All Out Tax Plan Urged by Treasury Secretary
Treasury Secretary urged an all out tax plan to raise at least 3.5 billion dollars by cutting personal exemptions and increasing taxes on couples and corporations. He preferred targeting millionaires with higher income while keeping the rest of the plan fair. Democratic Leader Barkley urged study of all sections to maximize revenue, with the House finance committee aiming to send the bill to the Senate by September 1.
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Cor
Treasury
Pronger
Barkley
George
D. Ga
We Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Senate
Soviet claims in war report challenge German losses
Soviet high command disputed Nazi casualty figures and said Germany faced greater losses than claimed. They asserted no Stalin Line existed and accused Berlin of exaggerating advances while detailing battles near Leningrad Kiev and Estonia. The report covers RAF raids, Japanese-Indo disputes, and allied reactions in a global wartime update.
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Betonia
Smolensk
Berlin
Hitler
Kakis
Leningradensk
Mos
Bel Tserkov
Kiev
Estonia
Stalin
Actu
France
Britain
RAF
Germany
Brimdon
Essen
Dortmund
England
Iran
Ankara
Reich
Tran
Far East
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Univer
Great Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Tota Ishimaru
Manchukuo
Indo-China
Thailand
Indies
Market Wrap Sees Tepid Activity Across Stocks and Cotton
NY trading dull with little direction as leaders drift. transfers around 500000 shares. Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans closed modestly lower after brief gains on government crop estimates.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Bulls
Bears
Market snapshot from New York trading session
Stocks show irregular action with leaders holding a stalemate. Bonds steady with some tail issues higher. Foreign exchange quiet as British pound dips. Cotton erratic with liquidation and short covering. Sugar higher amid trade and corn activity. Metals steady awaiting August copper allocations. Wool hedging and near month liquidation. Wheat near steady. Hogs weak to 10 higher with lighter weights topping at 11.70.
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York
Livestock Market Terrains Near Nashville Aug 8
Market report shows cleaned cattle and hogs with vealers topping at 12.50, yearlings 10.00 to 11.50, cows 6.25 to 7.00, hogs 6.00 to 7.50, sheep 6.00 to 7.50, and spring lambs 8.00 to 10.50. No early sales and undertone steady to stronger. Top fat ewes bring 3.50.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market
Bobehle
Poultry prices quoted in Chicago market report
The Chicago market bulletin lists unsettled live poultry prices for August 8. Hens and chicks show varying weights with prices ranging around 15 to 21 cents per pound, including Plymouth Rock and White Rock varieties, plus ducks and other categories with minor changes.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Butter and eggs market report from Chicago
Butter receipts total 1,172,049 with weak tone and varied creamery prices. Eggs receipts 10,786 unsettled while current receipts 24 and dirties 23 adjust, with other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Cotton crop cuts 1.748 million bales versus private estimates
The report notes 1940 crop reductions by 1.748 million bales and a 109000 bale shortfall vs private estimates. Earlier the market saw an evening up session with prices fluctuating around the prior close. Profit taking trimmed gains as mid-session quotes hovered with Oct 16.70, Dec 16.90, Mar 17.01, and May 17.03 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Tennis finals set for Saturday in Delano Park
The men's singles final will be played Saturday at eight o'clock in Delano Park. Sanford Cox faces Charley Eyster for the championship.
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Delano Park
Sanford Cox
Charley Eyster
Flier Escapes Injury After Plane Crashes At Maxwell Field
An instructor and flying cadet from Craig Field Selma narrowly escaped injury when their training plane barreled through a heavy metal fence at Maxwell Field Birmingham highway cartwheeled across the road and crashed into an embankment. Cadet Edward J Stealy and Lieut Walter J Massengill survived unharmed. The crew had paused to clean a windshield before the accident.
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Montgomery
Ala
Craig Field
Selma
Maxwell Field
Birmingham
Lge Aa Rer Saipe Igreas Laeces
Edward J. Stealy
Walter J. Massengill
Battles for Life in Jasper as Paralysis Victim Fights On
James Clolinger, 23, an infantile paralysis patient in Jasper, continues to battle for life. An artificial lung was delivered from Mobile after he was observed breathing Wednesday, with Alabama Power Company assisting in the transfer and care.
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Jasper
Ald
James Clolinger
Mobile
Alabama Power Company
County Still Free of Polio
The Morgan County health office reports no infantile paralysis cases locally. Two new Alabama cases raise the year total to 274 with 79 in July August. South Sumter, Cullman counties among others report new infections as authorities urge reduced contact among children and cancel summer gatherings.
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Morgan County Health Office
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Sumter County
Mississippi
Cullman
Lashing death probe planned at Hancock county convict camp
A member of the Prison and Parole Commission said an investigation will be held next week into a prisoner who was whipped to death at the Hancock county state convict camp. Vivian L. Stanley urged a personal inquiry with other commission members visiting the camp amid reports of numerous lashings.
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Atlanta
Prison and Parole Commission
Hancock County
Vivian L. Stanley
Man of His Word Deferment Story From Draft Board
Philadelphia August 8. A youth named Saul Artz sought induction but was granted a deferment after claiming his father lost his job. Almost a month later he returned to the draft board saying his father would work tomorrow and that he could be sent away at once.
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Philadelphia
Saul Artz
Saul
Father
Lights
Army cook beans concedes he is not from Boston
Private Bean of Company A first training battalion admits he is not from Boston Maas or Lima Peru. The former school teacher now specializes in cooking meats for the army and has convinced all by now.
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Wheeler
Bean
Company A
Boston
Maas
Lima
Peru
Familiar Roles Return as Barrymore Faces On Set Chaos
John Barrymore endures a chaotic scene with Lupe Velaz on the Kay Kyster film Playmates. Rehearsals stall as muffed lines force repeated retakes amid shouted lines and on-set roughhousing. Barrymore notes his long history in the business and a notoriously well known personal past.
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Hollywood
Aug
John Barrymore
Lupe Velez
Kay Kyser
Lupe
Alabama Future Farmers Converge in Auburn August 19
About 700 members of the Alabama Future Farmers of America will meet in Auburn for the 12th annual convention beginning August 19. Highlights include an opening address by former Governor Bibb Graves and remarks by State President L. C. Fitzpatrick. National FFA president D Harold Prichard of Booneville Miss will speak Tuesday afternoon.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Association of Future Farmers of America
Bibb Graves
L. C. Fitzpatrick
Alabama
D. Harold Prichard
FFA
Booneville
Miss
Louis Louis Nova Heavyweight Clash Slated for Yankee Stadium
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced the Joe Louis Lou Nova title bout will be held at Yankee Stadium on Friday September 19. The event is set for New York with the two heavyweight legends clashing for the championship.
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Louis-Nova
New York
Mike Jacobs
Yankee Stadium
Sunday’s Lesson From James On Pure Religion And Wisdom
Newman Campbell presents the International Uniform Lesson on James for Aug. 10, urging readers to model Christian living by faith with deeds. The discussion covers temptation, wisdom from God, speech, generosity to the needy, and the tongue’s power, urging mercy and peacemaking.
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Newman Campbell
James
Cecil J. Brown
Church of God
Decatur Community Notes and Church Events
Decatur reports on men’s class at First Methodist and Ninth Street Methodist social at Mrs Wardlow’s home. Revival plans at Nebo church Limestone county and sermons at several city churches with ministers from Athens Huntsville and Arkadelphia. Local travel, hospital news and community appointments are listed with readers including families Pound Price and Emerson.
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Ninth Street Methodist Church
Dick Wardlow
Bee Line
Bethlehem Walkouts Highlight Wage Dispute at Shipyards
CIO officials blamed stalling on contract talks for Bethlehem shipyard walkouts over pay. AFL picketed for raises from 72 to 1.00 and 1.03 an hour. Launch postponed for the cruiser Atlanta’s launch due to strike. Mediation Board aided Amcor and Alcoa labor moves, with settlements on wage and union shop debates.
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CIO
Bethlehem
AFL Teamsters Union
AFL
Atlanta
Kearny
AML
New York City
Todd Galveston Dry Docks, Inc
Galveston
Texas
Mediation Board
Consolidated Edison Company
CIO Auto
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
CIO Aluminum
ATCO
San Diego
Calif
Fallbrook
Boundary description of a large tract near Decatur Madison and Huntsville
The text outlines rough boundaries of a gigantic tract starting a mile and a half west of Whitesburg and extending northerly to two miles southwest of Huntsville, then west five miles to a point near Madison, about 18 miles from Decatur, then south seven and a half miles to the Tennessee river near Triana. It places the area just north of the river from Morgan county and four miles north of Valhermoso in Morgan county.
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Whitesburg
Huntsville
Madison
Decatur
Tennessee River
Triana
Madison County
Morgan County
Valhermoso
Moran
War plant wage scales rise at Northrop and peers
Northrop Aircraft and companion firms announce higher beginner wages with staged increases to 75 cents an hour, among other boosts. Douglas and Vultee leaders show similar plans while a nearby strike at North America plant echoes labor gains. Plum Brook strike ends amid ordnance construction and wage talks move to mediation board. Canton Timkin workers walk out after CIO demands persist in wage scale talks.
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Northrop
Douglas
Vultee
North America
Plum Brook
Ohio
AFL
Mediation Board
Canton
Timkin Roller Bearing Company
CIO
Gas Saving Plan Bared on Car Sharing Initiative
Defense official Ickes announced insurers have eased underwriting rules to allow car sharing for a pro rata fee without increasing premiums or voiding policies. Drivers commuting to work are urged to pick up neighbors with similar routes to cut gasoline use. About 82 insurers joined the campaign to reduce Atlantic Seaboard consumption by a third.
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Washington
Defense Petroleum
Ickes
Stock and Mutual Casualty
Atlantic Seaboard
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
The
American Mutual Alliance
Mutual Casualty Insurance Rating Bureau
Princess Theatre opens with awe and praise in Decatur
Dr Wyle praised God’s presence in national life and Decatur celebrated the Princess opening with a modern sound system fluorescent carpets and a mosaic map of Alabama in the lobby. Citizens called the opening a triumph as the crowd admired the marquee and new theater features.
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Dr. Wyle
Russia
Shelton
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee River
Decaturas
Foster named Alabama director of civilian technical corps
A. Key Foster vice president of the Birmingham Trust and Savings Company was appointed Alabama director of the civilian technical corps to serve in Great Britain, announced to.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. Key Foster
Birmingham Trust and Savings Company
Alabama
Great Britain
Boy News Carrier Killed by Truck in Alabama
Paul Waites a 15 year old newspaper carrier died after being struck by a truck in Montgomery County Alabama. It was the county 12th traffic fatality of the year as he fell or was thrown from his bicycle.
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James
Jesus
St. Paul
St. James
Ala
Paul Waites
Montgomery County
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Tokyo
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Park Flower Shop
Second Avenue
Johnny Mack Brown
Nell O'Day
Pony Post
New Princess Theatre
Wall Street
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Nashville Livestock
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Abraham
Decatur’s
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Julian Harris
Chas. O. Barker
Athens
Winnie Barker Terry
Anniston
Mary Pound
O. J. Pound
Heflin
Gladys Bentley
W. B. Strong
Willoughby-Westside
Nebo Church
Limestone County
John A. Troxler
Westminister Presbyterian Church
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Chappel Price
Memphis, Tennessee
E. C. Price
Etetra
Chappel
A. B. Lipscomb
Omaha
Neb
TVA
Mooresville-Belie Mina
Harry Higdon
East Tennessee
A. §. Pitts
First Presbyterian Church
Arkadelphia
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
James E. Bailey
Austinville
O. B. Fansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Wallace Meadows
Tuscaloosa
John Chenault
Miss Belle Montgomery
First Baptist Church
John M. Smith
S Somervidley
Louis Tourney
Billy Rogers
Paul Tidwell
Jackson Street
Kannapolis
N. C
Benevolent Society Hospital
M. Mitchell
Pilot Point, Texas
Oscar P. Snader
Somervile
Brown
John W. Lawrence
O. C. Bennett
Vinemont
Cullman County
Marvin White
Joppa
Nada Ruth Emerson
R. W. Emerson
Bowles Street
Baugh's Infirmary
Mooresville
Foster
Harmon
J. M. Harmon
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