Cash Prize Schedule For Local Fish Rodeo Announced
The club lists twenty two cash prizes for the Delano Park fish rodeo. Top awards include largest bass forty eight dollars and second largest bass won by a lady thirty seven fifty. Prizes extend through crappie jack salmon and a general prize. Awards hinge on catches during the event on May 30.
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Pm Veter
Wheeler Don Lig
Watertow
Keller Memorial
Tennessee
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Authority
Severth
Delano Park
Conservation Club
France under siege as German drive nears Paris
A war ministry spokesman stated Allied air and ground forces threaten to halt the German advance approaching Paris. The report compares the current push to the 1914 invasion via Belgium, noting the German spearheads about 100 miles east of Paris near Sedan and roughly 170 miles northeast toward Brussels and Laval areas.
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War Ministry
Paria
Belgium
Paris
The
Marne
Adolf Hitler
Mpen
Sedan Gee
Brussels
Louvain
Neved
France
War Office
Rethel
Sedan
Reims
Netherlands
Bethe
Sambre
Meuse
Namur
Prankce
Maginot
Hungary
Rumania
Thomason Cannot Hold U S Marshal Office and Jefferson School Board
Attorney General Thomas S Lawson ruled that Raymond B Thomason cannot serve as United States marshal in Birmingham while retaining a Jefferson County school board seat The question was raised by B P Singleton state chief examiner of accounts in Montgomery Alabama May 17
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas S Lawson
Raymond B. Thomason
Birmingham
Jefferson County
B. P. Singleton
Decatur News Highlights Local Church Events and Births
Decatur residents attend sermons at Ninth Street Methodist and Westminster Presbyterians. Missionary work at Westside Presbyterian and Youth Week observed at Southside Baptist. Births announced at Emens Clinic and Hamill Clinic. local travels include trips to Nashville and Birmingham.
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The
Baptist Training Union
Southside Baptist Church
Roosevelt pushes defense push to expand wartime program
President Roosevelt urged rapid expansion of defense, aiming to locate new production between the Alleghenies and Rockies, with standby aviation fuel stocks studied and a 50,000 airplane air force proposed. Congress moved to integrate emergency plans into regular army and navy bills to speed funding.
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RFC
Roosevelt
Allegheny
Rocky Mountains
Path House
Senate
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Army
Local notes record clinic stay and travel plans
Clinic updates include Arthur Moye improving at Mami Clinic after an operation. Mrs. Bar Williams departs today by motor to Anniston for the Business and Professional Women's Club convention, then continues to Carrollton, Atlanta, and Trion, Georgia on a 10 day visit. Fred Morgan and L G McDonald of Eva attended Falkville graduation exercises. Richard Moore moved by ambulance from Benevolent Society Hospital to the Veterans Hospital at Tuscaloosa.
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J. H. Crow
Hillsboro
Arthur Moye
Mami Clinic
Fred Morgan
L. G. McDonald
Eva
Falkville
Richard Moore
Vito Drinkard
Benevolent Society Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Tusca
Probe Began In Death Here
County city and district authorities Friday awaited a report from state toxicologist H. W. Nixon on the death of Helen Baker a 32 year old woman who died Saturday under suspicious circumstances An autopsy and stomach contents were sent to the state scientist to determine if arsenic poisoning caused the death Coroner Rey Howell leads the investigation and said a coroner's inquest would be held if warranted
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H. W. Nixon
Helen Baker
Rey Howell
Allied and German Advances Intensify Across Europe
News dispatches report German forces driving toward France and Hungary as France braces with fortified lines and British and Australian contingents prepare. UK expects potential Mediterranean and Balkan conflicts while US seeks swift defense funding and citizens heed embassy guidance to consider leaving via Ireland.
Major defense buildup targets Army Navy and air power
The message outlines a broad defense program for Congress including a larger regular army and National Guard, a vastly expanded arsenal to support up to 1,000,000 troops, accelerated shipbuilding to field 500 ships, and increased aircraft production to exceed 5,000 planes with replacement output of 50,000 annually.
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Army
Navy
Regular Army
National Guard
Sunday Lesson on Jeremiah Prophet and False Visions
Newman Campbell presents an International Uniform Lesson on Jeremiah 23 for May 19, condemning false prophets who claim divine visions while living corrupt lives. The piece details Jeremiah’s life, his condemnations of deceit, his trials including imprisonment, and his enduring faith as Babylon threatened Jerusalem.
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Newman Campbell
Jeremiah
God
Anathoth
Jerusalem
Markets in May Drop as War Nerves Hit Trading Floor
Leading stocks fell through support levels amid heavy selling in New York markets. Aircraft and steel shares led declines while bonds eased after an early rally. Cotton and sugar weakened, copper futures sold lower, and volume reached about 3 million shares. In Chicago wheat and corn dropped, cattle held steady, and hogs rose to a top of 6.25. Nashville reports salable cattle and calves with mixed beef prices.
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New York
Commission House
Boston
Chicago
Hitler Risks All in Blitzkrieg Gamble, Says Observer
The observer argues Hitler must win the war now or lose everything as Germany pours resources into a western push. He notes Germany’s oil and fuel strain, France’s Reynaud warning of economic chaos, and the likely heavy casualties in this highly mechanized warfare.
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Paul Reynaud
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Herrmeier
Hitler
Reich
Reynaud
Paris
France
Howe
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