Eden Opens Debate On War Plans In Commons
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that earlier and faster U S war materials reaching Asia Africa and Europe will shorten the fighting. He urged Arab allies to resist axis victory while defending Turkey and Iraq and praised the United States for aiding the Red Sea effort.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
United States
Asia
Africa
Europe
Turkey
Britain
Eden
United States of America
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Hitler
Libya
Vichy
Middle East
Greece
Yugoslavia
Iraq
U. S
Red Sea
U.S. A
Belisha
Italy
RAF
Albania
Horé-Belsha
Associated Press
Anthony Kalen
Kingdom of Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Great Britain
Minister Injured in Odd Golf Accident
In Birmingham on May 6 Rev. Claude B. Miller pastor of Ensley Baptist church was injured at Highland Park Golf Course. While attempting to stop a rolling golf ball with his foot he lost balance and fell down an embankment, fracturing his hip.
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Birmingham
Ala
Claude B. Miller
Ensley Baptist Church
Malone in Baptist Hospital Little Change in Condition
Reports from the bedside of Charles E. Malone indicate little change in his condition. Malone is quite ill at Baptist hospital in Birmingham where he was taken some days ago for treatment.
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Charles E. Malone
Malone
Baptist Hospital
Birmingham
Pepper urges bold wartime acts to join fleets and crush Japan
Senator Pepper Fla urges United States and Britain to occupy Greenland Iceland the Azores Cape Verde Canary Islands Singapore and Dakar to join navy actions in the Pacific and deploy long range bombers to assist China. He calls for decisive action against Japan and pressure on industry and labor to sustain wartime effort.
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Washington
United States
Pepper
Fla
Great Britain
Greenland
Iceland
Azores
Cape Verde
Canary Islands
Singapore
Dakar
West Africa
U. S
Pacific
China
Tokyo
Florida
Britain
Senate
Hitler
Japan
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Ferry pilots missing in unexplained loss raise questions
Ottawa reports eleven American ferry pilots listed as missing amid wartime losses. The group includes R B Fordyce and J C Torpey with ties to Chicago Chickasha Medford Sil verdale Peoria Warsaw Dallas Oceanside Houston and other locations. The absence fuels speculation they may have been aboard more than one vessel.
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Ottawa
Ont
Army
Navy
Royal Air Force
Royal Norwegian Air Force
United Kingdom
Canadian Inspection Board
Reginald Lawrence Wells
Royal Canadian Signal Corps
Melrose Highlands
Mass
R. BE. Fordyce
Chicago
R. W. Lowell
Chickasha
Okla
Wright
Medford
Oklo
J. C. Torpey
Silverdale
Wash
FP. Fredericks
Peoria
Boyertown
Midnight stand at ease on fort post in moonlight
The officer of the day and a lone sentry on post No 3 at Fort Benning confront each other in the moonlight. After a tense pause the sentry finally calls, Officer of the day stand at ease, ending the standoff with a quiet command.
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Fort Benning
22Nd Infantry
Port Arms
Segregation Sparks Negro Protest in New Orleans
A group of black residents in New Orleans declines participation in the May 18 I am an American day program citing a separate white meeting. George Longe, principal of a nearby Negro school, said the protest favors ending segregated gatherings and held that such meetings promote racial division.
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New Orleans
George Longe
Work On Tools Prepared For Defense Halted By CIO Strike
Birmingham Alabama May 6 Negotiations for resumption of work by the states 21000 coal miners were turned over to a six man committee as sources said the outlook is brighter. A CIO strike closed Ex Cell O plants at Detroit and stopped tool making for defense. The strike affected 3000 men. The union demanded a 10 cent wage rise. A tentative five cent increase was approved by the union president but rejected by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham. Ala
Associated Press
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ex-Cell-O Corporation
Detroit
L. F P. Rye
Defense Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
Minneapolis-Honeywell Company
White Labor Department
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
General Motors
CIO
Minneapolis Honeywell Company
Minneapolis
Decatur Chamber Presses for TVA Bill Support and Industry Brief
The Chamber’s legislative committee urged Senators Hill and Bankhead to back Congressman Sparkman’s TVA lease amendment. Dwight Mixson of Southern Bell was elected Chamber director. Secretary Nelson is to prepare a detailed industrial brief for attracting new industries to Decatur and surrounding areas.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lister Hill
John H. Bankhead
John Sparkman
TVA
Tennessee River
Dwight L. Mixson
Southern _ Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
TVA Bill Lets Sell Rights of Way and Plant Sites
A proposed bill would grant TVA limited power to sell or lease rights of way and to dispose of the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant, the Waco Quarry, and a land tract to Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp in Decatur Alabama, pending War Department and presidential approval.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
War Department
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Waco
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Decatur
Reports on two prospective trips by Eddens and Nelson
Complete reports of two recent prospective trips by Chairman Q E Eddens and Mr Nelson were submitted to the directors. The documents summarize each visit and its outcome and note plans for further work in this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Nelson
Decatur
Nelson
Q. E. Eddens
War Relief Production Tops Millions in Garments
Mrs. Roy Poteet announces 2 005 Red Cross garments made and shipped to date as the third quota nears readiness. National headquarters will ship new materials and plans call for about 6 000 000 sewed and knitted garments by seven months for war homeless across Europe.
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Roy Poteet
War Relief Production Committee
Morgan County
Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Europe
American Red Cross
Davis
Midwest
Pacific
Sherard Shows Improvement After Heart Attack
H. Reid Sherard, Texas Oil Company agent and noted businessman, was described as somewhat better today at his Jackson street home. He had been seriously ill since Sunday when he suffered a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Reid Sherard
Texas Oil Company
Jackson Street
Work Starts on New Negro High School
Construction begins at the intersection of W Vinestreet and Joe Wheeler Highway on a native stone building to cost about 74000 with the WPA funding 55 percent. The facility will house a study hall gymnasium auditorium cafeteria kitchen shops and 12 classrooms for about 200 students and four teachers.
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W. Vinestreet
Joe Wheeler
Negro High School
Somerville Road
Fairview
Greek Naval Losses Report Massive Casualties in
The Greek government announced extensive naval losses as German forces pushed through Greece. More than 30 auxiliary vessels were sunk or destroyed, including minelayers, patrol ships, and escorts, with hospitals ships also sunk despite markings. Submarines reached Alexandria and most destroyers were sunk or damaged. survivors from a few ships and freighters are noted.
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Canea
Crete
Greece
Alexandria
Egypt
Flng
Hesperos
Policos
Attiki
Socrates
Hellenis
International Red Cross
Limestone farmer dies from stroke near Athens
Luther Hughes, 54, a well known limestone county farmer, died at his home in Hays Mill Athens Route 1 at 2 a m Sunday after suffering a stroke two hours earlier. He was returning from fox hunting with friends. Funeral arrangements are by McAfee Howell and Young. Surviving are his widow three sons Leon Cecil and Harvey Hughes of Athens Route 1 four daughters Mrs Aline Christopher Edna Sybil and Mildred Hughes of Athens Route 1 four grandchildren two brothers and two sisters.
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Luther Hughes
Limestone County
Hays Mill
Athens
Hughes
McAfee
Howell
Young
Leon
Cecil
Harvey Hughes
Aline
Christopher
Arizona
Edna
Sybil
Mildred Hughes
Route 1
School Operetta to Be Held Thursday Afternoon
Pupils of Joe Wheeler school will present an operetta on Thursday at five o clock on the school lawn. The production titled If I Were Queen is directed by teachers to celebrate National Music Week. May queen crowning and pole winding will end the event with proceeds aiding the school. the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wheeler School
Selassie Returns to Addis Ababa Reclaiming Empire Throne
Emperor Haile Selassie entered Addis Ababa amid jubilation after five years in exile as Italian forces withdrew. He was greeted by General A. C. Cunningham and his sons Crown Prince Makonien and the Duke of Harar. Italians in the city stayed indoors while Ethiopians greeted the Lion of Judah on returning to power.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Lion of Judah
A. C. Cunningham
Selassie
Makonien
Duke of
Harar
Higher loan bill passes to set 85 percent parity loans
The Senate rejected a House bill offering 75 percent loans on cotton wheat corn tobacco and rice and sent the measure to conference. Senator Bankhead leads a bipartisan panel pushing 85 percent loans to keep farm income in line with others and preserve export markets. Conferees include Smith Tho mas McNary and Aiken.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Smith
D. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
D.-Okla
McNary
R.-Ore
Aiken
Former Decatur Resident Dies in California
Relatives report the death in Napa California of Alvin Luther Bracken formerly of Decatur who left the city about twenty years ago. He was a son of Dr. H T Bracken who once lived in Decatur and later in Miami Florida. Bracken was born near Decatur and had many local friends and relatives.
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Napa
Calif
Alvin Luther Bracken
Decatur
Mr. Bracken
H. T. Bracken
Miami
Fla
Cotton Insurance Hurdles One Test Washington
The House Agriculture Committee approved legislation to extend federal crop insurance to cotton, effective in 1942. President Roosevelt told Chairman Fulmer that extending insurance to other crops might be considered at this time, and HR4595 is the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Fulmer
D-Sc
Long Range Planes In Spotlight In Edict
President Roosevelt called top cabinet and military leaders to push up heavy bomber production and named Major General James H Burns to oversee British aid program work. He ordered a new agriculture division to handle defense commission duties and convened a White House conference to review bomber output goals of 500 monthly. Resignation of Chester C Davis from the defense commission was accepted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
James H. Burns
Harry Lo Hopkins
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural
Defense Commission
Stimson
Hull
Morgenthau
Knox
George C. Marshall
Arafft
Harold KR. Stary
Naval Operations
Harry Hopkins
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Arnold
England
Hopkins
White House
War Cabinet
Stima
Burns
Division of Defense
Yes Ports
Bishop Dobbs granted year of leave for illness recovery
In Nashville on May 6 the college of bishops of the Southeastern jurisdiction of the Methodist Church announced a year's leave of absence for Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs of Jackson Mississippi to recover from illness. Bishop J L Decell of Birmingham takes over Mississippi and north Mississippi conferences. Alabama conference shifts to Bishop W T Watkins of Columbia and Arthur J Moore of Atlanta is elected president of the college.
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Nashville
Tenn
College of Bishops
The
Methodist Church
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Jackson
Miss
Dobbs
J. L. Decell
Birmingham
Bishop Dobbs
Mississippi
North Mississippi
Decell
Alabama
W. T. Watkins
Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Upper South Carolina
Arthur J. Moore
Atlanta
Hitlerdom’s War Strategy If United States Enters
War correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Nazi plans for ramped munitions output and countermeasures should the United States join the conflict. He questions plausible Allied strategies to defeat Hitler while noting Germany’s belief in a possible American intervention.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Herr Hitler
Air Control and Sea Power in World War II Strategy
The piece argues that Allied victory hinges on two fundamentals: absolute sea control and decisive air dominance to contest Nazi Europe. It notes the rapid, uncertain turns of war and questions how an alliance would land an allied army on the continent, with future strategy left open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Hitler
RAF Bombers Strike Axis Rabid War Front In Middle East
British foreign policy audience urged US arm shipments while warning Arab nations against siding with the Axis as RAF bombers hit Iraqi air fields and transport positions. German and British air raids escalated across Europe with heavy losses in Belfast and Dover. Island occupations followed in the Aegean as Mussolini and Hitler push advance against Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Rhineland
Frankfurt - Am - Main
Mannheim
Rhine
Berlin
Heidelberg
Boulogne
Cherbourg
Hitler
Luftwaffe
British Isles
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Clyde River
Glasgow
Liverpool
Merseyside
Channel
Dover
Balkans
Greece
Lesbos
Chios
Aegean Sea
Kykladon
Cyclades
Italy
Dodecanese
Aegean
Anaphe
Ios
Thera
Naxos
Amorgos
Paros
Mussolini
Tobruk
Libya
Tennessee River Stationary With Warm, Dry Conditions
The Tennessee River gauge held at 20.85 feet with a 24 hour high of 82 and low of 68 and no rainfall. Alabama sees cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight and Wednesday and east to southeast winds along the coast. Tennessee forecasts mainly cloudy with showers tonight and Wednesday, lighter in the west.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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New York
Harry V. Maxwell
Morris Mardovich
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NEW Negro High School
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