Tokyo Press Moderates U S Attitude In Oil Controversy
Tokyo press signals a softened tone toward the United States as talks among President Roosevelt Secretary Hull and Japanese envoy Nomura loom. Officials weigh tighter oil export limits and possible prewar quota changes, amid Manchukuo and China context, with Britain arranging evacuation for nationals.
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Associated Press
Japan
Washington
Far East
United States
Washton
Moscow
Russia
Roosevelt
Hull
Kichisaburo Nomura
Konoye
White House
Te Department
China
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Pacific
Tokyo
Great Britain
Nomura
FDR
Pesident Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Mass escape at Texas juvenile school prompts large search
Bloodhounds and volunteers comb central Texas for 36 youths who fled the state boys reform school after a sports period. Forty seven inmates broke from 200 and crossed a fence to Leon river bottoms. some suspected major crimes among ages 14 to 25. Eleven fugitives were later captured after swimming the swollen river.
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Gatssville
Tex
Texas
State Boys Reform School
B. H. Nesbitt
Leon River
Nesbitt
Leon
Arsenal Men Heard Here About Huntsville Project
About one hundred citizens attended the Decatur Chamber of Commerce meeting to hear Army officials from the Huntsville arsenal discuss the $50,000,000 defense project. Lieut Colonel Ungelhuem explained construction housing and sales concerns while Major Shannonhouse warned communities against over-building amid large defense spending.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chemical Warfare Arsenal
Huntsville
Army
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Daugherty
Morgan County
American Legion
Decature
Milwaukee
Barrett Shelton
Shelton
Arsenal
W. J. Ungelhuem
Chemical Warfare Service
U. S. Army
J. G. Shationhouse
C. B. Drennon
E. C. Thompson
Huntsville Arsenal
Ungelheum
United States
Shannonhouse
Director of Nurses Promoted to Captain at Fort Benning
Ruth Anderson, director of the 150 nurses on duty at the Army's 2,200 bed hospital at Fort Benning, has been ranked a captain after taking the oath of allegiance. She began her Army nursing career May 15, 1918 after graduating from a hospital in Elizabeth New Jersey.
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Fort Benning
Ruth Anderson
Anderson
Elizabeth
N. J
Senate moves to pass historic 3.67 billion revenue bill
Washington leaders pressed for Senate votes to approve next week the Treasury estimate bill, a record revenue package raising taxes across the board. Senate finance chair George and Sen. Johnson defended the measure as necessary, while plan to adjust wording for technical corrections next Tuesday. The bill expands income taxes, broadens exemptions cuts, and adds nuisance taxes on many goods.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Finance
Treasury
Rouse
Johnson
Cal
George
Barkley
House
Polio Report Ties Case to Morgan County
No new infantile paralysis cases were reported in Morgan county after one case emerged Thursday in Pleasant Hill eight miles southwest of Decatur. Dr. L R Murphree said the patient is satisfactory and cooler weather may reduce further spread. If no more cases arise, Decatur and county schools will begin the 1940 41 term on September 8.
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Morgan County
Pleasant Hill
Decatur
L. R. Murphree
Polio Cases Rise in Alabama with 24 New Infections
Aug 30 report shows 24 new polio cases bringing 1950 yearly total to 508 with 2 deaths, including 11 in Walker County and spread across Jefferson Calhoun and other counties. Deaths occurred in Jefferson and Walker counties as health officials warn against further spread.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walker County
Jefferson County
Calhoun
Jackson
Tuscaloosa
Etowah
Morgan
Jefferson
Walker
Suburban counties oppose Cole Brothers Circus in epidemic fears
Hapeville along with Atlanta and Fulton county refuse permission for Cole Brothers Circus due to infantile paralysis concerns. J D Newman promises to use all options before conceding dates in Atlanta. State records show 542 total infantile paralysis cases since June 14 with new cases in Muscogee Coweta Carroll and Polk counties while Atlanta and Fulton Counties report no new cases.
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Atlanta
Hapeville
Fulton County
Cole Brothers
J. D. Newman
Newman
Muscogee
Coweta
Carroll
Polk
Filton
Decatur High Band Receives $100 From Local Firms
Jack Smallwood Inc. became the second Decatur firm to donate 100 toward the Decatur High School Band trip to the American Legion Convention in Milwaukee. Alabama Flour Mills started the $100 contributions, and about $300 more is needed to cover trip expenses. Contributions can be sent to The Decatur Daily.
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Jack Smallwood Inc
Decatur
Milwaukee
American Legion
Eal Ase
Alabama Flour Mills
Decatur Daily
Chatsworth Doctors Take Local Government Roles Throughout Years
Chatsworth Georgia residents have repeatedly elected local physicians to civic posts. In 1937 population around 1 000 chose Dr. C C Russell in 1939 Dr R H Bradley followed as mayor and in 1940s the current mayor is Dr E H Dickey.
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Chatsworth
C. C. Russell
R. H. Bradley
E. H. Dickey
War With Japan Tightening In Washington Talks
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes the stalled American Japanese negotiations in Washington. He warns of a potential showdown that could decide peace or war as Washington hardens toward Japanese actions in the Orient and signals readiness to face any outcome.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Washington
Orient
Uncle
Uncle Sam
Showdown Near In Japanese Crisis
The piece discusses Japan's crisis with Washington over terms after a sensational move. It notes Tokyo fears Washington will demand a stronger Far East policy and could back Japan into retreat to avoid a break in peace.
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Washington
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Far East
Ward One Up On Pat Abbott Today
Mar vin Bud Ward of Spokane Washington leads Pat Abbott of Los Angeles by one hole after the first nine in their 36 hole national amateur golf championship match at Omaha. An eagle three on the 515 yard fourth hole sparked Ward to the early advantage.
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Omaha
Marvin
Bud) Ward
Spokane
Wash
Pat Abbott
Los Angeles
Negro admits sex slayings linked to thrillers
Jarvis R. Catoe, 36, confessed to choking about 10 women to death, attributing part of the murders to reading detective thrillers and viewing obscene pictures. Victims identified include Jessie Strieff, Evelyn Anderson, and Rose Abramowitz. New York detectives traced Catoe via a wrist watch taken from Anderson’s body.
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Washington
Jarvis R. Ontoe
Ira Keck
Catoe
Rose Abramowitz
Kansas City
New York
Anderson
Early Bloom for Pastor Lily in Salt Lake City
Mrs. Mary Peterson notes her potted Pastor Lily blooming 217 days earlier than expected marking an unusual early bloom in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Mary Peterson
Lily
Decatur Daily Announces Sunday Edition Start
The Decatur Daily reveals plans to publish a Sunday edition starting soon in Decatur Alabama. The move follows growth in the city and surrounding area and includes The Associated Press wire plus Sunday comics from sixteen top titles.
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Associated Press
Optimistic shift in Eastern petroleum shortage hearings
Senators probing a gasoline and fuel oil shortage heard government authorities and industry figures report cautious relief. Admiral Land urged rapid creation of 100 reinforced oil barges to ease transport, while Maloney questioned the severity of the shortage and pushed for rail tank car use to move 200,000 barrels daily.
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Washington
Seaboard
Chairrman Maloney
D-Conn
Admiral Emory
Land
Peppery
Maritime Commission
Sugfor
Atlantic Seaboard
Maloney
East
Far West
England
Admiral Land
J. J. Pelley
American Association of Railroads
Ralph Budd
Office of Production Management
Ralph K. Davies
Lumberman William Buchanan Dies After Illness
William J. Buchanan 55 head of Rich and Extensive Buchanan Lumber and Railroad interests in Southwest Arkansas and adjacent states died today after a two month illness. Buchanan, a bachelor, took control of family properties after father William Buchanan’s death in 1923.
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Texarkana
Ark
William J. Buchanan
Buchanan
Arkansas
William’, Buchanan
Legionnaire Elected to House in Wisconsin
Lawrence H. Smith national chairman of the American Legion child welfare committee was elected to the House of Representatives from Wisconsin's first district after campaigning against President Roosevelt's policies.
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Legionnaire
Janesville
Wis
Lawrence H. Smith
American Legion Child Welfare Committee
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Axis and Allied War Talks Highlight Oil Shortages
Reports from Rome and Berlin say Hitler and Mussolini pressed oil and other raw materials as essential in sustaining the war, while Britain and the United States acknowledge shortages. Axis press claims heavy Soviet losses and Tallinn withdrawal, with Finland claiming Viipuri and a push toward Kivennapa as battle lines shift across Estonia and the Baltic region.
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Tallinn
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Talesinn
Axis
Rome
Thony Eden
Britain
United States
Coventry
Russia
Laval
Mussolini
Germany
Hitler
New Order
Fuehrer
Duce
Europe
Portugal
Turkey
Berlin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Len
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PSKOV
Ilake Ilmen
Stalin Canal
Senate Committee
Medicos Popular
Alabama
Tion
Viiport
Kiviennapa
Viipuri
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