Showdown Near On American Convoys
Washington May cabinet emphasis on delivering British aid fuels outlook of a showdown over shipping. Wickard urges immediate delivery of food and munitions to Britain and discusses ship requisitioning and potential transfers to England amid Congress ship bill debates.
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Washington
Wickard
United States
England
Charlotte
N.C
State Department
Congress
Capitol Hill
Britain
Tnan
Vandenberg
Mich
Art Administration
Hull
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Commerce Jones
Agriculture Department
Bomb raids batter Hamburg Bremen and Berlin in massive RAF raid
Allied bombers struck Hamburg and Bremen with hundreds of tons of explosives and sets of fire bombs in a major raid. Berlin was attacked as RAF forces reached Poznan in a long range operation, marking a large night assault across Germany while Hull endures a heavy bombing.
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Associated Press
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Bremer
Berlin
Powson
Poland
RAF
Italy
Posen
Adolf Hitler
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Indian Ocean
Tansit
Hull
London
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Hitler
Reich
British Air Ministry
Germany
Bremen
Yacht Clubs Plan Outing To Finley Island
Wheeler Lake Yacht club and Guntersville Yacht club organize a joint river outing near Decatur Saturday afternoon. Guntersville members depart at 12 30 arriving 4 to 4 30 at Decatur Highway 31 bridge with about 50 visitors. A barge to Finley Island cottage sites will carry members at 4 p m free. fish fry tickets sold.
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Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Alabama Brick and Tile Company
Roosevelt seeks $61 million for 149 airports and 20 expansions
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a 61,477,750 appropriation to build 149 new airports and enlarge 20 under construction for Army Air Corps tactical use and civilian purposes. He asked adding this to a 28,500,000 House approved total, citing expanded training and pilot programs without naming locations.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Army Air Corps Tactical Units
Senate
House
Harold D. Smith
Air Corps Tactical
Army
President Roosevelt Quiet Weekend As Health Improves
President Roosevelt remains at the White House in quiet weekend rest after a stomach disorder. his temperature nears normal and doctors say no serious illness. A Friday press conference was canceled as a precaution.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Body of Athens Resident Andrew Todd Recovered from Elk River
The body of Andrew Todd, a well known Athens resident, was found late yesterday near the site where a boat overturned Wednesday night in Elk River. His companion Guy Nelson, who was fishing with him, managed to cling to the seat and survived.
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Athens
Ala
Andrew Todd
Elk River
Guy Nelson
Todd
Tavern Operator Slain at Clanton in Alabama
In Clanton Alabama on May 9 Johnnie Speer 36 a tavern operator was shot and killed in front of his establishment. Sheriff W G Culp quoted Mrs Speer who said a car arrived after midnight awakened her husband then sped away. Speer was found dead with a large hole in his chest.
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Clanton
Ala
Johnnie Speer
W.G. Culp
RAF routs Iraq air force with two bombing incidents
Cairo May 9 The Royal Air Force said it probably destroyed the Iraq air force after two airfield incidents near Baghdad. Iraq dissidents retreated to Ramadi and Falluja as British forces continued salvage near Habbaniyah. Basra remained quiet. sandstorms hinder Tobruk operations. patrols mount on the Egypt Libyan border. Ethiopia operations proceed well.
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Baghdad
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Habbaniyah
Ramadi
Falluja
British
Middle East Command
Daily War Bulletin
RAF
Basra
Persian Gulf
Tobruk
Ethiopia
Man Killed in Edgewater Mine Rock Fall
Martin Wah Cross, 56, a rock drill operator, died from injuries after a rock fell onto him at the Tennessee Coal Tron and Railroad Company mine in Edgewater. Dr. Charles Wilson at T. C. I. hospital said the chest was crushed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Wah Cross
Tennessee Coal, Tron and Railroad Company
Edgewater
Charles Wilson
T. C. I. Hospital
Funds of Nazi Farben Seized in U.S. Action
Attorney General Jackson announced the United States attached the funds of I G Farben Industrie for failing to respond to an indictment under the Sherman anti trust law. The deposits are held at National City Bank of New York. He said payments under licenses to American firms totaling about 250000 were due today and the action aimed to compel Farben to appear in court.
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Washington
Jackson
United States
I. G. Farbenindustrie
Farbenindustries
National City Bank of New York
Attornney General
Farbenin
Kuhn Conviction Upheld in Court
New York May 9. Former German American punch teacher Kuhn lost an appeal from his 1939 December conviction for larceny and forgery. He is serving a Sing Sing sentence of 2 1/2 to 5 years. Appellate division upheld the jury verdict for using bond funds for personal use.
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New York
Pritz Utm
Sing Sing
Appellate Division
State Supreme’ Court
Secrecy Imposed on Selecting War Plants and Camps
The War Department limited details on site preliminaries for munitions plants camps and army establishments. An information bureau official said no information would be released until sites are approved by the president, the final step in selection.
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Washington
War Department
Information Bureau
Cullman Kiwanis Guests Of Decatur Club At Dinner
Inter-Club meeting at Hotel Lyons featured music and conviviality as Cullman Kiwanis hosted Decatur Kiwanis after winning an attendance contest in April. Decatur president E W McLeod presided. guests included Luther Fuller F W Burns and L C Brabson.
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Q. E. Eddins
Luther Fuller
Birmingham
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Auburn
L. C. Brabson
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E. W. McLeod
Decatur
Edding
J. E. Wilder
Jack Smallwood
Ed Carter
John Davis
Bill Hartung
Bill NeSmith
Floyd Cunningham
Florence
Atlanta
Huntsville
Kiwanis
Jimmy Williams
Kiwanian
Newton
Seybourn Lynne
Decatin Club
Om Pace
STATE MINERS TO RETURN 10 JOBS MONDAY
Fourteen hundred striking employees of the Pennsylvania Greyhound Bus Line agreed to resume work under arbitration by Labor Secretary Perkins. In Alabama, about 9,000 coal miners prepared to restart production, while a machinists strike loomed in San Francisco shipyards with 2,400 workers seeking pay raises from 1 to 1.15 an hour plus overtime.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Grey
Peas Bus Line
Alabama
San Francisco
AFL
Bethlehem
Perkins
Appalachian
National Defense Metdiation Board
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Winter Weather Spreads Across Much of the United States
Freezing temperatures of 27 to 31 degrees grip Nor and South Dakota while cooler air dips from Minnesota to Maine. Readings mostly stay under 50 with a warmer strip from North Carolina west to California. Thunderstorms and light showers hit the eastern states as Memphis reports a wind squall and Little Rock postpones a doubleheader.
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Florida
Huntsville
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Ships to Red Sea and China to sail from U S registry
The Maritime Commission announced service to the Red Sea area using United States registered ships and added service to China but gave no details. A Roosevelt move had removed the Red Sea from the combat zone to aid British supply deliveries by American ships, with a spokesman stating no further information would be released to avoid undermining British interests.
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Maritime Commission
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China
Roosevelt
The
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Barrage Balloon Training Planned at Camp Davis
The army announced a barrage balloon training center will train 80 officers and 750 men at Camp Davis North Carolina. The new school will conduct equipment experiments while training personnel and the third barrage balloon squadron from Fort Lewis Washington is ordered to Camp Davis by motor convoy and rail around May 15.
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Washington
Army
Camp Davis
N. C
Fort Lewis
Wash
Gas Tax Hike Faces Industry Opposition
Representatives of the petroleum industry argued against raising the federal gasoline tax by one cent a gallon. They said the burden falls on the masses, especially the very low income groups.
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Washington
Churchill’s outpost talk links Crete and Tobruk in strategy
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Churchill’s claim that the Crete and Tobruk outposts would be defended to the death. The commentator questions the meaning of defending distant, contrasting outposts and explains the potential implications for Eastern Mediterranean strategy amid the Libyan theater.
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Tobruk
Libya
Libyan
Egypt
Tobruk and Crete Key to British Defense Strategy
British Commander Wavell warns Tobruk must be defended as a vital port in Italian Libya 60 miles from Egypt. Tobruk, a fortified naval air base on Africa's northern coast, anchors the military highway Balbo built toward Tripoli and stands as a critical defense frontier for Egypt amid Middle East tensions.
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Tobruk
Crete
Churchi
Middle East
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Libya
Africa
Marshall Balbo
Tripoli
Egypt
Reid Sherard Dies at Home in Decatur
H Reid Sherard 61 longtime Decatur business man and local Texas Company agent died at 6 30 p m at his home 636 Jackson Street after a short illness. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Saturday at his residence with Rev Edward Ramage and Dr John Cowell Jr officiating. Burial in City Cemetery with Brown in charge. Survived by widow two sons Gordon and H Reid Sherard Jr two sisters two brothers and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named Elmer Bowden Joe Duncan J B Bradford Dick Kennedy A C Bailey L H Anderson. He came to Decatur ten years ago from Belton S C and was active in Rotary and Chamber of Commerce.
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Decatur
Jackson Street
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Edward “V’ Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
John ©. Cowell, Jr
Central Baptist Church
City Cemetery
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Belton
South Carolina
Peckam-Forman Company
New York
Decatur Rotary Club
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Reds Bow To German Will Moscow May 9
Soviet Russia withdrew recognition from Yugoslavia Belgium and Norway as sovereign states signaling a shift toward Germany. Stalin becomes premier while Molotov remains foreign commissar and vice premier as Russia disclaims troop concentration on western frontiers.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Norway
Germany
Berlin
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Molotov
Milan Gavrilovic
German Raider Sunk Near Indian Ocean Off London Claim
The admiralty announced a German raider believed to be the Hansa was sunk in the Indian Ocean by a British warship. The British cruiser Cornwall rescued 27 British merchant seamen and seized 53 German crew. Authorities estimate the raider carried 300 crew, armed with six 59 guns, torpedo tubes, and mine laying equipment. speed around 19 knots.
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Associated Press
London
Hansa
Indian Ocean
Admiralty
Cornwall
Allies Strike Hamburg Bremen In Moonlit Raid
Night raids by RAF over Hamburg and Bremen with US bombers reported heavy damage and fires. British and American forces described mass destruction, while Berlin denied bombs fell there. Soviet dispatches claimed Stalin tightened control amid Axis realignments.
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Reich
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Weather report for Tennessee river area and Alabama
The Tennessee River held at 20.95 feet Friday with 0.08 inches of rain. Temperature ranged from 56 to 87 degrees in the past 24 hours. In Alabama expect partly cloudy to tonight with scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, cooler tonight. Saturday should be fair with lighter to moderate cooling and increasing clouds.
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