Big payments in crop control plan top farm aid list
The Agriculture Department released a list of 43,454 payees who received $1,000 or more in 1939 crop year soil conservation and price adjustment payments. Major recipients included Prudential Insurance Company $133,191 and Metropolitan Life $96,332.
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Washington
Federal Land Banks
Agriculture Department
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark
N. J
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Neb
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Department
Farmers Named for Agricultural Payments in 1939
PAYEES LISTED Farmers and land owners in this section who received payments for agricultural conservation and parity price adjustments in 1939 included F. E. Ashford, Courtland, $3,935.
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F. EB. Ashford
Courtland
Union and management clash at Alton ammunition plant
The AFL Chemical Workers Union and Western Cartridge Co at Alton Illinois faced mediation after failed bargaining. The union seeks recognition as bargaining agent for the smokeless division, a 25 cent wage rise, and a union shop while the plant employs about 6500 workers nationwide and 550 in the smokeless division. The strike threat was averted when the defense mediation board urged continued talks.
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Associated Press
Defense Mediation Board
AFL
Chemical Workers
Alton, Ill
Western Cartridge Company
Fred Olds
Roosevelt
United States
Defense
CIO
United Mine Workers
Southern Mine
U S Naval Forces Arrive In Iceland
Washington July 1 forces of the United States navy arrived in Iceland under an agreement with the Icelandic and Danish authorities. Roosevelt told Congress the action aims to deter German occupation of Atlantic outposts and to safeguard Greenland and the North American region. He warned of possible NATO allies and noted no detail on troop deployment or future steps.
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United States Navy
Iceland
Roosevelt
Congress
America
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Greenland
North American
North Atlantic
Western Hemisphere
Dakar
Africa
Cape
Verde
Azores
Canary Islands
Capitol Hill
Troops Return to Memphis After Apology Demand
About 1200 soldiers from the 35th division traveled 150 miles in hot weather to Memphis to apologize to General Ben Lear for a breach of discipline witnessed as they passed through the city. Lear halted the convoy and ordered their return to Camp Robinson before possible further proceedings.
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Memphis
Tenn
Camp Robbinson
Ark
Ben Lear
Southern freight rates to be equalized save millions
Governor Prentice Cooper estimated today that southern shippers would save about 50 million dollars a year from the plan to equalize southern and northern freight rates.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jay
Prentice Cooper
Seven More Danish Ships Requisitioned for Pacific Trade
The Maritime Commission announced the requisition of seven more Danish cargo vessels under the ship requisition act for American operators in the Pacific trade. Five join the American President line for Far Eastern routes. ships include Gertrude Maesk Greta Maersk Hulda Maersk and Marchen Maersk seized at Manila and Laura Maersk at Baltimore. Vessels range 5,038 to 6,599 gross tons. Nordwhal and Nordpol assigned to Oceanic Steamship Company for Pacific ports to Australia and New Zealand. eight Danish ships had been requisitioned previously.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
American Presidents Line
Gertrude Maesk
Greta Maersk
Hulda Maersk
Marchen Maersk
Manila
Laura Maersk
Baltimore
Nordwhal
Nordpol
Los Angeles
Oceanic Steamship Company of
San Francisco
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Southern Bell official Evelyn Harris injured in Georgia crash
Evelyn Harris, a Southern Bell Telephone Company official, was seriously injured in an automobile accident near Clayton, Georgia. He was brought to St Joseph's infirmary with internal injuries and a broken knee, according to his physician.
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Atlanta
Evelyn Harris
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Clayton
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Hill Seeks Roosevelt Call On Routine Matter
Senator Hill of Alabama said he called on President Roosevelt on a routine matter and offered no further comment.
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Hill
Washington
Senator Hill
Ala
Roosevelt
Blackout Ends As Restrictions On Uses Of Power Are Removed
Alabama power outlook brightens as Birmingham ends month long blackout after rains boosted river flows. Officials urge continued conservation while dampening storage gains hold limited by river dam operations. Weather rain totals from Gadsden to Goodwater exceed four inches as farmers report boll weevil pressures.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
W. Cooper Green
J. M. Barry
Alabama Power Company
Coosa River
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Martin Dam
Gadsden
Goodwater
War coverage from Berlin by AP dispatch host
Alvin J. Steinkopf reports civilian life in the German Russian war zone as he tours the front with the German high command. He notes his six years as an AP correspondent in central Europe and recalls experiences from Vienna 1938 and Prague during the Munich settlement.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Associated Press
Berlin
High Command
Steinkopf
Central Europe
Vienna
Hitler
Austria
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Munich
War in the east leaves civilians as spectators to a changing Poland
Alvin J. Steinkopf and Jaroslav report from occupied Poland as German forces push eastward. Civilians remain largely passive while farmers and merchants continue daily life amid a topsy turvy currency swap from Russian rubles to Polish zloty or German mark. Children climb over wrecked Russian tanks as battles rage in southern Poland.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Jaroslav
Poland
Germany
Russia
Belgium
France
Ambush Wounds Two Preachers as They Walk Near Danville
Sheriff searches for shooter after a shotgun blast at 9 pm Sunday wounded Rev. Ellison Collins of Danville and Rev. Wright of Addison. The ministers escaped serious injury though Wright was struck in the back and Collins in the left side. Both say they have no enemies in the area.
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Ellison Collins
Danville
Wright
Addison
Aed
Rev. Wright
Kins
W. T. Willoughby
Fatal weekend violence in Alabama claims 13 lives
Alabama reports 13 violent deaths over the holiday weekend including a fatal gun battle at a Walker county mine. Frank Wilson, 53, mine operator, and Arthur Poore, 23, were killed after a dispute over rent. Poore’s 19 year old widow was seriously wounded.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Walker County
Frank Wilson
Arthur Poore
Poore
Jim Daley
Wilson
Wile Poore
Death toll from Independence Day weekend reaches 628
Violent deaths totaled 628 nationwide over the long weekend as 384 died in traffic accidents and 244 in other violent incidents. Rain limited higher numbers, with auto fatalities slightly above a normal weekend but well below projections.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Noted Prison Warden Lewis E Lawes Retires
OSSINING N Y July 7 The article recalls 21 years of Lawes leadership at Sing Sing prison ending with his resignation to take effect July 16 He leaves after 36 years in New York State penal service and 303 executions he oversaw He plans to write lecture and pursue causes after retirement and a $6000 annual pension awaits him
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Ossining
N. Y
Hudson River
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
New York State
Sing Sing
John A. Lyons
State Commissioner of Correction
Canal Harbors Closed at Night in Cristobal Zone
The Cristobal port commandant ordered new regulations allowing ships not to clear or enter Cristobal and Balboa harbors during unspecified night hours. The measure, effective immediately, restricts harbor access at night to improve security.
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Canal
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Cristobal Port
Balboa
Border clash over Wagle area ends in Quito dispatches
Quito reports the two day flareup between Peru and Ecuador over the disputed 2,800 mile Amazon frontier has subsided. Ecuador accuses Peru of aggression while Peru denounces the move as provocation. Both sides claim bombardment and garrison clashes have ceased with frontier detachments able to hold.
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Quito
Ecuador
Peru
Guayaquil
Eucuador
Americas
Amazon
Peruvnes
Balaalito
Guabillo
Chacras
Peru, Ecuador Trade Border Blame After Clashes
Peru charged Ecuador with initiating weekend border fighting. The Peruvian foreign ministry said Ecuadorian troops attacked several posts at Anguas Verdes La Palma Le Chagal and Tenamtuc and were repulsed with 16 dead and many wounded. Peru claimed one killed and three wounded in its ranks. A Peruvian source alleged Fruador sought to force mediation again.
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Ecuador
Peru
Foreign Office
Anguas Verdes
la Palma
le Chagal
Tenamtuc
Fruador
Seaboard Orders 13 Diesel Locomotives From Major Builders
New York July 7 railway age reports Seaboard Air Line ordered 13 diesel electric locomotives. Electric-Motive Corp will build three freight units two passenger engines and two switchers. American Locomotive Co and Baldwin Locomotive Works each received contracts for three switchers.
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New York
Railway Age
Seaboard Air Line
Electric-Motive Corp
Erican Locomotive Co
Win Locomotive Works
White Rejected for Marine Corps Enlistment
Byron Whizzer White, Colorado All America football star and Detroit Lions player last season, volunteered for enlistment in the Marine Corps but was rejected due to color blindness as disclosed by the Marine Corps recruiting office on July 7.
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Denver
Byron
Whizzer) White
Colorado
Detroit Lions
Marine Corps
Russians Use Dummy Tanks Against German Drive
Soviet dispatch from Moscow says German offensive was checked in five sectors as Red Army countered. Official statement claims Adolf Hitler deployed wood and canvas tanks to pad penner columns. scouts observed a column where only one of 20 tanks was genuine and could fire, the rest dummy structures. The column was destroyed and the front was deemed blocked overall.
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Moscow
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Jtwan
Britain Will Buck The Line By Eddy Gilmore
Britain plans to curb queues as rationing persists and citizens wait for scarce goods. The article notes queues for bread soap birdseed and other items form across cities with critics calling queuing a social ailment while stressing wartime shortages and shifting public behavior.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Britain
Oxford
Llegal
McNutt Says U S Must Aid Asia Against Tokyo Powers
Washington July 17 Federal security administrator Paul V McNutt declared Americas stake in Asia is far too real to abandon to appease the political machine then in power in Tokyo. The remarks frame U S policy amid rising tensions in the Pacific region.
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McNutt
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
America
Asia
Tokyo
War News From The Front During The Third Week
Dewitt Mackenzie reports a stiffening of Russian resistance to the Nazi invasion and a slowing of German advances. Moscow announces heavy Soviet counterattacks along the front, with notable activity near the Berezina River. The Reds show restored initiative, a positive sign for Britain and its allies amid renewed fighting. Definite conclusions remain uncertain.
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Dewitt
MacKenzie
Moscow
Berezina
Britain
Bolshevists
Stiffening of Red Resistance Shifts Nazi Drive
The article notes Communist resistance has slowed Hitler’s invasion, delaying German plans and potentially affecting the outcome of the titanic struggle. It highlights uncertainty in Muscovite strength and cautions against drawing definite conclusions at this stage. It stresses the impact of Soviet defiance on the Nazi timetable.
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Hitler
German Soviet War Fronts See Heavy Losses in Day-Old Clash
Moscow reports describe fierce fighting along the Stalin line with heavy Soviet losses and German gains in Bucovina and Bessarabia. Berlin claims shattered lines and breakthrough across the Dnepr as both sides assert progress amid shifting casualty tallies.
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