Alabama Democracy weighs contested primary returns
Montgomery May 14. Alabama state Democratic Executive Sub Committee canvassed last Tuesday’s primary returns with focus on Hugh White versus Gordon Persons for Public Service Commission presidency. Incumbent White leads by 1,743. Persons plans to contest with Richard T. Rives as his counsel.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hugh White
Gordon Persons
Public Service Commission
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
John Brandon
Persons
White
McCorvey
Richard T. Rives
Alabama
J. Thoman Heflin
John H. Bankhead
Senate
Clarke County
Clarke
R. T. Simpson, Jr
Appellate Court
Cold Sweeps Many Areas Across Nation
Wintry weather affected multiple regions with snow and frost in Montana Wyoming and North Dakota. Central states saw a sharp warm to cold shift with highs in the 90s. Alabama and Georgia remained warm and clear. Rains hit Minnesota to New York and Pennsylvania while record-like highs occurred in California and other cities.
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Associated Press
May
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Minnesota
Alabama
Georgia
Great Lakes
New York
Peninsylvania
Sheridan
Wyo
Miles City
Cont
Williston
N. C
el Centro
Imperial Valley
California
Birmingham
Dés Moines
Phoenix
Kansas City
Miami
Los Angeles
Seattle
New Orleans
Detroit
Washington
Governor Seeks Tax Reductions in Secret Proposals
The Advertiser reports Governor Jaixon is secretly seeking a legal mututa to reduce ad valorem taxes by proclamation. He has held conferences with Finance Director Arthur Forsyth and Attorney General T B Lawson, guarding the topic as incipient and difficult to achieve.
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Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Jaixon
Arthur R. Forsyth
T. 8
Lawson
Dixon
Illness Victim Tom Suggs Dies at 72 in Moulton Route 2
Tom Suggs, a prominent resident of the Moulton route 2 community, died at his home at 11:30 last night after a two year illness. He was 72. Final services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Red Hill cemetery with Rev. Emmett Byars officiating and burial by Drinkard. Survivors include three sons Sam Mose and Robert Suggs, two sisters Mrs Annie Owens of Pauls Valley Oklahoma and Mrs Fronie Hartley of Trinity route 1. Pallbearers listed and flowers arranged by relatives.
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Tom Suggs
Moulton
Red Hill Cemetery
Emmett Byars
Drinkard
Sam
Mose
Robert Suggs
Annie Owens
Pauls Vailey
Okla
Fronie Hartley
Trinity Route 1
Louis
Razzie
Flavis Suggs
Price Hamilton
Elmer
Bill Owens
Flowers
Evelyn
Bessie
Nadine Suggs
Ruby Hamilton
Vivian Suggs
Louise Knight
Lillian Hamilton
Alice Suggs
Decoration Day Observed at Moss Chapel
Decoration Day will be observed Sunday at Moss Chapel with morning preaching and afternoon singing. Residents are asked to come Thursday afternoon to clean the cemetery grounds.
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Moss Chapel
Turtle Fisherman D C Shaw Wins Big Catch
D C Shaw a farmer fisherman living five miles north of Decatur won the turtle fishing crown Monday. He landed a 15 pound turtle after using a mall net to finally bring the critter ashore.
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D. C. Shaw
Bee Line
Decatur
Mr. Shaw
Milk supply at Decatur plant climbs steadily
Milk delivery to the cheese plant at Decatur rose to 7,393 pounds today, about 100 pounds more than Monday. Routes are steady and more customers are being added each day.
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Decatur
Americans Told to Leave Italy
Secretary Hull said Ambassador Phillips in Rome was calling on American citizens in Italy to heed the warning to leave, as in other European countries now at war. Dispatches described anti-British and anti-French demonstrations in Rome and other Italian cities.
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Washington
Hull
William Phillips
Rome
Italy
Alabama Power seeks sale to TVA of $4.6 million North Alabama properties
The Alabama Power Company files with the State Public Service Commission to sell $4.6 million of North Alabama properties to the TVA and publicly owned utilities. A hearing date is not yet set. The plan covers Jackson, Madison, Limestone, Lauderdale, and other counties and excludes Haleyville substation area. Rural cooperatives and several municipal systems already purchase TVA energy or plan to.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Power Company
North Alabama
TVA
Ohe
State Public Service Commission
Jackson
Madison
Limestone
Lauderdale
Colbert
Lawrence
Morgan
Marshall
DeKalb
Cherokee
Cullman
Franklin
Haleyville
Winston County
Sipsey Fork
Warrior River
Alabama
Contractor Defies Union in Chattanooga Paving Standoff
In Chattanooga Tennessee a contractor resumed work on a city paving project with non union labor after a labor holiday protest that left three injured. Union members and pickets swarmed the site while sub contractor Luke Lea Jr was beaten and later charged with felonious assault. Police protected the trucks as about 1000 union men demonstrated and 2000 more joined protests at housing projects and private jobs.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
George White
Chattanooga Construction Trades Council
AFL
Luke Lea, Jr
Glenn Holleman
Lea
United States Backing Joint Protests Over Invasions
The United States said it would join other American republics in a joint protest against Germany for invading Belgium Holland and Luxembourg. The State Department conveyed Uruguay’s draft declaration to Panama and urged consultation with other American governments on the text.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Holland
Begium
Luxembourg
State Department
Uruguay
Ururuay
Belgium
Panama
America
Fate of Kaiser Wilhelm II Remains a Mystery
Berlin dispatch reports no new information about former Kaiser Wilhelm II. Attempts by the Hohenzollern family to locate him have failed as German Dutch fighting rages near Doorn where the exiled emperor, age 81, wishes to stay undisturbed on his Dutch estate.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser
Doorn
Utrecht
SedAn Likely Held By Nazis Amid Great Meuse Battle
Paris May 14 Allied forces push along the Meuse amid the Battle of the Meuse as Sedan 10 miles from the Belgian border is probably in German hands. French and Belgian troops withdraw to fortified positions while the Nazis mass tanks and planes in a major offensive across Liege Namur and Dinant fronts.
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Roy P. Porter
Paris
Sedan
Meuse
Liege
Belgium
High Command
France
Dinant
Namur
Maginot Line
Longwy
Luxembourg
Forbach
Saar
Long
Associated Press
Germany
Low Countries
Europe
Eben Emael
Albert Canal
Holland
Grebbe
Utrecht
Rotterdam
Germans Reach Sedan in Major World War II Name
Reports say German forces push through Belgian defenses toward Sedan France threatening Paris. Allies vow to rally strength along the Sedan front as tanks and planes bolster a feared breakthrough reminiscent of past battles.
Hitler’s Southward Push Threatens Allied Lines In War
Germans push south from the Sedan sector risking Maginot breach and trapping allied forces on both flanks. The rapid advance through southern Holland threatens to sever Dutch and Belgian links, isolating Holland from aid as Hitler aims to smash the allies.
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Hitler
Maginot Line
Sedan
Paris
England
Holland
Herr Hitler
Low Countries
Navy Eyes Three Shift Shipyards Amid War Fronts
The report highlights navy plans for a three shift schedule across all ship construction yards. It also covers German blitzkrieg sweeping west into France, with Meuse as the battle line and claims over Liege and Sedan, while Dutch defenses retreat toward Utrecht and Rotterdam.
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NAVY
Pension Bill Passes House To Aid Veterans Widows and Orphans
The Senate received a pension bill to aid widows children and parents of dead World War veterans at an estimated annual cost of 40 million dollars. The House approved 247 to 31 and awaiting Senate action. Orphans would get 12 dollars monthly widows with children up to 56 dollars and others under income limits. First year eligibility projects 30,500 childless widows 66,700 widows with children 23,500 orphans and 32,800 dependent parents.
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Senate
House
D-Calif
Massingale
D.-Okla
Veterans Administration
Rankin
D.-Miss
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Miller
R.-Conn
McCarran
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce Department
Germans Interned in Paris Area Stadium Assembly
Germans and residents of German origin gathered in a Paris area stadium for handling prior to internment in the interior for the duration of the war.
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Paris
Navy seeks 300 million to speed 68 ships and three shifts
The Navy urged Congress to provide 300 million dollars immediately to accelerate 68 combat and auxiliary ships, with a 48 hour work week for government and private yards. President Roosevelt plans a defense message later in the week and will leave financing options to Congress.
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Washington
Upm
Navy
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
War
Treasury Department
Robinson
8. M. Robinson
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Mr. Roosevelt
Stephen Early
J E Lee dies at his home in Priceville
Joseph Erwin Lee 71 prominent retired merchant of Priceville died at his home at 3 45 Tuesday morning after a week long illness Prayer service will be held at 2 30 Wednesday at the home with a 2 45 procession to Cave Springs church for final rites at 3 o clock conducted by Rev B P Collier Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery under Brown's care He is survived by his widow four daughters three sons three brothers two sisters and 18 grandchildren Lee moved to Priceville a year ago from East Morgan county retired two years ago from the mercantile business and has spent time farming
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Joseph Erwin Lee
Priceville
Cave Springs Church
B. P. Collier
Brown
Roselawn
Mr. Lee
G. A Weinmann
P. W Sandlin
Crowton
J. A. Turney
Co. J. Waite
Huntsville
Robert E. Lee
Birmingham
William P. Lee
J. E. Lee, Jr
Decatur
Lee
Morgan County
Dutch Commander Declares Resistance Has Been Broken
May 14 dispatches report General Henri Gerard Winkelman stating resistance is broken by overwhelming power. The Belgian cabinet decides to stay in Brussels while France reports air alarms and anti-aircraft fire near Lille and other cities. Berlin claims 70 enemy planes shot down in the Sedan area as fighting continues on French soil. A French military briefing says most of Rotterdam is in flames amid a grave situation.
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Amsterdam
Henri Gerard Winkelman
Paris
Lille
Lyon
le Havre
Saint- Etienne
Berlin
Sedan
Rotterdam
Battle roaring along Meuse in World War II clash
Frenzied fighting rages on the Meuse between France and Belgium as German air support of 6000 to 7000 planes backs mechanized land forces. Sedan reportedly captured, 2000 tanks clash, German losses described as tremendous. Dutch oil stores burn as a Dutch defense measure.
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Meuse
France
Belgium
Sedan
Berlin
Tennessee River Gauge and Weather Report Tuesday
The Tennessee River gauge was 20.2 feet and falling. Temperatures ranged from 59 to 86 degrees with no rainfall reported. Alabama experienced partly cloudy skies with showers in the far north and onshore winds. Some scattered showers are expected Wednesday with cooler northern regions and slightly warmer eastern areas.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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