County Court Session Opens at Morgan County Courthouse
The regular county court session begins 8 30 Monday at the Morgan County courthouse with Judge James Crown. The first week covers civil and criminal jury docket. the second week August 21 covers non jury civil and criminal cases. Cases listed include State of Alabama versus Tennis Teague and others with various attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan _ county
James Crown
State of Alabama
Tennis Teague
Russell Lynne
Bennie Barcliff
Walter Bevels
Melvin Hutson
City of Decatur
TC. McDonald
Sherman Powell
B. C. Pitman
Norman Harris
Susie Burks
Earl Horton
Mahalia Bailey
Hoyle Pittman
J. N. Powell
P. B. Lowery
S. A. Lynne
H. C. Andrews
Josephine Lyons
H. Compton
Bill Cardier
M. H. Barnes
Bill Cordier
M. H
Troops respond as Negro promotions spark regional strike
The strike, sparked by eight Negro workers upgraded to drivers’ jobs, drew protests from company and union groups and saw race violence earlier. The War Manpower Commission ordered the promotions, while the strike committee demanded written assurances that operater posts would not be given to Negroes. Absenteeism in war plants stayed high as workers found ways to reach jobs and officials warned arrests for obstructing a return to work. Bars and liquor stores stayed closed to prevent further outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Washington
Biddle
James P. McGrannery
Army
Navy
Strikes Idle 31 000 In United States and Canada
Strikes spread from Minneapolis to Kansas City and Omaha idle over 31 000 workers. Some 11 200 were set to return to work after settlements. Other plants halted include St Louis Car Company and General Steel Castings Granite City Illinois with 4300 affected. War Board directives saw Roebling Sons return 5700 workers. Detroit GM Chevrolet gear and axle unit settled Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
United States
Canada
Minneapolis-St. Paul
AFL
Midwest Operators Association
St. Louis Car Company
CIO
United Steel Workers
Aon
General Steel Castings Corporation
Granite City
Ill
War Labor Board
John A. Roebling’s Sons and Co
Roebling
Trenton
N. J
Valley show proves Decatur dairy beef lead regional event
The First Annual Tennessee Valley Dairy Livestock Small Grain and Colt Show drew 138 beef and dairy cattle over 100 small grain entries and a strong horse and mule colt turnout. Governor Sparks praised the effort, 4-H and FFA clubs excelled, and organizers announced plans for an annual event with wide regional participation.
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Tennessee Valley
North
Alabama
Agricultural Committee of
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Maynard Layman
Chas. M. Scales Jr
Casto Jarvis
John W. Pennell
Frank Martin
Sam P. Lile
Milky Way
Tommy Domino
Shoals Creek Hereford Farms
Florence
H. E. Whitlock
Tuscumbia
R. J. Lowe
Huntsville
Sunnybrook Farms
C. C. Glenn and Sons
Glendale Dairy
Frill
Agness
Glenn P. Kingsley
Chauncey Sparks
North Alabama
Morgan
Limestone
Madison
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Marshall
Colbert
Cullman
Birmingham
Montgomery
Tennessee
Georgia
Glenn
le Voluniteer
Glenndale Dairy
Riverside High School
South
Sam Lile
Trinity Colt Show
Tennessee Valley Dairy, Livestock and
Mr. Lile
Benson Field
Governor Sparks
Agricultural Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Layman
Jarvis
Pennell
Martin
Lile
B. G. Hall
D. D. Marshall
Erien Rowe
Hall
Mrs. Harris
C. C. Glenn & Sons
O. H. Reeves
Hartselle
W. L. McCutcheon
Ben Bean
Paul Prince
Ted Pool
Danville
L. M. Aday
Dan Sparkman
Bobbie Jean Suite
Junior Sanford
Haleyville
W. L. McC
Carl Templeton
Bobbie Jean Suit
Sanford
Cc. C. Glenn & Sons
C. C. Glenn
Green Brier
J. E. Horton
J. S. Gipson
Mt. Hope
Sunnybrook Farm
J. B. Patterson
Lacon
Shoals Creek Farm
Max Sandlin
Kay Edmondson
Lacey’s
John Tanner
David Sandlin
Hardwick Kay
Lacey's
Joseph King
Leighton
Libbey-Owens-Ford etc Strike Ties Up Plants Across Nation
The notice cites 7,000 workers facing threatened plant closures and 6,000 idle in Philadelphia with 4,000 idle in Montreal. Canadian workers consider a weekend meeting as a settlement effort. Walkouts affect Libbey-Owens-Ford Ottawa Carbondale Ordnance and International Harvester Canton.
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Philadelphia
Montreal
Illinois
Barkley Leads Kentucky Democratic Primary Hopefuls
Early returns from Kentucky show Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley holding a large lead in the Democratic primary. With 147 of 4284 precincts reporting, Barkley led a field of six opponents as party leaders predicted his renomination was assured.
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Louisville
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Brooks Sneers
William O’connor
Jacksonville
L. Boone Hamilton
Frankfort
Jule W. Appel
Erlanger
John Franklin Jones
Mayfield
John J. Thobe
Covington
Allied Forces Push Through Hedgerows Near Fougeres
American forces held Fougeres 27 miles northeast of Rennes as patrols probed the Orne sector after breakthroughs. British and Canadian troops crossed the Orne at Le Hom nine miles southeast of Villers Bocage while German withdrawals possibly aimed toward the Seine.
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Caen
Barenton
le Teilleur
Fougeres
Rennes
Avranches
Brittany
Paris
Orne
le Hom
Villers Bocage
Seine River
Soldier Honored At Family Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nelson hosted a Sunday dinner at Decatur 1 to honor their grandson Pfc. Edward F. Nelson Jr on furlough after 26 months in the Southwest Pacific. Attendees included extended Nelsons from Birmingham Knoxville and relatives, plus Miss Bernice Nelson.
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W. A. Nelson
Decatur 1
Pfc
Edward F. Nelson Jr
Southwest Pacific
Felix Nelson
Childen
Ruby
Thomas
Martha
Frank Nelson
Donald Franklin
Thomas Nelson
Thomas Allen
Johnny
Birmingham
Robert Schultz
Jack Nelson
Knoxville
Tenn
Jack Jr
Barbara Jean
Tumley Nelson
Bernice Nelson
Local hospital reports and social notes in Decatur area
A roundup of hospital discharges and transfers in Decatur General and Baughs infirmary. Residents from Fairview, Arab, Somerville, Hillsboro, and others move home or to Birmingham hospitals. Local military notes include sons in the service earning combat badges and a Navy Department letter confirming a Saipan death. Community events feature the John Daniel quartet concert at Falkville High School and Civitan club gatherings.
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John Daniel
Falkville High School
Wall Street Ends Rough Week With Gains In Motors Rally
The New York market eased from a losing week as low priced motor issues led turnover. The Associated Press 60 stock average dipped 0.1 to 54.2 as junior automotives traded under 10 dollars and volume reached 463,130 shares. Cotton closed near session highs on October and December buying, grain futures fell amid showers and a weak corn outlook.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Ivotals
Associated Press
N. Y
Pyle Lineage Quests and Wartime Anecdotes Across Home Front
A World War II column reflects on family origins from Norman milkmaids and a Pyle name linked to 1739 murder cases. It recalls Captain Ralph L. Haga’s disputed D-Day chaplain claim, paratrooper chaplains prelanding, and a Cherbourg visit. Stories include a French sardine souvenir from a doughboy and a rescued 90,000 francs seized at a German HQ.
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Pyle
Jones
Empire State Building
Department of Wartime
Ralph L. Haga
Prospect
D-Day
Normandy
Haga
France
Cptain Haga
Cherbourg
Three Planes Crash in Nebraska Kill 21 Airmen Near Laurel
Twenty one Army airmen died when two Flying Fortresses and an AT-26 fighter crashed near Laurel Nebraska. The week saw 49 Army fliers killed in Nebraska accidents as wreckage from a C-47 transport near Naper was being probed. The fighter reportedly dived into a Fortress causing a collision that led to the explosions.
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Laurel
Neb
Nebraska
Naper
Nebraska-South Dakota
State National Bank Praised for Newspaper Ads
T. J. Cottingham, president of the State National Bank, received a compliment from Doyle Buckles, secretary of the Alabama Press Association, praising the bank’s newspaper advertising. Buckles wrote that the North Alabama newspapers show the best bank ads seen in the exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State National Bank
Doyle Buckles
Alabama Press Association
Buckles
Alabama
Prices to Rise for New Postwar Gullible Goods
Washington report shows first postwar cars refrigerators and washing machines will cost 20 to 35 percent more than prewar models. Radio sets will rise less steeply, but households should not expect higher quality receivers as a result of wartime constraints ending.
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Washington
Miss Brock Joins Red Cross In Cherbourg Front
Virginia Brock of Decatur is among the first 300 American Red Cross workers to reach the Cherbourg peninsula to aid invasion troops. She and other volunteers arrived by Army transport and began duties as staff assistants as clubmobiles and field clubs expand operations along the Normandy beachhead.
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Virginia Brock
5Th Ave. West
Decatur
Red Cross
Cherbourg
Miss Brock
England
Normandy
Harvey D. Gibson
London
Gibson
Merrill’s Marauders Failings Highlighted by Stilwell
General Stilwell disclosed an official inquiry found a breakdown in morale among Merrill’s Marauders due to ill advised promises and faulty hospital procedure. Convalescents were sent back to fighting, affecting units near Myitkyina as Burma operations continued. Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill faced scrutiny while Stilwell lamented recalling unfit men.
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Belman Moriigen
Stilwell
India
Merrill
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
Frank Merrill
N. Stilwell
Industry spokesmen predict slower price rises ahead
Industry spokesmen report time improvements with wage increases, higher material costs and taxes driving the bulk of expected price rises, signaling costs may continue to rise for producers and consumers.
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Frank Crouch
Williameth Vetch
Loyal Hogan
Carl Cook
Wallace Shaw
Earl Cook
Robert Vest
J. P. Henley
Ogden
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Tanner
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MR Rankin
Barkley
M. T. Mills
Hamil
Fairview
H. T. Marion
Baugh’s
Robert Rex Dodson
Decatur General Hospital
Ferry Street
Brown's Ambulance
A. E. Stewart
Hillsboro
Baugh’s Infirmary
O. F. Blankenship
Somerville
Baugh's Infirmary
James Howard Blevins
Navy Department
Saipan Island
Lydia Helton
Grant Street
Louis Perry
Eugene Perry
Louie A. Perry
Clarence Locke
Diana
Pfc. Locke
Army Air Base
McCook, Neb
The
Central_ Baptist
Bob Bromberger
B. L. Malone
Pvt
Sherrell E. Weir
Camp Livingston
Russell Fowler
Courtland
Jefferson County Hospital
Brown's
J. W. Williams
Johnnie Kiehl
Wheeler Lake
Sarah McDonald
Dean Camper
Jacksonville, Florida
Mrs. W. M. Riethmaier
W. C. Miller
Somerville 2
Baugh's
M. G. Riethmaier
William E. Hotchkiss
Roy Odom of
James Woodruff
Limestone County
Woodruff
Willard Powell
Bank Street
James R. Irwin
Stanton Baptist Church
Stanton, Tenn
Bellevue Baptist Church
Memphis
Bellevue
Robert G. Lee
Vinola Jones
Nina Lou Brady
St. Louis
Gladys Wallace
Decatur Civitan Club
Delano Park
Edgar A. Self
Stuttgart
Ark
William C
Phil
Php and
Rotary Se
Bellanan Court Hotel
James H. Johnson
Julian Harris
Civitan Club
Murray King
L. L. Frazier
Columbia, Tenn
David P. Chambis
Italy
J. A. Chambis
Fifth Avenue South
Pvt. Chamis
Jack Thomas
Holman Mark
American Red Cross
H. L. Thornton
Austin Dunlap
Falkville A
Elmos Johnston
Athens
C. C. Brooks
Pleasant Hill
Saturnaw
Homer McCollum
Center Grove
T. L. Morris
E. C. McDaniel
Union Hill
Robert Rogers
Robert Chapman
Ledonia Kullman
H. F. Clark
Katherine Colvin
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Charles G. Hardwick
Hardwick
L. P. Milam
S. W. Brooks
Idelle
Decatur 3
Chicago
GRAIN
Mississippi River
Wipis Aan
Loyd’s
Famous
B. PF
Goodrich Silvertowns
DL Ea Eile
Emc
Silvertowns
B.F Goodrich Stores
Emmett McCI Lee
Oak Sts
Sary
Housewives
Knox McRae
Morgan County Finance Committee
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