Solons urge non defense expense cuts in message
Speaker Rayburn signaled plans to transmit requests to President Roosevelt for trimming non defense outlays by 1 billion dollars. Farm Bureau urged tax base expansion and half exemptions, opposing sales or excise taxes to fund defense. Officials predicted monthly federal spending near 2 billion in the next fiscal year, with 24 billion annual rate, under varying estimates.
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Washington
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agriculture Department
Stacy May
Office of Production Management
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
May
Budget Bureau Ap
Impossible Rescue of Troops From Greece Heralded by Cairo
Cairo dispatch reports the British navy nearly 50 000 imperial troops were evacuated from Greece, despite German air bases and naval threats. The author details perilous crossings, heavy bombardment, and morale high as troops, including Australians and Canadians, reach Cairo ready to fight.
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Cairo
Egypt
Greece
Dunkerque
Royal Navy
Thepeloponnesus
Yugoslavia
Italy
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Bulgaria
Navy
Sunday for Mrs Grace Parks
Mrs Grace A Parks 34 died 7 30 pm Thursday at the sanatorium Flint Final rites 2 30 pm Sunday at Brown Chapel Ferry St burial City cemetery Brown in charge Surviving husband Ches er A Parks two sons Edwin and Arthur Parks father W A Maxie Tahokee Florida Mr and Mrs Parks came to Decatur from St Augustine Fla 15 months ago to make their home He is an employee of the Wolf Construction Company
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Grace A. Parks
Flint
Brown's Chapel
Ferry Street
City Cemetery
Brown
Cheser A. Parks
Edwin
Arthur Parks
W. A. Maxie
Tahokee
Florida
Florida. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Parks Came ‘To Decatur From St. Augustine, Fla
Wolf Construction Company
Farm Aid Proposes Parity Based Farm Price Program
The United States Department of Agriculture unveils a new legislative program aimed at bringing farm prices closer to parity. Details are provided in today’s Daily on page three.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Congress
Washington
Case
Berlin warns Americans risk German interests in war zone
Berlin officials and Nazi sources say an American flag in the European war zone would directly disturb greater Germany's interests. Dienst Aus Deutschland argues there are no grounds for trouble unless America provokes it, and notes Roosevelt's policy is a military issue for Germany.
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Berlin
Greater
Germany
Dienst Aus -Deutschland
Western Hemisphere
Dienst
Roosevelt
Ofiat
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
America
Japan
Senate debate tightens on axis ship requisition plan
In Washington on May 2 the Senate Commerce Committee voiced strong opposition to a proposal limiting the president’s power to transfer seized axis ships to Britain. The plan would fund about 80 idle foreign flag vessels in U S ports but critics said moving one belligerent’s ships to another could be an act of war. Chairman Land of the maritime commission and Chairman George of the foreign relations committee offered differing views with possible coastal trade use of the ships.
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Washington
Senate
Great Britain
United States
Senate Commerce Committee
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
George
D.-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Why Hitler’s Name Dominates War News Sayings
DEWITT MACKENZIE explains readers’ question about why leaders refer to Hitler rather than Germany in broadcasts. He notes Hitler as an absolute dictator whose will is law and whose influence shapes the war narrative and public perception.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Germany
Reich
Churchill
Jacksonville
Florida
Hitler Alone Able to Carry on Fight
The article argues Hitler embodies Germany and Hitlerism drives the war with Britain and the Allies seeking to defeat both the man and his movement. Churchill’s remark about beating the life and soul out of Hitlerism frames the global conflict as a fight against an individual and his ideology.
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Hitler
Germany
Puehrer
Adolf Hitler
Keep Prices Down Plea At Consumers Conference
Washington May 2 Price Administrator Leon Henderson addressed a consumers goods conference urging price stability to avoid destructive price rises and economic dislocations. Harriet Elliott warned of inferior substitutions to mask increases while defense costs loom. experts forecast modest price rises and consider frugal tactics.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Consumers’ Goods
Harriet Elliott
Eliot
97 year old Morgan Co woman dies in Austinville
Mrs Nancy C Martin age 97 believed oldest Morgan county resident died at 5 30 p m Thursday at daughter Betty Crow's home in Austinville widow of Civil War casualty Nathaniel G Martin Funeral set for 2 pm Saturday at Austinville Baptist Church Rev Bud Bynum to officiate burial in City Cemetery Pallbearers Hollis Johnson Hildreth Johnson Rob Roper Willard Howell Chester Crow and Charles Crow Honorary pallbearers listed She survived by daughter four granddaughters sixteen great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren She spent life in Morgan and Lawrence counties and was a well known figure in the region.
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Nancy C. Martin
Morgan County
Betty G. Crow
Austinville
Nathaniel G. Martin
Austinville Baptist Church
Bud Bynum
Brown
City Cemetery
Hollis
Hildreth Johnson
Robert Roper
Willard Howell
Chester
Charles Crow
W. B. Austin
O. R. Austin
A. T. Beaty
R. L. Campbell
Dave Norris
Elmer Bussey
M. L. Whitfield
F.B. Roberts
Martin
Mrs. Crow
FE. A.johnson
Sam E. Roper
Sheffield
Oscar FE. Howell
Little Rock
Arkansas
Hubert Holland
Canton
Ohio
Illness claims E R Glenn in Decatur area death
Earl Ruby Glenn aged 37 died at 11 30 a m Thursday at his home Decatur Route 3 after a short illness Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Johnson Chapel with Rev S W Brooks of Trinity officiating Burial entrusted to McAfee Howell and Young Survivors include widow Aver Glenn three sons Herschel Homer Frankie Glenn four daughters Marie Elizabeth Nella Mae and Josephine Glenn father W J Glenn three brothers two half brothers two sisters and four half sisters Pallbearers named Luther Glenn Cecil Glenn Seldon Glenn Jesse Glenn Homer Shelton and Burl Norris Flowers to be arranged by Miases Christine Aline and Frances Glenn Birdie Lee Morgan and Stella Maxon
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Earl Ruby Glenn
Decatur
Johnson Chapel
S. W. Brooks
Trinity
McAfee
Howell and Young
Mr. Glenn
Aver Glenn
Herschel
Homer
Frankie Glenn
Marie
Elizabeth
Nella
Mae
Josephine Glenn
W. J. Glenn
Luther Glenn
Cecil Glenn
Seldon
Glenn
Jesse Glenn
Shelton
Burl Norris
Flowers
Christine
Aline
Frances Glenn
Birdie Lee Morgan
Stella Maxon
Copper firms on defense jobs cite strikes and mediation
May 2. Governor Dixon orders a meeting of the Alabama Coal Mediation Board as 21,000 miners enter day 32 of idleness. CIO and UMWA push wage demands and a closed shop as mediation continues. Strike at Phelps-Dodge plant in Elizabeth, New Jersey ends with workers set to resume on defense contracts worth 30 million dollars. Civil measures include easing price ceilings on soft coal.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Dixon
Alabama Coal Mediation Board
Peat
Workers of America
CTO
William Mitch
UMWA
Mediation Board
Elizabeth, N. J
Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corporation
CIO
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile
CIO United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Leon Henderson
Cleveland
Midland 1 Products Company
CIO Automobile
New York Harbor
Bermuda
Lisbon
Sturgeon Catch Draws Crowd on Cahaba Shoals
Gaines Aldridge of Danville found a seven foot eight inch sturgeon weighing 360 pounds on Cahaba river shoals at Centerville Bibb county. The fish was dragged ashore with log chains and a truck for display before hundreds of onlookers.
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Gaines Aldridge
Danville
Centerville
Bibb County
Mr. Aldridge
Well Known Woman Dies in Decatur
Misa Jennie L. Davidson a well known Decatur resident died at 2 pm Thursday at her home 506 W Gordon Drive after several weeks illness. Final rites will be at the home at 2 pm Saturday conducted by Rev R L Archibald of Central Methodist Church with F Hawkins former pastor officiating. Burial will be in City cemetery. Pallbearers are Lewis Henkel A H Hoff Ray Odom H Mel Dougald BE W Kennedy and Jonni Patterson Jr. She leaves three sisters Mrs J R Nicholson Decatur Mrs H H McConnell Dallas and Mrs M J Lee Bessemer and an aunt Mrs T M Davidson Birmingham. Born in Somerville she had lived in Decatur since age three and was a longtime employee in the Alabama Power Company office.
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Misa
Jennie L. Davidson
Decatur
W. Gordon Drive
R. L. Archibald
Bankf Central Methodist Church
F. Hawkins
City Cemetery
Lewis Henkel
A. H. Hoff
Ray Odom
H. Mel Dougald
BE. W. Kennedy
Jonni Patterson
Miss Davidson
J. R. Nicholson
H. H. McConnell
Dallas
Texas
M. J. Lee
Bessemer
T. M. Davidson
Birmingham
Somerville
Central Methodist Church
Childhoood
The
Alabama Power Company
Two Naval Ensigns Indicted in Alabama Beheading Case
Baldwin county grand jury indicted two naval ensigns on first degree manslaughter charges in the death of Mrs. Robert Phillips. The defendants are Joseph Clarkson Thompson, 23, of Healdsburg California, and Paul Coford Brown, 22, of Chicago, both assigned to the Pensacola Naval Air Station, sheriff said.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Cheriff W. R. Stuart
Baldwin County
Robert Pphillips
Robert Phillips
Dale
Joseph Clarkson Thompson
Healdsburg
Calif
Paul Coford Brown
Chicago
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Decatur Adopts Cigarette and Amusement Taxes for Schools
The Decatur city council approved two ordinances setting a one cent tax per cigarette and two cents per amusement ticket over 15 cents to fund expanded and ongoing school needs. Proceeds go to city school funds. A 487000 school complex planned near Eighth Avenue and Somerville Road prompted bond financing with Cumberland Securities and partners. Also a nine member zoning commission will study city master planning.
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Decatur
Weather report notes river drop and mild temperatures
The Tennessee River gauge read 21.15 feet with no rainfall in the past 24 hours. Maximum temperature 84 and minimum 55. Alabama forecasts show partly cloudy Saturday with little temperature change and variable coastal winds. Tennessee outlook is fair tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and variable temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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