Lawrence Woman Agnes Campfield Found by Hanging
Miss Agnes Campfield aged 23 was found hanged in a shed at the rear of her Hatton home in Lawrence County at 5 30 am Saturday. Coroner J H Highsmith ruled death by her own hand. She kept house for her father Noah Campfield and brother Bu ford Campfield and is survived by a sister Mrs William Newton. Funeral set for Sunday at Bum pus Creek with burial in Decatur.
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Agnes Campfield
Hatton
Lawrence County
Buford Campfield
J. H. Highsmith
Miss Campfield
Noah Campfield
W. R. Taylor
Highsmith
George D. Byars
James Miller
Bumpus Creek
Lawrenceburg
Tennessee
W. H. Haddock
Brown
Decatur
William Newton
War started one year ago marks end of early WWII
The Associated Press notes one year of war in Europe began with Hitler’s Poland invasion on Sept. 1, 1939. Britain and France declared war. many nations fell and only Britain remains fighting. Reports claim millions dead or wounded and vast material losses, with conflicting German and British casualty tallies.
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Associated Press
Heart of
Berlin
London
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Britain
France
Germany
Denrk
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Hitler
Italy
Low Countries
Pendil
Vely
Wine Truck Turns Over Near Decatur
Everett Yates of Montgomery escaped injury when his wine laden truck overturned on the Bee Line Highway a mile and a half north of Decatur at 1 30 Saturday morning. The vehicle, en route from Montgomery to Nashville, carried 350 cases of wine. several cases were shattered and the truck sustained considerable damage before it continued to Nashville under temporary repairs.
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Everett William Yates
Hull Street
Montgomery
Bee Line
Decatur
Nashville
R. A. Troupe
Julian Mc[neees
Yates
Repal
Nash
Foes Expect Burke Wadsworth Draft Passage In House
Washington reports indicate opposition to the Burke Wadsworth military training bill remains scattered in the House but all factions agree passage is likely next week. Debates to center on age limits 21 to 44 or 21 to 30 and on government seizure of defense plants, with some proposing rental terms only.
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Washington
House
House Military Committee
Senate
Smith
D.-Conn
Brooks
D.-La
Attack on CIO man charged
George Bass CSO organizer for the Firestone plant filed warrants against seven men after a Thursday beating near the plant. No arrests yet as Bass has not identified suspects and warrants list only last names. Bass received head and face injuries and bruises, while plant officials did not comment on union leader demands for action.
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Memphis, Tenn
George Bass
CSO
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Oliver Perry
Bass
Akron, O
Eggs Tossed in Labor Row at Jacksonville Cigar Plant
Riotous scenes at the John Swisher & Son Cigar Plant during a third day of a 2000 plus workers strike left ten injured. Eggs tomatoes and objects flew as strikers and nonstrikers clashed. police restored order. Women workers also suffered cuts and bruises. union leaders called for reinstatement and wage increases.
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Jacksonville
Fila
John Swisher & Son Cigar
Otto Nolte
Sone
Russell vs Willkie over wartime government powers
Senator Russell accuses Wendell Willkie of opposing any government action not presupposed by business as he defends a measure giving the government authority to take over private industry in a national defense emergency. Russell challenges Willkie to public debate on the issue.
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Washington
Russell
Georgia
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Senate
Roosevelt
Power Combine
Deed Signed for Mill Site in Decatur Plant Move
W B Neher head of the Alabama Brick and Tile Company said a deed for the property to be used by the Nebraska Consolidated Mills plant was being signed today in Decatur. The site will host the Stephenson Brick Company location with a flour mill to follow. Contractors will be urged to rush the building, with construction estimated at about six months and about 75 workers employed when the plant opens.
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W. B. Neher
Alabama Brick and Tile Company
Decatur
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company
Stephenson Brick Company
Neher
Cesti
Iva
Rumania Agrees to Base Handover to Nazi Units
Reports from Bucharest say German air bases and HQ for Nazi tank and motorized units will be established on Romanian soil after Vienna talks. Demobilization of Romania's 1.3 million armed men under way as Transylvania faces ceding to Hungary and mass protests erupt among Romanians.
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Bucharest
Vienna
Rumania
Transylvania
Hungary
Balkan
Cluj
Italy
Carol
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Beloved Man Called Home
J T Templeton a well known Kartselle businessman died at 1 15 this morning at his home of a heart attack He is survived by his wife his mother Mrs J G Kent of Hartselle and one brother Ed Templeton Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday at three o'clock conducted by Rev Frank Aldridge with interment in Mt Zion cemetery Peck directing Pallbearers named H H Evans Y Quinn L H Houston John Cooper Warren Puckett Neal Britnell Jim Cain and John West Templeton had operated a business in Hartselle for 37 years and was active in community affairs His death brought sorrow to the section today
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J.T. Templeton
Kartselle
Templeton
J.G. Kent
Hartselle
Ed Templeton
Frank Aldridge
Mt. Zion
Peck
H. H. Evans
Y. Quinn
L. H. Houston
John Cooper
Warren Puckett
Neal Britnell
Jim Cain
John West
Two Ships Hit in Dense Fog Off Cape May
In dense fog off the New Jersey coast, the SS Seatrain Texas and the Norwegian freighter Rolf Jarl collided. Both headed for Philadelphia. Seatrain Texas reported no assistance needed while Rolf Jarl was said to be leaking badly.
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New York
Seatrain Texas
Rolf Jarl
New Jersey
Mackay
Texas
Scarlet fever reported in Morgan county
A five year old white girl in Parkville developed scarlet fever reported by county health officer Dr. L. R. Murphree. The Morgan county total rises to seven cases in 1940 with all other patients reported recovered.
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Parkville
L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Alabama Vehicle Ownership Rises Sharply by 1939
Alabama car registrations grew 47.0 percent from 225,732 in 1934 to 331,742 in 1939, a gain of 106,010 vehicles, according to Karl M Hearne secretary of the Alabama Petroleum Industries committee. This rise highlights highway transportation's growing role in everyday life for families of modest means.
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Alabama
Karl M. Hearne
Alabama Petroleum Industries Committee
Balkan tensions loom as wartime settlement shifts axis
War commentator notes Hitler may have averted a Balkan upheaval by settling the Romanian Hungarian dispute. The Balkan pot simmers with Romania Hungary Greece tensions and fears of Italian aggression. The Russian Bear moves along western fronts with cautious maneuvers amid rumblings of anticipation.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
England
Balkan
Romania
Hungary
For
Greece
Hitler Averts Blaze at His Own Back Door
The piece argues Hitler and Mussolini can maintain control while pressure holds, noting the Transylvania territorial shift from Romania to Hungary as a staged move. It cautions that Hitler’s grip in Europe hinges on victory in the Battle of Britain and predicts further consolidation under his rule.
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Hitler
Blaze
Messrs
Mussolini
Transylvania
Romania
Hungary
Europe
Britain
Cloudburst Hamps PGA Semi Final Round In Hershey
A rainstorm turned the fairways to rivers at Hershey pa forcing postponement of the PGA semi finals after 18 holes. Sam Snead led Harold MecSpaden three up and Byron Nelson led Ralph Guldahl one up when play was halted. The second 18 holes will be played tomorrow with the finals Monday.
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Hershey
Sam Snead
Harold (Jug) MecSpaden
Byron Nelson
Ralph Guldahl
Seizure of German Information Library Assets
Dies committee agents seized the German library of information near the German consulate collecting books payroll records and correspondence. Investigators took a mailing list of 70000 names copies of Facts In Review and materials promoting Hitler and national socialism including films slides and radio broadcasts. Dr Mathias Schmitz claimed functions similar to foreign information libraries in the U S.
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New York
Dies Congressional Committee
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Lord Haw-Haw
Lord Haw- Haw
Mathias Schmitz
Seasonal Industry Exemption Looms For Cotton Warehouses
A preliminary finding by Col. Philip B. Fleming wage hour administrator proposes a seasonal exemption from the wage law for storing raw cotton in bales. The rule would let workers in cotton storage work 12 hours daily or 56 hours a week for 14 weeks without overtime pay. The request came from the National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Ayor
National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Associa
British Use New Weapon Against German Raiders
London reports Britain uses a mechanical range and course predictor called a sausage machine to aim anti aircraft batteries and searchlights at approaching raiders. Ground gunners and fighters credit AA guns with destroying about 100 Germans in the past month, better than World War II artillery efficiency.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Britain
Man Killed at Ingalls Shipyard
J Bodie Jennings aged 38, an employee of Ingalls Shipbuilding, was electrocuted while at work on West Market street. He sat on steel decking in a boat cabin for Standard Oil Company and grabbed an extension light cord, receiving a fatal shock. First aid crews from the city electric department and Alabama Power labored over three hours without success. Jennings, who recently moved to Decatur, was survived by his wife and relatives with funeral plans not announced.
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J. Bodie Jennings
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
West Market Street
City Electric Department
Alabama Power Company
Jennings
Standard Oil Company
Aho
Decatur
Berlin bombed as RAF flies heavy city raid
British warplanes bombed central Berlin for the first time in history, starting fires in the southeast and damaging the Siemens electrical plant. Residents huddled in shelters for 1 hour 37 minutes as fires spread, with fires touching a church, an apartment building, and Bethesda hospital after the raid.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Siemens Schuckert
High Command
Germany
London
Fire Department
Linden Street
Wilhems
Reichschancellery
Foreign Office
Ccity
Evangelical Christus Church
Diefenbach
Bethesda Hospital
Bombing War Rages Over London and Berlin
German raids on London drive residents to air shelters as Berlin reports its first wartime bombing. Britain says six Nazi planes shot down and three missing. 21st London air alert since Croydon raid. Berlin centers hit with fires, destruction, and widespread alarm as the conflict deepens.
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Associated Press
Germany
RAF
Berlin
London
Air Ministry
Croydon
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
H Linden Street
Wilhelmstrasse
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 19.74 feet on Saturday. Temperatures reached a high of 88 and a low of 68 with 0.20 inches of rain. Alabama expected fair nights and Sunday and Monday with no significant temperature change. Tennessee anticipated fair nights and Sunday with similar temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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