Rental price fixing date is not changed in Decatur
The city urged changing the maximum rent date from April 1 1941 to March 1 1942 citing low prewar prices, new housing demand from aviation training, and recent rent increases. The Office of Price Administration affirmed keeping April 1 1941 as the baseline, with a notice of potential area regulation if federal controls arise.
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Decatur
Tom Harrison
Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Huntsville
Southern Aviation Training School
T. R. Harrison
Alabama
Harrison
Bomb scare in Druid City Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa faced a bomb scare when a foot long object with fins and explosives caps was found in the Warrior River nine miles south of the city by two fishermen. FBI and airport officials consulted before Ensign Richard F. Neely identified the item as a dud aircraft float used for target practice.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Warrior River
Here
Sheriff's Office
FBI
Birmingham
Richard F. Neely
Coral Sea
U. S
Lexington
Neely
San Diego
Cal
Claude A. Neely
Duchess of Windsor Turns 46 With Theater Outing
The Duchess of Windsor celebrates turning 46 in New York with a theater visit alongside the Duke.
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New York
Duchess of Windsor
New Coral Sea Battle Chapter Revealed By Pilot
Allied Headquarters reports a new chapter in the Coral Sea battle. Land based American fliers say they sank 15 Japanese ships and set 20 vessels afire, as the invasion armada fled northward. The action covered a wide area with naval squadrons 200 miles apart, a record range, and air power replacing fleet broadsides. Capt Harry Spieth notes most of the 70 to 80 ships would not have survived. Lieutenants Maurice Hargan and Willis B Campbell credited with sinking a large transport. Capt John Roberts spotted the main Japanese fleet.
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Vern Haugland
Australia
Coral Sea
Nava
Harry Spieth
Portland
Maurice Hargan
Joplin
Willis B. Campbell
Chicago
John Roberts
Beebe
Ark
Roberts
Strike Ends at Hudson Arsenal After Union Plea
Production at the Hudson naval ordnance Arsenal returned to normal after UAW CIO officials appealed to day shift workers to resume amid a brief walkout over Negroes on machines. Capt A S Wotherspoon confirmed 100 percent production. R J Thomas threatened to pull and reorganize the local union if workers did not return.
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Detroit
Hudson Naval Ordnance Arsenal
Navy
United Automobile Workers
CIO
A. S. Wotherspoon
Arsenal
UAW
Richard T. Frankensteen
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Arkwright workers vote to return to looms after WLB talks
In Fall River Massachusetts on June 19 striking changers and fixers at Arkwright Corporation voted unanimously to resume work next Monday. They had demanded higher pay to bring weekly wages to 35 dollars and received assurance the War Labor Board would review their case after a conference with union representatives. William H. Davis heads the War Labor Board which earlier ordered replacements but could not find available workers for the specialized tasks.
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Fall River
Mass
Arkwright Corporation
War Labor Board
WLB
William H. Davis
Death claims R. D. Coffey from Moulton area
Russell D. Coffey of Moulton Route three died in Pascagoula Mississippi after a hand infection. The body returned to Decatur and he will be buried at Montgomery cemetery after funeral services Saturday at Pleasant Grove church. He leaves parents a sister four brothers and several relatives with pallbearers named.
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Russell D. Coffey
Moulton
Ingall’s
Pascagoula
Miss
Decatur
Pleasant Grove
J. A Gomes
Montgomery
Brown
City Board Advances Street Improvement and TV A Right of Way
City council met at city hall on Rail road Street to address street repair at the First Avenue Moulton Street intersection and to grant TV A rights of way for the Decatur Iron and Steel ship building plant. All members attended except Dr H D Greer who was away.
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Railroad Street
First Avenue
Moulton Street
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
H. D. Greer
McKellar to Launch New TVA Fight After Rubber Drive
The article notes McKellar admitting temporary defeat and planning a renewed fight against TVA. It records that 40 000 pounds of rubber have been turned in to filling stations in Decatur and urges readers to contribute more by delivering or selling old rubber to any filling station.
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McKellar
TVA
Decatur
Life term given model for Hotel Sutton murder
Madeline Webb a 28 year old Stillwater Oklahoma model was sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in the murder of Susan Flora Reich a wealthy Polish refugee. Her lover Eli Shonbrun and John D Cullen received death sentences by electric chair for the same crime with no mercy recommendation.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Stillwater
Okla
Susan Flora Reich
Hotel Sutton
Eli Shonbrun
John D. Cullen
Morgan county Seeks Half Million in War Bond Drive
Morgan county nears a half million in pledges with $451 624 93 reported by Bond Committee chairman E K Gregg. Headquarters logged 4430 pledges, Decatur $317 119 34, Hartselle $41 195 17, county total $134 505 59 excluding Decatur. More reports may push the total above half a million on annual pledges.
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Morgan County
E. K. Gregg
Decatur
Hartselle
Gregg
Safety law urged to improve Alabama traffic reports
James F. Brawner, head of Alabama Public Safety, argues for a law requiring all traffic accidents to be reported. The department’s annual traffic report to Governor Frank Dixon cites 6111 deaths and at least 140000 injuries over 10 years, noting underreporting skews public information and hindering prevention efforts.
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Montgomery
Ala
James F. Brawner
State Department of Public Safety
Alabama
Frank Dixon
Brawner
State Highway Patrol
TVA funds OKed to advance on dams funding
Senate conferees agreed to drop an amendment that would have split TVA power receipts and its revolving fund. Senator McKellar vowed future action to curb TVA spending though no filibuster is planned. The independent offices appropriations bill, carrying 136.1 million dollars for TVA dam work, is expected to pass next week.
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Washington
Independent Offices
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
TVA
Senator McKellar
D.-Tenn
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
McKellar
House-Senate
TVA Fight Ends as Conferees Strike McKellar Amend
Washington dispatch reports Sen. Kenneth D. McKellar backed down in the TVA dispute as Senate and House conferees on the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill voted to remove his restrictive amendment. Rep. Joe Starnes of Alabama said the action frees TVA from the threat of restriction for this bill and that final passage appears likely soon.
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Nashville
McKellar
Starnes
World Leaders Discuss Second Front as War Strategy
Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U S President Franklin D. Roosevelt meet in Washington for talks on war strategy and the possibility of opening a new Allied front in Europe. The visit includes military advisers and signals a coordinated approach with Russia as Molotov again travels between London and Moscow to bolster allied plans.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Britain
America
Atlantic
Europe
Stephen Weary
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United Nations
Roosevelt
Russia
V. M. Molotov
London
Molotov
Moscow
United States
Trip
Libya
Crimea
Kharkov
Allied talks hint at second front and broader wartime aims
British Premier Churchill and President Roosevelt plan discussions amid pressure for a second European front in 1942. The talks will also address other vital issues including China's position and allied coordination, signaling heightened alertness and cooperation at a pivotal war moment.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Churchill
Roosevelt
Moscow
Europe
Second Front Is Not Only Problem in World War II
The article discusses China and Japan in the war, noting Chungking seeks aid and warning that a Japanese Siberian strike against Russia could come in July. It highlights Midway and Coral Sea losses weakening Japan, while Atlantic shipping suffers from unrestricted submarine warfare.
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Chungking
Russia
Hitler
Europe
Siberia
Midway
Coral Sea
Pacific
Atlantic
Namieg
Tobruk Siege Begun Second Front Talked
Prime Minister Churchill in the United States with President Roosevelt weighing a second front to hasten the war as Hitler claims a decisive advance in the Sevastopol siege. German communiques state northern fortifications have fallen except one coastal position while Sevastopol remains the last Russian stronghold in Crimea.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
M Churchill
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Severnaya Bight
Moresby Under Third Day Raid By Japanese Air Force
Japanese heavy bombers raid Moresby harbor installations for the 62nd time. Allied fighters, outmanned, claim strong opposition but defend effectively. One pilot engages three Zeros, two enemy planes hit, Japanese outbound pursuit continues past 100 miles.
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Australia
Moresby
New Guinea
Churchill's Atlantic Flight Sparks London News Hype
The article notes world capitals erupting over Churchill's new Atlantic crossing with Gen Brooke aboard. London papers call it evidence of momentous events ahead and discuss aims to secure more U S help against Axis forces in Africa and the Soviet front.
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North Africa
Soviet
Crimea
Churchill
Atlantic
London
London Daily Express
Alan Francis Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Northern Ireland
Libya
Egypt
Soviet Ukraine
Caucasus
Europe
Tokyo
Japs Mass Troops Against Manchuria
The Associated Press reports China claims Japan has massed nearly 1,000,000 troops in Manchuria and could strike at Russian Siberia in July. Neutral observers doubt an immediate move, pending Germanys push against Russia and Japans alliance with Moscow, Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Japan
Manchuria
Russian Siberia
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Tokyo
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