Treaty With Japs Ending In Months
Tokyo July 28. The Japanese foreign office said Japan would be glad to conclude a new treaty if Washington desires. It called the U S move a political gesture tied to British Japanese China negotiations and noted possible economic retaliation options. A new East Asia situation is rapidly developing as Hull notifies that the 1911 treaty ending basic relations will end in coming months.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Washington
Foreign Office
China
East Asia
Hull
United States Moves Toward Embargo on Japan
The United States denounces the 1911 treaty and terminates the agreement, removing legal obstacles to halting raw material shipments to Japan within six months. Japan calls the action unfriendly and pledges retaliation if discrimination follows the expiration. Berlin calls the move politically motivated while London notes talks of Soviet aid with Britain and France.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Berlin
London
Russia
Britain
France
Moscow
Roosevelt Moves to End Treaty With Japan After Six Months
With Roosevelt’s approval the secretary served notice on Japan terminating the Taft era treaty after six months. Tokyo called the measure unfriendly and warned of retaliation if American discrimination follows. the step could enable a broader embargo on war materials to Japan. Senate foreign relations leaders welcomed the action as removing legal obstacles to an embargo, with further congressional action possible next year.
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Roosevelt
Japan
China
Tokyo
America
Foreign Office
Washington
Taft
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vanderberg
Mich
Vandenberg
Congress
Putm
Ney
Tirman
Britain
AAA Spending a New Record in Farm Aid Programs
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports record expenditure of 695,104 dollars for the year ending June 30 on farm aid and crop control. Congress appropriated 783,000,000 dollars for farmers under production and marketing programs. Texas led state payments with 95,661,700 dollars. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee also show notable disbursements.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Texas
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Block Sold to Capitalist Along Bee Line Corridor
A lone local realtor sold a block on the east side of Bee Line Highway between Church and Lafayette streets. The tract measures 260 feet by 477 feet and the purchase price was not announced. Mr. Malone said Mr. Leigeber plans development soon but has not decided the building type. Officials expect a rise in local property exchanges by fall.
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Bee Line Highway
Church
Lafayette Streets
Malone
Leigeber
Hold Up Man Sought Here At Silk Mill
Osie Cavnar of 724 Third Avenue West reported to police he was robbed at 4 AM near the old Silk Mill building by a single assailant wearing dark trousers and a dark lumber jacket. The man weighed about 180 pounds and the motive appeared to be robbery of 35 cents. no suspect was found.
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Osie
Cavnar
Cooper-Wells Osiery
First Avenue
President signs bridge project extension for Alabama work
President signs a bill extending one and three years the start and completion times for the Cedar Point to Dauphin Island bridge and causeway in Alabama. The Alabama Bridge Commission leads the project across the water between the mainland near Cedar Point and Dauphin Island.
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Washington
Elt
Cedar Point
Dauphin Island
Ala
Alabama Bridge Commission
Attacks on Garner Spark Labor Debate in Congress
CIO chief John L. Lewis charged Vice President Garner with orchestrating recent labor attacks in Congress as he testified against wage hour law changes. He called Garner a poker playing whisky drinking evil old man and vowed opposition if Garner runs for the presidency in 1940. Lewis labeled the origin of attacks as within the Democratic Party.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Garner
Congress
Lewis
House Labor Committee
Democratic Party
John N. Garner
Emer F. Andrews
Plucky Boy of 12 Near Katahdin Expected to Be Well
Plucky Donn Fendler twelve, recovered in Bangor hospital after eight days lost in the wilderness east of Mount Katahdin. His father Donald Fender of Rye New York, injured in the search, also recovering. Doctors say the boy is in good condition and could be discharged in two or three days.
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Bangor
Donn Fendler
Regalia
Mount Katahdin
Maine
Donald Fender
Rye
N. Y
Katahdin
Donna
Diesel train to run between Chattanooga and Meridian
Alabama Great Southern Railroad plans early August service of a diesel electric all steel passenger train named The Vulcan. The high speed train will replace four local passenger trains between Chattanooga Tennessee and Meridian Mississippi officials said.
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Birmingham
Ala
Vulcan
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Chattanooga
Meridian
Miss
Carrier Bill Dead but 10 Revive Again in Washington
Washington July 27 Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Interstate Commerce committee said the general transportation bill is dead for this session. The House changed the Senate bill so much that compromise before adjournment is impossible. A joint committee may study it in the fall for a report at the next session. The measure would place land and water carriers under ICC regulation and extend aid to railroads, with mergers proposals originable by carriers. Some members call it a railroad and Wall Street bill, but an amendment by Wadsworth aims to keep rate cuts possible while ensuring a compensatory return.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Senate
Lea
D-Calif
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Itr
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Warren
D-Nc
Wall Street
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Rep. South
D-Tex
Alabama Furniture Dealers elect new president at Birmingham
R L Gandy of Birmingham was elected president of the Alabama Furniture Dealers Association succeeding J A Hainje of Brewton. Mobile was chosen as the site for the 1940 convention with the date to be set later by the executive committee.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. L. Gandy
Birmingha
Alabama Furniture Dealers Association
J. A. Hainje
Brewton
Mobile
Rising curve for business cheers on auto demand
New York July 27 A rising business curve gains from the auto industry as 1940 model production prep accelerates. Analysts note steel and parts buildup while GM strikes may delay some plants but Packard and Chrysler eye mid August starts. Demand boosts steel use to over 60 percent capacity as motor transport remains a main recovery driver amid mixed signals on farm prices and rail equipment.
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Frederick Gardner
New York
General Motors
Packard
Chrysler
United States
Lerels
Two Are Lost And Found And Another Is Lost In Wilderness
A six year old boy Russell Jensen was found safe after being missing since Monday near the PF Bunyan Forest 115 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Frank Lambert 53 chief of the Chicago sanitary district was found safe at Lake Manitou 50 miles north of International Falls near the Canadian border. Stanley Booth due to be found after an all day search near Togo Bear river 200 miles north of Minneapolis remains missing. A National Guardsman Private James Wall found the Jensen boy and helped reunite him.
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Minneapolis
Minn
International Falls
Frank C. Lambert
Chicago
Stanley Booth
Hibbing
Minu
Togo Bear River
Here
Booth
National
Wall
Lake Kekona
Lambert
Lake Manitou
City Officials Seek Light in Power Tangle
Decatur officials returned from Montgomery confident a quick end to disputes over municipal power plants and distribution, aided by talks aimed at resolving differences with private and public utilities. The plan would limit TVA expansion and (in Montgomery) a bill to implement an agreement between cities and Alabama Power.
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Decatur
Montgomery
Tom Harrison
Carl] D. Patterson
Patterson
Alabama Cotton Ginners Association
Alabama Power Company
North
Alabama
TVA
Excellent Swimmer Drowned in Slough Near Moundville
Si Woodrow Tingle 21, a Hale county farmer described as an excellent swimmer, drowned Wednesday afternoon while swimming in a warrior river slough near Hale Tuscaloosa county line. Dr. B. Hardin, coroner, ruled accidental death. companions said cramps or a heart attack may have caused the trouble. They tried rescue with artificial respiration but failed.
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Moundville
Ala
Si Woodrow Tingle
Hale County
Warrior River
Hale-Tuscaloosa County
Hardin
Tuscaloosa County
Kardin
Tingle
Building moved off site from former cotton gin
R. E. Rogers stated he has no current plans for the property near the old bank building after moving the building that formerly housed a cotton gin. The gin machinery had been sold, and Rogers had purchased the property some time ago.
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R. E. Rogers
Bank
TVA Says 10-Dam System Worth 380 Million
The Tennessee Valley Authority estimated that its completed 10-dam system along the Tennessee River would be worth 380 million dollars to the Mississippi Alluvial Valley by lowering flood heights two feet. The valuation reflects the cost of levees and works needed for equivalent protection, capitalized annual damage, and increased farm land values.
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Washington
U—P
Tennesse Valley Authority
Tennessee River
Missippi
Big
TVA
McClary Named Manager at Goodrich Silvertown Stores
J B McClary appointed manager of Goodrich Silvertown Stores in Decatur effective August 1. A lifelong Decatur resident, he has nine years with Goodrich here and lives at 239 Johnston Street. He belongs to Central Methodist Church and the Decatur Rotary Club.
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J. B. McClary
Goodrich Silvertown
McClary
Decatur
Goodrich
Johnston Street
Central Methodist Church
Decatur Rotary Club
Brisk Rain Hopes Rise Amid Drought Across Atlantic States
Unsettled weather from North Carolina to the St Lawrence Valley raised drought hopes for the North Atlantic and New England states. Crop damage in the drought area reaches into the millions with losses in New York and Massachusetts. Two heat deaths reported in New York State and one in Massachusetts.
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North Carolina
St. Lawrence Valley
North Atlantic
New England
New York City
Blazen Island
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York State
New York Conservation Department
Winton Child Dies of Pneumonia at Nine Months
William Harrison Winton Jr died of pneumonia at Hamil Clinic at 4 15 this morning aged nine months. Funeral 4 p m Friday at 717 Second Avenue West with Rev R L Archibald officiating. Burial in City cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs W H Winton Sr a sister Mary Norma. grandparents Mr and Mrs Norman Brown and Mr and Mrs N E Winton of Decatur. uncles aunts and cousins as pallbearers and flowers.
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William Harrison Winton, Jr
Hamil
Second Avenue
West
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Brown
City Cemetery
W. H. Winton
Mary Norma Winton
Norman Brown
N. E. Winton
Decatur
Georgia tobacco growers urge warehouse closures over low bids
In Douglas Georgia a group of South Georgia tobacco growers held a protest meeting seeking Governor Rivers help to temporarily close warehouses amid low bids. Opening sales across 15 markets fell by 4 to 12 dollars per hundred pounds versus 1938, with current averages around 16 to 18 cents per pound compared with over 25 cents last year.
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Douglas
South Georgia
RE. D. Rivers
Atlanta
Agricultural Marketing Service
Alabama municipalities press for militant action on state funds
The Alabama league of municipalities urged Governor Dixon to back a larger share of state revenues for cities. They seek 40 percent liquor profits, 50 percent tax on financial institutions, 40 percent of auto tag revenue, and gasoline tax relief, arguing the money would boost schools and welfare. They warn legislative inattention demands mobilization and pledge to fight for their fiscal program.
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Montgombery
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Ed E B. Reid
Alabama League of Municipalities
League
Reid
James M. Jones
Birmingham City Commission
Power Company
H. H. Booth
Antitston
Senate
A. F. Mahan, JR
Montgomery
Dixon
Lucien Burns
Selma
Burns
Birmingham
Tennessee River Gauge Rises to 20.2 Feet Amid Heat
The Tennessee River measured 20.2 feet today with rising levels and a high of 92 degrees and a low of 70. Rainfall reached .51 inches as Alabama reported partly cloudy skies and warmth persisting through Friday. South portions faced scattered thundershowers with westerly winds along the coast. OG continuation warns of hot conditions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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