Absentee ballots shape county run off and daylight vote
At noon 385 absentee ballots counted with T C Almon leading Wallace Meadows 247 to 138 for probate judge. John Green tops J Howard West 253 to 126. J H Crow leads Abner C Sample 272 to 95 for school board. City boxes show varied daylight saving sentiment with Box 7 at 81 and Box 8 at 75 amid overall turnout differences.
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T. C. Almon
Wallace Meadows
Judge Almon
John Green
J. Howard West
Board of Education
J. H. Crow
Abner C. Sample
Justice of the Peace
J. L. Draper
B. D.meadors
Draper
Meadors
J. B. Dickinson
George W. Norwood
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue
South
W. Moulton St
Courthouse
Carnegie Library
City Hall
Chandler's Store
Third Street
Sixth Avenue
Harvey’s
W. Moulton Street
Johnston Street
Shropshire’s
Ninth Street
Grant
Spruce Streets
Harmon's
Fairview
Austinville City Hall
Sheats
Moulton Heights
Jarman and Partlow in Tuscaloosa runoff for sixth Alabama district
Democrats across eight counties vote in the sixth district run off between incumbent Pete B Jarman Jr and W D Partlow Jr with two others eliminated in May. The race draws statewide attention while local races for circuit and probate judges and federal district clerkships also on the ballot. In the third district delegates to the Democratic National Convention are chosen with two to be elected.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Pete B. Jarman
W. D. Partlow
Aloosa
Jarman
Partlow
Jefferson
Robert Malone
Dothan
Carl Folsom
Elba
W. L. Lee
Blount County
Wittmeier
Voters Warned to Watch Their Time Across County
Voters were cautioned that polling stations statewide remain open on Central Standard Time not daylight saving time. Polls in rural areas stay open to five o clock while Decatur remains open until six o clock CST.
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Decatur
Census figures for Decatur nearly match city directory
Census officials received about 700 names from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce of residents missed in the preliminary counts. The 1940 census put Decatur at 16 373, while the city directory lists about 17 500 within city limits and inventories residents by street and frame. The chamber urged unenumerated citizens to report to its office.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Interfaith Leaders Call Unemployment Nation’s Urgent Task
Representatives of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths opened a three day conference on unemployment asserting job creation as the nation’s main domestic issue. The speakers included two Protestant ministers a Catholic priest and a Jewish Rabbi and addressed the concern of religion with unemployment in Washington.
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Washington
America
Nazis See Next Blitz as Dunkirk Fight Winds Down
German high command reported Dunkerque near end as troops entered the town and seized Fort Louis amid house to house fighting. Allied rearguard punctured. German air raids claimed 300 to 400 Allied planes destroyed or damaged, with 104 shot down, as Paris region attacks and a looming western land offensive began.
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Berlin
Juhe
Dunkerque
Paris
Flanders
Fort Louis
Speed Boat Races Highlight Decatur Anniversary Fest
Decatur’s four day 120th founding celebration is set for July 4 to 7 with the Tennessee river speed boat races on July 7 drawing national interest. 400 participants, 13 ace drivers from Atlanta including Claude Smith the national champion, compete for $500 in prizes as various boat clubs receive invitations.
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Decatur
John B. Rogers
Fostoria
Ohio
Richard Mahar
Tennessee River
Atlanta
Claude Smith
George Ballentine
Ted Ferguson
George Guy
Harry Mar
Parma
Scioto Boat Club
Columbus
Mid-East Regatta Association
Marietta
Oakmont Boat Club
Oakmont
Pennsylvania
Vermillion Yacht Club
Vermillion
Queen City Yacht Club
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Motor Boat Racing Association
Newport
National Outboard, Association
Tail Twister Deluxe To Visit Decatur Lions Club
Hosmer Scott international tail twister of Lions International has accepted an invitation to meet the Decatur club. A special meeting is set for tomorrow Wednesday June 5 at noon at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. Scott will teach local tail twisters Gordon Sherard some of his tricks and fines at regular meetings fund charity work.
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Lions Club Today
Hosmer Scott
Lions International
Decatur Club
Tennessee Valley Hotel
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Gordon Sherard
Sewage Confirmed Carrier of Polio Virus
Journal of Experimental Medicine reports definite proof that sewage carries the infantile paralysis virus during small polio epidemics. The virus found in sewage from Detroit Buffalo and Charleston with cases last summer. Researchers John R. Paul James D. Trask and Sven Gard of Yale University led the study.
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New York
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Detroit
Buffalo
Charleston
John R. Paul
James D. Trask
Sven Gard
Yale University
All Invited to Election Party Tonight
The Daily invites the public to attend the election party this evening. Returns will be flashed on a screen as soon as they are compiled and a short run-off ballot is expected to ease officials’ workload with early results.
Tragedy Strikes Jolly Swim Outing In Courtland Area
A family in Town Creek route 3 mourns as four year old Louise Bowling drowns after swimming at an abandoned rock quarry two miles west of Courtland. Sister Glennis 13 and brother Elmer 12 escape danger as father dives for hours to save Louise with Alabama Power air crew joining the rescue. Louise is survived by her parents five sisters and four brothers.
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Elmer Bowling
Town Creek
Louise
Courtland
Glennis
Elmer, Jr
Elmer
Alabama Power Company
Charles Hotchkiss
Malcolm Lane
Brown Funeral Company
Garner Rites Held for 93 Year Old in Pulaski Area
Funeral services for W. E. Garner 93 were held at 3 30 p m Tuesday at his daughter's home conducted by Lindsay Allen of Grant Street Church of Christ. Burial followed at Roselawn cemetery. He died Monday at the Palmer home. Surviving: widow three sons J D Pulaski T B and L E Garner Helena Ark three daughters Mrs W R Sigman Helena Ark Mrs Charles Higginbotham Anderson and Mrs Palmer eleven grandchildren four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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W. E. Garner
W. G. Palmer
Fifth Avenue
South
Lindsay Allen
Grant Street Church of Christ
Roselawn
McAfee
Howell
Garner
Palmer
Pulaski
Cecil Ryan
F C. Curry
W. L. Carpenter
A. L. Ryan
T. 8. Sloan
G. F. Cooley
Lula Belle
Shropshire
Mr. Garner
J. D
T. B
L. E. Garner
Helena
Arkansas
W. R. Sigman
Ark
Charles Higginbotham
Anderson
Conscription Drive Aims to Raise 250000 Funds
The Military Training Camps Association of the United States seeks 250000 to promote peacetime conscription. A national emergency committee of 100 was announced by Tom R. Wyles of Chicago, president of the association which trained 65000 line officers for World War forces.
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New York
Military Training Camps Association of the
United States
Tom R. Wyles
Chicago
Jack Dempsey eyed for national defense training post
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey may take a national defense role as a physical training director for non combatant forces. He offered his services to the war department and the national youth administration last week, NYA headquarters said today.
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Jack
Washington
Jack Dempsey
National Defense Program
Dempsey
War Department
National Youth Administration
NYA
Concrete bombs used by Nazi fliers on French fronts
The German air force uses reinforced concrete bombs with a concrete core inside a steel shell to deepen impacts and create larger crater damage on French airfields. They also deploy decoy town lights to mislead French night pilots, varying light patterns to trigger navigation errors and force landings in German territory.
Red Cross Fund Drive Nearing Half Mark in Morgan County
Morgan County Red Cross reports about 322.63 dollars raised toward a 700 dollar year end goal. Twenty two of 135 members from three Decatur civic clubs have filed contributions with several county points, including Hartselle and Falkville yet to report. Fred S. Hunt Jr. urges timely reports to close the campaign successfully.
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Morgan County
The
Red Cross
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
McGough
MBI
Decatur Iron & Steel Co
T. F. Adams
Eitir Tiger
Dent F. Green
Norman Harris
Otis Jeffries
Mr. Howell
F. C. Rozear
Blanche Buchanan
General Marshall backs May measure on National Guard powers
General George C. Marshall told the House Military Committee he supports peacetime power for the president to call up the National Guard to address Western Hemisphere concerns including potential Panama Canal issues. He warned against open session discussion and urged a businesslike approach, noting manpower shortages and the aim of voluntary enlistments to avoid mobilization.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Roosevelt
National Guard
Army
House Military Committee
Panama Canal
Marshall
War Department
Reserve
Marshal
Congress
Fire Department
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Mussolini’s Cabinet Holds War News Still Unclear
Signor Mussolini ends a pivotal cabinet session with no public decision on Italy’s war entry. The meeting signals possible preparations for hostilities but leaves Italy’s precise path and impact on Fascism unresolved as Europe watches Rome.
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Dewitt MacKenzie Signor
Mussolini
Ital
Europe
London
Whal
Dardanelles
Rome
Duce
German raids hit Rhone Valley and Dunkirk evacuation update
German warplanes struck the Rhone Valley in southern France with raids on Marseille and the Marseille Lyon railway. Dunkerque fell to Nazi forces, with 40 000 prisoners reported. Le Havre burned in new raids as Churchill vowed Britain would not surrender and Britain would continue the fight from Canada if England falls.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rhone
France
Marseille
Marseille-Lyon
Italy
Associated Press
Dunkerque
Battle of
Flanders
London
Hitler
English Channel
Somme
Londo
le Havre
Paris
Canada
Germany
England
Churchill
House of Commons
Commons
Murray Shorts Narrowly Escapes Injury In Car Crash
Murray Shorts of 523 Tenth avenue west escaped serious injury after his car crashed into a parked vehicle on the Town Creek Wheeler Dam road Monday night around 10 25. State patrolmen Sanders Fusch and Julius Hale investigated. The parked car occupants were W E Stewart of Fairfield E A Freeman and J H Larimer of Ensley. The patrol said Shorts could not stop on a curve as his car struck the other vehicle and rolled into a ditch about 200 feet away. Damages around 100 dollars were reported.
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Murray Shorts
Tenth Avenue
West
Town Creek-Wheeler Dam
Sanders Fusch
Julius Hale
State Highway Patrol
W. E. Stewart
Fairfield
E. A. Freeman
J. H. Larimer
Ensley
Short
Tennessee River Gauge Sees Stationary Level As Weather Shifts
The Tennessee River stood at 20.1 feet Tuesday with no rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 64 to 88 degrees over the past 24 hours as the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Tennessee with localized mountain showers tonight and a generally fair Wednesday, then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the east. Alabama experiences fair conditions in the north and cloudy rain in the south with easterly winds along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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