Japanese War Anniversary Observed Amid Mourning and Resignation
Japan marks the second anniversary of the China war with a nationwide moment of silence and solemn rites at shrines. Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako prayed for the dead as Premier Kiichiro Hiranuma led cabinet officials to Yasukuni Shrine. Citizens bear heavy grief, seeking peace amid high taxes and rising living costs while reports of brutal acts and battlefield losses fuel restrained despair.
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Japan
China
Hirohito
Nagako
Congressional actions snapshot today
Senate considers a bill to prohibit block booking of moving pictures at 12 noon EST. The Monopoly committee hears assistant attorney general Thurman Arnold testify on the building industry at 10:30 a.m. Labor committee continues hearings on Wagner Act amendments at 10 a.m. Banking subcommittee reviews renewed proposal to end buying of foreign silver at 10 a.m. House in recess.
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Associated Press
Senate
Nook
Monopoly
Thurman Arnold
Labor Committee
House
Local families visit Lawrence County as Illness and travel mark week
Gene daughter of las Smith remains seriously ill in hospital. Mrs. Her Quinn and children with Mrs. Robert Cleere of Montgomery visit parents here. Miss Mary V Counts returns from Birmingham and Montgomery. Mrs. Homer Stovall and Miss Charlotte Petty of Decatur spend time with their relatives. Miss Mattie Fae Counts to Montgomery and Birmingham for summer. Mrs. J R Dukeminier suffers rheumatism. Miss Kathern Jackson visits from Decatur. Mrs. Reble Sandy and daughters at bedside in Tuscumbia. Mrs. Montgomery of Wren ill. Miss Ruby Roberson of Decatur visits. Mrs. Reynold Counts of Birmingham visits family. Mrs. Enos Sneed and children of Russellville visit. Little Donald Counts spends weekend with grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Teese of Sheffield visit Counts family.
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Gene
Las Smith
Her Quinn
Robert Cleere
Montgomery
Mary V. Counts
Birmingham
Homer Stovall
Charlotte Petty
Decatur
Mattie Fae Counts
J. R. Dukeminier
Kathern Jackson
Johnnie Jackson
Reble Sandy
Wren
Ruby Roberson
May Lynn Rowe
Jean Strickland
Buck
Tom Drinkard
Dolphus Prince
Shocco Springs
Lewis Clark
R. B. Hargett
May Jane
Russellville
Jvne Rowe
Bernice Westmoreland
Leon Jones
Bloyd
Boly
Gadsden
Jones
Leon
Homer Newman
State National Bank
North Carolina
Ruth Clark
Marion
Newman
May Alice Plemmons
Judson College
Ebenezer
W. &. Cloud, Jr
Vinemont
Elizabeth Griffin
Dorothy Bell- Drinkard
Jean Rowe
Emily Mae St. John
Virgil Clark
Ruth
Sarah Burzett
Henry Burzett
Guntersville
Margaret Liles
Montevallo
Jimmie Rodgers
Falkville
Sara Drinkard
Athens
J. G. Liles
Mississippi
Nervous juror excused after bank robbery fear
John B. Eley, a prospective juror in a bank messenger robbery trial, admitted he was nervous about judging such cases after saying he had been held up three times at banks where he had worked. He was excused. A group had solicited contributions, raised 450 dollars, bought two trucks, and turned the titles over to council for work transportation.
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Los Angeles
John B. Eley
Falkville Social Notes Mention Camp Visits and Local News
Falkville residents report 4-H Cole Spring camp visits at Cole Spring east of Falkville. Many attend Shocco Springs camp and summer school in Nashville and Montevallo. Local church activities include a Missionary Society program at Falkville Baptist and visits by families to Guntersville and Decatur.
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Blackwell
A. Blackwell
Jacksonville
Teacher's College
A. R. Patterson
Rena Junkins
Nashville
Peabody
Cole Spring
Falkville
Vogle
Johnnie Cloud, Jr
Falkville Baptist Church
Solomon and Jeroboam Story and Parable Reflection
A Sunday School lesson reviews Solomon's reign and its decline due to foreign wives and idolatry. It links Jeroboam’s rise, Ahijah’s prophecy, and Solomon's end to the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, urging faithful stewardship and obedience.
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Jeroboam
Ahijah
Israel
Solomon
Egypt
Rehoboam
WPA project sparks worker action in Dupont
Borough officials told WPA to supply trucks for a project in Dupont Pennsylvania on July 7. When denied, 150 workers seized the moment and took matters into their own hands.
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WPA
Dupont, Pa
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