Heat Wave Breaks As Cool Air Pushes South
A Canada bound cool air mass ends the first heat wave of the year across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. The Weather Bureau notes high readings of 95 to 100, with 108 in Blythe and Phoenix. Forecaster Knorr says seasonal temperatures will prevail, with no 90s expected for several days.
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Canada
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
Middle West
Kirksville
Blythe
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
St. Lawrence Valley
Michigan
Linoss
Stanhandle
South Atlantic States
Showers Due Across Alabama and Southeast Region
Weather forecast indicates widely scattered showers across Alabama Tuesday with little temperature change. Cooler conditions and light showers were reported in the Southeast on Saturday, followed by more widespread rains Sunday. Measured rainfall included Griffin Georgia 3.27 inches, Albany Georgia 2.38, Fort Myers Florida 1.74, Tallahassee 1.71, Jacksonville 1.35, Adairsville Georgia 1.51, and Norcross Georgia 1.51 with Atlanta reporting 2.26 at the office, .43 at the airport and 1.84 at Warren Street station. some areas saw no rain.
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Georgia
Florida
Albany
Fort Myers
Fla
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Adairsville
Norcross
Atlanta
Airport
Warren ‘Street
G T Jeffers Rites Today
Funeral services for G. T. Jeffers, 61, were held at 10 a.m. at his home in Falkville with Rev. Roscve Wilhite officiating. Burial followed in Falkville cemetery. He died Saturday in a Tuscaloosa hospital after a long illness. Survived by three sisters and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named.
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G. T. Jeffers
Palkville
Roscve “Wilhite
Falkville
Peck
Hartselle
Jeffers
Tuscaloosa
Lutie Goff
Billings
Mont
Ethel Duncan
Nevie Jeffers
Doug West
Howard —Summerford
Tarrance Tucker
George Eaton
Arnold Evans
Flowers
Cora West
Earl McCraig
Nettie Hardin
Mae Summerford
Sally Anders
Willie Thompson
Lillie Sandlin
Ruth Tucker
Young Girl Dies of Malaria at Benevolent Society Hospital
Mary Gertrude Carter aged 13 daughter of Lula B. Carter of Decatur route 2 died at 5 am at Benevolent Society Hospital after malaria treatment begun Sunday. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Brown Funeral Company.
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Mary Gertrude Carter
Lula B. Carter
Qecatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
Brown Funeral Company
Sergeant Captures Tanks With Bare Hands In War Games
In Middle Tennessee during war games Sergeant Wilbur Vandergoot of the Seventh Engineer Battalion leapt from a tree onto a speeding enemy tank and seized the commander. The attack caused a collision with a second tank, allowing Vandergoot to capture both crews.
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Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Wilbur Vandergoot
Seventh Engineer Battalion
Vandergoot
Navy Seeks End To Strike Amid Defense Work Halt
In San Francisco Bay area officials and union leaders met in hopes of settling the seven week anti- shipyard strike by CIO and AFL machinists that has stalled $500 million in defense orders. Admiral Greenslade said talks aim to define clear courses of action for both sides to break the deadlock without force. The CIO- AFL dispute centers on demands for $1.15 an hour with overtime pay, rejected offer of $1.12 plus overtime, and a comparison to the prior pay of $1 with double time.
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Associated Press
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
J. W. Greenslade
OTO
American Potash and Chemical Company
Trona
Calif
Douglas & Lomason Company
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
Afl-Cio
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
SWOC
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Ford Motor Com
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
Wright Autontic Machine Company
Durham
N. C
Wn Rage
Britain backs Soviet aid but wary of full alliance
Britain supports Churchill's pledge to aid the Soviet Union against Germany while tempering expectations of a full alliance. Reports from the Eastern Front feed public caution as London papers echo Churchill's call for aid, bombing Germany by day and night and urging allies to join in pressuring Nazi Germany.
Soldier Robert Denny Britain buried with military honors
Robert Denny Britain 25 of Battery B Third Coast Artillery died June 14 from injuries in a California auto crash. He was buried at City Cemetery with military honors after funeral services at Central Methodist Church. A 20-man detail from the 140th Infantry, 33rd Division, Camp Forrest Tennessee, assisted by Brown Funeral Home, attended the rites.
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Robert Denny Britain
Third Coast Artillery
City Cemetery
Central Methodist Church
140Th Infantry
Illinois
Charles J. Hendricks
Camp Forrest
Tullahoma
Tennessee
Decatur
Britain
Fort McArthur
California
Long Beach
O. B. Lansbury
Missabel Britain
Roy Mooney
Kelly Mitchell
Somerville
I. C. Harrington
Kingston
Tenn
J. Levi Britain
Dallas
Texas
Ernest B. Britain
Louisville
Kentucky
Jack P. Jones
Britain Home
Eighth Avenue
West
T. Y. Wallace Rites Conducted Today
Final rights for Thomas Y. Wallace 84, who died Saturday night at a Tuscaloosa hospital, were held this afternoon at Ripley cemetery in Limestone county with Brown in charge. The procession left Brown funeral parlors for Ripley at 1 p.m. He leaves a widow, a daughter Mrs. Richard Harper Athens route 1, two sons Claud Wallace Phil Campbell and FE L Wallace Decatur, a brother W P Wallace Athens. He long lived here and was a former resident of Nesmepitone county.
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Thomas Y. Wallace
Tuscaloosa
Riply
Limestone County
Brown
Ripley
Wallace
Richard Harper
Athens
Claud Wallace
Phil Campbell
FE. L. Wallace
Decatur
W. P. Wallace
Welles Says Aid Question Undecided On Russia
June 23 United States condemns Germany for attacking Russia. Sumner Welles says no decision yet on lease lend aid to Soviet Russia, noting Roosevelt has authority to aid any country resisting aggression. He warns Hitler threatens the Americas and cites Germany's deceitful pacts. Continuee en fage Two.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Soviet
Welles
FDR
Hitler
Americas
Decatur Sells 75000 in Public Improvement Bonds
The city of Decatur sold 75000 in public improvement bonds to fund the municipal share of a 200000 paving program funded partly by the WPA. The 3 percent bonds carry a 2062.50 premium, yielding a 2.46 percent net interest cost. Bidders were Marx and Co Watkins Morrow and Company and Cumberland Securities Corporation. Bonds mature over ten years with serial payments starting July 1 1942. Projects include paving 4th Street North and 6th Avenue West. work to begin soon.
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Decatur
WPA
Marx and Co., Watkins, Morrow,and Company
Birmingham
Cumberland Securities
4Th Street
Sth Avenue
6Th Avenue
2Nd Street
Churchill backs Soviet aid in war against Hitler
In a bold wartime analysis, Churchill’s swift acceptance of aiding the Soviet Union is viewed as a strategic counterstroke. He frames Hitler’s push against Russia as a giant prelude to an invasion of Britain and a bid to dull Allied resolve before US aid can fully fortify the British Isles. He warns that Germany expects to weaken Britain and America while aiming to crush world communism.
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Winston Churchill
Hitler
Russia
Britain
Soviet Union
England
United States
British Isles
Churchill
Germany
Churchill Threatens Traitors With Allied Justice
Winston Churchill pledges severe action against those within England and its allies who aid Nazi propaganda or favor Hitler’s peace with Russia. He warns such persons will be delivered to allied tribunals after victory and reiterates his stance against Communism. The speech avoids formal alliance claims with Russia or the United States.
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England
Hitler
Russia
Churchill
Britain
United States
Felton Hanners Dies After Short Illness
Funeral rites for Felton Hanners 28 of Harteelle route 3 who died at home after a brief illness will be held at 11 oclock Tuesday at Mt Tabor. Burial will be at McAfee Howell and Young to direct. He leaves a widow three sons a daughter and his parents two brothers a sister and other relatives.
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Harteelle
Soar
Gadsden
Mt. Tabor
McAfee
Howell
Young
Hanners
Felton Buel
Franklin D
Bobby Edward Hanners
Leeree Hanners
Death takes Pat Harrison
Washington reports the death of Senator Pat Harrison at Emergency Hospital following abdominal surgery. The 59 year old Mississippi Democrat served in the House since 1911 and held tax and legislative roles, dying after a lengthy illness with family present and President Roosevelt among mourners. Funeral services are planned in Gulfport with the body lying in state at the Senate.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Rrison
Hous of Representatives
Sterling Ruffin
Mary Edwina McInnis
Leakesville
Miss
Pat Jr
Harrison
James W. Cummings
Bethesda
Irvin Miller
Nashville
Kilmichael
Co. E. Saunders
Crystal Springs
Roosevelt
Senate
Gulfport
Church membership peaks in 1940 yearbook report
The 1941 yearbook of American churches shows 64,501,594 church members in the United States in 1940, about 49 percent of the population. Protestant denominations lead with 7,377,487. the Northern and Southern Baptist conventions total 4,949,174.
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New York
Yearbook of American Churches
United States
Three Die in Crash Near Mountville Georgia
Pilot Stratford L. Morton and two other Savannah Army Air Base airmen died when a light bomber nosedived from a black cloud after a thunderclap near Mountville Georgia. Witnesses reported the fatal plunge late yesterday.
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Mountville
Stratford L. Morton
Savannah Air Base
Here
Robert Redus Goes On Trial For Athens Policeman Murder
The trial of 26 year old Robert Redus opened in Athens with Judge Lynne presiding. A crowd filled the courtroom as Rev Leon Macon led in prayer and jurors were drawn from a pool of 76. The state and defense questioned jurors about death penalty concerns while witnesses were sworn, with Redus pleading innocence and claiming self defense or insanity.
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Athens
Robert Redus
Bedford Brackeen
Seybourn H. Lynne
Decatur
Leon Macon
First Baptist Church of
Divine Guidante
Martin F. Whitt
Lynne
Hutson
Wee
Lynne ¢ A
Russian Prisoners Reported as German Push Advances Front in Soviet Front
June 23 report says first batches of Russian prisoners arrived at the rear as German armored detachments advanced along the eastern Soviet frontier. Images show smoke over moors and steppes with operations claimed on schedule. London notes British raids on Germany praised by Soviet sources and Churchill speech.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
London
Dover
Russia
Germany
Britain
Winston Churchill
Baltic front rages as Lithuania pledges to aid Nazis
Reports say Soviet threats sparked fighting across Lithuania Latvia and Estonia with German bombers hitting a Russian submarine base in the Black Sea. Kaunas radio claims a new Lithuanian government formed by Kazys Skirpa and Stasys Rasti kis pledged to help Germany against Russia.
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Germany
Prut River
Belgrad
Bessarabia
Sevastopol
Associated Press
Baltic
Soviet Russia
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Adolf Hitler
Wn Ae
Black Sea
Flaming
Europe
Rumania
Berlin
Kaunas
Russia
Kazys Skirpa
Stasys Rastikis
Red Army
Tennessee River Gauge and Weather Outlook
The Tennessee River measured 16.9 feet and was falling. Maximum 91 and minimum 69 degrees in the past 24 hours with trace rain. Alabama forecast: considerable cloudiness, scattered storms Tuesday. Southeast with similar activity. Coastal winds light to moderate. Tennessee mostly cloudy with showers tonight and Tuesday.
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Alabama
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Henry D.jones
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