Italy Germany pact deepens axis with possible Polish settlement
The Milan pact ties Italy and Germany closer as Britain and France face a shifting balance. Poland resists German pressure over Danzig while Britain signals potential arbitration if Germany and Poland seek it. Tokyo hints at a military link with Rome-Berlin. France fears a new Munich cycle with Yugoslavia and Danzig as flashpoints.
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Associated Press
Italy
Germany
Rome
Berlin
Paris
London
Mussolini
Poland
Soviet Union
Britain
Free
Danzig
Chamberlain
Richard Butler
Warsaw
Japan
Domei
Toyo
Seishiro Itagaki
Kuniaki Koiso
France
Yugoslavia
Il Duce
Czecho-Slovakia
Jim von Ribbentrop
Italal
Count Galermo Ciano
Milan
Decatur Sets Attendance Mark as Churches Unite
Decatur likely drew about 11 000 worshippers across 35 white and colored churches in a church attendance drive. Officials say the effort, aided by taxi service and volunteers, aimed for 12 000 and exceeded city expectations despite not counting Sunday school.
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Decatur
Wyle
D. D. Burleson
Elkins Dies From Rifle Shot at Brother-in-Law Home
Funeral services for Ras E. Elkins 42 a World War veteran will be held Tuesday at Drinkard Howell with Rev R L Archibald officiating. Coroner Bev Howell called the death a personal safety related shooting at the Delmore residence 519 Fourth Avenue West. Elkins left a note about aiding his son and urged friends to help Junior and Reynolds funeral home owner George Reynolds. Survivors include widow and daughter Peggy Elkins.
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W. T. Willoughby
J. T. Weatherly
Howell
Elkins
R. E. Elkins
Junior
R. E. Elkins, Jr
George Reynolds
Reynolds Negro Funeral Home
W. Vine Street
Reynolds
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Duke of Windsor completes appeal to reason in Verdun
In Verdun France on May 8 the Duke of Windsor finished a lengthy appeal to reason on international affairs. After talks with his suite in London he pressed ahead despite criticism about the timing. The former king wrote the address at a Verdun country inn while King George VI sails to North America. The speech will be his first since the abdication message of 1936.
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Verdun
France
Duke of Windsor
London
Verdun Ring of Forts
Edward VIII
King George VI
High Seas
North America
PRO GRID LEAGUE IN SOUTH STUDIED
Representatives of Southern Association baseball clubs met in Birmingham Alabama May 8 to study a plan for a professional football league in the deep South. Promoters proposed clubs in Chattanooga Knoxville Atlanta Memphis Nashville New Orleans Little Rock and Birmingham back the venture using their baseball parks for Sunday games. Ed Norton Birmingham club president hosted the executive session. no definite conclusion was announced.
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Birmingham
Ala
Deep South
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Atlanta
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Little Rock
Ed Norton
Mrs H G Rice in Critical Condition After Stroke
Mrs H G Rice, previously under treatment at Benevolent Hospital, is critically ill today following a stroke last night. Her condition prompted concerns among friends and family.
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H. G. Rice
Benevolent Hospital
Legal Fees Still Climb In Alabama Audit
Montgomery May 8 Senator Verde Elmore said a preliminary audit of legal fees paid by the previous state administration shows Matt H Murphy drew about 101000 over four years. Also listed were Walter Will Bankhead 18000 Jack Crenshaw 10000 and L H Ellis 15000. The committee planned to resume meetings as it weighs future steps.
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Montgomery
Ala
Verde Elmore
Legislative
Judiciary
Matt H. Murphy
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Elmore
Murphy
Walter Will Bankhead
Jack Crenshaw
L. H. Ellis
John H. Bankhead
Crenshaw
Ellis
Shelby County
Pickens
L. Hood
Minstrel at Princess Theatre Presented by St Bernard Group
The Catholic Youth Organization backing from St Bernard College Cullman presents a minstrel on Wednesday night at the Princess theatre. The cast includes both boys and girls and features song and dance numbers in In The Good Old U. S. A. with a large list of named performers led by Jimmy Connolly and others.
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Princess Theatre
Catholic Youth Organization
St. Bernard College
Cullman
North Alabama
Cornelia Karter
Irene Woertz
Mary Gasser
Mildred Sachs
Hermena Voss
Giselle Masson
John Mauter
Charles Kleibacker
John Sachs
Hilda Gasser
Margaret Sachs
Mary Richard
Gertie Richard
William Hauk
Charles Richard
Jimmy Connolly
Melvin Chesser
Charles Otte
John Luyden
Billy Lovelace
Billy Wachter
Billy Crutchfield
Maxie Richard
Alfred Sachs
Missing 14 year old boy sought by worried mother
Mrs Lavinia Woodruff of near Moulton Heights asks the Daily to help find her son Thomas Franklin Woodruff age 14 who did not return home after church. Neighbors reported seeing him at Decatur railroad station and it is believed he rode an east bound freight. He is described as black hair gray eyes five feet tall weighing 95 pounds and stutters when speaking. He wore blue overalls white shirt tan shoes and no hat. Call Decatur route 3 home with information.
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Lavinia Woodruff
Moulton Heights
the Daily
Thomas Franklin Woodruff
Moulton Heights Baptist Church
Belle Mina Sets Record in Church Going Contest
Decatur readers are asked to compare church attendance on May 7, 1939, to Belle Mina’s claimed record. A Decatur editor cites a local note from O L Millican about gathered church and Sunday school attendance exceeding a white population of 75 with 81 in attendance.
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Decatur
Belle Mina
Decatur Daily
O. L. Millican
John I Summers 69 Dies After Illness
John I Summers 69 of Landersville route 1 died at 10 90 Sunday morning at St Vincent's Hospital Birmingham after five weeks illness. Body returned by Drinkard-Howell then taken to Home in Lawrence County. Funeral at 1 pm Tuesday Masterson Cemetery with Drinkard-Howell conducting burial. Survivors include widow two sons A C and Troy all of Landersville route 1 three daughters Mrs Ola McCrelless Mia Lela Masterson Mrs Inez Burks eight sisters.
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John I. Summers
Landersville
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Drinkard-Howell
Lawrence County
Masterson Cemetery
A. C
Troy
Landeraville
Ola McCrelless
Mia
Lela Masterson
Inez Burks
Fster
Canal Plan Protested by Railroad Representatives
Washington May 8 Railroad spokesmen opposed a war department inland waterway plan costing 66 million dollars. J Carter Fort of the Association of American Railroads urged deferring action until both routes, via Yellow Creek and Mackey's Creek in Mississippi and via Warrior river in Alabama, are studied. He said the rail group had not endorsed such projects and would be wrong if it had.
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Washington
War Department
Tennessee
Tombigbee Rivers
J. Carter Fort
The
Association of American Railroads
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Tennessee Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Carter R.calify
Fort
Solons Eyed Program as Congress Gathers
Washington May 1 The Roosevelt party and leaders in Congress reviewed the legislative outlook with no set adjournment date. Barkley said the soft coal issue was mentioned but no admin action discussed. Somoza delayed a key agriculture bill with a speech, Hopkins dismissed Chamber pessimism, predicting steady modest business rise, and Shotwell urged a neutrality policy allowing discrimination in war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
James T. Shotwell
Columbia University
Senate
United States
Missing boat Miss Kate searched after trip on Lakeview
Seven aboard a 22 foot motorboat disappeared after a pleasure cruise on Lakeview about 12 miles south of Memphis near the Tennessee Mississippi line. Dr J Hastings and six others from Memphis were listed as aboard with three cars found roadside. A houseboy said the party planned to go to the far end and back yesterday afternoon.
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Walls
Mias
May
Lakeview
Memphis
Kate
J. Wilson Hastings
William Lamb
M. O. Pickle
Helen Davis
T. A. Allen
LaGuardia Praises WPA Plan and Warns of Fallout
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia testified as chair of the US conference of mayors that abandoning the Works Progress Administration would be tragic and beyond city capacity to bear. He urged changes in project allocation while reporting WPA study results to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
LaGuardia
New York City
Works Progress Administration
United States Conference of Mayors
House
WPA
United States
Committee
Pittsburgh
James HH. Greene
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Mobile official resigns his post
Mobile Alabama May 8 None Bart B Chamberlain Sr state solicitor announced his son Bart B Jr resigned as second assistant solicitor. He appointed Daniel H Thomas to succeed young Chamberlain and Alvin McConnell as first assistant while sacking Thomas. Both sworn in today. The junior Chamberlain had been acquitted Saturday night as one of six defendants in a federal trial on conspiracy to interfere with freedom of the press. Five others convicted in the free press case remained in county jail awaiting appeals. Attorneys for all were silent on future plans.
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Mobile
Ala
Bart B. Chamberlain
Bart B., Jr
Daniel H. Thomas
Young Chamberlain
Alvin McConnell
Thomas
Chamberlain
Steelman Seeks Quick Breakthrough in Coal Negotiations
Dr. John R. Steelman, chief conciliator for the U S Labor Department, says an important development may come today in the deadlocked talks between bituminous coal miners and operators. He notes the fuel shortage grows more acute and presses for immediate settlement as 460 000 workers remain off the job across 26 states.
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New York
John R. Steelman
U. S. Labor Department
Steelman
Dr. Steelman
United Mine Workers
UMW
Roosevelt
White House
Boxing Event At Negro School To Raise Funds
A five round bout is scheduled at the Negro high school tonight at 8 o’clock to raise funds for the D club. Earl Horton faces Newman Reed with several preliminaries and a wrestling match on the program. Instructor Thompson presents the third grade in a “Party In Mother Goose Land” Tuesday night.
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Earl Horton
Newman Reed
Thompson
Mother Goose Land
Final Rites Held for Mrs Harris of Lacon
Final rites were conducted Sunday afternoon at Center Point in Lawrence county for Mrs William Harris 30 of Lacon who died Saturday morning at Benevolent Society Hospital. Rev D M Dutta led the service with Drinkard Howell in charge of burial. She is survived by her husband three daughters Gladys Nadine and Betty Jean her father N A Williams two brothers and two sisters.
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William Harris
Lacon
Benevolent Society Hospital
Center Point
Lawrence County
D.M. Dutta
Drinkard-Howell
Tennessee River Gauge and Weather Forecast Update
The Tennessee River stood at 21.6 feet with rising levels. Temperatures ranged from 61 to 79 degrees, and rainfall measured 0.13 inches. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida could expect showers. southwest winds on the Tennessee will bring slightly cooler air tonight with possible local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. Tuesday looks fair in the south with showers in the north.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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Bev Howell
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PRO Grid League
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Charles O'Neill
John 1. Summers
Warrior River
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