Civitan Club Names Committees at Decatur Meeting
The Decatur Civitan Club held a Wednesday meeting at Motel Lyons naming committees for the coming year. Key figures include Marvin Hester as president, with chairs for Membership, International Objectives, Program, Fellowship, Finance, Constitution, Publicity, Public affairs, Attendance, Pack five, and Cubmaster duties assigned to Irwin J. Quinn and others. The gathering featured a picnic supper and softball afterward with attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Jrs
Gath
B. J. Chenault
Juanita Johnson
Leonard Moody
C. Collier
E. G. Hamilton
Louis Bell
Marvin Hester
Jarvis
W J
Frank Chenault
A. M. Roan
Nellie Clark Roan
Newton
Joe Flippen
Phileighant
Raymond Gordon
Dr Hathaway
Hathaway
Joseph Gannon
Billye McFerrin
R Sturtevant
Seneca Springs Civitan
Joe Gannon
Alvis Briscoe
Phil Vaughan
Casto Jarvis
Hendon
Robi Thomas
R. “Dick” Harris
Bong Eaders
Joe Flippin
Ass't
W. Willoughby
Ass’t
Irwin J. Quinn
W. J. Brown O
B. Lansbury Cubmaster
Heydrich's Rise and Reign as Protector of Bohemia
The article recounts Otto von Stuelpnagel sending Heydrich to Prague to quell Czech resistance, where he becomes protector of Bohemia and Moravia. It notes mass executions, restoration of order, his promotion in the security police, and role in enforcing brutal repressions including the 1938 Jewish pogrom and synagogue burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto von Stuelpnagel
France
Hitler
Pra
Konstantin Neu
Bohemiand Moravia
Ger
Hey
Heydrich
High Level U S Officers Arrive in Chunking for Talks
Two top Far Pacific officers Lieut Gen Jos W Stilwell and Maj Gen Lewis H are in Chunking to confer with Generalissimo. Their high level visit underscores the gravity of the peril facing 'ima as authorities coordinate allied strategy after the last battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ima
Far Pacific
Generalissimo
Jos W. Stilwell
Chiforces
Lewis H.re
U.S. Army
India
County Increases Released by Board
The state board of education approved increases in teachers salaries and released a county table showing each county’s share from the minimum program fund. Limestone gains 19922 and Morin 28677 over 1941 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Associated Press
Montgomery
Morin
Parachute Packing Gains Buzz With Socialite Aviatrix
Irrepressible Connie Wolf enters the parachute packing business amid Gulf of Mexico marooning and Yankee Transatlantic flight fame. She targets big aircraft plants as potential customers as industry history traces silk origins back 4,000 feet in an odd historical note.
Markets Hold Steady After Mixed US Trading Ahead of Close
New York stocks faced a modest lift in leading Industrials amid a calm session marked by profit-taking and limited new offerings. Grain and livestock markets showed gains in Chicago and Nashville with futures rallies and steady to higher cattle and hog prices reported across the regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Jed Harbor
Chicago
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Cotton futures rise as market closes higher on June 4
Trading showed futures with gains across several contracts led by July and December. Prices opened low and finished with notable gains while the middling spot price stood at 20.10 on the NY Cotton market.
LeVaughn Wheeler Improves After Ball Game Skull Fracture
Local update notes LeVaughn Wheeler's recovery at his Louisville Kentucky home from a fractured skull suffered in a ball game. The item lists relatives in Decatur and other nearby towns and mentions several residents receiving medical care and travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeVaughn Wheeler
Louisville
Robert Bradford
Lonnie Wheeler
Decatur
Survivors of Boat Fire and Sinking Near Caribbean
The Navy announced the sinking of two American merchant ships in Caribbean waters. Survivors said Axis submarine gunfire killed three officers and disappeared a seaman. Seventeen crew spent four days in a lifeboat before being towed to Bon Air near Curacao. others were last seen on a raft. Assistant Engineer Charles Irish of Washington described the ordeal.
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Key West
Fila
Navy
Caribbean Sea
Pee Lee
Bon Air
Caribbean
Curacao
Charles Rish
Washington
Paulette Goddard to Receive Divorce From Charles Chaplin
El Paso report says Paulette Goddard will be awarded a divorce decree late today from Charles Chaplin. Judge Javier Seballos of the Mexican civil court at Juarez announced in the Juarez court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
EL Paso
Tex
Paulette Goddard
Charles Chaplin
Javier Seballos
Juarez
Commerce Suggests Collecting Unused Preserve Jars
The Department of Commerce urges local groups to gather unused preserve jars and distribute them to individuals who can use them. The initiative aims to reduce waste and support communities in need by providing practical reuse items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Department of Commerce
Dairy Market Report Improves for Chicago Prices
Chicago date June 4 butter and creamery prices steady with a 88 score 33 4-4 cents for butter. Eggs receipts total 28 829 with firm prices for fresh graded firsts cars 30 3-4 storage packed firsts 31 3-4 and other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Watchman Attacked Near Depot. Injuries Minor
Truman Hill night watchman at the depot was assaulted by a prowler around ten last night. He suffered head injury and a stab, not seriously hurt, and was taken to Benevolent Society hospital. Police inspect the scene and investigate with L and N reports noting a prowler near the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Hill
Benevolent Society Hospital
L. and N
Advanced first aid class starts Friday at Central Methodist
The BPW club sponsors an advanced first aid course beginning Friday at 7 30 p m at Central Methodist church. Miss Mae Davis a qualified instructor from the Morgan county Red Cross chapter will teach the course. Eligible women are urged to attend the meeting before classes run 7 30 to 9 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Central Methodist Church
Mae Davis
Morgan County
American Red Cross
BPW Club
Mexican Motifs Needle Pattern for Linen Decor
Pattern 259 offers a transfer set of 11 motifs sized 3 1 4 by 8 1 2 inches to 5 3 4 by 8 inches with 111 stitches. Materials required. Send ten cents plus one cent mailing to The Decatur Daily Needle craft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY. Include PATTERN NUMBER NAME and ADDRESS.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Merchants Hear Explain Ceiling Plan in Decatur Talks
About 100 Alabama merchants and business leaders attended a Decatur Chamber of Commerce session where Mr. Dumas outlined OPA ceiling regulations. He described eight regular methods for setting ceilings, the importance of price posting, and required annual and monthly reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Wen
Locuration Board
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Hear Plans for Second Annual Horse Show
Decatur Kiwanis Club discussed the second annual horse show at Hotel Lyons with Ewell Gregg as general chair. The June 25 event at Benson Field will feature a "Declaration of War" pledge for national unity. Guests included Vernon McGuire and M. B. Hayes. box seats were sold by Clyde Hendrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Ewell Gregg
Benson Field
R. E. Rogers
John A. Caddell
Kiwanis Club
Roosevelt
Ledbetter
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Vernon McGuire
Decatur
Belk-Hudson
M. B. Hayes
Elmore’s
Armed Services of
Gregg
Marvin Rankin
Clyde Hendrix
Eggs spill on Sixth Avenue in busy street scene
Amateur weather watchers and curious bystanders reported egg shells and yolks scattered along the northbound Sixth Avenue near the Cornelian Court Hotel after roughly ten cases of eggs reportedly fell from a truck. The driver continued on unaware as pedestrians collected unbroken eggs.
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Sixth Avenue
Cornelian Court Hotel
Rites Held Today for Mrs Shull
Funeral services for Mrs Madgie Shull were held today at 2:00 PM at her residence 213 Bank Street following morning death at Benevolent Hospital. Burial took place at Mt Tabor Cemetery in McAfee with Howell and Young directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madgie Shull
Benevolent Hospital
Bank Street
Mt. Tabor
McAfee, Howell and Young
Scout Camp Plans Open Westmoreland Camp Near Florence
The official Scout camp of the Tennessee Valley Council will open June 20 for five one week periods at Camp Westmoreland on Shoals Creek eight miles east of Florence. J L Hubbard announces W J Terry returns as camp director with a staff of Eagle Scouts and Jack Patterson as waterfront director. Registration tops last year as hundreds of North Alabama boys attend with weekly troop groups. A Fourth of July barbecue and Sunday water carnival are planned for visiting families.
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Eeker P Council
Scouts of American
Camp
Westmoreland
Shoals Creek
Florence
J. L. Hubbard
Tennessee Valley Council
J. H. Westmoreland
W. J. Terry
Morgan County
Hartselle
Fagie
Jack Patterson
Huntaville
Jack
Brevard
North Carolina
North Alabama
Draft Ratio Question Raised Over White to Negro Service
Two Southern congressmen urged a House subcommittee to reassess the 10 to 1 white to Negro draft ratio under the Selective Service law. Rep. Tarver argued states with large Black populations should not bear a heavier burden, while Major Keesling said national adjustments aim to align with state demographics and Army needs.
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Washington
House
Rep. Hare
D. 8.C
Rep
Tarver
Dga
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
Selective Service
Army
Army Camp Blast Kills Ten Near Stockton Cal
Ten people die in an explosion and fire at an Army camp near Stockton California. Nine soldiers and a civilian fireman are dead. Ten others are hospitalized with five in critical condition and four in serious condition. Lieutenant Colonel Floyd H. Tull says the blast occurred in a building around 11 30 p m and a board of inquiry will determine the cause. Civilian fireman Tom Sousa of Stockton is among the dead and fire chief M H Bouchard is critically injured.
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Stockton
Calif
Here
Floyd H. Tull
Ywuilding
Tom Sousa
M. H. Bouchard
Matilda Sims 59 Dies at Home in Mt Hope
Mrs Matilda B Sims aged 59 died at home on Mt Hope route one after a long illness. Funeral Friday at four from Mt Hope Church of Christ with minister Van A Bradley. Interment in Landersville. Survived by husband C A Sims two daughters Vivian and Dessie two sons Vera and Robert and James. Mother Annie Cagle three sisters and three brothers one grandchild.
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Matilda B. Sims
Mt. Hope
Mt. Hope Church of Christ
van A. Bradley
Landersville
James
West Palm Beach
Fla
Annie Cagle
Martha Box
Lee Worley
Sheffield
Otis Brown
Florence
A. W. Cagle
Trinity
M. C. Cagle
Decatur
Pay Hike Bill Delayed to Monday in Senate
Senator LaFollette said he would withhold a motion to force a Senate vote on raising armed services pay to the base rate of 50 dollars a month delaying action until Monday. He claimed a strong Senate majority now favors the House approved 50 dollar rate over the Senate 42 dollar scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LaFollette
Senate
House
Hartselle Sends Football to Seward Camp
Hartse l le soldiers with the 151st Engineers in Seward Alaska gain summer football as local merchants arrange a football shipment after a letter from Sergeant Billy Walter former Morgan High star. W J Terry and Bobby Bennett hosted club sessions and planned a Duskin Springs hike amid community exchanges and life updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harteselle
Seward
Alaska
151St Engineers
Hartselle
Billy Walter
Morgan High
W. J. Terry
Walter
Morgan
Terry
Women of First Baptist Church Hold Auxiliary Meeting
The Women’s Society of the First Baptist Church met at the church with Mrs. Luther Roberts presiding. Carolyn Teague resigned as director of children’s work and Mrs. Lloyd Cain was elected to replace her. Missionary article read by Mrs. Morris and the session closed with a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Luther Roberts
Carolyn Teague
Lloyd Cain
W. E. Morris
Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
B G. Hall
Gilbert Speake
Baptist Bible Institute
New Orleans
Sergeant Orr Visits Before Training at Fort Belvoir
Sergeant Bishop Orr arrives from Fairbanks Alaska to visit his parents Mr and Mrs C L Orr. He departs next week for Fort Belvoir to enter the officer training school of engineers with Company OC 151st Engineers. A Hartsville Methodist group goes to Montevallo for a Youth Fellowship Assembly led by Miss Stewart delegate.
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Birmingham
Anne
Louie Ellison
Mobile
Sandra Lou
Ethel Mac Orr
H. G. Long
Fort Bragg
Frances Brown
Anniston
Zelma Gene Payne
W. J. Terry
Moundville
Christian Churches
Cullman
Mattie Sue Oden
Alabama College
Nelle Payne
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
R. A. Payne
J. P. Walter
Nancy Jo Burleson
Frank Walter
Florence
Dyke Clemons
Benton, Ky
Helen Smith
Paul McCullough
Morristown
Tenn
Cilla Glasscock
Robert Quinn
University of Tennessee
School of Electrical Engineering
John . J. Burleson
Edinburg
Ind
Grady Bishop
G. P. Wiggins
Jack Bean
L. O. Waldsmith
John Puryear
Oneonta
Bishop Orr
Fairbanks
Alaska
C. L. Orr
Fort Belvier
Officer's Training School of Engineers
Sergeant Orr
151St Engineers
Hartsille
Local social notes and Rotary Club meeting in Hartselle
Miss Bevelye Barcliff and Edward Summers plan marriage this month with a survivor shower at the Payne home hosted by eight young ladies. The Rotary Club of Hartselle met at First Methodist with Lieut. Col. F. W. Hausmann and other officers guests and Huel Murphy welcomed as a new member. Household movements include L. N. Whitman’s move to Gadsden for a drug firm post and several members traveling to Texas for visits while Joe Grant Turney joins the U S Army at Keesler Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevelye Barcliff
Edward Summers
Air Corps
H. L. Payne
Zelma Gene Payne
Nelle Payne
Martha Lillian Whitman
Virginia Claire Bailey
Virginia Smith
Gwendolyn Payne
Sarah Anne Bennett
Anne Speake
Rotary Club of
Hartselle
First Methodist Church
F. W. Hausmann
George Killam, Jr
Ordnance Department
U. S. Army
Birmingham
C. G. Hardwick
Decatur
Huel Murphy
Allan Smith
Memphis
Col. Hausmann
Birmingham Ordnance Department
Col Hausmann
D. W. McNeill
L. N. Whitman
Gadsden
Whitman
Martha Lilian Whitman
Eugene Sample
John Huse
Corpus Christi
Texas
Frank Nesbit
Tom Crittenden
Longview
Joe Grant Turney
U.S. Army
Rumored Japanese Raids on Dutch Harbor Spur War Talk
The article analyzes possible motives for the Dutch Harbor raid by Japan, suggesting it aimed to boost Axis morale and reply to Doolittle’s raid. It notes Japan’s likely carrier-based operation, shifts U S defense away from the West Coast, and cautions against gullible assumptions about American strategic diversions.
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Alaska
Aleutians
Axis
Russia
Libya
Germany
Tokyo
Doolittle
Japan
Alaskan
Nippon
Stimson
Vacation Bible School to Start at Southside Baptist
The Southside Baptist church announces a daily vacation Bible school from Monday June 8 through Friday June 19. Classes run 8 30 to 11 30 each day for ages four to 17 with Mrs Will Spanable as principal and department superintendents Mrs Prince Jones Mrs A L Byrne Mrs Walter Lee and Mrs B L Ashford. Lancase Halbrooks directs music and Miss Harriet Collier is secretary. Enrollment and a parade are set for Friday at 1 30 p m at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Baptist Church
Will Spanable
Prince Jones
A.L. Byrne
Walter Lee
B. L. Ashford
Lancase Hal- Halbrooks
Harriet Collier
Drottningholm Sails Lisbon as Axis Exchange Vessel
The Swedish liner Drottningholm departed New York for Lisbon with 949 diplomats and other Axis nationals aboard its second Lisbon voyage as a diplomatic exchange vessel. It had arrived earlier from Europe carrying 908 Americans and others who had been in Axis countries since the U S entry into the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Drottningholm
Lisbon
Europe
United States
Excursion Boat Gordon C. Greene Returns to Decatur
The Gordon C. Greene, a 237 by 45 foot excursion boat from Cincinnati, tied up in Decatur en route to Chattanooga. It drew 4 to 5 feet of water and cost about 200000 to build. It attracted crowds and will return Saturday night with many passengers planning church attendance in Decatur.
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Gordon ©. Greene
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Decatur
Gordon C. Greene
Eagle Packet Co
St. Louis
Greene Line
St. Loui
Tom Greene
R. E. Biggers
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
E. Y. Chapin
Earl P. Carter
Emmett Newton
Chamber of Commerce
W. D. L. Robinson
TVA Information Service
Paul Matthews
United States Coast Guard
Health fund requested for mosquito and fly control
Washington reports a public health service appropriation request of 6,499,314 dollars for fiscal year 1943. The plan would fund mosquito and dog fly control across 150 war areas in the Southeast including Alabama Florida Georgia with sites such as Maxwell Field Tuskegee Camp Blanding Camp Gordon Savannah Albany Atlanta Marietta Bainbridge Fort Benning and Pensacola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Southeast
Alabama
Maxwell Field
Muscle Shoals
Tuskegee
Phenix City
Decatur
Dothan
Calhoun
Mobile
Florida
Tallahassee
Pensacola
Valparaiso
Panama City
Javille Area
Camp Blanding
Dia
Clewiston
Lakeland
Sebring
Ocala
St. Augustine
Daytona Beach
Orlando
Georgia
Camp Wheeler
Camp Gordon
Camp Stewart
Savannah Area
Brunswick Area
Fort Benning
Albany
Valdosta
Moultrie
Douglas
Atlanta Area
Marietta
Bainbridge
Malarial Control Funds Allocated Near Decatur Defense Zone
The appropriation section for the Decatur area will be spent by the Alabama public health service for private property malarial control within a mile of defense operations. TVA continues malarial control on lands under its control as in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama Public Health Service
TVA
Defense alerts and naval operations widen across U S
Civilian defense leaders in Seattle urge re checking raid instructions and blackout readiness. Los Angeles County issues an emergency alert calling sharp vigilance for instant action. Balboa cancels leaves in the Panama Canal Zone as alert status intensifies. Experts say the first raid likely used a carrier, with a land base possibility. Dutch Harbor lies about 1,800 miles from Japan’s Kuriles. Unalaska is 1,000 miles from the Aleutians and 700 miles from the Kuriles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
California
Los Angeles County Defense Council
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Dutch Harbor
Kurile Islands
Japan
Unalaska Island
Aleutians
Kuriles
Air power gains new recognition in war department
The War Department announced a staff shake up elevating Brigadier General Idwal E. Baswards to assistant chief of staff for organization and training. Major General George W. Strong is recalled to lead the military intelligence division as assistant chief of staff. Since a reorganization earlier this year airmen now fill about half of senior staff roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Idwal E. Baswards
Army
Stimson
George W. Strong
General Staff
George C. Marshall
Weavers End Strike At Hathaway Mills After Threat
In New Bedford Massachusetts on June 4 striking weavers returned to work after a 10 day unauthorized walkout in response to a union threat to blacklist them for not returning to looms at the Hathaway mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Hathaway Mills
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Watchman
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Robert Earl Wiggins
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Olets Hartselle
Duskins Springs
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