Decatur Man and Ex-Resident Die in Separate Accidents
Two men with Decatur ties died Friday in separate Alabama incidents. Sidney Neher, 30, of Decatur crashed on a highway near Clanton while riding a motorcycle, never regaining consciousness. Harold Argel Leopard, 33, formerly of Decatur, was electrocuted while servicing a power line at Vina, near Red Bay, after his safety belt failed to prevent contact with a live 110 volt line. Rites for Leopard are set at Red Bay Methodist Church Sunday at 2 PM.
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Decatur
Sidney Neher
Clanton
Ternoon
Neher
Harold Argel Leopard
Red Bay
Eath
Ala Power Company
Vina
Claiborne
Louisiana
Herbert Neher
151St Engineers
Decar National Guard Company
Jackson Treet
Brown
W. B. Neber
Fothers
Herbert
Gerald
Neber
Alabama Brick and Tile Company
Leopard
Descatur
Alabama Power Company
Power Company
Haleyville
Gordon Gober
Red Bay Methodist Church
J. T. Slaton
Red Bay Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Billy
Bobby
John Malcolm
Sarah Kelly Leopard
M. A. Leppard
Frances Byars
Dorothy “Bruce
Columbus
Ohio
Mildred Orr
Rock Hill
South Carolina
Tanker Blast Investigated in Detroit Fire Toll
FBI agents and Detroit police opened an inquiry into the cause of an explosion that sank the Canadian tanker Transiter after it left port with 750000 gallons of gasoline. Two people died Mrs Elida Tremblay and Roger Frchette. Captain Rudolph Tremblay reportedly steered the vessel to keep docks safe before leaping to shore.
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Detroit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Canada
River Rouge
Elida Tremboay
Murray Bay
Que
Roger Frechette
Rudolph Tremblay
Sura
Tremblay
Chemical Company
Tire production curb to conserve rubber
Washington authorities announced an official prohibition on the manufacture of white sidewall automobile tires to conserve rubber supplies. The action, issued by the office of production management, aims to reduce nonessential tire production during the rubber shortage era.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Polio Death in Cullman County Shock Local Residents
The first polio death in the county occurred Friday as six year old Cullman lad Danarey Hart died in a Birmingham hospital. Funeral services will be held at 4 PM at Cullman Baptist Church. Pallbearers include Judson Gladley Hanceville Tillman Gladley Birmingham Fred Austin Cullman Palmer Hart Decatur. Survived by parents L E Hart, Martha Leigh, and brother Douglas Hart Morristown Tenn. Health officer says no definite polio cases diagnosed in the county though one Decatur suspect is under observation.
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Little Danarey
Cullman
Birmingham
Cullman Baptist Church
Marion
Judson Gladley
Hanceville
Tillman Gladley
Fred Austin
Palmer Hart
Decatur
L. E. Hart
Martha Leigh
Douglas Hart
Morristown
Tenn
L. RR. Murphree
Morgan County
Louisiana Physician Joins Alabama Fight Against Poliomyelitis
Dr. Albert E. Casey, LSU medical faculty member and polio expert from Louisiana, arrived in Montgomery on temporary duty with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to assist public health authorities. He will continue studies as Alabama reports eight new cases yesterday, nine deaths noted yesterday, and a total August tally of 85 cases after higher counts in July.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert E. Casey
Casey
Louisiana State University
National Foundation For
Central Health Department
Woodroof Farm Sells On Mooresville Road to Mitchell
One of the region’s largest realty deals saw the Woodroof farm, 640 acres on the Mooresville road in South Limestone county, sold Friday to Hugh Mitchell of Mt. Hope Lawrence county for 64000 dollars. The sale was conducted by Decatur realtor Russell Speake.
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Woodroof
Mooresville Road
Limestone County
Hugh Mitchell
Mt. Hope
Lawrence County
Russell Speake
Decatur Realtor
Former Decatur Woman Dies in Stevenson
Mrs W W Knox, former Decatur resident, died at her Stevenson home after a long illness. Funeral and burial will be in Stevenson starting at 2 p.m. Sunday. She moved to Stevenson about 17 years ago and is survived by her husband a son William a daughter Miss Josephine Knox and several siblings.
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W. W. Knox
Decatur
Stevenson
Knox
William
Josephine Knox
Ensigns sentenced for fatal plane decapitation near Alabama field
Two naval air station ensigns at Pensacola received involuntary manslaughter terms for a March 24 incident in which their training plane decapitated Mrs. Robert Phillips as she worked in a Robertsdale turnip field. Brown got 24 months and Thompson 12. They were dismissed, then confined at Portsmouth Naval Prison after conviction on conduct to the prejudice of good order. Thompson faced four of five counts of careless endangerment. Brown one.
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Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Robert Phillips
Robertsdale
Ala
Paul ©. Brown
Chicago
Joseph C. Thompson
Healdsburg
Calif
Naval
Portsmouth
N. H
Thompson
Brown
Phillips
Death claims Mrs Steele in Moulton
Mrs J R Steele a well loved Moulton woman died Friday morning in Sheffield hospital after a week of illness Funeral services will be 3 30 Saturday at the Moulton Baptist church Rev W M Wear officiating burial in Heflin cemetery with Brown in charge Surviving are husband three sons Henry of Moulton Carl of Fort Bragg NC Carlton of Moulton three daughters Mrs D Hamilton Miss Annette and Miss Cornette Steele of Moulton one brother A L Long Moulton three sisters Miss Maud Long Moulton Mrs R T Slatton De Mrs Grant Harrison De Ane Steele and many friends expect to mourn her passing.
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J. R. Steele
Moulton
Sheffield
Moulton Baptist Church
W. M Wear
Heflin
Brown
Henry
Carl
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Carlton
D. Hamilton
Annette
Cornette Steele
A. L. Long
Maud Long
R. T. Slatton
Grant Harrison
Ane
Steele
Mussolini Buries Bruno in Italian Cemetery
In a San Cassiano cemetery service near the graves of his father and mother, Premier Mussolini buried his second son Bruno aged 23. Bruno, an air captain, died Thursday in a crash of an experimental warplane, with his body brought from Pisa yesterday.
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Italy
Mussolini
Bruno
San Cassiano
Pennio
1 Duce
Pisa
New Jersey plants shut as strikes halt defense orders
Picket lines at the Curtiss Wright Caldwell plant halted work on 100 million dollars of contracts while the Federal Building and Drydock Company in Kearny faced a CIO strike tying up 493 million dollars in naval orders. About 17 000 workers idle. union seeks modified shop and government takeover urged to resume production.
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Associated Press
Jersy
Defense
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Caldwell
AFL
Federal Buiding and Drydock Company
Kearny
CIO
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
CIO Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Armour and Company
Chicago
Peter Flynn
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Federal
Flynn
Atlanta
Navy
Department
Bard
Debate Over Indefinite Army Service Extension
Democratic leaders struggle to pass an indefinite extension for army service while an 18 month extension backed by the Senate faces Republican opposition. House members touting the unlimited service bill clash as Roosevelt campaigns for support during a recess.
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Washington
House
Senate
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Birmingham Man Stabbed to Death
Coroner announces murder charge against Gladys Dabney 28 in the fatal stabbing of Ben Mendelsohn 40 at a drive in barbecue stand. Mendelsohn a married father of one child and operator of a downtown loan shop was fatally wounded as he sat in his car. Dabney was arrested at the scene after allegedly admitting the stabbing following an argument.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gip M. Evans
Gladys Dabney
Ben Mendelsohn
Mendelsohn
Remodeling Work Underway Here
Mrs. R. N. Harris has a building permit to remodel the frame dwelling at 714 Oak Street into four apartments at a cost of 3500. R. P. Montgomery is the contractor. Further remodeling at the Denbo building on Grant Street and Secord Avenue is underway with a new front to be installed on the ground floor. Earl Glenn, agent, notes the second story includes offices and apartments already completed. Athens Lumber Company is the contractor.
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R. N. Harris
Oak Street
R. P. Montgomery
Denbo
Johnson Building
Grant Street
Secord Avenue
Earl Glenn
Athens Lumber Company
Four Reasons Hitler Should Move on Ukraine
War analysis by Dewitt Mackenzie argues Hitler must drive into Ukraine to secure breadstuffs and supplies before winter, to control a gateway to the Near and Middle East, and to sever Russian lines to the Far East, preventing a prolonged European war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Ukraine
Europe
Near
Middle East
Mediterranean
Far East
Four Reasons For Drive on Ukraine and Odessa
Analysis argues Nazi push on Ukraine aimed at severing Muscovite access to the Black Sea port of Odessa and cutting imperial routes to the Mediterranean. It notes British strength in the Near and Middle East and the growing Indian army as potential forces against the Nazis in Russia, possibly via Iran or Afghanistan. The piece hints at continued coverage on page five.
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Black Sea
Odessa
Reds
Mediterranean
Britain
Near
Middle East
Iran
Persia
Afghanistan
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm
Renters Strike Over Rent Increase in South Philadelphia
Eighty six tenants of Shetzline Estate homes protest a $3 rent hike and plan picket lines if the raise is not rescinded. A 200 person mass meeting formed a rent payers' protective association while petitions to President Roosevelt and local officials were signed. Rent for the six room two story units runs from $32 to $35 monthly.
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Philadelphia
Shetzline
Roosevelt
Tillie Bisnon
Mrs Winters Rites Held At Lawrence County Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs. Rhoda Winters of 902 Grant Street were set for Sunday at 4 p.m. at Melson cemetery near Lawrencey, Tennessee. Burial is by McAfee Howell and Young of Decatur. She died Friday at Hamii Clinic after a short illness. a procession departs 1 30 p.m. from her Grant Street home. She is survived by husband three sons Billy Taylor Sidney six daughters B L Murdock Gordon Murdock Jack Dickey Mose Pigg Aubrey Blevins and Myrtle Winters.
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Rhoda Winters
Grant Street
Hamii
Melson Cemetery
Lawrencey
Tennessee
McAfee, Howell and Young
Decatur
B. L. Murdock
Gordon Murdock
Jack Dickey
Mose Pigg
Aubrey Blevins
Myrtle Winters
Colorado Girl Crowned Yoo Hoo Queen at Estes Park Rodeo
Blond Patty Meomaw, a 16 year old mountain girl, won the yoo hoo queen title at Estes Park rodeo last night. She drew the loudest cheers from cowboys and tourists at the rooftop roundup dance and will reign as first lady of the roundup for eight days.
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Estes Park
Colo
Patty Meomaw
America
Patty
Betas Yin Fimene
Whispering Moore
Estes. Park's
Three Defendants Arraigned on Drunkenness and Traffic Charge
Three defendants were arraigned in police court Saturday morning. Two faced drunkenness charges and one a traffic ordinance violation.
Silk Hosiery Industry Suspending Briefly Says Sparkman
Congressman John Sparkman states suspensions in the silk hosiery industry will be temporary due to fabric shortages. In a letter to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce dated August 7 1941 he describes efforts by OPM and OPA to maintain production and allocate rayon yarn with a new silk section led by Lessing J Rosenwald of Philadelphia.
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John Sparkman
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
John M. Nelson
Decatur
Alabama
Jack
OPM
Sidney Milliman
Office of Production Management
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Donald M. Nelson
Aisk
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Philadelphia
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Senator Hill clears silk hose production continuation
Telegraphed update from Senator Hill to The Daily reports arrangements to continue silk hose production for perhaps three months. Signature Lister Hill USS.
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Late Today
Senator Hill
Lister Hill
Uss
Hosiery Industry Conference Aims to Restore Silk Mills
In Washington a 2:30 p.m. Thursday meeting of industry and labor representatives will seek methods to reestablish hosiery production and maintain employment. Delegates plan steps to shift from silk to synthetic fibers and boost nylon and rayon supplies without halting output.
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Washington
Hillman
Decatur
John Workers
Cooper, Wells & Company
John Bankhead
Lister Hill
Ikman
Mor
Massive World War II Casualties Report As Fronts Rage
Bloodier days unfold as seven weeks of war yield staggering losses. German high command claims over 200,000 killed and 141,000 captured, while Soviet reports put German casualties and prisoner counts high. Brusque battlefield notes describe advances near Roslavl and efforts toward Smolensk and Odessa with heavy fighting across multiple fronts.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Nav
Iian
Ukraine
Roslavl
Smolensk
Moscow
NBC
Berlin
Junkers
Fuehrer
High Command
Korosten
Pripet
Meon
Odessa
Dnieper
Semeon M. Budyenny
Uman
Black Sea
Vilagse
Karelian
Légrad
Leningrad
Bel’ Kov
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Wallace
Robert Wallace
Henry Wallace
Camp Lee
Cyril Bassich
Army
Mitchell
Mrs. Steele
New Jersey
Cox
D-Ga
Smith
D.va
Nee Ay
Sparkman
Noel Toy
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chinatown
Hollywood
Ochinese Wet Relief Fund
Mrs. Winters
Colorado
Yoo Hoo
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