Polio Case Reported in Morgan County
Morgan county reports its first infantile paralysis case in more than three years. A three year old white boy from the Pleasant Fly area near Decatur is mildly ill, with no expected countywide outbreak. Health officer Dr. L R Murphree urges precautions and early medical care.
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Morgan County
L. R. Murphree
Pleasant Fly
Decatur
Lawrence County
Murphree
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson County
Dale
Escambia
Wilcox
Tokyo Sends Note to FDR
A personal message from Prime Minister Konoye was delivered to President Roosevelt by Ambassador Nomura at the White House. Nomura met with Roosevelt and Hull after days of Pacific tensions, declining to reveal the contents. He indicated the message did not concern shipments to Russia, though reporters pressed for details.
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Washington
Kichisaburo Nomura
Nomura
White House
Pacific
Hull
Konoye
Roosevelt
Mne
Rusa
United States
Russia
Vladivostovk
Gasoline Supplies to Be Cut 15 Percent in September
Ralph K. Davies acting petroleum coordinator said filling stations in the East would see a 15 percent cut in September from July. His testimony opened a Senate investigation into threatened oil shortages. He argued evidence shows the Eastern Coast may face shortages of gasoline and oil for heating and industry in the coming winter.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
Senate
Taylor Child Dies After Short Illness Of Colitis
James D. Taylor five and a half years old son of Mr and Mrs Taylor died after a brief illness of colitis at Benevolent Society Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2:30 Friday at the residence with burial at Roselawn directed by McAfee Howell and Young. Parents survive.
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James D. Taylor
Larence Taylor
South
Benevolent Society
Roselawn
McAfee, Howell and Young
Iran War II Ends As Leningrad Defended And Fronts Alarm
Reports say Iran’s four day invasion by British and Russian forces ended with a British-Russian armistice note and a peaceful occupation of key ports. Leningrad held by hastily mobilized volunteers and regular troops faced German advances to within 32 miles of the city as Soviet forces claimed counterattacks near Gomel. In the Black Sea region Turkish fears rose over German plans, while German and Russian forces renewed threats along the central front near Gomel and Sebastopol.
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Leningrad
Middle East
Iran
Persia
Dnieper
Moscow
Gomel
Smolensk
Kiev
Semeon Budyonny
Odessa
Black Sea
Britain
Russia
Turkey
Germany
Istanbul
Batum
Archibald P. Wavell
Egypt
Khorramshahr
Abadan
Bandar Shapur
Turkmanchal
Teheran
Tabriz
Witler’s
Great Black Sea
Sebastopol
Versailles
France
Pierre Laval
Paul Colette
Laval
Legion
Colette
War Front likely to be established in Caucasus says DeWitt Mackenzie
A predicted joint Anglo Russian front in the Caucasus grows likely as German eastward moves press along the Black Sea coast. The plan hinges on Persia and Caucasus oil, Britain aid to the Russians, and keeping Turkey from Hitler’s reach. Continued on Page Five.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Caucasus
Black Sea
Berlin
Zapoothe
Dnieper
Hitler
Iran
Persia
Russia
Caspian
Near East
Middle East
America
Turkey
Moscow
England
Germany
Mrs Bates Rites Held for Anne Bates 84
Final rites for Anne Eliza Bates 84 were held at Ebenezer Freewill Baptist with Rev W C Brown and Rev T J Atkins. Burial followed in Ebenezer cemetery. She was born in Morgan County and survived by two sons Bert Bates and W J Bates 16 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren.
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Anne Eliza Bates
Lacon
Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Wu
W. C. Brown
T. J. Atkins
Ebenezer Cemetery
Peck
Frederick Bates
Roy Patterson
Tilman West
Bruno Bates
Raymoth Hall
Newell Dunlap
Flowers
Madgie West
Melba Bates
Eula Bates
Bertie Mae Bates
Vinaca Hall
Dorothy Bell
Bates
Morgan County
Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church
Miss Mary Lou Turner Dies at Home at 73
Miss Mary Lou Turner 73 died at 4 p m Wednesday at her home 1020 Danville Road. Final services were to be held at the residence at 5 p m today by Rev Randolph R Claiborne rector Huntsville Episcopal church. Burial in city cemetery will be directed by Brown. She is survived by two nieces Mrs A B Johnson and Mrs William Grubbs of Decatur and a nephew John Langley of Louisville Kentucky. Pallbearers named I Nichols Tom Pride Jim Murphy Ben McDermott Rex Finly and Bill Irwin. Miss Turner born in Decatur and a member of St John’s Episcopal church.
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Mary Lou Turner
Danville Road
Randolph R. Claiborne
Huntsville Episcopal Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Miss Turner
A. 8. Johnson
William Grubbs
Decatur
John Langley
Louisville
Kentucky
I. Nichols
Tom Pride
Jim Murphy
Ben McDermott
Rex Finly
Bill Irwin
St. John's Episcopal Church
Minister Locates Water For Air School Using Stick Method
Frantic officials at the Southern Aviation Training School found ample water after Rev. B. P. Collier, a respected minister and legislator, used a forked stick to locate a water vein on the 640 acre tract. He guided drillers to a spot about 150 minutes of searching, yielding water at about 40 feet with pumps delivering 50 gallons a minute.
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Fred Robinson
B. P. Collier
Collier
Robinson
Rev. Collier
Army Tests Six New Douglas Dive Bombers In War Games
An Associated Press correspondent reports from Arkansas as three reporters accompany the air units into simulated battle. The Douglas bomber, recently developed and claimed to outpace the German Stuka, is described in the first inside report on its use.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Dawn attack in Arkansas aboard a new army dive bomber
Survivor account from Lt. Edward J. Walker and reporter Lieut. W. R. Purintan describe a dawn training dive over south Arkansas with a nine plane squadron from Shreveport. The ride included 300 mph dives, g forces, and a mock load shed while the 102nd Engineers watched from the Red River area.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Second Army
Arkansas
Army
Coney Island
W. R. Purintan
Shreveport
Edward J. Walker
South
Purintan
Walker
102Nd Engineers
Manhattan
New York
Red River
Hundreds Attend Morgan County Farm Bureau Meeting
Between 800 and 1,000 people gathered at the Tabernacle south of Hartselle for the Morgan County Farm Bureau annual meeting. P. O. Davis and Walter L. Randolph were to deliver major addresses as the program, delayed, proceeded into the afternoon.
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Tabernacle
Hartselle
Morgan County Farm Bureau
P. O. Davis
Alabama Extension Service
Walter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Prince
Jane
Alabama Flour Mills backs Decatur High Band trip
Alabama Flour Mills offers 100 toward financing the Decatur High School Band trip to Milwaukee for the American Legion national convention. The fund remains well below needs and must be raised before the September 13 departure.
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Alabama Flour Mills
Decatur
Milwaukee
American Legion
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Alabama
Gordon L. Payne
Decatur Industries
New Tie-Up Ordered To Relieve Southeast Power Shortage
The Federal Power Commission ordered Alabama Power Florida Power Gulf Power to interconnect via 110000 volt links. They must reconstruct a 44000 volt line between Graceville Florida and Pinchard Atlanta substations and operate a 110000 volt link Graceville Quincy during the emergency. Work starts immediately.
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Washington
Alabama Power Company
Florida Power Corporation
Gulf Power Company
Federal Power Commission
Alabama Power
Gulf Power
Graceville
Fla
Pinchard
Atla
Florida Power
Quincy
Fila
FAO
Piichard
Alabama Electric Cooperative
FPPC
War Orders Come First in U S Industry
Washington declares that American industry must accept all war supply orders for domestic defense and anti axis nations. The Production Management Office enforces mandatory acceptance for orders from the United States, Britain, Belgium, China, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Yugoslavia, and any western hemisphere nation. Refusal could cut raw materials needed for civilian production.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
United States Army
Navy
Great Britain
Belgium
China
Greece
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Russia
Yugoslavia
Hemisphere
Outing at Canal Street Center Draws 75 Children
About 75 children gathered at Canal Street Recreation Center for a weiner roast and toasted marshmallows. Elders performed progressive stories, stunts, and songs around a campfire before a friendship circle and Auld Lang Syne. The event, directed by the WPA Recreation project, is one of several planned activities.
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Canal Street Recreation Center
God Bless
America
W. P. A. Recreation Project
PiLot SAVES CREW OF SHIP
Two army sergeants describe a tense emergency on a bomber that landed on a narrow island after an engine failure. Master Sergeant Powers and Technical Sergeant Davis from Maxwell Field Alabama recount skimming mountains, stopping 2 feet from water, salvaging rations and radio, then being rescued seven hours later by Canadian Royal Air Force fliers at Prince Rupert.
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Washington
Army
Barron C. Powers
Ralph 8. Davis
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Army Air Corps
Juneau
Alaska
Powers
Royal Air Force
Prince Rupert
RCAF
Air Corps
Falkville Community Sing Set for Friday Evening
The Falkville community sing is scheduled for Friday night with a cordial invitation to the public. A group of prominent singers will perform, drawing residents from Morgan and Cullman counties.
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Falkville
Morgan and
Cullman Countes
Navy Uses Ads in Bid to Expand Fleet Recruiting
The Navy aims to recruit 13 000 men monthly for the rest of the year and 15 000 thereafter, relying on newspaper advertisements. By October the campaign will extend to 13 more states, with prior results in Missouri, Iowa and Indiana boosting enlistments by about 60 percent. The program cites higher private sector wages as a hurdle and plans a 1942 operating force of 369 000 enlisted men by June.
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Washington
F. E. M. Whiting
Nebraska
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Whiting
Tweek
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Navy
Naval Reserve
Police Roundup Rapidly Targets Anti Region in Versailles
In Versailles France police in the German zone conducted a roundup of anti regime elements linked to Russia. Authorities sought accomplices of a shooter who wounded Laval and Dent as another attack occurred at a mobilization where a recruit shot Laval and Dent. Doctors fought to save Laval and Dent while Paris authorities launched preventive arrests to curb unrest.
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Versailles
France
Russia
Paul
Pierre la
Nazi Laval
Marcel Dent
Appeaser
Colette
Iiving
Charles de Gaulle
Laval
Dent
Paris
Young shooter explains motive at Versailles ceremony
In Versailles occupied France, August 28, Paul Colette said he shot Frenchmen Pierre Laval and Marcel Dent but not German officers at yesterday's ceremony because German officers are in France to carry out their duty, and he had no reason to fire at them.
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Versailles
France
Versailles Arrests and Executions in Secret Paris Court Case
In Versailles arrests followed aims to curb outbreaks and curb collaboration with enemies. A Paris secret court condemned three men to immediate execution, while several others received long sentences. Lucien Sampaix escaped a concentration camp, and police chief Admiral Bard coordinated measures with March Chevalier as Laval and Deat faced health concerns.
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Paris
Medi
Waa
Pelaa Art
Antemelon
Emil Jean Bastard
Abraham Trzebruche
Lucien Sampaix
L’humanite
Department of
Hautes
Marlabor
Pierre Lanant
Ward Friedmann
Leondéau
Admiral Bard
March Chevalier
Seine-et-oise
Versailles
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Taylor
Mrs. Bates
Southern Aviation Training School
Mary Balsamides
Manuel
Thomas
Hopelawn
N. J
New Jersey
Canal ST. Center
Falkville Sing
Assailant
Gen
de Gaulle
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