Youths Like Life in Army Across Worldly Backgrounds
In Montgomery Alabama on June 17 1940 two flying cadets Richard Poulatta from Italy and Thorburn from England join U S Army Air Corps. Poulatta who spent years in Italy and England sought the parachute corps while Thorburn born in Massachusetts with British ties transfers to the air corps after a draft. Both pursue American life with family links abroad in a conflict era scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry A. F. Mahan Montgomery
Ala
Pong
America
Air Corps
Italy
Richard 26
Poona
Sandhurst
His Majesty's
Mel Po
Musso
Thorburn
Gunter Field
Hell
Uncle Sam
Pouiatta
Macon
Georgia Poste
Fort Benning
U. S
Poulatta
Daniel
Newton
Mass
Papa Paulatta
Mama
Bedham
Youswing
Tom ~Frew
Two Suits Filed Against L and N Rail for Damages
Two damage suits totaling 4500 dollars are filed in the circuit clerk's office against the L and N Railroad by Mrs. Nettie Duval and her husband Frank Duval. Mrs. Duval seeks 2600 dollars for injuries and delay after a Mobile to Decatur trip in 1940. The couple allege negligence caused ill health and extensive pain. Attorneys Henry D. Jones and Horace C. Wilkinson represent the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. & N. Railroad
Nettie Duval
Frank Duval
Decatur
Birmingham
Curb Policy Sparks Talk of German Retaliation
Widespread belief circulated that Germany would react to the Consulate closings by expelling U.S. consular officials from Germany and occupied territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
U.S
Markets Tumble and Rally Mixed on Wheat and Hogs
New York stock market steadied after initial gains with many issues up modestly and volume rising to about 400000 shares. In Chicago Wheat fell on fair weather while Corn eased and Hogs gained 5 to 10 cents with top at 10 dollars. soybeans and other grains rallied on cottonseed rally and broader market strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Commission House
Chicago
Cotton futures rise in New York and New Orleans trading
New York futures closed 16 to 20 points higher as professional support boosted prices with July at about 14.20 to 14.22 and October near 14.48. In New Orleans, heavy trade and light prices supported gains with July around 14.20 to 14.24 and December near 14.54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British and Vichy clash near Damascus in ongoing Middle East drive
Allied forces push along the Mediterranean coast toward Beirut while fighting intensifies at Merdjayoun and Kuneitra. Imperial troops penetrate into Libya up to Fort Capuzzo as Tobruk reinforcements arrive, with heavy losses reported on German and Italian units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Méditerranean
Beirut
Lebanon
Merdjayoun
Kuneitra
Damascus
Lebane
Libya
Fort Capukzo
Tobruk Ares
London
Antourz
Damascug
Madani
Henn Dentz
Levant
Thisone
Bassion
North African
Salam
DNB
Mussolini
British Exchange
Helsinki
Finland
Scandinavia
War effort push outlined at Kiwanis session
Robert J. Prittie of Winnipeg, Kiwanis International vice president, praised Canada’s wartime expansion from 210 ships to 413 ships and 27 000 officers and men by next year. Walter Zeller of Toronto noted Canada’s undefended stance and service goodwill. Reports also cover Germany Britain and axis tensions amid global war developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Peada
Ehip
Robert J. Pritti
Winnipeg
Canada
Kiwanis International
Prittle
Prittie
Dominion
United States
Kiwan
Ontario-Quebec Maritime District
Kiwanis Club
Birmingham
Ala
Zeller
W. Eugene Wolcott
Des Moines
Marle A. Smith
Macon
Co. L. Jenkins
Peru
Ind
Spot Cotton Closes Steady Higher in New Orleans
Spot cotton finished steady, up 18 points, with sales of 2,656. Prices quoted in cents per pound include low middling 12.64, middling 13.94, good middling 14.39, receipts 4,494 and stock 477,457 in New Orleans on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans
Cottonseed oil markets in New Orleans closed steady with Bleachable prime summer at 11.60 and prime érade at 10.50. Futures listed July 11.50, Oct 11.50, Dec 11.44, Jan 11.42, and March 11.42 with B bids and N nominal noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 17
Salable cattle 100 calves 200 steady from Monday. Load good steers above 10.00. common to 7.00-9.00. Canner cows 5.00-6.50, bulls 7.00-8.00. Vealers 10.50 to 11.00. Hogs 9.50 top for 190-300 lb, 8.65-9.20 for 125-185 lb. Sheep 1,200 head. spring lambs steady. ewes 3.00 local discount on shorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Market Report Butter and Eggs Prices Chicago
Butter prices steady at 1 638 357 receipts and 90 centralized carrots 34 3 4. Eggs receipts 18 605, fresh graded extra firsts local 25 1 4, cars 26 1 2, firsts local 26, cars 25 1 4. Storage packed extras 26 3 4, firsts 26 1 4. Prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cash Grain Prices Stand In Chicago Market Report
Wheat No 2 hard quoted at 1.00 to 1.01 for a range of basis figures. Corn prices listed for multiple grades including No 1 yellow 73 3 4 and No 2 13 3 4 with various decimals. Oats show No 1 mixed 36 1 2 and No 2 36 1 2 with other white and red grades also posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain pits rally as soybeans lead near seasonal highs
In Chicago on June 1 soybeans surged toward close with a strong near term advance on delivery prospects. Cotton also rose while a broad market recovery supported grain prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Group Tours TVA Valley Future For Yacht Club Visitors
New York and Chicago visitors toured the Tennessee Valley emission area under TVA guidance. Quince Eddins presided at a Hotel Lyons dinner where officials noted vast spending on boating facilities and harbor developments at the Marine Park site. The group, including Ira Hand and Charles W. Chapman, discussed recreational boating potential in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Tennessee Valley
New York
Chicago
Visitebe
Wheeler’ Yacht Club
Ape -Information—Service
Quince Eddins
Yacht Club
Hotel
Lyons
America
Ira Hand
National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers
Charles’ W. Chapman
Motor
American Motor Boating Racing
James W.mulroy
National Outboard Association
New Chicago
R. D. Gudgeon
Oil shipment to Japan halted after Ickes intervention
Continued from page one the record states Ickes arranged with Sinclair Consolidated and Standard Vacuum Oil to stop a proposed shipment of 952000 gallons of oil to Japan. The action followed a protest by a Philadelphia oil consumer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Consolidated
Standard Vacuum Oil Companies
Japan
Ickes
Philadelphia
Spies Busy Mobile Units In Alabama, FBI Official Reports
E. P. Guinane head of the FBI in Alabama told a group of law enforcement officers that spies are pouring into the state at a surprising rate. He said prosecutions are few as agents track saboteurs, their contacts, and conversations to uncover plans and thwart their aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobiles
Alabama
E. P. Guinane
FBI
Birmingham
RAF raids intensify over Germany with heavy nightly bombing
Nightly RAF bombers struck the Ruhr and western Germany with indisputable force. Unofficial estimates claim over 1,000 tons of bombs dropped, while Hitler's command admitted plant and rail targets were hit and civilian casualties occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
RAF
Ruhr
Hitler
Revival Plans Form At Central Methodist Church
Plans for a revival at Central Methodist Church led by Rev. Sullins Dosser of Bristol Virginia take shape after junior and senior stewards meet for prayer and planning. Cottage prayer meetings are organized for Tuesday evening at several homes to prepare for the revival and involve both men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central, Methodist Church
Sullins Dosser
Bristol
Virginia
Paw H. Eubanks
A. M. Smith, Jr
C. D. Patterson
J B. McBride
W. R. Duncan
B. A Turner
Paul H. Eubanks
Jackson Street
J. B. McBride
West Moulton Street
J. B. Leeman
Johnston Street
J. B. Eubanks
4Th Ave. South
Mundy Relates Sinking Ordeal Of Robin Moor
Mundy a passenger injured ankle in escape from sinking American steamer Robin Moor reports the German submarine showed a blink light New Haven official Ben M Cohn confirms Mundy took charge of passengers after the vessel was ordered sunk Mundy says the sub bore German markings and refused to spare the ship despite pleas to take it to a neutral port and allow safe boarding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben M. Cohn
New Haven
Conn
Africa
Mundy
Robin Moor
Five draftees depart for Camp McClellan from Decatur
Five registrants from Board No 1 in Decatur left by rail for Camp McClellan at Anniston. Inductees include Frank Paul Pettey 21 E J Sybert 25 William Lorsansy Banks 22 Thomas Pettus Ayers 21 and Bigmitt Oval Carter 26. The Decatur board requests induction of ten whites on July 15 and five Negroes on July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Frank Paul Pettey
E. J. Sybert
William Lorsansy Banks
Riverview
Thomas Pettus Ayers
Bigmitt
Carter
Sixth Avenue
Alabama Forestry Policy Bans Small Trees Cutting
Alabama conservation board approves rule to ban cutting trees under 8 inches at the stump and recommends leaving six standard trees per acre in any harvest. The policy drafted by state forester Brooks Toler lacks penalties for violations and received concurrence from federal and state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Conservation Board
Brooks Toler
Power saving eases drought pressure in Southeast
The Georgia Power Company reports a net daily reduction of 1.7 million kilowatt hours after Monday’s voluntary curtailment by non-defense users. Officials say cooperation appears widespread and storage reserves could cover 20 to 25 days at normal use if the trend continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Southeastern Power Company
Georgia Power Company
Charles A. Collier
Collier
Birmingham
Ala
All Day Singing at West Point on Wolfe's Mountain
An all day singing with dinner on the grounds will be held at West Point on Wolfe's mountain near Union Hill the fifth Sunday in June. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Wolfe's Mountain
Union Hill
General Ernest Hinds Dies at Fort Sam Houston
General Ernest Hinds retired U S A former chief of artillery for General Pershing in the A E F died today at Fort Sam Houston Station Hospital. He was 76 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Ernest Hinds
John J. Pershing
Station Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Alabama man named to textile foundation by Roosevelt
Donald Comer of Alabama was reappointed by President Roosevelt as a director of the textile foundation. The four year term runs from June 11, 1941, and the foundation operates within the commerce department handling textile standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald Comer
Alabama
Roosevelt
Textile Foundation
Commerce Department
Decatur Society Notes and Local Appointments
Decatur residents attend Walter L. Lee funeral and return home. Local figures visit relatives and attend events including a Kiwanis convention in Atlanta. Community notices cover hospital stays, midweek prayer, Girl Scouts, and various inspections and visits around Decatur and nearby towns.
Roosevelt era war policy and German actions analyzed
A critical forecast argues the Roosevelt administration will face harsh blame for unrestrained war moves while Germany seeks to whitewash its impact. It notes Nazi spokesmen backing the Robin Moor incident and hints at Italy pressuring for action as Axis tensions rise and public reaction hardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Italy
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Gayda
Duce
England
Washington
Fétaliatvory
Robin Moor
Trailers Damaged In Side Swipe On Bee Line Highway
Two truck trailers sustained heavy damage when they side swiped on the Lacon mountain stretch of Bee Line Highway Monday. The northbound rig was driven by James C. Stracener of Oneonta route 1 and the southbound by J. B. Drake of Hartselle. Drivers FE J Carter and F Payne reported one trailer veered into the center of the road during a curve. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon Mountain
Bee Line Highway
FE. J. Carter
F. Payne
James C. Stracener
Oneonta Route 1
J. B. Drake
Hartselle
Also Mentioned on This Page
India
Chord
Oxford
Syria
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
London Air Ministry
Boat Future
John Huie Ellis
Danville
Morgan County Association of Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Young Ellis
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Americas
Florida
Louisiana
Rockies
Comer
Decatur’s
Walter L. Lee
E. C. Fischer
Louisville, Ky
C. A. Doyle
Cleveland
Harvey J. Lee
J. E. Fischer
Tuscumbia
Tom Hamilton
Moody’s
Pan Am Servicenter
Vine Street
Leonard E. Moody
Johnnie Hamptorn
Columbus, Miss
Annie Myri Hendon
Clyde Morris
Rena Mae Fincher
Miss Hendon
Out Court
W. Moulton Street
Jack McCulloch
Reed, Oklahoma
L. L. McCulloch
Jerr Rowe
Parkvile
City
W. E. Waterhouse
Asa Childs
Baugh’s Infirmary
First Baptist Church
Benton Johnson
Ft Benning, Ga
J. B. Johnson
Trinity
J. ¥. Hamil
American Medical Association
Estelle Rollins
A. M. Roan
Nellie Clark Roan Avery Roan
Florence
May Mullins
Charles F. Crawford
Route 2
Zelma
Mary Elledge
Laceys Spring
L. A. Jones
Jessie Mae Tolleson
Louis Shain
Baugh's Infirmary
W. Vine Street
W. C. Ragsdale
Fourth Avenue, South
Arrilla Durham
Batleytown
Katherina Mann
Frank Tipton
Third Avenue
J. F. Humpl
Tenth Avenue
East
Hamil Clinic
Earl Payne
Spencer Alexander
Roy Griffin
Hartsell
B. W. Orme
Hariselle
Kennedy Trie Co
Hudson Sales and Service Department
Buddy
Roberson
New
Hudson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!