Acute housing shortage evident in Decatur drive
Decatur faces an acute housing shortage as the Chamber of Commerce reports scarce houses and apartments despite a large canvass. Seventeen teams found only limited availability with rooms plentiful. many families will struggle without rapid action. Officials urge property owners to come forward with listings between 25 and 40 000 dollars and to contact the office to aid new industries bringing workers to the city. Listings counted include 39 apartments, eight houses, and 157 rooms registered Tuesday.
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Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Francis Called Home In Lacon After Illness
Mrs James Francis 45 of Lacon Route One died Tuesday night at 8 after a long illness. Funeral at Moss Chapel today at 2 conducted by Rev E N Anthony. Survived by husband, son James W Francis, daughter Sarah E Francis, sister Mrs Minnie Boutcher. Pallbearers listed. Interment Moss Chapel with Drinkard in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Francis
Lacon
Moss
E.N. Anthony
Francis
James W. Francis
Sarah E. Francis
Minnie Boutcher
Hartselle
Elbert Brown
Roman Robertson
Clifford, Holmen
Austin Couch
Ernest Steal
Frank Francis
Flower
Barbara Brown
Ruth Brown
Eva Harris
Florence Collum
Lorene Coots
Roxie Smith
Moss Chapel
Drinkard
Jones crowned Alabama Future Farmers public speaker
R L Jones of Carrollton Alabama captured the state finals title in public speaking for the Future Farmers of America at Auburn. Grover Hunt of Holly Pond earned second place with Allen Boyd Edwards Orrville third and La Maughan Bell Atmore fourth.
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Auburn
Ala
R. L. Jones
Carrollton
Alabama
Future Farmers of America
Grover Hunt
Holly Pond
Allen Boyd Edwards
Orrville
la Maughan Bell
Atmore
Transport Is Poised For Dash Across the Atlantic
The navy transport West Point anchored in New York harbor with nearly 500 banished German and Italian nationals aboard. State Department orders delayed departure as the last group of expulsions was boarded 10 miles offshore for quarantine.
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New York
Navy
West Point
New York Harbor
Atlantic
State Department
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Hans Borchers
Fritz Wiedemann
Train with 76 consular officers halted at San Remo
A special train carrying 76 United States consular members was halted at San Remo on the Italian frontier as authorities awaited word on the departure of a US naval transport from New York carrying axis consuls aboard.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Greece
San Remo
New York
Death takes Floyd Flack in automobile crash
Funeral rites are set for Floyd B. Flack 18 who died Monday night after injuries from an East Hart Selle Pike automobile crash. Services will be at 2 this afternoon at West Point church near Union Bill with Rev. J. H. Brown. interment at New Canaan. He is survived by parents, two sisters, one brother, and grandparents.
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Floyd B. Flack
Baugh's Infirmary
East Hartselle Pike
West Point Church
Union Bill
J. H. Brown
New Canaan
Brown
E. H. Flack
Somerville
Howard Kennemar
Benton
Shelby Cole
Decatur
Kerneth Flack
H. E. Flack
Moulton
D. G. Lukor
Hartselle
Tragedy Strikes Virginia Family In Bicycle Hit Run
Hopewell Virginia July 16 Percy L Chitty returned to his lumber truck for the first trip since his son Osborne Chitty 10 was killed when a hit run driver struck his bicycle on a steep grade G Hudgins Jr 11 died of a fractured skull after Chitty attempted to avoid the crash
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Hopewell
Percy L. Chitty
Osborne Chitty
Chitty
G. ©. Hudgins,Jr
Pirate in town posts odd shop sign in window
Signs of Time reports a thief in a South End store at the Thames estuary left a window sign reading This shop is open In case of Siasaniah it will be closed for half an hour The notice adds a puzzling twist to the incident in this Essex town.
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South End
England
Essex
the Thames
AFL Union Delays Strike Amid Mediation Efforts At Alton Plant
The defense mediation board could not reach an agreement between the AFL Chemical Workers union and Western Cartridge Company in Alton Illinois, delaying a threatened strike as data are gathered for recommendations. The dispute centers on wage increases from 60 to 85 cents per hour in the smokeless powder division affecting about 550 workers.
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Associated Press
Defense Mediation Board
AFL Chemical Workers Union
Western Cartridge Company
Alton
Ill
Washington
Galveston
Tex
Todd-Galveston Dry Docks, Inc
Maritime Commission
AFL
Gulf Coast
Todd Dry Dock
Fallbrook
Calif
Navy
CIO Steelworkers
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Woorse
Mich
Copper- Weld Steel Company
Warren
Ohio
CIO
Great Lakes
Copperweld
Republic, Steel Corporation
OIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Ina Se Pidevelov Eloment
Senate backs extended Army service in war mobilization debate
Washington reports growing Senate support for extending military service for selectees National Guardsmen and reserves beyond one year. President Roosevelt said extension depends on Congress with safety guards for draftees discussed by Senator Taft. Patterson delivered the War Department plan to Congress urging removal of the 900000 cap.
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Washington
Army Reserve
Senate
War Department
Congress
Robert P. Patterson
Rayburn
Patterson
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Administration
Pace Two
Pearl Houser Rites Set At 1:30 P M Thursday
Mrs Pearl Houser aged 28 died this morning at Benevolent Society Hospital Funeral services will be Thursday at 1 30 p m at the 16th Avenue Baptist Church with Rev C L Cobbs officiating Interment in Friendship Cemetery near Somerville with McAfee Howell and Young directing Survivors include her husband and daughter Ruby Jewell and a number of other relatives Pallbearers listed as Woodrow Houser Taft Thompson Louis Houser Marvin Dutton Robert Houser and Dewey Houser Flowers in charge of Gertrude Jones Mellie Bolton Winnie Thompson Rose Mary Riggin Ruby Bell Irene Gosline and Aline Houser
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Pearl Houser
Benevolent Society Hospital
Mellie Bolton
Winnie Thompson
Rose Mary Riggins
Ruby Bell
Irene Gosline
Aline Houser
16Th Avenue, Baptist Church
C. L. Cobbs
Friendship Cemetery
Somerville
McAfee, Howell and Young
State Agencies Go On Daylight Time
Governor Frank M. Dixon proclaimed daylight saving time for all state agencies starting Sunday midnight and urged city and county governments to adopt it promptly. The move follows President Roosevelt’s call for southeastern states to advance clocks by one hour to conserve energy for national defense. Alabama had tried daylight saving last year but saw dissatisfaction. isolated areas like Sheffield and Tuscumbia had kept it. The action reflects cooperation with the federal effort to defend the nation and democratic ideals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
Roosevelt
Alabama
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Federal Power Commission
Dixon
Paul B. Johnson
Mississippi
Holland
Florida
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Virginia
James H Price
Burnett Maybank
South Carolina
Broughton
Council of State
North Carolina
Governors Split Over Daylight Time Shift in Southeast
In Atlanta on July 16 governors from several Southern states discussed Roosevelt's daylight time proposal to ease regional power shortages. North Carolina and Alabama leaders voiced support while Georgia opposed any change, citing existing Eastern Standard Time alignment.
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Atlanta
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Frank Dixon
Alabama
Roosevelt
F Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Power Program On Big Scale Sought
The Federal Power Commission urged President Roosevelt to authorize almost 1 billion dollars for building power generating facilities over the next five years to meet defense energy needs. It proposed advances by an RFC subsidiary at 150 to 200 million dollars annually to support private and public projects on a self liquidating basis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Power Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Moving Supplies To Tobruk One Of Toughest Jobs Of Whole War
British navy runs daring night runs to push food ammunition and reinforcements into Tobruk Libya amid submarines and stuka bombers. Destroyers reach harbor under cover of darkness while lighters transport supplies and wounded aboard. The Tobruk garrison includes soldiers from South Australia as dawn approaches.
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Tobruk
Godfrey H. P. Anderson
Libya
North African
Royal Navy
South Australia
Russian Morale Is Still Vital Factor
The report notes ongoing fierce battles near Leningrad and Moscow with no overnight change in troop positions. It discusses the unknowns of Bolshevik resilience against a German offensive, warns that German claims of conquering “space” may collapse under Russia’s vast geography, and notes the need to assess how far German advances affect Soviet resistance.
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Dewitt
Leningrad
Moscow
Stalin Line
Berlin
Hitler
Russia
Decatur Homemaker Clinic Urges Defense Aluminum Use
A Decatur group attends the Homemaker's Defense Clinic at Riverside High School. Speakers urge securing aluminum for defense and conserving electricity to support the national program. Mrs. Bessie Wade outlines in-home saving methods while Quince Eddins stresses power conservation for building defense plants and equipment.
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Decatur
Riverside High School
Bill Daugherty
Quince Eddins
City Electric Department
Eddins
Bessie Jones Wade
TVA
Alabama Polio Cases Scattered Across Nineteen Counties
State health officer Dr. J N Baker reported infantile paralysis cases in Alabama are scattered across 19 counties rather than concentrated in cities. Through July 16 total 83 cases since January with 70 since June 1. Jefferson county led with 22 cases, Pensacola and Jacksonville totals cited for Florida context.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
J. N. Baker
Baker
Florida
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Graves Honored by Alabama Young Democrats
In Anniston Alabama former Governor Bibb Graves was made an honorary member of the Calhoun county unit of Young Democrats of America last night. Nine delegates were elected to attend the state organization convention in Montgomery on July 36.
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Anniston
Ala
Bibb Graves
Calhoun County
Young Democrats of America
Stan
Montgomery
Batten Heads Alabama American Legion for 1942
John T. Batten of Homewood will lead Alabama's American Legion for the coming year after being elected state commander at the 28th annual convention in Huntsville. He succeeds George Cleere as the department set to march in Milwaukee next national parade. Jim Saliba of Florence was named vice commander and Mrs. B. F. Austin of Montgomery president of the Legion Auxiliary.
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Huntsville
Ala
John T. Batten
Homewood
Alabama American Legion
Batten
George Cleere
Milwaukee
Troy
Jim Saliba
Florence
B. F. Austin
Montgomery
Legion Auxiliary
Homer Chaillaux
National Americanism Commission
George Grant
Roosevelt
Ship Losses Fall Again in June Records
London reports June losses total 329 296 tons across 179 ships including British allied and neutral ships. British losses amount to 52 ships totaling 228 284 tons, lower than any month in 12 except January, with German and Italian claims totaling 878 783 tons deemed greatly exaggerated.
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London
Admiralty
Mrs Zola Marion Dies After Illness at Benevolent Hospital
Mrs Zola Marion longtime Trinity Route One resident died last night at Benevolent hospital after several days illness. Funeral Thursday at four o clock at Brown Chapel with Rev O B Lansbury officiating. Interment in city cemetery. Survived by husband and one daughter Mrs Otha Beddingfield. Father J M Byars of Decatur also survives.
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Zola Marion
Trinity Route One
Benevolent Hospital
Brown's ‘Chapel
O. B. Lansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist’ Church
City Cemetery
Marion
Lawrence County
Ohne
Otha Beddingfield
J. M. Byars
Decatur
Kenneth Lord dies in Garden City age 61
Kenneth Lord, 61, former city editor of the New York Sun and the New York Herald and later assistant to the president of the New York Telephone, died last night in Garden City New Jersey. He was the son of Chester Boss Lord, longtime editor of the Sun.
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Garden
City, N. J
Kenneth Lord
New York Sun
The
New York Herald
New York Telephone
Chester 8
Boss
Lord
Sun
Soviet reports flag another Nazd move halt
The article notes Soviet officials asserting a halted Nazd move amid speculation on Japan's direction toward pro German alignment. It mentions Yosuke Matsuoka possibly leaving and Shigemitsu eyed as replacement, plus Russia claiming a panzer thrust near Leningrad and continued Luftwaffe battles. British mission in Moscow reports a strong Red Fleet and growing confidence as a second offensive seems delayed.
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Associated Press
Prince Fumimaro
Net
Japan
Shanghai
Yosuke Matsuoka
Hatsuoka
Shigemitsu
Tok
Russia
Leningrad
Moscow
Cuban cabinet resigns for government reorganization
Premier Carlos Saladrigas announced that the Cuban cabinet has resigned to facilitate a government reorganization under President Fulgencio Batista. He said resignations were received from all ministers and would be formally submitted later that afternoon. No further explanation was immediately given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Carlos Saladrigas
Soviet Front Holds Inch by Inch as German Drive Advances
The German lightning thrust toward Leningrad continues with reports of deep penetration and encirclement near Pskov as Soviet forces fight to hold. In Tokyo, Premier Konoye and the cabinet resign amid rumors of shifts toward a pro axis stance and possible realignment with Japan.
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DNB
Moscow
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Shanghai
Matsuoka
Mai Shigemitsu
Tokyo
Kenoue
Asia
London
Washington
Tennessee River Gauge Rises to 22 Feet Amid Heat Wave
Weather update notes the Tennessee River gauge reaching 22 feet today with high heat and a low around 55 degrees. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and scattered showers into Thursday. regional extremes referenced include Alabama and Florida.
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Alabama
New
Florida
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