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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1941
Page
1
Washington officials report the House Ways and Means committee examined the 3.504 billion tax program for possible changes. They planned to rule on corporate excess profits and joint filing rules, while treasury aims to align with its recommendations.
In a second major officer shift this week the army assigns new commanders to the four air forces in the continental United States. Major General Lewis K Brereton takes command of the third air force at Tampa after heroism in 1918.
Mrs J B Bradford testified that her 1941 Chevrolet sedan was stolen from in front of her home on Oak Street and recovered abandoned on Skillington Street. Police notified her and she went to the station to claim the car, which had minor damage repaired.
Washington reports that Agriculture Department officials favor price regulating legislation to curb inflation though farm state lawmakers oppose it. The department notes farm prices rose this year and that the farm dollar buys 15 percent more, with measures aimed to stabilize prices across sectors.
Albert W. Hawkes proposes a national labor peace plan with voluntary mediation via local chambers of commerce. Toledo results show reduced costs and disputes. six years of cases resolved with 181 disputes involving 36,244 workers without stoppages. George Meany notes minimal AFL strike impact on defense work, pledging continued support for the arsenal of democracy.
New York July 19 Claire J Maynard 29 a former motion picture actress was found dead today in her gas filled apartment Police called it death by her own action She left three brief letters one to her father James McCarthy assistant manager of the Princeton club Miss Maynard's real name was Marie McCarthy She had used the stage name professionally Her maid said she had been despondent since her mother died three years ago
President Roosevelt selects eight members for the volunteer participation committee within the office of civilian defense. Included are Blanton Fortson of Athens Georgia a lawyer and judge and A Roper president of the Alabama State Federation of Labor based in Birmingham.
In German occupied Netherlands a counter offensive campaign began with a large 30 foot banner appearing at Queen Wilhelmina’s former palace declaring victory for Germany. Similar banners and orange V signs appeared at German offices while Oslo reports noted a parallel counter effort in Norway.
Marion county health authorities reported their first infantile paralysis case of the year and four new cases in Jefferson. The totals rise to 64 cases since July 1, compared with 13 in July 1940. Jefferson county records 26 cases this month.
W Graves Pettey announces purchase of the Service Cleaners at 129 Lee Street. The plant will stay at the same address with a new name Pettey’s Cleaners. Pettey has long been associated with the local cleaning business.
One hundred members of the Alabama Press Association and guests arrive for their annual summer meeting in Decatur. They tour Wheeler Lake, attend a Lyons Hotel banquet where Congressman John Sparkman speaks, and hold sessions with Huntsville and Decatur chambers coordinating plans.
Mrs. Gertrude Trimble aged 45 of Athens Route 6 died suddenly at her home. Survived by son Dallas Moore daughter Irene Trimble and four grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 3 pm Cement Cemetery Athens Florence highway. Interment at Cement Cemetery directed by McAfee Howell and Young.
Russian partisans behind German lines recaptured two cities identified as Sh and 3 Red Star, breaking up an armored column and capturing tanks and munitions. In Latvia area 1000 partisans attacked isolated units while Russian cavalry seized German officers and vehicles. Bitter fighting continued near Nevel Bobruisk and Smolensk wedges as Red Army dug foxholes and repelled assaults.
The report notes that part of the American embassy staff moved from Moscow to Kazan about 450 miles east, signaling rising risk to the Soviet capital as German forces breach Smolensk and push toward the Dvina Dnieper corridor. The front line sways, with German advances threatening to open the plains toward Moscow.
Nazi forces exploit a breakthrough as a deep Russian salient forms in the front. Bolshevists defend with stubborn resistance against superior German air and mechanized units, keeping the battle unsettled while advancing German aims.
A massive blaze at the Sinclair refinery near Seminole Oklahoma last night killed Mary Elizabeth Sacksfield 87 and Frank R Vaughn 38 and injured three others. Sparks from an automobile ignited a broken gasoline line touching 26 butane tanks and a distillery, with water shortages hindering efforts to save 18 nearby oil wells and 60 homes. The fire caused about 1 million dollars in plant damage.
A truck from Alabama Flour Mills left the highway about ten miles from Ardmore and plunged down an embankment around 11 00 Friday. Zollie Mitchell of Decatur was briefly injured with a cut over the eye and shock. The semi trailer was carrying flour bound for Peterson Tennessee.
Thomas J. Wear, 59, died at his home in Madison route two at 5 15 am. Services are set for Sunday at Mt Zion Baptist Church at 2 pm with Rev. Tom Garrison in charge. Interment follows at Decatur city cemetery at 4 pm with McLaughlin of Huntsville directing. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Sarah of Madison route two, a brother B F Wear of Decatur, and a sister Mrs J T Robinson of Decatur route three. Pallbearers are Guy Steen son, Forney Steenson, J K Howell, J T Howell, B F Wear Jr, and Mervyn Pickens. Wear was a well known Morgan County teacher and has served in Madison County schools for 14 years.
Sarah Francis Engle, five months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Engle, died yesterday afternoon at 6 20 at their Cedar Street home in Austenville. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 30 pm at the Austenville Baptist church with the funeral cortege leaving at 2 15. Interment in Cedar Creek cemetery. Survived by parents two sisters Ruby Patsy Peggy two brothers Thomas Donald grandparents J N Manly and J M Engle pallbearers Frankie Schrader John Roper Sim Hamilton Carl Cooper Jr.
An official announcement reports a large contingent of RAF personnel arriving in Singapore from the United Kingdom after a safe voyage. The exact number is not disclosed. The group includes Wrens, members of the Women's Royal Naval Service.
Allied and German observers describe a widening German push toward Moscow via the Smolensk area. Fresh German reserves and a potential spring offensive threaten the capital while British air power targets German forces on the Western front.
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