Army plane expansion eyed as War Dept seeks funds
Washington June 12. The House appropriations committee asked Congress to add 292,695,547 to next year's War Department appropriation to build more army planes expand the Panama Canal garrison and provide educational orders. Major General Henry H Arnold testified that expansion would ensure defense. the panel urged 2,290 regular army planes plus 177 national guard planes and housing projects totaling 251,445,547 for new planes and facilities.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
War Department
Panama Canal
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
United States
Arnold
House
Panama
Roosevelt
National Guard
Air Corps
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Alaska
Ogden
Utah
E H Johnson Rites Today
Funeral services for Ernest Howard Johnson aged 48 who died suddenly at his Tutwiler Mississippi home were held at Brown's Chapel on Ferry Street with Rev. W E Waterhouse officiating. Burial followed in City Cemetery. Survivors include widow three sons a daughter and several siblings. Johnson was a well known local farmer.
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Ernest Howard Johnson
Tutwiler
Miss
Brown
Ferry Street
W. R. Johnson
Leo Johnson
Decatur
W. E. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Lorene Johnson
Howard, Jr
W. T
Harold Johnson
R. G. Plemons
Ned Buchanan
Birmingham
Johnson
Cut worm outbreak hits Morgan County crops
Morgan County agent B G Hall reports a serious infestation of the variegated cut worm in southeast Morgan County. Cotton, hay, corn and other crops suffer with several acres destroyed on farms of Hendrix Bowling Yancey and others near the Wolfe Beat and Spring area. A poison demonstration is set for Tuesday June 13 on M C Yancey’s Union Hill farm.
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Morgan County
B. G. Hall
Hall
Arthur Hendrix
E. L. Bowling
M. C. Yancey
Jack Yancey
Hale Yancey
Howard
Wolfe Beat
Marshall County
James Cooper
Howard Ling
Union Hill
Alabama to seek $2 million boost for public schools
Montgomery report from Governor Dixon and the finance and taxation committee proposes a $2,000,000 increase in public school appropriations and an eight month term for elementary grades. It also calls for a base appropriation for all state departments and a conditional fund release plan tied to revenues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Finance and Taxation Committee
Finance Department
A. H. Collins
Alabama Education Association
Gulf
Hayse Tucker
Earl McGowin
Administration House
Strike Riots Injure Dozen at Saginaw and Flint Plants
A dozen people were hurt and six arrested as police clashed with UAW AFL pickets at Saginaw while Flint mobilized its police to prevent trouble. Buick and Fisher body plants operated with curtailed shifts as supply chain tensions persisted. The UAW CIO opposed the AFL strike in this inter union clash.
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Flint
Midh
United Auto Workers
AFL
Saginaw
General Motors
Frey Iron Foundry
Buick
Fisher
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Buick Assembly
Corporation
Chevrolet No. 5
Chevrolet Assembly
Fisher No. 1
Fred Bossman
Uaw-Cio
Uaw-Afl
Woman identified as Frances Marlow in death by own action
In Montgomery Alabama a woman known as Helen and claiming Atlanta as home was identified by Coroner M B Kirkpatrick as Frances Marlow Greer of Dadeville. A letter in her effects addressed to Mrs Frances Marlow established identity. Relatives offered no motive for poisoning herself.
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Montgomery
Ala
Helen
Union Railways
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Frances Marlow. Greer
Dadeville
Atlanta
Fined for Over Parking Crackdown Draws Court Action
Eight violators faced police court this morning as the city enforces parking limits on Second Avenue and Pan Street. Other tagged cars were not appeared and warrants issued. Seizures include hours 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays between Vine and Church and Jackson and Holly. Seventeen total tried. additional charges include drunkenness four, driving drunk two, violating prohibition two, and one disorderly conduct.
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Second Avenue
Pan Street
W. P. Moore
Vine
Church Streets
Bank
Jackson
Holly
Whereabouts of Woman Mystery
Moscow reports Ruth Marie Rubens, an American sentenced for entering Russia without a passport, did not show at the U S embassy to arrange return papers. She had already spent 18 months in jail and was due for release. speculation arose she may be aboard a Soviet ship bound for New York.
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Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens
New York
Ellis Island
Royals End Canadian Visit Sail for England After Hyde Park
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth finish a calm Canadian tour with the Roosevelts at Hyde Park. They ride, swim, attend church, and share a hot dog lunch before boarding the Royal Pilot Train for Halifax then London. About 5 million in each country saw them.
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ROYAL
Hyde Park
George VI
Elizabeth
Canada
England
United States
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Roosevelt Estate
Roosevelt
Aish
Henry St. George Tucker
Roosevelts
George
Rensselaer
Albany
Rouses Point
N. Y
The
Maritimes
Seaboard
Halifax
London
Four escapees capture after hostage incident at Colorado reformatory
In Buena Vista Colorado six inmates escaped from the reformatory after kidnapping Warden Walter H Johnson during a Stockade softball game. The men fled into rugged country after seizing a rifle and keys, threatening to kill the warden. four were recaptured at campfire as two others remained at large. The captured inmates were Neegoe Ferguson 23 Clarence A Burkett 22 Eugene Nebeker 17 and James Cowan 19. Others involved included James Williams 17 and Robert Blair 19 with additional names listed.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Colorado
Joh
Neegoe ¥ Ferguson
Clarence A. Buckett
Eugene Nebeker
Denver
James Cowan
Fort Collins
Johnson
Reformatory
Walter H. Johnson
Charles Archer
Irving Grimes
James Williams
Lawton
Okla
Ferguson
Williams
State Penitentiary
Canon City
Utah State
Robert Blair
Englewood
Clarence A. Burkett
Nelson Wins 43rd National Open in Playoff Thriller
Byron Nelson defeated Craig Wood in a second 18-hole playoff at Philadelphia Country Club to win the 43rd National Open. Nelson led with a 4-shot surge including an eagle on the fourth hole, and finished with a 70 after a slow start. Wood earned $800 as runner-up, with total purses and scores noted for a 72-hole tally of 422 to 425.
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Philadelphia
Byron Nelson
Craig Wood
Philadelphia Country Club
Reading
Toledo_o
Wood
Nelson
Denny Shulte
Shute
Craig
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Byron
Ralph Guldah
Guldahl
Spring Hill
Ncaa
Ardmore man struck by golf ball in Spring Mill playoff
Robert T. Mossman of Ardmore Pa was hit on the temple by Craig Wood's brassie second stroke in the open championship playoff at Spring Mill. He remained in good condition today at Bryn Mawr hospital.
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Bryn Mawr
Robert T. Mossman
Ardmore
Craig Wood
Spring Mill
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Mossman
Wood
Nelson Beats Wood In 18 Hole Open Playoff
Byron Nelson defeats Craig Wood in a second 18 hole playoff at the 43rd National Open. Nelson posts 70 to Wood 73, securing victory after both players completed the final round scores.
Boys Club Receives Business Support in City
Butler P. A. Hine, chairman of the American Legion boys program, thanks local business men for backing the Boys' club. He says the club aims to build mental, moral, and physical strength after the YMCA closing, with facilities for 100 and about 60 boys enrolled.
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Butler P. A. Hine
The
American Legion
Mr. Hine
Delicatessens Must Close Up On The Sabbath
In Alabama the attorney general ruled delicatessens operating only as such cannot sell goods on Sundays. The opinion for Morgan County cites Section 5549 penalties under Section 5539 code. fines from 10 to 100 dollars and up to three months hard labor. Restaurants and drug stores are exempt.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
T. Lawson
W. T. Willoughby
Morgan County
Lawson
Storm Knocks Out Power Across City for 30 Minutes
A fierce early Sunday storm with high winds cut power in a city section for about half an hour. A fallen limb damaged a 4000 volt line on Sixth Avenue North, shorting an Alabama Power segment and tripping street lighting plus telephone service. No material damage reported.
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Sixth Avenue
Alabama Power Company
Midwest storm death toll climbs across six states
Indiana reported three deaths with two in Ohio and one in Wisconsin from a week end wind and rain storm. About fifty people were rescued from boats on Lake Erie near Cleveland as damage spread across Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan Wisconsin and Kentucky with houses unroofed trees uprooted and utilities disrupted.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Power Era Challenged in House of Lords Debate
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax declares in a Commons debate that 1939 is an era of power politics and that force may need to be met with force to defend justice and order, urging Britain to choose aims for which force is used.
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London
Lord Halifax
House of Lords
Special Meeting of Holland Blow Stave Co.
All stockholders were notified of a special meeting at the company's offices on July 13 at 10 a.m. to consider selling and disposing of real estate buildings boiler and engine kilns kilns fixtures sidetrack water rights and other properties. Announcement by John Blow president and J N Gibson vice president and acting secretary.
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Holland-Blow Stave Co
John Blow
J. N. Gibson
Reed Nominated Pros pect Station Postmaster
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Carey E. Reed to be postmaster at Prospect Station, Tennessee.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Carey E. Reed
Prospect Station
Tenn
Spy Charges Spark City Crisis Amid War Talks
The Free City of Danzig accuses Polish customs inspector Jan Henryk Pipinski of attempted kidnapping and espionage, claiming he sought military data from German visitors. Britain and Soviet Russia push new mutual aid talks in Moscow as negotiations resume in London.
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Associated Press
Free City of
Danzig
Free City
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Jan Henryk Pipinski
Poland
Warsaw
Marian Chodacki
London
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
William Strang
Foreign Office
Limestone Infant Claimed by Death
Funeral rites for Charles Berford Reeves three weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Lottie Reeves were held at 2 p m today at Lebanon and Drinkard Howell directed burial there. The child died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home Athens Route 5. The parents and several brothers and sisters survive.
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Charles Berford Reeves
Lottie Reeves
Lebanon
Drinkard-Howell
Athens
Route 5
Tennessee River Gauge Drops to 20.2 Feet
Weather bulletin notes the Tennessee River at twenty point two feet and a fall. Upland temperatures reached a high of eighty six and a low of sixty two in the last day. Rainfall totaled five hundredths of an inch. Alabama foresees partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with thundershowers in the extreme north. Winds are light to moderate southerly along the coast with warmer conditions expected Tuesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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