British Cabinet Meets as War Tensions Rise in Europe
Reported Brussels talks involve Norway Finland and Denmark with Belgium to discuss King Leopold III’s role. Halifax reiterates policy of using full strength against further German aggression as Hore-Belisha returns from vacation to confer with Daladier on wartime prospects.
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Netherlands
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Brussels
Represen
Belgium
Leopold
Lord Halifax
Halifax
Germany
Italy
Ten
Downing Street
Chamberlain
Scotland
Paris
Leslie Hore-Belisha
French Riviera
Dal_ oe
War Ministry
Belisha
Daladier
France
Great Britain
College discussions reveal Nazi ties claim at university
Sherman testifies before a Senate committee regarding Otto Kraus a German professor at Tampa University accused of Nazi sympathies and alleged propaganda. He describes Kraus as democratic liberal and explains attacks accusing him of improper German skills false and untrue outcomes.
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Sherman
Rhea Whitley
Otto Kraus
Tampa University
Whitley
Kraus
America
von Und Zu Peckelsheim
Decatur notes include hospital updates and local visits
Miss Mattie Lee Smith in Morgan County Sanatorium receives thanks from Hh Mt Methodist youths. Local residents report births and recoveries at Baugh's Infirmary and Hamilton Clinic, plus church revivals, homecomings, and community notices across Decatur and nearby areas.
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Mattie Lee Smith
Morgan County Sanatorium
Hh Mt. Methodist Church
Escapes Injury After Bee Line Highway Crash
Charles Darrah escaped injury when a car skidded on wet pavement on Bee Line Highway 1030 Saturday and crashed into guard rails. The vehicle suffered substantial damage but no injuries were reported.
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Charles Darrah
Sherman
Bee Line
Tom Carroll Pardoned in Alabama Clemency List
Governor Dixon announced nine pardons and 98 permanent paroles. One pardon and 112 parole applications were denied. Pardon recipients include Carl Bruce Chambers County Tom Carroll Morgan Carlos Crane Franklin Vandy Dossett Mobile Leo Duncan Lamar Jessie Dunkin Dallas Horace Tine Cherokee J Morrow Marshall Herman Willis Madison Harvey Phillips Tuscaloosa. Tom Hobertson freed after eight years of a life sentence for murder.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
State Board of Pardons
Carl Bruce
Chambers County
Tom Carroll
Morgan
Carlos Crane
Franklin
Vandy Dossett
Mobile
Leo Duncan
Lamar
Jessie Dunkin
Dallas
Horace Tine
Cherokee
J. ¥. Morrow
Marshall
Herman Willis
Madison
Harvey Phillips
Tuscaloosa
Tom Hobertson
Sumpter County Negro
Capitol Trusty
Shaw's testimony figures in New Orleans trial
Shaw testified in the Leche Weiss case but his Dallas testimony cannot be used due to lack of cross examination. The hearing sought to remove Burford to New Orleans without success. The piece notes a second violent death in the investigations, detailing George Heidelberg a LSU student employment official who killed himself a month earlier. Shaw, a Shreveport dentist and Calcote Shaw Oil partner, was injured when his car overturned near an underpass west of town. He was treated for shock and later a gunshot was heard after he disappeared to a bathroom.
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Shaw
Dallas
Leche-Weiss
Burford
New Orleans
George Heidelberg
Louisianatate University
National Youth Administration
Shreveport
Calcote-Shaw Oil Company
Huey P. Long
Minerals
T Here
Fire Rages in Distant Japanese Concession Area
A massive blaze lit up a distant part of the Japanese concession as the city endured heavy distress with the British and other areas suffering too. The scene showed widespread destruction and a large fire portending extensive damage.
First Aid Class Set to Start Tonight at Decatur Plant
A Red Cross first aid class will open tonight at the Decatur Ice and Coal Company plant with instructors Roland Langley and William Dorsey. The course is open to ice and coal company employees and others who wish to enroll.
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Decatur Ice and Coal Company
Roland Langley
William Dorsey
The
Ice and Coal Company
Boxers from Tuscumbia and Russellville to box DeKalb battlers tonight
The combined Tuscumbia and Russellville boxing teams visit the Armory for an 8 15 pm card against the Decatur club. Nine bouts are listed with weights from 110 to 150 pounds and expected overflow crowds.
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Tuscumbia
Russellville
Decatur Battlers
Tracas
Encne
Eugene Worley
Bobby Henson
Blondie Miller
Red Berry
Charles Lindsay
Hoyt Isom
Jease Christian
Robert Wilson
Jack
Europe tensions rise over Hongkong and Shanghai incidents
The report notes defensive measures taken as Japan threatens to block Hongkong and strains British Japanese ties in Shanghai after two Japanese police members were killed by a British officer. Flooding cripples Tientsin as authorities consider policy shifts amid potential US arms embargo.
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Britain
Hongkong
China
Shanghai
China Coast
International Settlement Police
Tientsin
Tenye
Asahi
Japan
United States
Negro boxing list announced for Decatur fight at Lakeside Park
The Flor ence Negro high school team released its boxers to face the Decatur fighters Wednesday night at Lakeside Park. The lineup includes Mobile Kid 126, Dynamite Suggs 186, Bob Crittenden 187, Pretty Boy Scruggs 139, Chained Lightning 140, Terror Thompson 159, Jabbing Jackson 149 1 2, Hack Vaughan 201, Real McCoy 170, and The Phantom 190.
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Florence
Decatur
Lakeside Park
the Mobile Kid
Dynamite Suggs
Bob Crittenden
Pretty Boy Scruggs
Chained Lightning
Terror Thompson
Jabbing Jackson
Hack Vaughan
Real McCoy
the Phantom
European war fears push stocks lower on New York markets
Wall Street moved down as European war fears dominated trading. Leaders fell 1 to more than 3 points with many near July lows and turnover around 850000 shares. Overnight headlines suggested a possible show-down for hostilities or peace this week.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
York
Markets at a Glance and Cotton Futures, Aug 21
New York stocks weak amid war fears and broad market retreat bond losses run 1 to 3 points curb industrials lead decline cotton futures rallying from early lows with old contracts steady at modest losses in New Orleans futures. Prices show mixed signals across commodities and livestock markets with hogs rising and cattle weakening.
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New York
Chicago
N. C
Orleans
Spot Cotton News from New Orleans Aug 21
Spot cotton closed quiet and unchanged with 2,919 bales sold. Prices reported as low middling 7.68, middling 8.88, good middling 9.23. Receipts 1,205 bales. total stocks 345,630.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Prices Mixed in New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on August 21 cottonseed oil closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 5.60N. Prime crude touched 437 1-2-4.50, with September 5.03B and October 5.14B. Prices for December to March futures ranged 5.28 to 5.48B, B-bid and N-nominal notes recorded.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures close steady at Memphis market
Pilmé cottonseed meal futures (41 percent) closed quiet in Memphis on August 21. Prices listed for August through March contracts range from 20.25 to 21.50 with 200 sales reported.
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Tenn
Chicago Poultry Prices and Weights Report
Chicago market report lists live poultry prices by weight and breed on Aug 21. Hens under 4 1/2 lbs sell around 13 to 14 cents per pound, leghorn hens about 10 1/2, broilers near 2 1/2, colored Plymouth Rock lines around 12 to 15 cents, roosters about 10 1/2, ducks at 4 1/2, geese 10, and turkeys toms 13 with hens 14.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
Roosters
Ducks
Chicago Creamery Prices and Receipts Report
In Chicago on August 21 butter and egg markets show weak demand with a total butter stock of 1,293,395 units and a 93 score for creamery products. Current receipts include 12 storages packed firsts at 15 3 4 and 9 576 eggs graded extra firsts with local firsts at 14 1-2 to 16 1-4 across several categories.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices and Trends Report
Salable cattle 1200 calves 250 mostly steady with good fed steers at 8.00, heifers 8.25, grain on grass steers 7.50 down. Beef cows to 6.25, canners 3.00-4.50. Top bulls 5.50. Vealers to 9.50. Hogs 400, top 6.05, most 5.15-6.05, sows 4.15. Sheep 100, spring lambs 8.25 down, fat ewes 2.00-2.75.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
City Attorney Denies Tax Increase Rumor
John A. Caddell, city attorney, dismissed rumors the city plans a tax rate hike in areas not under a federal order. He noted the city is not considering such action and that any increase would require a state constitutional change to raise the levy above the current cap.
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John A. Caddell
Caddell
Two Aniston Girls Hurt In Car Collision
Miss Virginia Browning and Miss Pauline Mitchell of An niston were injured when the car they rode in with William Speegle of De- in collided. Browning suffered a broken nose while Mitchell had a scalp cut.
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Virginia Browning
Anniston
Pauline Mitchell
William Speegle
Rotary Club Heard Patterson on Civic Progress
Patterson spoke to the Decatur Rotary Club on what Rotary can do to help the city. He urged wholehearted civic cooperation to keep the city clean and attractive and outlined actions by the city government to improve finances and health standards.
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Rotary
St. John Guildhouse
Caruso” Meadows
Fritz Shubert
Sonny Jones
Nancy Wilson
Frank Chevrolet
Catskill
New York
Bar Cook
Hartselle
O. Payne
Legg
Hill
Peck
Patterson
Car collision at Tanner road and Bee Line highway injures none
A two car crash at the intersection of Tanner road and Bee Line highway Sunday at 5 pm involved drivers Speegle and Ben F. Hughes of Huntsville. Both cars suffered heavy damage while Misses Mitchell and Browning were treated in Huntsville. Highway Patrolmen McNeese and Hale investigated.
Notice to Cheese Factory Subscribers Meet August 29 1939
Legal notice to subscribers of Capital Stock of the Cheese Factory calling a meeting on August 29 1939 at 7 30 p m in the ons Hotel Chamber of Commerce assembly room. Purpose to perfect the organization as set forth in the prospectus elect officers board of directors and transact proper business. Signed H Fe Kloepfer W W Dinsmore August 21 23 25.
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Ons Hotel
Chamber of Commerce Assembly Room
H. FE. Kloepfer
W. W. Dinsmore
One Arrest Made As Still Raided
A white man charged with operating a still was jailed in Morgan County after a weekend raid five miles west of Decatur. The 300 gallon still was destroyed by Sheriff W T Willoughby and deputies Bibb Humphrey and Candler. Bond set at 750 dollars remained unsecured.
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Morgan County
Decatur
W. T. Willoughby
Bibb Humphrey
Candler
Athens social notices highlight bridge gatherings and a Fayetteville marriage
Mrs. Harry Taft hosts a Friday bridge at her Fayetteville highway home with a long guest list and prize winners. Dr. Cecil Naftel of Birmingham visits Athens. another tea event on East Bryan Street honors several former Athens girls with nearly a hundred attendees. A quiet Lafay ette ceremony unites Miss Ruth Clark and Leon Ingram with two attendants.
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Harry Taft
Bridge
Fayetteville Highway
Mesdames
T. B. Chestnutt
C. J. Hayden
R. M. Reeves
Roy Thomas
F. G. Peer
Charles H.long
Fred Martin
M. W.dupree
Grigsby Christopher
James Beasley
M. A. Ones
Herbert Dupree
Grady Spence
J. R. Smotherman
William Keeble
Kirk Henry
Harold Lovvorn
Joe Gentry
W. C Chambers
Mary Lillian Feigley
D. J. Wilson
Curtis Hester
R. B. Patton, Jr
H. T. Breedlove
Alfred London
R. H. McGuire
Walter Bailey
Charles Long
Roy
Paul Ragan
G. Phillips
E. F. Puryear
T. T. Martin
Macca Martin
R. C. Martin
Mary Martin
Frances Hightower
Elizabeth Malone
Gertrude Sanders
Murfreesboro
Bettie Lee Martin
Ruth Clark
Cordell Clark
Fayetteville
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Rufus Harris
Tulane University
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von Peckelsheim
Dies
German Publica
Gern
Decatur’s
T. L. McRae
Lawrence McRae
J. A. McRae
New Market
Paul Newman
Mrs. J. Ll. McCormick
Hunteville
Leonard Grizeard
Decatur Route Three
Luther
W. L. Spearman
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Wm. Warren
Flint
Moss’ Chapel
Us.pitts
Athens
Oak Forest Methodist Church
R. F. McDonald
Pitts
Valley
Oak Forest
J. S. Birdyshaw
Courtland
Baugh's Infirmary
Henry Knoblock
Fifth Avenue
East
Alvin Roberts
Huntsville
Baugh’s Infirmary
Mary E. Turner
Harvest Route 1
Sadie Standridge
Danville
Route 3
Baugh’'s Infirmary
Wadsworth Street
Drinkard-Howell
Curtis Pickens
James Curtis
McAfee- Young
Tenth Avenue
West
Southside Baptist Church
A. L. Burns
Monroe
J. ‘A. Chambers
Ardmore
Charley Ed Howell
J. E Bean
Blue Springs
Irwin J. Quinn
Gilbert Fowler
E. J. St. John
Elbert Weaver
Ford Wear
Will Spanable
J. B.gurley
Plorette
Martha Harris
Wallace Meadows
Vivian Harris
Birmingham
J. M. Maxwell
Hot Strings
Ark
George C. Little
Chattanooga
Paul C. Davis
Riverside
United State Pipe Team
Willie Maude Crutchfield
Hot Springs, Arkansas
R. W. Shepherd
Rufus, Jr
Jimmie Sanders
WPA
Maysville
Madison County
Winifred Sentiff
Emmt Service
New York City
J. O Morrison
Aline
Mary Ann
Berett
Snyder
Texas
Rogersville
Scottsboro
Z. K
Morrison
Mary Lou Dancy
Hatfield's Lake
Fiota Mainard
Mrs. Louis Barber
Haleyville
Mrs. H. P. Still
Ferry Street
L. Haley
New Orleana
James Stipe
Kentucky
Imogene Halbrooks
Montevallo
W. H. Stewart
Benevolent Society Hospital
L. M. Aday, Jr
Benevolent Society Eec
Y. A. McClanahan
Vinemont
Bill Curtis
Larry Dye
Dorothy Frasier
A. L Frazier
Orman Prazier
A. L. Prazier
Meadows
Cooh Fart Selie
C. H. Hart Eelle, Jr
Ray Hartselle
R. C. Meadows and Son
Clark
P. O. Buetner
H. P. Cloyd
Hermitage
Ben Johnston
the Valley Country Club
Dorothy Ownes
D. H. Moore
Te 3
S. A. Waldman
Katherine NeSmith
Tanner Route 1
M. B. Wear
L. E. Strickland
Moulton
Q. A. Nelson
Route 1
Clarice “Lee
Florencé Normal
Robert Rice
Mrs
W. D. Jackson
Montevallo, Ala
Smith
sSomerville
Hamil Clinic
Clarence Kemp
Hamil
Moulton Heights
Drinkard- Howell
William Horn
W. J. Cornelius
Buttrey Apartments
Oak Street
Lauris Letz
TVA
Mrs. D. Terry
Shirley Irene
B. J. Thompson
Curtis Speakman
RL Schultz
Clarence Landrum
Europe
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