Decatur’s 120th Anniversary Plans Choose Queen by Vote
Next week Decatur begins selecting a celebration queen for the 120th founding anniversary. Tickets for the Benson Field pageant, Decatur On The Tennessee, go on sale early next week with ballots for queen choices. Voting runs through July 1 with results posted nightly at the Chamber of Commerce and in The Daily.
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Decatur
Benson Field
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee
Italy Warns U S As Minefields Guard Ports
Rome reports minefields across a 12 mile danger zone to deter hostile ships and protect Italian ports as Italy braces for war. Virginio Gayda warns US intervention would provoke European reprisals and deepen the crisis. Malta arrests target pro Italian Maltese nationals amid fifth column fears.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Germany
United States
Virginio Gayda
Purove
Mediterranean
Washington
Naples
Gayda
England
France
Stefani
Malta
Cotton Outlook Not Very Bright
Atlanta June 6 The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports war disturbances worsen cotton prospects. World demand may suffer as important manufacturing markets in Belgium Holland and northern France could be shut off for an indefinite period.
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Atlanta
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Belgium
Holland
France
Cotton Situation Review
Outlaw Reds
Walter Winchell argues the Communist Party in the United States operates as a foreign agent and should be outlawed. He profiles Paul Browder and asserts Congress must act to bar alien organizations from ballots, calling for constitutional loyalty and the end of the Communist masquerade.
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Paul Browder
Communist Party
Browder
Fish
Dickstein
U.S. A
Comintern
Moscow
Daily Worker
Department of State
Congress
America
Finland
New Kennedy Tire opens at snowwhite station on Lee Bank
The Kennedy Tire Company begins formal opening at its new Decatur site at Lee and Bank streets. The modern station features streamline design with snowwhite stucco and red blue trim. E W Kennedy, owner, shifts from Decatur General Tire to a full service tire store with lubrication wash racks and road service but will not operate Sundays.
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the. Kennedy Tire Company
Decatur-General Tire Company
Lee and
Bank Streets
E. W
Dick” Kennedy
Decatur
Kennedy
Kennedy Tire Company
General Tires
Decatur Proclaims Return to Central Standard Time
After a month long trial a city proclamation by Mayor T R Harrison orders turning clocks back to two o clock A M Sunday June 9 1940 ending Daylight Saving Time in Decatur Following a straw ballot June 4 1940 that showed a heavy majority against DST The proclamation notes CST resumes in the city and was signed June 5 1940.
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Decatur
T. R. Harrison
Harrison
City of
Robert C. Jones
Water Tower
Delano Park
Athens
Hartselle
Eugene Speer
Miss Inez Irvin Dies After Long Illness
Miss Inez Irvin twenty two of Somerville route 2 died at 2 55 am at Benevolent Society Hospital after a prolonged illness. Funeral services set for Friday at Union Grove with Rev Fletcher. Burial by Turney and Drinkard. She is survived by her parents J E and Mrs J E Irvin, eight sisters and three brothers. Pallbearers listed as Arnold Morgan Elbert Smallwood Bud Owens Ace Whisenant Ollice Flak Russell Bonds.
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Inez Irvin
Somerville
Benevolent Society Hospital
Union Grove
Fletcher
Turney
Drinkard
J. E. Irvin
William and
Owen Irvin
Dewey Irvin
Little Rock
Arnold Morgan
Eva
Annual Singing Set at Lebanon Speake's schoolhouse
The annual singing at Lebanon also known as Speake's schoolhouse will be held Sunday in the new church. Several singers from Vaughn's are expected and the public is invited to attend. a large crowd is anticipated.
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Lebanon
Speake’s
Vaughn’s
Gift Home to Be Accepted for Superannuate Homes
Dr. R. M. Howell of Birmingham will preach at 11 a.m. Sunday at Central Methodist church and publicly accept for Superannuate Homes the house donated by Mrs. R. H. Wolcott on 3rd Avenue West. Howell, a former Albertville district presiding elder, leads Superannuate Homes in Alabama. Central Methodist welcomes him. Sunday evening Rev. Allen Wilson of Tanner will preach and the Deep River Singers from the Negro High School will sing spirituals.
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R. M. Howell
Birmingham
Central Methodist Church
3Rd Avenue
R. H. Wolcott
Howell
Birmingham Southern College
Albertville
North Alabama
Alabama
Allen Wilson
Tanner
Deep River Sinters
J. C. Spangler Rites Set for 12-Year-Old Boy
John Clifford Spangler Jr died at his home after a seven week illness. Rites will be held Friday at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. C. L. Dobbs officiating. Burial follows at City Cemetery. Surviving are his parents, relatives including Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCall and grandfather S. P. Spangler of Humboldt.
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John Clifford Spangler, Jr
John C. Spangler
Wadsworth Street
J. W. McCall
Jackson. Street
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
City Cemetery
Brown
Pope Pius XII vows to stay in Rome amid war chances
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII will remain in Vatican City regardless of Rome’s fate while suggesting the Papal Secretariat might move to a neutral country such as Portugal to preserve communications with belligerents after Italy's expected entry into the war. Blue lights and blackout curtains are being installed in Vatican City to align with Rome’s blackout.
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Rome
Pius XII
Vatican City
Vatican
Papal .Secretariat O State
Portugal
Italy
Allies seek vast arms sales as Senate approves naval bill
The Senate sent a 1.492 billion naval appropriations bill to the White House to speed production of ships aircraft munitions and bases. Ambassadors Kennedy and Bullitt urged faster Allied supplies as Morgenthau revealed talks on a new plane program and possible purchases of surplus World War arms. Attorney General Jackson said sales would not trigger mass arrests. the defense commission met to expand rearmament efforts.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Chamber
House
Roosevelt
Defense Commission
Stephen Early
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Morgenthau
War Department
Jackson
Early
Sidney Hillman
Justice Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Smallpox Cases Reported in Madison County Reach Thirty-One
Montgomery Ala June 6 Thirty-one smallpox cases have been reported from Madison county in the last nine weeks according to the State Health Department. The nine week total exceeds the 26 cases reported for the entire state during the previous year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Madison County
State Health Department
Allied Forces Hold But German Onslaught Continues
Dewitt Mackenzie reports Allied troops withstand initial German bombardment as French lines show resilience under Weygand. German renewed dawn assault claims suggest breaches, though Paris notes morale remains high and defense holds near current positions in what may be a decisive battle.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Pollu
Weygand
Germans Drive On French Coast Near Abbeville
The signal drive targets the coast near Abbeville to turn the Allied wing and push toward Havre. Germany aims to sever the France Britain lifeline and threaten British aid by water. A broad pincers plan could join with a thrust from the Allette region as rail lines to Paris bear the main weight of the attack. Continued details promised on Cage Two.
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Abbeville
Havre
France
England
Paris
Allette
Amiens
Ham
Royalty Flee War as Leaders Seek Safe Havens Across Europe
Adolf Hitler’s administrators sit in capitals as war spreads. Monarchs flee or are confined. Leopold III of Belgium and his family hide in France after surrender. Denmark’s King Christian X operates with limited freedom while Wilhelmina remains in Britain. Haakon VII governs from exile in the north, and Luxembourg’s Grand Duchess Charlotte follows Paris.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
Leopold T11
Elizabeth
Paris
France
Lisbon
Leopold
Pierrot
Copenhagen
Christian X
Denmark
Wilhelmina
Haakon VII
Norway
Oslo
Arctic Circle
Whilhelmina
Netherlands
England
Juliana
Charlotte
Luxembourg
More Acreage for U S Parks Bought
Purchase of 132217 acres for national forests across 25 states approved by the National Forest Reservation Commission. The addition includes Alabama tracts Black Warrior 950 acres Talladega 4562 Conecuh 4409, costs listed.
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Washington
National Forest Reservation Commission
Alabama
Black Warrior
Talladega
Conecuh
Dixon Returns From Conference on Southern Expansion
Governor Frank Dixon returned to Montgomery from a national conference of state executives in Douth Minnesota. Northern and midwestern governors view the South as the coming section of the nation.
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Dixon
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Dixon
Douth
Minn
Beloved Lady Called Home
Mrs. Mattie Olderson aged years died Tuesday night at her Birmingham home. Survived by daughter Mrs. Wil Stance of Birmingham, granddaughters Mrs. Lonnie Bradley of Norfolk Virginia and Mrs. Ruby Ligon of Bessemer. Funeral today at 3:15 PM CST in Hartselle Cemetery officiated by Rev. Powell T. Sharp. Interment directed by Peck. Pallbearers: Arthur Holder, J. Evans, Fannie Simpson, W. Brown, W. E. Brown Jr., Jack Evans. Flower handlers: Mrs. W H Rollins, Mrs. Elizabeth Brake, Mrs. Will Pope, Miss Johnnie Brake.
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Mattie Olderson
Birmingham
Olderson
Wil( Stance
Lonnie Bradley
Norfolk
Ruby Ligon
Bessemer
Hartselle
Powell T. Sharp
Christian Church
New Hours Adopted by Decatur Food Stores
Several Decatur food stores implement new closing times starting next Monday on Standard time. Weekdays close at 6 30 p m Saturdays close at 11 p m No phone orders after 6 p m except Saturdays Names of adopting stores include A P Stores Adams Lee Brothers Carl s Grocery A H Garnett Hill Grocery Co Monarch Food Store Moulton Street Market Murdock s Thrifty Food Store and Put s Grocery.
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Decatur
Adams & Lee, Brothers Stores
Carl’s Grocery
A. H. Garnett
A. H. Garnett, Hill Grocery Co
Monarch Food Store
Moulton Street Market
Murdock’s Thrifty Food Store
Put's Grocery
Davis Infant Dies at Rural Home
Donald E. Davis three month old son of Verbon Davis died at 4 30 Thursday morning at the home Somerville route 1 Funeral rites set for 2 p m Friday at Shoal Creek with Rev Dewey Crow. burial to be handled by Mc Afee Howell and Young Survived by father and sister Mary Davis
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Donald E. Davis
Verbon Davis
Somerville
Shoal Creek
Dewey Crow
McAfee
Howell
Young
Mary Davis
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Areas
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 19.9 feet and fell with a 24 hour high of 91 and low of 68. Rainfall totaled .02 inches. Alabama sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with scattered thunderstorms in the southern portion and southeast coastal winds. Tennessee expected fair and warm in the west with locally unsettled showers and thundershowers in the east tonight and Friday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
France Reports Hope Amid Tank Losses In Southwest Drive
Paris reports heavy German tank losses as Nazi columns push toward Le Havre in a wide drive on Paris. Reynaud says there is reason for hope despite recent bad news. Allied bombings and air action observed as Cherbourg and central France areas are attacked.
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Paris
Paul Renaud
France
Reynaud
Young CCC Hero Rescues Boy From Ditch After Bicycle Fall
Bill Heaton a CCC boy acted quickly Wednesday in Hartselle to save Lewis Johnson nine after he fell with his bicycle into a seven foot drainage ditch under the B-Line highway. Heaton jumped in pulling the unconscious boy from water and mud and later received treatment for a fractured wrist and shoulder.
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Bill Heaton
CCC
Hartselle
Lewis Johnson
Lee Johnson
Falkville Road
Johnson
South Highlands
Barclay Street
CCC Bey
WPA
Heaton
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E. W. Kennedy
Miss Irvin
J. C. Spangler
Pope Pius
FDR
Madison
Pat Godwin
Tiger Patrol
Troop 16
Wolf Patrol
Ben Coolidge
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Troop 40
Flying Eagle Patrol
Troop 30
Hartselle Decatur
Troop 20
Ola Ford
Drive
U. S. Parks
Davis
Berlin
Alfred Duff Cooper
le Havre
Paria
Chaulnes
Peronne
Cherbourg
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