Congress weighs tax change amid party splits
A House Ways and Means subcommittee debate focuses on a bill to raise about 300 million dollars through joint income tax returns for married couples and wider surtaxes. Some Republicans back broadening the base while Democrats and others oppose the constitutional propriety and effects on nonfilers.
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and Means Committee
An Doughton
D-N. C
Edure
Republi
Ways
Salety
Price Fixing Bill Revised Sparks Washington Debate
Speaker Raybourn told reporters that a revised price control bill would be introduced by the administration with a message. He warned of rising tuna prices and said details would come later. Officials expect broad powers to freeze prices and rents but not wages or profits.
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Washington
Raybourn
Congress
Tokyo market slips as buyers grow scarce
TOKYO reports continued drop from two to 16 as buyers remain scarce, signaling weak demand and ongoing price erosion in the trading session.
Japan faces oil cut as assets freeze ripple through Far East
Tokyo reports mark the United States as hostile amid a grim economic battle with Japan. Dutch Indies oil flows, crucial to Japan, may be cut, as Batavia notes a suspended deal for 1,800,000 tons annually, signaling broader Far Eastern consequences.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
United States
Washington
Netherlands East
Ican
Dutch Indies
Batavia
Unclear highway loader's death in Alabama accident
Crowe Edwards Crowe, 32, died in a hospital after a truck struck him while he prepared to help load at Wade and Richey in Reno on Saturday. Deputy T J McCollum reported the incident occurred during loading.
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Ala
Good Edwards Crowe
Wade and Richey
Reno
T. J., McCollum
Crowe
Dixon to Capital
Dixon will depart for Washington tonight to meet with OPM Chief as head of state governments organization.
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Dixon
Capital
Ala
Washington
Ewe Wewus Cuimilluley Ol Uwie
OPM
Markets Steels Lead Rally On Broad Stock Rise
New York volume climbs with steel shares steering gains toward recovery as traders push to near last week’s highs. Market breadth widens with mixed profit taking around mid day and about 9000000 shares changing hands in recent proceedings.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
NY Futures End Higher Amid Late Liquidation Pressure
In New York trading, initial gains faded as liquidation and profit taking increased. Futures settled higher across several months with mixed session highs and lows, reflecting limited demand and ongoing selling in the market.
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New York
Dixon to Add Patrolmen in Alabama
Governor Dixon announced state safety director James P. Brawner will raise the Alabama highway patrol by 25 to 80 officers due to rising traffic. A patrolmen school will start soon with further increases to reach a normal strength of 147 as new plants or cantonments are built in Mobile Decatur Huntsville Dothan and Dearborn.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
James P. Brawner
Alabama Highway Patrol
Brawner
Mobile
Decatur
Huntsville
Dothan
Deark
Two youths accused in gruesome Ellerslie axe attack
In Columbus Georgia on July 26 two unidentified 14 year old white boys were found on the Warm Springs highway near Ellerslie with fatal head wounds and one survivor saying Frank and look out. State, county and local officers probe identity and motive as the investigation continues.
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Columbus
Warm Springs
Ellerslie
Muscogee
Harris County
Free Lemonade Promised as Mercury Soars in Bluefield
In Bluefield West Virginia the city famed as air conditioned plans free lemonade as temperatures hit 91 degrees the first time since 1934 with shade and rain clouding the forecast. Secretary Ho ward A Steele of the Chamber of Commerce led a group of six young women to serve lemonade on downtown streets during heat waves. The stunt coincides with Bluefield’s third 90 plus day in a decade and the irony of impending rain lingered.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Howard A. Steele
Chamber of Commerce
Bi Bluefield
Inspection Due at Eglin Field Convenes Officers
Col. Donald P. Muse announced that Robert A. Lovett the undersecretary of war for Air and Major General Henry H. Arnold commander of the Army Air Force would arrive at 2 p.m. Wednesday for a conference and inspection at Eglin Field Florida.
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Eglin
Field
Fla
Donald P. Muse
Robert A. Lovett
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Cattle Hog and Sheep Market Report From Nashville
Salable cattle 750 calves 250. Cattle opening about steady with good fed yearlings and steers 10.00 to 10.75. Common and medium cows 6.75 to 7.60, canners 5.50 to 6.50. Top fat bulls 4.50. Salable hogs 600 with prices 10.00 to 11.15 for select weights. sows 8.90. Salable sheep 500 mostly 50 cents lower with ewes and springers 10.00 to 11.00 and others 8.00 down.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Wheat prices retreat as profit taking trims gains
Wheat prices in Chicago slipped over a cent a bushel amid profit taking and hedging after early fractional gains. Quotations rose to near the highest general level in 15 months before turning lower.
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Chicago
Girl Accuses Two Tennis Players of Assault Near Club
A 17 year old model alleges two men, John March and Richard Decker, forced her at gunpoint after a dance at Quaker Ridge club in Coarsdale. She says they drove her to New York City where the incident occurred and later reported it to police.
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Mamaroneck
N. Y
Quaker Ridge
Coarsdale
John March
Pelham Manor
Richard Decker
Miami Beach
Fla
Cn Oheaighe
March
Decker
New York City
New York
Two Youths Charged After Double Robbery Shootout
In Birmingham Alabama two 19 year old youths Jacob Houston Coggins and Edward Mayor Rickman were charged with two armed robberies after confessing they held up a drug store delivery boy and a street car conductor Saturday night. A special officer exchanged shots with them and Coggins was captured near the street car scene. Rickman learned his identity and told his mother to contact police to surrender.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. R. Phillips
Jacob Houston Coggins
Edward
Rickman
Phillips
Coggins
Pat Jeffery to Move to Huntsville Today
Pat Jeffery will go to Huntsville today to assume a new position with Southern Bell Telephone Company. Friends across the city congratulate him on the promotion and express regret that he will no longer make his home here.
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Pat Jeffery
Huntsville
Pat
Jeffery
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Silk Industry In Danger In Postwar Licensing Plea
Taylor R. Durham of the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association says only government licensing of silk imports from Japan can save the industry from near total suspension. He notes 3000 to 3300 workers in Charlotte could lose their jobs, with mills paying about 3.2 million dollars annually.
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Charlotte
N. C
Taylor R. Durham
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association
Japan
Southern Association
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
New York
Washington
State Department
OPM
Durham
Trading Suspended in Alk for Future Delivery
New York Commodity Exchange suspended trading in alk for future delivery in response to a request from the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply. The action was taken today to align with wartime price controls.
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New York
New York Commodity Exchange, Inc
Office of Price Administration
Seven Months of Silk Supply Quell Fear of Shortage
The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers stated that President Roosevelt’s order freezing Japanese assets finds silk stocks adequate for about seven months of normal demand. The estimate reflects current supply readiness as of July 28.
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New York
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Paraguay authorizes death for attempts to cede territory
President Higinio Morinigo of Paraguay decreed the death penalty for anyone trying to turn Paraguay or any part of it over to a foreign power. The order, issued after Bolivia expelled a German minister following a reported revolutionary plot, cites safeguarding the nation against anarchy and extreme steps. Officials noted no direct link to the La Paz alleged Nazi plot but acknowledged regional implications.
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Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
Bolivia
Morinigo
la Paz
Stone, Jr. of Hartselie Delivers Talk at Decatur Rot ary Meeting
Joel Stone Jr. of Hartselie, former Decatur Rotary president, spoke on his lumber business and the national defense driven lumber conservation movement. Guests included O. D. Roberson of Enterprise Ala and Frank Hulse of the Southern Air Training School. Irwin Quinn also attended. Next week's session will be run by the club service committee.
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Joel Stone, Jr
Hartselie
Rotary Club
Decatur Club
Stone
O. D. Roberson
Enterprise
Ala
Frank Hulse
Southern Air Training School, Inc
Irwin Quinn
Civitan Club
Berlin air raid aftermath and wide European tensions
Berlin faced two hours of dawn bombing attributed to Nazi retaliation for a RAF raid as London reported limited England-wide air action. British PM Roosevelt aide Hopkins said ships in the north Atlantic patrol to defend the lifeline, while Japan extended freezing orders and pursued its East Asia order amid postwar trade frictions with the Netherlands Indies and other territories.
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Rumania
Poland
London
RAF
Berlin
England
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Soviet Russia
China
Japan
United States
Northern Ireland
Masazune Ogura
East Asia
Reuters
Batavia
Netherlands Indies
Prohibition Debate Arouses Morgan County Rally
Dr John 1 Jr, pastor, argues against repealing Morgan County dry laws citing Lincoln and Kelly. He warns beer loosens morals and harms health, saying a referendum would mean all liquors, including hard liquor, would be sold. He urges Morgan to stay dry and notes past dry majorities.
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America
John
Morgan County
North
Alabama
Abraham Lincoln
Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
Cowell
Alorgine
Decatur
von Sebrig
New York City
Funeral for Two Week Old Shirley Tidwell
Shirley Maxine Tidwell two weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs Brngat Tidwell died at home on Somerville Route Two Saturday afternoon at 4 30. Survived by parents paternal grandmother Lillie Tidwell maternal grandmother Mrs Tom Drinkard. Funeral held at Lawrence Cove Sunday at 3 00 Rev Morris Chambers conducted. Interment Lawrence Cove cemetery Peck directed.
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Shirley
Maxine
Brngat Tidwell
Somerville
Lillie Tidwell
Tom Drinkard
Eva
Lawrence Cove
Morris Chambers
Peck
Officers Transferred to Philippine Islands Announces 16 Names
The War Department ordered 16 officers from second lieutenant to captain to duty in the Philippine Islands. They will depart San Francisco on or about August 7 and travel by army transport or commercial airliner as part of strengthening the easternmost army outpost.
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Washington
America
War Department
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Birmingham hillclimb draws Decatur riders and locals
Decatur notes list Merman Free George LaBoone Eugéne Mize and Earl Harper at a motorcycle hillclimb in Birmingham. The column also mentions visitors and locals including the Irvings from Florence staying with the Hendersons, and various community moves, medical updates, and weekend travels across Huntsville Florence and Birmingham.
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Merman Free
George LaBoone
Eugéne Mize
Earl Harper
Birmingham
Polio Claims Child in Jefferson County
Infantile paralysis claimed the life of a 14 month old Black girl in Jefferson County, as ten new polio cases were reported to the State Health Department this month, bringing total July cases to 45 with 29 in Birmingham. Death figures are delayed due to six week tabulation by the vital statistics bureau.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson County
State Health Department
Health Department
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Birmingham
J. N. Baker
Battle of the Fronts Progress Report From Berlin and Moscow
Officials in Moscow and Berlin offer conflicting cues on the war’s pace. Soviet spokesman Lozovsky calls the blitzkrieg a washout and claims Red lines hold from Arctic to Black Sea. German claims say progress slows but proceeds. observers note no decisive breakthrough and a battle of extermination shaping the struggle.
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Berlin
Moscow
Lozovsky
Arctic
Black Sea
Verdun
Red Line
Red Army
Bolshevists
Nasr
Orth
Former TVA Worker Injured at Fort Lauden Dam
Friends of Cleave Narmore report he is hospitalized at TVA Le nore City Tennessee after a crushed foot injury when tim bers fell on him at Fort Lauden dam. Narmore, a 10 year TVA employee, is a former resident of Decetur and is resting fairly well.
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Cleave Narmore
TVA
Lenore City
Tennessee
Narmore
Fort Lauden Dam
Decetur
Uncle Sam to Crack Down by Irving Perimeter
The piece imagines a typical taxpayer John Doe with a $3 000 income facing steep tax hikes under House Ways and Means Committee proposals. It details increased income taxes, new sales taxes on items from coats to toasters and cameras, higher liquor and jewelry taxes, and broader levies on cars, phones, tickets, and various goods, illustrating potential impact on a family budget.
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Irving Perimeter
John Doe
Doe
Uncle Sam
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Mr. Doe
Weather and drownings tally across states and cities
Local and the District of Columbia total ed 76 with 18 dying in Michigan lakes. Wisconsin and Ohio each 9 drownings, Iowa and Kentucky 6, Indiana 5, New Jersey and Massachusetts 4, Illinois and Connecticut 3, Nebraska and Missouri and Maryland and New York and DC and Rhode Island and Maine and New Hampshire 1 each. Heat deaths by state and Southeast temperatures noted. Mediania, Miss. 2.08 in rain.
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Michigan Lakes
Wisconsin
Ohio
Iowa
Kentucky
Indiana
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Illinois
Connecticut
Missouri
Maryland
New York
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Minita
New
York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Delaware
South Dakota
Nebraska
Paris
Tennessee
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Montgomery
Tampa
Fla
Macon
Chattanooga
Infant Dies at Decatur Route One Home
An infant of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Cagle died at 2 a.m. today at their Decatur route one home. The three month old child is survived by the parents a brother Harry a sister Gurdline and other relatives. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. today at Nome with interment at Wright cemetery near Florence conducted by Rev. Bailey. McAfee Howell and Young will be in charge.
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M. L. Cagle
Decatur
Harry
Gurdline
Nome
Wright Cemetery
Florence
Bailey
McAfee, Howell and Young
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