Decatur celebration opens with parade and pageant
Decatur marks its 120th anniversary with a four day celebration beginning with a city parade featuring floats bands police and National Guard units. Queens Betty Foster Pointer and Nell Beach Dix will crown the city and valley monarchs at the pageant opening at Beacon Field with a coronation and a later fireworks show.
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Decatur
James Monroe
Tennessee
Beacon Field
Betty Foster Pointer
Nell Beach Dix
Tennessee Valley
Ferry Street
Second Avenue
Armory
State Highway Patrol
Queens
Courts
City of
Columbia
Huntsville
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
National Guard
Hartselle
Athens
CCC
L. & N. Railroad
Delano Park
Benson Field
One Edition The Daily Reports Decatur 120th Anniversary Inauguration
The Daily issues an early edition so all staff can join Decatur’s four day inaugural celebration marking the city’s 120th anniversary.
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Decatur
Minute Men Ordered From Romanian Oil Fields
British oil workers in Romania including some called minute men were told to leave within 24 hours amid invasion fears. American officials said no similar order for Americans. experts warned it could signal nationalization of Romanian oil fields crucial to Europe’s armies.
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Bucharest
Romania
Germany
Russia
Legation
Europe
Rumania
Weather lifts Alabama crops across the state report says
The Alabama crop service reports favorable growth last week despite cooler days. Heat peaks over 90 degrees, soils stay moist from weekend showers, pastures and hay benefit. Corn, potatoes, cucumbers harvest underway in north and south, oats disrupted by harvest, fruit crops very short, peanuts good, sugarcane slow in southern counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State
Chatham Manufacturing Grants 35000 Bonus to 1800 Employees
The Chatham Manufacturing Company in Winston-Salem awarded a $35,000 Fourth of July bonus to 1,800 employees. President Thurmond Chatham urged workers to keep cooperating and to help build up the nation's strength amid world troubles.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Chatham Manufacturing Company
Thurmond Chatham
Master of Rehearsals Jules Judels Found Dead
Jules Judels age 66 a veteran Met Opera rehearsals chief was found dead from gas poisoning in his New York City apartment last night. Police ruled it was apparently death by own action after a note was found in the kitchen.
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New York
Jules Judels
Metropolitan Opera House
First Survivor Tells Arandora Star Sinking Tale
London July 4 The first survivor of the Arandora Star describes the liner going down as a sea of faces with a 100 foot steam plume. Martin Verinder 18 year old steward says 1 000 were landed in western Scotland leaving about 1 000 unaccounted. Many Germans and Italians died or were interned. He recalls Captain Moulton calmly asking for water and notes barbed wire on the bridge. He estimates several hundred aliens perished and praises the rescuing crew as wonderful.
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Associated Press
London
Martin Verinder
Scotland
Canada
Ireland
Province
Mediterranean
Athenia
North Sea
Glorious
Arandora Star
Verinder
Oung
Courtland Power Sale Hearing Set
The State Public Service Commission set a July 23 hearing on Alabama Power Co. petitions to sell its Albertville system to the city and remove facilities from Courtland Alabama. The plan aims to operate publicly owned utilities in the Tennessee Valley region. A separate petition by Alabama Water Service Co. to build a 600 gallons per minute filtration plant at Fort Payne was scheduled for July 10.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Public Service Comt
Alabama Power Co
Albertville
Courtland
Tennessee Valley
Alabama Water Service”.Co
Fort Payne
Germans Arrested in Singapore Dawn Roundup
Twenty five Germans were arrested and interned by police in a dawn roundup today in Singapore.
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Singapore
Hull talked as Roosevelt running mate
Washington dispatch reports high Democratic circles expecting a Roosevelt third term and Hull as vice president. Hull’s name dominates veep talk though Roosevelt has not stated plans. Some see a January or emergency tenure, with Garner Wheeler and Farley still naming candidates. Wagner will draft a platform for Chicago meetings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt-Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Havana
Barkley
Kentucky
Garner
Wheeler
Montana
Farley
Chicago
Wagner
New York
Blair low bidder for Montgomery housing project
Algernon Blair, local contractor, was the low bidder at 362,340 dollars for the Cleveland courts low rent housing project for negroes in Montgomery. The plan calls for 150 dwelling units.
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Blair
Montgomery
Ala
Algernon Blair
Cleveland Courts
Army speeds mechanizing into actual armored corps
General George C. Marshall announced the army’s armored corps is being accelerated from vision to reality. Light and medium tanks scout cars and other weapons are available now for a hard hitting force that may exceed its German panzer counterparts. The first armored corps should be complete in a few months with two divisions about 700 armored vehicles 300 guns and howitzers and over 6 500 automatic and semi automatic weapons.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Johnson
Independence Day Celebrations Across Alabama Highlight Unity
Independence Day observances gain significance as Alabamians enjoy boat races fishing and picnics from Gulf Shores to the Tennessee Valley. Baldwin County hosts the 14th annual fishing rodeo at Orange Beach while Decatur marks its 120th anniversary with parades coronations and a four day pageant. High school bands compete in a Tennessee Valley battle of music and Decatur presents a pageant titled Decatur on the Tennessee with a patriotic parade and queen coronations.
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Associated Press
Europe
Gulf
South
Alabama
Tennessee
Orange Beach
Gulf Coast
Baldwin County
Decatur
Betty Foster Pointer
Tennessee Valley
Nell Beach Dix
Cullman
Huntsville
Sheffield
Columbia
Birmingham Country Club
Patrick
Latherpatrick
Baryyine
Italian Raiders Driven Back Off Alexandria
Five Italian planes attempted a broad daylight raid on Alexandria but were driven out to sea by anti-aircraft fire. About 20 bombs were dropped. no damage or casualties reported. The air raid alarm, Alexandria's first since June 22, sounded at 7:50 a.m. as the invaders were sighted at Abukir. The all clear followed at 8:45 a.m. It was not known if any planes were shot down.
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Alexandria
Alexanderia
Abukir
Stand-ins to Get Training in Alabama
Plans were drawn for a training roster of 71 state workers in the National Guard naval reserve and officers reserve corps. Governor Iaxon said he would sign a bill to preserve state workers’ jobs during military duty. Browder ordered heads to forward names with military affiliations. John Marks and Dr J M Barnes will serve 28 days with the local army recruiting office. Brig Gen Charles L Scott from Uriah, Ala, ordered to Fort Benning to assume command of one armored division.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabam Weotor I. J
Browder
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Officers
Pixon
State Department
John 3. Marks
J. M. Barnes
War Department
Army
Charles L. Scott
Uriah
Fort Benning
West Point
Ruling on Jefferson County Hospital Funding Authority
Ruling states appropriation of funds from Jefferson County's general fund to aid in operating the new county hospital is within the authority of Jefferson officials. Report by Attorney General Thomas B Lawson dated July 4 from Montgomery Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson County
General Fund
Jefferson
Thomas
Lawson
Coast Strike Called Off After Midnight Peace Move
The west coast marine strike was cancelled minutes after the deadline. The CIO marine cooks and stewards ratified a 10 percent wage adjustment following a memorandum peace formula. Harry Bridges proposed terms, Frances Perkins urged peace, and union leaders gained key jurisdictional concessions.
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San Francisco
CIO Marine
Harry Bridges
Frances Perkins
Gasoline Tax Collections Reach June Peak in Alabama
Alabama gasoline and lubricating oil tax receipts hit a June high totaling 1 33 765 according to A B Tucker gasoline tax division chief. June 1940 collections exceed June 1939 by 122 496 and are 218 607 above June 1938. Each county to receive 9 821.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
A. B. Tucker
Tucker
British French Sea Battle Rumors Reach Oran Front
Reports describe a major clash in the Mediterranean port of Oran as British forces seek to prevent France's navy from falling into Axis hands. Dispatches claim Italian warships rush to aid crippled French ships while Geneva notes fierce fighting near Casablanca.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Britain
DNB
Oran
Gibraltar
France
Geneva
Casablanca
Ships Taken Over by British Navy in French Ports
Prime Minister Churchill announced in the House of Commons that Britain seized two French battleships two cruisers several destroyers and many smaller craft in Portsmouth Plymouth and Sheerness to prevent Axis capture. A clash aboard the submarine Surcouf killed one British seaman and wounded two British officers and one seaman while one French officer died. The seizure followed French fleet movements toward African ports and actions at Alexandria and Oran targeting more ships.
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London
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Sheerness
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Surcouf
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Dunkerque
Strasbourg
Oran
Algeria
French Fleet Destroyed and Surrendered After British Ultimatum
British reports say a French commander refused a six hour ultimatum and two battleships were set aflame in the Mediterranean. A third was blown up while a fourth escaped with smaller ships under fire. London claimed many French vessels were seized in English ports. Churchill condemned Petain's government in the Commons.
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Mediterranean
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Petain
Weather Gauge Report From Tennessee Thursday
Reading shows a gauge of 212 feet and a maximum temperature of 74 degrees. The note covers data from the past 26 hours.
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Tennessee
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