Wheeler Lake Yacht Club to Discuss Park Plans and Races
The Wheeler Lake Yacht Club will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the Lyons Hotel assembly room to elect officers and discuss the proposed lakeside park project on the island between the river bridges. The plan, backed by Decatur, seeks financing from WPA and state agencies with an artificial harbor and boat services. races with $500 in prizes are scheduled for August 4 on the river, with a 5400 foot oval course and reserved seating along Benson Field.
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Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Lyons Hotel
Lakeside Park
North Shore
Swan Lake
City of
Decatur
TVA
WPA
State
National Park Service
Benson Field
Yacht Club
Wheeler Lake
Alabama Guardsmen seek pay leave for three week maneuver
A majority of the 102nd Engineers Company, Alabama National Guard, report difficulty obtaining paid leave for next month’s three week field maneuver. An Alabama Adjutant General bulletin lists firms granting paid leave and urges employers to understand the patriotism and duty of Guardsmen.
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102Nd Engineers Company
Alabama National Guard
Goodrich Silvertown
Ragland Bros
J. S. Patterson
State Highway Dept
Williams Filling Station
City Electric Department
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Co
J. D. Pittman, Tractor Co
State Bonded Warehouse
U. S. Forestry Service
Alabama
Florida points buy into Decatur growth surge
Alabama Brick & Tile reports two carloads of drain tile shipped to Miami and Ft Lauderdale with prospects for more. Brick sales rise in Alabama as building rebounds after thirty days of heavy rain. Decatur sees brisk activity with public buildings and new homes under construction.
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Alabama Brick & Tile Company
Miami
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Alabama
Decature
Dependents to Save Men From Draft Plan
Secretary Knox outlined a plan to move skilled interior workers to shipbuilding hubs to offset shortages. An army spokesman said men with dependents would not be drafted in peace. Brig. Gen. Shedd urged changes to the Burke Wadsworth bill as training plans expand to 400 000 this Oct 1, 400 000 next April, and 600 000 on Oct 1 1941.
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Washington
Knox
Army
Sidney Hillman
National Defense Commission
William E. Shedd
Army Chief of Staff
House Military Committee
Shedd
Sparkman
D-Ala
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Fnally
Thomason
Dtex
Congress
Department
O. K
Senate
Sheppard
D-Tex
War
Woman aids narcotics officers in vast U S drug ring bust
San Francisco dispatch reports a middle aged American woman provided crucial tips that spurred arrests and a crackdown on an international drug smuggling operation. California narcotics chief Madden cites six major Japanese shippers and a $6 million annual flow, with recovery valued over $600,000 in four months. The informer, now in Japan, is praised for her risk and may receive up to 15 thousand dollars in rewards.
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Wendell P. Webb
San Francisco
United States
Paul Madden
California
New York
Seattle
Tacoma
Japan
Madden
Hughes Will Take Office as Tax Collector
Yancey V. Hughes, Courtland druggist, will formally assume the post of tax collector for Lawrence County on Thursday morning. Appointed July 13 by Governor Frank M. Dixon to succeed Isaac Johnson Jr, Hughes received his commission today after posting the required $20,000 bond. He has run a Courtland drug business for seven years and is a well known local young businessman in North Alabama.
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Yancey V. Hughes
Courtland
Lawrence County
Hughes
Frank M. Dixon
Isaac Johnson, Jr
North Alabama
Air conditioned bed perfected at University of Washington
University of Washington researchers unveiled an air conditioned bed that heats in winter and cools in summer. Dr. F. K. Kirsten describes a sheet metal box with an air cushion and fabric blanket, powered by a basement air supply, offering adjustable comfort for hotel use.
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University of Washington
Associated Press
Seattle
F. K. Kirsten
Kirsten
Alabama plans home guard with Legion base
Adjutant General Ben Smith submitted a plan to Governor Dixon for a 3000 man Alabama home guard to police the state if the National Guard is called out. The unit would be Legion based, voluntary, open to non members, and paid only on active duty.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Home Guard
Dixon
Ben Smith
Home Guard
American Legion
Alabama National Guard
United States
Smith
Legion
Legion Post
Alabama
War Department
Birmingham
Tank Climber Comes Down From 100-Foot Water Tower
Hunger and guards prevailed after 19 hours, bringing down 20 year old convict Andrew Jackson Wynne from a 100 foot water tower at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. Warden J. W. Sanford says Wynne suffered sunburn and a fierce appetite after a lengthy standoff that began yesterday at 1:30 pm in 94 degree heat. Wynne faced return to a Georgia prison work camp to finish a burglary sentence after an auto theft term ends today. He ended defiance with a yell and blows from a machinist hammer.
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Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
Georgia
J. W. Sanford
Andrew Jackson Wynne
Sanford
Chatham County
Savannah
Wynne
Rain Expected In Waynesburg Traditional Date
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania locals anticipate rain on Monday July 29 marking a long held tradition. Attorney John Daily expresses strong belief the forecast will hold as in past years, betting his hat on the record rain for this date despite only three misses in 66 years.
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Waynesburg
Monay
John Daily
Hottest Days of Year Hit Decatur This Week
Temperatures surged through the week with 94 at noon on Tuesday and forecasts of a possible high above the day’s mark. The Decatur weather bureau records show 93 on Monday and 92 on Sunday, marking a second real heat wave this year after prior spikes in June.
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Decatur
Heat wave sustains grip across nation with toll rise
Mercury climbs again as thundershowers provide brief relief for the middle Atlantic states. Forecasters expect limited cooldown but no major break from the heat wave. The nation reports 68 heat prostration deaths and 179 drownings. Pennsylvania leads with 13 deaths. Damage from drought affects Nebraska and New Mexico. rain and floods hit Louisiana. Willie Roberts continues on Page Two.
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Middle Atlantic States
Rockies
Seaboard
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ilinois
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Indiana
New Mexico
Louisiana
Willie Roberts
Civitan Club Formed Here Details Preliminary Meet
The Civitan International unit held a preliminary meeting with about 30 members present to plan upcoming events. Elections for permanent officers are set for Tuesday night, and Charter Night is scheduled for Friday, August 2, at the Lyons Hotel with ladies invited.
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Civitan International
Lyons Hotel
L J Quinn
A. M. Roan
E. G. Hamilton
Robin Thomas
David L. Allen
T. R. Harrison
Eugene
J. Chenfault
John D. Garrett
Edwin McLeod
H. E. Harbin
Bill Utley
J. A. Chambers
Leonard Moody
H. F Sherrod
A. M. Smith, Jr
Irvin J. Quinn
J. T. Lankin
W R. Riley
J. 0
Loomis
Marvin Hester
W. J. Brown
Earl Riggs
Casto Jarvis
D. L. Allen
Albert A. Frahn
EF. L. Drinkard, Jr
Robin L.thomas
C. Johnson
P. H. Vaughan
Carl M. Hendon
Redus C. Collier
Harry H. Payne
Newton B. Powell
Many Quizzed in Lawrence County Nominee Hearing
Attorneys for Isaac Johnson Jr the probate judge nominee faced extensive questioning as 125 witnesses were examined by noon Wednesday in Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee proceedings. Bragg’s counsel completed their Bragg lead and 500 total witnesses have testified since July 1 with 14 Monday 75 Tuesday and 36 by noon today.
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Isaac Johnson
Lawrence County
Charles E. Bragg
Judge Bragg
Johnson
Democratic Executive Committee
S. A. Lynne
Decatur
John C. Forney
Moulton
Horace Wilkinson
Birmingham
Peach
U. S. Leases Alabama Prison For Air School Use
Alabama signs a one year lease transferring a $225000 tuberculosis hospital building and 70 acres to the War Department for a national defense air training program. Gov. Frank M. Dixon and Col. W. E. Persons announce renewal options potentially extending the lease up to four additional years. Maxwell Field bids seek materials for a southeast training base at Selma.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
National Defense Program
Eee
Rey State Pris Ipatgneery Municipal
War Department
Frank M. Dixon
W. E. Persons
Corrections and
Dixon
Wetumpka
Fieht
Arthur Heustess
Col Persons
Maxwell Field
Air Corps’ Southeast
Selma
Alabama teacher service records discussed for retirement plan
A board of control appointed under the retirement law meets to study teacher service records required for Alabama's new retirement system. The records must be prepared before the retirement plan can take effect.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Germans Get Wanted Men Report In Berlin 1940s
Otto Strasser, exile foe of the Nazi regime, and Herschel Grynszpan, a Polish youth in Paris, were reportedly captured by German forces during the France campaign. Grynszpan was in La Sante prison awaiting trial for the 1938 assassination of Ernst Vom Rath, German embassy secretary, now held for trial by German authorities.
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Berlin
Otto Strasser
Naziiam
Gestapo
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Herachel Gryn
Zpan
Paris
France
Grynszpan
la Sante
Ernat Vom Rath
Gryszpan
Vom Rath
Norton Baby Rites Conducted For Infant Son
The infant son of Mr and Mrs James H Norton Jr died at 8 20 Wednesday at Benevolent Society Hospital. Prayer services were held at Brown's Chapel on Ferry street by Dr John C Cowell pastor of Central Baptist church. Burial followed in City cemetery directed by Brown. Surviving are the parents and the paternal and maternal grandparents all of Decatur.
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James H. Norton, Jr
Benevolent Society Hospital
Brown's Chapel
Ferry Street
John C. Cowell
Central Baptist Church
Brown
Henry Norton
Boyd
Decatur
Policemen Nab Six Boys In Cherry Orchard Raid
In Scottsbluff Nebraska on July 24 two police officers caught six boys raiding a cherry orchard. One officer herded three toward the station while the other stopped the car the boys used and even opened the door for three who hopped in before they noticed him at the wheel.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
Britain Rejects Hitler Peace Ultimatum War Buildup
War coverage notes Britain's firm rejection of Hitler's peace offer and Nazi threats of a blitzkrieg. It analyzes timing constraints, weather impacts on northern operations, and Germany's need to strike before winter as the battle of Britain intensifies since June 17.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Hitler
Germany
England
Dbig
Time Running Out for Hitler's Invasion Plan Into England
A column notes imperial risk as Nazi invasion of England looms, with observers split on success. The piece argues the attempt would be historic but dangerous, and cites rumors from Le Petit Dauphinois about a July invasion date.
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England
William the Conqueror
le Petit Dauphinois
Grenoble
Hitler
Rome scared twice by air raid alarms
The air ministry said four German planes were shot down today in addition to eight previously announced. Britain rushed troop reinforcements to Gibraltar as German aggression looms from the rear. Canadian and Australian troops and vast stores of war matériel were landed and shipped to bolster the fortress amid Mediterranean turmoil.
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London
Air Ministry
Associated Press
Nrazi
Britain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Empire
Spain
British Isles
Italy
Rome Braces as Luftwaffe Fails in Twin Dawn Attacks
Rome endured air raid scares as anti aircraft guns engaged a phantom British bomber force before dawn. A Thames estuary air battle left nine Nazi planes shot down by RAF patrols while reports claim German losses top four thousand to five thousand since the war began.
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Associated Press
Rome
Great Britain
London
Reich
Thames River
Britain
Hitler
Thames
Stuka
Nazi High Command
North Sea
Eng
Editors Stay On Schedule In Alabama Tour
Alabama editors traveled 1500 miles across the state visiting Scottsboro Huntsville Athens Decatur Wheeler Dam and Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals. They stayed in University of Alabama dormitories in Tuscaloosa and planned a Gulf States Paperation mill visit after touring Monte Sano Park and historic sites in Huntsville. The journey began Monday from Birmingham and Montgomery with a meet at Sylacauga.
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Florence
Ala
Alabama
Black Warrior National Forest
Jasper
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Scottsboro
Huntsville
Athens
Decatur
Wheeler Dam
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Monte Sano Park
Gulf States Paperation
Tustaloosa
Birmingham
Montgomery
Sylacauga
Tennessee River Gauge and Warm Weather Summary
The Tennessee river stood at 20 feet and falling with no rainfall. Temperatures reached a high of 94 and a low of 72 in the 24 hours ending 7 am. Alabama forecast partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thunder showers and gentle westerly winds along the coast. Tennessee remained generally fair with continued warmth and scattered thunders Thursday afternoon followed by cooler conditions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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U. S
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