Cullman Strawberry Festival advances to second round
Cullman Alabama hosts the second annual strawberry festival and flower show with a coronation for Queen Margaret II Margaret Engel as festival queen. A colorful pageant precedes parades, exhibits, a luncheon for Governor Dixon and a giant parade leading to a closing queen’s ball.
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Cullman County
Strawberry Festival Committee
Margaret Engel
Margaret II
Homer Mitchell
Alabama
Bland Motor Building
Cullman Implement Co
Cullman County High School
Frank M. Dixon
First Methodist Church
Mass Vaccination Curbing Smallpox Case in Falkville
Morgan County Health Department vaccinated between 400 and 500 people in Falkville and surrounding area after a smallpox case emerged. The patient, a white man, is recovering and has been isolated to prevent spread. Community immunization reduces transmission risk.
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Morgan County Health Department
Falkville
Absentee Ballot Requests Rise Ahead of June 4 Election
A total of 168 requests for absentee ballots were received Thursday for the election on June 4.
What We Won’t
Walter Winchell warns against dictatorship and propaganda urging Americans to defend free speech assembly press and government against influence from occupiers. He emphasizes unity with the Army Navy Marines and Air Corps while condemning traitorous propaganda and flawed criticisms of national defense.
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Walter Winchell
Benedict
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Corps
Farm Aid Seen as Likely to Bolster Surplus Support
Washington officials indicated the administration will seek new congressional funds to brace prices for 1940 crop surpluses as foreign markets shrink after the war. Exports are expected to fall about 30 percent in the next fiscal year, risking lower farm prices amid bumper production.
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Congress
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congressional Appropriations
Commodity Credit Corporation
British internment widened for male Germans and Austrians
The home secretary extended internment to all German and Austrian men aged 16 to 60 whose movements were restricted but not detained. Hundreds of police cars began a vast roundup in the London area.
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London
New Plea to Il Duce Made
The White House said President Roosevelt sent another communication to Premier Mussolini as part of ongoing efforts to curb war spread. Ambassador Phillips relayed the views from Rome for transmission to Mussolini, with no new separate appeal. The president seeks to limit the war's spread and warned American ships could withdraw from the Mediterranean if Italy enters the conflict. Americans abroad were urged to leave Italy, with embarkation shifted from Genoa to Bordeaux and other ports.
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Italy
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Rome
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Foreign Office
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Mediterranean
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Europe
Genoa
Bordeaux
France
Spain
Portugal
Thousands of Planes and Tanks Clash on Meuse Front
Paris reports a massive battle along the Meuse front with thousands of warplanes and tanks. German forces push into Belgium while French and Allied units resist. two major lines of engagement stretch from Antwerp to Sedan and from Sedan to the Vosges.
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William McGaffin
Paris
Meuse
Namur
Sedan
France
German Drive Threatens Belgian Sector In World War I
War reports indicate German forces crossed the Meuse near Namur and Sedan while facing stiff Allied resistance. Observers say the offensive remains fiery but undecided as Britain France and Belgium coordinate to hold, with two main goals: breakthrough to the Channel ports and a turning move at Sedan.
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Meuse
Dewitt MacKenzie
Namur
Sedan
England
Sédan
Germans Press Drive to Coast as Paris Aim Looms
The piece outlines German plans to push toward the coast and threaten Paris while aiming to break the Allied blockade. It notes the Sedan operation aiding a northern offensive and warns Brussels faces bombing threats if Brussels' movements are not halted.
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England
Paris
Brussels
Leopold
Liege
Switzerland
Air corps plans boost to train 7,000 pilots yearly
The air corps seeks an expanded defense program to raise pilot training to 7,000 annual fliers plus 7,000 mechanics and 7,000 air corps troops. A 75,000 applicant processing figure is cited with prior emergency training in place since last summer and civilian pilot training aiding military prep.
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Washington
Air Corps
Army
Britain
Canada
Army Air Corps
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Two Cars Sideswipe in Morning Crash. No Injuries Reported
A Thursday morning sideswipe in the 400 block of Second Avenue caused heavy damage to two vehicles. Officers identified drivers as J. M Cole and W. T. White. neither motorist was injured.
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Second. Avenue
J. M Cole
W. T. White
War of Movement on 110 Mile Front
Fast moving battles across the Western Front from Antwerp to Sedan as German and Allied forces clash in Belgium and France. British and French troops counterattack around Louvain and Namur while Liege fortresses hold out. Roosevelt pleads to Mussolini as France promises victory amid heavy artillery and air activity.
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Paris
Nancy
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Rhine
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Kaiser Wilhelm
War Situation At Glance As German Advance Stalls Front Near Antwerp
War report outlines Western Front lines from Antwerp through Namur to Sedan with German spearheads toward the Maginot Line. Allied lines show dents near Sedan while Namur and Liege forts resist as Belgium and Netherlands fall.
Graduation Sermon Set for Decatur High School Class
The senior sermon for Decatur High School graduates will be preached Sunday May 26 by Lindsay Allen of Grant Street Church of Christ at Riverside Auditorium starting 11 a.m. Class night is Friday May 24 and finals Monday May 27. The program includes processional songs prayers announcements sermon titled Man's Mission In the World and benediction with a recessional.
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Decatur High School
Lindsay Allen
Grant Street Church of Christ
Riverside Auditorium
J. W. Flowers
H. H. Frasa
Ben Campbell
French Liner Normandie Repainted In Gray Protective Coat
Workers in New York cover the Normandie with a gray camouflage coating as a preventive weather shield. French officials say the hull will remain in harbor for the duration and painting targets only the super structure. The Normandie, a 83 422 ton liner, began trans Atlantic service in 1935 alongside ships like the Queen Mary and Ile de France.
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French Line
New York Harbor
Ide le France
Transport Service
One Person Tried in Police Court for Drunkenness
A single defendant appeared in police court on Thursday morning charged with drunkenness. The case proceeded under local court rules with no additional details provided.
Roosevelt proposes 50,000 warplanes in defense program
President Roosevelt tells a joint session that the nation needs an emergency defense package totaling 1.182 billion dollars. He calls for a long range goal of 50,000 planes and a yearly output of at least 50,000 planes, urging swift action to strengthen Western Hemisphere defense.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Western Hemisphere
Edwin Watson
Daniel. Callaghan
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Tennessee River Falls to 20 Feet With Mild Temperatures
The river gauge read 20 feet on Thursday with no rainfall recorded in the past 24 hours. Maximum temperature reached 78 while the low was 50. Alabama and Northwest Florida continued fair with light coastal winds. Tennessee expected fair east and partly cloudy west, cooler in the northeast, Friday bringing possible showers in the southwest and warmth in the east and north.
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