Churchill Defends Secret Committee in Stormy Commons Debate
In London on August 15 a heated Commons debate centered on a secret Fifth Column committee led by Lord Swinton. Prime Minister Churchill warned invasion danger persisted though stronger than in May while Austin Hopkinson pressed for more disclosure. Churchill accused Hopkinson of obstruction and promised to send a copy of his past remarks defending the minister.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
Britain
Lord Swinton
Austin Hopkinson
Hopkins
Beauticians Gather for Big Hairdressers Meeting Near 50 Mile Radius
Beauty shop owners from Athens to Russellville converge for a regional meet at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. Local chairs organize refreshments decorations and reception while Jack Long and John H palm demonstrate new hairstyles. Over 100 people expected from southern cities.
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Tennessee Valley Hotel
Athens
Hartselle
Moulton
Guntersville
Huntsville
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Cullman
Russellville
Evelyn Peete
Elizabeth Anderson
Clifford Ward
A. L. Moye
Jack Long
National Beauty Forum
John H. Palm
L. T. Patterson
Patterson Beauty Supply Shop
Chattanooga
Sixteen Are Reported Dead In Flash Floods
Flash floods across five states leave 16 dead and cause millions in damage. Up-country areas in Carolinas Virginia Tennessee and Georgia repair highways railroads and telegraph lines while fall line regions face rising waters. In Western North Carolina travel resumes and Asheville works to restore main pipelines to two city reservoirs.
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Asheville
N. Cc
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
Southern Railway
Ridgecrest
P. M. Burdette
French Help Advocated for Occupied France
Richard Allen European director of the American Red Cross said the plight of France is worse than Belgium and worsens. He urged immediate relief of German occupied areas with milk sugar fats and canned meats and supported extension of aid to nearly two million prisoners.
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Vichy
France
Richard Allen
American
Red Cross
Belgium
Allen
Switzerland
Prisoners Move Into New Cape-County Jail
Morgan county opens a $100000 escape and fire proof jail housing 30 inmates after transferring from the old facility. Six officers supervise the move. six prisoners, 13 whites and 17 Negroes including six women, are placed in new blocks. The first inmate is Robert Mason, jailed for assault and battery after knife slashing Geneva Baker.
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Pat Ryan
ABC
W. S. Lamon
Robert Mason
Geneva Baker
E. Cherry Street
Mason
Eliff W. T. Wolloughby
Hunter
Willoughby
Baker
Famous Los Angeles Preacher Leads Decatur Revival
Decatur prepares for a city wide revival starting Sunday September 15 with Dr. Bob Shuler of Los Angeles as preacher Prof Loren Jones of Thomaston Georgia will lead singing and Mrs Jones plays piano A 2000 seat tent is being arranged by committee chaired by Dr R L Archibald The revival aims for broad Protestant church cooperation and strong attendance services expected to rank among the best in years
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Decatur
Bob Shuler
Los Angeles
Loren G. Jones
Thomaston
Georgia
Jones
R. L. Archibald
Trinity Methodist Church
America
Sam Hay
Shuler
Alabama cotton crop outlook boosts projected cash income
Alabama farmers may see about 6 million more dollars in cash this fall if current prices hold and yields align with forecasts. Unofficial estimates from agriculture sources peg total cash income around 48 million versus 41.9 million in 1939 6r, excluding government payments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Tennessee
Sivley-Cook Form Cotton Company Buys Freeman Plant
Duard Sivley of Falkville and Earl Cook of Hartselle form the Sivley-Cook Cotton Company and acquire the Freeman Cotton Co. in Hartselle. The sprinklered gin and warehouse plant with 7000 bale capacity joins leading national cotton manufacturers connections, boosting Morgan County business ties.
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Duard Sivley
Falkville
Earl Cook
Hartselle
Sivley-Cook Cotton Company
Freeman Cotton Co
Morgan
Freeman
Sivley
Mr.Cook
First Cotton Boll of 1940 Grown by Herbert Sivley
Morgan county credits the season’s first cotton boll to Herbert Sivley of Trinity. The boll, grown on the Sivley farm north of Trinity, is of the Stoneville 5 variety and was brought to town this morning. Hot spell sped development after a late start from unseasonable weather.
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Morgan County
Herbert Sivley
Trinity
Sivley Place
Draft Delay May Be Voted in the Senate
Senator Downey of California proposed a Burke-Wadsworth plan to add a national highway system to the compulsory military service bill. He argued the project would provide jobs for draftees completing training, eliminate unemployment, and address a major post conscription problem.
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Senate
Washington
Downey
D-Calif
House rejects guardsmen restriction on active service
The House votes 210 to 110 against an amendment to army reserve legislation. The plan would limit National Guardsmen and army reserves to the continental United States and a few flag areas, allowing the president to call them into active duty for one year.
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Washington
House
Continental
United States
Rep
Miller
Western Hemisphere
Americag
Harneees
Presiden Roosevelt
Californian argues for jobs for draftees in training camps
From the ranks of the unemployed a Californian urged that draftees completed a year of training should not be turned from camps without jobs. Preferring men who have trained, they would be pushed onto roads. Administrations strategists privately noted a Senate rejection of immediate conscription in favor of a compromise plan to defer the start of the draft.
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Ihem
Senate
Hartselle Backs Decatur Marine Park Plan
Hartselle mayor and council voiced strong support for a marine park in the Decatur area. A. C. Dillehay Quince Eddins and Sam Wheat presented the plan and secured municipal cooperation. Resolutions urged the project to attract tourist trade and boost boat operating and building industries.
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Hartselle
Decatur
City of
A. C. Dillehay
Quince Eddins
Sam Wheat
AP Reporter Sees Nazi Bombers Met By Storm Of Lead
AP correspondent on England’s southeast coast describes large German air raids with hundreds of planes. He notes multiple waves from Thames Estuary to Land’s End, intense dogfights at 12 000 to 15 000 feet, anti aircraft hits, and bombs causing fires and balloon damage as relief columns of air battle continues.
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England
Germany
Britain
Thames
Land’s End
Messerschmitt
Draft plan draws backing for universal conscription
A senior training officer in Bragueregard Louisiana argues that general conscription would require all regions to share a national defense burden. He notes volunteer enlistments concentrate in the middle South and mid- West, while the Northeast yields few recruits. About 70,000 regulars and National Guard troops move to the front lines for maneuvers as Blues defend against a Red invasion from Texas.
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Brauregard
Middle South
Mid- West
Northeast
National Guard
Blues
Texas
Legion to Elect Head at Morgan County Post No 15 Armory
Morgan County Post No 15 of the American Legion calls a 7 30 PM meeting at the Armory to elect a new post commander. The vote replaces Probate Judge T C Almon, who held the post, due to a Legion rule disallowing holders of elective offices from serving as commander. Other Alabama posts also must reelect to comply.
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Morgan County
American Legion
T. C. Almon
Legion
The
Alabama Department of the Legion
President Roosevelt to Watch First Army Maneuvers
President Roosevelt will depart Washington tomorrow for northern New York to observe maneuvers of the First Army under Lieutenant General Drum.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
First Army
Drum
Biggest Mass Onslaught Is Staged Today
Royal Air Force bombers attacked oil depots refineries railways and power plants near Bordeaux and Cologne and airports in northern France. At least 1 000 Nazi war planes bombed England including Charing Cross and London docks as fierce air battles raged over the city with RAF fighters engaging waves of attackers.
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London
Royal Air Force
Bordeaux
Cologne
France
Air Ministry
Associated Press
England
Charing Cross
Tilbury Docks
Land's
Thames Estuary
French Negotiator Seeks Eased Blockade on Food Imports
French Foreign Minister Paul Baudouin said he is striving for an agreement to allow food imports into France through the blockade. He noted Germany has assurance that goods from abroad to the unoccupied zone would not be seized. He has proposed to London to ease Britain's blockade of the European continent.
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Clermont - Ferrand
France
Paul Baudouin
Baudouin
Germany
London
Britain
Massive Nazi Air Raid Threat Over London Thames Docks
The official news agency DNB reports a large Nazi air armada sweeping the lower Thames toward potentially cross channel invasion routes. Anti aircraft fire lit the skies over London as the raid neared central targets, including Tilbury docks and other Thames wharves and storehouses.
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DNB
Thames
Tilbury Docks
Limehouse
London
Typhus Fever Case Reported in Morgan County
Morgan countys health officer Dr L R Murphree announced a new typhus fever case in the county the first in years. The patient is a 15 year old white boy from the Winton area east of Decatur who is improving. Fleas from rats are the suspected transmission route with no known source traced. The illness is marked by high temperature red sore mouth swollen tongue and a Rash and typically runs several weeks.
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L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Winton
Decatur
Murphree
Fragmentary Tennessee River Report Provides Sparse Details
An OCR fragment notes the Tennessee river level at a Thursday time with a gouge and a measured rise of feet. The text is incomplete leaving key quantities and context unclear.
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Tennessee
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