Steel Output Rally Brings Out Optimism
Steel output, backbone of war industry, rallied this week signaling a possible wider turn for the better. After a deep decline since autumn 1937, mills reduced orders in early 1940 but rebounded to 61.8 percent capacity. Scraps prices rose as foreign demand and shipping risks influenced markets, while British shipping shifts and Mediterranean tensions fed speculation on U.S. sales and shipbuilding momentum.
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Frederick Gardner
New York
Norway
Mediterranean
Wall Street
Denmark
Europe
South Africa
Balkans
U. S
Decatur Voters Prepare for Democratic Primary Vote
Decatur voters head to polling places next Tuesday for the Democratic primary expected to draw a large turnout. Absentee ballots show 342 of 523 requested returned as boxes and locations are listed from No 1 Courthouse to No 13 Sheats Store Moulton Heights including Carnegie Library City Hall and Austinville city hall.
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Decatur
Courthouse
Carnegie Library
City Hall
Chandler's Store
3Rd Street
Sixth Avenue
West
Harvey's
W. Moulton Street
Johnston Street
Sunshine Cleaners
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Sixth Street
Shropshire’s
Austinville
Sheats
Moulton Heights
FDR Reported Veto of Cotton Insurance Measure
Representative Fulmer said the White House vetoed a bill extending the federal crop insurance program to cotton. He and other supporters planned to urge Hyde Park talks to delay the bill, arguing initial losses would be offset by reductions in current relief spending for flood and drought distress.
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Washington
Fulmer
D.5. Co
White House
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Final Rites Held for Mrs Ara Briscoe at Blue Springs
Mrs Ara Belle Briscoe 55 died Friday at her Eva Route 1 home. Funeral held 3:30 p m Saturday at Blue Springs with Rev Owens and Rev Mason officiating. Burial by Drinkard. Survived by husband James Harvey Briscoe four sons Sherman Cecil Booth Hobart all of Eva route 1 two daughters Mrs W O White Somerville route 3 and Mrs R Q Johnson Hartselle route 4 and 12 grandchildren.
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Ara Belle Briscoe
Eva
Blue Springs
Owens
Mason
Drinkard
Stepee Briscoe
James Harvey Briscoe
Sherman
Cullman
Cecil
Booth
Hobart
W O. White
Somerville
R. Q. Johnson
Hartselle
Azzie Coney
James Palmer
Hobart Blevins
Floyd Quinn
Harold Simmons
Bee Matthews
Eunice Ward
Lorene Griffin
Laurise Griffin
Edith Peck
Emagende Palmer
Maxine Griffin
Briscoe
Antioch Methodist Church
Dr Frederick A Cook Stricken In Port Chester N Y
Dr Frederick A Cook 77 Arctic explorer suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last night and was moved to United hospital where his condition was listed as fair. He had been staying at the home of Ralph S Von Ahlefeldt of Larchmont, a longtime ally in his pole claim dispute with Admiral Peary. He resided in Toms River.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Frederick A. Cook
United Hospital
Cook
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Ralph S. von Ahlefeldt
Larchmont
von Ahlefeldt
Dr. Cook
Admiral Peary
National Geographic Society
Toms River
Congressman's denial centers on rural post appointments
GAINSVILLE Ga May 4 Rep B Frank Whelchel denied government charges he took 2700 from North Georgia constituents to secure postal appointments. He told a federal jury he sought appointments to win political support and claimed no wrongful intent.
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Gainsville
Frank Whelchel
D-Ga
North Georgia
Throat Slashed Bodies Found in California Wheat Field
In Stockton California on May 4 authorities found the throats slashed bodies of Nathan Chinchiolo 23 and Dorothy Woost er 19 in a Fresno area wheat field. They rode together last Sunday night in an abandoned car later found with bloodstains and a broken window. Police seek clues from the vehicle and relates, noting the girl had been raped and jewelry remained undisturbed.
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Stockton
Calif
San Joaquin County
Here
Fresno
Nathan Chinchiolo
Dorothy Wooster
Chinchiolo
Miss Wooster
Orrin Fry
R. C. Parker
Donald Roscoe
Constance Solaegui
Central Labor Council
Air Warning Stations Set Up in Morgan County
Morgan County joins third army maneuvers with air warning stations at strategic sites. The War Department through the Third Army and American Legion arrangement lists codes, observer posts, chiefs, and exchanges from Morgan County for May 7 to May 11. Local scouts and volunteers assist as observers and assist with communications while public usage of phones is discouraged.
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Morgan County
Third Army
Joe Pettey
Stratetic
The
War Department
American Legion
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Florida
Anderson
Lacon Mountain
Leo Templeton
Vinemont
Rev. R. N Moore
Danville
Robert E. Wiggins
H. F. Miller
Flint Hill
Leonard Michaelson
Hartselle
P. H. Bryant
Massey
Harold Fpason
Young
Rayburn Neville
Trinity
Eddie Self
Decatur
Valley County Club
John Sherrill
Pearl G. Cloud
Falkville
Jimmie Wiggins
Pettey
Iice
Bob Hunter
Guy Roberts
Benning
Fourth Corps
Ninth Corps
Sabine River
Texas
Walter C. Short
Walter C. Kreuger
Atlanta
Four More Cities Vote For Daylight Saving Time
Montgomery dispatch reports four upstate municipalities Huntsville Clanton Heflin and Carbon Hill joining 24 others to move clocks ahead to 2 a.m. tonight. Fort Payne Mayor M T Sawyer expects council action Tuesday. Decatur Tuscinia and Florence plan straw polls with Tuesday primary. Athens to follow a poll via the Ystone Democrat, Ed Reid notes no further city announcements.
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Frank M. Dixon
Mobile
Thomas
Lawson
Montgomery
Ala
Upstate
Huntaville
Clanton
Heflin
Carbon Hill
M. T. Sawyer
Fort Payne
Decatur
Tuscumbia
Flovence
Athens
Ystone Democrat
Reid
Alabama League of Municipalities
Election party at the Daily office planned
The Daily hosts a Tuesday election party with a public invitation to attend and watch returns on the screen weather permitting. The Associated Press wires will bring latest news on state races and reporters provide a fast count on district races from Athens Sheriff Whitt's office and Athens workers with state updates from The Decatur.
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Associated Press
Athens
Whitt
Decatur
Decatur Votes on Daylight Saving Time Referendum
Decatur citizens were urged to vote in Tuesday’s referendum on adopting daylight saving time. Ballots at Democratic primary stations asked residents to choose between new and old time as operations continued on central standard time pending the council’s action.
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Decatur
Methodists Oppose War Plea for Conscientious Objectors
Atlantic City N J May 4 The Methodist church approved a declaration opposing war and urging that conscientious objectors receive consideration. It called for no use of church buildings in war preparation and rejected narrowing anti war stance to only aggressive wars. The conference urged education to foster a voting majority for prohibition and freed young men from answering Wesleyan soul searching questions to become pastors.
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Atlantic City
N- J
Methodist Church
Christian Church
Erfest
Tittle
Evanston, Ill
John Wesley
School Child Hit By Bus In Trinity Incident
Shirley Fagan eight year old of Trinity route 1 was run over by a school bus at 2 55 Friday afternoon and taken to Emens Clinic then Benevolent Society Hospital. Principal McDaniel said students were exiting classes when the bus stopped and the boy was accidentally pushed as the bus neared a stop. A rear wheel passed over him but no broken bones were reported and his condition remained satisfactory.
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Shirley Fagan
Trinity
Benevolent Society Hospital
Leonard Fagan
Trinity Route 1
Emens
McDaniel
Princep
Young Fagan
Otis Bass
Almot
Fire Damage at Yarbrough Home in Moulton Heights
A fire caused slight damage to the Yarbrough residence in Moulton Heights Friday. Decatur Fire Department responded quickly, keeping flames caused by roof sparks from spreading.
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Yarbrough
Moulton Heights
Decatur
Rain Sweeps Northward Across Eastern United States
A weather update shows rain moving north from North Carolina through the Appalachian region to New England with unusually low temperatures. May records fall in Georgia with 36 in Atlanta and 40 in Macon, while Kentucky Derby attendees endure 33-degree conditions. Oklahoma City, by contrast, hit 94 as a warm anomaly.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Appalachian
New England
Lake Superior
New York
Georgia
Mercury
Atlanta
Macon
Birmingham
Louisville
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio River
Ocean
Idaho
Oklahoma City
Disgusted House Members Shelve Labor Act Changes
Washington May 4 dismayed by a week long parliamentary fiasco the House failed to agree on wage hour amendments leaving the labor standards law unchanged through the election year. Representative Short blasted the process while Chairman Norton noted revisions were out the window as the House voted 206 to 175 to pass no amendments. Twenty farm exemptions attempts were tried but rejected as members sought broader changes.
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Washington
House
Short
Norton
House Labor Committee
Barden
German claims sink British battleship off Norway
German forces claim heavy aerial strikes near Namsos Norway sank a 30 000 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship and damaged another cruiser while advancing after Allied withdrawal. British and French troops pull back from central Norway as German domination expands and Sweden edges toward German influence. Authorities in Britain face intensified criticism as parliament prepares to question the Norwegian campaign.
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Norway
Germany
Britain
Namsos
Chamberlain
Berlin
Etion
Grong
Narvik
Arctic Circle
Sweden
Weather summary for Tennessee and surrounding states
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 21.5 feet Saturday, with no rainfall overnight. Temperatures ranged from a high of 67 to a low of 42. Alabama and Tennessee forecast fair skies with light frost possible in the east, mild warmth inland, and easterly coastal winds. The outlook calls for generally fair weather into midweek with near normal temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
South Atlantic
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Whelche
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