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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1941
Page
1
First rain in three weeks, 0.67 inches, fell Tuesday across Morgan County with western areas receiving heavier showers. County agent reports crops show relief but more rain needed. Tennessee River gauge at 17.23 feet. May rainfall elsewhere was minimal, while temperatures rose to a 91 high and 68 low.
The weekly federal state weather and crop report says rainfall was scattered and light, with temperatures about 6 degrees above normal. Field crops show strong root systems and drought resistance, cotton advances, oats harvests underway, and potato shipments steady, while gardens and truck crops suffer notable damage and pastures remain short.
The Associated Press reports a slight shift in the low barometer area postponing the drought breakup. Rain is expected in the South Atlantic states later this week but may arrive a few days late. The system stretched from New Mexico to New York, with heaviest rains in Ohio and West Virginia. Showers lingered in Alabama and Georgia, though southern Georgia and adjacent areas stayed dry. Governor Eugene Talmadge addresses drought concerns.
Mrs. Roy Poteet leads the Morgan County Red Cross chapter as Mrs. Dwight Davis requests women volunteers to maintain Red Cross production through the summer. Davis stresses volunteers enlist for the emergency duration and will not slacken, pledging increased aid to Britain in its fight for freedom and peace.
John N. Aldridge 71 a longtime Moulton resident died at 3 a m at his sister Mrs Bertha Montgomery home in Moulton after a year long illness Funeral services will be held at Moulton Church of Christ Thursday at 2 p m with E E Byars officiating Burial will be in Alexander cemetery Brown of Decatur in charge He is survived by five sisters Mrs Montgomery Mrs Nellie Burch Mrs Mollie Heflin Mrs Inez Delashaw Mrs Lela Sheets and two brothers Arthur and Walter Aldridge Nephews will pallbear and nieces arrange flowers He had worked with Western Union in Galveston Texas before retiring about four years ago
Funeral services are set in Tuscumbia for David Minor 26 who died of a self inflicted wound after shooting his former wife. Interment will follow in Collinsville Tennessee. He served in the United States Army and lived in Tuscumbia since his family moved from Decatur five years ago. The coroner ruled murder and death by own action.
Representative Edelstein of New York collapsed outside the House Chamber in Washington shortly after delivering a floor speech. Capitol physician Dr. George W. Calver attributed the death to heart failure. Edelstein was 58 and a lifelong bachelor.
The Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. a U S Steel subsidiary announced purchase of the idle Holt Alabama blast furnace, built in 1903 and rebuilt in 1912, idle since 1929. The price was not announced.
Newly elected moderator of the Presbyterian church in the United States urges church wide observance of Sunday June 22 as a day of fasting and prayer in his first pastoral letter. He proclaims Atlanta in a June 4 dispatch.
Wilhelm II died content with the German army gains and his dynasty’s fate unresolved. He had kept a vigil over maps and flags, declined return to Germany after 1940, and never visited his homeland since exile. Deeply religious, he awaited death and opposed lingering illness.
Washington reports warn of a gasoline and oil shortage starting July 1 with further tightening in autumn and next year. Experts propose frigid restrictions and gasless Sundays to cut fuel use. a defense committee led by Secretary Ickes reviewed the plan and industry backs potential savings.
Secretary Ickes said the nation must make adjustments to meet a prospective oil shortage. He cited hard facts and urged conservation of petroleum products as a key measure. He suggested nationwide daylight saving time as another conservation step.
Analysts say fuel oil will be kept close to normal despite looming shortages while gasoline may feel the pinch first. National production remains ample, but delivery to the northeastern seaboard suffers as 50 tankers shift to British service, part of a coastwide fleet reduction.
Representatives from Morgan and Limestone counties and the cities of Decatur and Athens met at Athens City Hall to discuss establishing aviation facilities. Barrett Shelton and Van Gilbert presented the plan to the governing bodies. Mayor Tom Harrison presided as parties agreed on a procedural approach and next steps to clear details for the proposed development.
Walter Moore a Black prosecutor in Judge Abernethy’s court won a case against Luther Hinton. Moore accused Hinton of embezzling his automobile and failing to turn over funds after selling it. After cross-examination Judge Abernethy ordered Hinton to pay.
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II dies at his Doorn exile estate in the Netherlands after a long illness. Interment planned on Doorn with full military honors ordered by Adolf Hitler, amid notes of reconciliation with the Nazi regime.
The Alabama Land Use Planning Committee proposed a unified agricultural program including parity prices and income for farmers, marketing quotas, commodity loans, benefit payments, surplus removal, production credit, and tenant purchase and rehabilitation loans.
In Bowling Green Kentucky on June 4 a three-ring lamb show a lamb auction and speeches about lambs will mark the annual lamb day observance. Lamb specialists from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture will oversee the event.
The Bund Auxiliary disclosed it turned over Camp Norland in Andover New Jersey to mortgagees and surrendered its charter to the secretary of state Wilbur V. Keegan. The move follows a law repealing the auxiliary’s charter and was signed by Governor Charles Edison after a Memorial Day raid by deputies led by Sheriff Denton J. Quick for operating a nuisance amid protests against Bund rallies and Nazi imagery.
Knoxville reports the annual display of mountain laurel and rhododendron blossoms in Great Smoky Mountains National Park reaching full glory. The event aligns with the Smoky Mountains Festival running through Friday.
A Washington mediation board convened to hear recommendations on the coal wage contract dispute between northern and southern operators and the United Mine Workers. A 400000 strong regional strike loomed if terms were rejected, but was postponed by UMW President John L. Lewis pending the board’s report.
The piece outlines Winston Churchill facing a choice on Syria between land sea occupation or air harassment of German concentrations. Public pressure in Britain grows over Crete losses and fear of another reverse threatening the Churchill government seeking action.
British sources say precautions are being taken in regard to Syria while Vichy reports Britain has bombed oil installations in the French mandate. Britain does not commit to occupation, which would require a coordinated land and sea assault from Iraq and Palestine with Free French units.
British air attacks target Beirut petrol depot as Cairo cites grave circumstances and Syria is placed on alert. Mosul occupies oil center, while Kaiser Wilhelm II dies in exile and Crete fighting widens as Britain debates action in the Levant.
The Tennessee river stood at 17.23 feet on Wednesday with .76 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Alabama shows partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions north with light to moderate westerly winds along the coast.
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