress
Senate House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wallace
Roosevelt
Rep. Taber
Rep. Ditter
Taber
House
Senate
Commodity Credit Fund
Washington
Woodrum
D-Va
House Conferees
Adams D-Cole
Nate
White House
Secetary Wallace
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 20.6 feet and is falling. Temperatures ranged from 68 to 90 degrees with no rainfall. Alabama expected fairTonight and Sunday with warmer interior, moderate offshore winds. Tennessee also fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Week outlook shows scattered thunderstorms in the South Atlantic States, starting Monday August 7.
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Tennessee
Alabama
South Atlantic
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Donnn Fendler, Jr
Eee
Peresee
Maine
Augusta
Carter Gusta
Solons
Morgan
John H. Lee
Summit
County
American Federation of Labor Unions
W. T. Johnson
Murphree
Priceville
Dains
Maple Grove
Natural Bridge
Rural Grove
Vel Ridge
Winton
New Center
Ane Ridge
Brooksville
Éthe Plainville School
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Woodland Mills
Valdermosa Springs
Talucah
Union
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Venice
Science Hill
Wall's Plantation
Lacey's Spring
Farmer Fund
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