Gordon Persons Wins Democratic Nomination For PSC President
Gordon Persons of Montgomery won the Democratic nomination for president of the Public Service Commission in Alabama's primary by 583 votes over incumbent Hugh White. Official county returns show Persons 118,166 to White 117,583, with Jefferson County adding 2,317 votes and completing the statewide tally. White carried 34 counties to Persons 33, with Persons strongest in South Alabama and White dominant in North Alabama. Montgomery County favored Persons by about 500 votes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gordon Persons
Montgomery
The
Public Service Commission
Hugh White
Alabama
White
Jefferson County
Montgomerian
South Alabama
North
Democratic Nation
Will Bankhead
Roosevelt
Vaughn weighs contest after tight Dallas County vote
Selma Alabama May 10 1936 Probate Judge W M Vaughn unseated County Commissioner Claiborn Blanton by 11 votes in a Democratic primary. Official returns show Blanton 1861 Vaughn 1850. Vaughn may file a contest within five days as Attorney General Lawson says boxes opening requires contest action.
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Selma
Ala
W. M. Vaughn
Claiborn Blanton
Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee
Blanton
Vaughn
Thomas
Lawson
Red Cross Asks For Relief Fund
Washington May 10 A 10 million dollar war relief drive was announced by the Americas Red Cross. Chairman Norman H Davis said expansion of the European war into Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg meant large funds were needed to mitigate suffering. Authorization for the drive was voted by the Red Cross convention. Each of the 3 700 local chapters had been advised of its share of the goal.
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Washington
Americas Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Red Cross
Davis
Americans in Netherlands declared safe amid Dutch crisis
U S Minister George A. Gordon told Under secretary Sumner Welles that Americans in the Hague Amsterdam and Rotterdam were brought in and safe with one isolated family. A military attache escorted that family into the city as gunfire echoed in the area. Consul Frank C. Lee advised Americans to sit tight as borders closed and Amsterdam remained quiet though Rotterdam reportedly had street firing.
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Washington
Hague
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
George A. Gordon
United States
Netherlands
Gordon
Sumner Welles
State Department
Belgium
Luxembourg
Frank C. Lee
Welles
Lee
Car Truck Collision Near Decatur. No Injuries Reported
Miss Lillian Brown of 602 Tenth Avenue West and Lester Hunter of Murphysboro Illinois escaped injury when Brown slowed for a preceding truck on Bee Line Highway two and a half miles north of Decatur Thursday at 530 PM. State Patrolmen Sanders Fusch and Julius Hale said both vehicles were moving north and Hunter’s truck struck Brown's car from behind.
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Lillian Brown
Tenth Avenue
West
Lester Hunter
Murphysboro
Illinois
Decatur
Sanders Fusch
Julius Hale
Miss Brown
Hunter
Long Negotiations In Authority Area Concluded
After lengthy talks begun in May 1939, Alabama Power Company sells its north Alabama facilities to TVA and local cooperatives. The contract names TVA as buyer and includes North Alabama Electric Cooperative Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative and Cherokee County Electric Membership as parties. The deal represents another milestone toward completion of the sale.
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Alabama Power Company
North Alabama
TVA
North Alabama Electric Cooperative
Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative
Cherokee County Electric
City Buys Electric System From TVA and Alabama Power
Decatur city council reached a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Alabama Power Company to purchase the Austinville electric distribution system and extending lines for 25000 dollars. The deal, made last night after talks with TVA officials, plans to take over within 30 days with 269 customers and about 8500 dollars in gross annual revenue. Debt service will be funded by revenue bonds or warrants.
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Decatur City
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama Power Company
Austinville
Here
TVA
Aca
Alabama Power Contract Signed by Purchasers in Birmingham
A 104 page printed contract signed by Ship Corporation Albertville Huntsville Cullman County Electric Membership Joe Wheeler Membership Sheffield and Decatur as purchasers except Decatur. Purchasers represented by Birmingham officials signed at the Alabama Power Company office in Birmingham Thursday. TVA and other purchasers will acquire facilities under the agreement.
City Prepares To Run Clocks Up Sunday For Daylight Saving Time
Decatur prepares for daylight saving with clocks set forward at 2 a.m. Sunday. Schools, churches, banks, rail offices, post offices adopt daylight saving Monday with train schedules unchanged. City carriers keep central standard time for mail delivery efficiency.
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Louisville
Nashville
The
Southern Railway
R. T. Sheppard
Decatur
Albany
Decature
Hartselle Banks
Three Killed in Bee Line Highway Collision
A Thursday wreck on the Bee Line Highway near Leesdale left three dead two Birmingham women and a Danville man. Mrs. W C Sterrett 50 and Mrs Oscar Reinhart 61 died in a southbound car while William Richard Hampton 32 driver of a fertilizer truck perished. Witnesses reported a head on crash, the vehicles overturning into a ditch. Rescue crews and local residents worked to free the victims as fertilizer sacks spilled along the road. Mrs Sterrett had maiden name Berry Lathrop and had been at a Nashville Bible conference. The scene was near Hartselle with emergency units from Decatur assisting.
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Morgan County
Jefferson
Birmingham
Danville
O. C. Moon
Hartselle
Sterrett
Reinhart
Nashville
Decatur
Berry Lathrop Sterrett
Berry Lathrop
Frank Lathrop
National Hospital Day Observed Across Morgan County
National Hospital Day honors Florence Nightingale born May 12 1820 with open houses at Morgan County Tubercular Sanatorium Flint and at Baugh’s Infirmary Decatur amid renovations at Benevolent Society Hospital. Sanatorium open 2 to 5 pm and infirmary 2 to 6 pm Sunday.
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National Hospital
Florence Nightingale
Morgan County
Flint
Baugh’s Infirmary
Decatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
National Headquarters
Churchill Named Britain's Prime Minister as Chamberlain Resigns
London May 10 Churchill becomes prime minister succeeding Neville Chamberlain amid wartime crisis. Chamberlain resigns after 12 years in office with policy blamed for failing to deter Hitler. Churchill, 65, previously first lord of the admiralty, inherits ongoing war duties as Britain faces German air and ground offensives.
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Lead Chamberlain
London
Britain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
Chamberlain
Churchill
Number Ten
Downing Street
Western Front
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Norway
House of Commons
Hutson Tops Vote Totals in 8th District Democratic Primary
Melvin Hutson of Decatur led the vote in the eighth district against George L. Sherrill of Athens and George Darwin of Huntsville. Unofficial returns show Hutson with 14 408, Sherrill 13 638, Darwin 10 401 across counties Limestone Morgan Madison Colbert Lauderdale Jackson Lawrence with county tallies detailing each candidate’s totals.
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Melvin Hutson
Decatur
Eighth
George L. Sherrill
Athens
George Darwin
Huntsville
Hutson
Sherrill
Darwin
Limestone
Morgan
Madison
Colbert
Lauderdale
Jackson
Lawrence
Johnson Leads in Eighth District Delegate Triumph
Unofficial results show George C. Johnson and Sam M. Bowen, both Athens natives, elected as alternate delegates to the Democratic national convention from Alabama's Eighth Congressional District. Johnson led Bowen in several counties with totals across Limestone, Lawrence, Lauderdale, Jackson, Morgan, Colbert and Madison.
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George C. Johnson
Athens
Sam M. Bowen
Ional
Mims
Rogers
Florence
Bowen
Johnson
Limestone
Lawrence
Lauderdale
Jackson
Morgan
Colbert
Madison
Roosevelt Says No Change In Keeping US Out Of War
President Roosevelt said there is no change in the possibility of the United States staying out of Europe’s war. He noted ongoing studies on German bombing pledges and potential extensions of the neutral water zone, while freezing Dutch and Belgian credits and discussing implications with advisers. The remarks came as he prepared to address the Pan American scientific conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Luxenbourg
Eltee
Dutch West
Fast Indies
Japan
Dutch East. Indies
East Indies
Pan American Scientific Conference
Hitler Takes Full Control At The Front
An official German high command bulletin dated May 10 states Adolf Hitler has moved to the western front to personally direct military operations as German forces launch a broad offensive along the Western Front. The communique asserts Britain and France are preparing an Anglo French attack via Belgium and the Netherlands and claims Germany will not await an attack.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Western Front
Fuehrer
Ruhr
Hitler
Britain
France
Germany
Belgian
Holland
Belgium - Netherlands
Allies Order More Planes from United States
May 10 report says British and French governments ordered 2,000 or more American made fighters and bombers. Total orders in the last month exceed 4,000 aircraft. War Department to seek Congress funding to build 200 long range four motor bombers for western hemisphere defense.
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Washington
United States Army Air Corps
War Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Fate of Nation Looms in German Blitzkrieg Drama
War correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie portrays the German blitzkrieg as Hitler’s ultimate gamble to break the Allied blockade and decide Europe’s fate for a thousand years. He reports pre dawn bombings and ghostly parachute withdrawals as the Luftwaffe advances.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Nazi Fuehrer
Belgain
England
France
Europe
German Blitzkrieg Is Here at Last
A vivid opinion piece recalls World War I era bravado from Baron Cartier and warns that Hitler’s latest blitzkrieg signals a decisive crisis. The author argues the allied blockade cripples Germany’s imports and predicts possible outcomes for the war’s direction.
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Mer
England
Baron Cartier
Hitler
Reich
Germany
Nazi Invasion Flares Across Western Europe
Berlin reports first attack on Rotterdam repulsed by Dutch forces. Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister as Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg resist the invasion. Dutch air and ground defenses claim 70 planes down. bombings hit Antwerp Brussels Nancy Lille Calais and others as Britain and France pledge aid while preparing for possible invasion.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Erirland
Adolf Hitler
Low Countries
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Berlin
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Antwerp
Brussels
Nancy
Lille
Calais
Chilham
England
Hague
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Paris
Tennessee river gauge holds at 21.1 feet
River stage on Friday remained at 21.1 feet with no change. Temperatures ranged from a low of 8 degrees to a high of 55 degrees over the last 24 hours and rainfall measured 0.14 inches. Partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions expected for Alabama and northwest Florida with stronger northerly winds along the coast and showers advancing in the northeast portion tonight into Saturday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Danie
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Billy) Partlow, Jr
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Lennard Thomas
Ruby Price Robinson
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S. E. Alversdon
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