Hull Seeks Inter-American Unity At Havana Conference
Secretary of State Cordell Hull returns to Cuba for the inter-American conference aimed at strengthening defense and economic ties among 21 republics. He stresses unity against common threats and hopes to reconcile differences, notably Argentina’s stance on hemispheric mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Stark
Havana
Cordell Hull
Cuba
Miami
Hull
Tennessee Volunteers
United States
Low Countries
Americas
State Department
Argentina
Europe
Washington
National
Florida
Miguel Angel Campa
Fulgencio Matista
George S. Messersmith
U. S
Buenos Aiies
Jose M. Cantilo
France
Netherlands
Cantilo
Federico Laredo Bru
Narcisco Garay
Panama
Freeman Rites Set For J C Freeman
Jonathan C. Freeman 75 died at 9 35 Saturday at his home 903 Olive. Funeral services 2 p m Sunday at McKendry Chapel with burial at Brown Chapel. Pallbearers named W H Nance Sam Dillon Frank Witt Pickens Thedford J Wiley Owen Henry Teague. He is survived by sisters Nanie Jones Dothan Ira Green C A Johnson Montgomery and brothers James M Freeman Gadsden Ned Freeman Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan C. Freeman
Olive Street
McKendry Chapel
Rev. Roberts
Brown
Ferry Street
W. H. Nance
Sam Dillon
Frank Witt
Pickens Thedford
J. Wiley Owen
Henry Teague
Freeman
Nanie Jones
Dothan
Ira Green
C. A. Johnson
Montgomery
James M. Freeman
Gadsden
Ned. Freeman
Decatur
Campaign of 1940 Will Be Different
Roosevelt will base the 1940 campaign near Washington and Hyde Park with limited public appearances. Willkie plans a traditional national stump tour. The president will emphasize defense and foreign affairs, leaning on press and radio for messages while remaining close to governance. State and local leaders would carry much of the campaign effort.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Garner
Willkie
Siege Ends as Horace Whitcomb Is Arrested in Georgia
In Branchville Georgia on July 20 Horace Whitcomb a war veteran and farmer, held a four room house with gunfire and resisted troopers before surrendering after a porch conversation led to his capture. He faces a larceny warrant and is jailed in Mitchell County. His brother Guy Whitcomb and family had been driven away under a lunacy warrant to move him to a veterans hospital.
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Branchville
Horace Whitcomb
Mitchell County
Camilla
Phil Adams
Tom Howard
Thomasville
Whitcomb
Atlanta
Guy Whitcomb
Veterans Hospital
Final services held for two year old Doris Handy
Final rites for Doris Myrtle Marie Handy aged two were held at Old Bethel Church Colbert County with Rev Emmett Saint presiding and burial by Drinkard. She died at 4 pm Thursday at Town Creek Route 1 after a brief illness of colitis. Survived by parents two sisters Dorothy Aleene Bonnie and brother George W Handy and grandparents.
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Doris Myrtle Marie Handy
Old Bethel‘church
Colbert County
Emmett Saint
Drinkard
Town Creek
Route 1
Dorothy Aleene
Bonnie
Hitler speech signals protracted war with Britain favorito terms
DeWitt Mackenzie notes Hitler’s peace speech leaves Europe in stalemate unless Britain sues for terms. He argues the conflict will run to a finish with annihilation for one side, warning of suffering ahead. Hitler seeks peace on his terms if England yields.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Urchill
Europe
Germany
England
Britain Faces Tough Odds In War Invasion Debate
The piece argues Britain is unlikely to accept peace terms, with Churchill warning of a larger battle ahead. It notes Hitler must win quickly to avoid blockade-driven hardship, predicting severe European suffering and possible famine as winter looms. An American commerce report hints at German grain and potato shortages.
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England
Churchill
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Washington
Commerce Department
Poison Death Trial Nears Grand Jury for Three Women
Laverne McDonald was released on the preliminary hearing ruling for murder in Helen Baker's death. Lily Smith and Anna Horton bound over to the grand jury with no bail after witnesses placed McDonald away from the scene. An autopsy found poison in Baker, and the coroner named the three women as slayers amid a $400 life policy detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne McDonald
Helen Baker
J. B. Dickinson
McDonald
Lily Smith
Anna Horton
Vine Street
Horton
Anna
Newton D. Powell
J. N. Powell
Sherman Powell
Hartselle
Rate hearing recessed on southern livestock freight rates
Atlanta July 20 The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on southern livestock freight rates was adjourned and will resume in Savannah. E I Hart testified for plaintiffs that rates are obsolete and confused. states seeking reductions include Georgia Kentucky Virginia North and South Carolina Florida Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee.
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Atlanta
Walter McDonald
Georgia Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Navy
McDonald
Southern Livestock Rate Steering Committee
Savannah
E. Ik Hart
Atlanta Freight Bureau
Smoke from manholes alarms Birmingham shoppers
Thousands of downtown Birmingham shoppers were frightened when smoke poured from manholes in a two block area. Officials blamed a short circuit on a main transformer of the Birmingham Electric Co. for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Electric Co
Sears Catalog Order Office Opens in Decatur
Sears Roebuck opens a Catalog Order Office in Decatur on July 23 at 508 4 Avenue. The showroom displays home appliances including ranges refrigerators and washing machines. Miss Ann Draper leads the office with Mrs Jeannie Draper Meadows as assistant, offering fast delivery from warehouses to homes or the order office.
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Sears, Roebuck and Company
Decatur
Thesday
Avenue
Ann Draper
Jeanne Draper Meadows
Sears
Chunn Rites Held For Fred H Chunn
Fred H Chunn 35 died at 4 26 Saturday at his mother Ima Chunn s home in Flint Final rites 1 30 Sunday at Flint Methodist Church with Rev O B Lands burying Rev T P Sharp officiating Burial in Valderosa Cemetery Brown in charge Surviving mother six brothers Earl Percy Lois Ros Howard Olin Chunn four sisters Mrs Clay Speegle Hartselle Mrs Miriam Stone Decatur Miss Emma and Miss Ethel Chunn Flint two nephews Oscar David Chunn Bobby Speegle Pallbearers Ben Morgan Bob Lewis Robert Grant Tommy Willingham W M McClanahan Meredith Jackson Flowers by Flint Church Missionary Society Chunn was a member of the Christian church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Chunn
Ima~Chunn
Flint
Flint Methodist Church
O. B. Landsbury
T. P. Sharp
Valdermosa Cemetery
Brown
Earl
Percy
Lois
Ros
Howard
Olin Chunn
Missing Man Hunt in Gulf Completes Damp Search
Mobile Alabama July 20 planes and boats roached the Mobile Bay today in search of W R McCallum a 20 year old Spring Hill College student missing since their sailboat overturned early today He is from Little Rock Arkansas and was one of six aboard The others Albert Collins Arcadia Missouri a Spring Hill student Mr and Mrs W R Wilson and Benjamin and L C Baldwin Mobile all survived after clinging to beacons buoys and the overturned craft until rescue at dawn
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Mobile
Ala
Mobilé Bay
W. R. McCallum
Spring Hill College
McCallum
Little Rock
Ark
Albert Collins
Arcadia
Spring Hill
W. R. Wilson
Benjamin and
L. C. Baldwin
Child Crib Incident Traps Two-Year-Old in Crib
In New York on July 20 a two year old girl named Hannah Shefulsky wedged her head between crib rails and fell to the floor. Police and an emergency crew with hacksaws freed her without injury.
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New York
Hannah Shefulsky
Roosevelt signs $4.61 billion two ocean navy expansion plan
President Roosevelt signs a law authorizing a huge navy expansion to 701 fighting ships by 1946 or 1947. The package includes 15,000 aircraft, vast yard work funding, and orders to boost auxilary vessels and armor plants. Congress approved quickly amid global tensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Potomac River
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
House
Senate
Senate Naval Committee
545 Men Rescued From Italian Ship
The British rescued 545 men from the Bartholomeo Colleoni, an Italian cruiser sunk in a Mediterranean naval battle. No British casualties were reported, though Italian air force bombed ships during rescue and return to base. Italian communiques claimed they sunk one British ship.
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Cairo
Bartholomeo Colleoni
Mediterranean
Talucah Matron Maggie Ballinger Dies at 63
Maggie Lee Ballinger 63 of Talucah died at 9 10 Saturday morning at Benevolent Society Hospital where she was brought for treatment. Funeral services will be at New Friendship Church at 10 a.m. Monday with burial in the Decatur cemetery. Survivors include husband E D Ballinger a daughter Anna Hill of Talucah and four sons Harrison Mote Birmingham H L Mote Somerville route 1 J Fote Talucah and Grover Ballinger Talucah.
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Maggie Lee Ballinger
Ot Talucah
Beneolent Society
Talucah
Grover Ballinger
Hold Up Man Sought After East Moulton Robbery
Police search for a white man who assaulted and robbed David Small, 16, of 11 dollars at the Ragale Broad wallpaper store on East Moulton Street. Small, knocked unconscious, reported his billfold and 11 dollars taken. description: about 25, 5'8", 160 pounds, gray pants, blue work shirt, gray hat. Officers Lamon and McCall investigated.
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David Small
E. Moulton Street
Young Small
Small
Lamon and
McCall
Wallace May Resign Post In Campaign Speculation
Washington July 20 Senator George D Georgia predicted Wallace would resign soon as secretary of agriculture to pursue a vice presidency bid. An unnamed Republican said such action would draw Republican demands if not taken. Speculation also tied Rep Marvin Jones to succeeding Wallace, though his fishing trip and lifetime court of claims appointment complicate that.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Wallace
Georgia
House
Roosevelt
Rep
Marvin Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
United States Court of Claims
War
Navy
Representative Hope
Ruckelshaus Family Welcomes First Girl After Seven Generations
In Indianapolis July 20 a baby girl arrived at the J K Ruchelshaus home. Parents have not chosen a name yet. The father says she is the first girl born in the Ruchelshaus family in seven generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
J K. Ruchelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Midwest Heat Wave Grips Nation With Record Temps
A July heat wave bakes the Midwest and parts of the nation with highs near 109 in Kansas and 93 in Chicago. The Weather Bureau notes above normal temperatures from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast, with storms and limited relief forecast for early next week.
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Mid-Continent
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Coast
Chicago
Plains States
Philipsburg
Kansas
Grand Island
Neb
Sioux Citys
Omaha
Des Moines
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Labor Board finishes hearing on Decatur Iron and Steel case
The National Labor Relations Board hearing on the SWOC CIO charge that Decatur Iron and Steel unlawfully recognized a company dominated union ended Friday. Samuel H. Jafflee was the final examiner. attorneys for both sides and the independent union members presented their positions. The examiner will file a report with the NLRB in Washington and each side has 15 days to submit briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
SWOC
CIO
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
City Hall
Steel Company
National Labor Relations Act
Samuel H. Jafflee
Labor Board
McRee and Wilson
Yelverton Cowherd
Birmingham
Peach
Peach and Caddell
Charles H. Eyster
Decatur
Boswell and
Bombers hit Britain in broad daylight raid
German bombers swept from John O Groats to Land's End in a day long assault as Hitler issued a last chance peace offer. Anti aircraft and fighter planes repelled the raid with heavy enemy losses and no confirmed ship hits in a southern harbor.
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London
Britain
John O’groats
Land's End
Adolf Hitler
Bombing Casualties Report UK June Raids
The Ministry of Home Security announced that from June 18 to date 336 civilians were killed and 476 seriously injured in all raids. The largest single locality death toll was 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Home Security
United Kingdom
Alf
Air War Report Highlights Losses and Local Damage
Observers note two more pilots possibly missed by anti-aircraft fire as four airmen including Ed were captured in southeast England after their aircraft fell. Defense actions continued across southwest England Wales southeast Scotland with a Nazi bomber dropping bombs on a northeast Scottish coast town damaging a school.
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Channel
England
Wales
Scotland
Hitler promises peace terms while Britain braces for new Nazi attack
German broadcasts warn British public of death and destruction if they refuse Hitler's final peace road. Berlin sources report renewed plans for forceful action against Britain with bomb damage on harbors defenses and ships. Italy claims a cruiser sunk in the Med while noting a British loss. Churchill and British officials maintain silence on Hitler's so called last appeal to reason as war coverage continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Adolf Hi
England
Hitler
Italy
Relazioni Internazionali
Berlin
Britain
Talg
High Command
Mediterranean
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Isles
Fuehrer
Realson
Churchill
Tennessee River Gauge Rises. Warm Weekend Across Region
The Tennessee river gauge reached 20.2 feet Saturday with no rainfall reported in the past 24 hours. Temperatures ranged from a low of 71 to a high of 89 with generally fair skies tonight and Sunday in Tennessee, warmer in the south. Alabama and extreme northern Florida see partly cloudy conditions with scattered thunderstorms and light easterly winds.
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New England
Boston
Syracuse
N. Y
Mid- Texas
Atlantic
Tennessee
Southei
Alabama
Florida
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J. C. Freeman
America
Farmer
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Reichstag
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
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Middle-West
The
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