TVA Offering 67 River Lots for Buildings
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce announces 67 Tennessee River front lots owned by the TVA available on twenty year leases at nominal annual rent. Locations include 24 at Finley Island, 14 at Lock A, and 29 at Poplar Spring Branch. Lots are for recreation and building use as part of Wheeler Reservoir Area programs.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Authority
Finley Island
Decatur
Lock .A
Poplar Spring Branch
Elk River
U. S. No. 72
Chamber of Commerce
Wheeler Reservoir
Lyons
Alabama
Plants in Spotlight on Defense Fund Use
General Gasser told the house committee the proposed defense fund would not use Muscle Shoals plants at present, fueling speculation about their future. An AP dispatch cites a new powder plant to be built west of the Blue Ridge with no definite site yet. Sparkman calls the denial a mistake while noting a 200,000 acre Shoals plant worth $3,500,000 is available.
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General Gasser
Defense Fund
House Committee
Muscle Shoals
Associated Press
Washington
Blue Ridge Mountains
War Department
Sparkman
Eighth District
the Shoals
Legion Area Meeting Set at Scottsboro
The Northern area Invention of the American Legion will be held in Scottsboro with the Jackson County post as host on May 24. Commander T. B. Middlebrook of Morgan County post received a cordial invitation from W. H. Roden urging many local Legionnaires to attend for an interesting program including elections, supper, and an entertainment dance at the Community Hall.
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Invention of the American Legion
Scottsboro
Jackson County
T. B. Middlebrook
Morgan County
W. H. Roden
Taylor
J. W. Woodall
Fred Gallant
James S. Saliba
Still Operators Escape as Officers Raid Rural Still
Deputies Canfier Pittman and Bibb Humphrey raided and destroyed a 200 gallon still near Kirby Bridge eight miles west of Decatur. Two men fled into a creek and escaped while 15 gallons of whisky were poured out.
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Canfier Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
Kirby Bridge
Decatur
Dallas pastor elected moderator of Presbyterian assembly
The Rev. Frank C. Brown of Dallas was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the South United States upper body today, succeeding the Rev. Edward Mack. Brown, pastor of Dallas First Presbyterian, heads the denomination’s largest church as Evangelism remains the assembly’s major theme.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Frank C. Brown
Dallas
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (Southern
United States
Brown
Edward Mack
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
First Presbyterian
Hoover Backs Roosevelt Defense Plan Says No Partisanship
Former President Hoover endorsed President Roosevelt's billion dollar defense program and urged nonpartisan national defense. He urged production managed by a staff of leaders from actual industrial production and noted lessons from the present war. Hoover previously criticized Roosevelts international policies.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Hoover
Roosevel
Town Creek Resident Streater Dies at 63 in Russellville
Roderick Streater, 63, a Town Creek resident and longtime local merchant, died Thursday at Russellville Hospital. Funeral services were held in Town Creek with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Jessie, daughter H E Harbin, six sons, a brother and a sister, he was active in the town’s Methodist church Masons and Woodmen of the World.
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Roderick Neal
Streater
Town Creek
Lawrence Countian
Russellville Hospital
Olen Cornélius
Town Creek Methodist Church
Ussery
Elmwood Cemetery
Underwood
Russellville
Jessie St
Methodist Church
The
Masons and
Woodmen of the World
Caine Won't Seek Runoff in Limestone Probate Race
Athens May 17 Special to The Daily John R. Caine who finished runner up to Probate Judge A M McConnell will not enter a second primary. He said a thorough canvass shows it would be useless to continue the race due to McConnell's large first primary vote.
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Athens
the Daily
Limestone County
John R. Caine
A. M. McConnell
Pauline Bracken Dies at Benevolent Society Hospital
Miss Pauline Bracken fourteen of Decatur Route 2 died at eight Friday morning after a several weeks illness. Funeral services will be held at New Center at ten Sunday with Rev S E Berry and McAfee officiating. Burial will be by Howell and Young. She is survived by her parents Lige and Mrs Bracken two sisters Sallie Mae and Mattie Lou and brothers Charles Luther and G W Bracken.
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Pauline Bracken
Decatur
Route 2
Benevolent Society Hospital
New Center
S. E. Berry
McAfee
Howell
Young
Decatur Band Wins Contest at Cullman Strawberry Festival
The Decatur high school band won first prize of 100 dollars in a contest at the Cullman festival pageant. Cullman celebrated with a week of street parades, flower shows, and receptions for Governor Frank Dixon and dignitaries, ending with a dance and gala events.
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Cullman
North Alabama
Alabama
Decatur
Birmingham
Dixon
Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Wwhtei
Governor Dixon
W. T. Newton
C. W. Alley
Decatur High School
Francis Craig
French Claim Situation 13 Still In Hand
Paris reports German armored units have pushed about 30 miles into France near Rethel and north of Sedan as three major battles surge on. French spokesmen say the frontline pocket near Rethel remains under control, while Germany asserts a breakthrough along 115 miles from Antwerp to Sedan. Paris extends security measures, placing gates under guard and interning foreigners amid fears of a broader assault.
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Associated Press
Paris
Adolf Hiteler
France
Rethel
Sedan
Belgium
Brussels
Louvain
Tuscaloosa Physician Dies In Auto Truck Collision
Dr. Charles Mason, a prominent Eutaw physician, died at a U S Veterans facility following a collision on the Tuscaloosa highway near Eutaw that also killed his wife Mrs. Mason on Wednesday night.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Charles Mason
Eutaw
U. S. Veterans Facility
Mason
Tuscaloosa Highway
Cheese Shipments From Alabama Plant Set Record
Over three tons of cheese were shipped today from the Alabama Dairy Products plant to Nashville, the largest shipment from the local plant opened May first. The 80 hoops move to Nashville where processed by Shefford Cheese Company under a resupply contract. Extra 8,000 pounds of whole milk were to arrive here today as new customers appear and volumes rise.
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Alabama Dairy Products
Nashville
Shefford Cheese Company
Decatur
Allies Retreat Deep in Northern France and Belgium
Berlin reports German troops deep in northern France as Allied forces fall back along a 115 mile front from Antwerp to Sedan. London warns the military situation is extremely grave though Brussels remains covered and some front lines show slight improvement. British authorities caution against optimism amid rapid withdrawals and calls for steady nerves.
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London
Antwerp
Sedan
Brussels
Belgium
The
Press Association
Germans Reach Within 100 Miles of Paris amid Maginot Line Breach
German rapid forces pushed toward Paris as French high command reports place Paris under strict control. Berlin outlets claim Nazis broke through the Maginot line on the Franco Belgian frontier in a move deemed improbable by German optimists. Allied troops are described by the Germans as retreating.
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Associated Press
Germany
Paris
France
Siegfried Line
Government Moves Belgium's Government to Ostend
Reuters and Havas report that Belgium's government relocated from Brussels to Ostend on May 17. The move was confirmed by a Belgian communiqué dated Ostend though later corrected to Brussels. King Leopold's whereabouts are not mentioned in the dispatches.
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London
Ostend
Belgium
North Sea
Brussels
Reuters
Zap'ta
Havas
Leopold
Artiies
Nazis push through Belgian Dyle defenses and threat to Sedan
Nazi forces drove 30 miles into France toward Rethel as Belgian and British reports describe rapid advances and captured prisoners in the Sedan area. Allied countermoves claim to hold the Maginot extension and Dyle line despite intensified fighting north of Paris and in Belgium.
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France
Rethel
French War Ministry
Sedan
Dyle River
Brussels
Belgium
Ostend
North Sea
Bblief
Zeeland
Netherlands
Holland
Paris
Allied War Council
Berlin
Dyle
Louvian
Wavre
Allied Front Pressured as German Push Reaches Toward Paris
Conflicting reports center on a German advance from Antwerp to Sedan with a salient 100 miles northeast of Paris. Paris has ordered military control as Nazi forces drive a pocket into French territory while Allied lines claim to hold, underscoring the danger to the capital and the urgency of counterattacks.
Allies pressed as German armored drives threaten front
Allied fronts face hard fighting along the Antwerp Brussels line as German armored columns supported by aircraft aim to split the front and threaten rear areas. Berlin claims Brussels is no longer an open city and heavy troop movements suggest a bombing risk. Air power could decide the Blitzkrieg, with Allied air forces yet to be tested fully.
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Antwerp
Brussels
England
Berlin
First Census Figures Reported for Decatur and Huntsville
Preliminary census figures released by district offices in Huntsville show Huntsville up about 14 percent over the past decade with a 13 171 count versus 11 554 in 1930. Athens lists 4 163 preliminaries down from 4 238 in 1930, as civic groups plan a mop up to enumerate all residents.
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Decatur
Huntsville
Athens
Mrs Martin Dies at Home of Son
Jane Martin 175 died at 12 10 Friday morning at the home of her son Robert Martin 902 Grant Street after six months illness. Funeral will be 1 pm Saturday from the Martin home to New Garden Limestone County for rites by Lindsay Allen. Burial under Drinkard direction. Survived by son, daughter L M Hargroves of Elkmont, brother John Black of Decatur, eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Pallbearers nephews Albert Black Cub Black Carl Black Walter Black Mack Black. Nieces will handle flowers.
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Elkmont
John Black
Decatur
Albert Black
Cub Blac
Carl Black
Walter and
Mack Black
Flowers
Chappell Market Sold to R W Oden in Eva
Announcement reports the sale of Chappell's Market Place by J E Chappell to R W Oden of Eva. Oden will operate the Moulton Street Market, with Chappell staying about 30 days. Oden has wide support for his new venture.
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Chappell
Market Place
J. E. Chappell
R. W. Oden
Eva
Moulton Street
Moulton ‘Street
Oden
President Roosevelt cancels swing through country plans
President Roosevelt disclosed at a press conference that problems have virtually canceled his plans for a nationwide swing next month and that he will not visit his Hyde Park home this weekend.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
One of Quads Will Marry One of Quads Will Marry
Oklahoma City reports Mona one of the famous quadruplets from Hollis will wed June 18 to Robert W Fowler an oil company accountant. The sisters born June 5 celebrate 25th with separate clothes marking new independence. Mona plans teaching in Texas next year and will learn to handle cash alongside her husband.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Key
Mona
Robert W. Fowler
Robert
Mary
Leota
Hollis
Okla
Texas
Roberta
Leeta
John Sheats Illness Victim Dies at 75
John N. Sheats of Hartselle route 3 died at 7 p.m. Thursday while visiting his daughter Mrs. Ed Almon at Hatton. Age 75 with ill health. funeral at 3 p.m. at Jones Chapel Cullman county conducted by Brown of Decatur. Survivors: two daughters Mrs. Almon and Mrs. Berchel Henson, a son Brasher Sheats, 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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John N. Sheats
Hartselle
Almon
Hatton
Mr. Sheats
Jones Chapel
Cullman—county
Brown
Decatur
Berchel Henson
Cullman Route 4
Brasher Sheats
Vinemont
Dixon Plans More Streamlining For Alabama Government
Governor Frank Dixon predicted further streamlining of Alabama state government in an address to the State Federation of Allied Postal Employees. He praised civil service for state workers and urged support to protect the system as 1,000 postal employees attended the annual convention in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Frank Dixon
State Federation of Allied Postal Employes
Naval graft may go back into service
Washington discussions consider recommissioning remaining World War destroyers and expanding defense plants. Roosevelt outlined options for financing plant expansion and private operation with government ownership, plus potential new interior factories. He asked Congress for funds and noted possible summer actions without reconvening Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Army
House Military Committee
L. D. Gasser
United States
Page
Tennessee River Gauge and Weekend Weather Outlook
The Tennessee River reached 21.1 feet Friday and is rising. Temperatures ranged from 48 to 75 degrees with no rainfall reported. Alabama was fair and warmer in the north with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers possible Saturday. winds shift from gent le to moderate southerly along the coast and Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Commerce Chamber
Legion Area
Communty
Jam Cullman
U. S
Caine
T. G
Brad” Brabston
Elks Club
Steifelmeyer's Department Store
G. W. Ponder
Virgil B. Fowler
Vinemont Lake
Maginot
Sambre River
Maginot Line
Sambre
Namur
War Ministry
Maubeuge
Montmedy
Meuse
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Bethel
Sedan-Rethel
Hitler
Europe
Chappell Market
John Sheats
Seaboards
West Conagts
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