Vocational Schools Ramping Up Training For Defense Jobs
The Associated Press reports crowded classrooms as vocational schools and industries nationwide boost training for skilled workers under the defense program. Public high schools will run industrial facilities this summer. 1,200 Manhattan aviation trades applicants seek 400 openings amid nationwide temp vacancies.
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Associated Press
National Defense Program
John W. Studebaker
United States
Commissioner of Education
Northeast
Middle West
Pacific Coast
New York City
Manhattan
High School of Aviation Trades
Los Angeles
Seattle
Buffalo
San Diego
Patterson
Uey
Two Army Bombers Crashed Over Queens Killing Three
Two Army bombers collided during flight over Belle Rose Queens at about 2000 feet. Both planes burst into flames and crashed to the ground killing three crew members whose bodies were burned beyond recognition. Names tentatively identified include Louis Siebel 19 cadet Stroud 23 John Langmaid and several lieutenants and sergeants from various states. Lieut Hall married last month to Miss Louise Owens.
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Louis Siebel
Spartan
John Langmaid
Stroud
New York
Mitchell
Bellerose
Queens
Paul Burlingame
West Point
Louisville
J. F. Down
Houston
H. P. Bedient
Falconer
N. Y
Richard M. Bylander
Little Rock
Ark
J. H. Hail
Lawrence
Kans
Martin J. Costello
New Bedford
Mass
T. P. Kraszewski
Guttenberg
N. J
Clifton ©. Rhodes
Clinton
Claude A. Shelbner
Hempstead
Long Island
Frank Deeley
Dayto Tia Beach
Fila
Hall
Louise Owens
Ray J. Owens
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Calif
Congress weighs two ocean navy and new fast cruisers
Early Capitol debate centers on doubling the army to 750,000 and a proposed separate Atlantic fleet. Sources say a second fleet would feature fast 20 000 to 28 000 ton cruisers with heavy armor to resist aerial attack, while King favors concentrating on current navy authorizations before wider expansion.
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Congress
Pacific
Maas
Minn
Aeria
Ing
Ernest J. King
United States
Market gains and losses as war news crops up
Stocks dip on news of France’s fall and wider war fears then recover. gains seen in utilities and rails while overall volume nears 1,200,000 shares. Bond markets mix with German and Italian actions. cotton and grain futures move with war sentiment. speculative selling and profit-taking shape the day.
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Victor Eubank
New York
France
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Steady in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed steady on June 17 with July at 22.00, September 20.75, October 20.00, December 20.00, and January 20.00. sales totaled 1,500.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cottonseed oil prices hold steady in New Orleans market
In New Orleans on June 17 the market shows steady closes for bleachable prime summer yellow oil at 5.95 for July 5.45 for crude nominal July 5.45B, with Sept 5.58B Oct 5.60B and Dec 5.65B bids.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Downgrade
New Orleans market closed dull with a 29 point drop. Sales were nil as low middling cotton traded near 10.00, middling near 11.00, and good middling around 11.45. Receipts reached 3,257 with stock at 600,709.
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New Orleans
Butter Prices and Varieties in Chicago Market Report
Butter totals at 1,033,581 pounds with steady trends. Centralized carrots at 25 3 4, eggs 33 993 steady, fresh garded diverse, local firsts and cars priced, storage packed extras at 16 3 4, dirties 12 1 4, checks 12 1 4, current receipts 10 1 2.
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Chicago
Creamery
Nashville Livestock Prices Report June SaleTotals
U S Dept of Agriculture salable cattle 500 calves 200. Cattle mostly steady but grass cattle slow. Wealers 50 down. Good fed heifers and yearlings 8.50 9.00. Baby beef 9.5. Common and medium 6.50 8.00. Cows strictly good up to 7.25. bulk under 6.00. Canner and cutter cows 3.00 5.00. Top bulls 6.00. Hogs salable 500. good and choice 150 lbs and heavier 4.25 5.15. sows 3.00. Sheep salable 1,500. spring lambs 25 lower. ewes and wethers 10.00 11.25. sheep 2.50 top.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Price declines sweep Chicago wheat market as government caps rally
Wheat prices dipped in Chicago trade as the French government actions influenced the market. At one point prices were seven cents below Saturdays close before a rally attempt. Senator Austin proposed a 750,000 army top limit, urging Congress to follow general staff recommendations.
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Verdun's Conthoea and the Swiss frontier clash
Exhausted French Alpine chasseurs retreating from German pressure reach the Swiss frontier. Swiss Red Cross aids, Petain proclaims readiness to lay down arms, while Britain vows to fight on. Soviet moves in the Baltic and German advances around the Maginot Line shape a widening war amid Italy and Egypt actions.
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Pontarlier
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Grasa
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Bordeaux
Britain
Dixon Plans on Attending Decatur Celebration
Governor Frank Dixon plans to attend the Decatur 120th anniversary celebration on July 7 if arrangements allow. He and Mrs. Dixon have been invited as honor guests, with the governor expressing delight at the prospect but uncertain about his attendance.
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Decatur
Dixon
Ans
British May Take Over French Armament Orders
Washington reports an allied purchasing mission officer says Britain could assume control of French armament purchases in the United States. He notes no confirmed cancellations of French orders and declines to detail French contracts for aircraft munitions and other supplies. The French share of allied contracts is near 1 billion dollars, covering items to be produced through next year.
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Washington
Allied Purchasing Mission
United States
First Born Arrives on Father's Day in Limestone County
Elmer L. Vinson Limestone County tax collector celebrated Father s Day with the birth of his first son named John Hugh. Mrs Vinson and baby are doing well while Mr Vinson bears a battered hand from receiving congratulations.
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Elmer L. Vinson
Limestone” County
John Hugh
Cars in Collision at Sherman and Bee Line
A taxicab driven by Burl Johnson of Austinville and another car operated by Travis Jones of Decatur collided at 11.4 a.m. Sunday at Sherman and Bee Line. The drivers escaped injury and both vehicles were badly damaged. Police Chief W. P. Moore investigated.
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Austinville
Travis Jones
Decatur
Sherman and
Bee Line
W. P. Moore
Sophisticated Lady Eleanor Vines of Decatur in Real Screen Fun
The August Real Screen Fun features Eleanor Frances Vines of Decatur in a photo and write up. Daughter of Mr and Mrs W Vines she has appeared in musical shows and the Bar Carroll Revue at Hollywood and worked as a screen tester for 20th Century Fox. She uses her first name professionally and has engagements in summer stock theatres and commercial photography for Murray Korman.
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Real Screen Fun
Eleanor Frances Vines
Decatur
Miss Vines
W. Vines
Hollywood
Eleanor Frances
Charmer
Father Knickerbocker
New York
Murray Korman
War News and Strategic Projections From London and Moscow
The piece analyzes Britain's wartime strategy to hold off a German blitzkrieg and speed up arms production, Italy’s limited resources, and the naval blockade’s potential to choke Axis supply. It discusses famine risks in Europe, the Danubian grain outlook, and hypothesizes Soviet aims of security and communist expansion amid a global conflict.
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Soviet Union
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Kills Brother Over Whisky Bottle in Alabama
In Hunutsville Alabama on June 17 22 year old Robert White of New Market was jailed after fatally stabbing his brother Leon 24 in the neck during a quarrel over a quart of whisky White surrendered to a New Market deputy and said the brothers fought over the bottle and Leon tried to knife him.
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Ala
Robert White
New Market
White
Leon
B. FP
Riddick
Decatur's Diary Sees Wide Round of Local Travel
Decatur diary items record residents visiting Birmingham Hollywood guests touring relatives and attending events. Local civic notes include church services hospital transfers and a police court tally with 21 offenders.
TVA Tax Bill to Conferees
Washington June 17 The relief appropriations bill with a Senate rider authorizing TVA to replace tax losses from its program in the South was sent to conference without House objection. The Norris Sparkman measure would permit 10 percent of TVA power revenues next fiscal year, tapering to 5 percent in 1948, to reimburse states and counties for utility acquisition losses. Senator McKellar said TVA advocates have a fighting chance at conferees approval. The House military affairs committee refused to approve a tax replacement bill.
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Relief Appropriations
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South
House
Norris- Sparkman
TVA
McKellar
D.-Tenn
House Military Affairs Committee
French Leaders Face Perilous Plea for Capitulation
Berlin sources warn no separate armistice with France is possible except full capitulation. Italy and Germany discuss the crisis as France endures a massive German advance with 150 divisions and up to 2.5 million men. Pe tain faces one of his heaviest tasks as premier while the Maginot line is reported abandoned.
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Basel
Switzerland
New York Cities Population Rises by Six Percent
Preliminary census figures show New York City reaches 7,380,259 residents, up 449,813 since the previous count, a six percent increase over ten years.
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New York
New York City
White House floats plan to curb export surpluses in hemispheric trade
Washington reports a projected Pan American cooperative approach to disposing of export surpluses in the Western Hemisphere. Aimed at countering Europe’s war economy, officials discussed an inter American corporation with U S capital, production quotas, and loss absorption to manage surplus sales and prevent further foreign penetration. The plan awaits presidential approval and a cabinet committee report before presenting to other American governments.
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Decatur to celebrate with river races and July 4 parade
A Decatur celebration spans July 4 with a huge patriotic parade in 10 scenes tracing the town from 1820 to today. Speed boat races on the Tennessee River cap events July 7 with a course between the highway and railroad bridges. R and L Baum and A L McFarland Jr of Birmingham are among entrants.
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MyEntire
Sycamore Street
Decatur
Lady Curzon
India
James Monroe
Tennessee River
Limestone County
R.L. Baum
A. L. McFarland, Jr
Dewey Backer Named Temporary Chair Of RNC Resolutions
Herbert K. Hyde of Oklahoma City was chosen temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention's resolutions committee on June 17 as a Dewey supporter for the presidential nomination.
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Philadelphia
Herbert K. Hyde
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas E. Dewey
Bank Employee Injured in Weekend Car Crash
Miss Jane Fothergill a bank employee was hospitalized with both legs broken after a car driven by Casey Roberson left the road near the Huntsville city limits and struck a ditch. Two other people were also injured in the wreck reported yesterday.
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Huntsville
Ala
Jane Fothergill
Huntsville Hospital
Casey Roberson
National guard equipment replaced after arsenal fire in Montgomery
Adjutant General Ben M. Smith announced complete replacement of National Guard gear destroyed in a recent arsenal fire in Montgomery. He also said the War Department assured an aerial gunnery base would be established immediately, with related notes from Dauphin Island near Mobile Bay.
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Ala
National Guard
Ben M. Smith
Smith
War Department
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
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