Drought Deepens Across Southeast Amid Slow Rainfall
Rainfall improves Alabama and parts of Florida while drought remains severe across the Southeast. Mobile recorded 3.97 inches in 24 hours. Montgomery 1.03. Elsewhere, Kansas City and Des Moines saw heavy showers as Kansas tornadoes caused eight deaths. Officials warn no major drought relief before week’s end.
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Alabama
Florida
Mobile
Montgomery
Interior
Middle-West
Kansas City
Des Moines
Fichita
Kans
Kansas
Carolina
Weather Bureau
Georgia
Ala
Tennessee Valley
Gulf
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Alabama Power Company
Hitler Moves on Egypt as Syria Keeps France Busy
The article argues Berlin hopes to press into Egypt first to threaten British routes to Africa while Syria remains a French matter for France. It notes heavy British and South African desert forces, U S equipment aiding defenders, and Vichy protests seen as futile. It also questions Weygand’s North and West African offense capability against British and free French actions.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Mandate
Hitler
Syria
Levant
Turkey
Egypt
Alexandria
Italy
Africa
Ened Army of the
Vichy
Marshal Petain
North
West
Maxime Weygand
Deer Seen Near Decatur Prompt Wildlife Watch
A biologist and a patrolman report sightings of native white tailed deer near Decatur Alabama at Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. Up to four animals may be present as locals report sightings from distant points. Refuge staff and state wardens urge reporting of any deer with sex and number details. Dogs will be barred from harassing the animals and violators face arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
Decatur
Fish and Wildlife Service
Alabama
Black Warrior National Forest
Black Warrior
Wheeler Tional Wildlife Refuge
Allison
Iunda
U. 8 Fish and Wildlife Service
Markley
Crosland Named Tax Assessor in Montgomery County
Governor Dixon appointed 31 year old attorney David W. Crosland tax assessor of Montgomery County to succeed the late John J. Flowers. Crosland had served as tax adjuster for city and county and is son of the late Probate Judge David W. Crosland. The office pays five thousand dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
David W. Crosland
Montgomery County
John J. Flowers
Crosland
Traffic violator drive announced by Police Chief
Police Chief W. P. Moore announced a special drive against traffic law violators in the city. He said red light runners would be watched closely and officers would ensure laws are obeyed for public safety and urged public cooperation.
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W. P. Moore
Moore
British Invasion of Syria Changes Vichy Stance
The analysis notes that Vichy France faces pressure as Germany may seize Mediterranean ports and ships. Britain has invaded Syria, seen as a corrective move to disrupt Axis gains and shift American sentiment, with General Wilson’s troops advancing against Italy and drawing British morale upward.
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Vichy
Mediterranean
Syria
Africa
United States
France
Germany
Crete
Wilson
Sheens
Markets Wall Street by Victor Eubank
Stocks steady with industrials and specialties rising while some sectors lag. Cotton futures rise. Nashville livestock market reports higher hog prices and steady cattle demand. markets at a glance show firm cotton and steady metals with mixed grain and livestock movement.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
York
Bombay
Mill
Chicago
Army Takes Over Los Angeles Aircraft Plant Amid Strikes
A convoy of fifty army trucks moved past the plant on Redondo Boulevard as troops entered to run the plant under government control after a five day strike demanding a 75 cent hourly minimum and a ten cent increase. Police and FBI officers joined to separate picket lines while a tense crowd of about 12,000 workers watched.
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Redondo Boulevard
CTO
Charles EB. Branshaw
Western District
Army Air Corps
Washington
Soe
FBI
Jack Postma
Fletcher Bowron
Bowron
John van Goor
Frankensteen
Eler Freitag
Local 683
Rotary hears Judge Crow at Decatur club meeting
Judge James H. Crow Jr was principal speaker for the Decatur Rotary at the Cornelian Court Hotel on Monday. He spoke on what Rotary clubs do to cooperate with the defense program under the Community Service committee.
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James H. Crow, Jr
Decatur Rotary Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Idon
Crow
Community Service Committee
H. O. Goldela
John Nelson
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Atlanta
Nelson
Tom McGough
Birmingham
Tommy Woodard
Camp Claiborne
International Services Committee
Anight
James H. Johnson
FDR Orders Army to End Los Angeles Plant Strike
Barry said about 1,000 men with dinner pails waited outside the plant while an equal number of pickets blocked entry. The army was considered necessary as police control was deemed insufficient. The order, prepared with the war and justice departments and the national defense mediation board, followed unanimous Cabinet approval and was issued under the president’s constitutional powers and emergency declaration.
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Barry
Bradshaw
Army
Los Angeles
War Department
Justice Department
National Defense Mediation Board
OPM
White House
Roosevelts
Community Notes From Austinville And Surroundings
The town reports summer arrivals including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leeman and family in Austinville with Mrs. H. R. Leeman and Charlotte Diane. Revival services begin three miles out on the Moulton road at the McKinney place led by Pastor David Tackett. Local events include Birmingham air carnival attendance by several residents and updates on illnesses and hospitalities. Police court records show 27 defendants with charges ranging from intoxication to gambling and traffic violations.
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Walter Leeman
Austinville
H. R. Leeman
Charlotte Diane
Christian Army
Moulton
McKinney Place
David Tackett
Decatur Notes Include Visits Moves and Birth
Mrs Elzina Price visits her niece in Huntaville. W W Wade Woods names Hoye W Martin as field representative in Birmingham. Louis Shain underwent an operation. H R Leeman leaves for University of Alabama summer school. Mrs Woodruff Griffin and son Dewayne return from Nashville. Hollis Sheats visits from Fort Knox. Betty Collier from Vinemont visits. Daniel Quartet guests in town. Granddaughter Peggy Ratliff recovers from appendectomy. Birth announced June 8 of daughter June Claire Pate at Emens Clinic.
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Hoye
W. Martin
Wade-Woods Milling Company
Birmingham
Free French claim Syria Lebanon as allies push back
The Allied drive into Syria and Lebanon grows with Gen. De Gaulle leading about 40,000 Free French troops and British forces pressing to expel German units from the mandate. Vichy resistance is reported fierce, while Free French messaging declares the territories free and independent. Alexandria endures a heavy Axis air raid amid Western Allied bombing of Germany.
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Levant
Charles de Gaulle
Henry Maitland Wilson
Cairo
Syria
Vichy
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
France
Francois Pietri
Madrid
Marshal Petain
Lebanon
Henri Dentz
Alexandria
North
Africa
Egypt
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Nurses Graduated At Central Methodist Church
Graduates from the Benevolent Society hospital received diplomas and pins at a Sunday ceremony after morning services conducted by Rev. R Lambuth Archibald. Miss Alice Barkom and six other nurses were honored. The day included a sermon on The Great Physician and a mid year meeting notice for the North Alabama conference in Birmingham.
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Central Methodist Church
R Lambuth Archibald
A. M. Smith, Jr
Board of Stewards
Board of Missions of
North Alabama Conference
Birmingham
J. Loyd Decell
Margaret Brannan
Scarritt College of Christian Wopkera
Nashville
Benevolent Society Hospital
Mra D. D. McGehee
Alice Rarkom
Lacey Springs
Ruby Jolly
Mooresville
Ruth Teague
Decatur
Inez Hill
Majestic
Imogene Murphree
Hartselle
Francis Mooney
Trinity
Mary Emma Gaping
Leighton
Archibald
J. Re Vaughan
Benevolent Society
Labor disputes and wage talks across multiple plants
Workers in New Jersey Connecticut and Brooklyn weigh wage raises and bargaining rights as unions and management seek settlements. Northern operators offer a $1 daily raise to $7 while Southern operators cling to a 40 cent differential. A Caldwell strike issue and a Leviton plant takeover request are noted along with a Plainville back to work move at Marlin Rockwell after mediation.
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AFL
Caldwell
N. J
Labor Board
Clifton
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Roosevelt
Leviton
Brooklyn
Cornelius Woods
Plainville
Conn
Marlin Rockwell Corporation
Defense Mediation Board
Cio-Uaw
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Union Springs
Eufaula
Evergreen
Gadsden
Goodwater
Greensboro
Greenville
Haleyville
Muscle Shoals
Ozark
Decatur Yard
Somerville
Wall Paper
WRERE
Wlebrooks Lumber CO
River Phone
Jar. Cone
UAW Cio
Communist Party
Wyndham Mortimer
John Orr
Stanford Douglas
Arthur Kearns
Union
William Podman
Inglewood
Judge Crow
North American
CIO
Jack McLaughlin
Business Today
Aron M. Hendrickson
Rochester, Ind
Hendrickson
Bruce Vickery Hill
Frank Brown
Lillian Brown
Bill Crabtree
J. D. McCluskey
J. P. Howell
Macon, Ga
William A. Barnes
Charles Nance
Mt. Hope
Henry Helfrich
Kenneth Sneed
Peggy Conrad
East Wilson Avenue
J. B. Gurley
Florette
Joe Beams
Clifford Sims
Margaret
Wayne
J. D. Lamon
Dennis. Sims
Amon
Herman Lambert
Herbert Ferguson
Maxwell Field
Mrs. R. S. Ferguson
W. 8. Cason
Billy
Stella Mae
Hilda Faye
Morristown
Tennessee
Carl Allgood
Seventh Avenue, West
R. M.mcfarland
Elkton
Baugh’s Infirmary
J. L. Luker
Baugh's Infirmary
B. L. Lane
Fourth Avenue, West
J. W. Curl
Ninth Street Methodist
Crumley Chapel
Sandusky
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Boy Scout
Troop No. 61
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Zanzibar
Roxy Theatre
Dorothy Lamour
Decatur’s
Elzina Price
Mrs
G. G. Grimwood
Huntaville
Louis Shain
W. Vinestreet
H.R. Leeman
Austinville School
University of Alabama
Hollis Sheats
Fort Knox
Homefolks Hare
Betty Collier
Vinemont
Willodene Jacobs
Daniel Quartet
Tom Ratliff
L. B. Hammond
Huntsville
Peggy Ratliff
Danville Road
Lrrankin
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