Aluminum plants eyed for Alabama and nationwide expansion
Defense officials pressed for a 75 percent rise in U S aluminum output. Alabama would host a 100 million pound plant at Lister Hill near Muscle Shoals, adding to Reynolds Metals capacity and boosting state share to about 10 percent of national capacity. The plan, totaling roughly 75 million dollars, would be funded by the Defense Plant Corporation with private operators under lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Lister Hill
Muscle Shoals
Reynolis Metals Co
Reynolds
Office of Production Management
Aluminum Company of America
Mobile
Gulf Port
William 5. Knudsen
OPM
Sidney Hillman
Stimson
War Stimson
Defense Plant Corporation
Arkansas
Booneville - Grande Coulee
Upper
New York State
California
North Carolina
Federal Power Commission
OPM Power Section
Marines Ordered to London for Embassy Support
The Navy announced a small detachment of three officers and 60 marines sent to London to facilitate communications among U S offices there. They will also act as fire watchers to relieve the embassy staff amid expanded embassial work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Partment
London
United States
Navy
Flags Returned to Alabama From Civil War Relics
Michigan Governor Van Wagoner offered to arrange the return during the national governors conference in Boston. The Battle flags and a sword carried by Confederate troops are now in Michigan archives, with Alabama curator Peter Branton noting a flag from the first Alabama cavalry and another from the Fifth Connecticut Infantry tied to Alabama units. The move aims to emphasize national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Murry D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Frank Dixon
Boston
Peter A. Brannton
First
Alabama Cavalry
Fifth Conrane Infantry
van Wagoner
Great crowd at Kiwanis horse show draws 1800 plus
A large Benson Field crowd estimated at 1800 enjoyed the Decatur Kiwanis Tennessee Valley Horse Show despite threatening weather. The event featured 81 entries including 75 horses with 19 ponies, and high praise from visiting officials for the quality and variety of horses and child riders. Local participation included Morgan Limestone and Lawrence county entries with awards presented by Mrs. Rankin and Miss Gregg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Field
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Gilbert Orr
Lass
Shirley Whitlow
Decatur
Gypsy
Verne H. Youngblood
Will Do
Bachelor Dream
Broadway Bill
Arenia
Dare
Jack Slayden
Holly Springs
Miss
Ed Stalcup
Warijato Farms
Franklin
Tenn
Walton Anderson
Gilbert M. Orr
Columbia
Orr
Nashville Banner
National Horseman
Alabama
RE. W. Mcleod
Kiwanis Club
W. E. Waterhouse
Decatur High School
Decatur Parade Floats Grow as July Fourth Plans Expand
Decatur groups including the Woman's Chamber of Commerce Civitan Rotary Lions join with sponsors to enter many patriotic floats for the parade to feature national defense themes. Lt Rehm and J E McClary lead design efforts while truck shortages delay construction and local dealers offer loan options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lt Rehm
National ‘Ss
Alabama
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
J. E. McClary
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Atre
Decatur
Woman's Chamber of Commerce
Civitan Club
Rotary , Club
Lions ‘Club
Rehm
McClary
Mr. McClary
Lawrence Matron W C Rutherford Dies at Home
Mrs. W C Rutherford 38 died at 9 p m Friday at her Moulton route 2 home after four months illness. Funeral 2 p m Sunday at Red Hill Cemetery Lawrence County with Emmett Byars officiating. Burial by Brown Decatur. Survived by husband two sons J E and Billy a daughter Marie, her father J D Sapp two sisters Mrs G C Taylor and Mrs W S Clardy three brothers C G Blair and Dean Sapp. Mrs Rutherford was a Church of Christ member.
Old Morgan jail site to house health, TVA labs and offices
Plans propose demolishing the Old Morgen county jail at Davis and Line streets to build a 45 by 90 foot two and a half story native stone structure with a health department clinic, TVA laboratory facilities, and WPA offices. The project, costing about 35000 dollars, will use WPA labor and be spearheaded by Morgan county with space for the health department, library and Morgan Medical Society on upper floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgen County
Davis and
Line Streets
Morgan County Health Department
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
WPA
District One Wpa
State Office
Davis Street
Line Street
Cain and
Courthouse Square
Morgan County
Frahn
Delevator
Ee ¢ Department
Welfare
EB. Cain Street
Welfare Denyer
Health Department
Morgan Medical Society
Senate OKs two year extension of Roosevelt dollar powers
Washington June 28 Senate vote 40 to 4 approved continuing President Roosevelts power to devalue the dollar and to operate the 2 billion stabilisation fund for two years from July 1. The measure avoids further cut in gold content and faces a late year end budget scramble with WPA funding and relief bills tied to Monday midnight deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Senate House Conference
Works Projects Administrations
House
Adams
Six State Drivers to Compete in Fourth of July Boat Races
Entries for the Fourth of July boat races total thirty with participants from six states and three women drivers. Marvin Breshears and Sam Herrick of Springfield Missouri join the field, which is larger than last year. Organizers report progress on seating pits concessions and an expanded public address system to handle a bigger crowd.
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Marvin Breshears
Sam Herrick
Springfield
Missouri
Eddins
Dtone
South River
What would you be thinking about if you lived in Cologne
The feature byline notes Dewitt MacKenzie is away, with Pred Vanderschmidty completing it. It reflects on German morale and the perception of Allied bombing, noting Cologne’s location beside the Ruhr and the 73 bombings it has endured. Air raid sirens have been common for seventeen nights, though no bombs fell last night as British forces targeted Bremen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Pred Vanderschmidty
Cologne
Ruhr
al. Wefigh
Hermann Goering
Callar
Bremen
Germans Face Grim Reckoning as War Drags On
The piece recalls a German citizen’s fear and hunger as Cologne lies in the occupied Rhineland. It contrasts wartime propaganda with harsh reality, noting the long front in Russia and the expectation of a drawn out conflict while bombs begin to fall.
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Cologne
Winston Churchill
Rhineland
Russia
Siegfried Line
Subway Workers Weigh Strike Amid City Defense Pressures
The Associated Press reports subway workers plan strike amid July 1 walkout threat by about 32 000 transit staff. Mayor La Guardia rejects legitimacy of municipal strike while CIO Transport Workers Union seeks 2 a day wage hike for all workers. other defense industry tensions arise as Dow Chemical amid magnesium production faces disruption.
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Associated Press
National Defense
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
CIO
Transport Workers Union
Concietors
Cho Agre Philip
Murray
John H. Belaney
Board of Transportation
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Mich
Chemical
United Mine Workers
William 8. Knudsen
OPM
San Francisco Bay
Tance
Airport work starts on $250000 training site
The Morgan Construction Co of Tuscaloosa to begin a $250000 project for the Southern Aviation Training School after leasing a square mile of Pryor Plantation for Army Air Corps training officers. Knox Fershaw of Birmingham will grade the property as work begins for an early October operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Construction Company
Tuscaloosa
Southern Aviation Training School
Pryor Plantation
United States Army Air Corps
Knox Fershaw
Birmingham
Southern School of Nation
Frank Hulse, Jr
Birmin
Decatur
Athenis
Chambers of Commerce
A E Griffin Illness Victim
Arthur E. Griffin 46, formerly of Decatur now in Tarrant City, died Friday morning at Jefferson County Hospital Birmingham after a short illness. Funeral at 2 30 p m Sunday at Bethel near Hartselle with burial by McAfee Howell and Young. Procession from 1305 Thompsay Avenue at noon. Surviving are widow three brothers four sisters and two grandchildren.
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Arthur E. Griffin
Decatur
Tarrant City
Jefferson County Hospital
Birmingham
Bethel
Hartselle
Frank —T. Smith
McAfee
Howell
A. ©. Griffin
Cecil Davis
J. P. Luker
W. C. Stone
Neel Newsom
Ben Weeme
A. B. Dupree
John Patterson Co Awards Remodel Contract for Johnston Street Building
The John Patterson Company awards Childs Bros. of Decatur a remodeling contract to convert the two story brick 223 225 Johnston Street building, formerly Drinkard Funeral, into six modern apartments with four units above rear garages. A. B. Frahn designed the plans. Remodeling to start next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Patterson Company, Inc
Childs Bros
Decatur
Johnston Street
Drinkard Funeral Company
A. B. Frahn
Brown Service Insurance Co., Inc
Birmingham
North Alabama
Drinkard Burial and Insurance Company
Johnston’ Street
Patterson Company
Red Army halts German spearhead near Minsk drive
The Red Army reported smashing a German spearhead west of Minsk as Soviet forces pushed into the Polish buffer zone. Moscow claimed tank corps headquarters were annihilated and prisoners taken while Berlin promised detailed Eastern theater announcements tomorrow. British Cripps and U.S. Steinhardt arrived in Moscow to coordinate allied efforts amid conflicting reports of Minsk and Lwow battles.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Minsk
Moscow
Russia
Cow
Axis
Poland
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Bessarabean
Dendon
Tank Corps
Lick
Lwow
Stafford Cripps
Foreign Commissaria
Cripps
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Britain
Hugh Dalton
Air Force
Labor Party
DNB
High Command
Turkestan
Finland
Norway
Murmansk
Kola Peninsula
Arctic Sea
Red Air Force
Helsinki
London
Hanko
Weather Summary for Tennessee Alabama and Florida
Weather notes indicate Tennessee river reading 17.31 rising over past 24 hours. High 95 and low 74 with trace rain. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered thundery showers in west areas. Tennessee shows scattered showers later, with light to moderate winds.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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Limestone
Lawrence
Sam P
Camp Callan
San Diego
Calif
John Doe
Kalamazoo
Doe
United States Army
Santa Monica
Henry H. Arnold
Army
A. E. Griffin
Hitler
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