Fashion Designers Warn Against Following Latest Fashions
The article profiles dress designers Jane Derby and Rebecca Hamilton, noting their takeover of the Derby Salon and Hamilton's role as a sales and promotion force. It also touches on wartime themes and mentions political figures and observers, including the Dutch border incident and fifth column concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Derby
Rebecca Ham-iiton
J. P. Morgan
Hamilton
Derby
Foxcroft
Harvard
Paris
Rebecca Hamilton
Pierpont
Morgan Hamilton
Sutton Square
Fifth Column Tactics and Nazi Propaganda Exposed
The text discusses Hitler’s plan to corrupt ruling elites and create a fifth column. It cites Austrian leaders Seyss-Inquart and Guido Schmidt, with Papen persuading Austrians that only Hitler could fulfill their aims. It notes Czechs and Poles resisted, while Slovaks could be swayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Lord Hawhaw
Ferdonnet
Austria
Seyss-Inquart
Guido Schmidt
Nazi Germany
Franz.Von Papen
Hungary
Josef Beck
Doctor offers $3.50 truss free with rupture cure
A Kansas City doctor promotes a no belt no strap rupture device that holds ruptures in place. Readers may try the invention for 30 days and receive a $3.50 truss free. if unsatisfied, return the device but keep the $3.50 truss. Write the Appliances Co. at 1058 Bldg 2906 Main St Kansas Mo for the trial offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
T ’S Appliance Co
Main St
Kansas
City Council Places Redefined in Decatur Alabama Ordinance
Ordinance No 332 designates five City Council places in Decatur Alabama as Place Nos 1 through 5 and requires candidates to specify their place. Incumbents listed as Place Nos 1 to 5 with names W F Boswell A Billéhay H H Hunter BE W Kennedy and C D Patterson. Adopted and approved August 15 1940 by Mayor T R Harrison and City Clerk H C Troup with committees to be appointed post election.
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City
Decatur
Alabama
State of
City of
W. F. Boswell
A. . Billéhay
H. H. Hunter
BE. W. Kennedy
C. D. Patterson
H. C. Troup
T. R. Harrison
Nazi Escape Hunted Today in Ontario Camp
A German officer described as dangerous fled from a Canadian internment camp in northern Ontario. He allegedly aided by fifth columnists including a woman, escaping through a three foot tunnel under a guard room with a concealed radio transmitter. Police hunt a car seen headed toward Toronto with a veiled passenger and a woman driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
England
Toronto
Axis Rift Worries Allies Over North Africa Tactics
The text discusses signs of discord within the Axis as Mussolini acts independently and Hitler presses toward England. Metaxas of Greece remains silent while Britain faces air and sea threats amid Italian advances in British Somaliland.
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Italy
der Puhrer
England
Metaxas
Tr Duce
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungaria
Aegean Sea
Balkans
Greece
Helle
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Albania
Ti Popolo di Roma
Corfu
Dalmatian
1 Duce
Turkey
Asia Minor
Signor Mussolini
Hitler
John
British Somaliland
Attalla Election Interest Grows Ahead of September 16
Interest in Attalla's municipal election is rising with six candidates for mayor including incumbent J. C. Spurlock and 16 aspirants for five alderman seats. Indications today show a heated race shaping up as the date nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attalla
Ala
J. C. Spurlock
Jobs Open to U S Aviators in Atlantic Ferry Plans
Oklahoma City reports aviator offers of 500 dollars per trip to ferry planes across the North Atlantic to England. Col William C Brooks outlines two alternatives including England ferrying and Canadian Royal Air Force instructor roles, with base pay scales for pilot co pilot and radio operator and daylight safety requirements.
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Oklahoma City
North Atlantic
England
Oklahoma Flying Fraternity
William C. Brooks
Soldier of Fortune
Royal Air Force
Brooks
Canada
British Isles
Revival attendance and baptisms noted in Morgan County
A large crowd attended the Neel revival last week. The Liberty Pond baptism on the second Sunday after noon at 2 30 was led by Rev. Addie Wallace with Rev. Coffey and several attendants. Various local residents shared meals and visited, and other revivals continued at Brown Chapel and Forrest Chapel with community members listed among attendees.
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Neel
Liberty Pond
Addie Wallace
Coffey
Edna Singlinton
Beatrice Dean
Josephine Dobbs
Junior Singlenton
Vernon Kay
William Betterton
Verna Roan
Ralph Roan
Dessie Puckett
Grace Taylor
Ozelle McNutt
Sherman Wallace
Ruth McDonald
Erby Betterton
Lewie Ky
William Taylor
Andrew Taylor
Evelyn Edwards
Marvin Bridges
Brown Chapel
Ima Boyer
Vera Morris
Bro. Coffey
Gaines McNutt
Fred Stephenson
Thirril Wallace
Forrest Chapel
Flyde Halbrooks
John Huie Ellis
R. L. McNutt
Rats Invade St Louis as Slum Clearance Sparks Plague
In St Louis, merchants report a flood of rats moving uptown after wrecking old buildings along the Mississippi riverfront for a memorial project. Rats infest the business district as rats grow bolder and threaten to drive shoppers away. A merchants committee asks Mayor Dickmann for a city blitz and the health department to survey methods.
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ST. Louis
Hamlin
Robert Browning
Mississippi
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Bernard Dickmann
City Health Department
Revival Set at Bethlehem Church by Local Clergy
Rev L B E and Rev Carl Green will lead a two service revival at Bethlehem church in Morgan County starting Sunday August 25 with dinner on the ground. The afternoon program features the Gospel team from Central Baptist Church Decatur and Mrs Luke Sharp and her children from Louisville Kentucky.
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W. L. McCutcheon
Vann Ryan
Billy Moore
Charles Moore
Athens
Little Jean Woolet
George Woolet
Roy Moore
Herma McKee
Missouri
McKee
U. S
Elmer Lee
Hartselle
Bobby
Mary
Barton
Margaret Ann
Lacey
Mt. Tabor
Thompson Ball Park
Deaths Decline in Alabama Health Report
Alabama health records show 1939 appendicitis toll at 270 the lowest on record and measles deaths at 63, down from 179 the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Health Department
Gadsden Set to Vote on 175000 Educational Bond Issue
Gadsden citizens will vote August 27 on whether to float a 175000 bond to expand the city's educational system. Proposals include a new 16 room building and additions to several existing structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Negro shifts to Willkie in 1940 Republican bid
Robert L. Vann, prominent negro leader and publisher of The Pittsburgh Courier, declares support for Wendell L. Willkie. He notes earlier backing for Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 and cites Roosevelt’s recent changes in policy and approach as a factor in his shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Robert L. Vann
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Pittsburgh Courier
Fat Friends Prove Worth In Battle Balloons
Britain praises fat balloons or barrage balloons as effective defense tools. Military experts say the tethered giants force German bombers to alter routes and aid RAF fighters, with over 500 German planes downed recently. Balloons also suffer occasional crashes as both sides engage the dangling cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Bunnelle
London
Britain
RAF
Building Permits Rise in Selma July and August
Building permits for July and the first half of August totaled 60321 dollars. A large amount of painting plastering and other improvements has stimulated business in Selma Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Vann Endorses Willkie in 1940 Race
Vann criticizes the other candidate for stirring fear of war and failing to speak for 13 million Black Americans over seven years in the White House. He praises Willkie as straightforward and sincere in his acceptance speech last Saturday.
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United States
White House
Vann
Willkie
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