Second R Day finds county ready for draft registrations
More than 400 Morgan county youths are expected to register in the second R Day. County boards in Decatur Hartselle Courtland Moulton and Athens report locations hours and precinct jurisdiction as registrations total rise from 6432 to an estimated 6835 with all 21 precincts covered. Local boards operate 7 to 9 p m Tuesday and emphasize knowing beat number birth date and a contact who can verify address.
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Morgan County
Morgan
Decatur
Morgan County National Bank
Board No. 2
Hartselle
Post Office
Nnance
Huntsville
Board 2
Lawrence County
Board One
Courtland
Board Two
Moulton
Limestone County Board 1
Athens
Alabama 21 year olds must register for draft
Montgomery report notes 21 year olds since Oct 16 must register for the draft. Brig Gen Ben M Smith estimates 23 000 fall in this group and may obtain free syphilis examinations by visiting county health departments after registration. Local draft boards handle registration with available telephones in every county and guidance on jurisdiction. Details on how registrants will be used were not announced.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Ben M. Smith
Selective Service
J.N. Baker
Smith
W. T. Jackson Dies at 74 in Courtland Home
William T. Jackson 74 died at 5 30 p m Saturday at his Courtland home after a long illness. Funeral service was 3 30 p m Sunday at Courtland Church of Christ conducted by Emmett Byars. Burial at Courtland Cemetery directed by Brown. Survived by widow four daughters Mrs Mary Beck NeSmith Mrs John Beck Hatton Mrs Irwin Simmons Hillsboro Miss Avice Jackson Courtland four sons George Fort Brace Florida irk Old Hickory Tenn Frank Oneonta brother Dave John Hatton sister Mrs Mar Worle Harrison Hatton. Jackson was a retired farmer and well known in Lawrence co
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William T. Jackson
Courtland
Courtland Church of Christ
Emmett Byars
Brown
Jackson
Mary Beck
NeSmith
John Beck
Hatton
Irwin Simmons
Hillsboro
Avice Jackson
George
Fort Brace
Florida
Irk
Old Hickory
Tenn
Heroic rescue saves boy from Tennessee river near Wheeler dam
Ray Handley, despite a severe cold, plunged into the Tennessee River to save 10 year old B G Ryan Jr from drowning during a family picnic above Wheeler dam. He recovered the boy from deep water after a slip from an inner tube action praised by onlookers.
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Ray Handley
B. G. Ryan
Tennessee
Wheeler Dam
Ryan
Handley
Senate approves Labor and FSA supply bill in late turn
Washington reports the Senate sped through final appropriations to midnight, sending a 1 195 935 780 relief bill for the Labor Department and the Federal Security Agency to the White House. Disputes over 35 million for surplus commodities delayed two other measures, with farm and relief bills tangled in House Senate disagreement.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
House
Congress
Well Known Citizen Sidney H. Robinson Dies
Sidney H. Robinson a prominent Decatur resident died suddenly at his home at 202 Fourth Avenue West at 4 35 this morning He was 70 years old Prayer services will be held at his home Tuesday at 2 p m by Rev W B Strong and Rev J W Curl Final rites and burial will follow at Mountain Grove cemetery near Hanceville with Brown in charge Nephews will be pallbearers and members of the West Side Presbyterian missionary society will handle flowers He is survived by his widow a daughter Miss Harriett Robinson a son Zeller Robinson of Balboa Island California and a sister Mrs Sallie Edwards of Decatur He was a 43 year employee of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad as yard master He retired 10 years ago He was a Mason Shriner and church member born in Greenbrier but spent most of his life in Decatur.
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Decatur
Fourth Avenue
West
W. B. Strong
J. W. Curl
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Hanceville
Brown
Missionary Society of
West Side Presbyterian Church
Robinson
Harriett Robinson
Zeller Robertson
Balboa Island
California
Sallie’ Edwards
L. & N. Railroad Company
Ard
Masonic Lodge
Greenbrier
Decatur Prepares for Fourth of July Festivities and Races
Final plans for Decatur July Fourth events proceed with General Chairs Eddens and Dougherty directing motor boat speed races and flotilla, parade, and dance. Wheeler Lake Yacht Club, Chamber of Commerce, and Lions Club coordinate as decorations begin citywide. Florida inquiries arrive about races while Chattanooga crafts join Decatur flotilla for a large, festive Tennessee River celebration.
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Decatur
Fort Stephen
Quince Eddens
Bill Dougherty
J. E. McClary
Comer Bezell
Douglas Dodd
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Chamber of Commerce
The
Lions Club
Tennessee River
Commodore Eddins
T. B. Davis
Chattanooga
Davis
Florida
Miami Beach
Allison Stout
Wheeler Lake
State National Bank Declares Semiannual Dividends
The State National Bank board approves a 3 percent dividend on common stock payable July 1 and a preferred stock dividend due August 1. A $40,000 transfer from undivided profits to surplus is authorized. President T. J. Cottingham notes modest year‑to‑year improvement and optimistic outlook.
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The
State National Bank
T. J. Cottingham
Weer's Term Of Court Opens Here
A weeklong circuit court term opens with no cases called for trial as jurors report. Second degree murder charges against Robert and William Steadham in the Edgar Harris slaying are not pressed due to insufficient evidence. J John Alford faces trial on July 2 for the William Segars homicide. Judge Seybourn H. Lynne presides.
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Robert Steadham
William Steadham
Edgar Harris
Lacey's Spring
Melvin Hutson
J . John Alford
William Segars
Seybourn H. Lynne
Nurses aboard missing ship raise war time questions
The navy reported a foreign flagged steamer carrying American Marines and Red Cross nurses was torpedoed with eight Marines rescued and no confirmed deaths. The Red Cross said 17 nurses were aboard Maajsden with six already landed and all reported safe. Sumner Welles cited Americans aboard the vessel amid questions on neutrality act exceptions and embassy operations.
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Washington
Red Cross
London
Navy
Sumner Welles
Atlantic
United States
Welles
Navy Department
England
26 Taken in Big Spy Hunt
Federal agents arrested 26 men and three women on espionage charges after a nationwide probe spanning four states. Hoover said 24 suspects were seized, 18 of whom are German born, with arraignments set in Brooklyn. The ring reportedly transmitted information on Britain bound cargoes and U S naval and aircraft developments.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Germany
United States
Brooklyn
Hoover
Atlantic
Morgan Construction to Build Southern Aviation Training Site
The Morgan Construction Company of Tuscaloosa, builder of air field facilities, moved to the Pryor plantation site two miles north of Decatur to construct the Southern Aviation Training School. Work targets completion by October 1 with cadets arriving soon after. Engineer Knox Kershaw and David Black of Southern Airways arrived to oversee grading and field readiness. Local workers flocked to the site as an office is planned to manage employment.
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Morgan Construction Company
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosas
Camden
8. C
Southern Aviation Training School
Pryor Plantation
Decatur
U. 8
Morgan
Heart-Of
Knox Kershaw
David Black
Southern Airways Corporation
New upstate air field starts as Decatur project grows
Montgomery reports start of a new 640 acre air drome near Decatur with primary cadet training planned October 1 by Southern Aviation Corp. The project, a joint effort of Decatur Athens Morgan and Limestone counties, includes hangar dormitories admin buildings and classrooms. DeSoto Park improvements funded by CCC and National Park Service with WPA later. grading begins on Selma airport. Demopolis seeks 240 acre municipal field costing 153000 approved by War Department. DeSoto Park seven miles from Fort Payne serves as emergency landing field on Birmingham Chattanooga route.
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Montgomery
Ala
Decatur
Asa Rountree, Jr
Air Fields
DeSoto Park
Upstate
Southern Aviation Corporation
Athens
Morgan
Limestone
National Park Service
CCC
Fort Payne
Birmingham-Chattanooga
WPA
Demopolis
War Department
Rountree
Selma
Death of J L McNeese Local Citizen at 74
Joseph L. McNeese 74 a well known Decatur resident and Blacksmith for 35 years died suddenly of a heart attack at his West Moulton street home. Graveside services will be at Pulaski Tennessee at 10 30 Tuesday with Brown of Decatur in charge. Burial at Pulaski. Survived by widow two sons E M McNeese and R J McNeese two brothers Clat McNeese N G McNeese a sister Mrs Annie Marks and other relatives. Born in Pulaski he moved to Decatur at age 12.
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Joseph L. McNeese
West Moulton Street
McNeese
Pulaski
Tenn
Brown
Decatur
E. M. McNeese
Columbia
R. J. MccNeese
Clat McNeese
N. G. McNeese
Lawrenceburg
Annie Marks
Nazi Offensive Defense Foreshadows New German Army Tactics
War reporting notes Nazi admission of an offensive defense on a large scale unseen by the German army. The piece discusses a potential encirclement of two Soviet armies near Bialystok and cautions against taking aerial destruction figures at face value as proof of losses.
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Red Army
Bailystok
Nazi Aerial Losses Briefed Amid Red Counterattack
A German communique admits heavy air and anti aircraft effort to fend off a Red Army counter attack on the Polish front. German reports claim 2 582 enemy planes destroyed two days earlier signaling air superiority efforts amidst large scale maneuvering.
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Ponent
Red Army
Red Air
Two Injured in Weekend Traffic Accidents
Two people suffered minor injuries in local traffic incidents this weekend. Mary Alice Spencer, 11, was bruised after a collision with Irwin Lackey's car at Walnut street and Bee Line highway. she was treated and released. Willie Wilson sustained slight head injuries when struck by a car on Sixth Avenue. treated and discharged. Louis Epstein's car overturned on Bee Line highway near Lacon mountain after hitting a guard rail. no injuries to him, damage estimated at $360. investigators were on the scene.
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Lacon Mountain
Mary Alice Spencer
Bruce Spencer
BE. Gordon Drive
Irwin Lackey
South Clinton Street
Athens
Walnut Street
Bee Line Highway
Hamill
Joe Weatherly
Rk. W. Minor
Willie Wilson
Tower Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Baugh’s Infirmary
Louis Epstein
Victory Street
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Sanders Push
B. B. Payne
State Highway Patrol
Birmingham Teachers Die In Missippi Traffic Crash
Two Birmingham grammar school teachers Miss Alice Nolen 40 and Miss Lemerle Askew 25 died after a Sunday car collision near Bay St. Louis Mississippi. Deputy Sheriff F J Boop reported Hampton Reynolds of New Orleans chairman of the City Planning Board and father in law of former Governor Richard W. is involved in the unfolding story.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Alice Nolen
Lemerle Askew
Birmingham Grammar
Dr W P Baugh Recalled to Army Medical Corps
Dr W P Baugh president of Baughs Infirmary departs for Camp Livingston Louisiana having been recalled to service in the United States Army Medical Corps He holds the rank of major and previously served over two years with the Army Medical Corps including time with the expeditionary force and the army of occupation in Germany Dr J B Wiley will run the infirmary during his absence
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W. P. Baugh
Baugh
Camp Livingston
Louisiana
United States Army Medical Corps
Army Medical Corps
Army of Occupation
Germany
J. B. Wiley
Machinists back on job after Bay Area defense work halt
Machinists returning to 11 Bay Area shipyards and dry docks resume work on defense contracts valued at 506 million dollars. About 600 CIO members reaffirmed the decision to return, while 1,100 AFL machinists ended their walkout. A coastwide master contract governs pay of 1.12 dollars hourly with overtime at 1.5 times.
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Associated Press
Defense
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
Parley
United Automobile Workers
Electric Auto Lite Corporation
Port Huron
Mich
Navy
OIO
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Richard E. Reisinger
New Tax Set To Start July First In Decatur
Decatur officials announce a new tax taking effect July 1. An amusement ticket tax ranges from one cent to two cents per ticket above fifteen cents, while a one cent per package cigarette tax applies within the city and a half cent beyond city limits. The city clerk holds over a million tax stamps and dealers may obtain them anytime. All tax proceeds go to school programs.
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Decatur
Crieryy
Nazi Panzer Drive Advances Toward Moscow Claim
Moscow reports that panzer columns push toward the capital from Smolensk with an estimated 2,500,000 Soviet troops resisting across a 2000 mile front. German spokesmen claim encirclements and rapid gains around Minsk and in Lithuania and Latvia as conscription is ordered in Lenin grad for wartime defense.
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Associated Press
Germany
Russia
Minsk
Liwow
Poland
Berlin
U. S
Hitler
Tic
Lithunia
Latvia
Litpau
Baltic Sea
DNB
Baltic
PNB
Rawa Ruska
Lwow
Murmansk
Dvinsk
Black Sea
Rome
Moscow
Weather Note on Tennessee River and Alabama Forecast
The Tennessee river gauge showed 1671 feet with a falling level Monday and light rainfall recorded. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with southerly to westerly winds along the coast and scattered showers expected in parts of Alabama.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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