Hartselle Nears Ready New Water System
New filter plant and J House progress push Hartselle toward a 72 000 project funded half by the city and half by the WPA. A 19 200 foot intake from Flint Creek leads to a 288 000 gallon daily plant with a 150 000 gallon stand pipe and 130 000 gallon old stand pipe. About 100 to 150 workers labored as 36 inch deep trenches and rock excavation marked the main task.
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J House
Hartselle
Birmingham
War Department
United States Engineer Office
Nashville
Flint Creek
Wheeler Reservoir
U. S. Courthouse
Tennessee
WPA
Coal Hearing Set for July 8 in Washington
The bituminous coal division announced a July 8 hearing in Washington on a petition to eliminate minimum price differentials for districts 7 8 9 and 1 covering Alabama Georgia Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky. The petition seeks same price for domestic and industrial coal without raising overall price realizations and asks revisions to schedules to maintain price coordination between competing coals.
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Washington
Bituminous
Alabama
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Youth killed crossing freight tracks in Birmingham
An unidentified youth was struck and killed by a Louisville and Nashville freight train while crossing tracks in Birmingham. Investigator Gip M. Evans said identification would be difficult and an immediate inquiry was begun.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville & Nashville
Gip M. Evans
Long Pipeline Projected by Oil Industry
New York May 17 A pipeline nearly 2000 miles long would move oil from producing areas to Atlantic Seaboard consuming centers. It would cost over 60 million dollars and handle 250 000 to 300 000 barrels daily. Financing would come from eastern oil companies and construction would take six to nine months. A petroleum defense committee was formed at the request of the Office of Production Management and shows strong interest from OPM officials.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Oll
Three More Join Army Air Corps Quota
Sergeant James W. Barnes announced this week three men joined the service and were assigned to the Air Corps in West Palm Beach Florida. Max D. Summerford of Falkville Shelby F. Smithey of New Market and Rama O. Holder of Huntsville Alabama meet the quota. Additional vacancies are expected for the Air Corps and other branches. Military Police Detachment at Fort McPherson Georgia also recruiting with height and weight standards and grammar school education. Enlist now or write the local office for full details. mail requests will be answered promptly.
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James W. Barnes
Army
Max D. Summerford
Falkville
Shelby F. Smithey
New Market
Rama O. Holder
Huntsville
Ala
Air Corps
West Palm Beach
Fla
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Georgia
Vichy Reasserts Stance as U S Relations Suffer
French officials reacted to U S commentary on France and its colonies, denying Nazi pressure and asserting voluntary collaboration with Germany. The dispatches note talk of a British American federation under U S leadership and discuss reactions to German occupation plans in Dakar and French colonies.
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Vichy
France
United States
Dispatches
Washington
Churchill
London
England
Dakar
French West Africa
Adolf Hitler
Jean Darlan
French Guiana
Martinique
Britain
Syria
Jones Expected Home Today After Eye Operation
T M Jones is expected to return today from Montgomery where he recently underwent an operation on his eye.
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T. M. Jones
Montgomery
Nazi Leader Called Gangster By Greenwood
In London Herbert Morrison says Hess flight shakes the world and the Nazi regime is now in our hands. Arthur Greenwood cites disunity within Germany as evidence of internal stress and disillusionment among the Nazi movement.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Rudolf Hess
Felaing
Goebbles
Arthur Greenwood
German Reich
Germany
War Dept Allocates Funds to Intensify Army Pilot Training
The War Department authorized 4.0 million dollars to expand pilot training to 30,000 annually at nine Air Corps fields. Readying administration and housing, funds go to Selma Alabama Albany Georgia Barksdale Field Alabama Montgomery Alabama Las Vegas Nevada and more.
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Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Selma
Ala
Albany
Barksdale Field
Montgomery
Las Vegas
Man Arrested in Prohibition Raid Seizures Seven Pints Whiskey
Sheriff W. T. Willoughby and deputies Pittman and Humphrey raided a house Friday night arresting the occupant and seizing seven pints of wild cat whiskey. The defendant faced a prohibition violation charge.
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W. T. Willoughby
B. C. Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
Farm Aid Act hailed today by Bankhead
Washington May 17 Senator Bankhead said the mandatory 8 percent parity loans for major farm products marked the brightest page in this Congress. He argued the measure would unite workers and spur rural patriotism while noting surpluses would limit production cuts. He dismissed claims it would raise consumer prices.
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Bankhead
Washington
Ala
House
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Yeast Supply Available at Red Cross Office
E M Wise acting chairman of Morgan county chapter American Red Cross announced yeast is on hand at chapter headquarters for pellagra sufferers. Those in need should obtain an order from their physician or county health physician and visit the Red Cross office at 110 West Vine Street to receive the yeast.
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E. M. Wise
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Agra
Red Cross
West Vine St
Wise
Shipyard Labor Strife Spurs Mediation Meeting
William H. Davis called a meeting tonight of Southern soft boat operators and United Mine Workers negotiators amid unease over a potential stoppage in the bituminous industry. West Coast shipyards and Appalachian coal mines see wage disputes as General Motors resolves a major pay controversy benefiting 165000 CIO UAW members with 35 million more annually.
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New York
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
Southern Soft Boat Operators
United Mine Workers of America
West Coast
General Motors
The
Motor Corporation
Washington
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Flint
Mich
B. D. Kunkle
John L. Lewis
CIO United Mine Workers
Peaener-Mananenue
North
War in Syria Signals Major Mediterranean Clash
DEWITT Mackenzie notes a new battle between Nazi and British forces in Syria signaling a potential major Mediterranean engagement. He asserts that losing Mediterranean control would threaten Britain and reshape the war's balance as desert warfare escalates in North Africa and the Middle East.
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Dewitt
MacKenzie
Syria
Mediterranean
Hitler
Planders
Praice
England
Middle East
Africa
Fight For Mastery of Sea Developing
A wartime note argues Britain must hold the Mediterranean to avoid defeat. It states Britain could fend off German pushes toward Egypt and Libya with American aid, but losing the theater would bring near total defeat. The piece labels the war as at a critical stage.
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Egypt
Libya
Britain
Mediterranean
British Isles
Vichy
Seven Army Planes Crash Killing Seven In Ohio
In southern Ohio during cyclonic storms two air corps planes crashed within 15 minutes. Five aboard a Beechcraft from Barksdale Field died near Olsonville and two in a plane near Wilmington. Names include Captain Sonnefield and Major J. W. Sessums. bodies were scattered and sealed orders found.
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Columbus
Ohio
Patterson Field
Dayton
Barksdale Field
Olsonville
Sonnefield
Wiandt
Grinwell
Brown
Set
Davis
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Air Corps
Wilmington
Nelsonville
J. W. Sessums
Wright Field
R. A. VanDeran
John ©. Stanley
Washington
Floyd Duffy
Hocking County
Army
Chicago quadruplets die after premature birth
Frances Adams 20 and Edward Adams 22 welcomed quadruplets in Chicago. All four girls born within hours died within ten hours of birth despite incubators and respirators. The family learned of the birth near hospital arrival.
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Chicago
Frances Adams
Frances
Charlene
Margaret
Marie
Adams
Alabama farm families reach million dollar net worth goal
Alabama farm families have surpassed one million dollars in increased net worth since January by producing 119,647 mattresses and 40,037 comforters. Etna McGaugh notes 1,217 centers in 67 counties will reach over 210,000 participating families, with active families adding 1,005,422.25 in five months.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Etna McGaugh
Limestone
Maren
Perry
Walker
Crenshaw
Dale
Bullock
Covington
Eee
Fayette
Marengo
Barbour
Lamar
Colbert
Elmore
Axis air attacks and Tobruk pressure widen war in Traq
Axis air strikes hit Cineldebane camp as British forces confront advancing Iraqi troops near Basra with Italian planes arriving in Iraq via Syria. British reports claim quiet in Basra and Habbaniyah while Britain and Australia counterattack at Tobruk.
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Traq
An Traq
Cineldebane
Basra
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Syria
Cairo
Habbaniyah
Turkey
Middle
Eest
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Far East
Weather Report From Tennessee River Area
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 19.45 feet and falling. The 24 hour high reached 90 degrees and the low 64 with no rainfall in Alabama. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered thundershowers in extreme north this afternoon, cooler in north and central portions tonight. Light to moderate westerly winds along the coast with increasing warmth.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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