United States Orders Italian Consulates Closed and Officials Excluded
The United States orders all Italian consulates in the U S closed and all Italian consular officers removed by July 15. Berlin and Rome are told to return American consular staff from Germany and Italy. Meanwhile German consulates in the U S are closed and NATO Lloyds?
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Washington
United States
State Welles
Berlin
Rome
Welles
Germany
Italy
Detroit
Newark
State Department
Theyhi
Alford Trial Date Set For July Second
John Alford of Hartselle will be tried July 2 for murder in Morgan Circuit Court. A mistrial was declared last spring after a manslaughter verdict and jurors could not agree on punishment. Alford entered an innocent plea after Judge Lynne ruled the spring verdict was not a verdict.
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John Alford
Hartselle
Seybourn H. Lynne
Morgan Circuit Court
Alford
William Segars
Lynne
G. A. Lynne
Russell Lynne
Defense Council
Boy Prevents House Fire When 10 Year Old Acts Fast
A 10 year old boy Bobby Ray Barnes saved his Hillsboro Route 3 home from destruction Friday afternoon. Finding no water in the kitchen bucket shelf he grabbed a bucket with water from the yard and dashed it on the flames in a kindling box setting the wood ablaze. His mother returned to a safe home.
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Bobby Ray’ Barnes
M. M. Barnes
Hillsboro
Bobby Ray
Sunken U-9 May Stay On Ocean Floor
Navy officials signaled that salvage of the sunken submarine U-9 and its 33 crew might not occur, with depth of 440 feet making diving impossible. Secretaries and admirals debated salvage prospects as divers prepared for possible hazardous operations.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Snell
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
Washington
Associated
Ford CIO Pact Set For Sunday Mass Meeting In Detroit
UAW seeks wage talks next week as Ford workers brace for a ratification vote on a CIO contract. The agreement covers 120,000 Ford employees and includes union shop and dues checkoff for the first time in the auto industry. The pact sets wage retroactivity to signing and baselines pay to the highest rates at rival manufacturers.
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Associated Press
Ford Motor
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Washington
Ford-Cio
CIO
Ford
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Roosevelt demands full reparations for Robin Moor sinking
President Roosevelt pledges swift dispatch of a note to Berlin demanding full reparations for the S S Robin Moor disaster. He calls the sinking an act of an international outlaw and warns against future molestation of American shipping, signaling a possible broad warning to Nazi Germany.
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Washington
Germany
S. S
Robin Moor
Berlin
Roosevelt
Congress
Continued Service For Guard Sought
The War Department urged President Roosevelt to seek congressional authorization to keep the National Guard on active duty beyond one year. Without new authority about 290,000 guardsmen would be demobilized September 16, affecting 18 of 33 guard divisions and prompting broader strategic demobilization alongside regular army units.
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Washington
The
War Department
Roosevelt
Congress
National Guard
Department
Cross dies at home in Moulton community
Minus M Cross 82 longtime Moulton Route 2 resident and former Decatur area native died at 4 p m Friday at his home after a yearlong illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at home by Rev Dana Pratt and Rev Morris of Blotsville. Burial in Red Hill Cemetery with Drinkard in charge. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs E R Roger Moulton Route 2 a son John A Cross Savannah Ga nine grandchildren 10 great grandchildren several nieces and nephews Grandsons are pallbearers and granddaughters will handle the flowers.
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M. Cross
Moulton
Décatur
Condu
Dana Pratt
Morris
Blotsville
Red Hill
Drinkard
E. Roger
British Press Sees Aid To Moscow Amid German Russian War
The Evening Standard urges Britain to aid Soviet Russia to counter Nazi Germany and notes the challenge of explaining American support. It warns that long distance involvement may provoke suspicion among Americans and even Britons.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Germany
Turkey
Help For Russia A Delicate Question In War Debates
The piece weighs whether British or American aid to Russia is feasible. It notes British aid is nearly out of the question and U S supplies could reach via the Pacific, depending on risks. It cites German-Russian rumors and Finnish mobilization as signs Hitler may press Russia, while questioning Russia’s willingness to fight.
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Russia
United States
Pacific
Lord Beaverbrook
Germany
Hitler
Britain Rites Held Monday for Decatur Soldier
Robert Denniy Britain a 25 year old Decatur soldier died in a Long Beach California hospital after an automobile accident. Rites are set for 2 PM Monday at Central Methodist Church with Rev. O B Lansbury overseeing burial at City Cemetery. A Morgan County American Legion detail will render honors. He is survived by his parents four sisters and three brothers. He served three years in the Army, including time at Fort McArthur and in Hawaii.
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Robert Denniy Britain
Decatur
Long Beach California
California
Third Coast Artillery
Fort McArthur
Central Methodist Church
Britain
O. B. Lansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist
V. Blythe
Brown
City Cemetery
Morsday
Camp Forrest
Tullahoma
Tennessee
Morgan County Post
American Legion
Eighth * Avenue
West
M. L. Britain
Roy Mooney
Mabel Britain
Kelly Mitchell
Somerville
I. ©. Harrington
Kingston
Tenn
J. Levi Britain
Dallas
Texas
Ernest B. Britain
Louisville
Kentucky
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Coast Artillery
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Mr. M A Masterson Honored on 93rd Birthday
Mr and Mrs R E Ellis hosted dinner at Moulton street home on June 15 in honor of their father M A Masterson turning ninety three. Attendees included Ab Masterson L M Wear Frank Marin H H Masterson family members from Birmingham Huntsville Memphis and others with about sixty friends and relatives visiting to offer congratulations.
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R. E. Ellis
Moulton Street
Masterson
Ab Masterson
Hartselle
L. M. Wear
Frank Marin
Moulton
H. H. Masterson
Birmingham
H. B. Overton
Huntsville
Homer Terrell Ellis
Ruth Ann Ellis
Memphis
W. E. Masterson
Army air forces unified into single Army Air Force
Secretary Henry Stimson announced a consolidation creating the Army Air Force as a single unified organization merging the army's mobile general headquarters air force and service branches. He opposed proposals for an independent air arm while stressing autonomy within a unified general staff structure.
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Washington
Army
Army Air Forces
GHQ Air Force
Air Corps
Stimson
Death takes R L Nichols in Columbia
Robert L. Nichols 45 former Courtland resident died Friday in Columbia after an appendix operation. He was a Montesano Chemical mine superintendent since 1936, scoutmaster of Troop 114, Lions Club member, survived by his widow Mabel Nesbit Nichols mother Mrs J B Nichols and brothers Arthur Jack Henry. Funeral at St Peter's Episcopal Church at four with Rose Hill Cemetery burial.
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Columbia
Tenn
Robert L. Nichols
Montesano Employe
Nichols
Courtland
Mabel, Nesbit
Decatur
J.B. Nichols
Arthur
Jack Nichols
Cincinnati
Henry Nichols
Birmingham
St. Peter's Episcopal
Thomas B. Thrasher
Rose Hill Cemetery
Montesano Chemical Company
Lions Club
British demand on French Somaliland and siege near Damascus
A June report from Vichy notes France claims Britain issued an ultimatum to French Somaliland to join De Gaulle or face blockade. French military sources say British forces escalate attacks on Damascus as the Syrian capital remains nearly encircled.
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London
Reuters
Beirut
Damascus
Vichy
France
French Somaliland
de Gaullist
Axis powers prep for new tasks as US cuts ties
The report notes Germany and Italy signaling readiness for further actions while the United States moves to sever ties with the axis. Actions include closing Italian consulates in the US before July 15 and ousting consular officers, challenging axis charges of consular espionage, and transmitting President Roosevelt's note on the Robin Moor incident to Berlin and Rome. Gayda comments on Roosevelt’s address, suggesting an ongoing economic and diplomatic war between axis Europe and America.
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Associated Press
Germany
Italy
United States
Virginio Gayda
Rome
Washington
Berlin
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Robin Moor
Africa
Soviet
Russia
Turkey
Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
Europe
America
Weather notes show rising Tennessee River and warm spell
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 17.30 feet on Saturday with no rainfall and a 95 degree high and 69 degree low in the past 24 hours. Alabama forecasts partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered coastal showers and easterly winds. Tennessee expects continued warmth, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, and afternoon showers in portions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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