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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
7
Entries pour in for junior boys and girls as the Delano Park events begin Monday morning. Entry closes at noon Saturday with Joe Hughes handling registrations. Earl Joyce Lee defends her junior title while John D. Sherrill looms as a strong challenger in the boys’ division.
In Eufaula Alabama on July 3 F Marvin Whitehead a resident of Abbeville was electrocuted after touching a power line toppled by heavy rains across a rural road. The incident prompted authorities to blame the weather for the pole failure. Dr Alfred Carpenter pastor Blytheville Ark named supervisor of Southern Baptist camp work with a $300000 program for churches near military training centers.
In Atlanta a car out of control struck a 15 year old boy, James Pike Andrews, and injured two pedestrians, Miss Cornelia Lewis and an unidentified man. Officer W M Callaway Jr says Rhoda Kaufman, executive secretary of the Atlanta Planning Council, apparently jammed the accelerator exiting a parking lot.
Alabama's 1941 crop of 21 year olds added about 15 000 to the draft eligible pool. Gen. Ben M. Smith said roughly 150 000 who might have been called up were deferred by the 28 year age deferral. Alabama registered 350 000 men last October for ages 21 to 36.
The Morgan County board of registrars will hold a meeting Monday to open and review the books. The announcement came today from T H Gunn, chairman of the board.
Morgan county will furnish a quota of 25 white youths for CCC camp enrollment tests to be held Wednesday July 9 in Huntsville. Those accepted will be sent to camps in the area under the direction of public welfare officials.
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