Roosevelt requests broad wartime power and defense road funds
The War Department asks Congress to authorize the president to requisition property during national emergency for defense. Roosevelt proposes $125 million for defense highway construction, including $100 million for access roads and $25 million to strengthen bridges. He cites a survey showing 204 critical areas with more rising costs to $350 million, urging federal funds and continued local participation.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Wilson
Department
Navy
OPM
Roosevelt
Federal Works Administrator
National Defense
Works Project Administration
One Defendant Freed in Liquor Trial in Alabama
In Anniston Alabama on June 2 M C Mathis a 73 year old Talladega County farmer had charges of liquor conspiracy dismissed on the attorney general recommendation. Eight defendants faced accusations of defrauding alcohol tax revenues through moonshine manufacture and sales. Sheriff George W Burk and former Sheriff Sam Burns were among those charged. The prosecutor cited lack of direct testimony tying Mathis to the case in seeking a not guilty verdict.
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Anniston
Ala
M. C. Mathis
Talladega County
U. S
Jim C. Smith
Mathis
George W. Burk
Sam Burns
Train collision injures soldiers near Thomasville crossing
Sergeant Ensley Cooper and Private Ernest D. Adams were badly hurt and several other soldiers traveling from Selma Alabama to Camp Blanding Florida were less seriously injured when their car struck an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train at a crossing in Thomasville Georgia early this morning.
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Thomasville
Ensley Cooper
Ernest D. Adams
Selma
Ala
Camp Blanding
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line
Hartseale Man Dies After Yard Shooting
Cleo Stover twenty is found fatally wounded in his back yard on Corsbie street around 3 30 Sunday. Police chief says self inflicted wound. he died minutes after at Benevolent Society Hospital. Funeral services held at Johnson Chapel with Rev R N Moore and Peck officiating. Survivors include widow son three sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers named and flowers arranged by local women.
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Dave Cleo Stover
Hartseile
Corsbie Street
Les William
Hartselle
Stover
Drinkard
Benevolent Society Hospital
Williams
Johnson Chapel
R. N. Moore
Peck
Memorial Day weekend Alabama crash toll rises with multiple deaths
A Memorial Day weekend series of Alabama crashes claimed three lives in a two car collision near Calera. Clarence Evans and his daughter Irene died, with Fred Evans also killed in the same incident. Sgt James E Whitehead was struck and killed on a highway in Brundidge Troy. George Oswalt of Fayette died in an auto crash nearWinfield while William Sanders of Birmingham was fatally injured when a jack slipped from a truck.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Clarence
Doc) Evans
Irene
Montgomery
Calera
Fred Evans
James E. Whitehead
Camp Blanding
Fla
Brundigo-Troy
George N. Oswalt
Fayette
Winfield
State Department of Agriculture and Industries
William B. Sanders
Costly Blaze Not Believed Sabotage
Jersey City fire chief says a weekend blaze that destroyed cattle yards, an eight story grain elevator, a cattle pen, hay, barges, freight cars and a large warehouse likely started from a cigarette. Fire damage estimated at 25 million dollars. authorities rule out sabotage.
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Jersey City
N. J
Police
Coast Guard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frank Ertle
Jersey City Stock Yards Company
Midtown Hudson Company
Erie Railroad
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Heavy Loss in Moulton Fire Destroys Two Businesses
A Sunday noon fire on the southwest square in Moulton destroyed a pool room owned by W. E. Jones and a pressing shop owned by Elmer Coffey. The fire, possibly starting in the pressing shop, caused an estimated 5,000 damage to the fire source and 7,500 to contents. Decatur firemen joined local volunteers after a 24 mile rapid response. the blaze was tamed after a brief, fierce effort.
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Moulton
Decatur
W. E. Jones
Elmer Coffey
Sua
Decatur Fire Department
Prominent Decatur Man James J Chrissinger Dies at 74
James J Chrissinger a well known Decatur resident died Sunday at his home 526 E Gordon Drive from a heart attack He was 74 Funeral services are set for 10 Tuesday at Brown Chapel with Rev Edward W Ramage of First Presbyterian officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery Pallbearers named He is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Owens Cook of Evanston Illinois three sisters and two brothers Born in McKeesport Pennsylvania in 1867 he moved to Decatur 29 years ago He worked with American Oak Leather Company retired four years ago He belonged to First Presbyterian church the Masonic lodge and Phi Delta Theta He was active in church and civic work.
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James J. Chrissinger
Decatur
E. Gordon Drive
Mr. Chrissinger
Brown's Chapel
Ferry Street
Edward W. Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
City Cemetery
Brown
T. C. Almon
A. A. Jones
Tom Fast
J. D. Bush
Sam Wildes
M. W. McLeod
Chrissinger
Owens. Cook
Evanston
Illinois
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
American Oak Leather Company
Masonic Lodge
University of Wisconsin
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Power heads hold meeting here tonight to conserve current
Power officials from TVA and local electric departments meet at 7 30 pm in Decatur City Electric offices to discuss economical use of electricity during drought emergency. Attendees include Q E Biddens Decatur Electric Manager Mayor Ben F Bean Mt Hope Joe Wheeler Smith and others. Joe Wheeler Electric serves 2000 customers across Morgan and Lawrence counties with 250 miles of lines.
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F. F Beauchamp
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Knoxville
Decatur City Electric Department
Q. E. Bddens
City Electric Department
Ben F. Bean
Hartselle
Joe Wheeler Smith
Mt. Hope
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership
Joe Wheeler Corporation
Morgan and
Lawrence Counties
Moulton,Creek
Hatton - Billsboro
Lawrence Sand Falkville
Morgan County
Southeast Faces Drought Causing Power Shortage
Showers sorely limited drought relief as Southeast power supplies dip. Leland Olds of the Federal Power Commission gears up for talks with utility leaders in Atlanta on Wednesday. Georgia Power chief Preston S Arkwright warns the drought is the worst in 37 years and urges further cutbacks. Elsewhere rain remains scattered with no general relief in sight.
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Weather Bureau
Florida
North
South Carolina
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Atlanta
Preston S. Arkwright
Georgia Power Company
Missouri
Syracuse
Albany
Boston
New York
Sault Ste. Marie
Victory at Crete Reassesses Nazi Air Power
The piece notes the Nazi air arm achieved an uneven victory on Crete, reducing the island’s strategic value as a British fleet safeguard in the Eastern Mediterranean. It argues dive bombers alone could have made Crete untenable, undermining the need for heavy invasion forces.
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Crete
Mediterranean
Near East
Crete Campaign Warns of Wider Near East Struggle
The piece notes Crete as a warning sign in the Near East, detailing 350 miles to Cyprus and 100 miles from Syria, with the British fleet using Alexandria as a base. It claims Hitler undercut Iraq to focus on Crete, signaling a Nazi retreat from occupied territory while triggering wider Mediterranean fears.
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Stone
Near East
Cyprus
Syria
Alexandria
Hitler
Crete
Iraq
Mediterranean
Britain plans Syria move to bolster Turkey in Mediterranean loss
London observers say Britain will act quickly to fortify Turkey against Axis pressure and deny German footholds in Syria after losing control of the Mediterranean lifeline. Turkey remains Britain’s ally on paper, with authorities hoping to stiffen its stance amid Axis advances. Crete and Aegean gains threaten to cut Dardanelles aid to Britain as Hitler leverages influence to press Turkey.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Mediterranean
Syria
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Iraq
Adolf Hitler
Crete
Aegean
Axis
Dardanelles
Fuehrer
New Coast Row Looms as Freight Strike Escalates Across Regions
A coast wide pattern of labor action unfolds with 4500 CIO warehousemen in San Francisco awaiting an 6 a.m. deadline to press for 19 cents hourly raises for women. Pittsburgh sees 2200 truck drivers out, halting defense material shipments and threatening Eastern supply chains. Seattle lumber workers push for 7 12 cents more per hour while seeking retroactive pay.
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Associated Press
San Francisco Bay Area
Pittspurgh
Pacific Northwest
San Francisco
CIO
Association of San Francisco Distributors
Pittsburgh
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Motor Truck Association
Oio
Seattle
Mrs P G Kimbrough Dies At Her Home
Mrs. P G Kimbrough of Hartselle died suddenly at her home this morning. A former Decatur resident, she is survived by her husband, two sons W E Kimbrough of Decatur and Pat Kimbrough of Hartselle, a daughter Mrs John T Larkin of Miami, six granddaughters, and other relatives. Funeral arrangements by Brown Funeral Company.
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P. G. Kimbrough
Hartselle
Kimbrough
Decatur
Brown Funeral Company
W. BE. Kimbrough
Pat Kimbrough
John T. Larkin
Miami
Money For CCC Cut As Enrollment Dwindles
Washington June 2 An appropriation of 1 191 776 000 for the Labor Department Federal Security Agency and related activities was sent to the House by the appropriations committee The bill includes defense training for more than 4 500 000 youths and cuts 23 000 000 from NYA while transferring 10 000 000 to the Office of Education for youth training The six major appropriations total 181 145 000 chargeable to defense with the agencies listed and detailed budget figures
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Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
House
Appropriations
National Defense
Roosevelt
Conservations
COCO
National Youth Administration
Morgenthau
Congress
NYA
Office of Education
Employees Compensation Commission
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
Railroad Retirement Board
OCC
Local Mother's Rites Held for Mrs Sulan Hamilton
Funeral services for Mrs. Sulan Hamilton 63 were held at Eclectic Baptist church Elmore County at 2 p m today conducted by Rev B P Collier Priceville with burial in Eclectic cemetery. She died Saturday at St Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery. She resided in Laverne formerly lived at Eclectic. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Herman Evers Mrs Ben Welch and Mrs Earl Link and two more sons E C Hamilton and G S Hamilton.
Mrs T H Gunn Illness Victim
Mrs T H Gunn 63 Decatur woman died at 5 p m Sunday at daughter Mrs B l ackwell s home 140 Fifth av west Funeral rites 2 p m Tuesday at Blackwell home Rev W E Waterhouse First Baptist will officiate burial City cemetery Survived by husband mother to four daughters and four sons and several grandchildren Pallbearers named including Burt Gunn and Jim Robinson Theby was a longtime member of First Baptist Church born in Madison county.
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T. H. Gunn
Decatur
H. Blackwell
Fifth Avenue
West
Blackwell
W. E. Waterhouse
First Baptist “Church
Brown
City Cemetery
Nazis Land Units in Syria as Axis Talks Continue
Cairo reports Vichy suspends Egypt Syria telegraph links while German motorized troops land on Syria's coast near Latakia. London dispatches say Mussolini and Hitler held Brenner Pass talks as Britain eyes Mediterranean vulnerability and US actions loom.
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Cyprus
Crete
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Ankara
Furs Key
Syrian
Latakia
Cyrus
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
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Fuehrer
TM Duce
Roosevelt
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Grand Mufti of
Jerusalem
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Libya
Hitler
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Greece
Germany
Joachim
von Ribbentrop
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Brenner
Puehrer
Il Duce
Tennessee River gauge reports a 17.05 foot fall Monday
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 17.05 feet and was falling. Weather notes mention no rain in Alabama and Florida with cloudy to scattered skies, light winds, and cooler conditions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Teesas
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