Unannounced Coastal Maneuver Lands Thousands Ashore
The exercise stunned Onslow county residents as thousands of U S troops simulated an invasion. Army and Marine forces landed from ships within twenty miles, deploying paratroopers, howitzers, and heavy equipment. Engineers set pontoon crossings while air and ground units conducted joint assault drills under watchful officers.
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Torway
Army
Marine Corps
Onslow County
Uncle Sam
Tess
Enem
Hitler's War Tactics On Moscow Front Remain In Question
Moscow commentary notes the ongoing battle lines and the possibility of Stalin withdrawing to preserve resources. It warns of large fresh Soviet reserves and ponders whether a major counter offensive by Germany or Bolsheviks will unfold. The piece suggests eight weeks remain to resolve the strategic mystery of the steppes.
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Hitler
Moscow
Stalin
Ces
Berlin
Imaybe
Steppes
Gasoline Price Rise Tied to Compliance and Losses
Gasoline price moves linked to voluntary closing by Cr Ickes policy and efforts by Standf, Sunoco, and Texas firms to offset sales losses. Industry sources say retailers shifted prices to meet declining demand amid closures and competitive pressure.
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Stand F
Sunoco
Texas
Peicce
Ox cart romance returns in New Hampshire communities
In N H on August 4 an ox cart era revival sparked by nighttime gasoline sales ends with David Morrill taking his girlfriend for a ride Lam leads Miss Joan Stuart aboard an ox cart as a red lantern light and an old horn greet passing autos in a quaint rural scene.
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Acook
N. H
David Morrill
Lam
Joan Stuart
Matured cotton bolls displayed by local growers
Leonard Cagle and Homer Sharp from Trinity route presented matured cotton bolls to the office today. Grower R. W. Hol Grower noted the bolls opened unusually early due to hot weather and early planting.
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Leonard Cagle
Homer
Sharp
Trinity
Cagle
R. W. Hol
Market Summary Shows Mixed Tone Amid Broad Slippage
Stocks drifted lower with some resistance and a chunk of readers retreating to moderate losses. United action touched around 700000 shares as rail wage talks and price controls drew attention alongside ongoing inflation concerns and cotton futures drops.
Markets At A Glance In New York Aug Fifth
Markets mixed as leaders fail to rally while bonds show irregular fractional moves. Canadian dollar gains amid quiet foreign exchange trade. Cotton easy with Orleans and southern selling. Sugar improved on trade and producer support. Metals steady as London tin stats delayed. Wool tops decline on spot and commission house selling. Chicago wheat weak from profit taking. Corn lower. Cattle steady to strong. Hogs mixed with top at 11.70.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Henderson
House
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Great Northern
American Telephone
Youngstown Sheet
Goodrich
Douglas Aircraft
Sperry
International Nickel
Union Carbide
John Manville
Anaconda
Sears Roebuck
Consolidated Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
General— Motors
Chrysler,Texas, Corp
North American
Central Electric
J. C. Penny
Chicago
Commission House
Orleans
Selli Ng
London
Nashville Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Trade
Nashville Tenn August reports salable cattle at 200 calves 150 with mostly steady trade fat cattle active grassers slow. Load 950 lb grain on grass steers 10.65. common and medium slaughter stock 7.50 9.50. cows 6.25 7.00. bulls to 8.00. weaners up to 12.50. Hogs 500 salable with opened 20 lower. good 190 250 lb at 11.05. 125 180 lb 9.90 10.55. sows 8.80. Sheep 300 with ewes 9.50 10.50. top fat ewes 3.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Cotton futures fall on loan outlook in New Orleans market
New Orleans August 5 cotton futures declined 1.45 to 1.70 per bale amid conflicting views on loan announcements.
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N. C
New Orleans
Poultry Prices Steady Across Chicago Market
Poultry sales in Chicago show steady demand with 42 trucks recorded. Small hens under heavy hens and White Rock chicks hold firm while hen weights range 5 to 6 pounds. broilers and springs list modest price points and colored ducks show slight gains while whites hold.
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Chicago
White Rock
Grain Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago prices list wheat corn and oats by grade and class with bid ranges for No 1 No 2 and No 3 categories and sample grades. Wheat values range around 1.07 to 1.08 per bushel for several No 1 and No 2 grades and November contracts. Corn and oats show lower bids from 36 to 75 cents per bushel across grades with sample grades noted.
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Chicago
Wheat Futures Narrowly Steady After Late Rally
Chicago markets saw wheat futures retreat about a cent per bushel as hedging and cautious tone followed price breaks in cotton. Late-session rallies lifted May contracts from session lows, with wheat closing mostly unchanged to fractions higher. Corn and oats edged lower to slightly higher amid volatile trading.
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Chicago
Bank Robbery Reported in Stroudsburg Pa
Four men wearing dark clothing held up the First National Bank on a local street in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania and fled in a black sedan with a pouch containing seventy six thousand dollars in currency.
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Stroudsburg
First National Bank
Icelandic Camp Life Described By American Marine
A Marine recounts unloading cement with British troops and moving to a Reykjavik camp of Nissen huts. He notes warm water and electric lights, Icelandic ponies, clean streets, friendly, shy locals, daylight year round, and no poverty or crime.
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Raat-rhaned J Mountain
Shetland
Reykjavik
Probe Ordered For War Propaganda in Films and Radio
Senator Wheeler of Montana appointed a subcommittee of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to consider a request for a Senate investigation into war propaganda in motion pictures and radio. The probe was asked by Senator Nye and Senator Clark.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Nye Kee
Clark
D-Mo
Publisher Roger Peace Named U S Senator for South Carolina
Governor Burnet R. Maybank appoints 42 year old Roger Peace publisher of the Greenville News Piedmont as United States senator to serve until October 15 or until a successor is elected to fill the Byrnes term expiring in 13.
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Columbia
Roger
Peace
Greenville
Cotton Hose To Be Shown In Beltsville
A three year old laboratory funded by Congress studies cotton for women hosiery to replace silk. The Agriculture Department reports 150 cotton styles, from cobweb mesh to service weights, with similar costs and greater durability. Director David H. Young notes many designs already reach commercial use and 85 percent of hosiery machines can adapt to cotton methods.
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Beltsville
Congress
Japan
Department of Agriculture
David H. Young
Young
U S Ships Move to Australian Waters Amid Pacific Tensions
The navy says two heavy cruisers arrived at Brisbane on a training cruise as Washington pledges all-out economic aid to Soviet Russia. Britain boosts Pacific forces while Japan faces potential consequences from its Indo China actions.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
Pacific
Brisbane
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Japan
China
Thailand
Russia
Kunio Akiyama
Shanghai
Manchull
Vladivostok
Axis Watch on War Plans by Germany Italy and Japan
The Dienst Aus p Deutschlan states the three power pact nations Germany Italy and Japan are watching with due diligence the war extension plans of the United States and Britain in the Far East. It cites implications for French Indochina and a contemplated encirclement of Japan and says all efforts to widen the war must be watched, including the Middle East and northern Europe.
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AXIS
Berlin
Dienst Aus pDeutschlan
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Britain
Far East
Dienst
Middle, East
Europe
Decatur Community News Roundup and Visits
Decatur items report E L Sandlin of Erick visiting relatives in Tanner and his sister visiting from Bos ton. Local church groups meet tonight for the Doréas class and junior board of stewards. Ruth Coffey recovering from tonsil operation moved home. Central Methodist Church orchestra practice scheduled. Various residents receive hospital care and ambulance transfer. Word of a cattle ranch foreman job relocation in Greensboro. Birth announced for a son at Baughs Infirmary. Local travel notes include Pauline and Reba Lawrence at Hot Springs. Figures and remarks on Decatur waterfront lights and future growth.
British View of Petsamo Raid Framed as Finnish Ground
Dienst argued that British reporting on a raid at Petsamo signals plans to treat Finnish territory as a European landing ground. The claim linked German interpretations to broader Allied aims in northern Europe.
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Inran
Persia
Afghanistan
Petsamo
Europe
Dienst
German Sub Surrenders to Broadway and Escorts
A German submarine surrendered to H. M. S. Broadway after a convoy escort near the Atlantic. The Broadway led the attack with the Bulldog while depth charges from the Corvette Aubretta preceded the surrender. Officers and crew received honors including Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Service Medals.
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London
H. M. S. Broadway
U. S
Hunt
United States
Britain
Aubretta
Broadway
Atlantic
Bulldog
Noted actor related here in Decatur ties to Charlie Murray
Frank Murray Campbell, prominent Decatur businessman, is the great nephew of Charlie Murray the late stage and screen star who died in Hollywood at 69. Campbell recalls Murray’s Decatur visits and stage runs at the Masonic and Lyceum theatres. Murray later appeared in vaudeville and hundreds of films. Campbell, visiting Akron, Ohio, prepares for Murray’s 70th birth anniversary observance with relatives.
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Frank Murray Campbell
Decatur
Charlie Murray
Hollywood
California
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Murray
Campbell
Murray
Alma
Masonic Theatre
Lyceum
Church Street
Ollie Mack
Ed. Murray
Scout Troops Visit Negro Scout Camp Campfire Meeting
Boy Scouts from Troop Eleven and Troop Twenty visited the Negro Scout camp Monday night August 4 1941 at Beulla Bay between Decatur and Athens The assembly formed a circle around the camp fire and all joined in singing The Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America A prayer was given by a Scout from each troop The Pledge of Allegiance and the Scout Oath were repeated The meeting ended with Taps and a negro Scout played echo Taps The benediction was in Indian sign language Announcements noted an overnight trip to Echols Springs for Troop 11 with details on timing food and transportation. callers were instructed to confirm participation.
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Beulla Bay
Decatur
Athens
America
Emory Holmes
Echols Springs
Central Baptist Church
D. L
Echols
Prominent Morgan Countian Dies After Illness
J. A. Hendrix, 84, prominent Morgan County resident, died at noon at his son E. B. Hendrix’s home in Hartselle Route 3 after several months illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Peck, his son. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Finis Hill of Attalla, 24 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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J. A. Hendrix
E. B. Hendrix
Hartselle
Route 3
Hearings on Textile Deduction Pay Held This August
The U S Labor Department wage and hour division announces two hearings in August on deductions from textile industry employees pay for housing and purchases under company owned stores. Hearings will be in Columbia South Carolina August 8 at Wade Hampton Hotel and in Atlanta Georgia August 11 at the Henry Grady Hotel.
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Atlanta
U. S. Labor Department
Columbia
8. C
Wade Hampton
Henry Grady
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San Diego
Bethlehem Steel Company
Fore River
Ney
Mass
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Ment
Morgenthau
COTTON NEW_YORK
Coe
Tokyo
Wishra
Keishigawa
William the Conqueror
Decatur’s
E. L. Sandlin
Erick, Okla
Jas. H. Tolley
Belle Mina
C. E. Lindsay
Clarente
Emily Jean
Lookout Mt
Chickamauga Dam
Tennessee
Doréas
Southside Baptist Church
Boston
Irene Sideman
Clarence Howard
Fourth Avenue
South
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
Benevolent Society Hospital
Ruth Coffey
Baugh’'s Infirmary
Joe Wheeler
McAfee, Howell and Young
Central Methodist Yehureh
J. M. Minor
Johnston Street
Baugh’s Infirmary
Luke Livingston
Howell and Young Ambulance
Seventh Avenue
Pauline Lamon
Birmingham
J. M. Briscoe
Greensboro
Mr. Briscoe
Walter Wilson
H. H. Evans
Falkville
Maynard Layman
Prentice. C. Brooks
Bernard Sideman
Gury
Western Union
Decatur Elks Lodge
Vene Harris
Davis Street
Oliver Powell
Walter Lawrence
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Mesdames Reba
Pauline Lawrence
Springs
Joseph Goodwin
O. L. Fellers
Mildred Dobbs
G. GC
Fretwell
City
Ruby McCutcheon
Mrrankin
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