Campers In Merry Mood At Dunroamin Camp
A lively Dunroamin camp week opens with Alabama cont retirada Decatur Huntsville Scottsboro girls drawing praise. Highlights include a mock wedding, camp leaders in the Fleas and Chiggers clans, Miss Dunroamin elections, and strong showings in swimming tennis badminton archery.
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Dunroamnin
Dunroamin
Alabama
Decatur
Huntsville
Scottsboro
Loagare Ie Oi
Charlotte
Sandra
Darwin
Margaret Ann
Emens
Anne Layman
Cissie” Shelton
Kathleen Lively
Jean Brown
Peggy Myers
Fayetteville
Margaret Ann Emens
Betty Jo Cummings
Arden Newbould
The
Cedars
Independence Day Death Toll Tops 300 in 1943 Weekend
The Associated Press reports 307 deaths on Independence Day weekend, with 137 in traffic, 83 drownings, and 87 in other causes. Illinois led in accidental deaths with 27, California 21, and Pennsylvania 18, as travel volumes rise for return trips nationwide.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
New York
la Guardia Field
A. Guard
Roosevelt predicted to visit Cherbourg and meet Churchill
A Reuters recorded Transocean broadcast claimed President Roosevelt would arrive at Cherbourg to hoist an American flag on the citadel and then travel to Scotland to meet Churchill before likely going to Rome to meet Stalin. The claim lacks Allied confirmation and echoes past Axis attempts to obtain information.
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London
Reuters
Roosevelt
Cherbourg
Scotland
Churchill
Rome
Stalin
Work to Begin on New Church
Work will start on the Church of God two miles south of Hartselle on the Bee Line highway on July 17 and continue for six days. Rev. Sam Newby said the congregation seeks help from friends and God to complete the project despite limited funds.
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Church of God
Hartselle
Bee Line Highway
Sam Newby
Mystery Surrounds Sinking of the Maine
The cause of the battleship Maine's sinking remains undiscovered, with investigators and historians arguing over possible explanations, theories, and evidence from the disaster that claimed many lives.
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Maine
Wreck of Santa Fe Chief Train Kills Twelve near Williams
Santa Fe Railway reports twelve killed and 26 injured as the Westbound Chief derailed near Williams Arizona. Ambulances from Williams Flagstaff Winslow and Bellomont rushed to the scene. Nine died at the crash site two at Bellemont and one at Williams. A special train to reunite passengers was planned. Officials investigate the cause.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railway
Williams
Ariz
Maine
H. M. Gill
Flagstaff
Winslow
Bellomont
Belemont
Bellemont
Gill
A. B. Enderle
Santa Fe
De Gaulle Sets Final Plans for Visit to Washington
General Charles De Gaulle has definite arrangements for a Washington visit, expected late this week. He had earlier hedged on timing, but now signals a general policy conversation with President Roosevelt and other U.S. officials, with focus on wartime strategy.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
United States
Algiers
Envoy Returns to Washington from Argentina
Norman Armour arrived at Washington airport from Buenos Aires to report to State Secretary Hull and President Roosevelt on the tense U S Argentina situation. He reached Miami last night then went to Washington, saying he had no information on whether his recall is permanent.
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Washington
Norman Armour
Buenos Aires
Hull
Roosevelt
Argentina
Miami
State Department
Armour
Dr. Smith Named Associate Leader at API Farm School
Dr. E. V. Smith was appointed associate fish culturist and botanist at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, serving as assistant dean and director of the school of agriculture and the Alabama agricultural experiment station. The Dale county native, API graduate of 1924, earned a doctorate from Iowa State College in 1938.
Custom Among Western Indians on Treating Fallen Enemies
The article notes a native custom in which western tribes would refrain from scalp-taking on a brave foe who had already been slain, reflecting cultural practices surrounding warfare and honor.
Georgia Primary Race Highlights Race and Party Tactics
In Georgia the Democratic primary limits voting to whites prompting Negro leaders to plan token voting challenges. Texas rulings are cited as a contrast while Southern Democrats push for actions preserving customs. National figures debate platforms and potential ticket picks ahead of the Chicago convention.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Chicago
Texas
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Mississippi
Eastland
D. - Miss
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Clues
A mixed page of crossword clues with across and down hints, plus a cryptoquote. Includes familiar word prompts like Ray and Excess and notes on cryptogram phrasing. Ends with a quotation attributed to Plutarch and a cryptogram line YLGN… indicating the puzzle feature.
Georgia Democrats hold July Fourth primary in Atlanta
The July Fourth primary in Atlanta selects nominees for one U S senate seat four congressional seats and various county offices. Senior Senator Walter F George faces challenger John W Goolsby of Washington Ga in the sole statewide race as six of ten congressional races continue.
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Supreme Court
Texas
Walter F. George
Washington
Georgia
John W. Goolsby
House of Representatives
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Connally
D.-Tex
Wendell L. Willkie
South
Velt
Roosevelt
Wallace
Robert Hannegan
Chicago
Atlanta
United States Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Washington, Ga
Farmer
Athens College endowment hits half-way mark with $100000
The Athens College endowment drive reports $100,280.20 subscribed by five districts Decatur Florence Huntsville Albertville Bir. The campaign resumes September 1 with Bessemer Jasper Tuscaloosa Gadsden Anniston Roanoke and Athens. Executives pledged to secure the remaining funds to meet a donor condition.
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Athens College
Decatur
Florence
Huntsville
Albertville
Bessemer
Jasper
Tuscaloosa
Gadsden
Anniston
Roanoke
Athens
P. W. Hendricks Jr
R. C. Martin
R. H. Richardson
T. S. Woodroof
E. R. Naylor
A. Ivan Peltner
Morgan County Penns Mrs Marie Crowe Community Notes
A large crowd heard Reverend Parker at Friendship church. Local families joined singing at Moulton and Old Friendship Sunday. Several residents visited Mrs D D Holly in Nolton hospital. her condition improving. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Troy Hall last week. Alvie Bell to teach a singing school at Penns beginning Monday.
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Parker
Friendship Church
Moulton
Old Friendship
Emmett Holladay
Dana Crowe
Edna Looney
Sam Steele
Offie Garnett
D. D. Holly
Noulton Hospital
Holly
Zemon Crowe
Sammy
Freeman Wallace
Adean
Lawrence County
Troy Hall
Travis. Bess
John Legg
Floyd Kimbrough
Edwin Price
Verne Penn
Coy Crow
Pfc
Bill Terry
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Herbert Leigh
Church of Christ
Nolan Beck
Mary Beck
John Beck
Hill Carpenter
Tennessee
Mavis Reed
Mamie Wilson
Boaz
Matilda Garrett
Leighton
Bob Patterson
Mississippi
Jerry Patterson
Junior Cooper
Sandra Ay
Hayes Boyd
Geoffrey
Willmer Beck
Russell Childs
Etta Roberts
Hamilton
Norene
Christene Parker
Oneal Box
Sheffield
Dorthy Sue
Bettie Lou Smith
Lonnie Carpenter
Alaska
Fred Carpenter
Fort Evansville
Indiana
Silas Waldrop
Noah Terry
Churchill to Speak Thursday on German Air Attacks
London reports Prime Minister Churchill will deliver a statement Thursday on German flying bomb attacks against Southern England. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that an earlier report was unlikely and that Churchill would be better positioned to address the topic later in the week.
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London
Churchill
England
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Unsupported 1944 party primary noted in Alabama column
The article describes a Lawrence County race where Hatton and Miss Flora Maye Beck are mentioned along with a light expected vote by about 500 000 white Democrats and a note that nomination equals election. It lists congressional races in the first through ninth districts and mentions local social and family notices from the area.
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Fulton County
Atlanta
Hugh Peterson
Riley
J. Ellis Pope
Lyons City
Clarence D. Pedersen
Savannah
E. E. Cox
J. H. Smithwick
Moultrie
Florida
John S. Gibson
Andrew J. Tuten
Alma
B. Frank Whelchel
Clifton W. Brannon
Toccoa
James S. Golden
Jasper
John S. Wood
Canton
Lawrence County Hatton
Flora Maye Beck
Calamity Town in Ellery Queen Chapter Nineteen
Ellery observes police work in Wrightsville as Rosemary Haight dies from arsenic poisoning after a poisoned cocktail. Chief Dakin questions the Wrights and Haights while Dr. Willoughby confirms the poisoning and autopsy results. Jim Haight is suspected as the tray arranger, but the scene shifts to tracing who controlled the drinks before the New Year.
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Willoughby
Nora Haight
Wright
Ellery
Patty Wright
Nora
Chief Dakin
Bradford
Dakin
Dr. Willoughby
Wrights
Carl
Mr. Queen
Mr. Smith
Carter Bradford
Jim Haight
Haight
Jim
Rosemary Haight
Patricia Wright
Ludie
Pat
Rosemary
Emmy DuPré
Lola
Gene
Ellery Ryly
Lloyd
Mr. Haight
Hermione
John F
Hermy
Six flyers killed in bomber crash near Hammon Oklahoma
Six men were known to have died and five others feared dead in a bomber crash near Hammon Oklahoma late Sunday night. Col. Fred Fedsel of Woodward Army air field announced the figure. One presumed casualty is Second Lt. Keith F. Holtsford from Florence Alabama. There were only 100 dentists then US in 1820.
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Woodward
Okla
Hammon
Fred Fedsel
Woodward Army Air Field
Keith F. Holtsford
Cumberland
Florence
Ala
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Europe
Plutarch
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Morgan County
PENN
Marie Crowe
Karelian
Leningrad
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Ellery Queen
Little, Brown @ Co
King Features
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