Civilian Aid Bill Studied in Senate Action
Senate debate over a civilian aid measure to compensate war victims continues as Senator Pepper aims to send the bill to a committee for study. The act would provide monthly payments from 10 to 85 dollars to civilian war victims, with opposition over defense personnel benefits and overall government responsibility.
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D.-Fia
Bia
Roosevelt
Pepper
Senate
George
D.-Ga
Senate Committee
Education and Labor Committee
Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Finance
Rubber drive urges farms to reclaim old tires and supplies
County Agent B G Hall asks Morgan county farms and homes to deliver old rubber to a filling station. Government price is paid. Alabama aims to lead in rubber recovery to aid the war effort and keep vehicles running.
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Morgan County
B. G. Hall
United States
Sinccevelt
Frank W. Dixon
Alabama
Dixon
Peach Handling Brings Court Case
U S District Attorney J Ellis Mundy said a criminal information was filed against Jim F Johnson of Knoxville Tennessee for transporting Georgia peaches not inspected under a 1987 federal marketing act. He allegedly hauled 30 bushels of uninspected peaches from Atlanta to Knoxville and will be tried in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
U. S
J. Ellis Mundy
Jim F. Johnson
Knoxville
Tenn
Georgia
Johnson
Mundy
Teachers Freed From Political Bans Move Approved
Senate approves Hatch Act amendment exempting from political restrictions those paid with federal funds. Debate notes no dissent and cites Civil Service Commission rulings as Ohio and Minnesota had applied the act to teachers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fed
Brown
Mich
Civil Service Commis
Ohio
Minnesota
Child Killed by Truck at Wheeler Dam
Doris Ann Ferguson two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Ferguson was killed when a truck backed over her near her Wheeler Dam home about nine oclock this morning The driver did not see the child as she played near the house Funeral arrangements will be announced by Brown later today.
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Doris Ann Ferguson
Aobert F. Ferguson
Wheeler Dam
Brown
Thrift Talk Promotes War Bond Savings Plan
The message urges thrift and saving through War Bonds. It claims buying ten percent from every paycheck aids personal savings and supports America’s war effort.
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America
Markets Slump As War News Fades Lifts Hogs And Lambs
New York June 22 Stocks fell on war news dragging steels motors and blue chips with losses to three points. Oils coppers and utilities held narrow ranges while rails showed mixed moves. Hogs rose about ten cents with butcher weights near 14.00. spring lambs gained about 25 to - fat ewes at 4.50.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Tobruk
Sevastopol
Markets at a Glance New York June 22
Markets report heavy stock losses and war news affecting leaders. Bond prices ease with fractional losses overall. Cotton in New Orleans rises as trade buyers step in. Chicago wheat opens with losses but gains some as mills buy while prices hold. Shipping remains unsettled with fluctuating rates.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
New Nutrition and Canteen Courses Announced
The standard nutrition course finished with 71 graduates. A canteen course, to be taught by Miss Bernice McClure, will start at the junior high school. Interested persons should attend Tuesday at 10 AM. The program spans ten lessons over two weeks, excluding Friday and Saturday.
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Elizabeth Cochran
Bernice McClure
Grain Prices Chicago Wheat Corn Soybeans
Cash wheat No 2 hard 1.17 and 1 17 3 4 for No 3 red No 3 mixed 1 17 3 4 Corn No 1 mixed 86 1 2 No 1 yellow 85 86 3 4 No 2 84 1 2 87 No 3 84 No 5 81 1 4 Sample grade yellow 69 No 4 white 94 Oats No 3 mixed 49 1 2 No 1 white 51 51 1 2 No 3 49 50 Soybeans No 2 yellow 1.74 1 2 3 4 No 3 1.68 1 2 1.70
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Chicago
War Bonds Urge Ten Percent From Paydays
Propaganda urging citizens to allocate ten percent of each paycheck to war bonds framed as saving lives and funding the war effort. Emphasizes thrift and national duty with direct appeals to personal sacrifice.
Butter and Eggs Market Report Chicago June 22
Butter receipts total 1 414 903 with varied prices from 93 to 36 3 4 in the Chicago creamery market. Eggs receipts at 30 110 with fresh graded offers for extra firsts and local cars priced around 30 with deductions for storage packed and ex tras.
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Chicago
Cotton futures rise on war news despite steady closes
In New Orleans and New York, cotton futures edged higher on war-scare optimism that the conflict may last longer. July and December contracts showed modest gains while open highs and lows varied, with middling spot trading around 19.96.
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N. C
Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 22
Salable cattle 700 calves 275 hogs 800 and sheep 1 500. Cattle slow to open with few sales and steady tone vs last week. Slaughter heifers and steers of common and medium grades mainly on the market. 20.00 11.50 fleshy yearlings.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Love Letters in Record in Paton Will Case
Surrogate's court today played a score card of 31 communications between Dr. Henry Darlington and Mrs. Anna H. Paton during a 1939 six week trip abroad. Relatives challenge Paton will leaving 30 percent to the rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, arguing undue influence. Estate taxes reduced the value to about $800,000.
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White Plains
N. Y
Henry Darlington
New York
Anna H. Paton
Paton
Darlington
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Fifth Avenue
Rotterdam
Harry
Seaside to Ilwaco Range Seen in Bright Flashes
A witness describes a roughly 34 mile stretch from Seaside to Ilwaco on the North bank of the river. Lucas reported seeing bright orange and fan shaped flashes across the area.
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Seaside
The
Columbia
Ilwaco, Wash
Lucas
Tobruk falls as Axis gains push toward Suez and Middle East
The capture includes 100 tanks and hundreds of guns as Tobruk's loss undermines Western flank defense. British forces retreat to border strong points while Rommel pressures toward Suez and the Caucasus amid uncertain war duration. Cairo reports mobile units in contact 12 miles northwest of Fort Cappuzzo.
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Tobruk
United Nations
Alexandria
Suez
Middle East
Europe
Germany
Rommel
Russia
Caucasus
Eighth Army
Cairo
Fort Cappuzzo
Astoria Residents Reported Audible Shells in Sky
Residents recalled hearing a whistle and explosions from shells overhead while unofficial sources said no shells landed in any local community. The description likened the flashes to lightning on the horizon but noted the color differed.
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Astoria
FDR Praises Advertising at national industry convention
President Roosevelt told the 38th Advertising Federation of America convention that liberty and freedom can be reinforced by advertising. He urged the industry to support the war effort and cooperate during wartime while Bruce Barton warned against postwar regimentation and praised democracy.
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New York
Roosevelt
The
Advertising Federation of America
Bruce Barton
Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn
Barton
Japs Hold 50 Mile Chekiang-Kiangsi Rail Section
June 22 report says Japanese gains in six days of fighting for the Central Chekiang-Kiangsi railway have been virtually stopped with the line still in Chinese hands. Chinese troops attacked Lungyu east of the border and pressed Japanese positions near Chuhsten as they threatened the invaders' supply and communications.
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Chungking
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Lungyu
Chuhsten
Wavell Called Back as North Africa Crisis Deepens
British general P. Wavell, hailed by Germans as Britain's top commander, may be recalled from India as North Africa darkens. US diplomats and Allied officials warn the Middle East campaign is the war’s critical front, with Rommel likely striking Egypt and a wider Axis push toward Iraq and Russia.
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Bald P. Wavell
Britain
Wavell
Libya
India
United States
London
North Africa
United Nations
Rommel
Russia
Iraq
Syria
Egypt
Middle Eastern
Indian Ocean
Germany
Iran
Caucasia
Hospital Ambulance Transfers Reported Across City
Mrs. Robert C. Bordon and infant Sherry Ann left Baugh infirmary for home at 131 Eighteenth Avenue East in a McAfee Howell and Young ambulance. Porter Haynes of Hartselle recovered enough to return home after ten weeks of treatment at Baugh infirmary. Multiple patients, including Miss Bessie Mae Baker and Miss Ann McSherry, were moved between facilities and homes yesterday via Brown or McAfee Howell and Young ambulances with improved or stable conditions reported.
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Robert C. Bordon
Sherry Ann
Baugh Infirmary
Eighteenth Avenue East
McAfee, Howell, and Young Ambulance
Porter Haynes
Hartselle
Mr. Haynes
Bessie Mae Baker
The
Benevolent Society Hospital
Columbia Circle
Fred Jones
Hamil Clinic
Market Street
Ann McSherry
Courtland
Juanita Skinner
Fifth Avenue
South
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Pauline Phillips
Pairview
McAfee, Howell, and Young
Soldier Kills Wife In Apartment Then Takes Own Life
Atlanta report states 35 year old sergeant Harvey Denny kicked in his estranged wife Mrs Alice Thompson’s apartment door and hurled wife Mrs Denny from a three story height. He then jumped to his death after revealing the deed to witnesses. Mrs Denny died in hospital. Denny survived and is held on suspicion of murder.
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Atlanta
J. M. Austin
Harvey Denny
Alice Thompson
Bomber Production Lessons Propelled Through War Supply
Washington reporters heard that combat lessons from Australia influence U S bomber design and production. Joseph Hartson of Camp Hartson told Aviation Writers Association the wartime delivery must be rapid with lessons shared to Martin bomber plant in Middle River Maryland and then to manufacturers within days.
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Washington
United States
Australia
Aviation Writers Association
Martin
Middle River
Joseph Hartson
Revival Opens at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev Marney
Sunday marked the revival kickoff at Fairview Baptist Church led by Rev Carlyle Marney from Fort Knox Kentucky. Marney, a student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, is pastor to soldiers and well liked in Fairview. Services run 10:00 a m and 8:00 pm daily except Sunday when hours differ.
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Fairview Baptist Church
Carlyle Marney
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Marney
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Fairview
All Decatur
General Brereton and staff escape monsoon flight ordeal
In a perilous nonstop attempt from Calcutta to Kumming 950 miles over rugged terrain, Maj. G Lewis H Brereton and several U S Army Air Force officers faced a tropical storm forcing an emergency landing in Chinese territory. They flew perilously low to read field markings, then returned to India with only 40 gallons of fuel left. The party included Col Victor Strahm Col BE Oliver Maj William Hobbs Col Clarence Combs and Maj Donald Kaiser.
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New Delhi
India
China
G Lewis H. Brereton
United States Army Air Force
Calcutta
Kumming
Brereton
Col
Victor Strahm
Bowling Green
BE. C. Oliver
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
William Hobbs
San Antonio
Tex
Clarence Combs
Maj
Donald Kaiser
McComb
Ohio
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