Mob Attacks Per gon County Jail Over Cy Winstead Incident
A mob of armed men battered Per gon County Jail with bottles and stones as they attempted to seize Cy Winstead, a 22 year old man. Tear gas and state police aided by Durham and Raleigh forces dispersed the crowd after six hours with no serious injuries reported.
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Cy Winstead
Pergon County
M. T. Clayton
Durham
State Way Patrol
State Prison
Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
Winstead
CCC
Gilbert Oakley
Roxboro
Japan faces choice of war as pressures mount in Pacific
The piece argues Japan could choose war if economic strangulation and Silk exports decline, noting Tokyo aims to be on the winning side of the European conflict. It discusses who will assume Pacific defense and whether the United States or Britain bears the main burden as tensions rise in Asia.
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Americ
Britain
America
United States
Red Co
Tokyo
Amer
Orient
Pacific
Atlantic
Eastern Front Battles Intensify As Nazi Drive Advances
The Moscow bulletin reports renewed Nazi assaults across the front as the fourth German push in the East nears. Soviet lines hold near Kiev and Odessa while efforts to reach Leningrad continue. RAF and allied air activity persists over northern France and Italy with raids on Catania and other targets.
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Red Army
Moscow War
Ukraine
Kiev
Odessa
Leningrad
France
Italy
Catania
Sic- Meedian
Entanglements in La Madera Drama Unfolds
Ylena Var ANOFF, ex-wife of Theodore Vincent, visits La Madera with Rose as Vernon Stone's attorney’s house. Tate Cromwell plots to win Ylena while Scott Hamilton woos her. Delicate secrets surface as Tate seeks to buy Ylena’s home and Percy’s hinted past links emerge amid stormy romance.
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Ylena Varanoff
Theodore Vincent
la Madera
Rose
Vernon Stone
Vincent
Yiena
Carlyle
Tate Cromwell
Scott Hamilton
Diane
Tate
Ylena
Hamilton
Yiena Varanoff
Cromwell
Yilena
Percy
Viena
Miami Beach
Theodore
Landerd
Tatcomwell
Market Quiet With Scattered Rises On Mixed News
Scattered favorites recovered modestly in a muddied trading day as the market saw light two hour turnover around 100000 shares. Investors awaited Roosevelt Churchill talks and policy clarity while gasoline rationing and Fed credit moves unsettled sentiment.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Roosevelt
Churchill
Seaboard
Federal Reserve Board
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Sheet
General Motors
N. Y. Central
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake & Ohio
Montgomery Ward
General Electric
Celanese
Anaconda
Goodyear
Western Union
North American
Southern Railway
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Union Carbide
Allied Chemical
United Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Markets at a Glance Slower Session Leaves Mixed Moves
New York stocks moved irregularly in a slow session while bonds drift lower and foreign exchanges stayed quiet. Cotton showed uneven trading with New Orleans selling and light hedging pressure before a late rally as prices closed higher after earlier losses.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Profit and plans for Carlyle property faced by Tate and Ylenn
Ylenn aims to profit from improvements by buying decorating and selling while Tate jokes about her role. He then declares Ylenn is intended to be his wife and emphasizes personal plans beyond business.
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Tate
Ylenn
Carlyle
Ylena
Decatur to Host North Alabama Stock Show This Fall
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee announces a fall stock show for the Tennessee Valley with beef and dairy cattle prizes. Entries welcomed from Morgan and nearby counties and an added Wild West rodeo will entertain visitors and residents. Committee heads include Do M. Scales as chair with finance John Pinnell Marvin Rankin publicity Charles Hardwick T. M. Harvey and prize program B. G. Hall Frank Martin. Further committee members and event details to be announced.
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Tennessee Valley
Agricultural Committee
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Eiis
North Alabama
Montgomery
Black Belt
Dothan
South Alabama
Do. M. Scales
John Pinnell
Marvin Rankin
Charles Hardwick
T. M. Harvey
B. G. Hall
Frank Martin
Federal Reserve considers limits on consumer installment credit
The Federal Reserve Board proposed temporary measures to curb inflation by restricting down payments and setting an 18 month cap on installment contracts. Aims include higher minimum down payments on autos aircraft boats and radios refrigerators and appliances and limits on terms under 1000 for cash loans and major purchases.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner S
Jas
Decatur High Band Tour Set For Tuesday
Butler Hine announced that Decatur High School will begin a regional tour Tuesday morning visiting Moulton Town Creek Courtland and Huntsville. Proceeds fund the group’s Milwaukee trip for the American Legion Convention where the band has been invited to perform. The goal is to support an eighty piece band as funds are raised.
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Butler Hine
Decatur High School
Rain outlook boosts late-day buying in Southeastern belt
Traders push futures higher as weekend rain prospects loom across the Southeastern belt. Dec to May contracts gain 1 to 4 points with May and Jan futures tracking firmer levels. Middling spot firm at 16.60 with a nominal rise in prices as markets digest rainfall expectations.
Cotton futures rise on week end short covering
In New Orleans on August 16 prices for several contracts edged higher as traders covered shorts. Oct and Dec futures closed near 16.08 and 16.28 respectively, with gains of a few points. March and May contracts traded around 16.42 and 16.41 as bids showed strength.
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N. C
New Orleans
Jon
Spot Cotton Quiet in New Orleans After Market Close
Spot cotton in New Orleans on August 16 closed quiet with a decline of three points. Sales reached 409 while receipts totaled 2,231 and stock stood at 418,582. price levels were low mid to middling ranges with middling at 18.73 and good middling at 16.18.
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New Orleans
Butter Chicago Market Receipt Summary
Butter receipts total 915 184 pounds and eggs 10 826 cases with no market activity reported.
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Chicago
Decatur's Diary Local Notes and Visitors Summary
Decatur community notes list guests and visits including Mrs. McMillan of Moulton Heights hosting relatives from Racine Wisconsin. Rev. Peter M. Dennis en route to Camp Forest for Episcopal duties. several residents traveling to Wilson Dam Birmingham Pensacola. police court activity with four defendants. births and educational achievements. and local residents visiting Florence Alabama.
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J. G. McMillan
Moulton Heights
McMillan
Donald Scharfenberg
Ruth van Dyke
Marion Sorensen
Racine
Wisconsin
Scharfenberg
Monroe S&scharfenberg
Will Scharfenberg
Mae Nelson
Decatur
Peter M. Dennis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Camp Forest
State Polio Total Rises Reported In Alabama
Nine new poliomyelitis cases were reported to the state health department, five from Walker County. Total cases since January 1 reached 49 in Walker and 358 for the year, with Jefferson leading at 93. Other new cases came from Etowah Montgomery Talladega and Wilcox counties. Clarke County reported none. The Thomasville American Legion post started a campaign to purchase two iron lungs for emergency use.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walker County
State Health Department
Walker
Jefferson
Etowah
Talladega
Wilcox
Clarke County
Thomasville
Alabama Future Farmers cancel annual meeting in 1921
The Alabama Future Farmers of America has cancelled its August 1921 annual meeting due to infantile paralysis in the state. A one day fall meeting may be held for officer elections and essential business. County health officer Dr. L R Murphree reported no confirmed paralysis cases, with two suspects ruled out after examination.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Future Farmers of America
Agriculture
L. R. Murphree
Axis convoy sunk by RAF in Middle East action
Cairo reports RAF air attack Thursday night likely sank two axis merchantmen and a destroyer guarding a Tripoli bound convoy. Four other ships hit by RAF bombers between Tripoli and Bengasi. tankers probably sunk. Netherlandish tally adds more axis vessels.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Tripoli
Fleet Air Arm
RAF
Middle East
Mediterranean
Bengasi
Ayers Sees Hope for Juster Peace at Auburn
Col Harry M Ayers publisher of the Anniston Star urged during Auburns summer exercises that allied nations aim for a just peace beyond Versailles and a strong League of Nations He warned the nations may gain liberty and security if people understand and heed the nations calamities and dangers. Dean Zebulon Judd led the event and 234 graduates received diplomas from President L Duncan.
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Auburn
Ala
Harry M. Ayers
Anniston
Star
Ayers
Versailles
League of Nations
Geneva
Dean Zebulon Judd
L. Duncan
Col. Ayers
Gasoline rationing continued across eastern states
Ickes defended a 100 percent gasoline supply for essential services and livelihoods while urging intensified voluntary curtailment and the 7 a.m. station curfew. The program covers Maine to Florida and the District of Columbia, with more curtailments anticipated.
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Ickes
OPACS
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
District of
Columa
Sunk by Dutch Submarines Serving With British Fleet
A wartime item notes a vessel or ships sunk in the Mediterranean by submarines described as Dutch units operating with the British fleet. The brief references a naval engagement and emphasizes the peril in the sea campaign.
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Mediterranean
Warning to Army Given on Dangers to U S Defense
Secretary Stimson warned soldiers that threats loom from German and Japanese forces and from potential axis moves in Africa and South America. He cited Alaska outposts and the Panama Canal as critical vulnerabilities while Congress extended military service.
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Washington
Stimson
Timson
Decla
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Germany
Russia
Alaskan
Aleutian
South
Central America
Dakar
Brazil
Vichy
Iff
South America
Panama Canal
Plans Made for Revival at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist church announces revival services from September 7 to 21 with Dr. L O Leavell of Gadsden Alabama as guest preacher. E Powell Lee of Anderson South Carolina will sing. Dr. R Q Leavell, brother to the minister, is also noted. further meeting details will follow.
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First Baptist Church
L. O. Leavell
Gadsden
Ala
Leavell
Alabama Baptists
Decatur
E. Powell Lee
Anderson
S. C
Lee
The
Southern Baptist Home
Missi Beard
R. Q. Leavell
Examinations for Bus Drivers Slated in Morgan County
Morgan County High School in Hartselle hosts exams for aspiring bus drivers on Friday August 22 at 10 a.m. daylight saving time. Tests are administered by the state highway patrol with H. L. Thornton directing. High standards of efficiency are required and exams are offered yearly prior to school openings.
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Morgan County
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
State Highway Patrol
H. L. Thornton
Fort Worth Woman Traps Meter. Meter Broken By Officer
Bright-eyed Eleanor Irwin parked 20 minutes in a 20 minute zone and could not remove her finger from the coin receptacle. A patrolman broke open the meter to free her.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Eleanor
Irwin
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