Russians Fire Siege Girt Tal Tallinn as They Depart
Allied dispatches describe Russians pouring fire on the siege-girt port city of Tallinn as Germans tighten encirclement. Observers report glow from the southern horizon and heavy artillery pounding the city while potential sea escape routes loom.
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Associated Press
Talcapital
Estonia
Helsinki
Finland
Tallinn
London
Iran
Middle East
Oil Kingdom
Tabriz
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Gta
Iran Resistance Seen as Token to Oil Riches
War correspondent notes the Persian resistance to Anglo Russian forces appears symbolic rather than serious. Allies have secured strategic positions and oil, thwarting Hitler’s aim to control Persia. The piece also observes Stalin’s stoic stance amid the broader Middle East crisis.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Ans
Herr Hitler
Persia
Stalin
Iran
Resistance in Iran and Soviet Japanese tensions
Russia warns Japan not to hinder American war shipments via Vladivostok. Stalin signals support for keeping supply routes open as Nazi sieges rage in Leningrad and Odessa. Moscow Pravda notes fierce fighting and heavy terrain aiding the defense.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Lake Ilmen
Smolensk
Lenin
Russia
Japan
United States
Far East
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Juan
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Siberian
Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Odessa
Pravda
New Arrests in Paris Amid German Occupation
In Paris the German authorities blockaded large sections of the workers district near city hall and arrested numerous Jews and communists. Earlier raids in two arrondissements saw over 10 000 detained. A new court for repression of communism began at the palace of justice while sabotage probes focus on rail lines and possible British parachutist involvement.
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Paris
Frarce
Isromdinineads
France
Palace of Justice
Armory Available to Aviation School at Decatur
Armory facilities at Ft. Stephen Decatur have been placed at the disposal of the Southern Aviation Training School for temporary quarters while office quarters at the nearby airfield are completed two miles north of Decatur. An instructor course trains pilots who will later instruct army cadets arriving in October. Use of the armory will not interfere with home guard or boys club programs.
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Ft. Stephen Decatur
Armory Commission of Alabama
Southern Aviation Training School
Decatur
Army
Home Guard
Boys Club
Throats Slashed in Domestic Tragedy
A Brooklyn woman and three of her four children were slain with slashed throats in a blood drenched New York apartment. The mother wrote a farewell note and a husband and one child were wounded, all said to be from a contagious illness.
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New York
Aus
Brooklyn
Edward A. Heffernan
Heffernan
Mary
Morey
Steel workers to get no holiday in labor day ruling
Pittsburgh officials said steel workers in the district will forego Labor Day holiday to keep defense production running. Carnegie-Illinois and Jones and Laughlin officials report their workers will receive time and a half for the day, including continuous process workers who normally work holidays without overtime.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois
Jones and Laughlin
AFL and CIO battle ends in Detroit transit vote
Unofficial tally shows AFL Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach operators win exclusive bargaining agent status in Detroit with 3 075 votes to 1 924 for CIO State County and Municipal Workers of America out of 5 016 ballots cast. Strike impact and national telephone tie up resolved. wage increases and arbitration terms outlined.
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Associated Press
AFL
Detroit
CIO State
County and Municipal Workers of America
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone System
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Priority Assured for Silk Workers in Huntsville Project
A Decatur silk hosiery workers committee urged unemployed silk employees to register with the Alabama Employment Service. They reported priority will be given to those laid off by the silk freezing action, with lists to be shared between Decatur and Huntsville offices. Heavy work expected late September. carpenters and brick masons currently in demand.
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Decatur
Alabama Employment Service
Huntsville
Huntsville Arsenal
John M. Nelson
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
H. M. Jones
Cooper, Wells & Co
Quimby Sewell
Louie Ellison
D. M. Praytor
L. M. Holloway
Kershaw, Butler, Engineers, Ltd
Praytor
Alabama Eeaployment Service
C. M. Cox
Huntaville
Cox
Health Dept Plans Anti Rat Campaigns in Alabama
The State Health Department will fund and supervise rat poison programs in Tuscaloosa Troy and Newton to curb endemic typhus fever Brill's disease. Local funds will cover the purchases.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
Tuscaloosa
Troy
Newton
Health Department
Dixon Seeks October Return to Standard Time
Governor Frank Dixon urged moving Alabama from daylight to standard time in October pending federal approval and defense considerations. He said he would not issue a proclamation until the national authorities decide the action would not harm national defense.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Dixon
Alabama
Alabama Polio Cases Slow but Epidemic Not Declared Over
Alabama health officials report six new polio cases raising the year total to 281 while noting a sustained decline must last several days. Etowah and Montgomery counties each report cases as Tuskegee Institute delays opening from September 1 to 8 at the Health Department’s request.
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Western Electric
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Montgomery
Ala
State Department of Health
Alabama
Etowah County
Arma Montgomery
Morgan County Sees No Infantile Paralysis Cases This Year
Morgan County health department reports no infantile paralysis cases so far this year. In 1936 the county recorded 35 cases with five deaths during the epidemic.
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Morgan County
Colorado Snow and Frost Across Regions Amid Weather Shift
A high pressure front brought frost in Minnesota and snow with hail in Colorado while much of the nation saw normal summer weather. Temperatures cooled in the Great Lakes area, with highs below seasonal averages, and a heat wave persisted in the south and along the Atlantic coast reaching New York and Boston. The storm produced light snow near Colorado Springs and a record 2.13 inch rainfall in New York City paralyzing subways and contributing to two deaths.
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Associated Press
Canada
Minnesota
Colorado
Middle Northern
Mercury
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Dakotas
Northwest
Atlantic
New York
Rosston
Duluth
Minn
Colorado Springs
Denver
York City
California recruits women parachutists for field hospital unit
The California state guard plans a hospital battalion of women parachutists to land ambulance sections behind battle lines. They would perform blood transfusions from powdered or liquid blood and provide other battlefield medical care, under Maj. Frank G. Nolan who calls it an experiment and seeks federal recognition.
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M. E. Barker
Los Angeles
California State Guard
United States Army
Frank G. Nolan
California State Guard Medical Corps
Federal
Farm Income Now Doubles All Payrolls
Morgan county turns to diversified farming as The Decatur Daily highlights a farm income figure of eight million dollars in the Decatur trade area. Leaders B G Hall and Miss Ebien Rowe have driven a shift from one crop systems to year round, market connected farming with improved roads, dairy and cheese plants, and a Triple A program adapting the five year plan to meet family food needs and local markets.
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Morgan County
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Times
B. G. Hall
Ebien Rowe
Morgan
Tennessee Valley
Ardmore
Boaz
Athens
Hartselle
Falkville
Moulton
Courtland
Morgan, Lawrence
Limestone
Tunney to Visit Birmingham for Navy Physical Director Interviews
Gene Tunney former heavyweight champion and naval reserve lieutenant commander will be in Birmingham on November 19 to interview applicants for appointment as physical directors in the naval reserve. He is in charge of athletics for the navy and will conduct the interviews.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gene Tunney
Naval Reserve
Tunney
Navy
Chutists Die in Car Crash Near Richland Georgia
Three Fort Benning parachute officers were in a civilian car four miles south of Richland when it overturned after the right rear tire blew. First Lieutenant Estel Culbeth Culbeth 24 of Dunn North Carolina and Second Lieutenant Robert Finigan 23 of Jamaica Plain Massachusetts were killed. Injured was First Lieutenant Lucius Owen Rucker Jr 26 of Jackson Mississippi who was not seriously hurt. All three were unwed. They had been returning from a visit to Albany Georgia.
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Richland
Fort Benning
Here
Piastine
Fort Ning
Leutenant
Estel Burkhead Culbeth
Parachute Battalion
Dunn
N. C
Robert Charles Finigan
M. C. Bruce
Bruce
Mrs. James H. M. Smith Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. James H. M. Smith 21 of Decatur Route 2 died at 3 am Tuesday at Augustana Hospital Chicago after a short illness. She was formerly Miss Marva line Griffen. Funeral 2:30 pm Thursday at Central Baptist Church with Dr. John C. Cowell Jr. officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Pallbearers named. she survived by husband, infant son, parents Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Griffen, siblings G P Griffen, Roland Griffen, Lorna Mae Griffen and other relatives. Procession from parental home at 2 pm tomorrow.
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James HM. Smith
Decatur
Augustana Hospital
Chicago
Smith
Marvaline Griffen
Moody Bible Institute
Central Baptist Church
John C. Cowell, Jr
Roselawn
McAfee, Howell and Young
Joe Weatherly
Mack Pickens
Pat Brock, Jr
Milford Walker
Mahlon Thomason
Douglas Price
Iranians Seek Allied Peace as Vichy Turmoil Surfaces
A report from Vichy claims Pierre Vara a former Vichy vice premier was shot by foes near Versailles during a meeting. Laval supporters and rightists, including Marcel Dent, were wounded in the incident. In Tehran, British and Soviet ministers relayed an Iranian plea for war resolution and troop-based guarantees amid reports of Soviet advances toward Tabriz and attacks on Bandar Shahpur and Khorramshahr.
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VICHY
Pierre Vara
Marshal Petals
Versailles
Laval
Ton
Germany
Marcel Dent
Chate
Sane
Teheran
Iran
Oubettbuten
Ali Mansur
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Bandar Shahpur
Khorramshahr
Weevil Damage Measured Across Alabama Cotton Fields
The federal state marketing service reports continued boll weevil damage in Southern and Central Alabama with more young bolls lost and little chance for new bolls. Northern areas show uneven progress and severe damage in late planted fields while Southern cotton picking and ginning proceed amid above normal temperatures and sunny, drier conditions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Army Officer to Be Heard at Decatur Chamber Meeting
Lt. Col. W. J. Ungelhuem will speak at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce Town Hall. Capt. C. Drennon and E. C. Thompson accompany him to discuss the new Chemical Warfare Office plant and its operations. Reports on a busy month for the chamber will be presented. Public invited to Friday night assembly at Lyons Hall.
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W. J. Ungelhuem
Huntsville
Enal
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
RE. B. Pentecost
Col. Ungelhuem
Decatur
Capt
C. Drennon
E. C. ‘Thompson
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Chamber of Merce
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