Burke Wadsworth conscription bill moves in House
House Military committee approves a Burke Wadsworth draft bill bringing in ages 21 to 44 and a 1,000,000 conscripts cap to aid the Navy. Senate passage last night spurred a Tuesday floor vote with further debate and possible final action next week.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
House Committee
House
May
D.-Ky
Liam
Rep
Brooks
Smith
Conn
Senate Military Committee
Wide Spread Rainfall Dims Sun Across Much of the Nation
Overcast skies and scattered showers covered more than half the country, cooling conditions near normal. Temperatures stayed around 36 in Bangor, Maine, with heavy rainfall in Alabama and Louisiana. Texas endured heat with 96 at Fort Worth and 101 at San Antonio.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Montana
Texas
Oklahoma
Bangor
Maine
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Sey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Ma Gin
Florence
Ala
Shreveport
Lake Charles
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Senator Bridges Demands Roosevelt Replace DNC Chief Over Robert Fees
Senator Bridges accuses Lawrence W. Robert of ties to Atlanta firm Robert and Co receiving $931,560 in defense contract fees from projects totaling $26,859,081. Data released by Vinson shows bids questioned and calls for bidding checks.
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Washington
Bridges
R-N. H
Senate
Roosevelt
Lawrence W
Chip) Robert
Democratic National Committee
Atlanta
Robert and Co
Congressional
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Robert
Gene
Republican National Committee
Defense
Navy Department
Rep. Vincent
D-Ky
Ben Morrell
Pensacola
Fla
Miami
Jacksonville
Corpus Christi
Texas
Wells
Black Pt
San Juan
Perto Rico
Mill Contract Awarded for Decatur Nebraska Plant
The Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company awards the Decatur plant contract to Jones and Hettesteter of Kansas City Mo. The 800 barrel per day flour mill on the old Stephenson Brick site near the Tennessee River will take six months to build with an investment of several hundred thousand dollars. Wheat will be brought from St Louis. R Dickinson company president announced the letting. Site survey had begun months ago with local civic and government support. The award brings jubilation to the Decatur area and marks a new manufacturing field.
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Decatur
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company
Jones & Hettesteter
Kansas City
Stephenson Brick Company
Tennessee River
St. Louis
Dickinson
Fine Nebraska Concern
Marine recruiting offices opened in five Alabama towns
Capt. Davis A. Holladay announced Marine recruiting offices will be set up in Scottsboro Tuscaloosa Jasper Cullman and Attalla to serve youths unable to reach Birmingham. Applications will be taken at post offices on scheduled dates with transportation meals and lodging provided for final exams in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Davis A. Holladay
United States Marine
Alabama
Scottsboro
Tuscaloosa
Jasper
Cullman
Attalla
Decatur High Band Heads to Shelbyville Festival
The Decatur High School Band departs Friday morning from Central High School at seven by car to Shelbyville Tennessee to participate in the Walking Horse Festival parade. Parade starts at one o clock with escort by highway patrol and placards advertising Decatur. Volunteers for transportation urged through Mrs. E M Chenault. Paul Whiteman to appear as a festival feature.
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Decatur High School
Shelbyville
Tenn
Tennessee
Central High School
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
E. M. Chenault
Highway Patrol
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
Indian Chief Acquitted in Mississippi Tribal Murder Trial
Choctaw Chief Cameron Wesley is acquitted of murder in a state circuit court over the June slaying of Prans Tubbee at Dancing Rabbit Creek. He plans to face a separate tribal trial in September on Dancing Rabbit Creek reserve with Annie Wallace and Johnnie Cotton presiding.
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Macon
Miss
Cameron Wesley
Prans Tubbee
Dancing Rabbit Creek
Wesley
Tubbee
Neshoba
Annie Wallace
Johnnie Cotton
Storm Causes Brief Power Outage Between Decatur and Mooresville
A four minute service interruption occurred in Decatur during a thunderstorm when a 44 000 volt line between Decatur and Mooresville was knocked out by likely lightning. Power was off from 6 50 to 6 54 p m. City electric department manager Quince n E Eddens reported on the charts.
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Decatur
Mooresville
Quincen E. Eddens
City Electric Department
Georgia highway board to investigate warden housing costs
The Georgia highway board released reports showing three warden houses costing about 2500 dollars each. They were built by the state on land owned by J C Bugs Glover, at that time suspended chief of the board's convict forces.
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Atlanta
Georgia Highway ‘Board
J.C
Bugs) Glover
Sunday Closing Law Enforcement Warned in Morgan County
Newton B. Powell county solicitor and Sheriff W. T. Willoughby announced reports of stores in Morgan County staying open on Sundays. They stated the Sunday opening is a criminal offense and urged merchants to close, noting past grand juries have indicted violators and asking for public cooperation.
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Newton B. Powell
W. T. Willoughby
Morgan County
Wallace to Talk Tonight in Des Moines Campaign Stop
Henry A. Wallace will formally accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination at an 8 30 p.m. event in Des Moines as the party projects about 10 000 attendees. He returned by train to greet cheering crowds with songs “God Bless America” and “Iowa That s Where The Tall Corn Grows” as Rep Marvin Jones and Edward J Flynn accompany him.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Roosevelt
Lim
Washington
America
Iowa
Marvin Jones
Tex
House Agricultural Committee
Edward J. Flynn
New York
Athens Youth Killed in Weather Car Crash Near Decatur
Joseph Knight Cannon 22 a Athens postal worker and National Guard member died when his car skidded on rain slicked Bee Line Highway south of Decatur. Passenger Robert Berkley 81 Atlanta escaped with minor injuries. Cannon pronounced dead at Benevolent Society Hospital. Body sent to Spry Funeral Home Athens.
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Decatur
Joseph Knight Cannon
Athens
National Guard
Robert Brooke Berkley
Maddox Drive
Atlanta
Bee Line
Cannon
Brown
Benevolent Society Hospital
Brown Funeral Home
Spry Funeral Home
Berkley
Wasp Causes Wreck Near Athens On Huntsville Road
G. H. Lewis of Florence a grocery broker suffered a deep head wound required stitches after attempting to shoo a wasp from his car window. He lost control on Huntsville road five miles east of Athens and crashed into a telephone pole. The car was badly damaged. Doctors treated the injury and he continued on.
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Athens
Ala
Huntsville Road
G. HA
Lewis
Florence
J. 8. Crutcher
Benovolent Society Hospital Aid and Athens Guard Incident
Mr Cannon in Louisiana training was sent to a government hospital in Little Rock for a poison ivy infection and could not return with the guardsmen to Athens. He was hitch-hiking home when picked up near Cullman. Captain Hatchett reports attempts to contact officials to explain why Cannon wasn’t sent home by train. A second incident notes Jeff Mayes sustaining cuts and unconsciousness after a bicycle collision with a car on Johnston Street and Second Avenue. Fred Strawter also suffered bruises and scratches in a separate bicycle mishap.
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Cannon
Berkley
Cullman
Dick Hatchett
Athens National Guard
Gannon
Jeff Mayes
Forest Avenue
Fire Drug Co
Donald R. D. Young
W. Moulton Street
Johnston Street
Second Avenue
Mayes
Young
Fred Strawter
Tenth Avenue
West
Caddell Co
Balkans at War Threat to Axis Peace Efforts
The Hitler Mussolini alliance faces a Balkan crisis as Von Ribbentrop Ciano meet with Romania and Hungary delegates in Vienna to ease a Hungarian claim on Transylvania. A Balkan war could devastate Axis supply lines and threaten the war effort.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Germany
Britain
von Ribbentrop
Count Ciano
Vienna
Romania
Hungary
Transylvania
Hitler
Mussolini
Balkans Tension Shapes World War II Readiness
The article notes France's anger at British acts and Russia's growing influence in the Balkans. It states Stalin's moves are opaque yet potentially pivotal, with Axis powers wary of his possible Balkan involvement. Hitler's delayed major attack on England may reflect Balkan tension and strategic risks. The French government's hostility to Britain is escalating.
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Balkans
Russia
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Balkan
Messrs
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
England
France
London
Cnaries de Gaulle
Cameroons
Chad
Germany
de Gaulle
Henri Philippe Petain
London Bombarded In Record Nazi Siege Across August Night
Reports describe a seven hour London raid with incendiaries and fire bombs, Portsmouth attacked and RAF fighters repelling 200 Nazi raiders. Berlin also bombed by RAF in a dawn raid near Hitler’s chancellery as Britain and Germany trade strikes.
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Associated Press
RAF
England
Dover
Hell’e Corner
London
Britain
Portsmouth
Berlin
As &Arathon
British Isles
Alabama Guard Call Likely By Christmas
Adjutant General Ben Smith said it is best guess Alabama 31st National Guard division of about 2000 officers and men will be called to active duty by Christmas. He expects 1st Infantry and artillery to train at Oaklanding near Starke Island, Florida. He does not expect 3rd division units to be called until a later date.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ben Smith
Alabama
National Guard
Washington
Smith
Oaklanding
Starke
Fila
Patman accuses Byoir of Nazi propaganda ties
Representative Patman testifies before the Dies committee that big business groups push appeasement toward Hitler and that Carl Byoir was a Nazi propagandist paid 108000 over 16 months. Byoir denies the charges while the FBI and prior inquiries exonerate him.
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Washington
Patman
D-Tex
Dies Committee
Hitler
Texan
Dies
Carl Byoir
New York
Byoir
Rep
Dempsey
DNM
Justice Department
FBI
Bycir
R G Sybert Illness Victim Dies At 55 In Hartselle
Robert Gunn Sybert 55 of Hartselle Route 1 died after a short illness at Hamil Clinic at 11 25 p m Wednesday Funeral services planned for Friday at Forest Chapel with Rev O B Lansbury and Rev Ordurns Hogan Drinkard directing burial He is survived by his widow a step mother three daughters two sons a granddaughter two sisters and a brother Nieces and nephews to handle flowers and pallbearers
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Robert Gunn Sybert
Hartselle
Route 1
Hamil Clinic
Forest Chapel
O. B. Lansbury
Ordurns Hogan
Drinkard
Sybert
Mis. Delila Sybert
Route 2
Ruby
Largest Order for 17,000 Engines Set by Navy and United Aircraft
Secretary Knox announced a $160 million deal with United Aircraft for 17 000 army and navy engines covering 1941 and 1942. The pact, awaiting formal contract funded by Congress, includes a $2 5 million Hartford plant expansion and $7 million in machine tools by the navy.
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Washington
Navy
United Aircraft Corporation
Army
Knox
War Department
Congress
United
Hartford
Conn
John H. Towers
Bureau of Aeronautics
Admiral Towers
Pratt & Whitney
Defense Am
United Aircraft Plan
United Aircraft
Texans Rally Behind Willkie in Anti Third Term Push
In Dallas 5500 attendees at Fair Park auditorium endorse a no third term movement led by Mike Hogg to back Wendell Willkie for president. The declaration calls true Democrats to support Willkie to preserve the republic. Hogg hails Willkie as a leader to restore order and democracy.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Wendell Willkie
Mike Hogg
Houston
Fair Park Auditorium
Hogg
James Stephen Hogg
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Wendell L. Willkie
Two Firms Indicted Over Bulb Monopoly Claim
On August 29 the Coring Glass Works and the General Electric Company faced a federal indictment alleging a conspiracy to monopolize the United States electric light bulb supply. Both firms expressed confidence in a court ruling resolving the matter.
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New York
Coring Glass Works
General Electric Company
Two Die in Phillips Pipeline Blast at Buffalo Oklahoma
An explosion on a Phillips Petroleum Co pipeline in Buffalo Oklahoma killed Donald King 22 a Northwestern State College student and Warren Hendrix 39 a Cedardale teacher. Eighteen others were burned and two remained critically injured as flames swept over 30 acres while crews conducted emergency repairs.
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Buffalo
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Donald King
Northwestern State College
Alva
Warren Hendrix
Cedardale
O. P. Miller
Tennessee River Gauge Rises as Heat and Rainfall Persist
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 19.87 feet and rose further. Temperatures ranged from a high of 92 to a low of 70 in the past 24 hours with 135 inches of rain recorded. Alabama reports scattered thundershowers tonight and Friday as heat continues.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Ness
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U.S. Army
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Petsamo
Norway
Marine Office
Joseph Cannon
British Press Association
R. G. Sybert
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