Decatur Presses for Daylight Saving Time Proclamation
The Decatur Merchants Committee urged Mayor T R Harrison to proclaim daylight saving time at midnight Sunday and to seek state agency alignment under Governor Dixon. The group protested Southern Railway Wheeler trains and planned a Birmingham hearing Wednesday. They also postponed the August store employee picnic and praised Emmett McClary’s parade committee, while Eddens urged conservation ads and a statewide DST proclamation to reduce confusion.
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Decatur
Merchants Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
T R. Harrison
Harrison
Montgomery
Dixon
Athens
Hartselle
Southern Railway
Wheeler
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Emmett McClary
Eddens
Quince Eddens
City Electric Department
FDR Moves Irk Germans Amid Iceland Action
Berlin says Roosevelt plans against Reich and axis and seeks to make South American states his stooges. Dienst Aus Deutschland rejects the president’s message to extend army selectee terms and U S support of Bolivia’s expulsion of the German minister. It warns of no changes to German navy orders despite Iceland occupation and defends ship sinking rules.
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Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Roosevelt
Reich
Europe
Congress
Army
Washington
Boliva
la Paz
Dienst
United States
Iceland
Moscow
Pate
Britain
Germany
America
Alabama Governor urges immediate daylight saving time
Governor Dixon calls on all Alabamians to set clocks ahead to aid the national conservation effort. He asks local defense councils to ensure employers and workers adopt advanced time, noting most areas already have or will by August 1.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Roosevelt and
Alabama
U. S. Defense Progress Praised by Industry Leader
Lea W. Moore, president of Dry Ginger Ale Inc and National Association of Manufacturers director, told Commercial Law League delegates in New York that American industry has surged in defense production. He compared one year of wartime industrial growth to six years of Germany’s armaments, noting broad corporate efforts to expand capacity and reinvest profits to meet defense needs.
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New York
Lea W. Moore
Dry Ginger Ale, Inc
Germany
Moore
National Association of Manufacturers
Commercial Law League of America
Hitler
New Program Bared Washington
The bituminous coal division announced a new program to tighten regulations on regional marketing agencies and create machinery to set maximum coal prices when needed to protect consumers.
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Washington
Bituminous
Fire damages truck on Johnston Street blaze
The Johnston Street fire department was called at 8:30 this morning to the corner of Sherman Street and Sixth Avenue where a cab-over-engine truck was ablaze. The fire started in the cab and was controlled with only the booster tank used. The blaze likely began from a broken gas line. the truck, loaded with empty beer bottles, had no clearly identified owner.
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Johnston Street
Sherman Street
Sixth Avenue
Army fliers missing in transit between bases
Fort Benning Georgia July 22 Army officers appealed for civilian and newspaper help in locating a missing monoplane that disappeared Saturday with Major Fred S Stocks pilot and Captain William Hargen flight surgeon en route to Kelly Field Texas They reported to Maxwell Field Alabama two miles east of there and have not been heard from since Authorities urged anyone with information to contact their nearest newspaper as search efforts continue and Fort Benning Maxwell Field personnel combed probable routes for signs of the silver bodied machine with a red nose.
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Fort Benning
Army
Fred S. Stocks
William 8. Hargen
Kelly Field
Texas
Maxwell Field
Ala
West Coast protest over Danish crews on gov ernment ships
The Maritime Commission answered a west coast protest by stating there was adequate employment for United States seamen on ships flying the American flag. A spokesman said there was no threat to the employment of U S seamen and that foreign crews were not needed on these vessels.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Commission
War Comment on Russian Retreats and German Offensives
The piece discusses Nazi pressure on the Russian line and a possible large-scale Russian withdrawal to reroute defenses eastward. It warns such a retreat could tempt German offensives, potentially turning orderly withdrawals into a disastrous setback if executed poorly.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Red Soldiers And The Russo German Front
The article notes the Red army's mobility and morale are crucial as Bolshevik lines face German pressure. It describes a central Soviet salient, a Nazi thrust toward Lenin, and a southern German push along the Dnieper front, signaling three looming dangers to defense.
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Red Army
Bolshevists
Lenin
No Infantile Paralysis Cases Reported in Morgan County
Dr. Murphree told the Daily today there are no known infantile paralysis cases in Morgan County at present. He cautioned about new statewide cases and advised avoiding crowds and careful swimming hygiene at public beaches or pools when traveling to affected areas.
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Ll. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Murphree
Alabama records jump in infantile paralysis cases
Ninety nine new polio cases were reported statewide raising July totals to 105 in Alabama. Dr J N Baker urged families to avoid travel to infected areas. Four cases appeared in Jefferson county with Jefferson leading counties at 38 victims, while Pickens Escambia Conecuh and Tuscaloosa counties each reported one additional case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
J. N. Baker
Jefferson County
Baker
Pickens County
Jefferson
Pickens
Escambia
Conecuh
Tuscaloosa
Streamliner Kills Negro Worker Percy Johnson in Decatur
A 65 year old Negro man Percy Johnson was struck at 10 30 AM by the Louisville and Nashville South Wind streamliner on Mol ton street. He walked onto the tracks unwillingly heard the train coming and died from the injuries. Johnson lived on Nineth Avenue West and had long worked for the railroad and was on the pension list at the time of his death.
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Percy Johnson
Louisville and Nashville
South Wind
Johnson
Moulton Street
Nineth Avenue
West
Decatur
Louisville
Nashville
Air Field Head Visits Pryor Place Training Site
Lieut. B M Cornell in town to inspect the air training school under construction on the Pryor place. He plans to return with family in September to live nearby. Cornell, a Charleston native and former Auburn aeronautical engineering professor, served as a naval flier in World War I and called the site an ideal training ground and a very fine layout.
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Cornell
Pryor Place
Charleston
Auburn
Draft Bill Held Vital in U.S. Security Debate
Senator Taft proposed limiting service of selectees reserves and National Guardsmen to 16 months to produce a larger trained force while monthly draftees rise toward 75,000. Gen Marshall to testify on impact as hearings begin. House panel to pursue draft or aid seizure measures.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Serfate Military Affairs Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
George G. Marshall
Army
Joh
Eentey
Senate Military Committee
Adolf Hitler
United States
Palmer
John J. Pershing
Hitler
Leutenants
Senate
May
D. Ky
House Military Committee
George C. Marshall
National Guard
10th Capital Now Bombed
The Associated Press reports Moscow becomes the tenth European capital hit in a war that has devastated many cities. London and Warsaw are noted as heavily damaged, with Brussels Amsterdam Paris Belgrade Helsinki Berlin Bucharest also attacked. Dublin and Rome have mixed experiences, while Madrid bears scars from earlier conflicts.
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Associated Press
Moscow
London
Warsaw
Brussels
Amsterdam
Paris
Belgrade
Helsinki
Berlin
Bucharest
Dublin
Rome
Athens
Piraeus
Fat fees for jobs at camp ends in senate scrutiny
Lieutenant Colonel Webster L. Benham acknowledged receiving more than seventy thousand dollars in fees on two army cantonment contracts over nine months. He could have earned about five thousand dollars by active duty for the same period. Benham testified he offered services for active duty before contracts were let but was not called, possibly due to age. Senators Thomason and Harness criticized cost plus contracts as expensive, noting Camp Polk cost far more than Fort Benning for similar capacity.
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Washington
Webster L. Benham
Army Engineers’ Reserves
Benham
Oklahoma City
Thomason
D-Tex
House
Col. Benham
Camp Livingston
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Representative Harness
Se Benham
Fort Benning
Georgia
Polk
Government spends over one billion in first 19 days of fiscal year
Washington reports the government spent 1.0186 billion dollars in the first 19 days of the new fiscal year, nearly double last year’s pace. Defense accounted for 582.3 million of costs, while revenues reached 267.97 million, creating a deficit of 751.24 million. The federal debt rose to 49.269 billion, about 6.2 billion higher than a year ago.
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Washington
Treasury
Defense
Defense Savings
TVA Area May Reextend TVA Area May Reextend
Senate Agriculture Committee approved extending TVA coverage to the Cumberland river basin after a brief session. Defense and power officials and local representatives testified that 12 proposed dams would add 800000 kilowatts of prime power to TVA markets in the next years. The Cumberland river runs 687 miles from southeastern Kentucky to the Ohio at Paducah, draining about 18000 square miles.
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Washington
Cumberland River
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
D-80
TVA
Norris
Tnt-Neb
Cumberland
Kentucky
Ohio River
Paducah
Tennessee
Dixon Speaks as Collectors Meet in Alabama
Alabama tax assessors and collectors begin their annual convention with Governor Frank Dixon as the opening speaker. State officials from 67 counties attend, with sessions to run through tomorrow. Other speakers include former Governor Bibb Graves Senator John H. Bankhead Mayor Cyrus Brown and Silas C. Garrett and James L. Lawson of the State Extension Service.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Frank Dixon
Wwill
Dixon
Bibb Graves
John H. Bankhead
Cyrus Brown
Silas C. Garrett
James L. Lawson
State Extension Service
Soviet Denies Moscow Raid Damage High
London July 22 All Moscow short wave stations went off air as German air force likely struck Moscow for first time last night. Berlin and Moscow reports describe heavy Luftwaffe raids with 12 explosions at the Kremlin and fires around the Moskva bend while Soviet defense claimed limited damage and casualties.
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London
Moscow
Ench P
Associated Press
Russia
Berlin
England
Highland
Germany
Luftwaffe
Adolfler
Red Command
Hitler
High Command
Buchs
Helsinki
Pineland
Kremlin
Moskva River
Moskva
Communist Party
Red
Red Arcolen
Weather Report on Tennessee River Water Drop
The Tennessee River level falls today with lower flow noted across monitored segments. Temperature readings are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
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FDR
Roberta Roberts
National Parachute Jumpers Association
Westchester
Armonk
N. Y
Roberta
U. S
Mornard
Czar
Morgan
U.S
Bill
Tulsa
Oklo
New England
Kathleen Ann Hudson
Manhattan
Holland Tunnel
New York City
New Jersey
Collectors
Giknl
Sweetheary Fesar
Nanesied
Ellen Cannon
Guy Oden
Washington, D. C
Ira Keck
Oden
Uncle Sam
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