Atlanta and Tennessee schools delayed over polio outbreak
Polio cases rise as Georgia and Tennessee health officials postpone city and county school openings to September 15 to curb spread. In Atlanta 475 cases since June 1 prompt joint health statement. Rural schools in Hamilton County close with 54 cases total, many fearing epidemic impact. An iron lung transfer failed to save 15 year old Donald McMahan in Alabama.
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Dothan
Montgomery
States Health Department
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Selma
Atlanta
Pulten
DeKalb County
James F. Hackney
Rufus Payne
Fulton County Health Department
Oghattanooga
Tenn
Arthur L. Rankin
Tural
T. H. Me
Chattanooga
Still No Polio Report From Morgan County Health Office
Morgan County reports no infantile paralysis cases this year and residents express relief that the disease has not yet ravaged the county, unlike many others in the state.
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Morgan’ County
Morgan
Segregation Plan Tied To Georgia Prisons
Royal K. Mann of Georgia's state prison and parole commission announced a plan to segregate white and Black prisoners as a step to rehabilitation. He said 62 percent of convicts are Black and outlined separate camps for whites and Blacks across county and state facilities.
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Atlanta
Geor
Royal K. Mann
Prij and Parole Commission
Georgia
Reidsville
Fayetteville
Pris
Anniston Legion Seeks Name Change Proposal
Anniston American Legion in Anniston Alabama says it will ask the city utilities commission to rename Lindbergh Drive at the Om mating next Tuesday. Post commander Brittain and the post will present a formal resolution asking the commission to approve the rename after a report from its membership committee.
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Anniston
Ala
Anniston American’ Legion
pe @ity commission
Brittain
Merrrenien Committee
Markets and Stocks Mixed as Trading Narrow Leads Slim Pickings
New York markets show irregular activity with meat leaders in short supply. Trading around 375000 shares, with July and August futures mixed amid offsetting gains and losses.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Market Report
Wholesale poultry prices in Chicago show 55 live trucks and steady to mixed changes. Notable quotes include hens at 15 to 19 1/2 pounds and Plymouth Rock and White Rock at 18 1/2 to 19 1/2 pounds with minor shifts and no major price movements.
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Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Profit taking from the long side shapes markets
Cotton news from New Orleans on August 22 notes profit taking from the long side influencing fresh trading sentiment. Limited context suggests cotton markets respond to shifting positions and buyer activity.
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N. C
New Orleans
Farm Bureau leader defends food costs rise at Arkansas meet
President Edward A. O Nea l of the American Farm Bureau Federation says there is no valid basis for complaints about higher food costs. He argues farmers lack two billion dollars yearly in parity and condemns a Congress bill freezing stocks and permitting excess wheat feeding, urging a Roosevelt veto.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Farm —Bureau
O'Neal
Congress
Roosevelt
New Addition At Infirmary Under Construction
A $10,000 addition to Baughs Infirmary began this morning. The two story wing will adjoin the southwest side, with a first floor laboratory and an upper sun room. Brick and stone construction measures 4 by 15 feet, blending with the existing building. Lord and Burnham of Des Plaines Illinois are the architects and J E Condra of Decatur is the builder. Completion is expected in about six weeks.
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Baugh’'s Infirmary
Lord and Burnham
Des Plaines
Ilinois
J. E. Condra
Decatur
Barn Destroyed by Fire at Mt Hope
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Elmer Counts barn at Mt Hope Thursday night. Eight mules and a cow perished in the flames. The blaze started about 10:00 and consumed a large amount of hay and corn stored in the barn.
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Elmer Counts
Mt. Hope
Salable cattle and hog markets update from Nashville market
Market notes show 150 calves salable with mixed cattle prices up to 12.00 for fed steers and yearlings, 7.26 to 10.75 for common to good grades, and fat cows 7.50 plus. Hogs steady to 20 higher with top pigs around 11.50 to 11.46, sows at 8.96. Sheep and lambs offered 100 head with lambs 6.50 to 6.50 and wethers 10.73 to 11.25, prices 75 cents to 1 dollar above last week. Late sales strong for choice done in.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Wheat Prices Rise But Close Largely Steady
Chicago wheat edged up about a cent to near last week’s four year high before profit taking pulled gains. Prices ended mixed with September at 1.12 1 2 and December 1.16 3 8 1 4, while corn and oats moved within narrow ranges.
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Chicago
Riley reunion draws large crowd near Priceville
A large crowd attended the Riley reunion on August 17 at Roberson Grove near Priceville. Dinner was served picnic style. Many relatives from Decatur Somerville Union Birmingham Florence Hartselle Brooksville and New Center joined Mr. and Mrs. Riley and numerous children for a day of fellowship and a reported fine time.
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Riley
Roberson Grove
Priceville
Willie Riley
Ivlyn
Eloise
Willie, Jr
Hurbert Gilbert and Son
Jimmie Riley
Decatur
Elbert Riley
Joe, Aleese
Allie Fay
Brooksville
Tom Riley
Made
James Author
New Center
Myrtle Riley
Katherline
Mary
Martha
Neda
Somerville
Hilary Riley
Union
M. Morrow
Edward
Wilma
Vera
Hollis
Craton
Clide Grantland
Gene
Jerry
Kenneth
Harold
Harold Smith
Alvis Sherry
Doris Dean
Arnold_ Riley
Decatorphi
Mack
Hurst
Vernon
Neonia
Maylon
Opal Hurst
Gilbert and Jerry
Laddys Hurst
Daniel
North
Birmingham
Cooper Brooms
Florence
H. L. Grantland
Mildred
Haddock
Jean
Buddy
Electra
Texas
Mattie Grantland
Hartselle
EB. G. Riley
Dorothy
Charles
Chalmers
Mary Smith
Nola
Cora Smith
Mabry McCutcheoh
Lyle
James
Francis Baker
Neel Garner
Virginia Walker
Fay Compton
James Slaten
Santa Prices Jump In London Toy Auction
London department stores report a sharp rise in Christmas toy prices with increases of 50 to 100 percent. Readily available items include pre war eye shifting dolls priced around 4 dollars, tin toy cars at about 1 cent, popguns at 1.10 dollars, and a bow and arrow set near 1.10 dollars, signaling higher costs for all but the wealthiest children.
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London
Great Britain
England
Navy May Lease Fort Morgan for Craft Base and Ammo Dump
Conservation Director Albert Gill and Lt Commander H M Sylvester conferred on a lease terms under which the navy would acquire a 3 acre tract at Fort Morgan at the mouth of Mobile Bay for one dollar a year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Navy
Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
Alabama
Albert Gill
H. Mact. Sylvester
VETS FIGHT TO SAVE DOGS IN ALA CLINIC ALERT
A group of veterinarians works around the clock in Florence Alabama to halt a rabies vaccine contamination blamed for 100 dog deaths and 1,300 illnesses. Dr. D Ingram and Dr. R S Bugg lead efforts as sulfanilimide treatment shows success. Other kennels in Rogersville Lexington Madison County report illnesses, while Morgan County maintains earlier vaccine supply causes no new cases.
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Florence
Ala
D. Ingram
R. S. Bugg
Auburn
Ingram
Rogersville
Lexington
Morgan County
Lauderdale County
Morgan
R. F P. South
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Madison County
Huntsville
Detroit Strikes Spread and Labor Talks Move Ahead
Detroit workers seized the plane factory and began a quick settlement while a three-day transit strike paralyzed city travel. AFL and CIO leaders held fresh talks as other national labor actions continued, including fatal clashes in Kentucky and new wage gains for New York dress workers.
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Detroit
AFL
CIO
Harlan County
Kentucky
OCIO
Gadsden Plant Hit by CIO Strike Action
The steel workers organizing committee called a strike at the Gadsden Republic Steel plant. A picket line formed as several hundred gathered to demand pay nearer to Birmingham district steel mills, a union shop and dues check off. The company said operations continued with reduced force.
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Gadsden
Ala
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Republic Steel Corp
Beddow
SWOC
Alabama
Birmingham
Local tax stamp change eyed for cigarettes
The article notes a proposed move to end the one cent cigarette tax stamp in favor of economy measures. wholesalers may in the future ship cigarettes in stamped cases only, simplifying administration and revenue collection.
U S Pilots Not In Fight Over Iceland
U S pilots stayed grounded during a Wednesday air alarm in Reykjavik as American built Tomahawk fighters and British aviators drove off a German Heinkel bomber without its dropping any bombs. The German aircraft vanished before firing range. U S anti aircraft batteries remained silent during the alert.
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Reykjavik
U. S
Iceland
North Atlantic
Ialand
Associated Press
Germany tightens siege around Odessa and fronts widen
German forces report the Black Sea port of Ochakov captured as combat grows across Ukraine and the Dnieper while Red Army casualties soar. A new Iran theater looms as Britain and Russia threaten action if Germans remain in Iran. Moscow says withdrawals east of the Dnieper continue amid heavy Luftwaffe attacks and renewed fighting near Leningrad.
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Odessa
Black Sea
Ochakov
Adolf Hitler
DNB
High Command
Germany
Ukraine
Dnieper
Kiev
Gomel
Leningrad
Wbstoniia
Lake Ladoga
Iran
Persia
London
Great Britain
Riza Khan Pahlavi
Hitler
Smolensk
Red Army
Moscow
Semeon Budyonny
Baltic
Berlin
Novgorod
Warsaw
Voroshilov
Far East
Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Soviet Pacific
Singapore
Decatur Diary items note births visits and sermons
Decatur notes a weekend trip for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson to Nashville and Sparta. Dr. John C. Cowell expected back to fill pulpit duties. William Lile Harris visits the Gibson home and is active in music in North Alabama. The piece also mentions sermons by Rev. Lansbury and Rev. Archibald, a birth of John Thomas Lyons, courtroom drunkenness arraignments, tonsillar operations, a military housing move for Lt. Wilington, and community notices including a speech by J. N. Powell on old age pensions. David Allen Alexander graduates from George Peabody College and will enter Vanderbilt Law School.
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William Lile Harris
Cherokee
Ala
D. D. Gibson
Harris
David Allen Gibson
North Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Dave Almon Alexander
Decatur
George Peabody College
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Tg l
T. H. Alexander
Franklin, Tenn
D. C. Almon
Miss Birmingham of 1941 Virginia McGraw Crowned
Virginia McGraw former Decatur girl won Miss Birmingham of 1941 at the Alabama Theatre. Gloria LeVinge placed the crown with McGraw becoming a noted dancer in the South and as Alabama’s representative at the National Showman's Jubilee in Atlantic City September 17.
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Virginia McGraw
Decatur
Birmingham
Magic City
McGraw
Alabama
Gloria Levinge
Hollywood
A. E. McGraw
South
Burt McKes
Atlantic City
G. P. Banniza
National Park Camp Seeks Senior Red Cross Life Saver
The Cheaha National Park camp near Anniston seeks a senior Red Cross life saver for duty through October 1. Morgan County residents qualified for the post are asked to call Red Cross at No 358 or the recreation office at No 179.
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Cheaha National Park
Anniston
Red Cross
Morgan County
Austinville to Meet Hanceville in Doubleheader at Alabama Park
The Austinville and Hanceville baseball teams clash in a Saturday doubleheader at Alabama Park with first pitch at 2 o clock DST. Both clubs are considered strong and a spirited afternoon of pastime is promised.
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Austinville
Hanceville
Alabama Park
Japan launches mobilization plan as Siam warns air raid drills
The Japanese cabinet approves a new mobilization plan to speed up material resource use for national defense and self sufficiency. Thailand urges air raid shelters while assuring citizens no attack is planned. In Shanghai the Japanese army builds barbed wire barriers around city limits, with officials saying it stops terrorists from entering or leaving.
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Japan
Thailand
Siam
Shanghai
Representative Young Attacks Harsh Military Judgment
Representative Young urges Secretary Stimson to reverse a ten year penal servitude and dishonorable discharge given to John Habinyak a New York selective service inductee. Young condemns Colonel Elliott and Lt Kraus saying the punishment for minor offenses shortly after induction is an injustice.
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Washington
Young
Ohio
Stimson
Secretary of War
John Habinyak
New York
Habinyak
Charles B. Elliott
Fort Brass
Gome
Vacrtl
Atlanta
Yourg
Leo J. Kraus
Roosevelt Defends Plane Production Amid Byrd Claims
President challenges Byrd on military plane output noting July production at 1465 versus 1500 forecast. He says May to July saw training planes rise and overall military aircraft output held steady due to design changes and testing to apply spring lessons.
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Office of Production Management
Byrd
Roosevelt
Gas Plans to Slash August Gasoline Use in East Coast
Federal authorities consider a 40 percent cut in gasoline consumption in the Eastern Seaboard States during the last two weeks of August. The recommendation comes from Deputy Petroleum Coordinator Ralph K H Davies and the Eastern Petroleum Marketing Board after two days of deliberation.
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New York
Eastern Seaboard
Ralph KH. Davies
Eastern Petroleum Marketing Board
Crisp Signs for Five-Year Term at Alabama
Dean James J. Doster of the University of Alabama announces coach Henry G. Crisp has signed a five year contract effective September 1 1941. Crisp will serve as assistant athletic director assistant varsity football coach and head basketball coach, marking twenty years of service and a reputation for developing great linemen.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
James J. Doster
University of Ala
Henry G. Crisp
Varsity
Doster
Crispis
Assis
Vars
Uni Aity
Crisp
University of Alabama
Frank W,mas
Univesity
Loyalty call urged for Young Democratic Clubs of Africa
Louisianan dispatch reports President Roosevelt urging Young Democratic Clubs of Africa to fly loyalty behind the president and accept his guidance. He warned against subversive influence and said there should be complete loyalty during the three day biennial convention in Louisville. The president stated domestic politics must not affect national defense and criticized partisan obstruction in Congress.
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Louisville
Roosevelt
Democratic
Africa
Fif
Congress
Band Set List And Encores Planned For Rio Rita Show
The band will perform songs including Maria Elena Old Tune Medley When You Were A Tulip Ramona Dear Old Girl Rangers Song Three O clock In The Morning Are You From Dixie Blue Danube Waltz Goin Home And encores as demanded by the audience.
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Maria Elena
Ramona
Ranger
Roosevelt Signs Extension Order for Select Reservists
Hyde Park N Y Aug 22 The President issued an executive order extending the term of service 18 months for select reservists national guardsmen and enlisted personnel in the army The order serves mainly as a formality under the extension act and allows release of those who have already served twelve months when defense needs permit
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
William R. Terry Dies at Home in Hartselle
William Robert Terry, 68, a prominent retired engineer from Hartselle route 3, died suddenly at his home at 8:30 this morning of a heart attack. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Peck of Hartselle. Mr. Terry was born in Morgan County and spent most of his life.
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William Robert Terry
Hartselle
Peck
Mr. Terry
Morgan County
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Daily Report
Ae AB
Ype
Cot
Commission House
Creamery && Score
Mat
Bieta
Nashville Livestock
Britain
Guilford
Connecticut
New Haven Clock Company
New Haven
National Labor Relations Board
Cilo- Clock Workers Union
Defense Mediation Board
Bessemer
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company
New York City
Koh Ishii
Tokyo
United States
Decatur’s
Frank Johnson
Sparta
F. A. Johnson
John C. Cowell
Central Baptist Church
O. B. Lansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
R. M. Howell
First Methodist Church
Tim Lyons
Seventh Avenue, West
John Thomas
Emens Clinic
Betty Fay Dozier
Rt. 1
Hamil Clinic
Mary Nell Mitchell
Canal Street
Lathrop Wilington
United States Air Corps
Wilington
Lelia G. Hall
Oak Street
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Henry BR. Davia
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Jeannette Beall
Laichowfu
China
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Beall
Baptist Hospital
J. N. Powell
Aileen Slate
Baugh's Infirmary
C. L. Compton
Fourth Avenue
Baugh’s Infirmary
J. W. Rogers
Moulton
W. E. Jones
Moilton
W. M. Cardela
Eva
Homer Johnson
Danville
Paul M. Hutcheson
Fairview
Charles Webb
Route 1
City
J. D. Giles, Jr
Anne Elizabeth Giles
Irwin-Dyar Infirmary
National Park
William R. Terry
Dinsmore Bros. Furniture Co
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