Leaders discuss defense power amid grief over private property seizure
President Roosevelt met with Vice President Wallace Speaker Rayburn and others to review a war department bill granting sweeping authority to seize private property for defense. The measure, debated as temporary rather than permanent confiscation, aims to mobilize industrial capacity for the army and would extend powers beyond World War I precedents.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
White House
Wallace
Rayburn
House
McCormmack
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hyde Park
N. Y
McCormack
Wilson
Congress
Army
Mr. Roosevelt
Governent
O. M. Orton
International Woodworkers of America
Seattle
Petain Convenes Second Cabinet Meeting in Crisis
In Paris, Marshal Petain called an urgent second cabinet meeting after talks with General Weygand amid Britain France tensions. London sources hinted Britain may act against Germany in Syria as Axis leaders meet, while Paris braces for a possible air raid alert.
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Vichy
Phillippe Petain
Generatissimo
Maxime Weygand
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Dairy Month Proclaimed by Decatur Mayor
Mayor T. R. Harrison proclaims June as Dairy Month in Decatur urging residents to observe and support the dairy industry. The text emphasizes milk's dietary importance and the role of local workers and farmers in supplying this essential food.
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T. R. Harrison
Decatur
Alabama
I. T. R. Farrison
Mrs Charles Called Home
Mrs L C Charles died this morning at five at her home 304 Commercial Avenue East after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM Wednesday at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev C L Dobbs and Rev L F Toon officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. Pallbearers include Fritz Ross John Palmer Wallace Church Luther Warren Joe Hoover Melvin Butler. She is survived by her husband two daughters MyrtIe Charles of Decatur two sons William and Charley Charles of Decatur two brothers Edward and Oscar Rasco of White County Tennessee.
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L. C. Charles
Commercial Avenue East
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
L. FE. Toon
Roselawn
Brown
TVA Outlines Seven Month Power Saving Plan
TVA officials and local power boards met to map a seven month load reduction plan for Decatur Hartselle and area due to drought and low rainfall. The program will urge customers to conserve electricity and will be released publicly in a few days with TVA officials to hold a separate follow up meeting.
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TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur
Hartselle
Alabama
F. F. Beauchamp
Walton Seymour
Knoxville
Ben F. Bean
Phillips
Hartselle Power Board
T. J. Cottingham
Municipal Utilities Board
Harry A. Wyatt
James H. Johnston
Q. E. Eddens
City Electric Department
R. B. Freeman
Joe W-h-e-el-e- Electric
Rain Lashes Southeast Amid Storms
The Associated Press reports wind whipped rainstorms hitting Atlanta and Wilmington N C with 2.62 inches of rain by night. Trees toppled, a streetcar lost power, passengers were lightly shocked, and power lines were damaged as drivers skidded on wet streets. More rain fell elsewhere in the drought afflicted region.
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Atlanta
Wilmington
N. C
Jackson Expected To Be Pick Of FDR As The Successor To Hughes
Chief Justice Hughes will retire on July 1 for health and age. President Roosevelt is expected to name Attorney General Robert H. Jackson to succeed him, with Senator Byrnes likely the other new appointee. The court will have seven of nine members after both vacancies are filled.
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War Department
Wheeler
D. Mont
Senate
House Military Committee
Navy
Office of Production Management
Jackson
FDR
Hughes
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Roosevelt
James C. McReynolds
Byrnes
Congress
White House
Supreme Court
Mediation Push on Lumberjacks Strike in Pacific Northwest
The defense mediation board seeks a settlement in the 25 day old CIO lumberworkers strike that has cut defense supplies in the Puget Sound area. IWA insists on a 77 1 2 cent raise to 75 cents, paid vacations, and union hiring hall control, rejecting the peace proposal. Meanwhile Chrysler workers in Detroit gain a wage rise and a $45 December bonus, retroactive to June 1, totaling $15 million with ratification pending.
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Associated Press
Defense Mediation Board
CIO
Pacific Northwest
Stfikers
Roosevelt
Washington
Puget Sound
IWA
Tuat
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council
San Francisco
Mem
RAF Sets Off Berlin Blaze In 46th War Raid
London reports a single RAF plane started five fires in Berlin during the 46th raid. Other units hit central Berlin targets while Dusseldorf faced haze but crews dropped fire bombs and high explosives on industrial areas. Attacks also reached Duisburg Ruhrort Ostend and St Nazaire on invasion coast.
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London
Berlin
Air Ministry
Minstry
Duesseldorf
Duisburg- Ruhrort
Ruhr
Ostend
St. Nazaire
Hockensmith Leaves Local Bank for Gadsden VP Post
W. E. Hockensmith assistant cashier at Morgan County National Bank will leave June 16 for Gadsden to become vice president of Alabama City Bank. Former Decatur resident Fred Bloodworth is president of That Institution. Hockensmith has 13 years in banking and serves as St. John Episcopal vestryman and Salvation Army treasurer.
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W. E. Hockensmith
Morgan County National Bank
Gadsden
Alabama City Bank
Fred Bloodworth
Decatur
Hockensmith
St. John's Episcopal Church
Salvation Army
Mrs H J Hobbs Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. H. J. Hobbs aged 63 died Sunday after months of declining health in Athens Alabama. Funeral services were held at Mt. Pisgah Baptist church and burial followed in the church graveyard with McConnell in charge. Survived by husband several sons and daughters she was active in church and community affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
H. J. Hobbs
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
William Steelman
Bufial
McConnell
Hobbs
Revival to Begin Sunday Evening at Memorial Drive Church
A revival will begin Sunday evening at Memorial Drive Methodist Church with Rev. O B Lansbury preaching. Music will be directed by Persinger Parker. The ghost will render special numbers. Two services daily at 6 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. for two weeks.
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Memorial Drive Methodist Church
O. B Lansbury
Persinger Parker
Death Claims Moulton Man
William Allen Moses prominent Moulton resident dies at home at 10 15. He was 42, longtime Lawrence County figure and Moulton Methodist church official. Survived by wife three daughters two sons two brothers two half brothers two half sisters. Services Thursday 10 oclock at Moulton Methodist church with Roselawn cemetery burial Highsmith directing. The body remains at Highsmith funeral home until funeral hour.
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William Allen Moses
Moulton
Lawrence County
Decatur
FE. M. Moles
Tuston
Ariz
J. Moles
Orley Moles
Middletown
Chblo
Tom Moles
Double Springs
Ala
Howard
Walter Moles
Hillsboro
Austin Hayes
Emmie Turner
Moulton Methodist Church
Roselawn
Thecatur
Highsmith
Highsmith Funeral
Kimbrough Rites Today for Local Resident
Funeral services are scheduled this afternoon for Mrs. P. G. Kimbrough of Hartselle who died suddenly at home Monday. Services at 4:30 at the residence, conducted by Mrs. Marganerite Matlock, with the body sent to Mobile for interment Wednesday via Pan-American. she was a Wilcox County native who lived in Morgan County, Decatur, and Hartselle.
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P. G. Kimbrough
Hartselle
Marganerite Matlock
Mobile
Brown
Moulton Pastor Is Somewhat Improved
North Alabama residents learn Rev. S. L. Prickett pastor of Moulton Methodist Church has been ill but is now somewhat improved.
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Moulton
Alabama
S.L. Prickett
Moulton Methodist Church
Two Big Bomber Contracts Awarded
The War Department announced two bomber contracts totaling more than 320 million dollars. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of San Diego and Boeing Aircraft Company of Seattle received the awards for 226.6 million and 95.2 million dollars respectively, aimed at reaching 500 bombers per month as part of Roosevelt’s production goals.
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Washington
War Department
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Wash
War. Department
Roosevelt
Miracle’s Production Plea From Knox Targets Shipyards
Secretary Knox urged a production miracle in the U S shipbuilding industry to assure Allied sea dominance. He spoke to shipyard leaders emphasizing an all out effort to raise labor efficiency and a government funded competition with bonuses to leaders to boost morale and output.
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Washington
Knox
United States
Britain
America
Youth Charged in Attempted Robbery of Athens Woman
Gilbert Barnes 19 of Athens is bound over on a 750 dollar bond after allegedly assaulting Miss Flossie O Grad y to rob her of a purse containing a diamond ring as she walked home from a movie ten days earlier. O Grady testified she struck Barnes twice and he fled. Barnes recently served time in the state penitentiary for larceny.
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Athens
Ala
Flossie O'Grady
Gilbert Barnes
Limestone
Miss O'Grady
Barnés
States Penitentiary
Limestone Board Calls Up Ten White Draftees
Limestone draft boards announce orders to send ten white draftees to Fort McClellan Anniston on June 17. Board two received the order while Board one has not. Both boards continue mailing questionnaires to registrants at about five hundred weekly and classify them as returned.
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Athens
Ala
Fort McClellan
Anniston
Plane lands in Morgan wheat field during emergency
A Morgan County farmer, A. Gus Poole, aided Lt. Bennett L. Jackson and Mrs. Jackson when a Fort Knox based flyer, fuel exhausted, landed in Poole's wheat field near Decatur. The aircraft damaged wheat but Jackson insisted on paying for any loss, which Poole declined. The plane then resumed its flight after clearing a path and fuel was found locally.
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Gus) Poole
Morgan County
Uncle Sam
Bennett L. Jackson
Poole Place
Lieut. Jackson
Decatur
Jackson
Poole
Ginners Arrive for Alabama Convention Opening
The vanguard of about 600 Alabama Ginners Association members began arriving in Montgomery for a two day convention that starts tomorrow. Governor Dixon and agricultural cotton processing experts will address the gathering with Hugh Comer of Sylacauga as toastmaster at tomorrow night’s banquet.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Ginners’ Association
Dixon
Hugh Comer
Sylacauga
FrenchCollaboration Echoes In Axis War Effort
Dewitt Mackenzie’s War column on vacation reports French collaboration with Germany as a strategic outcome. It cites Admiral Darlan’s attack on Britain, Petain’s cabinet talks with Weygand, and ties events to the Crete campaign and axis-dictator meetings.
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Germany
Darlan
Petain
Maxime Weygand
Mediterranean
Crete
French Forced To Aid the Germans at Brenner
The article reports on French coerced cooperation with Germany as Axis alignment grows. It notes unrest in French troops in Syria, British concerns over Syria and Iraq, and German denials about desert fight units, with hints of potential Luftwaffe actions against Cyprus and the Suez Canal.
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Brenner
Syria
Iraq
Palestine
France
Dakar
Damascus
Cyprus
Lebanon
Suez Canal
Axis ready for action if U S enters war
Fascist editor Vire gino Gayda, reflecting Mussolini and Hitler, says the Axis leaders discussed new plans for an immediate, victorious action cycle. He quotes the meeting as action and asserts Europe can oppose Britain’s call for American aid with vast military and political reserves.
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Virginia
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
United States
Gayda
Adolf Hitler
Torloua
Rome
Vireginio Gayda
Tl Duce
Tl Giornale D'Italia
Duce
Fuehrer
England
Britain faces Nazi threat as Syria clash looms
French controlled Beirut radio claims Britain plans attack on Syria and vows effective reply. Ankara dispatches report Swastika freighters moving German troops to Syria after a Nazi landing, while 200 German warplanes hover near the Syrian Turkish frontier. Hitler’s command cites May shipping losses as Britain nears its wartime low.
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Beirut
Syria
Berein
Germany
France
Ankara
Turkey
Syrian
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Britain
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Weather report for Tennessee river area
The gauge on Tuesday stood at 17.18 feet and rose with a maximum temperature of 94 and a low of 74 over the last 24 hours. Rainfall was absent. Forecast shows showers in the far north and light to moderate west winds along the coast.
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Prenche
Dent
Syeria
Betty Larson
Duluth
Miss
Mrs. Charles
The
RAF
Kimbrough
Miracle’ OF Productions
Plea OF Knox
Limestone Board
Jenny Dolly
Hollywood
Dewitt Mackenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
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