Stay of Week Granted for Frank Bass Execution
Governor Dixon granted a one week reprieve to Frank Bass the Trinity negro aged 22, delaying his execution from August 7 to August 14 after a clemency hearing was postponed. Bass was convicted in Morgan County Court for breaking into the Virginia Canterberry home and assault with a hammer during a 1941 crime. Shoes found near the scene tied to Bass aided arrest and conviction for intent to murder rob and assault.
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Frank Bass
Trinity
Dixon
Bass
Morgan
Virginia Canterberry
Canterberry
Reme
Ae Ear
Aigust
Powell
Smith
Governon
Mim
Oil Rationing Likely After Labor Day Forecast
New York oil men forecast a voluntary gas and oil rationing plan to start after Labor Day September 1. Government action may follow within two weeks if motorists do not cut fuel use. Proposed measures include 12 hour daily station closures from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and monthly quotas for distributors to curb overbuying.
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New York
Harold L. Ickes
Barefoot man killed by police in Birmingham church basement
In Birmingham Alabama a barefoot Black man was shot and killed by a patrolman after a police surprise in a church basement. Detectives were checking records to determine if the victim was the same barefoot burglar believed to terrorize the western residential area for weeks.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jamie Moore
One Dairyman Killed Today In Milk Price War
In Little Rock Arkansas a dairy truck driver Elvis Milton Smith age 22 from North Little Rock was killed during a highway barricade shooting tied to a milk price war. A man named A D Brown 33 Route 1 Little Rock surrendered at the sheriff's office admitting participation in the exchange of shots.
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Little Rock
Ark
Elvis Milton Smith
North Little Rock
A. D. Brown
Strange Tale of War Told by German Propaganda Reporter
Hans Huffzky, 28, a PKS reporter in the German army, writes a vivid account of the soldier's plight on the Russian front. The piece, approved by the high command and routed to Deutsche Zeitung, is titled 41 out Water.
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Hans Huffzky
PKS
Berlin
High Command
Deutsche _ ine Zeitung
Associated Press
Water and War on the Eastern Front
A first hand wartime diary describes the war’s water scarcity on the Pastern Front. German soldiers recount dry wells and empty hydrants as Minsk is reduced to a smouldering landscape. They detail the need to wash, drink, and survive with minimal water while facing destroyed cities and exhausted comrades.
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Poland
France
Minsk
Berezina
Dnieper
Heat Wave Persists Across Nation With Some Relief in N East
The weather bureau forecast continued hot conditions for the central and western states after 1941’s deadly heat spell. Some relief was expected this afternoon in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, with cooler air likely tomorrow in parts of the northern plains and the middle Atlantic region.
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Associated Press
North Central
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic
Midlands
Northern Plains
Ft. Madison
St. Louis
Sigourney
Wichita
Kan
Springfield
Seymour
Ind
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
Ill
Bismarck N. C
Huron
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Memorial Union
Cape Vincent
St. Lawrence
Cleveland
Canton
Chicago
Minnesota
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma City
Jacksonville
Fla
Dixis
Meridian
Miss
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tampa
Atlanta
South Atlantic
Bridge Workers Get Protection
In Talladega Alabama state patrolmen guarded a highway project after a contractor said AFL members threatened violence. Governor Dixon ordered protection and the road section closed except to those with credentials.
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Talladega
Ala
AFL
Dixon
J. F P. Brawner
Ruling Narrow on Requisitions for Prisoner Transfer
Attorney General says a prisoner cannot be ordered back to Alabama by a probate judge to stand trial. Only the governor has authority to issue such a requisition. The note was sent to Probate Judge S. P. Poyner of Houston County stating the limit on probate court power.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
T. 8
Lawson
P. Poyner
Houston County
Berlin calls Latin nations note fraud in Belmonte case
German government notes to South American governments claim Belmonte letter to Bolivian attaché is falsified and tied to Nazi putsch theories. Berlin blames Dies committee for gripping U S to seize German diplomatic pouches. German press attacks Roosevelt amid un American activity probes.
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Berlin
Belmonte
Bolivia
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Elias Belmonte Pabon
Ernst Wendler
Grman
la Paz
Dies Group
Dies Committee
United States
House of Representatives
Dienst
Wilhelmstrasse
FDR
Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische ‘Korrespondenz
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Wendler
Belmonte Pabon
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
Martin Dies
D-Tex
South America
Senator Clark Proposes US Takeover of Latin America and Canada
Senator Clark of Idaho proposes that the United States assume control of all Latin America and Canada in a speech as an individual senator. A colleague quickly labels the idea as fanatical.
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Washington
Clark
Truck Drivers Escape Unhurt After Road Collision North of Athens
Two trucks side swiped on the Athens Elkmont road five miles north of Athens at 7:30 this morning. Both drivers, Ernest Houston Toone of Ardmore and Clyde Beeler of Elkmont, escaped unhurt. Estimated damage was $50 to each truck. The crash occurred on a curve. Highway Patrolmen Julius Hale and M. Chambers investigated.
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Athens-Elkmont
Athens
Ernest Houston Toone
Ardmore
Clyde Beeler
Elkmont
Julius Hale
M. 8
Chambers
Roosevelt to ask Congress for price control legislation
President Roosevelt will urge Congress to enact price fixing laws in a forthcoming message. Senate Leader Barkley said leaders reached agreement on general policy, though a final draft is not finished. The measure aims to authorize government actions already used to prevent defense program prices from rising unduly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Barkley
Former Resident Ida Stith Dies in Memphis at 72
Funeral services were held in Memphis for Ida Stith aged 72 a former Decatur resident who died Sunday night. She came to Decatur in the 1880s with husband Stith who worked long with American Oak Leather. She helped at City Park Greenhouse and later moved to Memphis to live with her brother. An active member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ida Stith
Elmwood Cemetery
Martha Rasch
City Park
Dr U E Pitts to Preach at Pettusville Parker’s Chapel Elkmont
Dr U E Pitts district superintendent of the Decatur district will fill weekend appointments. Saturday at 11 he preaches at Pettusville with dinner on the grounds and quarterly conference. Sunday at 11 he preaches at Parker's Chapel with dinner on the grounds and quarterly conference. Sunday evening he preaches at Elkmont followed by conference.
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U. 8
Pitts
Decatur
Pettusville
Parker’s Chapel
Elkmont
War in the Russian theater grim and relentless
The piece notes a brutal Russian front clash marked by fierce intensity and little positional change. It cites Nazi aims to destroy the Red army, while Berlin’s propaganda backfires, as Moscow's forces accept the German challenge and fight back.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Red Army
Berlin
Survival of the fittest in war and regimes clash
The piece contrasts Nazi liquidation methods with the broader fight between Naziism and Communism. It notes Hitlerite aims to obliterate the Red army and the Soviet state and cites a warning of no Soviet Union or Bolshevik regime after the war. Acting Secretary of State Welles offers a separate reply.
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Hiterlites
Red Army
Soviet Union
Welles
Britain Warns of Possible German Invasion Invasion Threat Highlighted
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned Britain of a likely German invasion as he spoke in London on July 20. He urged unity and warned that Germany could mobilize mass resources, while praising Allied cohesion with the United States and the Soviet Union. He noted improvements in Allied air power and munitions, but warned the war was far from over and Britain must maintain full production.
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Churchill
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Southern Command
London
Finland
Russia
England
Australia
Red Army
Deminds
RAF
Germany
Electricians Strike Ties Up NYC Construction Shocks Nation
AFL electricians in New York City walk out across all five boroughs involving about 8000 skilled workers with potential to halt up to 260000 construction jobs. Dispute centers on refinery power plant work by Edison and protection of union rights.
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Associated Press
AFL
New York City
Five Boroughs
Tike
Hy Protea Sie
Troy
Edison Company
Manhattan
Key West
Fla
Civil Service
St. Louis
Labor Department
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO
Los Angeles
Aluminum Corporation of América
CIO Textile
Huntsville
Lincoln Mills
Alabama
Florence considers police radio station for valley area
Florence city officials study installing a police radio to aid law enforcement in the Tennessee Valley region. The system would cost about $3,500 with the state patrol asked to cover rental, and income from rental would largely pay operating expenses.
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Florence
Ala
Tennessee Valley
State Highway Patrol
Roderick Beddow Injured in Alabama Car Crash
Roderick Beddow, a Birmingham attorney, was badly bruised in a Birmingham area automobile accident near Cullman. Two car passengers were only slightly injured as the vehicle skidded and struck an embankment on a hill.
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Birmingham
Alas
Roderick Beddow
Cullman
Beddow
Court Week Under Judge Crow Non Jury Sessions
Judge James Crow conducts non jury court all week with Monday and this morning's sessions handled. The docket includes criminal cases and additional hearings as the week progresses.
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James Crow
Red Scare of Nazi Attacks Spreads Across Atlantic Front
Reports from Berlin say German U boats sank 19 British ships totaling 116 500 tons and destroyed a destroyer and a corvette protecting a convoy likely carrying US war materiel for England. In Moscow allied counterattacks stall Hitler drives toward Moscow and Kiev as Soviet forces trap Axis units near Smolensk and Lake Peipus. Churchill warns Britain to be ready for a possible invasion in September while Eden says no quick peace and predicts continued German war effort.
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Associated Press
Authorizy
Berlin
England
Senate
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Greekland
Knox
Moscow
Smolensk
Nasi
Leningrad
Mans
Peipus
Dniester
Bessarabia
Ukraine
London
Winston Churchill
British Isles
Churchill
Russia
Anthony Eden Hitler
Eden
Fuehrer
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