Roosevelt Signs Law Extending Service Deferments in WW II
The United States extends military deferments for men aged 28 and older under the Selective Service Act and allows earlier release for those inducted before July 1 1941. The act also requires local draft boards to post names and classifications and grants exemptions for certain honorable discharges within six months of term expiration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Coast Guard
Mercury on Upgrade Now
Heat from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi and into Louisiana and North Texas nudges temperatures higher than yesterday. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Duluth show lows about 10 degrees above yesterday while North Carolina to Maine report cooler readings. Normal for the South Atlantic states, slightly above in the West. the middle West remains below average with widespread cloudiness and scattered clear areas. Heaviest rainfalls include Jacksonville 2.79 inches and Melbourne 3.02 inches.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Louisana
Texas
Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Duluth
North Carolina
Maine
South Atlantic
Alabama
California
Middle West
New Hampshire
Arkansas
Tennessee
Montana
Dakotas
Jacksonville
Melbourne
Man jailed in shooting case at Union Hill
Lee Simpson a 25 year old tenant farmer from Union Hill is jailed in Morgan county charged with assault with intent to murder. He allegedly wounded landlord J M Mitchell his wife and daughter in law with a shotgun at the Mitchell home last Thursday. Mitchell fired back wounding Simpson in the right leg. Deputies Pittman and Humphrey arrested Simpson at his home Saturday. a warrant was sworn by J M Mitchell before Justice George W Norwood.
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Lee Simpson
Union Hill
Morgan County
Simpson
J. M. Mitchell
Mitchell
B. C. Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
George W. Norwood
Soldiers Battle Forest Fire Near Army Post
Soldiers from Schofield Barracks fought a forest fire started near the post by an elderly Japanese man despondent over U S Japan relations. By midnight the blaze covered acres. The man carried a knife and kerosene, drank rice wine, and set himself ablaze before collapsing in critical condition.
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Honolulu
Schofield Barracks
United States
Japan
Ushi Makamine
Lear Says Second Army Morale Is Good Despite Magazine Reports
Lt. Gen. Ben Lear of the Second Army announced morale is good after a morale officer’s plain clothes visit to trainees, contrasting Life and Time claims of boredom, disenchantment, and long training with no immediate danger.
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Yoo Hoo
Lear
Second Army
Ark
Ben Lear
Life and Time
Life
Washington
Sub sighted by U S ship near Lisbon coast
The liner Exeter reported sighting a submarine about 100 feet off its bow near Lisbon on Aug 9 during a moonlit approach to the capital. A drifting lifeboat with several sailors was later found empty, and a Lisbon radio directed Exeter to a spot where a plane saw the lifeboat. Passengers included nurse Miss Alice G. Carr who pleaded for aid for Greece, claiming no food is available there.
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Jersey City
N. J
Exeter
Lisbon
Wenzel Habel
Habel
Alice G. Carr
Yellow Springs
Ohio
American Red Cross
The
Near East Foundation
Greece
Miss Carr
Germany
War fears rise as Russia, Japan clash in Far East
Across the globe signals point to broad war danger. Soviet and German forces clash through Ukraine as fighting intensifies from the Baltic to the Black Sea. In Tokyo, officials warn of war threats while Cor dell Hull accuses Japan of denying safe passage to American citizens.
War Shifts in Ukraine See New Soviet Rearguard Actions
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Nazi gains at Nikolaev and Krivoi Rog but says the outcome hinges on Budyonny's strategic withdrawals and new Soviet defenses. Moscow reports retreat from Nikolaev and Krivoi Rog with no major losses, while Russia claims heavy counterattacks on the northern flank of the main Ukrainian advance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Ukraine
Nikolaev
Krivoi Rog
Russia
Budyonny
Krivol Rog
German Forces Gain. Red Withdrawl Bossed to Crimea
The article discusses a major German counter move to hold a flank as Red forces pull back south of the Dnieper. It suggests Budgenny may shift large troops east toward the Crimea, with Balaklava remembered for the Charge of the Light Brigade and Odessa left as a key naval base likely to see heavy combat.
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Dnieper
Crimea
Balaklava
Odessa
Four Injured in Area Auto Crashes On Bee Line Highway
Two separate Sunday crashes on Bee Line Highway send four people to Benevolent Society Hospital. F A Stephenson 68 and C A Montgomery 51 of Hartselle in serious condition after a two car collision six miles south of here. Arm strong of Murfreesboro Tennessee slight injuries. James Puckett also hurt. A tire blowout caused a second crash two miles south of Hartselle injuring Bertie Binkley and Mrs E L Gleason. Damage estimates ranged up to 200 dollars.
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Benevolent Society
Bee Line Highway
F. A. Stephenson
Hartselle
C. A. Montgomery
Mr. Stephenson
Shelah H. Armstrong
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
Here
Armstrong
James Puckett
Sanders Fusch
Julius Hale
Stephenson
Morgan County
Brown
Montgomery
Stal
Nonprs
Bertie Binkley
Tilmots Avenue
Nashville
E. L. Gleason
Villa Place
Binkley
Roosevelt Holds Conference With Churchill and Lawmakers
President Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill and congressional leaders in Washington to discuss a possible further lend lease appropriation. Senator Barkley said the talks were confidential and that a precise amount would wait for the budget, with no definite decisions yet. The group also touched casually on the Japanese situation as they prepared for ongoing legislative briefings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Winston Churchill
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Congress
Wallace
Woodrum
D.-Va
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bloom
D.-N
House Foreign Affairs Committee
George
D.-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Stephen Early
Churchill Returns Cheered After Atlantic Conference Visit
Churchill lands in Britain aboard the Prince of Wales after meeting President Roosevelt at sea. He is greeted by crowds in London and inspects Iceland bound troops on the return voyage. A broadcast date was not announced. the visit included services aboard the battleship and a light mood episode with a mascot cat.
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London
Winston Churcnhill
Britain
Roosevelt
Tceland
Brenden
United States
Iceland
Churchill
Atlantic
Sevelt
Roosen
Maine
Labrador
Prince of Wales
Land of Hope and Glory
Three Women Die In Stampede At Hudson River Outing
New York August 18 three women were trampled to death and 60 others injured as ten thousand people surged on a Hudson river pier after counterfeit excursion tickets were sold for a State of Delaware voyage. Police arrested 15 of the excursion organizers as officials reviewed the chaos that followed.
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New York
Hudson River
Delaware
Harlem
Marion Worrell
Rose Grant
Martha Murraine
Roosevelt orders takeover of shipyard at Kearny N J
The CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers led a strike idling 493 million dollars of naval and merchant ship construction at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock yards in Kearny New Jersey. The National Mediation Board halted talks and drafted a government takeover order after Roosevelt’s meeting with Churchill. A 16 000 member walkout was triggered by refuse to include a union maintenance clause.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Sereets Mandation
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
N. J
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
National Mediation Board
Churchill
England
Mediation Board
Defense
Parity payments totaling about 200000 to Morgan county farmers
About 200000 in parity payments will go to Morgan county farmers under the 1941 program. B G Hall says 3000 producers on 4400 farms have been notified and signatures gathered at Hartselle offices for forwarding to the state office. Payments begin in two to three weeks at 1.38 cents per pound times yield and acreage.
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Morgan County
B. G. Hall
Hartnelle
Hartselle
Morgen County
Farm Agents Office
Cotton leaf worm outbreak reported in Alabama's Tennessee Valley
District Agent L. L. Self of the Alabama Extension Service reports worm outbreaks across Tennessee Valley and North Alabama mountain counties. He warns of potential serious crop damage and recommends ironizing with calcium arsenate using 6 to 8 pounds per acre.
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Aub
Ala
L. L. Self
Alabama Extension Service
Tennessee Valley
Mountain
Alabama
Self
Legion Plans Local Rally in North Alabama District
Department Commander John T. Batten will address the district Legion rally at the Armory in Decatur on Thursday August 21 at 2 30 p m. Members from Posts in Moulton Courtland Athens Decatur Hartselle Eva Huntsville Arab Gunterville Albertville Cullman Oneonta expected. Other speakers include James Saliba Charles Cox George Cameron and C Morton. Dutch supper to follow round table discussion with about 75 prominent Legionnaires anticipated.
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John T. Batten
The
American Legion
Decatur
Legion
Moulton
Courtland
Athens
Hartselle
Eva
Huntsville
Arab
Gunteraville
Albertville
Cullman
Oneonta
James 8. Saliba
Florence
Charles Cox
George Cameron
State Service
C. C. Morton
Morgan County and Hartselle Open School Term September 8
Morgan County and Hartselle city schools plan a September 8 start for white units with eight months of high school work and seven months for grammar schools. October 6 begins for many elementary schools. Morgan County Negro school opens about two weeks later.
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Hartselle
Falkville
Cotaco
Priceville
Trinity
Eva
Austinville
Moulton Heights
Flint
Union Hill
Danville
Ryan
Morgan
Negro County
Andrews
Cedar Creek
Center Grove
Collins
Dripping Springs
Edmundson
Fiorette
Neel
Oak Ridge
Pleasant Hill
Rocky Ford
Science Hill
Six Mile
Somerville
Union
Valhermosa
Inton
Parker
Blaze at Brooklyn waterfront kills and wounds many seamen
A fiery explosion and ensuing blaze tore through Pier 27 and nearby facilities on the East River, sinking the Cuba line freighter Panuco and injuring dozens. Rescue crews saved 26 sailors, with 22 hospitalized. authorities probe possible sabotage as flames spread to barges and oil on the water.
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Brooklyn
Cuba Line
Panuco
Lewis Valentine
East River
B. Fr. Sackett
Manhattan
Federal Bureau Ofvestigation
Kings
Liam O’dwyer
Valentine
Island College Hospital
Said
New York Harbor
Choves
Cuba
Buttermilk Channel
Governor's Island
U. S. Naval
Guant Cuba
Pier
Pars Uco
Decatur Band Crusade Plans Departure for Milwaukee
Butler P. A. Hine announced the On to Milwaukee march for the Decatur high school band at seven o clock tomorrow. Band members will meet at the high school and proceed to Courtland Town Creek Athena Huntsville and Athens where refreshments will be served. A brief concert and talk are planned during the Athens stop as band mothers arrange ticket sales and a sales cert.
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Decatur
Butler P. A. Hine
Courtland
Town Creek
Athena
Huntsville
Athens
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