Confederate Veterans Meet Near End of 40th Reunion
Alabama's remaining Confederate veterans gather in Huntsville to close their 40th annual reunion with a business session selecting the next site and electing officers. General Kennedy says they will meet “as long as there are two of us left” and pensions are on the legislative agenda. Attendees danced at the grand ball and listened to bands during the event.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Alabama 4
John R. Kennedy
Oosa
Paul Sanguinnetti
Montgomery
L. L. George
Johnson defeats Bragg in Lawrence probate race by 100 votes
Isaac Johnson Jr wins probate race over Judge Charles E Bragg in Lawrence county by 100 votes. Johnson totals 2160 to Bragg 2060. Northwest district results show Brackin 411 and Carruth 397 while Carroll tops Redding with 496 to unclear totals.
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Isaac Johnson, Jr
Charles E. Bragg
Lawrence County
Johnson
Judge Bragg
Board of Commissioners
Northwest
Brackin
Carruth
Carroll
Redding
German blitzkrieg faces stiff French resistance on several fronts
German losses rise as about one fifth of 2000 tanks and two thirds of Stukas are reported knocked out in 72 hours. Berlin says advances are blocked by Weygand defense and surprise has not occurred. French counterattacks halt at Chemin-Des-Dames as Somme front tightens near Paris. British curfew and Italian troop movements signal broader tension.
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Germany
Berlin
Weygand
Weyvand
Prevon Linsaey
Paris
United Kingdom
Rome
Mussolini
France
Somme-Aisne
Chemin-Des-Dames
Ger
Somme
Markets Rally On Allied France Hopes Amid Small Trade
Wall Street edged higher as investors anticipated successful allied defenses of France. Trading stayed light with about 500000 shares, led by steel and chemical issues amid war news and favorable securities. Wheat rose on war and smut reports, July at 81 80 to 7-8, corn steady to higher.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Wall Street
France
U.S. Steel
National Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Chrysler
Douglas
POLY
Chicago
Stocks Rise on Steel Aircraft and Chemical Leads
New York headlines show higher stocks as gains led by steels, aircrafts, and chemicals, with bonds improving and British imperial loans advancing. Cotton remains firm with Wall Street buying, sugar up on trade and Cuban support, metals steady, and wool tops strong as shorts cover.
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New York
Wall Street
Shorts
Cotton futures rise in New York trading
New York cotton futures closed higher with nearby contracts up 1 to 8 points. July, October and December futures posted gains with mixed ranges and last prices near the session highs.
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N. Y. Cotton
New York
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Firm in Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed firm with July at 22.50, September 21.05, October 20.60, December 20.55, and January 20.55. Sales totaling 1,600.
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Memphis
Tenn
f.Co.b
Cotton futures rise in New Orleans market
In New Orleans on June 7 four, cotton futures advanced as buyers pushed prices higher amid firm demand and active trading.
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N. C
New Orleans
French counterattack halts German progress on steep western front
Night battle along the channel coast sees French forces countering a German push. German lines claim limited gains near Bresle river and Le Havre while the main force remains several miles from Paris. British coast raids continue as US liner Washington heads to Galway with evacuees and refis aboard.
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Abbeville
Bresle
Channel
le Havre
Paris
London
United States
Washington
Galway
Ireland
Europe
Naples
Lisbon
Grain Price Report from Chicago Market
Cash wheat sales quoted for No 3 mixed at 81 1 2 cents per bushel while corn values range from 65 3 4 to 67 1 2 cents. Oats vary from 34 1 2 to 36 1 2 cents with sample grades near 33 1 2. Barley bids show making at 55 60 cents and feed at 40 48 cents.
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Chicago
Poultry Price Report From Chicago Market
Chicago market notes show live poultry steady overall with hens stable and small chickens and roosters easier. Broilers 2 1 2 pounds down to 19½ cents, white rocks 19 1 2 cents, springs under 4 pounds 21 cents, bareback chickens 14 to 17 cents, roosters 10 1 2 cents, geese 7 cents.
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Chicago
White Rock
Butter and eggs price report from Chicago market
Butter prices steady at 1 384 959 pounds with creamery score 88 241 2. other prices unchanged. Eggs quantity 36 054 pounds steady with no price changes.
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Chicago
Four Uninjured After Bee Line Highway Crash
Four occupants escaped injury after a car turned over on Bee Line Highway two miles north of town at nine this morning. Mrs. B N Hale of Elizabethtown drove, with Jewel Hill and R T Hill of Elkton and another passenger. Left tires blew out causing the ditch plunge and field rollover before the car righted itself and the group continued.
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Bee Line
Here
B N. Hale
West Dixie Street
Elizabethtown
Jewel Hill
R. T. Hill
Elkton
Kentucky
Alabama industry shows wide gains in April reports
Tuscaloosa June 7 Alabama industry posted broad April gains versus a year earlier says the University of Alabama Bureau of Business Research. Coal output rose 3794 percent as mines shut during the prior year mining holiday. Steel ingot production up 448 percent and coke output up 449 percent with increases also in pig iron electric energy cotton consumption new car sales 214 percent and life insurance 18.9 percent.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Bureau of Business Research
University of Alabama
FDR Pushes Private Firms for National Defense Purchases
President Roosevelt said the new national defense commission is progressing well and named Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to study government purchases. He aims to give the treasury procurement division greater authority and cited 1917 weaknesses as a lesson. Navy plans to return surplus planes to manufacturers followed urgent allied pleas for faster military production. The Senate approved a 1.492 billion dollar naval appropriation for equipment from bombs to battle wagons, amid speculation on broader indirect aid to belligerents.
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National Defense Commission
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Roosevelt
Treasury
Navy
White House
Senate
Patrol investigates after tire replacement trip to Elizabethtown
Julius Hale of the state highway patrol investigated a journey toward Elizabethtown following the installation of two new tires on the car.
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Elizabethtown
Julius Hale
State Highway Patrol
Britain Builds World’s Largest Bomber in War Drive
Lord Beaverbrook, minister of aircraft production, said Britain has surpassed air losses in Flanders and is producing a new largest bomber. Factories run constantly to fulfill the RAF order, with weekly output up 63 percent since May 11 and substantial gains in engines and repairs. He contrasted German totals, estimating 11,675 aircraft and 16,000 pilots, with carrier planes able to carry about 25,000 troops.
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London
Britain
Flanders
Lord Beaver Brook
Royal Air Force
Low Countries
France
Lord Beaverbrook
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Telieve
Beaverbrook
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Calif
Shipping delay hangs Rex voyage to America
Rome reports that the liner Rex is unlikely to sail for America on June 10 as scheduled, with shipping circles noting possible postponement and continued uncertainty.
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Rome
Rex
America
Navy Airplanes Turned In As Replacements Arrive
The navy said the planes were traded in because improved replacements were available. Many reserve Santi aircraft are surplus as reserve aviators are reassigned to Pensacola instructors amid training expansion. More planes will be turned in as replacements are received, with deliveries to Curtiss-Wright in Buffalo. Additional moves include enforcement of stricter passports for foreigners and tighter border patrols.
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Lee
Santi
Pensacola
Fla
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Leon Henderson
SEC
Agalier
Morgenathan
Jackson
Buffalo
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
State Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau
House
FBI
Decatur News Briefs From Churches And Local Business
E E Byars of Moulton will fill the Austinville Church of Christ pulpit Sunday at eleven with Quinton McCay of Freed-Hardeman College speaking Sunday evening. Southside Baptist votes to install an electric organ. Vacation Bible School enrollment reaches 144. Dr F M Cook to preach at First Methodist, and a third Prodigal Son film unveiled at Southside. Central Standard Time applies. revival ongoing at Ninth Street Methodist. social hour and organization meeting at First Presbyterian. Dr Edwin Wyle to preach at First Christian. Five fined in police court for drunkenness and fighting. Local residents and visitors listed. Alabama Dairy Products plant fails to hit 11,000 pound mark though 10,903 pounds received. dry weather blamed. Baughs Infirmary hosts several patients. Mrs Marie Pace and Mrs L B Beasley among those noted. Miss Jean St Clair graduates at Carbon Hill and visits before college. Mrs G P Banniza visiting in Birmingham.
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E. E. Byars
Moulton
Austinville
Farm Bureau reorganizes by district votes in Alabama
The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation announced redistricting by membership with each district receiving one executive committee vote for the first 50 members plus a vote for every 200 additional members. Nine districts gain convention votes. a 1940 Birmingham convention date is to be fixed. Membership shows Tuscaloosa leading with 3,074, followed by Montgomery, Pickens, Lauderdale, Butler, Choc taw, and Monroe.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Birmingham
Federation
Howard Gray
Tuscaloosa County
Pickens
Lauderdale
Butler
Choctaw
Monroe
Army Speeds Up Arsenals To 24 Hour Operation
Major General Charles M. Wesson ordered six Army ordnance arsenals to operate on a full 24 hour basis where feasible to accelerate ammunition output. The plants at Watertown Springfield Watervliet Picatinny Frankford and Rock Island employ over 17 000 workers with overtime time and a half after 40 hours and three eight hour shifts six days a week. Some departments already ran 24 hours, extending the speeding up program ongoing for weeks.
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Washington
Anll
Charles M. Wesson
Ordance
Army
Navy
Watertown
Springfield
Mass
Watervliet
N. Y
Picatinny, N. J
Frankford
Rock Island
Ill
Wesson
Germany Heads Into French Offensive With Eight Month Oil Reserve
Berlin reports a Nazi source says Germany entered the war last September with a six month oil and gasoline reserve, increased to eight months in winter, now being tapped as campaigns in Poland Holland and Belgium paid for themselves and shipments from Romania and Soviet Russia augmented output.
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Berlin
Germany
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Holland
Belgium
Dairy Folks Gather for Plant Tour and Talk
All customers of the Alabama Dairy Products Company are invited to a public meeting at the plant on Bank Street Saturday June 15 at eleven o clock. Speaker F W Burns dairy specialist will discuss the plant and plans to increase milk production. May sales reached 275 as the plant opened. Burns travels from Wilcox County to attend.
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Alabama Dairy Products Company
F. W. Burns
Alabama Dairy Products
Bank Street
Burns
Wilcox County
Montgomery
Decatur
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F.M. Cook
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Hartselle
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B. G. Hall
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First Baptist Church
Jimmy Champion
Route 2
Roy Hutson
Fred Royal
West Point, Ga
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W. L. Spearman
Louis Holloway
Priday
Joe Wright
Marvin Montgomery
C. E. Spearman
Spearman
Nashville, Tenn
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Baugh’s Infirmary
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A. E. McGraw
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