Navy seeks immediate funds for $12 billion expansion plan
The Navy urged President Roosevelt to request an initial appropriation of about 12 million dollars to start a ten year fleet expansion. The bill would raise modern tonnage to 1.517 million and authorize 950 planes with 90 ships under construction by year end.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
William 0D. Leahy
National Defense
War Department
Limestone County and Pettusville Social Notes
Limestone county club women tour Norris Dam and area. Local families from Pettus and nearby places visit relatives in Athens Elkton and Nashville with multiple visits and illnesses noted.
Athens Merchants to Close Thursday Afternoons
Athens merchants will start closing on Thursday afternoons from next week and continue half holidays through August. The change affects business hours across the town and aims to provide midweek closure.
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Athens
Ala
California Faces Migrant Farm Labor Influx Threatening Social Fabric
A tidal influx of migratory farm workers, driven by drought and poverty, floods California and neighboring states. federal and state agencies warn the large numbers could depress wages, strain relief programs, and worsen living conditions in ramshackle camps. Welfare, employment services, and relief reforms are debated as states cope with the farm labor crisis.
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Webster K
Nola
Central Press
Sanfrancisco
California
Dust Bowl
Plains
Stum
Imperial Valley
Arizona
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Dakotas
WPA
Tulare County
Omer Mills
Federal Farm Security Administration
United States
Federal Resettlement Agency
Farm Security Administration
Local Notes From Morgan County Austinvillie
Billy Pepper is ill with measles at his home. A daughter Linda Sue born May 7 to Mr and Mrs Byrd Sparkman. Floyd Ronald born May 8 to Mr and Mrs Bennie Stovall. William Owen McDowra has an infected foot. R C Rich and family enjoyed a fish supper at Burt McDowra’s home. Morgan County High School seniors hosted a picnic at Hatfield Lake with many attendees. Little Dan Roper has improved.
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Byrd Sparkman
Linda Sue
Bennie Stovall
Floyd Ronald
William’ Owen McDowra
R. C. Rich
Burt McDowra
Hatfield Lake
Kenneth McWhorter
Gerland Burt
James Holliman
Mahlon Rich
Howard Smith
Marlin Long
Oakley Norris
Ruth
Ruby Hendon
Irene Braswell
Ira Mitchell
Margaret Kirkpatrick
Helen Chunn
Jean Isley
Paul Lovall
Edna Lane
Kathlene Ridello
Martha Schaffner
Jane Bussey
Edith Plirm
Sara Walden
Robert Schaffer
Malcolm Roberts
Hartselle
Miss Robertson
L. E. Wooten
Dan Roper
Net star Baron Von Cramm receives prison term
Berlin reports Baron Gottfried Von Cramm Germany's leading tennis star was sentenced to one year in prison for improper relations with an 18 year old Jewish youth Manasse Herbst who emigrated to Jerusalem in 1996. He received two months deduction for time served after a secret trial at Gran Moabit. The case drew protests in international tennis circles during his two months detention.
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Berlin
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Germany
von Cramm
Man
Asse Herbst
Jerusalem
Gran Moabit
Baron
Herbst
Roehm
Ernest Roehm
Marriage Muddle Solves Itself in Virginia
In Pulaski on May 14 a humorous tale emerges as Reverend W. S. Bass explains a mix up in names. Miss Godwin from Stedman married Mr Stedman from Godwin and the couple now bear the name Stedman of Godwin.
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Pulaski
W. S. Bass
Church of God
North Carolina
Picket line spurs hotel protest with placard jab
In Albuquerque on May 14 striking workers gathered at a hotel when G. A. M. Wilson joined with a placard declaring the hotel is good and customers are satisfied. The scene shows tensions between labor action and management.
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Albuquerque
N. M
G. A. M. Wilson
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clues and Answers
A compact listing of crossword clues and fragment answers for a daily puzzle. Clues cover across and down entries including hints like Attic, Annex, and Xenon with partial solutions and cross references. The jumbled presentation reflects a newspaper puzzle page with scattered phrases and partial word segments.
Local Briefs Highlight Illnesses and Social Visits
After a bout with colitis Miss Margaret Holland of Decatur was a visitor for the night. Wynelle Hall is ill with measles at her home here. A number of people from here attended the Decoration at Johnson's Chapel on Sunday.
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Margaret Holland
Decatur
Johnson's Chapel
Wynelle Hal
Alabama Schools Receive Half Million Dollar Allotment
Alabama schools were allotted 538 307 in education funds as of May 14. Comptroller Charles W. Lee announced 88 307 from the public school fund and 450 000 from the educational trust fund sourced from sales gross receipts and tobacco taxes. A monthly 75 000 sales tax allotment to counties was also issued.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Charles W. Lee
Education Department
Special Educational Trust Fund
Alabama motor deaths linked to gasoline use study
A State Health Department report tied Alabama road deaths to gasoline consumption, showing 33.5 deaths per 10 million gallons and about one death per 29 851 gallons used on highways. The finding comes from a national safety council study cited by Alabama officials.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Safety Council
State Health Department
Alabama
Unpaid Doctor Bills in U S Estimated at 350 Million
An estimate puts unpaid medical bills in the United States at more than 350 million dollars. The figure reflects a broad burden on patients and health care providers across the country.
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United States
Local pastor to be heard Sunday
Rev. R. D. Cook, pastor of Memorial Drive Methodist church, will fill his pulpit at both the morning and evening hours Sunday. Other services will be held at the usual times.
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R. D. Cook
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Two Men Held on Suspicion After Downtown Chase
Montgomery police booked Bill Richardson 27 Atlanta and J V Dexter 24 Rome on general suspicion charges after a midnight chase in downtown traffic endangering lights. Officers fired several shots but no injuries. Both men listed Atlanta and Rome as home addresses.
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Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Rome
T. G. Goins
Bill Richardson
J. V. Dexter
Birmingham Steel Mills Set to Run At Sixty Percent
Operations in the Birmingham district will drop to sixty percent capacity next week with six furnaces curtailed. Area production had run around sixty six percent for months, nearly double the national average.
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Birmingham
Ala
Penny Race Nears Close in Pennsylvania Democratic Primary
In the final week of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary campaign Lieutenant Governor Thomas Kennedy asserts victory as governor contender. Kennedy attacks opponent John L. Lewis as a bogey man and accuses rivals of dictatorial aims while Farley backs the state committee slate and Roosevelt remains neutral. Observers expect the vote to shape delegates for 1940, CIO influence, and future leadership in the state.
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Thomas Kennedy
John L. Lewis
Kennedy
State Committee
Lewis
Washington
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
James A. Farley
Pennsylvania
Parle
Guffey
McAdoo
CIO
May Fete At Athens High School Crowns Nichole King Blair Queen
A May fete and circus at Athens High School Friday featured Marvin Nichole as king and Juanita Blair as queen. Nearly a hundred students performed in musical and trick numbers.
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Athens
Ala
Athens High School
Marvin Nichole
Juanita Blair
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