Defense labor talks lift war production outlook in states
Agreement to end the Bohn Aluminum strike halts parts delays for military aircraft and submarines. Union action subsides at North American Aviation Inglewood plant and at Consolidated Aircraft San Diego as AFL and CIO labor talks progress. Six Bohn plants in Detroit remain closed as mediations continue.
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Detroit
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corp
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Associated Press
Inglewood
Calif
North American Aviation Corp
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
AFL Machinists
Cleveland
Aluminum Company of America
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
U. S
Pittsburgh
Management Association
Roosevelt
Harvey W. Brown
San Francisco Bay
Cant Bargain on Americas Safety Proclamation Call to National Effort
A wartime style appeal urges Americans to support unlimited national emergency measures. It argues constitutional protections and collective bargaining must be preserved while demanding increased production and sacrifice from labor, capital, and industry to aid the fighting men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
America
First Domestic Birth Of Deer Near Decatur
The first recorded birth of a deer in Morgan county occurred Tuesday afternoon at Deer Springs on Bee Line Highway near Decatur. The doe is white, one of four deer stocked at the springs when the park opened by Robin Thomas and J. D. Thomas. The fawn, a speckled beauty, attracts attention as it plays beside its mother. Thomas said eight more deer were purchased and would be shipped here soon to join the park.
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Morgan County
Deer Springs
Bee Line Highway
Decatur
Robin Thomas
J. D. Thomas
Morgan County Forms Cotton Stamp Committee
A Cotton Stamp Committee for Morgan County was formed to cooperate with the U S Department of Agriculture on the Supplementary Cotton Stamp Plan. J L Roberts of Hartselle elected chairman with members from Decatur Trinity Parkville Eva Danville and other towns. A mass meeting for store operators and clerks will be announced later to explain rules and retailer statements required to participate.
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Morgan County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
B. G. Hall
J. L. Roberts
Hartselle
Cotton
D. W. McNeil
Frank Campbell
R. D. Kemp
Decatur
Rayburn_Neville
Trinity
J. W. Livley
Parkville
L. G. McDonald
Eva
L. E. Fields
Danville
Roberts
Farm Bureau reports Morgan County membership nearing 500
R L McDonald president of the Morgan County Farm Bureau Federation says local farmer membership is approaching the five hundred mark. He notes passage of the 85 percent parity bill for cotton adds about 20 dollars per bale compared with 1940 and credits farm organizations for the victory. He cites Congressman Clarence Cannon praising the basic farm products parity bill and lauds President Edward A O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Senator John H Bankhead for sponsorship and passage.
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R. L. McDonald
Morgan County Farm Bureau Federation
Organization of Farmers
Morgan County
Farm Bureau
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
House of Representatives
McDonald Tha
Department of Agriculture
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Cannon
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Houses of Congress
McDonald
Promise of Full Aid Reiterated By Executive
President Roosevelt reported that "a little over 75 million" dollars of defense materials have been transferred under the lease lend law and pledged further aid to Britain, China, and other democracies. He cited ship and aircraft deliveries, munitions, and a seven thousand pilot training program, noting vast allocations and ongoing production to defeat the axis powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
China
Axi
McKellar Welcomed Back to Senate after Major Operation
Senator McKellar of Tennessee returns to the Senate after a major operation. Senators Hill Norris praise his recovery and ties, noting McKellar's long friendship with Senator Norris and his role on Tennessee Valley Authority legislation and bipartisan support.
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Washington
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Senate
Hill
D.-Ala
Alabama
Norris
Ind
Neb
Tennessee Valley Authority
Man in Morgan County jail after farm shooting
Clarence Ward, 25, of Hartselle route 2, held in Morgan County jail on an assault charge after shooting Wyatt B. Halbrooks, 35, also of Hartselle route 2, at the Harvey Robins farm east of Hartselle. Halbrooks, struck near the right lung, was in critical but stable condition at Benevolent Society Hospital.
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Clarence Ward
Hartselle
Morgan County
Wyatt B. Halbrooks
Harvey Robins
Ward
Halbrooks
Benevolent Society
Peck
Williams
Ed ‘Templeton
Defense tax added to Dothan utility bills
Dothan residents will pay a five percent defense tax on water light and butane gas bills due August 1 and thereafter. The tax funds a $70,000 city county indebtedness from a Dale county land purchase used for an air corps training school. Nonpayment is a misdemeanor with a $100 fine.
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Dothan
Ala
City Commission
Dale County
Air Corps
Houston County
Rain Anxiety in Elbert County Slakes Dust with Odd Tales
Sage Elbert county reporter Herbert Wilcox notes drought panic as residents seek rain. Snakes were killed and hung, preachers paid, a man ran a want ad, and people strained to hear a rain crow, yet dust remained unsettled.
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Elberton
Herbert Wilcox
Sage
Elbert County
Blitz Romance Brings Shelter To Wedding Vows
London report says 67 year old widow Mrs. Rosina Mills plans to marry 63 year old James Thomas King after a chance sandwich in an air raid shelter. Mills says she knew King by sight for eight months and proposed the union following the shelter encounter.
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London
Rosina Mills
James Thomas King
Texas Floods Persist Amid Tornado Toll and Heavy Rains
Heavy rains continued across Texas and western Louisiana after tornadic winds caused deaths and injuries. Navasota reported 3.58 inches in 24 hours while Shreveport and Fort Worth recorded significant totals. southeast states saw scattered showers and near 100 degree heat as the Weather Bureau warned the heavier rain was not expected to return this week.
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Texas
Louisiana
Navasota
Shreveport
Ft. Worth
Lufkin
Lake Charles
Alabamia
Georgia
Mississippi
Middlewest
Tareytown
New England
New York
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Syracuse
N. C
Monticello
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Savannah
Atlanta Airport
Birmingham
Jacksonville
Weather Bureau
Child Injured Crossing Street In Traffic Accident
Six year old John Henry Turney, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Turney of 401 Ninth Avenue West, was struck by a car driven by Douglas Sheats at 2 10 Tuesday afternoon while crossing near his home. He was taken to Baughs Infirmary in a Brown ambulance with lacerations bruises cuts and scratches but his condition was not serious.
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John Henry Turney
Lewis Turney
Ninth Avenue
West
Baugh
Douglas Sheats
Churchill addresses Atlantic battle as Prinz Eugen bombed
War column notes Winston Churchill's hopeful tone in a daily feature written during vacation. It cites RAF reports that the cruiser Prinz Eugen, alongside Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, was bombed in Brest, suggesting reduced Atlantic activity for the Prinz Eugen and possible damage to the other ships.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Winston Churchill
Britain
RAF
Prinz Eugen
Bismarck
Brest
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Atlantic
Brittany
Churchill
Churchill Praises May as Best British Month at Sea
Churchill told the House of Commons May was the best British month in the Atlantic for a long time. He disclosed that Britain had sunk captured or scuttled 257000 tons of Axis shipping there. He noted never less than 400 British ships in the danger zone daily and rejected peace talks while promising a long war.
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House of Commons
Atlantic
Crete
Britain
Information Sought On Robin Moor Sinking By U-boat
Washington reports confirm survivors claiming the merchant ship Robin Moor was torpedoed by a German submarine between Dakar and Natal. Brazil’s Osorio to transport 11 survivors to Recife for formal accounts while 35 others remain missing. The incident tests U.S. sea freedom norms in wartime.
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United Strew
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Cape Verde Islands
Brazil
West Africa
New York
Capetown
South Africa
Washington
State Department
Recife
Osorio
South—Atlantic
Dakar
Natal
Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Waldemar Lucio Pereira
Wilson
State Crops Are Spotted Across Alabama
Alabama crop reports show a mix of fair to good progress in cotton and peanuts while corn and gardens run fair to poor. Wet spells helped some areas but overall drought harms pasturage and milk output. oats harvests vary by region with satisfactory results in central and southern sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Federal
State Crop Service
Mobile jury awards 50 thousand in Temple estate case
Mobile Alabama jury awarded a $50,000 verdict to administrators of the estate of Thomas J. Temple of Selma after his car plunged into Mobile River on Mardi Gras night. Two companions were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Thomas J. Temple
Selma
Temple
Mobile River
Governors Conference Links With TVA Over Rates and Power Use
Governor Frank M. Dixon said he would confer with TVA director David Lilienthal to align the Southern governors conference efforts with TVA. The talks cover lower class freight rates, defense industry needs, and power conservation including weekend shifts to ease weekday loads. Dixon plans to discuss presenting the conference plea before the Interstate Commerce Commission in St Louis on July 10.
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Montgomery
Alan June
Frank M. Dixon
Southern Governors Conference
David BP
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
South
Southeast
Walter McDonald
Georgia Public Service Commission
Dixon
McDonald
Interstate Commerce Commission
St .Louis
ICC
St. Louis
Cooper
Tennessee
Boston
National Governors’ Conference
Vital Industries
Burglar Smashes In Stolen Cigarettes From Station
A burglar broke into Propst Service Station on Bee Line Highway between Walnut and Lafayette streets last night and stole 100 cartons of cigarettes valued about 140 dollars. A rear window was broken. officer Joe Weatherly suspects the thief reached through the open window to grab the cigarettes. The station closed at 9 PM and the burglary was found upon morning opening.
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Propst
Bee Line Highway
Walnut
Lafayette Streets
Joe
Weatherly
Escapes Injury As Car Hits Pole
Floyd Sharp on leave from Camp Claiborne Louisiana escaped injury with minor scratches when his automobile collided with a power pole in the 300 block of Second avenue around 5 am. Investigators say he may have dozed off at the wheel. The pole broke four inches from the ground but wires stayed intact and service remained uninterrupted. The car was heavily damaged and the severed pole was replaced by a city crew.
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Floyd Sharp
Fifth
Avenue
South
Camp Claiborne
Louisiana
Second Avenue
Sharp
City Electric Department
Worker Louis Watkins Killed by Train Near Reader's Gap
Deputy Coroner T J McCollum said Louis Watkins who had lost an arm in a prior train accident was killed by a train, his body found along the railroad tracks near Reader's Gap in Bessemer Alabama.
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Bessemer
Ala
Louis Watkins
Reader’s Gap
T. J. McCollum
Watkins
Allied Drive in Middle East Splits French Positions Near Damascus
British and Allied forces press the Syria Lebanon front as French troops resist near Kissoue and Damascus. Reports say Vichy troops may switch sides, with claims of four speakers used to urge defection to De Gaulle’s Free French. The battle extends to Beirut and Haifa as German bases operate from Aleppo and new air raids target Haifa.
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Istani
Beirut
Kissoue
Damascus
Syria
Kissone
London
Adolf Hitler
Luftwaffe
Damasus
Haifa
Palestine
Aleppo
Pfrce
RAF
Lebanon
Vichy
France
Middle East
Syria- Lebanon
Kiswe
Charles de Gaulle
Tyre
Merdjayoun
Weather report from Tennessee and Alabama notes
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 17 feet with a 95 degree high and 77 degree low and a trace of rain. Alabama skies remained cloudy with showers forecast in the north and central areas tonight and Thursday. Coastal winds were moderate from the south and southwest. Tennessee continued cloudy with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday, slightly cooler in central areas.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Blitz Romance
West Indies
Atlantic ‘Ocean
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Suez Canal
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Gulf of Suez
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