FDR WINS IN DRAFT TEST
The U S Senate rejected a Taft substitute to limit selectee service to six months beyond the one year term by 50 to 27. The administration plan would allow 18 months extra, with earlier House compromise pending Senate approval. Barbour backed 18 months. Thomas framed the extension for conscientious objectors in non combat roles.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Army High Command
House
Army
Barkley
Hill
Ala
Congress
Barbour
New Jersey
Thomas
Utah
Pipeline Planned to Speed Oil to Canada
Defense petroleum coordinator Ickes announced plans to complete before winter a 260 mile petroleum pipeline from Portland Maine to Montreal to expedite oil deliveries to Canada and weapons flow to Britain.
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Washington
Canada
Britain
Defense Petroleum
Ickes
Portland
Montreal
Big Order Placed by Lanett Firm for Cotton Twill Cloth
Phington Lanett Alabama received a 636,300 dollar contract for 3,000,000 yards of cotton twill tent cloth. Dates were not announced and official details remain unavailable.
Food prices still rising in July survey
A government check of retail prices in 18 cities shows meats canned vegetables and navy beans climbing in late July. Pork chops rose about 5 percent and chuck roast about 3 percent, with 2 to 3 cent increases per pound. Butter fell about 3 percent while oranges and canned salmon also rose.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Illness Victim Salesman E A Crutchfield Dies at 65
E A Crutchfield of Hartselle long time traveling salesman died at his home after a long illness at 11 30 p m He was 65 funeral at Mt Zion church Cullman county conducted by Rev M A Creel with burial in Mt Zion cemetery He is survived by a widow three daughters a son and two brothers with pallbearers and nieces named for flowers
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E. A. Crutchfield
Hartselle
Mt. Zion Church
Cullman County
M. A. Creel
Mt. Zion
Peck
Jedfield
Cc. C. Boutwell
H. L. Slate
Marie Crutchfield
Troy Crutchfield
Memphis
J.D. Crutchfield
Jesse Crutchfield
Decatur
H. L. Payne
Elbert Nix
John Burleson
John Winton
Will McClanahan
Louise Houston
Dorothy Drake
Edith Parish
Margaret Self
Stella Crutchfield
Willie Maude Crutchfield
Festa Crutchfield
Alumnae Group Holds Meeting at Mrs. Vernell’s Home
The Benevolent Society Alumnae Association held its regular monthly meeting at 1105 Coleman Avenue in Athens. Attendees included hostess Mrs. J. R. Vaughan hospital superintendent, Miss Netta Bittick, and Miss Bessie Gallant. Mrs. Vaughan presented a paper on New Treatment of Leprosy. After the program refreshments were served to the members and to Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Varnell and Robert C. Cain, followed by a picture show.
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The
Benevolent Society
Theo Vernell
Coleman Avenue
Athens
J. R. Vaughan
Benevolent Society Hospital
Netta Bittick
Bessie Gallant
Vaughan
Bers
Varnell
Robert C. Cain
Statewide infantile paralysis cases rise in August
Morgan county health offices report no infantile paralysis in the county as Alabama totals 208 cases since July 1. August added 37 cases with new diagnoses in Walker, Mobile and Jefferson counties. Health officer Dr. J N Baker urged parents to isolate sick children and limit contact to the general public.
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Morgan County
Montgomery
Ala
Walker County
Mobile County
Jefferson County
Marion
de Kalb
Cleburne
Escambia
Etowah
Franklin
Tallapoosa
J. N. Baker
Three Hurt In Bee Line Highway Collision
Three people were injured in a two vehicle crash on a curve on Bee Line Highway north of Lacon at 2 30 this morning. Clyde Boling suffered a broken left arm and was taken to Benevolent Society Hospital. William Kuhn was slightly hurt. George Curtis Drinkard received minor injuries. An ambulance from Falkville and Dr N H Vincent attended the scene.
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Bee Line Highway
Lacon
Clyde Boling
Gardendale
Benevolent Society Hospital
William Kuhn
Birmingham
George Curtis Drinkard
Eva
Drinkard
Falkville
N. H. Vincent
Kuhn
Boling
Sanders Fusch
Julius Hale
State Highway Patrol
Marines Mean Business When Iceland Occupied
Lt. Edwin C. Godbold describes U S Marines in Iceland as showing relentless effort from July 10 unloading food ammo clothing vehicles and tents while British soldiers expressed admiration for their stamina and cooperation in a letter passed by censors from Auburn Alabama.
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Iceland
Auburn
Edwin C. Godbold
U. S. Marines
Uncle Sam
Godbold
Bertha Dunn
Bri
Nation Faces Higher Costs Says Solons Told
Washington Aug 5 Leon Henderson head of the Office of Price Administration told Congress that even if the administration price control bill became law the nation faced the strongest and most pronounced rise in living costs. He warned the bill would not stop inflation and cited a 20 percent price advance across the basic structure since the war began. He noted 28 base commodities including metals rose sharply and highlighted difficulties from voluntary controls and a scrap metal price case referred to the attorney general.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Congress
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Justice Department
New Salient Driven By German Forces
German panzer forces drove a new 70 mile salient into the Soviet defense between Moscow and Leningrad. Pravda claimed widening Soviet counterattacks as Hitler massed 30 tank divisions, 15,000 tanks, 10,000 planes, and 180 divisions. U.S. warships and British troops moved in distant theaters as Japan signaled opposition to Vladivostok shipping.
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Leningrad
Berlin
Communist Party
Pravda
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Smolensk
Brisbane
Australia
Navy Department
Washington
U. S
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South Pacific Ocean
Singapore
Saigon
Indo-China
Burma
Malaya
Far East
DNB
Red Army
Kiev
Ketole
Wage demands rejected by railroad managements
Chicago Aug 5 fourteen operating unions and eight hundred thousand workers sought wage hikes up to 30 percent or 34 cents hourly but carriers argued the increases would raise yearly operating costs and be unaffordable.
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Chicago
Railroad Union
Urom
Ieapr
Cadets Fly High at 22 000 Feet in Training Flight
Cadets from the Southeast Air Corps training center at Maxwell Field soar to 22 000 feet in advanced training. The group likely becomes the first to reach such heights in training ships and to utilize the oxygen gear required for the ascent.
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Montgomery
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
Maxwell Field
Germans Intensify Fresh Offensive on Russians Near Kiev
War dispatch reports heavy Hitlerian reinforcements in the southern sector around Kiev as the German assault renews at the Red front. The center battle near Smolensk remains fierce with no slackening, as the conflict appears to hinge on critical Russian supply lines and routes to Moscow.
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Smolensk
Leningrad
Ukraine
Kiev
Dnepropetrovsk
Dnieper
Be Tserkov
Korosten
United States
Russia
Constantine Oumansky
Washington
Ar States
Siberian
Vladivostok
Japan
Dewitt MacKenzie
Red Front
Black Sea
Owever
Moscow
Nazis Make Supreme Bid Against Soviet Defenses North of Smolensk
The article describes a Nazi push into Bolshevist lines near Kholm north of Smolensk as Berlin insists the aim of operations is destruction of the Red Army rather than immediate territory capture. It notes a shift in strategy from early invasion optimism to concentrating on eroding Soviet forces.
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Smolensk
Kholm
Berlin
Well Known Woman Dies In Courtland
Final rites for Mrs J G Sanderson 59 prominent Courtland woman who died Monday night at Benevolent Society Hospital will be conducted at 6 pm today at the home and burial in Courtland cemetery will be directed by Brown of Decatur. She was brought to the hospital Saturday July 26 suffering from a pistol wound in the ae iuienowed. Coroner J H Highsmith Lawrence county said there would be no investigation. Surviving are the husband a daughter Mrs Glenn Wells of Itland a son Ralph Sanderson Opelika a cousin Miss Molfie Ids on of Birmingham and other relatives. Pallbearers are W E Crow Clifton Coffey Robert Tweedy W E Duval Stewart Horton and EB Tucker.
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J. G. Sanderson
Courtland
Benevolent Society Hospital
Courtland Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
Glenn Wells
Itland
Ralph Sander Opelika
Molfie Idson
Birmingham
W E. Crow
Clifton Coffey
Robert Tweedy
W. &. Duval
Stewart Horton
EB. R. Tucker
County Girl Killed in Car Crash at Goshen Indiana
The body of Miss May Holmes of Falkville arrived for funeral services after a Saturday afternoon automobile wreck near Goshen Indiana. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Duard Holmes of Falkville and Mrs L B Price of Decatur. Eugene Payne formerly of Falkville was injured in the crash. his family is listed as Mr and Mrs John Payne of Falkville.
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Per May Holmes
Oldlkville
Goshen
Indiana
Falkville
Drinkard
Miss Holmes
Duard Holmes
L. B. Price
Decatur
Eugene Payne
Payne
John Payne
Senator Hill Says Air Corps to Re activate Maxwell School
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama said the air corps advised him it intends to re activate its tactical school at Maxwell Field Alabama the command post of the Southeast Air Corps training center and site of an advanced training school for flying cadets.
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Washington
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Air Corps
Maxwell, Field
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
East Enjoys Fair Weather Across New England States
The weather across the Northeast remained mild with 74 degrees in New York and 48 in Caribou Maine. The central and western regions saw heat rising to near 100 F from Texas to the Dakotas, while the South reported 87 to 99 F with scattered thundershowers and isolated rainfall totals over an inch in Knoxville. Flood forecasts were issued for Wednesday along the Tombigbee and Warrior basins in Alabama with limited damage reported so far.
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New York
Maine
Weather Bureau
Texas
Ohio Valley
Montana
Dakotas
Fort Re
Oklahoma
Concordia
Kans
Mont
Sheridan, Co
Rocky Mountain States
Birmingham
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Augusta
Memphis
Macon
Savannah
Meridian
Vicksburg
Montgomery
Nashville
Shreveport
Knoxville
Tombigee
Warrior
Alabama
Man Faces Murder Charge in Walnut and Madison Case
Brice Ingram, 83, is charged with murder after a warrant sworn by Sammy White's half brother alleges a Sunday morning shooting at Walnut and Madison streets. Ingram was arrested in Lawrence County and returned, claiming self defense.
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Brice Ingram
Ingram
Sammy White
Walnut
Madison Streets
Jack Fletcher
White
James H. Crow, Jr
Morgan County
Lawrence County
W. P. Moore
W. T. Willoughby
Gasoline Use Studied Amid Station Blackout Warnings
Secretary Ickes observed eastern gasoline sales to gauge if curfew induced conservation. He warned that if blackout results fall short, more drastic steps, possibly rationing, could follow. Officials expect reports to detail Sunday night curfew effects across 11 states and DC, with some non compliance noted. Prices in Brooklyn and Queens rose a half cent per gallon amid the 7 pm curfew, signaling broader impact on the eastern seaboard.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
District of Columbia
Great Britain
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Seaboard
Rala
U S Warships in Australia Ferry on Joint Cruise Amid Asia Tensions
U S Navy confirms warships have based in Australia for a cruise as Asia tensions rise. Reports say Britain and Japan push for men and bases near Thailand and Manchuria while U S ships move toward the Pacific. Ko noye doubles war risk insurance. Hull weighs removing Americans from Japan.
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Associated Press
United States
Australia
Navy Department
Russia
Thailand
Manila
Britain
Pan
Bangkok
Kra Isthmus
RAF
Burma
India
Thailand-Malyan
Northhampton
Salt Lake City
Brisbane
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