Delano Camporee Attendance Surges Among Tennessee Scouts
Tennessee Valley Council Camporee in Delano draws scouts mainly from Decatur district with Troop 49 from bia sending a busload. Patrol contests include first aid signaling fire by friction and knot tying. A tented city improves over past years as awards are handed at a public court of merit badges.
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An- Tennessee Valley Council, of America
Delano
Decatur
Bia
Norwood
Delano Park
Tennessee Valley Council
M S Motion
Senator Wallgreen urges probe of Reynolds Sheffield plant
Washington June 10 Senator Wallgreen of Washington urged Senate Defense Investigating Committee to investigate Reynolds Metals plant at Sheffield Alabama now operating at full capacity. He asked Production Board about alumina needs bauxite supplies and risks from submarines, and how low grade bauxite is used.
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Washington
Wallgreen
D-Wash
Reynolds Metals Ng
Sheffield
Alay
Qeen
Truman
D-Mo
Senate Defense
Ittee
Light Metals
Rethe
Production Board
Aluminum Company
Reynolds Sheffield T
South America
Reynolds Company
Tokyo headlines show continued Far Pacific push
The report details Allied victories in the Pacific including a 13 to 2 air battle win by Allied fliers near Australia and advances by Chinese forces behind Japanese lines. It also notes U N airmen striking Japanese bases in Guinea and Portuguese Timor with momentum toward key provinces in the region.
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U. S
Tokyo
Far Pacific
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Japa
Ithwest Pacific
United Nations
Guinea
Portuguese Timor
Rigdon
Ees
Chekiang
New Stamp Planned to Honor China Japan War Contour Map
Washington reports a forthcoming five cent stamp commemorating the long and continuing fight in Japan with a contour map of the coin and two mottoes significant in modern history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Japan
Briton Roose ar Rival Arrives In London
The rival of Lieut Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in London on official business for the United States Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. BR. IR
London
Franklin D. Roosear
Britain
United States Navy
Market declines blot Wall Street as telephone leads drop
Wall Street faced broad declines with major leaders slipping after an early drop in American Telephone. Air Reduction Westinghouse Eastman Kodak Bethlehem Steel and Philip Morris fell a point or more at the session's worst. Cotton futures closed steady after government grain sale parity proposal news.
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Wall Street
Victor Fabank
New York
Telephone
Westinghouse
Eastman Kodak
Bethlemhem Steel
Philip Morris
Cotton Trade Buying and
Washington
Market Wrap Mixed Signals From Commodities and Grains
Stocks ease as American telephone weakness weighs on markets. Bonds drift lower with rails resisting. Cotton mixed with New Orleans selling and Wikane buying. Chicago wheat rises about 2 cents after a rejected sale proposal. Corn gains amid Iowa crop concerns. Hogs rise 5 to 15 cents with top at 14.25. Cattle steady as steers and yearlings stay strong with prime at 16.50.
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New Orleans
Chicago
House
Iowa
Nashville market reports steady cattle and rising hog prices
In Nashville on June 10 dealers reported cattle receipts at 160 calves 250 with a steady market and some closing weakness the stockers and feeders little changed. Slaughter steers 12.25 light yearlings up to 13.00, common to medium cows 8.75 9.50, canners 5.00 6.00, top on good short-fed cattle 14.00. Hogs 800 salable with higher prices. 100 275 lb group 13.70, 150 185 lb 13.05, 100 145 lb 11.05, sows 12.35. Sheep 1,200 active and TO BE CONTINUED.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Mexico to Join Allies at White House Ceremony
President Roosevelt will host a flag day event at the White House in the East Room next Sunday where representatives of the United Nations will gather. Mexican ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera will pledge Mexico's assent to the UN declaration, making Mexico the 27th signatory after the January 1 promulgation.
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Washington
Mexico
United Nations
White House
Roosevelt
East Room
Francisco Castillo Najera
New York grain gains push futures to day’s high
Renewed activity lifted prices to the day’s peak as trade price fixing met limited southern selling and liquidation. July, October, December futures rose 50 to 70 cents a bale with various period quotes and middling spot at 19.66. Chicago grain notes show No 1 yellow corn at 86 1 2 to 84 1 2, soybeans around 1.66 1 2, and mixed grades listed across the board.
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New York
Jom Iew
Kaee Ee
Chicago
Butter and Eggs Market Report for Chicago
Butter receipts total 1,306,440 with steady market and unchanged prices. Fees receipts 37,000 also steady with storage packed extras 32 and other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
House Passes Pay Hire Bill Raises Armed Forces Pay
The House approved a compromise bill raising minimum monthly pay for privates and apprentice seamen to 50 dollars with a 20 percent boost for sea or foreign service. It retroactive to June 1 and lifts base pay for Army and Navy personnel to at least second-lieutenant or ensign level with higher allowances.
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Washington
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Man Arrested for Old Belfast Murder in 1910
Birmingham storekeeper Louis Bakane was charged with first degree murder in the 1910 slaying of Constable Norman Chalker in Belfast New York. Sergeant H L Debrine of the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested him and will return him to Batavia New York for trial. Bakane, who had lived in Birmingham for 30 years, previously used the name Bakane and claimed to have lived in Belfast at the time of the crime.
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Birmingham
Ala
Belfast
New York
H. L. Debrine
New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Batavia
N. Y
Louis, Bakane
Luigi Vacchiano
Norman Chalker
DeBrine
Bakane
Maine
Nazis warn of reprisals after Heydrich death in Czech lands
The German threat cites 275 Czechs slain as retaliation and vows punishments across reoccupied Europe. The warning, issued in Bern, Switzerland, targets Czech territory and other occupied regions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Reinhard Heydrich
Czecho-Slovakia
Allied Air Blitz Hits New Guinea and Timor
Allied air forces claimed 13 Japanese fighters destroyed or damaged in a single Southwest Pacific action over Timor and New Guinea. The report noted fires on Ermera targets and Lae Salamaua areas as heavy raids pressed despite anti-aircraft fire.
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New Guinea
Portuguese Timor
Douglas MacArthur
Tasman Sea
Ermera
Timor
Darwin
Lae-Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
Morgan County War Bond Pledge Urges Support
Morgan County War Bond Committee chair urges residents to sign the pledge and to treat solicitors courteously, stating that bonds should be purchased according to each family's financial ability to help the war effort.
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Morgan County War Bond Committee
Five Month Battle To Keep Man Alive In Jay Oklahoma
Mason Williams a 49 year old teacher in Jay Oklahoma has been kept alive for five months by friends using artificial respiration. Doctors say he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which paralyzes breathing and swallowing muscles. Williams remains in critical condition as his supporters continue the relay pumping to sustain life despite doctors outlook.
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Jay
Okla
Mason Williams
Frank Veroni
Williams
Californians propose poinsettia as rubber source
A Californian suggested poinsettia as a rubber plant claiming it can yield up to two tons per acre with less resin and a one year mature cycle. The idea, among many, was presented to lawmakers seeking quick rubber solutions amid shortages.
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Sen- Roy Norris Cine Newey
Norris
Gillette
Iowa
New Signs Lighting Plan Sets Rules for Night Time Use
State defense authorities approve exterior switch controlled lighting for night banners but prohibit any lighting turned on without the switch, with penalties. A special advertising committee led by Kemp Buttrey Speake Finch Gover will coordinate retail ads for new regulations. Alexander promotes payroll allotment for defense stamp and bond revenues.
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R. D. Kemp
Gussie Buttrey
D. W. Speake
W. S. Finch
Curtis Gover
Defence
Alexander
Village razed as Germans shoot men in Czech siege
Prague radio reported a Czech village near Kladno was encircled by German authorities. All male inhabitants were shot and women deported, with the village levelled to the ground. The report, broadcast via Prague and London, said the action was ordered by German authorities and tied to suspected slavers of Reinhard Heydrich.
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London
Prague
Kladno
Reinhard Heydrich
New York
Europe
Czecho-Slovakia
CBS
Protectorate
Clothing ceiling price revised in Washington
Price ceilings on women's fall and winter coats and dresses were revised today. The order previously barred any price above last fall’s highest, now bases selling prices on current costs plus the prior fall margin for garments of the same class.
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Washington
Local residents in Decatur area report recruit trips and health notices
Warren C Hamby begins recruit training at Cedar Lakes Illinois. Malcolm Cheatham and Leroy Tillman enlist at Great Lakes. Nursing aides urged to submit applications to Mrs Vaughan. Maternity clinic to be held at the county health office. Decatur Chamber of Commerce discusses housing and welcomes J E McClary on board. Various residents undergo tonsillectomies at Emens clinic and others moved home by Brown ambulance.
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Warren C. Hamby
Charles P. Hamby
Somerville
U. S. Naval Training Station
Cedar Lakes
Ill
J. R. Vaughan
Nurses Aide
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Vaughan
The
Benevolent Society Hospital
Malcolm E. Cheatham
J. W. Cheatham
Cullman
Route Five
Leroy T. Tillman
E. D. Tillman
Route Six
Great Lakes
Medical
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
J. E. McClary
J. W. Wyker, Jr
United States Army
Ralph’ Noles
Emens
Route Three
All-Out Bomber Strategy Marches on to Crush Germany
The piece argues a massive air campaign could cripple German war industry faster and with fewer Allied casualties. It cites Cologne as a example of brutal city destruction and forecasts dozens to thousands of bombers could be deployed nightly. Advocates say air power alone may suffice before a land front fully materializes.
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Germany
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Rhenish
Marshall Harris
United States Air Corps
America
Europe
Italian communique reports casualties and fires
An Italian communique said known casualties totalled 20 killed and 75 injured and acknowledged several fires flared. On the English Channel front, bad weather kept the RAF city destroying offensive against Germany grounded for the third night this month.
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English Channel
RAF
Germany
Funeral services held at Kedron for Mrs C A Allred
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 pm at Kedron Tennessee for Mrs C A Allred 61 of 1825 Sixth Avenue South Decatur who died Monday after a long illness. Surviving are her husband three children Shirley Allred Mrs Houston Ross and Julious Allred three sisters and two brothers. Reverends Howell Trotter and Curl officiated and interment was directed by Bennett and May Pulaski.
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Kedron
Tenn
C. A. Allred
Sixth Avenue
South
Decatur
Baugh Infirmary
Shirley Allred
Houston Ross
Julious Allred
Tenn.; Three Sisters; and Two Ees Rev. W. L. Howell and Rev Trotter
Pulaski
W. H. Curl
Bennett and
May
Army air forces classifications center move planned
Maxwell Field Alabama to Nashville Tennessee orders announced by Maj. Gen. George Stratemeyer, commander Southeast Army Air Forces Warning Center, directing the transfer of the classifications center.
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Maxwell Field
Ala
Army Air Forces Classifications Center
Nashville
Tenn
George Stratemeyer
Southeast
Army Air Forces Warning Center
Seven Civil Cases Disposed by Circuit Court
The circuit court opened Monday with Judge A A Griffith presiding and disposed of seven civil cases yesterday. One dismissal, one appeal dismissed, two bankruptcies sustained, one case dismissed by plaintiff, one judgment for defendant, and one judgment against the defendant. A 15 year old, Dan Olinger, was arraigned for rape and transferred to juvenile court. Also noted were dismissals in the Turner suit, and the Forman executrix appeal.
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A. A. Griffith
Dan Olinger
Hartselle
Decatur
Griffith
Elizabeth Turner
Irene T. Turner
A. L. Griffith
Annie Belle Forman
James A. Forman
C. B. Dunaway
Marguerite Dunaway
Pless Orr
J. H. Duncan
L. M. Lawrence
Ira Summerford
Paris Draper
Bankers Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Loveman
Joseph
Loeb
Echols
Army Adds Air Power and Armored Courses at Staff School
Washington June 10 The Army announced new recognition for air power and armored forces with special courses for staff officers expanding the traditions of the Command and General Staff School.
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Washington
Army
Command and General Staff School
Lakes recruit training and church picnic postponed
Lakes Illinois announces a change in schedule as St John s Episcopal church moves its annual school picnic from Thursday to next Thursday at 7 PM. William Joseph Hoppers 21 of 706 West Fifth Ave has enlisted in naval aviation training and will soon learn to fly warplanes against the Axis. A small fire at the Moulton Street crossing damaged a box car loaded with rags this morning around 9 15 with origin undetermined.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
William Joseph Hoppers
West Fifth Ave
Naval Aviation
Hoppers
William A. Hoppers
Decatur High School
University of Alabama
Moulton Street
Atlantic Sinking Totals Rise with New Ship Losses
The Navy reported 256th Atlantic sinking since December 7 and four this week in the area. A Norwegian ship with 47 crew and 2 passengers was sunk after a daylight attack by an undersea raider. Thirty men survived to tell of a gun battle in which six shells were fired and at least one hit rumored. An eight-man injury toll includes a cook who died from exposure in a lifeboat. Missing 17 crewmen presumed lost.
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Atlantic
Navy
Navy searches for missing patrol plane with 10 aboard
Pensacola officials report a large Navy patrol plane is missing after a routine training flight from the Naval Air Station. The craft with 10 men aboard failed to return at sundown and is presumed lost. Next of kin have been notified for Ensign Malcolm W. Bird and seven other crew members and three enlisted students.
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Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Navy
Malcolm W. Bird
William Price
Aviation
Allen W Shepaerd
Aviation Ordnanceman
Keota
Oklo
Thomas C. Holleran
Columbus
Ohio
John M. Ernst
Hamilton
John Elmo Boyett
Bund Chief Is Indicted In Espionage Case
A federal grand jury in Hartford indicted Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze Anastase Vonsiatsky Dr Otto Wimmert Wolfgang Ebell and Rev Kurt Molzhan on conspiracy to violate the 1917 espionage act. They allegedly conspired from 1941 to 1944 to furnish information on US Army personnel morale fleet locations and military facilities to Germany and Japan.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Anastase Vonsiatsky
Germany
Japan
Otto Wimert
Chicago
Wolfgang Ebell
el Paso
Tex
Kurt B. Molzahn
Philadelphia
United States
United States Fleet
Women's Society Meeting At Trinity Church
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Trinity met to elect a new recording secretary after Mrs. Herbert Sivley resigned. Mrs. Charlie Emens was chosen, with Mrs. Sadie Williamson leading devotions and a program from World Outlook presented by Mrs. Oscar Parker and Mrs. J. E. Johnson. The Bible study followed and the meeting closed with the watchword.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service At
Trinity
D. L. Grizzard
Herbert Sivley
Recordin
Charlie Emens
Sadie Williamson
Oscar Parker
J. E. Johnson
Emens
Unions Deny Work Stoppages At Chrysler Plants
In Detroit on June 10 unions deny staging two work stoppages at Chrysler plants after the United Automobile Workers announced a demand for a $1 daily wage rise for 75,000 workers. Chrysler charged the union with creating pressure ahead of contract talks beginning Friday. Morris Field, director of the union's Chrysler department, said there had been no stoppages.
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Detroit
United Automobile
Workers
CTO
Chrysler Corporation
Automotive Company
Morris Field
Fon
Chrysler Department
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L. G. Smith
Lois Free
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C. C. Napps
Virginia Nell
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Arthur Taylor
Danville, Ky
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J. W. Veal
Route Two
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Cullman, Route Two
M. M. Runge
Falkville
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Glenn Brown
L. T. Horton
Mobile
Florida
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Huntsville
W. R. Sumners
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Fast
R. L. Archibald
B. T. Gardner
Central Methodist Church
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First Methodist Church
A. F. Simrell
Rockwood
Jene Smith
Frances Simrell
A. H. Simrell
Mary Ann
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First Presbyterian Church
Eugene M. Morrow
Dorothy Harden
Nineteenth Avenue East
Francine Ivers
Cornelian
Emens Clinic
Don Andrews
Second Avenue
al Brown
Roy L. Powell
J. B. Powell
Paul H. Gilliam
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