Alabama lawmakers back military conscription draft
A large Alabama delegation backed military conscription with wide support for the Burke-Wadeworth bill. Senators Bankhead and Hill supported it. House members mostly endorsed, some voicing conditions. Several cited credit for volunteers and a need for a reasonable training bill.
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Ben Grant Washington
Alabama
Bankhead
Hill
Senate
House
Boykin
Starnes
Sparkman
Military Committee
Jarman
National Guard
Hobbs
Grant
Steagall
Patrick
War Relief Seeks Ten More Knitters for Red Cross
Mrs Roy Poteet of the Morgan County Red Cross reports at least ten additional knitters are needed to meet the current sweater quota. Volunteers may call 1248-7 or visit the production HQ at 509 Bank St, open weekdays 9 to 12.
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Roy Poteet
War Relief Production Committee
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Bank St
Students to Meet Monday Morning in Decatur Schools
Junior and senior high principals request students to assemble at 8:30 at their schools for classification and registration. All matters on registration and lockers will be explained. Locker keys distributed Monday afternoon at the senior high and Tuesday through home rooms at the junior high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Harrison and Peach Attend Waterways Conference
Mayor Tom Harrison attends the Tennessee Valley Waterways Conference in Chattanooga as a member of the waterways association executive committee. John Peach, Alabama governor’s representative, attends the four day event dedicating the Great Lakes of the Tennessee Valley.
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Tom Harrison
John Peach
Decatur
Chattanooga
Harrison
The
Waterways Association
Tennessee River
Peach
Alabama
Great Lakes
Tennessee Valley
Flint Group Aids in War Relief Work
The Woman's Club of the W P A recreational project in Flint joins the Morgan County chapter American Red Cross War Relief Production Committee. A about twenty women meet weekly under Mrs Herbert M Betterton and under leaders Mrs Roy Poteet Mrs Ben Britnell and Mrs Eugene J Morrow manage sewing knitting and distribution from 509 Bank St daily except Saturday with volunteers receiving and disbursing clothes and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Flint
Hubert M. Betterton
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Roy Poteet
War Relief Production Committee
Poteet
Ben Britnell
Eugene 8. Morrow
French Press Attacks Jews After Race Decree
In Vichy France on August 30 the French press launched editorial attacks on Jews after a decree lifted a ban on newspaper attacks based on race or religion.
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Vichy
France
Johnson in probate race in Lawrence County
Isaac Johnson Jr of Moulton filed for probate judge of Lawrence County. A special election is set for September 10 after a contested June runoff in which Bragg trailed Johnson by 106 votes. If more candidates enter a runoff may occur September 20.
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Isaac Johnson, Jr
Moulton
Lawrence County
Democratic Executive Committee
Johnson
Aiso
Bragg
Judge Bragg
Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee
Lawrence
Morgan County High School Registration Planned for September
Morgan County High School in Hartselle will open registration on September 2 and 3 under principal W. J. Terry. Students in Junior 3, Senior 1, Senior 2, and Senior 3 classes will register in assigned sessions starting at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Lockers and class schedules will be issued at registration.
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Morgan County High School
Hartselle
W. J. Terry
Battle of Britain May Turn on October Weather
War correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes the Battle of Britain noting that England could secure a credible victory if she endures intensified bombing through September. The key unknown is the extent of British material and morale losses and how these pressures affect outcomes within the next month.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
England
Hitler
Time For Reckoning British Chances Neur
A wartime analysis notes British morale as crucial to endurance. It cites aircrews unable to judge their own effectiveness and fears material damage, but portrays England as resolute and hopeful. An Associated Press dispatch from London reports Britain as a happy country now that production and morale have shifted away from appeasement.
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England
British Isles
Associated Press
E A. Montague
London
Britain
Anne
Draft plan under fire in House over defense plant takeovers
Washington dispatch notes Rep. Cox criticizes Burke-Wadsworth draft provisions as House rules panel schedules debate on a peacetime draft bill for men ages 21 to 44. The opposition argues the measure would broaden conscription and threaten farm and industry autonomy amid early-September debate.
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Washington
Rep. Cox
House
Senate
Minority Report
New School Buses Arrive for Morgan County System
Morgan County schools added 20 all steel buses from Perley A. Thomas Body Works in High Point N C. The 22 residents who drove them home spent a night in Hot Springs and arrived at 9 30 p m. The fleet now totals 52 buses with five older buses upgraded to steel. The $22 000 cost includes chassis from Knox McRae and Drinkard. The convoy, led by highway patrol, drew crowd interest as it passed through town.
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Morgan County
High Point
North Carolina
Perley A. Thomas Body Works
The
County School Board
Knox McRae
Decatur
Drinkard
Falkville
Hot Springs
N. C
Charen Street
Bank
Lee
Second’avenue
Bee Line
E. G. Hamilton
Priceville
Senate Gets Profits Bill in Review After House Approval
The excess profits tax bill, advanced by the House in under four hours, heads to the Senate where leaders hint at delays and possible revisions. Sen LaFollette signals talk of higher taxes than the House plan, which set 20 to 50 percent rates. The measure would allow amortization of defense plant costs, suspend wage profit limits on warships and aircraft, and is projected to raise about $300 million in 1940 and $900 million annually thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Finance’ Committee
LaFollette
Decatur Kiwanis Hears Guardsmen Training Talk
The Decatur Kiwanis Club heard Captain Woolsey Finnell recount the 102nd Engineers maneuvers with the regular army in Louisiana. He urged more training for guardsmen and greater local cooperation, noting inefficiencies observed during the three week exercise at the Lyons Hotel session led by Barrett Shetton.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Decatur
Louisiana
Woolsey Finnell
Business Standards Committee
Barrett—Shetton
Webster McLeod
Lyons Hotel
Garner Pride
John Caddell
E. Alverson
Buck Rogers
Finnell
Roosevelt dodges query on conscription plant takeover provision
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park press conference declines to state his position on a new conscription bill clause allowing gov ernment seizure of private plants if war needs require. He says reporters should not drag him into political controversy and cites an old rule about commenting on pending legislation.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
Overton
D-La
Russell
D-Ga
Congress
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Willkie Denounces Conspiracy Bill as Revolutionary
Wendell L. Willkie denounces as revolutionary a section of the Senate approved conscription bill that would permit government seizure of defense plants. He warns the move could socialize and sovietize the free enterprise system, urging President Roosevelt to state his own views.
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Bushville
Ind
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Patrolman P B Wigley dies in self inflicted shooting
Gadsden Alabama August 30 state highway patrolman P B Wigley 38 is dead and Miss Evelyn Mattox of Clanton is in serious condition after a downtown hotel double shooting. Mattox says Wigley shot her then turned the gun on himself dying about 2 am Wigley leaves a wife and four children in DeKalb county.
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Gadsden
Ala
Highway
P. B. Wigley
Evelyn Mattos
Clanton
Kelly Morgan
Highway Patrol
Mattos
Wigley
Morgan
Mattox
DeKalb County
Army truck wreck injures 17 at Burnt Corn Creek Bridge
An army truck plunged off Burnt Corn Creek bridge near Brewton Alabama injuring 17 Fort Benning Georgia soldiers returning from Sabine River maneuvers. They received care at Brewton hospital and were moved by ambulance to Pensacola Naval Air Station hospital. Major D A Newcomer led the detachment.
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Brewton
Ala
Burnt Corn Creek
Fort Benning
Sabine River
Brewton Hospital
Naval Air Station Hospital
Pensacola
Fla
Alabama
Florida
D. A. Newcomer
Della Coxwell
Decatur Queens to Represent City at Tennessee Valley Fete
Miss Betty Foster Pointer and Miss Nell Beach Dix will travel Saturday to Giatientege to represent Decatur at the Tennessee Valley celebration in Chattanooga. Pointer will be “The Spirit of Decatur” and Dix will be her attendant. They return Sunday. The pair were chosen as Queen of Decatur and Queen of the Tennessee Valley during Decatur’s 120th Anniversary Celebration.
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Betty Foster Pointer
Nell Beach Dix
Giatientege
Decatur
Chattanooga
Great Lakes
Pointer
Dix
Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley
School plan faces strong opposition in Alabama counties
The Alabama Citizens Advisory Educational Council called the plan to elect county school superintendents by popular vote a menace to public education, criticizing the current appointment system used in many counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Citizens Advisory Educational Council
Decrease in Morgan County Assessed Valuation Shows 1940 Drop
The Morgan County real and personal property value fell by 462,530 from 1939 to 1940, to 15,386,625. Major drop due to Alabama Water Service Co becoming municipal. water holdings valued at 423,519 in 1939 with tax of 8,808.13. New construction partly offsets, shifting taxes to city. Alabama Power system also municipal in part, with 326,779 value and 7,047.70 tax. Taxes on 1940 assessments due Oct 1 and delinquent Jan 1, 1941.
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Morgan County
Rutledge S Thomas
Charles G. Hardwick
Alabama Water Service Company
Decatur
Water Company
Trans
Deccatur
Alabama Power Company
Hartselle
Power Company
Rumania Taps Nazi Arms Pledge Amid War News
British air ministry reports show raids and aerial losses as Britain claims 42 German aircraft down and 10 British planes lost. Parallel dispatch notes Krupp, Essen raids and targets across Germany Holland Belgium and France as night strikes follow daylight forays on Dutch airfields and shipping.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Information
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Air Ministry
Red Army Navy Open Secret Wartime Maneuvers Amid Balkan Tensions
AP reports Russia plans secret maneuvers as German forces pledge to defend Romania against further Soviet advances in Southeast Europe. Romania capitulates to Axis pressure surrendering part of Transylvania to Hungary while the Red fleet prepares a mock sea battle and the army begins Western district maneuvers. RAF planes bomb London defenses in heavy combat.
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Associated Press
Russia
Red Army
Rumania
Europe
Balkan
Transylvania
Hungary
Romania
Red Fleet
Western Special Military District
Nunseenen
London
Missionaries killed in Italian air attack near Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
A British official reports an Italian airplane machinegunned and bombed an isolated station in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan protectorate, killing two American missionaries and wounding two others despite a raised American flag. The attack comes amid ongoing Italian raids along the eastern frontier near Kassala and Gallabat.
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Cairo
Sudan
Egypt
Gallabat
Ethiopia
Kassala
Eritrea
London Air War Drags On as Raid Attacks Continue
British anti aircraft guns and RAF fighters guard London for six hours from noon to suppertime as Nazi raiders, said to number 400, clash over suburbs in dive bomb attacks. German columns and warplanes threaten Romania amid Vienna four power talks. Beset on all sides Bucharest reports axis Hungarian action and possible Soviet invasion.
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London
RAF
Bucharest
Rumania
Berlin
Weather notes from Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee river gauge measured 20.4 feet and rising, with a 24 hour period ending at 7 am showing a maximum 86 and minimum 72 and a trace of rain. Alabama reports scattered thundershowers in the extreme north easing tonight, with cooler conditions, while Tennessee east portion sees showers tonight and a slightly warmer day.
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Alabama
Tennessee
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Dorothy Hayes
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Flint Group
War Relief Production
Morgan County High Registration
FDR
Willkie
Cameron Wesley
Macon
Miss
Evans Tubbee
Wesley
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BE. G. Austin
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J. M. Powers
Jack Frierson
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