Heavy Rains Slow German Blitzkrieg
The Tokyo controlled Japan Times and Advertiser reports a Roosevelt wall around Japan’s eastern front and urges forceful action. Berlin claims general success as rain hampers Nazi units and Red Army holds vital positions amid all-night fighting. Dispatches say gains near Leningrad, oil shortages loom, and fuel rations are cut in Italy.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
Roosevelt
Japan
Berlin
Moscow
Riga Bay
Whilse
Leningrad
Russia
DNB
Red Army
London
Germany
City Hears Soft Drink Tax Plan and Civic Upgrades
The City Council approved a soft drink tax set at five mills per five cents of sale price and ten cents per quart of syrup used in fountain drinks. Revenue aims to fund a school building project, hospital facilities, airport work, police needs, and municipal services as the city joins a regional air base effort. A housing authority, police vehicle replacement, and new night watchman were also authorized. daylight saving was discussed with plans for future intercity talks.
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Andr
Tur
Athens
Morgan
Limestone
Line
Decatur
Southern Aviationing School
Srmy
Benevolent Ery Hospital
Olice
Bill More
Pickens Sims
Moore
Charles Kennedy
Net Department
Judge
Harrison d
Meetin
W. F. Boswell
Cadets Win Medals at Fort Barancas Artillery Camp
Cadets C W Bethany and Le McEntire of Decatur earned medals for high marks in rifle and pistol at the annual ROTC Artillery camp near Fort Barancas. The six week program ended July 17 with a firing drill and machine gun searchlight practice. Bethany and McEntire are Alabama University students and sons of local residents.
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C. W
Bethany
le- McEntire
Decatur
Fort Barcas
Ets
McEntire
Oilers’ Reserve Corps
Det. Bethany
C. W. Bethany
Ave
LeRoy. Mc
Sycamore St
Beth
Univer of Alabama
Montgomery Keynoter to Lead Alabama Young Socrats Meet
Green, Birmingham commission chairman, will act as keynoter for the Alabama Young Socrats Convention in Montgomery on July 18. The event emphasizes youth leadership and civic engagement in the state capital.
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Montgomery
Ala
Oper Green
Birmingham Commission
Alabama Young Socrats
Decatur Band Invited to Milwaukee Parade Honor
Decatur high school band earns national recognition after a strong showing at the Alabama Legion convention in Huntsville. Only three Alabama bands receive the honor to march in Milwaukee with the Alabama delegation leading the parade amid a national audience. Funds will be raised by concerts and events as the band prepares to travel and perform before a potential audience of a million people.
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Decatur
American Legion
Milwaukee
Wis
Huntsville
Alabama
United States
Legionairres
Georgia University Loses Grant Appeal
July 18 in Atlanta the General Education Board rejected University of Georgia Athens grant requests totaling about 25 000 for 1941 42. Dr Harmon Caldwell said the letter cited reasons making continued relations with UGA impossible citing political upheaval and Cocking ouster linked to Governor Talmadge Rosenwald fund critique.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
General Education Board
University of Georgia At Athens
Harmon W. Caldwell
University
Athns
University of Georgia
Caldwell
Walter D. Cocking
University School of Education
Board of
Regents
Eugene Talmadge
Rosenwald Fund
Cocking
Georgia
Negro Executed for Killing Woman in Tennessee
Walter Reed a 55 year old Black man was executed in the state penitentiary electric chair in Nashville for the brutal killing of Chattanooga housewife Mrs. Jane Fowler Cathey on April 12. Reed admitted the crime saying it was done while he was crazy drunk. The victim was found beaten to death with a miniature baseball bat.
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Nashville Tenn
Walter Reed
State Penitentiary
Chattanooga
Reed
Jane Fowler Cathey
Drawings Fix Draft Status of Young Men
Hundreds of 21-year-olds with draft number 196 faced imminent army service as the national lottery selected numbers last night. In a public drawing at 7 08 pm, numbers 196 to 630 were drawn, with local draft boards to file lists by weekend and integrate with earlier registrants for possible induction around September 1. Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey announced that the process would proceed for both new registrants and the prior year’s group.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
First and Second Morgan County Draft Numbers Drawn
The 98 and 39 first numbers were drawn in Morgan County but only 98 matched Thomas Tolbert Sygley Jr and Harris Clifton Hill. Other paired values include 174 Crawford with Stansell Bynum and 96 Hollaway with Lott, with 40 Edwards and Thompson among the ten numbers listed for Morgan registrants. Washington numbers are on display at The Daily office for registrants to check their national numbers.
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Morgan
Morgan County
Thomas Tolbert Sygley, Jr
Harris Clifton Hill
Leo Posey
John Mason Allen
Charles Crawford
Joseph Stansell Bynum
Louis Bernard Hollaway
Euin James Lott
Ted Ray Edwards
Arnold Lee Thompson
Kirkland Maxson Bean
John Lee Pirkle
A. J. Finchum
Carl St. John
Ralph William Namie
Lucian Raymond Summerford
Oliver Chapman
Royce Nolan Bennett
John Luther Jarrett
Lowell Dee
Washington
Lottery Draw Sets 196 as First Draft Number in US
Navy Secretary Knox chose to step aside as the first draft number was drawn by Staff Sgt. Robert W. Shackleton at Fort Dix New Jersey. The lottery revealed 196, with scattered registrations across New Hampshire Philadelphia and New York City including Chinese registrants Wong Yee Choy and Yuan Chong Chan. The second number 98 tagged Rutgers star Charles P. Craig and Oklahoma City worker David F Short, who announced his wife is due a baby.
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Knox
Hershey
Robert W. Shackleton
New York City
Fort Dix
N. J
New Hampshire
Philadelphia
Wong Yee Choy
Yuan Chong Chan
New York
Charles P. Craig
Rutgers
Newark Fears
David F. Short
Oklahoma City Mattress Factory
Iim
Polio Cases Reported in Morgan and Franklin Counties
Two new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state health department, one in Morgan County and one in Franklin, bringing the total diagnosed since July 1 to 77.
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Montgomery
Ala
Morgan County
Franklin
State Health Department
Roosevelt declares US defends Iceland to keep sea lanes open
President Roosevelt told a press conference the United States will defend Iceland and protect the American garrison to keep sea lanes to the island open. He said occupation of Iceland is necessary to prevent a hostile power from threatening hemispheric defense while declining to discuss future troop movements. Senator Wheeler had claimed occupancy beforehand, drawing both criticism at home and in Britain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Iceland
North Atlantic
ABC
Congress
Velt
Fedor
Wheeler
D. Mont
Cut in Local Taxes Needed Says Alabama Governor
Governor Frank M. Dixon of Alabama warned against raising local taxes during wartime stating it would be a serious mistake. He urged putting state finances in order as a priority while the Southern Interstate Assembly discussed national defense and regional productive capacity. The conference in Asheville, North Carolina continues with officials from southern states in attendance.
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Asheville
N. C
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
Southern Interstate Assembly of the Council
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
South
War and the Russian Front as Nazi Advance Continues
DEWITT MACKENZIE surveys the Russian battlefield where Nazi forces push along a long fighting line. He notes fierce Bolshevik resistance and questions the momentum of a potential climactic phase while warning that German boasts may or may not reflect on-the-ground realities.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
German Advances and Soviet Resolve Amid War Pressures
A wartime column analyzes German advances and the Russian defense, noting Muscovite reserves at the front, historic Allied stand experiences, and the likelihood that Bolshevik morale will shape outcomes even if Germans threaten major cities. The piece hints at continuation on another page.
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Haig
Leningrad
Moscow
Kiev
Red Army
Ural Mountains
Eleven admit spy charges in Brooklyn espionage roundup
Seven of 33 indicted pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court as part of what officials call the nation's biggest spy suspect roundup. Others pleaded innocent, two did not appear. bail set at 25 000 dollars each for those contesting, trial set for Sept. 23.
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New York
Brooklyn
Clarence G. Galston
U.S
Harold M. Kennedy
Galston
Kennedy
Lisbon
Genoa
Berlin
German Reich
The
Reich
Geran
Germany
United States Defense
Falkville Youth Stabbed After Ball Game Incident
Theo Clark a 15 year old Falkville youth was wounded with a stab in the left side and Calvin Sharpley a 19 year old Falkville man was jailed in Morgan County awaiting charges. Police said the fight occurred near the Falkville school house after a ball game about four pm and Clark was taken by ambulance to Benevolent Society Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Theo Clark
Falkville
Benevolent
Society
Calvin Sharpley
Morgan
Young Clark
Dan Ryan
Ryan
Clark
W. O. Clark
Sharpley
Morgan County
Board Seeks To End Strike Amid Violent Picketing
The National Defense Mediation Board took over attempting to settle a Bendix New Jersey strike after six workers were injured in a picket line flare up. CIO Air Associates workers seek a union contract and reinstatement of reportedly discharged colleagues.
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Associated Press
National Defense Mediation Board
Bendix
N. J
Mediation Board
Labor Department
CIO
Air Associates, Inc
Michigan State Labor Mediation Board
Charles Cowl
Cio-Swoc
American Car and Foundry Company
Chicago
National Mediation Board
Decatur Moves to Form Municipal Housing Authority
The Decatur mayor named H. R. Speake Dr W H Greer W F Boswell and the mayor as ex officio members of a committee to establish a Municipal Housing Authority. The goal is to have Decatur included in the defense housing zone to secure federal funds for defense industry workers housing and related facilities through the Federal Housing Administration and Public Works Administration.
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Decatur
H. R. Speake
W. H. Greer
W. F. Boswell
Defense
United States Government
Federal Housing Administration
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt Seeks One Year Extension for Selectees and Guards
President Roosevelt said he would ask Congress next week to extend service for selectees and the National Guard to one year to avert disintegration of the force. He opposed drafting more men for a Western Hemisphere duty. Senator Downey proposed a $30 monthly bonus for selectees and reserves and urged a joint congressional committee to plan for reemployment after discharge. General Devers testified the plan would boost morale and that the 9th Division could form into a coordinated team. Marshal urged extending service under national emergency to simplify army management.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Greas
Selec Servists
National Guard
Congress
Western Hemisphere
Downey
D-cal
Military Committee
Tme
Californian
Wallace
Jacob Deversee
Fort Br
Fort Bragg
9Th Sion
Army
Bullock County Red Cross Chapter Praised for War Aid
Union Springs Ala July 18 The Bullock county Red Cross chapter receives high praise from Lady Ward chairman of the Dudley House committee for gifts sent to Britain The Bullock unit reports 26 men s sweaters 26 women s sweaters 5 shawls 65 dresses 193 rompers 81 shirts and 20 operating gowns dispatched to aid the war effort through the American Red Cross.
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Union Springs
Ala
Bullock County
Red Cross
Britain
Lady Ward
Dudley House
American Red Cross
Bullock
Alabama
Bullock Chapter
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Bowman
Great Lakes Engineering Works
River Rouge
Mich
CIO Steel Workers Organising Committee
Boiler Makers Union
Downriver Shipbuilders Association
National Labor Board
George C. Marshall
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