Panzer Units Face Checkmate as AFL Strikers Return
AFL machinists end a 47 day strike at 11 San Francisco Bay shipyards delaying defense orders worth about 500 million dollars. They will return to work Monday under a master contract backed by the AFL Metal Trades council, with CIO strikers to meet tonight to decide their stance. Wages dominated talks with machinists seeking 1.15 an hour and double time, now settled at 1.12 and time and a half. A subway strike threat hovered in New York as transit workers demand a July signed contract and a $1 a day wage rise.
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Associated Press
AFL
San Francisco Bay
CIO
San Francisco
AFL Metal ‘Trades Council
Pacific Coast
Trades Council
Office of Production Management
Washington
James Smith
CTO
Smith
New York City
Winton
Michael J. Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
Ten nessee Valley Horse Show Draws Strong Local Interest
The Kiwanis Club hosted the Tennessee Valley Horse Show with more than seventy five entrants expected from Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama. Local riders include Shirley low in pony classes and several notable entrants from Decatur Muscle Shoals Florence and Montgomery. The show starts at 7 30 p m Friday with a band march and preliminary rounds at Benson Field.
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Kiwanis Club
Decatur
Benson Field
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Shirley Low
Degatur
Gypsy
Sarah Dozier
Nashville
Tenns
Snow White
Margaret Tillman
Montgomery
Ala
Billy Tune
Shelbyville
Tenn
Lady Belle
Sally Girl
Foster Ellis
Tuscumbia
Muscle
Decatur High School
Ruby Sanford Cleared as Draft Delinquent in Alabama
Montgomery officials announced Ruby Sanford a clerk in Clanton not a draft delinquent after all. A notice had listed her for a medical examination and possible arrest, prompting her to seek review at the selective service headquarters where officials said they would search for another Ruby Sanford.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selective Service
Ruby Sanford
Ruby
Clanton
Davidson Dies at 66 in Decatur Home
Hugh L. Davidson, 66, prominent Decatur businessman, died at 2 a.m. at his home 40 E Gordon Drive from a heart attack after a brief illness. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday at Central Methodist Church with Masonic rites. burial at City Cemetery. Survived by widow, son Lawson of Decatur, daughter Mrs Leon S. Robinson of Louisville, four grandchildren, four brothers, four sisters. Davidson Coal and Feed Co. president and longtime resident of Decatur.
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Hugh L. Davidson
Decatur
E. Gordon
Mr. Davidson
R. L.archibald
Ira F. Hawkins
City Cemetery
Brown
Rising Sun Lodge No. 29
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Davidson
Lawson Davidson
Leon S. Robinson
Louisville
Clevé
Harrison
Mitchell
Ben Davidson
Shelbyville
Tenn
Hugh Hasty
Edith Robinson
Mattie Dixon
Sallie Ledford
Central ,Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Tennessee
Aliens Urged to Register by June 30 to Avoid Prosecution
Postmaster R. T. Sheppard announced that aliens who have not registered may do so by June 30 without penalty. After that date, unregistered aliens will have their names turned over to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
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R. T. Sheppard
Department of Justice For Prosecution
Three Hurt as Car Wrecks on Bee Line Highway
Three persons were slightly injured when a car left the Bee Line Highway five miles south of here at 5 45 in the afternoon and overturned in a ditch. Driver Elsie Milner of Tuscumbia was bruised and bumped. passenger Jeanette Ager of Cascumbia cut on foot and leg. Mrs J L Eggleston of Huntington West Virginia head injuries. J F Graham of Decatur transported the injured to hospital. State patrol investigators Sanders Fusch E B Payne and M K Chambers reported heavy damage to the car.
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Bee Line
Here
Elsie Milner
Tuscumbia
Jéanette Agher
Morgan County Draft Boards Set July 1 Registration
Morgan County prepares for the second draft registration on July 1 with offices in Decatur and Hartselle open 7 am to 9 pm. Men born between October 16, 1919 and July 1, 1920 must register, with 6 835 expected total after this registration. If away, registrants may sign at any local board and should provide correct home addresses for community credit.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Morgan County National Bankuilding
Hartselle
Draft Board
Prices Frozen On Tires and Tubes By New Ruling
Washington June 26 Leon Henderson price administrator announced that wholesale and retail prices of automobile tires and tubes would be frozen at levels prevailing June 16. He said industry conferences would refine the proposed schedule and an advance notice would guide the trade to avoid shocks before the order is issued.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Alabama Supreme Court upholds ruling on fish sale ban
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a Court of Appeals decision striking down a Conservation Department rule that prohibited sale of bass, bream, and crappie caught outside Alabama. The ruling centers on legislative power and limits on agency regulation. John Vaughan was arrested in Geneva after agents found 250 pounds of fish at his business.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Conservation Department
Supreme Court
Gentoa County
Geneva
Decatur Chamber Sets June Town Hall at Lyons Hotel
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce announces a June Town Hall in the Lyons Hotel assembly hall. The Aviation Committee reports the Southern School of Aviation coming to Decatur after long effort. Other chairmen recap monthly work and unresolved May questions. E B Pentecost invites residents and newcomers to attend 7:30 to 9 p m.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lyons Hotel
Aviation Committee
Southern School of Aviation
Decatur
E. B. Pentecost
Chamber of Commerce
Finland and Fronts Rally As War Expands
Russian dispatches report Red Army efforts to stiffen the Vilna front as German armored thrusts press toward Lithuania. Przemyal is recaptured in a Russian counterattack while Finland faces renewed pressure and possible war declaration by Germany. Mussolini reviews a motorized Italian division bound for Russia amid talks to free Polish prisoners for combat.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Germany
Vilna
Lithuania
Przemyal
Poland
Finland
U.S
English Channel
France
London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Baffijpe
Italy
Fray
Paris
Russia
Risto Ryti
Turku
Mussolini
Il Duce
Ugo Cavallero
von Rintelen
Rome
British jeer Nazis ship losses in Atlantic raid report
German high command acknowledged the loss of the auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in an Indian Ocean battle with a British cruiser. The Scheer returned from raiding in the Atlantic with 152000 tons of shipping sunk.
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Berlin
Jun
Indian Ocean
Admiral Scheer
Atlantic
Pinguin
London
High Command
Hensa and
Sald Wh
Lloyds
Hansa
Greyhound Seeks to Purchase Dixie Coaches Line
Greyhound Lines applied to the interstate commerce commission for authority to purchase Dixie Coaches Inc of Tuscaloosa Alabama. Southeastern Greyhound asked permission to issue 6300 shares of common stock at five dollars par and pay forty six thousand two hundred thirty two dollars in cash for Dixie Coaches 100 outstanding shares. Dixie Coaches is owned by Laddie Hamilton Dorothy Hamilton and Elmer Hamilton.
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Washington
Greyhound Lines
Interstaty
Beni Be
Dixie Coaches, Inc
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Southeastern Greyhound
Dixie Coaches
Laddie Hamilton
Dorothy Hamilton
Elmer Hamilton
TVA urged to build river terminals on Tennessee River
Karl P. Carter of Chattanooga, president of the Tennessee Valley Waterways Conference, urged immediate construction of river terminals at Guntersville Decatur and the Tri Cities with a Knoxville terminal planned after Fort Loudon dam completion. The conference has studied river terminal needs amid defense activity and taxed rail facilities.
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TVA
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Waters Conference
Karl P. Carter
Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Waterways Conference
Tennessee Valley Authority
Carter
Guntersville
Decatur
Knoxville
Fort Loudon
Prayer service and study at First Christian Church
The regular prayer service and Bible study will be held tonight at 7 30 o'clock at the First Christian Church. The public was cordially invited.
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First Christian Church
Finland in German Protection War Refuge or Tragedy
The piece argues Finland suffers under German protection amid World War II, as Hitler’s policy declares small nations protected by Nazi forces. It notes Finland fights alongside Germany against Russia, with little hope of regaining sovereignty or independent economy once German troops are present.
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Finland
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Narvik
Arctic
Germ
Norway
Hitler
Russia
Huge airport project to start immediately near Decatur
Morgan and Limestone residents join United States Army and Southern Aviation Training School to establish a new municipal airport two miles north of Decatur. The Pryor estate site spans acres leased to the city and counties, with work to begin now and a first contingent arriving by October 4. The school will open with fifty cadets, expand as needed, employ hundreds, and train pilots for Uncle Sam with no civilian program.
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Morgan
Limestone
United States Army
Southern Aviation Training School, Inc
United States
Frank E. Hulse, Jr
Decatus
Pryor
Decatur
County of
City of
Athens
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Chambers of Commerce
Ee A
David Black
Mae
Rice
Uncle Sam
The
Aviation Corporation
Camden
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Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Nearby States
The Tennessee river gauge Thursday stood at 16.95 feet and rose. Temperatures ranged from 73 to 92 degrees with .07 inch of rain. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida saw partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with scattered thunderstorms Friday. Winds along coasts remain light to moderate and variable. Generally fair tonight, Friday mostly cloudy with scattered showers in west and south portions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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