Flood Refugees Hit Southwest Louisiana as Storm Rages
Crowley Louisiana and surrounding towns faced the worst rain flood in state history with up to 24 inches in 24 hours. About 10 000 people were displaced as homes drifted away and water clogged streets. Emergency crews rushed boats and supplies while Governor Sam Jones coordinated relief.
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Crowley
Louisiana
America
Lafayette
Rayne
Kaplan
Scott
Brath
Delcambre
Gueydan
Sam Jones
Southern Pacific Railway
Gabi Marais
Tug launch cheered by Lilienthal at TVA event
David E. B. Lilienthal, TVA director, lauded private public cooperation at the launching of the 300 ton tug M. S. St. Socony at Ingalls shipyards in Decatur. He hailed TVA’s inland waterway development and noted $447,000 in pleasure craft on TVA lakes as evidence of growing river commerce.
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David EB. Lillienthal
Tennessee Valley A
M. S. St. Socony
Ingalls Shipyards
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Decatur
Shipbuilding Company
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
James Monroe
Tennessee
Lilienthal
T. Agency
Jastr
8 Ship Building Corp
Tennessee River
Memphis
Wilson and
Wheeler
Senate debate flares over draft and almanac policies
Washington debates draft reform as Maloney pushes a plan for universal registration from 21 to 30 with a January 1 draft start and possible reliance on voluntary enlistments to reach army quotas. Administration leaders hedge while Sen Holman warns of Pacific as Alaska’s vulnerability amid tension with Japan.
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Maloney
Senate
Holman
Ore
Alaska
Pacific
Japan
Goodlett Called Home At 45 In Cullman Route Two
Goodlett aged 45 died at his residence on Cullman route two. Survived by wife five sons Charles Buren LC Fuelson Roseburr one daughter Mary Faye three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services Sunday at Center Grove two o'clock with interment there. McAfee Howell and Young directing. Nephews pallbearers and nieces flowers.
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Goodlet
Race
Cullman
Charles
Buren
L C
Fuelson
Roseburr
Mary Faye
Center Grove
McAfee
Howell
Young
Taxes: Leaders Seek Changes In A Week In Washington
House tax leaders plan to modify the excess profits tax bill within a week to remove bottlenecks delaying defense production. Chairman Doughton said major opposition had not developed as hearings opened with the Senate finance committee. War Secretary Stimson cited tax uncertainty slowing company expansion for defense. Senator Clark noted the small share of new defense contracts going to 22 western and mountain states.
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Secretaries of War
the Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance
House Committee
Senate Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Army
Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
Stimson
Clark
D-Mo
Big Mountain Rangs
Mass meeting on new industry efforts in Decatur
About 150 Decatur citizens attended a Chamber of Commerce mass meeting at the Hotel Assembly room. Speakers John Patterson T J Cottingham Barrett Shelton and R E Rogers outlined steps to secure new industry in the Decatur area and urged broad cooperation from city and county officials and the utilities board. New residents were welcomed during the event.
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Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
John Patterson
T. J. Cottingham
Barrett Shelton
R. E. Rogers
Joe Duncan
City Utilities Board
Birmingham Walks Today as Strike Halts Transit
Thousands of Birmingham workers and shoppers walked into town while a strike by maintenance men stopped street car and bus service. About 105 maintenance workers and over 600 operators affected. dispute over closed shop union contract and wage and seniority terms flared between Amalgamated Association and Birmingham Electric Company.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Electric Company
Dan Thompson
Trainmen’s Union
Thompson
Quick-Thinking Clerk Uses Toy Pistol In Capture Of Youthful Shop-Lifters
James M. Bloodworth, a clerk at J. O. Baites Hardware, chased two youths who shoplifted a belt and other items. He stalled them, recaptured the loot, telephoned police, and released one juvenile after a lecture while fining the other $25 in police court.
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James M. Bloodworth
J. O. Baites Hardware
Second Avenue
Bloodworth
Gunmen Hold After Battle In Oklahoma Kidnapping
Two prison fugitives Bill Hall and Joe Lovelace surrendered after a running gunfight that left Olston's police chief critically wounded. They had abducted a farmer and threw a red-clad woman from their speeding car identified as Jeanne Culp. The duo sought answers about a restaurant robbery.
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Associated Press
Oilton
Okla
Olston
Bill Hall
Joe Lovelace
Here
Hall
Bill Glimp
Drumright
L. L. Fisher
Lovelace
Jeanne Culp
Asher
Ben D. Clark
Fisher
Clark
Decision on nominating contest for Lawrence probate judge
The Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee will decide the nomination of Isaac Johnson Jr as probate judge after a hearing that included testimony from more than 500 witnesses. Johnson led challenger Charles E Bragg by about 100 votes in the June 4 run off and the committee adjourned to reconvene Monday morning.
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Isaac Johnson, Jr
Lawrence County
Democratic Executive Committee
Johnson
Charles E. Bragg
Georgia Potato Show Set at Farmers Market
Georgia hosts its first state potato show for Irish potatoes at Atlanta Farmers Market next week under the Agricultural Extension Service and market sponsors. North Georgia farmers bought more than 7,500 bushels of seed potatoes this year.
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Atlanta
Farmers’ Market
Sears
Agricultural Extension Service
North Georgia
Decatur Boy Runner-Up in Ford Good Drivers Contest
Munsey McGlathery of Decatur finished second in Alabama behind Grover Murchison Jr of Montgomery in the Ford Good Drivers League national contest. He ranked high in driving knowledge tests and a 25 mile road run and submitted a 300 word essay on reducing accidents.
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Munsey McGlathery
Decatur
Alabama
the Daily
Dearborn
Michigan
Young McGlathery
Grover Murchison, Jr
Montgomery
McGlathery
Murchison
New York
R. M. McGlathery
Ford Good Drivers League
Jack Smallwood, Inc
Decatur Ford
Italy Claims New Advance in Land Drive
Italy reports further gains in its land drive into British Somaliland as air power intensifies. Communiques from belligerents describe methodical bombing by German bombers and growing anti-aircraft and machine gun fire across the European theater and Africa.
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Italy
Associated Press
United Kingdom
European
Africa
British Somaliland
State dept to open listening posts in Dakar and Pierre-Miquelon
The state department announced new diplomatic listening posts at Dakar in French West Africa and at Pierre-Miquelon off Canada. The Dakar consulate, closed in 1931, will reopen along with the Pierre-Miquelon post, with Dakar serving as a hub for France's trans Atlantic air service to South America.
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Washington
State Department
Dakar
French West Africa
Africa
South America
Pierre-Miquelon
Canada
American Foreign Service
Newfoundland
Air war updates from North Africa and British fronts
Air battles centered north of Bristol with fires at plants and a damaged airport runway and shipyards. German anti aircraft units claim two British planes down as total enemy planes reach 1500. Italians report Somaliland advances past Adueins east of Hargeisa and attacks along the Egyptian coast. British naval losses include the battleship Resolution and a destroyer damaged, and a British bombing of an Italian vessel at Tobruk Harbor. French pilots assist in reconnaissance.
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Bristol
Somaliland
Adueins
Hargeisa
Resolution
Tobruk
Libya
Farley Named Chairman of Coca Cola Export Corp
James A. Farley, retiring postmaster general and Democratic national chairman, is appointed chairman of the Coca Cola Export Corporation. He will lead all export business and the foreign expansion. Farley resigns as Democratic chairman August 17 and leaves the cabinet August 31 with headquarters to be in Wilmington.
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Wilmington
Del
James A. Farley
Coca-Cola Export Corporation
Robert W. Woodruff
Coca-Cola Company
Farley
Woodruff
Weather forecast and river gauge update
The Tennessee river stood at 19.84 feet and rising. Temperatures ranged from 8 to 72 degrees in the last 24 hours with about 0.7 inches of rain. North Alabama remained cloudy to night with showers possible in Tennessee and Kentucky through Sunday. The outlook for August 12 to 17 varies by state from partly cloudy to possible showers, with rain likely in some regions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Tennesee
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
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