Decatur News Roundup Highlights Weather and Local Events
Weather: Tennessee river at 20.15 rising, highs 93, lows 74, with continued warmth and afternoon thundershowers. Cotton prices quoted for Decatur area. Notable visits: Key Foster promotes Alabama War Chest expansion. Mrs George Little and Mrs Walter Gay Jr. travel. local officials attend Southeastern Convention. Weekend: bank official healing after leg amputation. naval enlistments. local arrests for speeding and non support. church communion event at St Johns.
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Tennessee
Alabama Senate sinks tax hike referendum plan
A bill to referendum the sales tax increase from 2 to 3 percent died in the Alabama senate on a motion for indefinite postponement by Sen. John H. Pinson. The measure, once approved by the house, would have diverted most of the increase to old age assistance and welfare. The same session saw a constitutional study commission approved, plus measures on ad valorem taxes for auto stocks, raising the state auditor’s salary, and allowing cities to promote wet bond sales. A proposed county office nominating rule would require primary elections for parties winning over 25 percent of the vote. Continued discussion planned.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
John H. Pinson
Sumter
House
Senate Committee On
Senate
Sen. Pinson
State Conservation Department
Ben C. Morgan
Alabama
E. C. Boswell
Chauncey Sparks
Boswell
John Brandon
State Board of Adjustment
Rep
M. L. Robertson
Cullman
Winston
Vincent Kilborn
Mobile
Rules Committee
Walter Givhan
Goodyear Decatur Mills Urged to Meet Government Tire Goal
Government orders three million tires to be produced. Decatur plant workers are urged to keep pace and work seven days a week. The plant fabricates material essential for rubber production and must run at full capacity to supply Uncle Sam.
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United States
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Goodyear Mills
Uncle Sam
Decatur
President Roosevelt vetoes anti strike bill in war effort clash
President Roosevelt vetoed the Connally Smith Harness anti strike bill saying it could provoke strikes in vital war plants and urged amendment of the Selective Service Act to draft workers ages 45 to 65 in non combat service to keep war production uninterrupted. The Senate quickly moved to override.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Capitol
Congress
House
WLB
Navy decorates two destroyer commanders for Aleutians defense
The Navy announced decoration awards for two destroyer commanders who helped repel a force bound for the Aleutian islands last March. Commander Anthony L. Rorschach of Redlands California receives the silver star. the other officer named is Lieutenant.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Navy
Anthony L. Rorschach
West Cedar Ave
Redlands
Calif
Grand Chief Engineer Al Vanley Johnston Named in New York
New York reports Al Vanley Johnston, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, today.
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New York
Alvanley Johnston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Labor Leaders Threaten Rollback Over Inflation and Wages
CIO President Philip Murray warned a congressional committee that unless a price rollback and subsidies operate by July 15 organized labor would press to scrap the Little Steel wage formula and hold the line on costs. Mayor LaGuardia echoed demands for immediate action on food and prices as Senate debates subsidy funds and RFC CCC proposals loom.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Senate
Clark
D-Mo
Prentiss Brown
Brown
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Commodity_Credit—Corporation
CCC
Draft board seeks ten residents in wartime service notice
Communications to ten Morgan county residents have been returned to Selective Service Board No 1. The board seeks information on the whereabouts of listed individuals including James Shaw Jr Willie Delper Riddle Hayden James Pruett John Edward Smith John L Jackson Jim Daniel Weatherby James David Johnson Andrew Jackson Robert Elvin Breedlove Willie J Swoope and others at addresses in Decatur Panama City Birmingham Cleveland Quitman Huntsville and Pittsburg.
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Morgan County
Selective Service Board No. 1
Board of Information
James Shaw,Jr
Davis Street
Decatur
Willie Delper Riddle
Panama City
Florida
Hayden James Pruett
Alley North
Birmingham
John Edward Smith
E. 6Th St
Cleveland
Ohio
John L. Jackson
E. Bondry
Quitman
Georgia
Jim Daniel Weatherby
Rt. 3
James David Johnson
O Winn Oil Co
Clinton St
Huntsville
Andrew Jackson
Prible Ave. R. R. Manchester
Manchester Yard
Pittsburg
Robert Elvin Breedlove
Del
Sheffield
Willie J. Swoope
Alley
Roosevelt sets Oct deadline not to be recognized for coal
Washington June 25. President Roosevelt rejects the United Mine Workers Oct 31 production deadline in government mines. War Labor Board presses Byrnes to enforce compliance or apply penalties. WLB signals retroactive liabilities may end and outlines a two year contract terms with wage tweaks and benefits.
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Washington
Ickes
Republic Steel Company of
Cleveland
Thomas Patton
R. J. Wysor
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
WLB
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
U. S. Steel
General Motors
UMW
Emercin
Lewis
Japan’s Hori warns of possible offensives in Far East war
Max Hill reports on Tomokazu Hori’s domestic broadcast urging readiness for potential Allied offensives from Burma and China via the Aleutians. He notes Burma as the strategic gateway to a Far East campaign and foresees October’s monsoon season affecting operations while Japan reinforces defenses in Honshu and northern outposts.
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Max Hill
Japan
Hitler
Sattelltes
Tomokazu Hori
California
Aleutians
China
America
Africa
Burma
Hori
Far East
India
Honohu
Navy to probe oil policy as Elk Hills contract cited
Navy Secretary Knox testified before the House Naval Committee urging a full inquiry into the Navy oil policy and the Elk Hills contract with Standard Oil of California. The inquiry follows Justice Department ruling that the contract was illegal and condemnation actions seen as likely to trigger lengthy litigation and large postings.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
House Naval Committee
Elk Hills
House Public Lands Committee
Naval Committee
Standard Oil of
California
Justice Department
Justicepartment
OPA Warns on Gasoline Use Violations in North Alabama
Officials clarified OPA rulings as enforcement increases nationwide. People with A books may use gasoline for pleasure driving if no B or C supplement issued. those with B or C must keep A fuel to nine cents per mile. Pooling coupons is illegal and stations must not accept loose or other car coupons. Prosecutions have occurred in Birmingham. Kingman Shelburn and Jewell Hall guidance visits to boards continue.
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OPA
Birmingham
Kingman Shelburn
Jewell C. Hall
Alabama
Drafting of fathers likely delayed beyond Pearl Harbor
Washington reports say officials will not publish cards or firm plans on pre Pearl Harbor fathers. A DC insider notes quotas may be lowered or delayed indefinitely, with Hershey’s hands tied and military leaders avoiding commitments amid uncertainty and possible casualties.
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Washington
D. C
House Military Committee
District of Columbia
Hershey
Army
Navy
Fire at Murdock's grocery causes small blaze
Fire station No. 1 answered a call to Murdock's grocery on Bank Street at 10 this morning after smoke was discovered. Firemen found a small fire behind the meat counter where sawdust on the floor had ignited and dropped through cracks. no damage was reported.
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Murdock
Bank Street
Authority to Abandon 530-Mile Branch Line
A railroad seeks permission to abandon about 530 miles of its branch line between Gads and Washington. The move affects service along corridors previously used for freight and passenger operations, pending regulatory approval and public comment.
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Washington
Gads
Bombings escalate as Allied raids widen in Europe
June 25 report from London notes 150000 German troops moved into Northern Italy to guard Brenner Pass against a southern Allied invasion. American heavy bombers raid Northwest Germany without escort, while RAF strikes on the Ruhr continue, with 18 bombers missing and heavy losses reported, targeting Elberfeld, Wuppertal, and Barmen industrial areas.
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London
Italy
Brenner Pass
Germany
United States
Eighth Air Force
Wuppertal
Ruhr
Elberfeld
Air Ministry
Barmen
Hitler
Wuper
I. G. Parden Industrie Chemical Works
Jaeger
RAP
RAF
England
Netheree
Ee Ee
Evers
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic Wall
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