Rain Falls As Rescue Gangs Bring Men Up In Mine Disaster
In a Pennsylvania flood scene rescue crews pulled 63 bodies from a bituminous mine after yesterday’s blast. Only 21 men escaped from a two mile shaft as gas or coal dust sparked a deadly explosion. Victims suffered asphyxia or burns while 1,200 workers faced the disaster in the Manpower district near Portage, as searchlights lit the somber recovery.
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William Blair Sonman
Koppers Company
Pennsylvania
Unh
Stanley
Sonman
Johnstown
James Montheith
Mike Seymoure
Portage
Kinsfolk
WPA Office Moves to New Building in City District
The district one WPA offices moved from 1010 Ferry Street to a new native stone building at Cain and Line streets. The $23,000 two story structure houses 19 offices and 32 staff across three divisions with seven offices in the first floor and five in the basement.
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District One
WPA
Ferry Street
Cain and
Line Streets
Building activity surges in Athens as demand climbs
Building continues at a rapid pace in Athens with local lumber firms reporting full capacity. New residences dot every city area and officials fear higher grade rentals may soon lack tenants as many homes are financed by the F. H. A.
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Athens
Ala
Nazis Celebrate Victory Before It Takes Place
Berlin reports that Germany, confident of success against Britain, plans a festive reception for returning Nazi troops. Grandstands and loudspeakers are being installed on Unter Den Linden and similar setups are prepared in other cities.
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Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Germany
Y V Hughes Named New Tax Head in Lawrence County
Yancey V. Hughes a Courtland druggist and Lawrence county citizen was appointed tax collector succeeding Isaac Johnson Jr who resigned amid state tax issues. Hughes 30, educated at Birmingham pharmacist school, expects to take office after bonding. Johnson’s resignation follows a $14 000 state claim and bond concerns. Bragg contests Johnson’s probate judge run off. investigation into poll tax records theft at Moulton courthouse continues.
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Yancey V. Hughes
Courtland
Lawrence County
Lawrences County
Isaac Johnson, Jr
Frank M. Dixon
Hughes
Mrie Hughes
Courtland Fape
Johnson
Charles E. Bragg
Democratic Executive Committee
Judge Bragg
Judge Bragg. Examination of the Witnesses For Mr. Johnson
George D. Byars
Moulton
Pay Restored Washington
President Roosevelt signed legislation restoring retirement pay for about 2,000 World War emergency officers from the army navy and marine corps who had lost retirement benefits under the 1933 Economy Act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Japan's Yonai Cabinet Resigns Under Army Pressure
Tokyo July 16 AP National crisis deepens as Prime Minister Yonai and his entire cabinet resign to Emperor Hirohito amid army push for a stronger East Asia policy. Konoye or Hata expected to form new government. Arita and Yonai seen as potential anchors of policy toward axis powers.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Mitsumasa Yonai
Hirohito
Japan
East Asia
Fumimaro Konoye
Shunroku Hata
Yonai
Orient
United States
Dome
Wder
Domei
Prince Konoye
Germany
Italy
Konoye
Pomei-Said
Hata
Hachiro Arita
Morgon County School Board Sells Warrants for New Bus Bodies
The Morgon county board of education sold 33000 in capital outlay warrants for 20 new all steel bus bodies and 20 chassis at 2.5 percent the lowest rate yet. Purchasers include J Mills Thornton and firms from Birmingham Montgomery Nashville and Decatur. Warrants mature in eight years secured by three mills district tax with first interest February 1 1941. Delivery of bodies and chassis expected by August 3 1940.
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Morgon County Board of Education
Irwin J. Quinn
Education Board
J. Mills Thornton
Montgomery
Warde- Sterne and Co
Birmingham
Stubbs, Smith and Lombardo
Marx and Co
King, Mohr and Co
Cumberland Securities Corporation
Nashville
Brodnax and Co
Three Mills
Knox McRae
Decatur
Drinkard
Falkville
Dodge
Percy A. Thomas
Highpohnt
North Unreal
Morgan County
Board of Education
Solon Bares TVA Hearing
Rep. Joe Starnes of the Dies Committee announced a brief hearing in Chattanooga on possible fifth column activities in the Tennessee Valley. He will be the sole committee member present with an investigator in place to develop leads and arrange witness summons. the inquiry, likely held behind closed doors, targets communist activity in Alabama and Tennessee centered in Chattanooga and Birmingham.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Joe Starnes
Tennessee
Chattan
Birmingham
Reapportionment Fight Is Renewed At Democratic Convention
Chicago dispatch reports continued debate over awarding a delegate bonus to states voting Democratic. delays on action until after a presidential nominee is chosen. The convention also hears third term push from Perkins and Mitchell and a keynote by Barkley as officials seek platform positions.
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Bankh
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
House of Representatives
Chicago
Bankhead
Democratic Convention Rules Committee
National Committee
Chicago Stadium
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Perkins
Arthur Mitchell
Illinois
Franklin Develt
Thomas F. McAllister
S. Women’s
States of America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Barkley
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Lavor Perkins
Federation of Illinois Democratic Women's Clubs
Democratic National Committee
Perking
White House
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Prep Fly to New York
Reuters reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor booked a Clipper passage to New York from Lisbon and plan to move on to the Bahamas, where the Duke would serve as governor general. They are expected to depart Lisbon soon with a rapid New York stopover.
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London
Reuters
Dispatch
Lisbon
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
New York
Bahamas
Limestone baby survives long ambulance run to remove peanut
A one year old son of Melvin Rouse almost died when a peanut lodged in his windpipe. An ambulance crew sped 115 miles from Athens to Nashville in under two hours to reach Vanderbilt Hospital where surgeons removed the peanut. Doctors say the child will recover.
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Athens
Ala
McConnell Undertaking Company of
Max Almand
Nashville
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Vanderbilt Hospital
Melvin Rouse
Tennessee
Dies Tells of Red Menace in West Coast Shipping Plot
Beaumont Texas July 16 The Dies committee heard that the Communist party seeks to dictate U S war policy and could paralyze west coast shipping and communications overnight John L Leech of Portland Oregon testified that fires on the coast were engineered by the party and the policy has intensified since 1937 Dies planned to hear about alleged foreign propaganda in the motion picture industry and withheld witness names.
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Beaumont
Tex
Dies Committee
Communist Party
United States
Martin Dies
Leech
Soviet Union
Dies
Scratched and Bruised in Bee Line Highway Side Swipe
N O Watson of Steppville Cullman county was scratched and bruised when the car he rode in with Ralph Foust of Cullman side swiped by a truck driven by Ernest Wilson Escue of Nashville on the Bee Line Highway at Flint. Damage to the private car was about 75 dollars. Julius Hale of state highway patrol investigated.
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N. O. Watson
Steppville
Cullman County
Ralph 8
Foust
Cullman
Ernest Wilson Escue
Nashville
Bee Line
Flint
Julius Hale
State Highway Patrol
Highway 38 Gets Paving Agreement Finalized
State Highway Director Chris J Sherlock announced a funding pact for bituminous paving on the short Huntsville to Birmingham route known as Highway 38. The project splits costs four ways with Madison, Marshall, Morgan, Cullman, Blount, and Jefferson counties and the federal government funding half the cost.
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Montgomery
Ala
Guntersville
Marshall County Board of Commissioners
Chris J
Sherlock
Athens
Madison
Marshall
Morgan
Cullman
Blount
Jefferson
Morgan County
Variety At Decatur Curb Market Showcases Wide Goods
Total sales of 13 sellers on the Decatur curb market last week reached 124.37 dollars. A large variety of groceries including eggs milk butter cottage cheese ham side meat dressed chickens beans cabbage squash onions potatoes carrots berries and corn were sold with six different flower varieties also offered.
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Decatur Curb
Daily launches new serial story Love Without Music
The Daily begins a new serial on page eight titled Love Without Music. Readers are invited to enjoy this lively yarn starting today.
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Love Without
the Daily
Rome Berlin postures threaten England options before speak
From Rome and Berlin comes word that Mussolini allies may offer Britain a possible surrendering speech from Hitler or a doomed assault instead. Ciano may travel to Berlin to confer as Europe skews toward chaos and famine with Britain showing growing military strength.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Rome
Berlin
England
France
Britain
Hitler
Ciano
Pfehrer
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Europe
Compromise May Be Offered to British
Nazi threats hint at possible settlement as Gayda speaks of a negotiated affair while Britain may be asked to surrender. Berlin has long aimed at England's annihilation, with Hitler's anti British stance well known and German morale pushed toward invasion.
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Berlin
Germany
France
England
Hitler
Winston Chuteshill
Virginio Gayda
Britain
Churchill
Norway
Sta
Axis peace offer and British invasion threat in Rome report
Diplomatic circles in Rome floated a possible Axis peace overture to Britain coupled with a threat of a full scale invasion of the British Isles. The report notes Yonai's resignation in Japan, U S S ships departing Pearl Harbor, and speculation of Allied responses as German plans and naval movements unfold.
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Associated Press
Baloon
Britain
British Isles
Rome
Mitsumasa Yonai
Yonai
Orient
United States
U. S S
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Enterprise
Navy Department
South Pacific
le Dauphinois
Switzerland
Hitler
Bret
France
Germany
Italy
Tennessee River Levels and Weather Rundown
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 20.5 feet on Tuesday with 81 F high and 71 F low in the past 24 hours. About 0.2 inches of rain fell in Alabama while Florida remained extremely warm. Partly cloudy tonight.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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