Senate approves compulsory training plan for 42 million men
The Senate military committee backed universal training registration for 18 to 64 year olds. Only about 1.5 million would train in year one, drawn from an estimated 11.5 million eligible. House Rules grants right of way for a $25 million TVA aluminum expansion to support airplane production.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Sheppard
D. Tex
Senate
War Department
Sabotage Reported in Red Cross Drive
Roosevelt said reports of a fifth column effort to derail the Red Cross fund drive for Europe’s suffering reach the organization. The alerts come from various parts of the country as Hyde Park notes the nationwide concern.
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RED Cross
Hyde Park
N. Y
Europe
Roosevelt
Contestant’s Case Finished in Lawrence County Probate Race
The Lawrence County Democratic Committee hearing on Isaac Johnson Jr contesting incumbent Charles Bragg’s nomination for probate judge moved past fifty witnesses by Tuesday noon. Bragg’s side finished cross examining two dozen witnesses earlier, while Johnson’s attorneys pressed to finish by week’s end as sessions continued.
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Isaac Johnson, Jr
Lawrence County
Charles E. Bragg
Bragg
Johnson
Lawrence County Democratic Aan Committee
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Sera
Oes Peach and
Caddell
Decatur
Perdue Ae Miller
Moulton
John C. Forney
A. Lynne
Horace Wilkinson
Birmingham
Victim Moved Home After Pistol Wound
Elmer Milligan, 22, who had been treated for a pistol wound for a week, was moved home in a Brown ambulance. His condition improved. Mrs Emma Reed of E Market Street faces assault with intent to murder charges in connection with the shooting. Milligan was wounded Tuesday night July 16 in front of Reed's home. Officers quote Reed as firing to frighten away a prowling man near her automobile.
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Elmer Milligan
Ha Ay
Emma Reed
E. Market Street
Milligan
Reed
Time limit extended for 1940 cotton free classification
The agriculture department extended the deadline for free classification of 1940 cotton due to delayed planting and the season’s lateness. The extension was announced in Washington on July 23.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Limestone Planter and Family Given Master Award
More than 200 friends and neighbors gathered at The Cedars to honor Edmond P Garrett and his children Edward Jr and Jim Hill with a master farm family award. The event highlighted a long family farming legacy in Limestone County and noted soil conservation and diversification efforts since 1920.
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Edmond P. Garrett
Belle Mina
Garrett
Edmond, Jr
Jim Hill
Progressive
Alabama Extension Service
Limestone County
Progressive Farmer
the Cedars
Aps
Alexander Nunn
Auburn
Smith and Pals Confer Over Anti New Deal Plans
A strategy conference of Alfred E. Smith John J. Raskob and Jouett Shouse, all anti New Deal, fueled speculation they may back Wendell Willkie. They met in New York dinner and discussed coordinating efforts with Willkie clubs as a possible campaign boost.
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Wendell L Willkie
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Raskob
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
Washington
Raskob
National Democratic Committee
National Committee
Smith
New York Herald-Tribune
Willkie
American Liberty League
Herald-Tribune
Oren Root, Jr
Associated Willkie Clubs of America
John W. Hanse
the Treasury
Colorado
Baltic States Absorbed by Soviet Ruled Criticized
Washington July 23 acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles denounced the absorption of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania by Soviet Russia as deliberate annihilation. He said the United States will continue recognizing Baltic ministers as sovereign governments under duress despite communist parallel moves.
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Sumner Welles
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Welles
United States
Baltic Republics
Associated Press
Belgium
Holland
Hitler
London
England
Havana
Britain
Winston Churchhill
Adolph Hitler
House of Commons
Churchill
Lord Halifax
Berlin
Halifax
War relief plan in Morgan county outlined
Mrs Roy Poteet named chairman of production for Morgan county Red Cross as a meeting at 110 W Vine street appointed an executive committee. The group plans to start garment making from yarn order and asks public cooperation in war relief efforts. Stone J Crane from North Alabama attended.
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Roy Poteet
Morgan County Red Cross
W. Vine Street
J. W. Clapton
W. P. Dozier
Maynard Layman
E. Alverson
Eugene Bailey
Julian Brongugh
T. J., Cottingham
Redding Emens
R. 2. Harris
Wilmer Hall
Thomas Hendrix
John W. Jones
F D. Peebles
Leroy Manentire
Decatur
Louis Houston
Hartselle
Russians Build Air Base on Big Diomede Island
The U S Coast Guard cutter Perseus reported a Russian base on Big Diomede in the Bering Sea, about a mile from Little Diomede. Eskimos say a detachment of about 20 soldiers is stationed there with hangar and field construction and submarines berthed along the shore.
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Seattle
Big Dolmede Island
Bering Sea
Little Diomede Island
U. S. Coast Guard
Perseus
San Diego
Little Diomede
Big Diomede
Big di
Eskimos
Hull elected president of peace group
At the Pan American conference in Havana United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull was elected president of the peace preservation commission. The delegates discussed defense and economic plans for the Western Hemisphere, including a proposed inter American mandate on European colonies and a transcontinental railway idea. Argentina expressed hesitation over broad covenants, warning against rushed actions.
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Havana
United States
South America
Bolivia
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Santos
Africa
Chile
Horn
Straits of Magellan
Cordell Hull
Peace Preservation Commission
Western Hemisphere
Peace Commission
Eres and
Economic Commission
Argentina
Broad Cove Mts
Europe
Hull
Leopoldo Melo
New World
Lima
German Raider in Caribbean Operations Report
New evidence of German raider operations in the Caribbean emerged with 17 survivors arriving in Bridgetown Barbados. Survivors said some crewmen were taken aboard the raider after their freighter sank.
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Caribbean
Bridgetown
Barbardoes
British West Indies
Srorty
Belated Hot Weather Hits Decatur Section
The Decatur area ends a cool spell as temperatures rise into the 90s. A 24 hour high of 93 was recorded with 7 inches already fallen in July. Despite heavy rainfall countywide, no major crop damage was reported and residents adjusted to warmer days and cooler nights.
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Decatur
State Sizzles as Heat Wave Hits Alabama Cities
The heat peaked across Alabama with Clanton and Eufaula posting 98 degrees yesterday the highest readings in the state. Montgomery Auburn Gadsden and Tuscaloosa reached 96 while Evergreen Florence Greensboro Greenville Wetumpka at 95 and Anniston Cullman Ozark Thomasville at 94.
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Alabama
Clanton
Bufaula
Montgomery
Auburn
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
Evergreen
Florence
Greensboro
Greenville
Wetumpka
Anniston
Cullman
Ozark
Thomasville
Heat Wave Toll and Weather Patterns Across the Nation
The Weather Bureau reports a weeklong heat wave will persist for three more days. Extreme temperatures reach 100 plus in Montana Minnesota and Arizona. About 180 deaths tied to heat and 149 drowning victims across 31 states. Crop damage noted in Nebraska Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire and Connecticut with hail affecting tobacco crops in the Connecticut river valley.
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Rockies
Montana
Minnesota
Arizona
A. B. Anderson
Omaha
Neb
Sudan
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Connecticut River Valley
TVA closes power plants to all visitors
In Knoxville on July 23, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced a precautionary national defense measure. All visitors are banned from eight dam powerhouses and restricted areas critical to the region's electricity supply, including Pickwick Landing, Chickamauga, Wilson, Hale's Bar, Guntersville, Hiwassee, Watts Bar and Norris.
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Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Defense
Tennessee Valley
Pickwick Landing
Chickamauga
Wilson
Hale's Bar
Guntersville
Hiwassee
Watt's Bar
Norris
Alabama Press Association tour to visit Decatur
Members of the Alabama Press Association on their annual tour are due in Decatur in the afternoon after visits to Scottsboro Huntsville and Athens. They will be greeted by local chamber representatives and shown the city. The editors plan internal statewide inspections and visits including Haleyville Double Springs Jasper and Tuscaloosa.
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Decatur
Scottsboro
Huntaville
Athens
G P. Banniza
J. W Clapton
Tom Fitzpatrick
Chamber of Commerce
Matfield Lake
Haley Ville
Double Springs
Jasper
Tuscaloosa
United States
Cuba
Canada
Jonathan C. Freeman Rites Held in Cullman
Funeral services for Jonathan C. Freeman of Cullman were held at 2 p m Sunday at Mc Kendry Chapel with Rev. Roberts officiating and burial directed by Brown of Decatur. Freeman, 75, died Saturday at 903 Olive Street home of Henry Teague. Survivors include his widow three sisters Mrs Nanie Jones of Dothan Mrs fra Green and Mrs C A Johnson of Montgomery and two brothers James M Freeman of Gadsden and Ned Freeman of Decatur.
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Jonathan C. Freeman
Cullman
McKendry Chapel
Roberts
Brown
Decatur
Mr. Freeman
Henry Teague
Olive Street
Nanie Jones
Dothan
Fra Green
C. A. Johnson
Montgomery
James M. Freeman
Gadsden
Ned Freeman
Draftees to Register as War Airs Loom in Europe
Berlin announces all men 19 to 50 not registered must sign up in September and women specialists of the same ages ordered. Allied reports flag near zero hour for Hitlers planned blitz on Britain as Berlin issues and wartime tax hikes unfold.
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Churchill
Berlin
Britain
Sir Kingsleywood
Kingsley
Hitler
Edinburgh
Scotland
Aberdeen
Chatham
Sir
Portsmouth
Bristol
Reichstag
Cattle Thieves Targeted in Planned Meeting at Daily Office
A meeting is set for Thursday at eight in The Daily office to organize action against cattle thieves. A preliminary gathering occurred at the courthouse Saturday afternoon, inviting all cattle raisers in the territory to attend.
Britain Vows Never Yield Until Freedom Is Won
War correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie notes British Foreign Minister Halifax refuses to accept Hitler’s peace offer, signaling a steadfast aim to restore a pre war Europe. He warns the upheaval from war may prevent a return to the old order, likening it to Humpty Dumpty’s irreparable fall.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Halifax
England
Hitler
Europe
Fuehrer
Britain
Far East
Poland Restored Boundaries Clash With Nazi and Bolshevik Legacies
The author argues that restoring Poland to its prewar boundaries would still leave a divided nation shaped by Nazi and Bolshevik traces. He questions the feasibility of any restoration that ignores the political imprint left by these forces and contemplates broader consequences.
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Poland
Weather notes on Tennessee river gauges and showers
Readable fragments report Tennessee river gauge at 20.1 feet with no rainfall in the past two hours. Evening forecast indicates scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday with warm conditions and periods of showers across areas as advised.
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Tennessee River
Tennessee
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