Morgan county family released after murder probe
A Morgan county mother and three children were freed this morning after being held overnight in connection with the sledge hammer slaying of Ben Henderson at their home on route 1. The sheriff quoted the family as saying Henderson had threatened them and that the attack began after a struggle over a knife. Family members named include Cerace Henderson and daughters Annie Pearl and Inez and son Boyd. The case remains under investigation with neighbors providing similar accounts.
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Morgan County
Sdmerville
Ben Henderson
Irace Henderson
Annie Pearl
Inez
Boyd
James H. Crow, Jr
Newton B. Powell
Crow
W. T. Willoughby
B. C. Pittman
Douglas Maner
Henderson
Mr. Willoughby
Iff
Willoughby
Decatur
Henry
Wesley
Jack
Shelby Glenn
Jimmie Ray
Milton
Paul
Circuit Court Clerk
Powell
Hender
Hendersons
Cotton Stamps Drive Growth In Local Trade Circles
Cotton stamps circulate in Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone counties promising $125,000 to $150,000 in area business with $38,000 projected in Morgan county stamp payments. J Lile Roberts of Hartselle chairs the Morgan county committee with Frank M Campbell and R D Kemp as members.
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Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone Counties
Decatur
Morgan County
United States
J. Lile’ Roberts
Hartselle
Morgan County Cotton Industry Committee
Frank M. Campbell
R. D. Kemp
Roberts
Surplus Marketing Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Roberts
Lawmakers Move Toward Final Action on Extended Draft
The House approved a War Department plan to extend training for selectees guardsmen reservists and enlisted men to 30 months pushing toward final Senate action. Senate leader Barkley hopes to accept House changes and send the bill to the President without further delay. The measure includes a ten dollar monthly bonus after one year of service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Barkley
Senate
House
Rayburn
War Department
Congress
Kentucky
National Defense
Roads Named as Important Access Links to Arsenal Site
A Morgan county road and a road in south Limestone county were designated as important access links to the Madison county arsenal project during a Huntsville meeting Tuesday. The Mooresville road and East Hartselle Pike were identified as artery routes to the plant area, with other county roads receiving similar designation.
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Morgan County
Limestone County
Madison County
Huntsville
Hartselle
Mooresville
Bee Line
Whiteside
Decatur
Colonel Ditto
Chemical Warfare Service
McKay Arsenal Construction
J. ©. Call
Public Roads Administration
Sam Harbin
Limestone County Boardenue
Ion County Revenue Board
Hast Hartselle
Fatality at Wylam mine in Birmingham area
F Herman Quinzy, 44, died in a Birmingham hospital of injuries from an accident at the Wylam coal mine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. He had worked for TCI RR since 1915.
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Birmingham
Ala
Herman Quinzy
Wylam
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
TCU
Decatur Council approves three man housing commission
The Decatur city council at a special meeting set up a three member housing commission to pursue a municipal housing authority amid an acute housing shortage. A protest meeting drew no objections. A 25 signature petition was filed previously to move forward. The council will seek a state charter then federal funds for construction. A survey indicated worsening housing shortage due to defense industry growth.
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Decatur
Secretary of State
Navy Plans Great Base At Puerto Rico As Pearl Harbor Link
Congress studied a proposal to create a main Atlantic base at Puerto Rico described as comparable to Pearl Harbor in the Pacific. The Senate appropriations committee approved 2.97 million dollars for development plus large additions for naval air stations at Trinidad and Newfoundland.
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Washington
Naval
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Trinidad
Newfoundland
Roosevelt suspends eight hour day for war department workers
President Roosevelt issued an executive order waiving the eight hour day limit for mechanics and laborers on war department public works vital to national defense. The suspension covers air fields troop housing units fortifications and other military construction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
United States
White House
Vichy Move Threatens Allied Atlantic Strategy
War analysis notes that Marshal Petain’s Vichy regime has pledged a forceful new order and may collaborate with Nazi Germany. The key concern is whether Paris will grant the Nazis access to strategic bases such as Dakar and North Africa, potentially strengthening Germany in Atlantic and Mediterranean battles.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Petain
Hitler
Vichy
Americas
Dakar
North Africa
Ereby
Therman
Atlantic
Mediterranean
French Decision Is Threat to the U S
A report notes the United States seeks a Brazil air base to counter Nazi moves against Dakar. Brazil offers the nearest land approach to Dakar, 1 620 miles across the South Atlantic. The piece discusses Weygand possibly resisting surrender of bases to Germans and the uncertain French public attitude toward subscriptions to aid Vichy.
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United States
Brazil
Dakar
South Atlantic
Weygand
Vichy
Atlee to Broadcast Important Announcement on BBC
London August 13 Major Clement R Atlee Lord Privy Seal and senior Churchill deputy will make an officially described important broadcast on all BBC stations at 3 p m Thursday 9 a m EST The nature of the announcement was not disclosed though speculation points to a possible meeting involving Churchill Roosevelt and Hopkins
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London
Clement R. Atlee
Churchill
BBC
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
United States
Farm Chief Draws Fire Over Price Policy
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard faced sharp criticism from Senator Smith of Iowa as Wickard defended government control of surplus farm crops. Smith warned Wickard’s remarks could bust markets while Wickard argued for selling or managing about 6 million bales of cotton and 200000 bushels of wheat from loan stocks.
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Washington
Secretary of
Claude R. Wickard
Athens
Smith
D-80
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wickard
Senate
Darlan Plans Radio Address In Vichy France
Darlan, now with broad powers, will deliver a minute and a half radio address tomorrow. The Vichy regime, pledging European reconstruction under German influence, moves ahead with decrees to curb foes at home while Petain’s nationwide speech draws front-page attention with muted commentary.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Europe
Paris
Petain
Marshal Petain
Seizure Debate Grows Over Shipyard Plant
Government takeover of the strikebound Kearny New Jersey shipyard drew high level discussion as Governor Edison urged against it. Navy Secretary Knox and Sidney Hillman planned further talks while CIO and union leaders pushed for government control. War Department tally shows thirty strikes affecting army contracts with 23 400 workers idle, signaling rising production disruption.
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Preas
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company
Kearny, N. J
Navy
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Knox
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
L. H. Korndorff
Korndorff
Edison
Peter Flynn
CIO
Defense Mediation Board
War Department
North American Aviations Corporation
Inglewood
Calif
AFL International Association of Machinists
Curtiss-Wright
Caldwell
N. J
CIO United Automobile Workers
Allentown
Cio-Vaw
Ampco Ae: Drill. Company
Jackson, ‘& Machine Top
Vog
New Friction Between Axis and U S Deepens
Reports from the war front describe Red Army positions below the Dnieper as German forces drive toward Odessa and the Black Sea. Stalin orders scorched earth as Soviet defenders retreat, while Britain notes Ukraine holds a grim line. Berlin and Washington clash over French Caribbean bases and colonial policy.
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Odessa
Russia
Great Bagck Sea
Bug River
Bessarabia
Black Sea
Panzer Division
Ukraine
Cerna-Voda
Romania
Constanta
Germany
Associated Press
Dnieper
Joseph Stalin
Jaev
Uraine
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Brasov
Galati
Rumania
Umane
Cerna Voda
Kiev
Dnepropetrovsk
Miles
Ochakov
Crimea
Sevastopol
Cotton Industry Committee
America
East Hartselle Pike
Mooresville Road
U.S
Attlee
Darlan
AXIS
West
Berlin
Wnton
Mique
West Indies
Reich
Martinique
Don
Convic
U. S. State Department
Brazil Est
Bas
Thrs
Cordell Hu
Asean
Ate
Vichg
Gen. de Gaulle
Beaverbrook
Daily Press
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