Parts strike now menaces auto plants
A jurisdictional walkout at a Detroit auto parts plant threatened layoffs for 40 000 workers in the auto industry. CIO United was at odds with UAW AFL over representation and a swift settlement was urged by a Michigan mediator and Washington mediation board.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan
Plymouth
Briggs
Ford
Dodge
CIO United
Douglas and Lomason Company
Uaw-Afl
CIO
Uaw-Cio
Philip Murray
Philadelphia
Longshoreman’s Association
Harvey W. Brown
AFL
Washington
Bethlehem Shipyards
Courthouse Shuts For Godbey Funeral Today
All county offices close this afternoon from two to 3 30 during the funeral for E W Godbey dean of the local bar and head of the Morgan County Bar Association who died Sunday at a Madison Tennessee sanatorium.
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BE. W. Godbey
Morgan County Bar Association
Madison, Tenn
Alabama Baptists launch $20,000 drive for worship places near camps
Alabama Baptists opened a drive to raise $20,000 to establish places of worship near army camps. Dr. F. M. Barnes said churches should take a collection on the last Sunday in July as part of a campaign started by the Southern Baptist convention.
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Baptists
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Baptists
Alabama State Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
East Coast oil embargo urged by coordinator
Secretary Ickes proposed a complete ban on East Coast oil exports without prior government approval to curb a looming Atlantic coast shortage. R. K. Raines sent identical notices to 82 shippers urging not to drain regional stocks and to await office review before offshore shipments.
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Washington
United States
Ickes
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Philadelphia
Japan
Eastern Seaboard
R. K. Raines
Atlantic Coast
Separate Air Force Proposed in New Aviation Department
Washington reports a proposal to create a separate air force under a new department of aviation. Senator McCarran argues for an independent voice in the cabinet, while Chairman George notes air power’s growing role. Opponents Connally Hill say a separate department is not feasible now.
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Washington
Department of Aviation
Senate
McCarran
D-Nev
Army
Navy
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Hill
D-Ala
Air Department
Van Alstyne Firefighters Go On Picnic
Van Alstyne Texas volunteers left town for a three month fire-free spell and traveled 25 miles for a picnic. While away a new fire truck and a firefighter home burned down, local officials reported.
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van Tex
van Alstyne
New Plan Urged to Standardize Civilian Goods Production
A government move toward standardized civilian goods production and curbing bread price rises was emphasized for protecting consumers. Donald M. Nelson said civilian production simplification could boost defense capacity by up to one third. Price administrator Leon Henderson urged bakeries not to raise bread prices without his office consent amid rising wheat quotes. A petroleum shortage on the Atlantic coast prompted government action to bar shipment movements to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic Eee
Japan
Donald M. Nelson
Office of Production Management
National Association of Manufacturers
Pittsburgh
Leon Henderson
Shanply
Henderson
Interior
Ickés
Lions to Cooperate in Fourth of July Events
The Decatur Lions club voted to support the Fourth of July celebration and boat races and to cooperate in preparations. Bill Dougherty was named co chairman with Quince Foldins of the Wheeler Lake Yacht Club, and committees will be announced soon.
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Decatur Lions Club
Bill Dougherty
Quince Foldins
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Curb on Nazi Agents Backed by Senate Order
The State Department ordered closing of all German consulates in the United States by July 10. Senate approval followed, with Senator McCarran warning it could sever relations while urging a halt to propaganda by Soviet Russia. Undersecretary Welles denied a diplomatic rupture, noting the German embassy remained unaffected. The order targeted German agencies including the library of information and Nazi news services.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Senate
McCarran
D.-Nev
Russia
Welles
German Library of Information
German Tourist Bureau
Nazi Transocean News Service
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations ‘Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Guffey
D.-Pa
Reynolds
Senate Military Committee
Germany
Germany to Act to Counter United States Measures
Berlin announced today it will take the necessary measures immediately to counter United States actions by order of the president. The German government said measures will target assets of United States subjects within the German Reich.
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Germany
Berlin
United States of America
United States
Close of Consulates Seen as Step in Defense Drive
The order to close the German and Italian consulates follows a funds freeze and signals a broader government push to curb activities hindering the defense program. Senators Connally and Guffey support the move, citing Nazi propaganda and possible sabotage. Consulates and agencies will depart the United States as funds come under federal control.
Unchanged U S Position on Robin Moor Sinking
Washington reports government stands by charges against Germany for the Robin Moor sinking. 35 survivors reach Capetown boosting evidence from Brasil and Capetown awaiting cable summaries. The case may prompt a stern protest to Germany while Capetown survivors recount rescue and German crew conduct.
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Washington
Germany
Robin Moor
Capetown
Welles
Brazil
South Africa
Brasil
Union of South Africa
Melvin Mundy
Bethle
Ozorlo
Zack C Swan Dies At Home In Hartselle Route
Zack C Swan aged 69 died at 7 25 this morning at his daughter Mrs C O Winsett s home on Hartselle route 1. Funeral planned 2 pm Wednesday at Herring cemetery with Rev Lannie Smallwood and Rev B P Collier officiating burial under Drinkard. Survived by four daughters Mrs Winsett Mrs Beatrice Chasteen Mrs Ruby Bernard and Mrs Paul West a son Cephas Swan two sisters Miss Jessie Swan and Mrs Leone Fitzgerald and numerous grandchildren. pallbearers named Tennis Thompson Ernest Winsett Walter Duncan Clayton Hicks Johnson Lee Ratliff Barkley flowers by Misses Helen Winsett Mary Bernice Chasteen Margaret Barkley Ruth Thomason Louise Duca.
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Zack C. Swan
C. O. Winsett
Hartselle
Herring Cemetery
Lannie Smallwood
B. P. Collier
Drinkard
Swan
Winsett
Beatrice Chasteen
Ruby Bernard
Atlanta
Paul West
Danville
Leone Fitzgerald
Jessie Swan
Cephas Swan
Tennis Thompson
Ernest Winsett
Walter Ducan
Clayton Hicks
John
Son Lee
Ratliff Barkley
Flowers
Helen Winsett
Mary and
Bernice Chasteen
Margaret Barkley
Ruth Thomason
Louise Duca
Mr. Swan
Harytselle
Tennessee Valley Horse Show Trials Open at Benson Field
Preliminary entries for the Tennessee Valley Horse Show planned for June 27 at Benson Field progress rapidly. The Decatur Kiwanis Club sponsors offer cash prizes with entries from Tennessee Georgia and Mississippi and a strong turnout of gaited and walking horses and ponies. Local interest centers on Morgan Lawrence and MeStone counties with two top classes restricted to horses and colts from those counties and substantial awards for the first three winners.
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Benson Field
Decatur Kiwanis Club
M. R. Rankin
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi
Morgan
Lawrence
Mestone
A. A. Jones
Jones
Seaway Proposal Backed Amid War Forecast
Secretary Stimson urged construction of the $285,000,000 St. Lawrence seaway for defense aid. He suggested in Washington that the current war could last more than four years.
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Washington
Stimson
St. Lawrence Seaway
Convictions Upheld for Five Fulton Klansmen
Georgia court of appeals upholds assault and battery convictions against five Fulton county men tied to the East Point Ku Klux Klan. The group, including Dan Eldeen and Raymond Bryant, flogged victims at night, using a “secret grievance committee” to punish alleged misconduct. Sentences maxed at a year on the chain gang, six months in jail, and $1,000 per count.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Georgia Court—Of Appeals
Raymond Bryant
Ub N East Point Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Dan Eldeen
W.T. Walton
Walter Forster
Henry Cawthon
Roosevelt closes German consulates and propaganda offices
War column notes President Roosevelt’s order to shut German consulates and tourist propaganda agencies as a strong challenge to Nazi policy. It compares the move to Britain’s 1939 ultimatum but says no immediate war or severed relations follow. Retaliation against US interests by Germany remains possible.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Roosevelt
Nevile Henderson
Britain
Wilhelmstrasse
America
Germany
United States
United State
Consulate Closing Direct Challenge
The article discusses the potential for Germany to sever diplomatic ties with the United States in a manner that avoids abrupt war. It notes that Hitler typically avoids sudden breaks and that the German public remains unaware of the full situation, suggesting a Reichstag speech may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hitler
United States
Troops Massed Near Hop-off Base Across Channel
A report from a Southeast English town notes a force of at least 150 British bombers and fighters attacking coastal targets on the French side. Updates from London and Damascus describe shifting German efforts and mounting troop movements as Allied and Axis forces clash across Europe, the Middle East, and the Balkans amid ongoing war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Sidon
Beirut
Djezzine
Damascus
Cairo
Syria
Lebanon
Alabama Supreme Court blocks using surplus income tax for ad valorem cut
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that surplus income tax receipts cannot be used to reduce the state ad valorem tax under current powers. The court stated the tax rate is fixed by the legislature at sixty five one hundreds of one percent and no law to suspend or alter it was enacted. Chief Justice Gardner and Justices Bouldin Brown Foster Livingston signed the advisory opinion. Justice Knight was ill.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Frank M. Dixon
Dixon
Gardner
Thomas
Bouldin
Brown
Foster
Livingston
Knight
Tennessee River Rise and Temperatures Reported
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 17.17 feet with no rainfall in the last 24 hours. Maximum temperature reached 84 degrees and a low of 61. Alabama weather shows partly cloudy south and fair north with light to moderate northeast winds along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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