Decatur Chamber Explains Federal Wage and Hour Law
Businessmen in Decatur are invited to a Wednesday night meeting in the circuit court room at 7 30 to discuss phases of the federal wage and hour law. The event, sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce at the request of Robert T Amis, will include Birmingham based representatives and focus on educating those affected by interstate commerce rules.
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Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Circuit Court Room
Chamber of Commerce
Robert T. Amis
Birmingham
John M. Nelson
Robert L. Till
Alabama
Richard Keenan
Cvences of Commerce
Nelson
Opposition grows to suspending Joe Wheeler Train 7 8
Protests mount in Tennessee Valley as Southern Railway seeks to discontinue trains seven and eight between Tuscumbia and Chattanooga. Delegations from Huntsville Decatur Courtland and the Tri Cities plan to attend an Alabama Public Service Commission hearing in Birmingham to present opposition. The hearing is at 10 o clock in the Jefferson County courthouse and supporters say the Joe Wheeler name should stay on the service. The railroad cites national emergency needs to reallocate capacity for defense workers and families.
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Southern Railway
Tuscumbia
Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley
John M. Nelson
Decatur
Joe Wheeler
Southern
Merchants Group To Meet Tuesday In Decatur
The merchants committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday at 9:30 in the Chamber offices. Agenda items include daylight saving time and a protest against the discontinuance of the Southern ...
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Merchants Committee
Decatur Chamber of Catemerce
Chamber of Commerce
Aluminum Drive to Begin Wednesday
The Lions Club announced a national defense aluminum collection to start Wednesday. The Daily carriers will collect west of the Louisville and Nashville railroad while Boy Scouts under Rev. W E Waterhouse gather east of the line. Housewives are urged to have donations ready to speed collection.
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Boy Scouts
W. E. Waterhouse
Missing Air Officers Searched After Training Flight
Fort Benning Ga July 21 Aerial search continued for Major Fred Stocks executive officer of air corps troops and Captain William Hargen missing since Saturday when their training flight toward Kelly Field Texas disappeared. Col Warner Gates led the search aided by Maxwell Lau rel and Lawson Field stations as planes refueled. Stocks last radioed Maxwell Field from 8000 feet over Montgomery Alabama.
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Fred 8S
Stocks
Air Corps
William 8S
Hargen
Kelly Field
Texas
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Warner B. Gates
Lawson Field
Charles E. Blanchard, Jr
Laurel
Miss
Gates
Honolulu
Pope Field
Fort Bragg
N. C
Pine Grove
Benning
Puerto Rico
Maxwell
Gunter Field
San Antonio
Wrecks Near Decatur Leave No Injuries
Two weekend accidents near Decatur caused no injuries. A 1930 Ford coach driven by a Negro rear ended a Hoover Truck north of the lily pond on the South Bee Line. W F Hoover of Madison Tennessee owned the truck and about $100 damage was reported to the truck and the Ford was demolished. Earlier a 1940 Ford coach driven by William Wade left the highway a mile north of Pryor farm after a tire blew out. passengers Mr and Mrs Louie Brooks of Decatur route two suffered no injuries with about $50 damage to the car.
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Decatur
Lily Pond
South Bee Line
W. F. Hoover
Madison
Tennessee
William Wade
Route Two
Moulton
Pryor Farm
Louie Brooks
Two Drownings Reported in Alabama This Weekend
Two persons drowned in Alabama over the weekend and at least one other life was lost in accidents. Charles Harris, 20, of Dora, was drowned while swimming in the Warrior river near Powhatan. James Jackson Ashton, Jr., 5, of Spaulding, drowned at Gulf shores. A three way collision on the Montgomery Mobile highway claimed Fred Wilkerson Carter's life.
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Ala
Alabama
Charles Harris
Dora
Route 1
Warrior River
Powhatan
James Jackson Ashton, Jr
Spaulding
Gulf Shores
Montgomery-Mobile
Fred Wilkerson Carter
Woman credited with saving life during Birmingham flood
A 33-year-old woman saved Vernon Tittle after a surging culvert flood trapped him and his brothers Lloyd and Floyd, 13, as sudden rains swirled water through the two-block culvert. Floyd swam to get help but Vernon was swept away.
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Birmingham
Ala
Vernon Tittle
Lloyd
Floyd
Vernon
Americans Capture Airfield in Mock War Drill
American residents of England led by Gen Wade Hampton Hayes staged a bold mock assault on a British airfield headquarters amid fog and rain. With 300 to 500 British troops opposing, the Americans used a golfer and a presumed drunken operative as decoys to seize maps and dismantle a switchboard, while a dog aided navigation.
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Drew Middleton
London
England
Wade
Hampton. Hayes
Hayes
Progress noted at Alabama Press Association meeting
Visitors to the Alabama Press Association two day gathering in Huntsville and Decatur toured Tennessee Valley developments hailed as America’s Ruhr while Congressman Sparkman announced Roosevelt signed a TVA land lease bill. Banquet featured home grown menu as Chamber leaders welcomed delegates and officers were introduced for the winter meeting set for Birmingham.
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Huntsville
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Ruhr
America
Birmingham
Wheeler Dam
Brandy
Ingalls Shipuilding Corporation
Frank Nolan
TVA Laboratory
C. M. Tarzwell
TVA
Panisi
David Grayson
Lyons
B. ©. Shelton
Chamber of Commerce
R. M. Howell
First Methodist Church
T. R. Harrison
Mr. Shelton
Charles Dobbins
The
Anniston Times
Dobbins
Doyle Buckles
Sparkman
John Sparkman
Congressman Sparkman
Washington
Roosevelt
J. D. Hardy Passes Away at 61 After Ill Health
J. D. Hardy 61 longtime city water department employee died at his home 823 Grant Street Saturday evening after sudden illness en route from Third Avenue. Funeral at 4 30 this afternoon at the home with Rev. C. L. Cobb and Rev. E. T. Town officiating. Survived by widow two daughters three sons four stepchildren five brothers and one sister. Pallbearers listed. Interment Roselawn Cemetery with Brown directing.
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City Water Department
Grant Street
Mr. Hardy
Second Avenue
Grant
Noted comedian PiLew Fields dies in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Calif July 21 Pi Lew Fields half of the famous vaudeville duo Weber and Fields is dead His lifelong partner Joe Weber at his bedside said It is like losing my right arm Fields age 74 became ill Thursday and died yesterday Funeral services will be today The girl shows he and Weber staged often featured noted players of the day
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Beverly Hills
Calif
PiLew Fields
Weber and Pields
Joe Weber
Fields
Weber
Bloody Battle East of Stalin Line Reported On Smolensk Front
Moscow dispatches quote Soviet sources saying Smolensk remains in Red Army hands despite German claims as RAF vows the heaviest raids in history against Germany. Stalin's front reports violent overnight battles across north central and southern fronts with encirclement and heavy casualties cited by both sides.
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German aim in Russia is destruction of Red Army not cities
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Germany states its main objective in the Russian war is to destroy the Red Army rather than seize cities. He argues a rapid, decisive victory is essential for Hitler to avoid a drawn out conflict that could ruin the Reich.
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Delay of German Victory Aids Allies
Report notes a fifth week of battle with no decisive blow by either side. Both sides claim advantage while reporting fierce fighting and heavy material destruction. The front remains fluid as Nazi and Bolshevik forces contend without a clear breakthrough. Continued fighting suggests possible Soviet collapse remains unproven.
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Nasia
Blood tests for teachers in Athens county schools
Tuberculosis and blood tests will be required for all public school teachers and sight and hearing tests for bus drivers before the new term. Mrs. Verta Mae Langston was appointed school supervisor and critic teacher, bringing training from Florence State Teachers College Alabama College Montevallo University of Alabama and Columbia University to the role.
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Athens
Ala
Vertie Mae Langston
Langston
Florence State Teachers College
Florence
Alabama College
Montevallo
University of Alabama
Columbia University
Husband seeks news of his wife missing four weeks
Thomas F E Alexander asked The Daily for help locating his wife Louise Alexander who disappeared four weeks ago after leaving town to visit her sister in Huntsville. He says she was traced to the bus station here but has had no further clues. any information is welcome.
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Thomas FE. Alexander
the Daily
Louise Alexander
Huntsville
Alexander
County Court Opens in Morgan County Sessions
Morgan county court sessions opened today with Judge James Crows presiding. The week will focus on jury cases and next week non jury cases will be heard.
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Morgan County
James Crows
Route Three Man Killed in Accidental Shot Incident
John Franklin Lang 71 of route three Decatur died when a shotgun discharged in a chicken house. Coroner's jury ruled accidental death. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs J E Lowery, two sons Jessie Lee Lang and J H Lang, seven grandchildren. funeral Tuesday 2:30 pm Pleasant Hill church.
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John Franklin Lang
Route Three
Decatur
Arose
J. E. Lowery
Route Two
Moulton
Jessie Lee Lang
J. H. Lang
Minor Russell
Lee Lamon
John Russell
Joe Robinson
G. O. Maner
W. A. Russell
Roselawn
Brown
Decatur Firm Forms Cabin Tourist Camp Project
Childs Brothers of Decatur started work Saturday on a 12 cabin tourist camp along the Airline highway near Kuntsville. Floyd Painter awarded the contract to the local firm. total cost about 11,000 dollars, Painter said today.
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Childs Brothers
Decatur
Kuntsville
Floyd Painter
Painter
The
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Roosevelt asks Congress to extend one year army service
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize extending the one year active service period for the army and national guardsmen, warning that without extension the army would disintegrate within two months. He said the international situation is far more grave than a year ago and stressed maintaining an effective, trained force.
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America
Congress
Reas
Roosevelt
President seeks extended service for selectees guardsmen and reservists
In a message to Congress President calls for extending military service for selectees and reserve forces. He cites world events and urges continued defense measures including expansion of munition production and personnel pools to meet security needs.
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Washington
Congress
United States
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