New Field Artillery Sight From Lacking Gear
Two young field artillery officers in Tennessee improvised a sight from water pipe to replace missing equipment. The dual pipe device with lenses and mirrors is reportedly more accurate and cheaper to produce than the standard instrument. The invention aides rapid vertical and horizontal sighting during tank engagements. Secretary Stimpson observed army maneuvers aboard a jeep as 77,000 troops trained nearby.
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Tennessee
Lowell -o-Bean
Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Washington
Work in flying field proceeds with lease talks ongoing
The article describes ongoing efforts to prepare a flying field for national defense with grain and crop protection measures. A. D. Lecroix, a Limestone county farmer, cooperates in negotiations to develop the field after harvest while the Pryor family owns the property and welcomes public benefit plans. The Tennessee Valley Authority assists, and The Decatur Daily clarifies it has not published official statements from the Army or training school.
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A. D. Lecroix
Pryor
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur Daily
United States Army
Souther Aviation Training School, Inc
Decatur of Athens Chambers of Commerce
Striking Pressure Rises at Sperry Gyroscope Brooklyn Plant
Talks with Sperry Gyroscope Company and the Brotherhood of Scientific Instrument Workers continue as a possible 6,000 workers strike looms if no deal is reached. The union seeks a 20 percent wage boost with hourly gains from 45 cents to $1.30, amid defense orders worth $3 million for bombsights and related gear. A separate Canister Company settlement in Phillipsburg ends an 18 day walkout over fibre coin production, granting wage increases, eight hour day, 40 hour week, and overtime pay.
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Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Scientific Instrument Workers of America
Poo
Canister
Phillipsburg
N. J
APL
Army
Pleasant Hill Fourth Program Featured by Community Band
A brief notice outlines the fourth program at Pleasant Hill, highlighting a community band event scheduled around the Fourth of July week. The readable text emphasizes local celebration and public participation.
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Pleasant Hill
Markets Mixed as Trading Closes Up Near Midday
New York June 2 stock activity edged higher with cautious bidding lifting many quotes into positive territory. Volume about 600000 shares. gains were modest though most closing prices ended up. Chicago grain futures showed slight increases with wheat and corn firm. soybeans and other commodities also reported steady or mixed moves amid ongoing market uncertainty.
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Chicago
Textile price futures rise on Congress opposition rumors
Reports of opposition in Congress to textile price fixing push futures to new highs in late trading. July through May contracts rise 14.60 to 15.05 with spreads. middling spot prices up 28 points to 15.53.
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Cotton
New York
Congress
Cotton futures rise on farm bloc price support plan
Trading notes show cotton futures advancing as much as 1.10 to 1.26 per bale amid government purchase proposals for unsold 1940 cotton. Closing prices stayed steady with minor gains across delivery months and bids.
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady In New Orleans
Cottonseed oil closed steady in New Orleans with various contract prices listed. Prices include bleach able prime summer yellow at 12.50N and prime crude at 11.25B, with July 12.56B and Sept. 12.51-12.52, Oct. 12.37, Dec. 12.23, Jan 12.22-28. B-bid and N- nominal markers noted.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton Prices in New Orleans Rise Steadily
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady with a 21 point gain. Sales totaled 702 while buyers noted high middling at 14.53 and good middling at 14.98. Receipts reached 2,141 and stock stood at 487,770.
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New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 26 195?
Salable cattle mixed with slow to weak slaughter trade. Prices: calves 150, heifers and steers 8.00–9.90, cows 4.50–7.75, bulls 7.25–7.75, stockers 9.50 down. Hogs 15 higher top 10.55. lambs and sheep active with spring lambs 25 lower, good 11.50, bucks 9.50, fat ewes 3.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Butter Chicago receipts and prices from creamery firm
Butter receipts total 1 050 154 with firm current receipts 26 1 2. Creamery prices show 90 score 36 1 4. Other prices for eggs and storage pack firsts 26 remain unchanged.
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Chicago
Poultry prices listed in Chicago market report
Poultry live prices show 39 trucks with hens firm and small white rock chickens. Leghorns and broilers at 2 1/2 to 1 1/2 pounds and down, white rock 19, springs 4 pounds up, Plymouth Rock 22 1/2 under 4 pounds, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Wheat prices rise to new highs in Chicago market
Wheat prices climbed above two cents during the Chicago session with July and September contracts hitting 1.05 and 1.06 3 4 dollars. The market closed 15 82 cents higher than yesterday as July closed at 1.045 6 and September at 1.0 4.5-6.
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Chicago
German Tide on Russian Front Deepens Across Baltic Fight
Reports from DNB claim German troops seized towns along the Baltic front as Soviet lines hold in pockets. Britain plans a massive air push aiding Russia while German air activity ranges from Finland to the Black Sea.
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Russia
London
Priaé Oner
High Command
DNB
Berlin
Baltic
Bucharest
Britain
Finland
Europe
Sweden
Germany
Norway
Red Army
Black
Tobruk
Middle East
Ethopia
Malta
Bengasi
Libya
Debra Tabor
Ethiopia
Syria
Damascus
Jersusalem
Damour
Beirut
Harmor
Russians Are Very Calm During Blitzkrieg Dispatch
Henry C Cassidy reports from Moscow on Soviet civilian behavior under attack. He notes no refugee panic, strict blackout, prompt mobilization, and calm confidence in rural Russia as German assault begins. He describes trains running smoothly and widespread broadcasts fueling patriotic emotion.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Cassidy
Black Sea
Germany
France
European
Russia
Ukraine
Molotov
Caucasus
Russian Riviera
Lawrence A. Stienhardt
Erskine . Caldwell
Soch
Margaret Bourke White
Sochi
Caldwells
President Roosevelt seeks extra housing fund for defense homes
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize an additional 300 million dollars for defense housing, doubling the prior October allocation. He urged early consideration and cited urgency, proposing up to 125000 more defense homes by July 1, 1942, while suggesting a 300 million cap at this time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Court rules against bass sale ban as unconstitutional
The Court of Appeals says the Mississippi regulation prohibiting bass sales from outside the state cannot stand while banning bream and crappie would require a universal game fish ban. It stresses that only the legislature can exercise state police power in such matters and that each case hinges on its specific facts.
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Vaughan
Kissimee
Fla
Court of Appeals
Funeral Rites Held for Roberts Child
Funeral rites were held for Billy Joe Roberts five and a half months old son of Mr and Mrs W M Roberts La con Route 1 at Powell Chapel Lacon Mountain at 2 pm Rev Druit Jarrett officiated burial directed by McAfee How ell and Young. The child died at home at 1130 Wednesday morning. The parents and a brother James survive.
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Billy Joe
W.M. Roberts
Lacon
Route 1
Powell Chapel
Lacon ,Mountain
Druit Jarrett
McAfee, Howell and Young
James
Permit for Construction of 75,000 Houses Urges Urgent Needs
The proposal calls for approving the construction of about 75,000 houses to meet the most urgent current housing needs. Supporters argue rapid development will alleviate shortages and stabilize markets, while opponents seek safeguards for zoning and financing.
Parade Highlights At Aus tinville Wheel Festival
A large crowd attended the Austinville parade of Anything on Wheels. Entries ranged from a decorated garden plow to bicycles tricycles wagons and wagons. Judges awarded ribbons for most unusual oldest best tricks and bicycle race awards to local residents.
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Austinville
Asistinville Recreation Center
Billy Don Looney
Elliott Wright
Bess Wallace
Kitty
Barbara Wright
Jack Allen
Herman Rigel
Fred Carpenter
Billie Pepper
Freddie Carpenter
Alabama Aims Big in Defense Drive Says Industrialist
Douglass W Stockham Birmingham industrialist told the Alabama Retail Merchants Association that Alabama ranks 17th in defense orders and channels 80 percent of its facilities to defense. He noted 125 of 500 plants operate directly for defense, 275 indirectly, with 85 percent of iron and steel for defense and 50 000 textile workers contributing 25 percent to defense. Gulf Coast shipyards hold $190 million in ship contracts. Oregon and Washington lead in lumber, he added.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Douglass W.stockham
Alabama Retail Merchants Association
Stockham
Associated Industries of Alabama
Gulf Coast
Oregon
Washington
Decatur Notes Include Local Moves and Travel Plans
Decatur residents share updates on family departures for Los Angeles and California visits. Local soldiers from Decatur head to Ft. Bragg and join the 47th field artillery, with named individuals Ossie Leeth James M. Henderson Norman R. Lovelad and W. H. Aldredge. Community members report hospitalizations illnesses and recoveries among residents including Miss Guinndolyn Felton new Clarke county welfare director and several patients at Baugh's Infirmary.
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Decatur
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
Ft. Bragg
N. C
47Th Field Artillery
Ossit Leeth
James M. Henderson
Norman R. Lovelad
W. H. Aldredge
Guinndolyn Felton
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Clarke County
Tulane University
Mrs Walter Rites Noted In Union Grove
Final rites for Mrs Frank Walter 67 of Union Grove were held at Mt Tabor Marshall County. Rev Lantee-Smallwood and Drinkard conducted the service with burial in Mt Tabor Cemetery. She died at 730 am Wednesday at her son G W Walter's home in Hartselle. Survived by husband other son J P Walter of Edinburg Texas three daughters Maud Allen Pine Bluff Arkansas Lola Skinner Edinburg Texas Clara Green Ryans and a sister Lillie McClure Union Grove. Forty two grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
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Frank Walter
Union Grove
Mt. Tabor
Marshall County
Lantee-Smallwood
Drinkard
Walter
G. W. Walter
Hartselle
J. P. Walter
Edinburg
Texas
Maud Allen
Pine
Speer Resigns To Lead Morgan County Recreation
E. E. Speer Jr. resigns as adviser to boys and health and physical education at the Junior high school to become supervisor of recreation in Morgan County. He returned from a two week study course in Montgomery at the state recreation office. He serves as Morgan County district commissioner of Boy Scouts and co chair of the Junior Red Cross, and is president of the State Math Teachers Association and co founder of the Tennessee Valley Math Association.
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E. E. Speer, Jr
Morgan County
Speer
Montgomery
State’ Recreation Office
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
State Math Teachers Association
The
Tennessee Valley Math Association
Lions Club distributes white canes to blind residents
Decatur Lions Club distributed white canes to blind residents and urged the public to keep thoroughfares safe for them. Motorists were asked to watch for cane bearers and exercise care at intersections. Charles Marlone Jr. led the committee in charge.
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Decatur Lions Club
Charles Marlone,Jr
The
Lions Club
Chicago Daily Press Hit by Union Strike
Chicago’s three afternoon papers faced an emergency as International Typographical Union members were ordered to return to work or face suspension. The Daily News and Herald-American sent skeleton staffs to Milwaukee to set type and ship matrices back, while the Times used photo engravings and matrix substitutes before stopping work. Union leaders in Colorado Springs called the stoppage unauthorized and said talks proceed on a new contract as printers push for pay increases from 58 to 63 dollars weekly with a 36 14 hour week.
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Chicago
International
Daily News and Herald-Americary
Milwaukee
Times
Chicago Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Claude M. Baker
Colorado Springs
Colo
the Tribune and Journal of Commerce
Mob Lynches Suspect After Alleged Attack
Sheriff Gus Lewis reports a mob of 500 to 700 men forcibly removed rape suspect Spivey from the Dodge County jail after an assault on a 65 year old white farmwoman in Mount Ariat. The crowd beat him to coercing a confession and then returned him to custody as officers recaptured the jail.
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Deoe
Gus Lewis
Touwrts
Spivey
Mount Ariat
Dodge County
Lewis
Man
Grand Jury
Severe Morocco quake rattles region with damage reported
A severe earthquake, likened to the worst in years, struck Morocco with early reports of extensive damage and few casualties. The event began at 2 p.m. local time and was still felt 46 minutes later as instruments showed strong tremors.
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London
Morocco
Joss Blood Transfusion Decision Takes Stage in Murder Trial
In a murder trial, Miss Kert Whittaker testified that Dr Merrillam Joss objected to transfusing his wife until donor blood was checked. A hospital technician confirmed Mrs Joss blood type as four, and a professional donor later supplied matching blood. The defense argued admissibility of a blood-stained wristwatch from the scene for violence context.
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Kert Whittaker
Gardiner Hospital
Sumor
Mary
Merriliam
Ying
Miss Whittaker
Joss
Chalmers G
Ernest L. Goodspeed
Genera Frank I. Cowan
Leon Shepard
McClellan Praise Highlights 27th Division Morale
Representative Wadsworth lauded the 27th Division now training at Fort McClellan Alabama praising its record in the judge advocate general report. It lists 12 courts martial 9 non military offenses 14 venereal disease cases and one desertion among 18 000 men with only one complaint by a woman and 8 000 men given furlough over Christmas who returned on time.
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Washington
Wadsworth
R.N._Y
Twenty Seventh Division
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Twenty-Seventh
New York
WPA QUITS IN 11 ALABAMA COUNTIES
Alabama WPA will retain programs in 56 of 67 counties under reduced appropriations. Administrator W G Henderson said counties near defense projects or with light caseload face sharp cuts. Curtailment starts July 1, dropping caseload from about 32 000 to 24 000, with 24 000 expected employed in July through September.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
WPA
W. G. Henderson
Washington
Henderson
State Public Welfare Department
Morgan County WPA Cuts Announced
The WPA program will persist in Morgan county but 300 of the 800 workers will be dropped from the rolls. District One headquarters announced that four of 25 counties in the district will suspend WPA operations, including Pickens Lamar Winston and Clay.
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Morgan
Morgan County
District One
Pickens
Lamar
Winston
Clay
Wanted Passenger Heads to Alexandria Louisiana Early Friday
The classified notice seeks a passenger leaving Alexandria Louisiana early Friday morning. Call 256-W for contact.
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Alexandria
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Vinemont
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Fadikville
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George Porter
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Baugh's Infirmary
Harold — Matthews
L. EB. Wilburn
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Florence Ryan
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Balleyton
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Memphis
Newton B. Powell
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