Regular GOP Wins Tests in New York Primary
Henry Leader reports the Republican organization backed 16 incumbents and defeated several Democratic and ALP challengers in New York's primary. Upstate gains included re-nominations for six GOP reps. notable losses included Baldwin to Coudert and Marcantonio in East Harlem. Powell retained multiple nominations and married to pianist Hazel Scott.
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Henry
Albany
N. Y
New York
New
New York City
Joseph Clark Baldwin
Vito Marcantonio
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Upstate
Augustus W. Bennet
Newburgh
Katharine St. George
Tuxedo Park
St. George
Tate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bennet
Baldwin
Congress
Frederick R. Coudert Jr
Ffresh
Ailes
East Harlem
Yorkville
Congresses
Marcantonio
Frederic V. P. Bryan
Bryan
Tammany
Patrick J. Hannigan
Harlem
Powell
Reublican
At Reynolds
Harold E. Simmelkjaer
ALP
Simmelkjaer
Hazel Scott
John Taber
Daniel Reed
W. Sterling Cole
Walter G. Andrews
Edward J. Elsaesser
John C. Butler
Donald L. O'Toole
Brooklyn
O'Toole
Hurley
William B. Barry
George H. Rooney
Queens
Decatur Negro Dies at Home
Willie A. Mills 74 year old resident of Decatur dies at his home 425 West Arch Street He lived in Decatur all his life and ran a shoe shop for over 50 years Funeral services set for 2 PM Thursday at the C M E church Madison and West Cherry Streets Burial in city cemetery
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Willie A. Mills
West Arch Street
Decatur
Madison and
West Cherry Streets
City Cemetery
GM car output rises in latest week
General Motors divisions report last week produced 23 194 passenger cars, up from 21 113 the week before. Year to date GM car production totals 928, with 1 385 905 built in US plants in 1941 equivalent period.
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Detroit
General Motors Automobile
United States
Two Men Held After Post Office Break In
Two men held at the county jail in Clanton after pistol point takeover of the Mountain Creek post office. Sheriff J. A. Nivens identified Ivy Lunsford Lackey of Gallatin Tennessee and Garland Odom of Birmingham as the suspects charged with unlawfully presenting firearms.
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Clanton
Ala
Pistol Point
Mountain Creek
J. A. Nivens
Ivy Lunsford Lackey
Gallatin
Tenn
Garland Odom
Birmingham
Handy funnel from a corner of an envelope
A simple funnel can be made to fill salt pepper or powder boxes by cutting a small portion from the tip of an envelope corner. The result is a quick improvised tool suitable for light household use.
Markets Wall Street by Victor Eubank
New York August 21. Individual stocks made headway with many leaders idle. Early trading showed slow activity with best marks in the forenoon. gains softened into losses by close amid irregular trading. Transfers about 700000 shares. notable performers included Montgomery Ward and International Harvester among others. Bond activity narrow. Chicago corn and oats edged lower while barley rose slightly. cotton slipped late.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Montgomery Ward
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Consolidated Edison
Air Reduction
Johns-Manville
South Porto Rico
Markets At A Glance Mixed Stocks And Record Cattle
New York markets show mixed stocks with some advances and bonds slightly lower. Cotton rises on mill buying, corn sharply lower with oats down in sympathy, hogs down 1 to 1.50, top price 21.50, cattle active with higher highs and record top at 28.40 on better grades and mixed weaker grades.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures end lower as outside selling and weak weather weigh
New York cotton futures rose only modestly amid slow trading. Mill buying and New Orleans demand met limited offerings while outside selling pushed prices down to new day lows. The weekly weather report showed general improvement except Texas and Oklahoma.
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New York
New Orleans
Government
Texas
Oklahoma
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville fillet livestock market notes cattle 400 fed eral and state reports show canner and cutter cows steady but other categories very slow with low undertone. Prices listed for carrier and cutter cows 7.26 to 9.50, beef cows 10.00 to 12.50, bulls 10.00 to 13.25, cutter and common heifers 8.50 to 11.00, medium heifers 14.25. Calves 300 with choice dealers mostly absent.
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Nashville
State Departments of Agriculture
First Sgt Lambert Shot From Plane in Ejection Seat Test
Dayton Ohio August 21 The air materiel command announced that First Sgt Lawrence Lambert 29 of Berkeley West Virginia became the first person in the United States to be ejected from a high speed aircraft using a pilot ejection seat. He rode a P 61 at over 300 mph and 6000 feet altitude to a safe landing. His stand by was Cpl Harry J Berckheimer of Athens Wisconsin and the pilot was Capt J W McGuart of Canton Ohio. The test aimed to develop a safer ejection system for future supersonic planes.
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Dayton, O
Air Materiel Command
Lawrence Lambert
Berkeley
W. Va
United States
Lambert
Patterson Field
Harry J. Berickheimer
Athens
Wis
J. W McGuart
Canton
Air Material Command
July Cotton Consumption and Stocks Report
Census Bureau shows July cotton use at 729958 lint and 93798 linters, with June and prior July figures also listed. Yearly totals to July 31 include 9166060 lint and 1051104 linters, against the prior year. On hand in consuming states and in storage, plus spindles active, are given with month comparisons. Also includes unrelated vintage market prices for veal hogs sheep and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Close Call at Pentagon: Missed Gunshot Endangers Top Designer
Washington reports a 1942 Pentagon shooting near Maj. Gen. Gladeor M. Barnes, chief of the technical division, who dodged a bullet fired from a fifth floor window. The nine millimeter Luger trace links to a possible spy or accidental handling of a war trophy. Barnes later retired and joined Edward G. Budd Manufacturing in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
War Department
Gladeor M. Barnes
Once Department
FBI
Barnes
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Reimposition of Meat Ceilings Planned This Week
The relief board approves restoring ceilings on meats and soybeans with dairy products left free. Live animal controls may begin Friday with packet and wholesale ceilings following, aiming to curb higher prices and clear surplus. Grains largely left unrestricted except flaxseed by products.
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OPA
CIO
Cost of Living Committee
Paul Porter
Roy L. Thompson
Thompson
American View Sets Turkey Defiance in Dardanelles Crisis
The article outlines U S concerns that Russia aims to dominate Turkey and argues Turkey must stay independent and allied with the West. It notes a U S note urging Turkish responsibility for strait defense and warns that an attack would threaten international security and require UN Security Council action.
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Agean Islands
Turkey
Balkan
Russia
Ankara
Moscow
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Dean Acheson
Dardanelles
United Nations
Security Council of
Love Letters and Embezzlement Case at Pappy Boyington Trial
Mrs Lucy Malcolmson testifies at her preliminary hearing for embezzling part of $20 000 entrusted by Lt Col Gregory Pappy Boyington. She reads letters from the South Pacific describing romance and plans to marry another woman while Boyington was away. The Marine ace had proposed a Reno divorce before marrying Frances Baker on January 8.
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San Diego
Calif
Lucy Malcolmson
Pappy” Boyington
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
Malcolmson
Marine Flyer
Honey
America
Bovington
Joe Foss
Pappy
POUNDERS Seeks Congress From Tennessee Valley District
The candidate speaks of service endured and familiarity with veteran issues. He pledges to promote legislation for aid to veterans and all citizens, stressing equal opportunity, economic welfare, and development. He cites Washington experience and a record of solving district problems to win support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tennessee
Alabama Principals Meet for Annual Conference Opening
High school principals from across the state gathered in Montgomery for the three day annual meeting of the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals. State Education Commissioner A. R. Meadows was on this month’s program as principal speaker.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Association of
A. R. Meadows
Grand Jury Still Meets in Athens Race Riot Probe
Limestone County grand jury was in session at 1 p.m. today examining the Athens race riot that injured several Negroes and led to the arrest of 10 white men August 10. Circuit Judge James Crow Jr. planned to return Thursday for a report. he had left for Mobile for a conservation board meeting.
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Limestone County
Grand Jury
Athens
James Crow Jr
Crow
Mobile
State Advisory Board of Conservation
Jaycees Plan Charter Night for Decatur Chapter
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce announces charter night for September 4 at Somerville Road School. National JCCP president to present charter to Calvin Pettey, with State President Leon Banbridge and local officials in attendance. Fifty five members attended the previous dinner meeting. secretary Charles Parker reports.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Somerville Road
Calvin Pettey
Decatur Club
Pettey
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Leon Banbridge
H. R. Summer
Decatur Civic Clubs
Jaycees
Club
Charles Parker
Mrs Waugh Injured in Porch Fall at Home
Mrs H A Waugh of 1216 Ninth Avenue East suffered a broken left arm and facial cuts when she fell on the back porch steps at about 8 30 this morning. She was taken to the Decatur clinic by Brown's ambulance.
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H. A. Waugh
Ninth Avenue East
Decatur Clinic
Brown
Local Social Notes Highlight Picnics Visits and Meetings
The notice list includes a 6:30 pm picnic at 425 East Moulton Street hosted by Mrs. J. F. Levin, with several regional residents visiting relatives in Decatur and Hartselle. Church groups plan evening services at Southside Baptist and Westminister Presbyterian, and speakers join from Montgomery for the Baptist Brotherhood’s charter night.
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Business and
J. F. Levin
East Moulton Street
E. E. Cox
Montgomery
Baptist Brotherhood of Alabama
Organization of the Brotherhood of the Southside Baptist Church
Woodalls
Operetta to Be Thursday at Greenwood Ark
The two act operetta And The Golden Slip will be staged Thursday at 7 30 p m under the direction of Harvey and Mrs L M Livingston at Greenwood Ark Cinderella is played by Charlotte Birdsong with Henry Walk as the prince Jo Ann Parker is the god mother Betty Faye Terry and Naomi Bolding are step sisters Don Dublin portrays Cupid Letha Nan Parker is the step mother Allen Moody plays the duke The fairies include Sue Tucker Patsy Byars Gail Allgood and others Lords include John Henry Turney Julian Jervis Walter Bolen Fred Wright Jackie Bentley Wallace Bryant Bobby Jervis Billy Joe Edgeman Ladies include Faye Tucker Gloria Tucker Betty Ann Moody and others The chorus lists many local names.
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Harvey
Mrrs
L. M. Livingston
Greenwood Ark
Cinderella
Charlotte Birdsong
Henry Walk
Prince
Jo Ann Parker
Betty Faye Terry
Naomi Bolding
Don Dublin
Cupid
Letha Nan Parker
Allen Moody
Sue Tucker
Patsy Byars
Gail Allgood
Susanne McBride
Nell Collier
Peggy Self
Judy Ewig
Joan Harper
Sydney Garnett
Elaine Livingston
Gail Walters
Carolyn Sue Walters
Joyce Ray
Ae Ray
John Henry Turney
Julian Jervis
Walter Bolen
Fred Wright
Jackie Bentley
Wallace Bryant
Bobby Jervis
Billy Joe Edgeman
Faye Tucker
Gloria Tucker
Betty Ann Moody
Mary Nell Thompson
Betty Sue West
Shirley Boyd
Joe Ann Livingston
Mickey Morrison
Ben Sherman
Jerry Garnett
Marguerite Livingston
Reba Jane Tucker
Jimmy Tucker
Monta Faye Rogers
Jean Rogers
Barbara Meadows
Mona Ray Kelley
Gail Simms
Evelyn Dinsmore
Dotha Dean Shannon
Shots Exchanged In Mississippi Racial Clash
In Collins Mississippi two white men Ernest Earl McDonald Jr and Oscar Moore were arrested on charges of attempted rape of two Negro girls. After the incident shots were fired into the air as the assailants pursued the girls toward their home. Both men face a justice of the peace hearing the next day on warrants based on affidavits from the Negro girls.
Alabama welfare payments rise in July as caseload climbs
Public assistance case load increased by 371 from June to July, with welfare payments reaching 51,163 in July, up from 50,792 in June. The number of approved cases withheld due to insufficient funds rose, totaling 2,586 in July after 1,824 in June, according to Director Laula Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Laula Dunn
Miss Dunn
Homland performers and Salem girls slated for Sunday program
Chairman Doyle Walker announced the program featuring the Homeland singers and the Salem girls. Price M Bryant, longtime former singing chairman, was noted. Several hospital admissions were reported at Decatur General and Baughs infirmary, with births and a tonsillectomy listed, plus a Red Cross visit and sugar stamp expiration noted.
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Doyle Walker
Homeland Singers
Salem Girls
Price M. Bryant
Singing
For Sale 1941 Ford Deluxe A-1 Condition
Car advertised as 1941 Ford Deluxe in A-1 condition with five like new tires. Sale on August 24 and 25 at Ira Hall’s on Rt. 1 in Moulton, five miles south of town. See Homer Warren for details.
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Homer Warren
Ira Hall
Rt. 1
Moulton
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Roger Slaughter
D.-Mo
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Atlanta
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Jimmie Nell
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Belle Rogers
Hartselle
William B. West
Robert A. Bailey
Somerville 2
Calvin Winton
Somerville
Barbara Carolyn
Linda Ann Slaten, Hartselle
Roy E. Griffin
Southside Baptist Church
Turner Davis Jr
James W. McCain
Guntersville
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Price Control Board
John A. Troxler
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Paul Eubanks
G. M. Davenport
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Cullman County
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Decatur General Hospital
Bill Nelson
Decatur 2
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Harold Dixon
Sixth Avenue North
J. M. Wilkinson
Baugh’s Infirmary
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Cullman
W. D. Williamson Jr
Falkville 2
Baugh's Infirmary
Walter Seaward
Madison 3
Sarah Frances McCutcheon
Paul Wilson
Register
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E. R. Bradley
Edward R. Bradley
Idle Hour Stock Farm
St. Paul Catholic Church
Lexington
Col. Bradley
APW
James L. Rankin
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