Wyatt Faces Feller To Open Tilt
The 9th All Star game at Briggs Stadium Detroit July 8 featured Bobby Feller vs Whit Wyatt as starters. Arky Vaughan powered a 7th inning homer with Enos Slaughter aboard to pull the National League ahead 3 2. Sid Hudson took the loss. lineups included DiMaggio Williams Doerr and Reiser for the Americans and Vaughan Mize Hack Moore for the NL.
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Wyatt
Bobby Feller
Briggs Stadium
Detroit
Arky Vaughan
Pittsburgh Pirates
Enos Slaughter
Sid Hudson
Washington
Vaghan
Cleveland
Whitlow Wyatt
Brooklyn Dodgers
del Baker
Thornton Lee
Chicago White Sox
Feller
Bill McKechnie
Nationals
Bobby Doerr
Boston
Cecil Travis
Joe DiMaggio
New York
Ted Williams
Mickey Heath
Joe Cronin
Rudy York
Bill Dickey
Bob Feller
Stan Hack
Chicago
Terry Moore
St. Louis
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn
Johnny Mize
Bill Nicholson
Pittsburgh
Lonnie Frey
Cincinnati
Mickey Owen
Whit Wyatt
Yankees
Hack
Moore
Cronin
Reiser
Doerr
Frey
Resider
Travis
J. DiMaggio
Mize
Nicholson
Vaughan
Williams
Ordnance Plant Confirmed for Huntsville Area
The War Department announced a $6,000,000 ordnance assembly plant to be operated near Huntsville Alabama, on the chemical warfare arsenal grounds about eighty miles southwest of the city. The plant will cost $6,000,000 and employ about 370 workers per shift, alongside the chemical warfare service arsenal project costing $40,000,000.
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Washington
War Department
Huntsville
Ala
Chemical Warfare Service
Chemical Warfare Arsenal
War Dept Confirms Plan for $6 Million Ordnance Plant
The War Department confirms an earlier report by Representative John Sparkman that a chemical plant site will host a new ordnance facility costing $6,000,000 on the same acreage. Sparkman said an official announcement would come within a few days.
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War Department
John Sparkman
J D TAYLOR ILLNESS VICTIM DIES AT 90
J D Taylor 90 a retired farmer of Somerville route 1 died at his home after a two week illness. Funeral at Friendship United Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 p m with Rev Berry assisted by Rev Crow and Rev Stancel. Burial in Friendship cemetery Peck of Hartselle in charge. Survived by three daughters and nine sons, forty grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed among local men. granddaughters as flower girls.
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J. D. Taylor
Somerville
Friendship
FE. Berry
Dewey Crow
A. M.stancel
Chattanooga
Friendship Cemetery
Peck
Hartselle
Mr. Taylor
Sam Dunaway
Bill Massey
Thomas Crow
BE. W
Lafayette
Cc. F
Cullman
J.H
D. T
Decatur
E. L
H. F
C. W. Egbert
O. W. Taylor
Missing naval patrol plane hunted by fleet
Washington July 8 A big naval patrol plane with two officers and five men aboard has been missing since Thursday and is the subject of an intensive search today by ships and planes of the Atlantic fleet. The PBY-5 was on a routine patrol off the northeastern coast when last heard.
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Washington
Robert H. McKown
Atlan
Joseph C. Haskell
Charleston
Lynn Elliott Dunlap
Anthony Henry Gazaly
Parley Will Avert Strike At Western Cartridge Plant
Dissatisfied smokeless powder workers and their employers agreed to resume contract talks today at the Western Cartridge Company plant in Alton Illinois owner of $8,468,000 in government munitions orders. The mediation board backed renewed bargaining and set a Friday hearing. The CIO and other unions pressed for recognition and higher wages while other factory disputes linger.
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Associated Press
Alton, Il
Western Cartridge Company
National Defense Mediation Board
Defense
War Department
Office of Production Management
Douglas Brown
Princeton University
OPM
AFI Chemical Workers Union
CIO
Scullin Steel Company
St. Louis
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Washington
Police Seek Agent Of PHA Who Obtained Cash For Negro Homes
Decatur police hunt a man posing as the Pan Handler's Association agent who collected cash from Black residents along Wilson Avenue and Alabama Avenue. He promised low cost homes on land east of Bee Line highway, with payments from 2 to 10 dollars, issuing only a dated receipt signed by J. E. Harmon. The scam prompted a Chamber of Commerce call and a quick flight toward a new location.
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Pha
Decatur
Pan
Wilson Avenue
Alabama Avenue
Lower Church Street
Bee Line
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Police Department
Bee
J. E. Harmon
TVA Bill Clears for Final Action on Land Deed Power Plan
Congress moves to authorize the Tennessee Valley Authority to deed land to public and private agencies. Senate approval of a conference report backs HR2097 to lease or sell lands for recreation and industry including a proposed Ingalls Shipbuilding lease in Decatur Alabama for defense program vessel construction.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Sparkman
Ala
Tennessee
North Carolina
Congress
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Decatur
No statement from Ingalls on shipyard plans remains undisclosed
The Ingalls company gave no comment on future operation of the shipbuilding plant. Birmingham officials said executives are in New York with undisclosed mission. Decatur office also declined comment following an Associated Press dispatch about the Sparkman amendment nearing congressional passage.
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Ingalls Company
Birmingham
New York
Decatur
Associated Press
Two Decatur People Hurt In Cullman Road Crash
A head on collision on the Cullman Boaz road near Baileyton injured 11 people. J L Dunn of Elyton Birmingham suffered a broken back while others including Glenn and Evelyn Childs of Decatur were treated for various injuries. Two families from Boaz were involved as ambulances transported victims to Moss Schelling and Decatur hospitals.
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Cullman Boaz Road
Baileyton
Culligan
Decatur
Cullman Hospital
J. L. Dunn
Second Avenue
West
Elyton
Birmingham
Glenn Childs
E. Cain Street
Evelyn Childs
Ida Childs
Tuscalooa
J. W. Dunn
Maxine-12
Sonia
Boaz
Robert Bartlett
Billy Gene
B. ©. Eddins
Childs
Cullman
J.L. Dunn
Maxine’ Dunn
Sonia Dunn
Mrs. Bartlett
Moss-Schelling
W. E. Copeland
Bartlett
Miss Childs
Richard Whitney Paroled From Sing Sing Prison
Ossining N Y July 8 Richard Whitney once head of the New York Stock Exchange was paroled effective August 11 from Sing Sing where he served a 5 to 10 year sentence for larceny The parole board acted at a prison meeting noting he will have served three years and four months the legal minimum with deductions for good behavior
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Ossining
N. Y
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Sing Sing
State Parole Board
Garrison to Iceland Could Be Among Largest Overseas
Washington reports Iceland may host one of the largest US garrisons abroad as total overseas troops reach 118,700. Hawaii posted about 40,000 troops in May, while British forces in Iceland are estimated around 80,000 by seamen contact. Roosevelt pledged a strong force. Marines likely form the bulk of the landing.
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Washington
Iceland
United States
Hawalii
Hermann Jonasson
Toeland
Roosevelt
U. S
George C. Marshall
Army
Continental
United Tes
German and world views on US Iceland moves
Berlin officials offered no position on US forces reaching Iceland while Rome and Tokyo debated the act. Rome's fascist circles called it intervention in European waters and a breach of Roosevelt's promises not to send troops outside the continent. The Japanese press called it de facto participation in the war and warned of potential clashes with Germany.
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Berlin
United States
Iceland
Rome
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Kokumin
Domei
Germany
Britain Reacts to Iceland Occupation by U S Forces
The British press greets the Iceland occupation as a boost to Atlantic security with The Daily Mail calling the move an Anglo American lake. Observers note Iceland lies within Germany’s blockade zone and troops will serve under U S command during the stay.
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London
Iceland
United States
Atlantic
Ocean
Britain
Daily Mail
America
Azores
Cape Verde
Dakar
Germany
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Iceland Roughly Size of Kentucky Says Geographer
The National Geographic Society reports Iceland is an easternmost defense focal point and roughly the size of Kentucky in area. The island differs greatly in terrain with a surface studded by thousands of volcanic craters, contrasting with Kentucky’s landscape.
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Kentucky
Washington
Iceland
United States Defense System
National Geographic Society
Iceland Move Draws War Talk Across Papers
American editorials react to a U S move to occupy Iceland arguing it defends the Western hemisphere and ensures munitions flow to Britain. Collectively they frame the action as decisive toward war and a strategic step against Nazi aggression.
Air Reserves Called Today Amid World War II Draft
The War Department announced that air corps reserve officers not on active duty and with civilian jobs not vital to defense will be ordered to extended active duty. The exact number will not be released, but it is expected to be several hundred, with possibly less than 10 percent remaining in civilian life. By August 1 all available officers are to be on duty, excluding those in aeronautical and transportation industries and flying schools critical to defense.
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Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Department
Anxiety 18 Felt for U S Nurses in London
A reliable source said US representatives in London are anxious about a detachment of American Red Cross nurses overdue in Britain. The nurses are part of an original 65 who sailed for the Red Cross Harvard Hospital in England.
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London
United States
Red Cross
Britain
Red Cross Harvard
England
Invasion Talk Sparks Debate in British Press
War correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie notes British papers urge possible invasion of Europe while Hitler fights on the Russian front. He argues major land invasion now would be perilous despite potential hit and run raids being feasible.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Stalih Line
England
Hitler
Limited Raids On Continent Possible
Discussion of small British coastal descents as raids against German targets such as the Brest port and battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Notes potential for multiple raids to impact material damage and morale, while acknowledging Britain's long practice of sorties and the current opportunistic moment.
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Brest
Scharnhorst
Genisénau
Blazing heat as fronts clash in Soviet battle lines
Report from Vichy and Moscow describe heavy fighting along a 600 mile front from the Latvian border to the Ukrainian border. Soviet forces claim gains near Novograd Volyns and Mogilev Podolski while pressuring the Dnepr drive toward Moscow. Nazi attempts to break through are admitted as costly with Leningrad still outside heavy combat range.
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Moscow
Russia
Washington
Stalin
Berlin
Migcow
Iceland
Ington
Sumner Welles
Actin
Co Oumansky
Amt
Tok
Sia
Vladivostok
Siberian
U. S
oNtain
Ostrov
Mogilev Podolski
Dmeny
Bessarabian
Loviel
Novograd Volyns
Dnepr
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
Traii
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Nichololson
Ordnance Plant
Caroline Payne
Indiana
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Howard Blankenship
Walter Berry
Mason Hawkins
George Curbon
Fred Crow
James Turner
TVA
Ingalls Co
Bo Pd Iaba Mari CO
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Estonia
PsKoy
Latvia
LITH
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Poland
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RKIEV
Zhitomif
Kharkov
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Ostrov-Pskov
Polotsk-Lepel
Borrulsk
Novograd-Volynski
Bessarabia
Albany Knickerbocker News
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Evening News
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New York Post
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Philadelphia Evening Ledger
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