Coast Strike Picture Brightens as Wages Voted
West coast strike developments show CIO Woodworkers planning to resume at Everett and Vail McDonald with a 7 12 cent hourly raise and paid vacations while AFL machinists in San Francisco vote on a return to work. The mediation board oversees about 3 000 workers across key shipyard and logging operations amid stalled negotiations and potential broader action.
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Associated Press
National Defense Mediation Board
Puget Sound
Clo
AFL
San Francisco
CIO International Woodworkers of America
O.—M. Orton
Big Weyerhaeuser
Everett
Wash
Weyerhaeuser
Vail
McDonald
Lyman
Comforr
TWA
Mediation—Board
Orton
San Francisco Bay Area
Harry Hook
Mediation Board
Machinists’ Executive —Council
Roosevelt
North American Aviation Corp
Inglewood
Calif
CIO United Automobile Workers
Army
CIO
Richard Frankensteen
CIO Aircraft
Flag Pole on Courthouse Lawn Sought in Decatur
Decatur civic committee of the Chamber of Commerce seeks to erect a flagpole in the courthouse yard and to send a newcomer questionnaire. A special committee will attend the next city council meeting to press for immediate City Planning Commission appointment and street name and number markings. Progress reports are planned for the June Town Hall Meeting.
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Presen County
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Knox McMasters
City Planning Commission
May 1941 milk payments and cheese output at Alabama plant
The Alabama Dairy Products Co cheese plant paid farmers 13,593.87 for milk in May 1941, four times the May 1940 level, producing 170000 pounds of cheese from 692000 pounds of milk received during May 1941.
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Alabama Dairy Products Co
Weather Summary for Alabama and Tennessee
The report notes the Phey gauge on the Tennessee River at 17.18 falling with a 24 hour max of 87 and min 68, no rainfall. Alabama shows partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Tennessee remains mostly cloudy, cooler, with light local showers in the east tomorrow morning. Gentle to moderate winds along the coast.
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Phey
Tennessee
Alabama
Stock Show Planned Here In Northern Alabama
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee plans a Northern Alabama annual livestock show in November at Decatur Valley Country Club. The event will feature dairy and beef cattle from all counties with Morgan county rings and club member entries.
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Wrihual
Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Agriculture Committee
Decatur Chamber. of Commerce
The
Valley Country Club
C. M. Scales, Jr
John W. Pennell
Arrow Provisions Company
E. W. McLeod
Alabama
Agricultural Committee
Morgan County
Cotton truck crashes into parked car on Ferry Street
A loaded cotton truck owned by W. J. Duncan, driven by Frank Ross, struck an unoccupied passenger car in front of 711 Ferry Street after 2 PM. The impact knocked the private car about 60 feet across the street and over a curb. Ross escaped injury. Police Chief W. P. Moore and Officer J. T. Weatherly investigated.
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Ferry Street
W. J. Duncan
Frank Ross
H. D. Durnam
Ross
W. P. Moore
J. T. Weatherly
James Johnson Dies at Home on Sycamore Street
James Johnson died at 4 p.m. Friday at his home on Sycamore street. He was 55 years old. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Brown Funeral Company.
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James Johnson
Sycamore Street
Brown Funeral Company
Transfer of 40th Air Base Group From Maxwell to Meridian
The War Department announces the 40th air base group about 450 officers and men will transfer permanently around July 10 from Maxwell Field Alabama to Key Field Meridian Mississippi.
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Washington
War Department
40Th Air Base
Maxwell Field
Ala
Key Field
Meridian
Miss
Hartsville Cullman Bee Line re treading bids set
State Highway Department to open bids June 27 for retreading 19.5 miles of the Hart selle Cullman road Bee Line Highway in Morgan and Cullman counties using liquid seal. Project costs about 20000 and aims to reduce skid hazards with a rough texture.
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The
State Highway Department
Hartselle
Cullman
Bee Line
Morgan
Flint
Decatur
Athens Decatur
Highway Department
Russellville
Red Bay
Franklin County
Andalusia-Florale
Covington County
Clyde Anderson rites Sunday in Louisville death
Funeral services for Clyde Anderson 21 who died by accidental electrocution in Louisville will be held at 1 45 p m Sunday at his sister Mrs W C Skipworth 1123 Tower Ave Rev R C Richards officiating burial in Old Chalybeate Springs cemetery McAfee Howell and Young in charge Anderson formerly lived in Austinville and Lawrence County he had worked in Louisville about three years surviving are his parents five brothers and two sisters relatives will be pallbearers and flower girls
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Clyde Anderson
Louisville
Kentucky
W. C Skipworth
Tower Avenue
R. C. Richards
Old Chalybeate Springs
Lawrence County
McAfee
Howell and
Young
Anderson
Austinville
Dixon Brooke to miss UVA golf title defense
Virginia star Dixon Brooke will not defend his title at the 44th annual golf tournament in Columbus Ohio starting June 23 due to a navy active duty call in Ville Virginia.
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Ville
Navy
Dixon Brooke
University of Virginia
Columbus
Ohio
Fresh rebuke to France by Secretary Hull over Syria fallout
Secretary Hull accused France of being pressed to fight for Germany in Syria and warned Vichy against closer ties with Berlin. He signaled possible actions including freezing further French assets, severing diplomatic relations, and recognizing De Gaulle’s Free French in place of Vichy.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Syria
Vichy
Berlin
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Hull
Darlan-Laval
Tiiliterdler
Miréessers Laval
Darlan
Hitler
Great Britain
High Seas
Briji
Iraq
Norris Funeral Held in Austinville
Funeral services for H. B. Norris will be held at the Church of God in Austinville at 10 o clock Sunday morning. The longtime Austinville resident died at his home Thursday morning at the age of 54.
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H. B. Norris
Church of God
Austinville
Norris
Goebbels Duplicity Sparks Crete Invasion Rumor
A Goebbels authored item in Hitler's paper hinted that Crete invasion would be followed by an English invasion in two months. Copies were ripped up and replaced with innocuous copy. The stunt may be a tongue in cheek ploy to unsettle Britain, with no solid military detail disclosed.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Dr. Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Crete
England
Goebbels
Goebbels Trickery and Crete Losses Stir German Morale
In a discussion about Goebbels and Hitler, competing views suggest Goebbels may be crafting a sensational story to win British and American attention. An alternate theory claims Hitler quashed a doctor's invasion forecast to protect German morale as mothers hear of Crete casualties.
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Goebbels
Hitler
Little Doctor
Rudi
Hans
Willi
Crete
Mediterranean
Public Service Commission Hearings On Vehicle Permits Conclude
A two day hearing at city hall concluded with PSC decisions pending on permits to operate passenger and motor freight vehicles. Applicants included Decatur Cab Service president W J Williams for statewide taxicab service, three Hartselle cab owners for limited radii, and B Gurley with a Rock Creek to Cullman bus route. The applications follow a new law requiring owners of passenger and freight vehicles to hold PSC permits.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
City Hall
W. J. Williams
Decatur Cab Service
Hartselle
C. R., Hood
R. T. Williams
C. T. Hammett
B. Gurley
Rock Creek
Morgan County
Florette
Cullman County
Cara
Public Service Commission
Death of C R Lowery prompts funeral at Enon Baptist Church
Charles Russell Lowery a 36 year old farmer from Danville route 2 died after a short illness at Benevolent Society Hospital. Funeral services set for 11 am Sunday at Enon Baptist Church Lawrence County with Rev. Wiliam Parker and Rev. W E Pritchett. burial by Brown of Decatur. Pallbearers include John Wiley Felton Hill Morris and others. survivors include widow a daughter Louise a son Rowland his mother sisters and brothers.
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Charles Russell Lowery
Danville
Benevolent Society Hospital
Enon Baptist Church
Lawrence County
Wiliam Parker
W. E. Pritchett
Brown
Decatur
Edwin and
Ernest Lowery
Printice Crow
John B Sewell Displays First Cotton Bloom
John B. Sewell, a well known Trinity farmer, displayed the season's first cotton bloom in Decatur. The bloom came from his Stoneville 5-8 cotton, grown on his Trinity area farm, and is about 10 days early due to a prolonged dry hot spell before the recent rains.
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John B. Sewell
Trinity
Sewell
Decatur
Raina
Welles says US not impressed by threats over Robin Moor sinking
Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state, defended calm US policy after a German submarine sank the American merchantman Robin Moor. He noted the ship carried no prohibited cargo and carried American civilians. He warned a full fact review is needed before final statements and reported a Rome survivor denial.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Berlin
Americana
United States
England
Robin Moor
Welles
Atlantic Ocean
State Department
William Phillips
Rome
Italy
Germany
Seema
Barkley
Wheeler
D-Va
H M Reid Called Home in Lawrence County
H M Reid aged 70, well known Danville area farmer, died suddenly at his home Friday afternoon. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Johnson Chapel with Rev Harvey Hawk officiating Peck directing. He leaves a wife four sons and three daughters with multiple siblings and in laws listed. He was a native of Carroll County Georgia and lived most of his life in Lawrence County.
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H M. Reid
Danville
Lawrence County
Johnson’s Chapel
Harvey Hawk
Peck
Verna
Glenn
Alton Reid
Clifford
Gilbert Aldridge
Lorine
Mabel
Eula
Frownie Aldridge
Marguerite
Mildred Johnson
Nell Reid
Leon Bennett
Reid
Carroll County
Georgia
A. Co
Aragon, Ga
R. L
W. F
J. TP
W. R. Wilson
Moulton
J. C. Key
G. A. Allison
Decatur
Charles
Carrollton
George
Elige
Bremen
Tom
Macon
F. W. Evans
Helena
A. N. Johnson
Rockmart
W. C. Kelley
Birming
Roosevelt freezes German Italian assets in United States
President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders immediate freezing of all German and Italian assets in the United States and of invaded European countries not yet covered. The treasury department to administer, with heavy penalties for noncompliance, to curb hostile financial use and looted securities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Treasury Department
White House
Preparations Begun For Mining Harbor
The navy disclosed plans to sow loaded mines in New York harbor lower bay this summer, with operations between June 15 and September 30 near Sandy Hook. Officials did not confirm if this was for training or actual harbor protection, and the area will be patrolled during mine laying.
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Washington
New York Harbor
Navy
Army
Sandy Hook
Hydrographs
Allied Units Close In On Ancient City Damascus
Allied British and Free French forces moved on Damascus as they neared the end of the first week of operations to seize Syria and Lebanon from Vichy control. Reports mentioned Kissone and the approach to the capital walls, with officials denying surrender talks but suggesting a rapid development in the campaign.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Vichy
Berlin
London
Kissone
Africa
Middle East
Levant
Japanese Foreign Minister backs Mussolini on axis unity
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka cabled Premier Mussolini endorsing Italy and Japan remain aligned against perceived American aggression. The message, sent to the Italian ambassador in Tokyo, cites Mussolini’s June 10 speech to the Chamber of Fasces and Guilds and expresses strengthened understanding after Matsuoka’s recent visit.
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Rome
Yosuke Matsuoka
Mussolini
Japan
Matsuoka
Tokyo
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Italy
A. Duce
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Cio-Uaw
Newark
N. J
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
N. Y
Decatur Daily
Dolorese Cole
Lawrence Cole
Appalachee Street
Birmingham
J. B. Cole
Inglenook Street
Daily
Dolorese
C. Anderson
America
U. S
Walter J. Linthicum
Recife
Brazil
C. R. Lowrey
H. M. Reid
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