Hess Pressed on Hess Food. War Relief in Britain
British radio reports Hess may have divulged German secrets as officials question him. BBC broadcasts flood Germany with Hess coverage while Berlin warns against listening to foreign broadcasts. Hess stacks his meals in hospital under strict guard and scrutiny, insisting on salmon, chicken and eggs.
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Docks Strike at Boston Ends. Colt’s Hartford Action Moves
A major strike ending today halted a $30 million Boston naval drydock project as AFL CIO officials announced differences ironed out in Washington. Mayor Spellacy urged immediate Colt’s Patent Fire Arms reopens in Hartford while GM and CIO talks resumed. Portland Newport and Vandergrift protests linger amid wage and union shop disputes.
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Sentinels Of The Republic by Walter Winchell
A WWI era view on the American Legion facing a new era. The piece contrasts the World War fight for democracy with today’s “World Rebellion” and argues against attack from hidden foes. It warns that Hitler aimed to undermine liberty by stabbing behind the lines.
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America
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Beloved Hartseile Woman Dies at 69
Mrs. F. J. Tapscott aged 69 longtime Hartseile resident dies at home Tuesday afternoon. Survived by two daughters Emmett Bridges and Roy Groover, a brother J. W. Hunter. Funeral today at 3 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Claude Boozer. interment Hartseile Cemetery Peck directing. Pallbearers listed. flowers coordinators named.
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Danville
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Mary A Delks 82 Dies After Illness at Son's Home
Mrs Mary A Delks aged 82 died at 1 30 this morning at her son J A Delks 1404 Sixth Avenue South after a month long illness. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1 PM Thursday with Dr John C Cowell and Rev G C Morris officiating. Burial will be in Lebanon cemetery near Falkville Brown Funeral Home in charge. She leaves a son three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She moved six years ago from Dunkirk Indiana to live with her son.
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Birmingham
Lebanon Cemetery
Falkville
Brown
France and Nazis Agree on Collaboration Terms
Paris reports the French government approved terms negotiated with Adolf Hitler and Jean Darlan signaling a move toward greater economic and political collaboration with Germany. The communique promised effects felt soon as details remain undisclosed while reports mention prisoner repatriation and a revised demarcation line favoring a Parisaza zone.
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Jean Darlan
United States
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Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Decatur Merchants Plan Boost Decatur Movement Picnic
The Retail Merchants Division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce named a Civil Pride Committee and outlined plans for a city boost drive. Merchants will host a picnic and dinner for employees and decorate shops for the July 4 Wheeler Lake Yacht Club events. A parade and a Boost Decatur campaign were proposed with a special committee to organize the effort.
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W. 8. Finch
M. K. Vickery
Strawberry Festival Opens in Cullman Alabama
Cullman Alabama hosts the third annual Strawberry Festival with King Jim Folsom and Queen Mamie Deer crowned tonight at Sacred Heart Academy. Dr H Dowling will speak at the banquet and coronation as 40 000 visitors expected. A grand parade with color floats and a battle of music featuring regional high schools is planned for Thursday.
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Cullman
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King Jim
Decatur
Decatur High School
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Marjorie Hester
Franklin County
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Oneonta
Blount County
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Athens
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Youths Held For Burglary In Michigan City
Theodore George Westover and Leo Hopkins of Grand Rapids Michigan are jailed awaiting an officer from Michigan City to return them there on burglary charges. They were arrested after being found riding a freight train southward, according to railroad special agent O D Parrish.
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Leo Hopkins
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Westover
Hopkins
O. D. Parrish
L. & N. Railroad Company
Tarantula Found In Local Garden
S J Fletcher of 1220 Fifth Avenue brought a young tarantula to The Daily office this morning. He said it may be the one that recently bit Mrs Ollie Wilson on the finger, making her ill. she was milking in her barn when bitten and later recovered after medical treatment.
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S. J. Fletcher
Fifth Avenue
Winant asserts US shares in world crisis with Britain
U.S. Ambassador John Winant told an English speaking union that freedom loving nations see this as more than Britain's fight. He emphasized the need for convoys and noted the loss of American goods only tells part of the Atlantic battle. He pledged unity with Britain in total war and warned against dictators.
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Middle East
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Aed
Death sentence upheld in Georgia highway patrolman slaying
Georgia Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Charles Coates in the 1940 roadside slaying of state patrolman Fred Black Jr. near Ringgold. The ruling addresses confession testimony and Coates’s later claims and escape, with resentencing planned to set a new execution date.
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Georgia Supreme Court
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Oklahoma
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E. C. Oden Dies at Tuscaloosa Hospital
E C Oden prominent retired merchant of the Ryan community died this morning at a Tuscaloosa hospital. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Peck of Hartselle.
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Tuscaloosa
Peck
Hartselle
Senate votes for farm aid to boost farmer income
The Senate approved legislation to support cotton, wheat, corn, and rice by loans at 85 percent of parity, 75 to 2. Opponents Danaher and Gerry D. rid questioned the bill, with a veto possibility noted by leaders as loans could raise consumer prices and farm income depend on acreage and marketing controls.
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Hess Flight Deepens German Setback in War News
Commentary argues Rudolf Hess’s flight to Britain is a major German defeat with wide repercussions. The piece notes the incident may force Hitler to trade Balkan gains for ending the Hess episode, describing the maneuver as a public relations and strategic disaster.
Hess Flight Major Defeat For Hitler
A secret Nazi conference followed Rudolf Hess's dramatic flight as dissension grows among leaders. The article notes shock in Germany and rising Allied morale while Hitler summons party chiefs to a decisive meeting to address home front morale and the blow to leadership.
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Hess
Fuehrer
Hess returns to Germany. no documents found
Berlin reports say Rudolf Hess carried no papers revealing state or military secrets to Britain. Hess allegedly flew toward Glasgow to contact the Duke of Hamilton, a pacifist figure, while Berlin calls his peace terms politically naïve and disavowed. A German spokesman said Hess plans to finish his mission in about two days and return with a grant from the British.
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Fuehrer
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Germany
Hess
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Berlin
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Glasgow
Churchill
Great Britain
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Axis Parley in Rome Signals Three Power Talks
In Rome May 14 observers reported major three power pact nations Italy Germany and Japan held talks in recent days. The discussions reportedly centered on possible U S involvement in the war through convoys with Japan aiming to guard relations with the United States and Soviet Russia. Fascist papers pled to fight the United States under the pact.
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Italy
Germany
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Russia
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Tl Lavoro Fascita
Hess seen as sidelined by Nazi leadership after failed flight
A party spokesman said Rudolf Hess was not in the Reichs leadership plans yet knew England would fight to the end. Hess, a deputy in party affairs and minister without portfolio, was depicted as a has been by Nazi sources but would fade from world attention amid larger events.
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England
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Nazistrate
Berlin
Tennessee River Gauge Drops as Warm Conditions Persist
The Tennessee River stood at 19.85 feet on Wednesday and fell with no rainfall reported. Temperatures ranged from a high of 75 to a low of 49 in the past 24 hours while Alabama and Florida remained. fair conditions expected tonight and into the coastal areas with gentle to fresh southerly winds.
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