Community Work Pays Our County Week Kicks Off Tonight
Observance of This Work Pays Our Community Week opens with a dinner at Central tonight and an engaging program. Up to 8 000 visitors will tour county projects including archaeology recreation adult education nurseries a library museum and a commodity warehouse.
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Decatur
Carnegie Library
Chilren
Trinity
Sans Sotindi Cave
Danville Road
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Sherman Street
W. Vine Street
Mutual Savings Life Insurance
Canal Street
Fourth Avenue
Beach Street
J.al
Flint
Somerville
Lelia
German Offensive Presses Southward Across Northern France
German forces mass 800000 reinforcements as Allies retreat along the northern front. Two main targets emerged: a westward push from the Cambrai area toward the North Sea to trap British troops, or a southwest advance along the Oise toward Paris. Hitler reportedly chose Munster for peace terms as British and French lines bend under the blitz.
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Camrai
St. Qunntin
North Sea
Belgium
St. Quentin
Oise
Paris
Hitler
Holland
Germany
Markets Rally Then Waver As Steel Shares Lead
Wall Street showed mild confidence with leading steels and other stocks inching up 1 to 3 points before facing selling pressure. Ticker tape moved slowly, turnover around 1.2 million shares, and traders kept a cautious tone despite cheerful business news and a strong steel production estimate.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
France
Markets at a Glance: May Trading Mixed Across Commodities
From New York to Chicago trading shows gains in bonds and sterling while stocks hold firm after a selective rally. Cotton and sugar trade firm with mixed producer selling and speculative buying. metals steady as steel activity improves. wool tops rise on buying and short covering. In Chicago wheat and corn edge higher, cattle and hogs weaken with hogs near five ninety.
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New York
Chicago
New York Cotton and Chicago Market Rundown May 20
Mixed commodity moves with New York cotton closing higher and old contracts showing gains. Chicago butter eggs poultry prices listed with steady to mixed changes across grades and weights.
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N.Y
Chicago
Creamery
Nashville Livestock Prices Report May 20
Salable cattle 500 plus calves 200. Slaughter cattle active and steady. Load good fat yearlings 10.15. other steer and yearling 9.50 down. Common and medium 7.25-8.50. Fat cows to 7.25. canner and cutter cows 3.50-5.50. Top dealers 10:00 city slow. Salable hogs 400, market 40 lower. sales 150-300 lbs 4.85-5.50. Good sows 3.20. Met figures show feeder and fat ewe notes with sparse legible data.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Gee Ee
Choi
Mendy
Imani
Cash grain market report from Chicago
No cash wheat sales reported. Corn prices ranged from No 1 yellow 85 1 2 to No 4 at 66 1 2. Oats quoted with No 2 mixed at 39 1 2 and No 2 white around 40 1 2 to 41. Sample grades also noted.
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Chicago
Aviation leaders press for speed in defense program
Industry leaders and government officials gathered after a White House briefing to urge rapid mobilization of civil aviation for national defense. Key figures including Morgen thau Woodring and Hickley warned of tight civil aviation resources, while Pentagon officials and aviation makers stressed engine shortages and the need for accelerated production under wartime planning. General Marshall warned the nation remains on a peace time basis until kry critical equipment is secured.
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Barkley
Garner
Bankhead
Rayburn
Texas
House
Treasury
Jean L. Martin
Leroy Grumman
Giuseppe Bellanca
Lawrence Ell
Sherman Fairchild
Clarence Chamberlain
trans-Atlantic Flier
E. E. Wilson
Pratt and Whitney Company
Guy W. Vaughan
Theodore P. Wright
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
J. H Jquett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
A. I. Lodwick
Aviation Corporation
Hinckley
Repovtery
White House
Stephen Early
Early
Marshall
Vacation Bible School Training Conference in Morgan County
A Training Conference for Vacation Bible School workers in Morgan County will be held at Central Baptist Church Tuesday from 2 to 5 PM. Led by Rev. W E Waterhouse and assisted by Rev. Homer Britton, the event will showcase demonstrations and materials, with attendance expected from Decatur churches and association workers.
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Morgan County
Central Baptist Church
W. E. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
Waterhouse
Homer Britton
Morgan County Baptist Association
Southern Baptists
Alabama Baptist Churches
M Movement
Baptist
Decatur
Defense Bill Debates and Naval Aid Amid War Preparations
Senate debates proceed on appropriation bills as Admiral Stark outlines the Navy share of a 250 million program. Arnold testifies on four new pilot training centers and nonduplication with San Antonio. Lindbergh warns against interfering in Europe while industry and government discuss boosting aircraft production toward 50 000 planes a year and 60 000 fighters.
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Senate
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
House Appropriations
Navy
House Naval Committee
Arnold
Marshall
Military Committee
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
San Antonio
Tex
Army Air School
Charles A
Lindbergh
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
White House
George
D-Ga
Gonnally
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Morgenthau
H. H. Arnold
Douglas Aircraft Company
Santa Monica
Qalif
Dollas
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Doughlas
D-Gay
Nazis Aim at Channel Ports in Drive to Britain
The German push toward Calais and Abbeville threatens to slice to the English coast as Hitler seeks to smash the British blockade. Allied forces under Foch and Weygand rally to stem the advance while Belgium, France, and Holland brace for a grim struggle.
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Somme
Ergahere
Abbeville
Cay Seton
Amiens
Dhain
Calais
England
Dover
Marshal Foch
General Weygand
Channel
Vna
France
Holland
English
London
Britain
English Channel
Germany
Hitler
Belgium
Play at Negro School Tonight Features A Childs Fantasy
A play titled A Childs Fantasy will be presented at the Negro school this evening at 8 o clock. The production is described as full of fun and laughter with a notable candy eating scene.
Americans Urged to Depart Egypt Amid War Risk
The United States legation warned Americans in Egypt to leave while possible. About 900 Americans, mainly missionaries and teachers with a few businesspeople, remain as tensions risk spreading to the Mediterranean.
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Alexandria
Egypt
United States Legation
Mediterranean
Senator Proposes Board to Coordinate War Plant Production
A Georgia senator urged creating a board representing the army and navy industry and labor to coordinate manufacturing under the defense program. He described funding as a depletion investment over a short period to expand plant capacity.
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Georgia
Army
Navy
Week's Political Calendar From The Associated Press
The calendar lists upcoming party conventions and primaries across states. Delaware Democratic delegates, Montana Democrats and Republicans each name eight delegates to national conventions. New Jersey primaries select 32 national votes and candidates for federal and state offices. Kentucky Republicans and Maryland Democrats schedule delegate selections. Minnesota Republicans, Vermont Democrats and Republicans set delegates. Indiana Republicans choose 28 delegates plus U S Senate and governor candidates. Nevada Republicans and Rhode Island Democrats plan conventions. North Carolina primaries determine U S representatives and state officials. Washington Republicans complete their convention outline.
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Delaware
Montana
New Jersey
U. S
Kentucky
Repubican
Maryland
Minnesota
Tion
Vermont
Indiana
Nevada
Rhode Island
North Carolina
Washington
Decatur Diary Highlights Local Church and Community News
Austinville Methodist Young Ladies Circle meets at 3 15 with Mrs Willard Reaggle. Mrs Louis Argend returns from Chattanooga after sister’s operation. Forrest Kimball visits from Birmingham. Local clergy plan seven sermon series on the Prodigal Son. Various residents move, recover, travel, or visit relatives. Walther League anniversary observed. several hospital transfers and ambulance moves reported.
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Austinville Methodist Church
Willard Reaggle
German War Drive Reaches Somme Battlefield Echo
The German offensive toward Paris stalls as Allied air and armor pound back a northward armored column from Laon. Stuka dive bombers and destroyers disrupt the advance, while French Belgian and British forces reinforce and protect exposed flanks from St Quentin to Rethel on the Somme’s historic ground.
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Laon
France
Paris
St. Quentin
le Cateau
Rethe
Presbyterian church sidesteps protest over Taylor Vatican appointment
In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 20 the Presbyterian Church in the United States sidestepped requests from 15 Presbyteries to protest President Roosevelt's appointment of Myron C. Taylor as his representative to the Vatican. The general assembly adopted a resolution saying now is not the proper time for protest and cited its confession of faith endorsing separation of church and state.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Presbyterian Church (Southern
United States
Roosevelt
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
General Assembly
Pierre Du Pont Quits Office at Du Pont Company
Wilmington Del May 20 Pierre S Du Pont retired as chairman of the board and Lammot Du Pont resigned as president of E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company at a board session Lammot Du Pont was elected chairman Walter B Carpenter Jr promoted to company president
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Wilmington
Del
Pierre S. du Pont
Lammot du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Direstors
Walter 8. Carpenter, Jr
Tax distribution by Hardwick for May 1 to May 15
Tax Collector Charles G Hardwick distributed May taxes totaling 3516.95 today. Allocations included Alabama 777.06 Morgan County 1496.55 county schools 873.53 Decatur schools 234.02 Hartselle 107.68 Falkville 18.37 Trinity 7.83 and Austinville 2.11.
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Charles G Hardwick
State of Alabama
Morgan County
County
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
Trinity
Austinville
Railway valuation case upheld by U S Supreme Court
The Tennessee assessment of 16 223 194 for Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway property in 1938 39 was sustained by the Supreme Court. The railway argued the figure was at least six million dollars too high and arrived by unfair methods.
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Washington
Tennessee
Nashville, Chattanooga
Court to Review Its Steel Edict
The Supreme Court agreed to reconsider its previous refusal to review a decision upholding a Labor Board order against Republic Steel. The order required reinforcements with back pay for about 5,000 Ohio plant workers who took part in the 1937 "little steel" strike, a ruling the court had denied reviewing on April 8.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Republic Steel Corporation
Labor Board
Republic Steel
Ohio
High Court
Third Circuit
Negro High School Choir Returns for Concert at First Baptist
The Deep River chorus from the local Negro high school sang at First Baptist last night during regular services before a large audience. Rev. W. E. Waterhouse commended the group and urged another concert. He preached on Our High Priest at the morning service, stating Jesus Christ is the unmediated high priest. Evening messages centered on Falling Below Par as the pastor warned against lax righteousness. One new church member joined by profession of faith, and next Sunday’s service will honor graduates as part of youth education.
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Deep River
First Baptist Church
W. E. Waterhouse
Mr. Waterhouse
Jesus Christ
Republican Party Frame Unity as Patriot Opposition
The statement presents the Republican party as a patriotic and constructive opposition fashioned in the tradition of popular government. It asserts unity until election day next November and calls for collective effort to win national power.
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National Unity
One Injured as Truck and Wagon Collide at Town Creek
A collision Saturday afternoon on Joe Wheeler Highway near Town Creek left Bertha Skipworth of Florence with a cut hand and bruises after the truck she rode in with Grady Kidd overturned and struck a wagon driven by Fred Holland of Town Creek. Kidd and Holland escaped injury as the truck went into a ditch and hit a concrete culvert. H L Thornton and J Sanders Pusch of the state highway patrol investigated.
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Town Creek
Bertha Skipworth
Florence
Grady Kidd
Joe Wheeler
Town
H. L. Thornton
Sanders Pusch
State Highway Patrol
Code Committee Sets June 10 Meeting for Alabama Recodification
The Alabama Legislature Code Committee announced that June 10 will see both houses meet as a whole to receive the committee's report on the first recodification of Alabama laws since 1923. Chairman W. S. Welch of Bessemer was instructed to notify presiding officers of the readiness to submit the recodification.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Legislature Code
W. S. Welch
Bessemer
Alabama
Wheat loan rate set for 1940 crop at 64 cents
Secretary Wallace announced the 1940 crop wheat loan will average 64 cents a bushel, up from 63 cents last year. The statement follows a week when wheat prices fell as much as 34 cents per bushel.
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Chicago
Wallace
Washington
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Forrest Kimball
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Rev. Liverman
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Little Rock
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Eighth Avenue
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Tuscaloosa
Leroy McEntire, Jr
University of Alabama
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Katherine Boswell
Huntingdon College
E. T. Tonn
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
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Young Ladies Circle
Millard Reigle
J. P. Boyd
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Cullman
G. H. McClellan
Brown
Benevolent Society Hospital
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19Th Avenue, East
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Sixth Avenue
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C. C. Johnson
E. Cain St
City Baptist Training Union
Fannie Gurley
Moulton Road
J. W. Stokes
Courtland
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Rt. 1
J. W. Schrader
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