Senate group sets cabinet shift debate
The Senate military committee ordered hearings on President Roosevelt's nomination of Henry L. Stimson as war secretary and Stimson will testify. The panel expects no action on confirmation for more than a week as debate over foreign policy and defense shapes the Stimson and Knox nominations.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Senate
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Naval Committee
Knox
Naval Group
Military Committee
Congress Pushes for Short Recess Amid Defense Bill Stalemate
Washington report on June 21 describes Congress debating a one week recess while the 1.007 billion defense tax bill stalls. Speaker Bankhead warns sessions may continue Monday to finish appropriation bills, with talks ongoing between Senate and House conferees on tax provisions. President Roosevelt asked for 22.59 million to train workers for defense industries as Hillman weighs in on defense labor policy.
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Washington
Congress
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Barkley
Senate
House
Philadelphia
Atd
National Defense Commission
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
TVA Defense Role Outlined by Lilienthal in Nashville
Tennessee Valley Authority would mobilize vast resources for national defense upon Congress approval. Director David Lilienthal outlined plans including ammonium nitrate production, aluminum power supply, accelerated Watts Bar Dam, and pilot plants to aid private enterprise after emergencies.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
David Lilienthal
Congress
United States
America
Washington
National Defense Commission
TVA
Commission
Lillenthal
Muscle Shoals
Watts Bar
Lilientha
Lilienthal
Peace plank looming as GOP meets in Philadelphia
Reports in republican circles say President Roosevelt assured Colonel Knox he would not seek a third term. Knox and Stimson are denounced as interventionists as party leaders draft a brief platform. Landon heads the foreign affairs panel while farm policy and subsidies are debated by agricultural voices.
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D. Harold Oliver
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Knox
Navy
Alf M. Landon
RF E. Creager
Texas
Landon
Creager
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Republican National Committee
Way
Glenn Frank
Aittle
Repretiene Hope
Kansas
Nye demands Roosevelt resigns to let Garner lead
Senator Nye asserts Roosevelt promised aid to France and urges the president to retire, handing power to Vice President Garner. He argues foreign policy harmed France and believes only Garner can restore national unity and confidence.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Nye
City to seek WPA funding for school building project
Decatur plans a 300000 WPA loan toward a 400000 school building program with a 100000 local bond. E B Van Keuren to draft plans for Lafayette Fairview Gordon Bibb and Wards One Three and major repairs to schools. possible consolidation. A barber sanitary ordinance and snake keeping debate also discussed with urging caution on escapes.
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Decatur
Works Progress Administration
E. B. van Keuren
Birmingham
Lafayette
Fairview
Gordon-Bibb
Colbert County Votes on Liquor Role in State System
Colbert County voters will decide July 9 whether to keep the state store liquor system or return to prohibition. A petition led by Rev. J. Luther Haines of First Baptist church prompted the special election. In 1937 Colbert supported the state system by 1,521 to 1,102 against.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Colbert County
J. Luther Haines
First Baptist Church
Colbert
Celebration program announced for July anniversary events
The committee unveiled the July 4 7 schedule for Decatur Tennessee Valley anniversary events. Highlights include a patriotic parade luncheon address at Benson Field pageants coronations fireworks and a boat race on the Tennessee river with activities through July 7. Committee members listed include James Rankin and Charles H Winston. Patron ticket deadlines and souvenir program naming were noted.
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Benson Field
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee
Young America
Recro Club
the Armory
Alabama Park
Decatur Blue Devils
Tennessee River
James Rankin
Charles H. Winston
Frank Yaney
W. J. Duncan, Jr
Jack Smallwood
E. B. Pentecost
Richard Mahar
Sage Two
Newsome Considers Alabama Legion Commander Candidacy
John P. Newsome of Birmingham visits Decatur and says he plans to let his name go before the July Alabama Legion convention as a candidate for department commander. He has long public service ties including Red Cross and Kiwanis roles and past Legion leadership in Jefferson County.
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John P. Newsome
Alabama
Birmingham
Decatur
Rufus Bethea
J. S. Sutherland
Newsome
Alabama Department of the American Legion
Watts-Newsome Company
Birmingham Kiwanis Club
Jefferson County
The
Red Cross
Birmingham Community Chest
Ohio
American Red Cross
American Legion
Jefferson County Council of American Legion
Alabama Department of the Legion
Gorgas Post
German Armistice Terms Shifts War's Length and Brest Capture
The article notes Germany’s advance after the Compiegne armistice terms and predicts a final war phase with intensified bombing. It cites the fall of Brest in Brittany as a strategic gain, threatening the British and French empires and signaling continued occupation across occupied Europe.
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Compiegne
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Brest
Brittany
North Sea
Atlantic
British Position Remains Dire Amid War Threats
The piece notes Britain's precarious wartime stance as Germany threatens invasion and air blockade. Churchill vows steadfast defense, stating we shall fight on beaches and fields, with two million armed yet famine and fleet blockades looming. The report previews continued coverage on page two.
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Arctic
England
Churchill
House of Commons
Hitler Seals Armistice Terms At Compiegne Car
Adolf Hitler received the French envoys at Compiegne Forest to present armistice terms after a 10 minute ceremony in the railway car made famous by 1918. Keitel read the preamble outlining aims for France and a broader European peace.
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Louis Polochner
Compiegne Forest
France
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Marshal Foch
Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Great Britain
Keitel
Compiegne
Foreign Office
Propaganda Ministry
France Holds On As Armistice Talks Drag On
In Bordeaux France reports say fighting slowed during armistice talks with Germany while Pomaret Jeanneney and Herriot met as Petain received Reynaud. The morning war note cited German advances to Riom and renewed French resistance in the Vosges as negotiators expected to return with terms.
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France
Gneral
Thtertor
Charles Pomaret
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
Edouard Herriott
Chamber of Deputies
Marshal Petain
Paul Reynaud
Riom
Vichy
Vosges
Germany
Armistice terms discussed at Compiegne frontier
Berlin dispatch reports ongoing armistice negotiations between France and Germany near the French Swiss frontier. Hitler presented terms for a European peace, with four French envoys and top German leaders present as the preamble was read and soldiers played Deutschland Uber Alles.
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Berlin
DNE
Nude body found in Lake Ferguson near Greenville
The nude body of Mrs Sue Holcombe was recovered from Lake Ferguson three miles north of Greenville with a 100 pound rock tied to her neck. County officials identified her and said her husband James Holcombe is being sought. A coroner's jury ruled death by strangulation at the hands of unknown persons.
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Greenville
Miss
Lake Ferguson
Sue Holco
John W. Sterling
James Holcombe
W. M. McMahon
Sterling
John Dillon
Holcombe
Dillon
Selma To Get Pilot School
Sen Hill said the army plans a pursuit pilot training school near Selma Alabama as part of the Montgomery air training center. Barracks and buildings will be built soon and the school should be ready by December 1 with capacity for about 1100 personnel. Basic training will occur at Maxwell Field and advanced at Montgomery Municipal Airport with overall centers housing around 2000 officers cadets and enlisted men.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Army
Selma
Ala
Air Training Center
Maxw ‘. Field
Maxwell Field
Selman Field
Montgomery Center
Montgomery
Hill
Athens Man Elected President of Alabama County Commissioners
J. M. Holt of Athens was chosen president of the Alabama Association of County Commissioners today. The vote followed criticism by two commissioners over WPA rules requiring counties to cover 25 percent of project costs.
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Athens
Ala
J. M. Holt
Limestone County Board of Revenue
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
WPA
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 20 feet and falling. Temperatures ranged from a high of 88 to a low of 63 with no rainfall. Alabama will be slightly cooler in the southeast tonight, then fair Saturday with moderate northeast winds on the coast. Tennessee remains fair tonight with partly cloudy skies Saturday and a warming trend, followed by isolated afternoon or night showers and thunderstorms.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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