Lilienthal 10 Deliver Talk At Launching Saint Paul Tug
TVA director David Lilienthal tours the Tennessee Valley inspecting defense areas and will address the launching of the 147 foot tug M. S. Saint Paul Socony at Ingalls Shipyards. Decatur civic events include a high school band and a civic jubilee with many out of town visitors listed.
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David FE. Lilienthal
TVA
Decatur
United States
M. S. Saint Paul Socony
Ingalls Shipyards
Lilientha
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals
Monro Lanier
Ingalls Company
Wheeler Lake
Decatur High School
J. P. Alexander
Center Point
Ala
H. M. Baskerville
St. Paul
Minn
D. H. Bohler
Birmingham
Charles Bransford
D. F. Cox
Louisville
J. A. Durham
Nashville
R. V. Davie
E. F. Ensley
Jane Ensley
James Eustis
R. D. Ferguson
R. I. Ingalls
Birm- Snagitr
Ingham
Rey R. Irwin
Kansas City
W. C. Jinks
W. B. Jupp
New York City
Jupp
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
W. P. Lamar
R. O. Laniar, Jr
Monro B. Lanier
R. D. Lan
L. E. Wilson
Sheffield
John Wood
Donald F. Wright
St. Louis
Wright
Norwood Heads Decatur Mayoral Campaign
Rufus Norwood a longtime Decatur resident announced his candidacy for mayor in the September municipal election. He was born in Lawrence County Oakville and has lived in Decatur 49 years. Norwood has 47 years in the Baptist church and 44 years in the Odd Fellows. He promised a full statement of his views later.
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Rufus Norwood
Decatur
Mr. Norwood
Lawrence County
Oakville
The
Baptist Church
Odd Fellows
Railroads Seek Higher Coal Rates in Alabama
Railroads operating in Alabama petitioned the State Public Service Commission for authority to raise coal rates 10 to 20 cents per ton to Lanett Opelika Montgomery Selma Demopolis and points north. A hearing was set for August 20. The increases would replace track competitive schedules set last year and expiring August 31 and would run about 20 percent below normal tariffs, commission attaches said.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Public Service Commission
Lanett
Opelika
Selma
Demopolis
Points North
Commission
Cotton Loan Approved by CCC and White House Action
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced loans to 1940 cotton growers at a base rate of 51 cents per pound for middling 7 1/8 inch cotton, compared with 8.3 cents last year. President Roosevelt also approved a $150 million nonmandatory loan on the 1940 cotton crop and signed a bill boosting CCC resources from $900 million to $1.4 billion to cover mandatory loans for corn, cotton, and wheat under AAA acts.
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Washington
The
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Roosevelt
AAA
Agriculture Department
Morgenthau urges excess profits tax to fund defense costs
Secretary Morgenthau told a joint House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee meeting that a new excess profits tax and prompt action on pending tax laws are needed to expand defense production and distribute costs. He warned the deficit could reach 5.7 billion dollars with current revenue estimates and borrowing power projected to lapse by mid-1941.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Treasury and Budget Bureau
Steamer Carrying War Supplies Burns in New York Bay
A Norwegian freighter Lista carrying war supplies for Great Britain burned in New York Harbor. Fire and explosions damaged the ship with 77 crew rescued unharmed. Police investigations discounted sabotage as the cause, with the blaze starting from waste in the engine room.
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New York
Lista
Great Britain
Barge Line 10 Begins Service In Decatur Area
Decatur gains status as a key water transport hub as Midwestern Barge Line Inc of St. Louis starts service linking St. Louis Decatur and Guntersville. Two 500 ton grain barges depart Saturday aboard the Chicot with plans for 20 day round trips and later 1000 tons pig iron moves to St. Louis.
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Decatur
Midwestern Barge Line, Inc
St. Louis
Guntersville
Mississippi
New Orleans
St Louis
Tennessee Valley
American Oak Leather Company
Robbins
Chicot
Birmingham
Sheffield
Gulf Refining Company
Texas Company
Tennessee
Ine
Contested Nomination Case Heard in Lawrence County
Arguments in the election contest filed by Probate Judge Charles E. Bragg against Isaac Johnson Jr. continued after an opening at 9 this morning. Lawyers from Perdue Mil ler and Forney spoke for Bragg and Johnson respectively with more witnesses to testify. the Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee will render the decision after final arguments.
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Lawrence County
Charles E. Bragg
Isaac Johnson, Jr
James Perdue
Perdue and Miller
Moulton
John C. Forney
Johnson
Horace Wilkerson
Birmingham
Forney
A. Lynne
Decatur
John H. Peach
Bragg
Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee
U S to Build Monster Tanks for Army
The army plans to construct 70 ton class tanks after the defense commission approved a $5 689 725 contract with Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia. The move mirrors German heavy tanks credited with breaking through Western fortifications.
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Washington
National Defense Commission
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Showdown Probe Links Bendix Slowdown Claim
United States Conciliation Service officials said mediator James F. Dewey was assigned to investigate a reported slowdown by CIO union members at the Bendix Aviation Company in South Bend Indiana.
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Washington
United States Conciliation Service
James F. Dewey
CIO
Bendix Aviation Company
South Bend
Ind
Burke-Wadsworth bill argued as necessity for conscription
Senator Sheppard of Texas urged the Burke Wadsworth compulsory service bill in the Senate. He called conscription a tragic necessity to speed defense preparations and warned of aggressions by dictator nations endangering free democracies. He proposed registration of 12,000,000 men aged 21 to 30 to form a ready force.
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Washington
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Senate
War Secretary cites tax delays slowing defense output
Secretary of War Stimson and Assistant Navy Secretary Compton told a congressional committee that profit limits and tax uncertainty are delaying production of airplanes guns ships and other defense items. They cited excess profits tax provisions aimed at speeding armament manufacture and noted only a fraction of requested planes could be signed for.
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Washington
Stimson
Lewis Compton
Secretary of Navy
Congressional
Army
Senate debate on Burke-Wadsworth conscription plan
The piece notes Sheppard urging a larger army to defend Western Hemisphere interests and warns Panama Canal disruption would leave the navy helpless. It reports Senate action approving a bill to muster the National Guard and reserves, while Burke proposes broader registration for ages 21 to 44, with committee-okay setting 21 to 30.
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Sheppard
Hemisphere
Panama Canal
Senate
Burke
Neb
Claims Conflict In Two Great Air Fights
AP reports the air battles over Africa and Britain as both sides publish new figures. British and Italian pilots clash with 15 Italian planes destroyed. British losses cited. German raids target Britain while civil defense warns of shelter and staying put amid anticipated mass air strikes.
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Associated Press
Africa
Rome
Cairo
Bach
Britain
Berlin
Tia- Hans
RAF
Egypt
Far East
Shanghai
Nez Command
Royal Air Force
Relative Chances of Belligerents if Hitler Delays Invasion
War expert discusses the plausibility of Hitler delaying invasion until late summer or next spring and weighs British, German, and weather factors. He cites four favorable factors from a Yorkshire Post correspondent as part of a partial British viewpoint.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Idaho Falls Post-Register
Hitler
Britain
Yorkshire
England
British Optimism In War Office Views From The Post
The Post attributes the piece to Anthony Eden's circle and mirrors war office thinking. Points include German June setback, Britain's rising force and defenses, air superiority, tightening blockade, secured imperial supply, abundant food and naval reach, and Hitler’s dispersed coast line from Arctic to Pyrenees. Continued on page seven.
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Anthony Eden
Capt. Eden
British War Office
Britain
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Arctic
Pyrenees
Gas Chamber Takes Killer Burgunder in Arizona
Nonchalant Robert Burgunder faced dawn execution by lethal gas after confessing to killings. The 23 year old former college orator admitted guilt as he was strapped into the chamber at Arizona Penitentiary, revealing his trial story of an accomplice killing the two bound men was fiction.
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Florence
Ariz
Robert Burgunder
Arizona Penitentiary
Burgunder
E. B. Paterson
Elis .M. Koury
Here
Johnie Swearingen
Mackenzie Column Suspended During Vacation Period
The Associated Press announces that De Witt Mackenzie's daily war interpretation column will be suspended after today and resume Monday August 19 during the writer's brief absence for vacation. The feature is popular with Daily readers and distributed to AP members via wire.
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Associated Press
DeWitt Mackenzie
Blonde Stewardess Questioned By CAA Official
In Nashville on August 9 a Civil Aeronautics Authority inspector questioned Rosemary Griffith a blonde American Airlines stewardess about a mysterious attack aboard a westbound plane near Nashville. She reportedly swallowed a key to the mail compartment after a blow. investigators described the incident as a mystery with limited disclosures from crew and passengers. Mail from the plane was impounded in Los Angeles on orders of a postal inspector, with no passenger under suspicion.
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AIR Mystery
Nashville Detective Bureau
Ed Burgess
Rosemary Griffin
Miss Griffith
Nashville
Tenn
Rosemary Griffith
B. Ison
Fort Worth
Tex
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Ison
American Airlines
Roy Mitchell
Memphis
Mitchell
James Stroud
Paul Stanley
Airlines
Stanley
Los Angeles
Thomas Cotton
Cotton
Decatur Chamber to Discuss Industry at Hotel Lyons
Citizens of Decatur and the Decatur Chamber of Commerce are called to a 8 PM meeting at the Hotel Lyons assembly room. Joe Duncan, president, will lead the discussion on securing new industry for Decatur and the surrounding area, with committees reporting progress and inviting constructive suggestions.
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Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Lyons
Joe Duncan
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt says odds 100 to 1 Guard stays within U S
President Roosevelt told reporters odds are 100 to 1 the National Guard would not have to deploy outside the United States or possessions in peace time. He discussed an amendment tied to federal training and noted Senator Mel NEry voted for a continental only scope. He plans to inspect New England defense projects and receive a report from Col Donovan.
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United States
Western Hemisphere
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senate
Mel Nary
R-Ore
Uni
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Wallace
Des Moines
Washington
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Col
William Donovan
Knox
Col. Donovan
Tennessee River Gauge Fluctuates as Heat Bakes Region
The Tennessee River rose to 19.76 feet on Friday with a high of 92 and a low of 75 in the last 24 hours. No rainfall reported. Alabama forecasts show mostly fair in the north, with showers tonight and Saturday. Temperatures steady with gentle to moderate southern winds.
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Tennesse
Alabama
Tennessee
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Rose Lodi
Springfield
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