Morley Tenn volunteers stand tall in wartime recruiting
Morley Tennessee earns fame as a volunteer town with 24 youths in the army and a recruiting mission aided by Carrie Witt at the village post office. Knoxville officer Sergeant LaPlante hails Witt as the nation’s star recruiter as Morley joins a growing peacetime mobilization across Tennessee and the fourth corps area.
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War Department
Morley
Tenn
Cumberland Mountains
Panama
Phillipines
Roy Branan
Roy
Carrie Witt
John B. LaPlante
Knoxville, Tenn
United States
Mexico
Brown
Mississippi Legion backs march for conscription action
Jackson Mississippi August 22 7 plans to organize a nationwide march on Washington if the conscription bill is not speedily passed win approval of Governor Paul B Johnson who says he is sympathetic to preparedness The Mississippi Legion Commander Clyde McGehee calls a statewide mass meeting after Greenville Post demands immediate enactment of conscription with a possible march on Washington if Congress fails to act
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi American Legion
Washington
Paul B. Johnson
Congress
Mississippi Legion
Clyde McGehee
Vicksburg
Greenville Post
Community Notes from Morgan County and Shoal Creek Revival
Local visits fill weekends in Morgan County with Clemons and Clemons families hosting relatives from Moulton and Decatur. Revival services at Shoal Creek church begin Sunday August 25 with dinner on the ground and invitations to attend.
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Corinth
Othell Hogan
Anna Myrtle
Fay Nell Hogan
T. A. Price
Temple
O. W. Hogan
Grace Evans
Vivian
Guthrie
J. D. Bonds
Gleeda Hogan
Rosevelt Legg
Piney Grove
Oscar Edmondson
Ebernezer
J. W. Clemons
Hendrix Clemons
Moulton
Ruth Philips
Battle Ground
Cullman County
Willard Colman
Walter Clemons
Dack Lee
Mildred Lee
John Bean
Hartselle
Pauline Blankenship
Decatur
Farrest Alexander
Little Son
Near Center
Walter McGhee
Barney Maples
Shoal Creek Church
Tommie Clemons
Natural Bridge
Clefhon
Will Riley
John Riley
Louise Clemons
Budges Clemons
Mildred
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Alsadie Sandlin
Kyle McGhee
Annie B. Bishop
Ruba McCarley
Kas state senate race faces half vote tie risk
Topeka August 22 final returns show Otto H Kuether from Herington with 243 votes while 243.05 votes were needed for the Democratic nomination. Courts may decide Kuether's political fate amid the slim margin and potential tally dispute.
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Kas
Otto H. Kuether
Herington
Kuether
Local Social Notes Highlight Decatur Visits
Sunday evening update mentions Miss Izetta Braswell visiting friends in Decatur for a week. Albert Turrentine of Decatur is noted as having spent a few days here last week.
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Gan
Izetta Braswell
Decatur
Albert Turrentine
Community Notes From Landersville and Nearby
Mrs. T. M. Wilson from Five Points spent Thursday and Friday with friends and enjoyed the Methodist revival. Several families and visitors from Birmingham Tanner Athens and Decatur gather for church activities and cemetery cleanup at Landersville with a large crowd and lunch.
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Five Points
Allen Wilson
Tanner
William Warren
M. J. Carrol
Mr. Foster
Gadsden
Harold Montgomery
Birmingham
Hubert Montgomery
Dana Counts
Benford Montgomery
Alford Thompson
W. J. Montgomery
Norene Montgomery
Athens
Tuscumbia
Mildred Jackson
Decatur
A. B. Young
Ruth Goslin
Joppa
Ala
Elmer Miller
West
Sum West
Black
Luther Smith
Oleta Suthern
Neema Maddox
Beatrice Carro
Jean
Old Prospect Cemetery
Landersville
Lawrence Latham
Fennell Latham
Claud Cunningham
Arthur Roberts
Alton Martin
James Martin
Local society notes from Morgan County Austinville
Mrs. R L Campbill visited Mrs. Carl Cooper and Mrs. Burnt Lott. Guests at the Cooper home over the weekend included the Compton family and PF Gillis of Trinity. Several Hendon and Owens family members are noted visiting and a wedding linked De catur to Austinville. Rev Waters preached at the Southwestern Seminary pastor Bud Bynum's revival in Clanton.
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Corinth
Don Walker
Upshaw
Euell Blair
Benevolent Society Hospital
Cora Morgan
Willie Morgan
J. W. Holland
Beulah
Melvin Aldredge
Grady Mor
R. L. Campbill
Carl Cooper
Buin Lott
G. 8
Compton
Bibert Compton
Milton
Dewey Compton
PF. T. Gillisple
Trinity
Alton Compton
Missouri
G. W. Compton
Huntsville
Robert Hill
Hartselle
Carl Cooper, Jr
L. G. Manley
Mrs. Burntt
Ruthrea Hendon
J. M. Hendon
John Jones
Rayburn Wallace
Ruby Hendon
Birmingham
Dennis Hendon
Rule Hendon
Hollis
Burn Lott
C. B. Hendon
Frances Hendon
Wallace Hogan
Gon. Willard
Danville
Linka Bess Owens
Decatur
Tidwell Voss
Austinville
Drew Voss
Atlanta
Walter Moebes
Carl Hendon
E. W. Schrader
Sarah
Joe Stephens
Kingston
Tennessee
Waters
Southwestern Seminary
Bud Bynum
Clanton
Fire Chief Pursues Lost Big Fish Tale Ends Abruptly
Warren Pa August 22 Fire Chief Douglas Kropf known for his battle spirit chased a large fish that escaped with his spinner leader and hook while fishing near the riverbank last month. The tale captures his famed stubborn streak and love of a hard-fought catch.
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Warren
Douglas Kropf
Kropt Hooks 17 Inch Bass in Lost-Tackle Catch
At the same location Kropt hauled in a 17 inch bass. The fish mouth held the tackle he had previously lost, making the catch notable for its ironic trophy.
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Kropt
U. S. Exports Climb Amid War Demand in 1940
Commerce Department reports U S exports soared during the first ten months of Europe’s conflict. Shipments to British Empire ports and the Far East rose, with Britain absorbing about 46 percent of total goods sent abroad. Other regions share: Latin America 20 percent, other Europe 26.5 percent, Far East 9 percent, Africa and South Seas remainder.
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United States
Commerce Department
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Navia
Mediterranean
Empire
Latin America
Far East
Africa
South Seas
Near East
Local Social News From Limestone County不足
Limstone County notes report visitors and family
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