Churchill Warns Japan and Pledges Allied Aid
Prime Minister Churchill warned Japan to halt its aggressive moves and pledged Britain to ally with the United States for a peaceful Pacific settlement. He hailed the Atlantic Charter and described the meeting with Roosevelt as a marshal of world forces against tyranny, while promising aid to Soviet Russia and urging united action to stop Nazi expansion.
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Wyondon
Churchill
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Pacific
Roosevelt
Europe
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Britain
Siam
Penpore
Philippine Islands
Frange
Adolf Hitler
Athens Reservoirs Get Roofs to Stop Vegetation
Athens Alabama August 25 The city council let a contract for reinforced concrete roofs over two city reservoirs to prevent vegetation growth. Work will start soon to keep springs from overgrowth and allow water meters to be used locally. Meters had already been installed as vegetation was cleared from the springs earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Duke of Kent with FDR at Hyde Park visit
President Roosevelt met with the Duke of Kent at Hyde Park New York in an informal social call. They toured the Roosevelt estate and viewed an WPA drawings exhibit at the Roosevelt library. An executive order was signed allowing British officers to operate vessels owned by the Federal Maritime Commission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Duke of Kent
Nace Idros da
Norfol
Jtree
Bretter Aerigge VI
England
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Federal Maritime Commission
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Estate
Schools Postpone Openings Amid Polio Concerns
Morgan county reports no infantile paralysis cases though opening of schools is delayed as a precaution. Lawrence county will start September 8 instead of September 1 after two recent polio cases. Decatur city schools and Morgan county high schools open Sept 8. Morgan elementary classes begin Oct 6 if no new cases appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Limestone
W. A. Owens
Nathaniel Almon
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Decatur City
Alabama Polio Epidemic Grows With 438 Cases and 36 Deaths
Seventeen new polio cases today raise Alabama's July August epidemic total to 438 with 36 deaths. Walker Calhoun Perry Pickens Chambers Cullman Fayette Green Marion Mobile Montgomery counties report new infections. 302 cases since January 1 and no new deaths today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Walker County
Calhoun
Perry
Pickens
Chambers, Cullman
Fayette
Green
Marion
Mobile
Woman on drawbridge refuses to leave. shoes removed
A Chicago drawbridge incident ends with a pretty unidentified woman insisting she is a taxpayer. After she flees twice from police, Bridge Tender Morris Snyder, Officer Donald Keevers remove her shoes to prevent further escape.
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Chicago
Morris Snyder
Donald Keevers
Vacate顺 in South Philadelphia defense housing project
Landlord Uncle Sam orders 487 families to leave homes in a World War I era defense housing complex to clear space for new defense workers. W E Reynolds, U S Commissioner of public buildings, issues 30 day notices as city and gov ernment plan property fixes. Many occupants owe taxes rent or mortgage payments for ten years or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Uncle Sam
South Philadelphia
Evicook
W. E. Reynolds
U. S
Up &Ing Corporation
Mrs Lillie Penn Rites Set In Hartselle Funeral
Morgan county resident Mrs Lillie Penn 56 died at her home in Hartselle after a months long illness. Funeral services at Evergreen church Tuesday at 8 pm CST with Rev B C Jones and Rev Frank T Smith. Burial by McAfee Howell Young. Survivors include her husband S R Penn a daughter Mrs Billy Jackson of Fort Lauderdale Florida a grandson Harry Jackson two sisters Mrs J Wiley Owen and Mrs J W C Jones a brother R B White a foster brother J N Noll Temafly New Jersey. Mrs Penn was a member of Hartselle Church of the Nazarene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Penn
Morgan County
Hartselle
Evergreen Church
B. C. Jones
Etheridge, Tenn
Frank T. Smith
McAfee, Howell and Young
Penn
Temafly
New Jersey
Hartselle Church of the Nazarene
Henry Stephenson
Simon Praytor
D. W. McNeill
Seldon Martin
B. F. Bean
Homer Hill
Flowers
Lizzie Reed Penn
Hoyt Groover
Fred Bailey
Plumer Frost
E. R. Roberts
Owen Lyle
C. C. Berry
B.G. Hall
J. L. Praytor
8. B. Lackey
W. R. Cleere
Owen Rites Held Today
The body of Grover C. Owen, 57, who died suddenly in Birmingham, will be brought to Hartselle for services and interment. Services will be held at 4:30 at S. M. Nelson's home with Rev. J. F. T. Brown and Rev. F. L. Aldridge presiding. Pallbearers include Myra Lindsay, Henry Stephenson, Hal Orr, Charley Calloway, Alva Clements, D. W. McNeill. He is survived by his wife, two daughters Mary Elizabeth Owen and Mrs. Thomas S. West, four sons Robert Jack Carl and Billy Owen, two sisters Mrs. M. Nelson and Mrs. Pearl Sheats. He lived in Cullman before moving to Birmingham three months ago and was an active member of the Cullman Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Owen
Birmingham
Hartselle
Louisville and
Nashville
S. M. Nelson
J. F. T. Brown
F. L. Aldridge
Myra Lindsay
Henry Stephenson
Hal Orr
Charley Calloway
Alva Clements
Mrs. Hattie M. Sims Dies at 68 in Danville
Mrs. Hattie M. Sims, 68, of Danville, a long time Morgan county resident, died in bed at home after a Christmas illness. Survived by two sons, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral held at Danville Baptist Church with Rev. Collier and Rev. Prince officiating. interment at Danville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie M. Sims
Morgan County
DanVilie
C. W. Ratliff
Dee Wasson
J. 8. Sandlin
M. H. Pettus
R. L. Stephenson
P C. Pickens
H. L. Heflin
J. O. McKay
J. W. Tomlinson, Sr
F. E B. Martin
Louise English
Mildred Teague
Ruby Speed
Martha Dixie Lindsay
Adell Sims
Nannie May Dean
Lee Nell Lindsay
Danville
Peck
Reemployment Aids for Returning Soldiers
Local draft boards are charged to ensure soldiers leaving the army regain their old jobs. Brigadier General Lewis Hershey directs each board to appoint a reemployment committeeman to protect workers rights. Law requires rehiring unless employer circumstances make it impossible or unreasonable. About 200,000 men over 28 or married or with economic hardship return by Christmas 2000.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Pistol Fire at Tanner Church Kills One Man
A Sunday shooting at a Tanner church left Flint Cain of Athens dead after being hit five times by a .22 pistol. Darden Bridgeforth, a 26-year-old Tanner resident, is held in Limestone County jail on murder charges after being arrested minutes later following an argument that escalated into gunfire. The crowded service saw hundreds flee in panic as investigators note Cain produced bricks before the shots. A preliminary hearing is set for Monday before Judge Rosenall Jr.
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Tanner
Flint Cain
Athens Route 2
Darden Bridgeforth
Limestone County
Athens
Martin F. Whitt
Limestone
Bridgeforth
Whitt
K. Biles
Brid
Cain
D. L. Rosenall, Jr
Limestone Municipal Court
Toll of dogs near two hundred in Alabama outbreak
Florence Alabama reports an outbreak of rabies vaccine contamination affecting about 150 to 200 dogs. Dr. G. B. Ingram and colleagues treated roughly 600 dogs at his clinic with sulfanilimide tablets and skin eruption lancing. About 90 percent saved as mainly Lexington and Rogersville kennels were affected.
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Florence
Ala
G B. “Eagram
Ingram
Lexington
Rogersville
Anglo Russian expedition in Persia shifts WWII balance
Dewitt Mackenzie notes a joint Anglo Russian move sending expeditionary forces into Persia to block Nazi bases. The drive follows Hitler’s advance toward the Caucasus and Persia, with Britain and the Soviet Union acting after Persia refused expulsion of German residents. The piece flags prospects of further attacks toward Turkey and Persia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Iran
Persia
Ukraine
Caucasus
Britain
Hitler
Turkey
Move Into Persia Seen as Momentous Offensive Move
The report portrays a Nazi push into Persia as pivotal for war aims. It notes Persia’s rich resources and strategic value to sustain the war, linking it to Moscow’s lifeline via the Persian Gulf. The piece cites shipping shortages in the Baltic and Black Seas and potential British fears of a Nazi base threatening India and the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukraine
Fuehrer
Persia
Russia
Persian Gulf
Baltic
Black Seas
Vladivostok
India
Middle East
Kearny Yards To Reopen Under Navy Control
Three thousand workers at the Federal Shipbuilding plant in Kearny New Jersey return to work under navy management following President Roosevelt’s order. CIO union to negotiate over a maintenance of union contract clause while AFL transit workers vote on representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
National Mediation Board
AFL
Detroit
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
CIO
Atria Ten
Port & Demanua
Great Laken Yards
American Ipbuilding
Agr
Roosevelt Vetoes Crop Freeze Bill Over Parity Policy
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to freeze government stocks of wheat and cotton, saying it conflicts with sound policy and could harm farmers and consumers. He argued it would curb sales, destabilize the parity price goal, and leave government stocks unavailable when needed. The measure would have guaranteed an 85 percent parity price for peanuts and empowered the CCC to hold crops indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Capitol
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Jt Corporation
Kilby Steel Company Wins $11,102 Screw Posts Contract
The War Department awarded Kilby Steel Company of Anniston a contract valued at 11 102 dollars for screw posts. Delivery date was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Kilby Steel Company
Anniston
Broad attack on Blue Seventh fits back Arkansas maneuvers
Red Kotmk opens frontal assault spreading from Blevins to Washington against the Blue seventh corps in southwest Arkansas. The operation tests a complex withdrawal to prepared positions as 75th Tennessee artillery supports a retreat that reshapes a 26 mile battle line and draws in reserve infantry and engineers for demolitions and rear guard action.
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T. 8
Adams
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Kentucky
Blue Armat
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Blue Seventh Corps
Second
Blevins
Washington
Seventh Corps
South Arkansas
Camden
75Th Field Artillery Brigade
Gas quota plan outlined to avert Labor Day shortages
Tanks of 100000 filling stations in the east will be topped up this Saturday and Sunday to prevent labor day stranding amid shortages. Acting defense petroleum coordinator Ralph K Davies announced a daily quota system for August to distribute dwindling eastern stocks. Suppliers will compute due gallons for outlets and divide them into five equal daily quotas with deliveries daily or every other day. Station operators will set per customer sales by quota divided by average daily customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Defense Petroleum
Burgess Wins Expert Marksman Button in Alabama
T. C. Burgess of the alcohol tax unit received the expert marksman button after scoring 274 of 300 in the small arms training course during the police convention in Birmingham. Elmer L. Ivey forwarded the award letter from the Treasury Department coordinator in Washington, noting only a few Alabama officers have won the marksmanship honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Burgess
Alcohol Tax Unit
Birmingham
Burgess
Elmer L. Ivey
Treasury Enforcement Agencies
Treasury Department
Washington
Alabama
Allied Units Oust Nazi Agents in Iran Invasion
Allied forces report movement to eject German agents in Iran as Soviet and British troops advance from north and south. Moscow and London confirm coordinated action to secure Iran's frontiers and oil region amid tensions with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Little
Iran
Peresia
Middle East
Ankara
Caucasus
Deserta
Cairo
Middle Command
London
Bandarpur
Gulf
Russia
Adan
Moscow
Sou Tran
Gulf of Persia
Aryana
Eens Ae Isle
Germany
United States
Far East
Churcshill
Britain
Japan
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American Sunbathing Association
Stockholm
N. J
Isley Boone
Mays Landing
Carl Easton Williams
Cambria
Calif
Hy Goldberg
New York
Williams
Donald Jump
Owen
Mrs. Sims
Draptee Job Aid
Kearny Yards
Navy Man
Harold G. Bowen
Kearny, N. 4
Kotmk
Pan Ag
Toepan
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