Morgan County Fish Rodeo Registration Deadline Nears
The Morgan County Conservation Club runs a three year old fish rodeo from May 25 to May 29 with prizes totaling about 400 dollars. Entries are registered at county bait shops, weigh-ins due by 10 p.m. the day of capture at 119 Lee Street, and contests held at Wheeler Lake and Wilson Lake.
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Sport Ag
Morgan County Conservation Club
Rodeo Headquarters
Lee Street
Conservation Club
Bert Childs
Rodeo Committee
Wheeler Lake
Wilson Lake
Newton B. Powell
W. F E. Siviey, Jr
C. Bert Childs
Decatur
P. S. Dinsmore
Howard L. Brown
Hartselle
W. E Biey
James Crow
Uel Garrison
Deca
Martin
Jack Doss
B. Dunlap
Falkville
Allied Counteractions and German Advances Near Belgium
The report notes heavy fighting persists with Allied counter-attacks in multiple spots. French forces conduct a fierce counter-offensive in the Cambrai sector along the Scheldt while British and Belgian troops push south in Belgium to aid beleaguered units and deter further German advances. Officials say the Scheldt crossing south of Brussels increases Allied peril, while a temporary slowdown may reflect German needs to regroup and resupply for a broader push. Louis Lochner, Associated Press.
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London
Paris
Cambrai
Scheldt
Escaut
Belgium
Brussels
Iere Fighng
Pantime
Chanel
Louis Lochner
Associated Press
Wall Street Dims As Late Session Selloff Hits Stocks
Market slipped in late trading after early gains in steels motors and aircrafts. Major leaders like U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Glenn Martin Lockheed and Kodak faced renewed pressure while transfers reached about 1.5 million shares. Hog and sheep prices showed small gains with lambs around 13.00.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Glenn Martin
Lockheed
J.J. Case
U. S. Rubber
Westinghouse
Union ‘Carbide
Allied Chemical
Loft
Eastman Kodak
Market Summary Mixed Overnight Activity in New York
Stocks show an early rally fading as bonds ease, with selling waves moderating. Foreign exchange is mixed as the British pound slips and the French franc rallies. commodities slide with cotton easier. Copper futures improve and wool tops stay steady while Boston and cattle hold at steady to down. Hogs rise 5 to 15 cents, topping $5.85.
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New York
Boston
Cotton futures jittery on war news in New Orleans
New Orleans trading on May 23 shows July and December contracts hovering around 9 cents with steady closes, while New York futures mix with declines and advances. Prices reflect war news influencing demand and supply expectations across the session.
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New Orleans
Otte
N. Y
Cash grain market prices from Chicago May 23
Wheat sales were not reported. Corn No 1 yellow 67 67 1 4 cents, No 2 68 1 4. Oats No 3 mixed 36. Barley made 53 64 nominal, feed 40 50 nominal, No 4 barley 52.
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CASH
Chicago
Butter and eggs prices steady in Chicago market
Butter totaled 1,152,309 pounds with a 90 score creamery grade. prices unchanged. Eggs quantity 41,904 dozen with steadiness reported. prices remained unchanged.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 23
Nashville Tennessee buyers and sellers report salable cattle receipts of 100 and calves 150. Slaughter cattle market steady with common and medium lightweight slaughter heifers and steers trading 7.00 to 8.50. Sausage bulls mostly 6.00 to 6.50 as dealers remained steady.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Dept. Agr
Berlin Chief Says He Reached English Channel Front
The Berlin bureau chief at the front reports reaching the English Channel this morning. He says crews of U boats and speed boats are eager to be sent on missions of destruction.
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Bureau
Berlin
English Channel
Air power tests mark first American mock war in Louisiana
About 250 airplanes including 116 bombers took part in west Louisiana drills at Camp Beuregard with 40,000 opposing troops. Brig. Gen. Frederick L. Martin said high altitude bombing reduces casualties while aiming to destroy enemy air and ground targets including Nat chitoches airport and several river bridges.
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Camp Beauregard
Europe
Louisiana
Frederick L. Martin
Air Force
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Natchitoches
Air
Fort McClellan to See Expanded Army Troop Presence
Senator Hill announces the army will station the entire 22nd infantry regiment at Fort McClellan Alabama. One battalion is already there, with the remainder at Fort Benning and Fort McPherson Georgia. The transfer would raise McClellan personnel from about 600 to between 1500 and 2000.
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Washington
Fort McClellan
Ala
Senator Hill
D. Ala
Alabama Post
Fort Benning
Fort McPherson
McClellan
Mrs. Smith Reports for Athens BPW on State Convention
Mrs. O. B. Smith the treasurer of Decatur BPW will deliver the state convention report at the Athens BPW Club meeting tonight. The state convention met in Anniston May 17 18 19 with strong representation from both Athens and Decatur clubs.
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O. B. Smith
Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club
Athens Bpw
Anniston
Athens
Decatur
Methodist Church Aims Outlined at Southeast Jurisdictional Conference
Bishop A V W Darlington of Huntington West Virginia presented permanent objectives for the Methodist church as discussion topics at the Southeast jurisdictional conference in Asheville North Carolina. About 2000 attendees heard the briefing.
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Asheville
N. C
Methodist Church
A. V. W. Darlington
Huntington
W. Va
Perry heads officer unit at Alabama sheriffs meeting
Robert F. Perry, agent in charge of the U S secret service office in Birmingham, was elected president of the Alabama Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association at its annual convention in Huntsville. Birmingham will host next year’s gathering.
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Huntsville
Ala
Robert F. Perry
U. S. Secret Service
Birmingham
Alabama Sheriffs’ and Peace Officers’ Association
Hardin Billingsly
Tuscaloosa
C. N. Ricker
Emeroy Warren
Mobile
Ralph King
Montgomery
John T. Stewart
Enterprise
Laurence Peek
Anniston
Kelly Morgan
Gadsden
Foster Ne
B. B. Speed
Jasper
J. H. Giles
Hantsville
Captain van Buren
Gilbert
J. H. Holcombe
Secret Service
Local officers attend Wednesday convention session
Decatur and Morgan county officers attended the Wednesday convention session led by Sheriff W. T. Willoughby. Deputies Candler Pittman and Bibb Humphrey, city policemen Hunter and Terry, and B. J. Carter of the state highway patrol were present.
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Decatur
Morgan County
W. T. Willoughby
Candler,Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
Hunter and Terry
B. J. Carter
State Highway Patrol
Graduation program for Decatur Negro High School
The Decatur Negro High School graduation program begins at eight tonight. Events include a War March procession, invocation by Rev. W. L. Kendrick, spirituals, speaker Bruce Spencer, Dr. Lambuth Archibald address, solos, prize and diploma presentations, and the Negro National Anthem.
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Decatur Negro High School
W. L- Kendred
Wayman's Chapel
A. M. & Church
Joshua Fit de Battle
Jericho
J. R. Johnson
Bruce Spencer
Board of Education
Lambuth R- Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Decatur
Ala
Repita
P.T. A
Roberta Mathews
Glenn
Frank L. Ghena
City-Board of Education
James Weldon Johnson
Cromwell resigns as minister to Canada in Roosevelt notice
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of James H. R. Cromwell as minister to Canada and wished him success in his new field. Cromwell had been nominated by New Jersey Democrats the previous Tuesday as their candidate for United States senator.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James H.R. Cromwell
Canada
Cromwell
New Jersey
United States
Clinic Examines Crippled Children From Local Counties
More than 60 children from Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties were examined by noon at the Crippled Children's Clinic at the Armory. The diagnostic clinic, led by Dr Earl Conwell of Birmingham, will refer those needing hospitalization to Birmingham for treatment.
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Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman Counties
Crippled Children’s
Armory
Herer
Morgan County
Crippled Children's Society
Crippled _ Children’s Clinic
Birmingham
Earl Conwell
N. B. Flouroux
E. H. Gentry
Clara Kendricks
Crippled Children's Service
Kiwanis Form Farm Aid Plan In Morgan County
Decatur Kiwanis Club adopts a farm aid program to support 4-H youth with diversified agriculture. Nineteen members volunteer, with aims to fund Red Cross work and develop farm education led by county agents and 4-H staff.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Rev. Sessions
Atlanta
T. C. Reid
State Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Morgan County Red Cross
Fred Hunt, Jr
Hunt
Red Cross
R E. Rogers
Philip Shanks
B. G.hall
L. T. Wagnon
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Charles W. Young
Agricultural Committee
British Ministers and German Breakthrough Mark Worsening War Front
British reports say Galeazzo Ciano travels toward the Yugoslav border amid rising Italian Albania tensions as German forces push along the English Channel. Berlin claims sinking of an Allied destroyer off Dunkerque and damage to transports, while Allied reinforcements and defenses falter near Cambrai and the coast.
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Galeazzo Ciano
Il Duce
Albania
France
English Channel
Dover
England
Dunkerque
Cross Channel
Berlin
Germany
Channel
Decatur Navy Recruiting Office Sees Mixed Messages
The Decatur naval recruiting office reports current month quota filled but may rise next month amid rapid defense expansion. Applications are welcome at the federal building on Bank Street, with contact to the recruiting office for those interested.
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G. L. Denston
Naval
Federal
Bank Street
Naval Forces
Naval Service
German strategic aims outlined for future war moves
AP reports that Germany’s western armies close the right wing of their pincers in northern France and Belgium. The plan seeks to destroy British naval air and ground forces by air raids, disable aircraft and vessels, and strike British transports and warships with speed boats submarines and bombers before any decisive land attack on England.
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Germany
France
Belgium
Hitler
England
Fuehrér
State personnel board seeks applicants for examiner posts
Montgomery May 23 The State Personnel Board announced applications will be accepted through June 12 for merit system exams for positions as enter stewards stewards and stewardesses in state road camps and prisons I J Browder personnel director said exam date to be announced later.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Personnel Board
I. J. Browder
French Hold Paris Line as Cambrai Clashes Enter Battle of Flanders
Allied aerials claim at least 1000 German planes down since May 10 while Paris stays in place amid reports of a Nazi push toward the capital. Cambrai sees the fiercest fighting yet as Weygand reports gains and the British acknowledge German success west of the line.
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Paris
France
Cambrai
Flanders
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
Landon urges a civilian led defense panel amid 1936 campaign
Landon rejected tying his meeting with the President to any pledge. He warned Europe’s crisis will affect the United States and urged a national council of leaders and experts, not administration satellites, to direct defense. He urged the President to drop any third term ambitions to unite Republicans. The Senate sped Army and Navy defense bills totaling over 3.29 billion dollars, with swift votes and leadership predicting quick action.
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Landon
Stephen Early
Senate
Navy
Yeterday
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Man Hurt as Car Strikes Mule on Rural Road
Elbert Farley, 22, of Moulton, was cut about the face and head when the car he drove struck and killed a mule seven miles north of Moulton on the Moulton Courtland road at 2 20 Thursday morning. State patrolman Sanders Fusch said the mule ran into the road and was hit head on. The animal belonged to N D Dyar Courtland route 1. Damages to Farley’s car were about 150 dollars.
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Elbert Farley
Moulton
Moulton-Courtland Road
R Rning
Sanders Fusch
State Highway Patrol
N. D. Dyar
Courtland
Farley
Dairying on the Upgrade in Alabama
In Alabama cheese making is rising with seven plants active in Ardmore Decatur Boaz Montgomery Uniontown Safford and Demopolis. Six produce cheddar cheese and Demopolis focuses on cottage cheese while markets for dairy products stay in state despite 41 cents of every dollar leaving Alabama. Dairying boosts labor, soil quality and rural income as county agents urge farmers to use good cows and bulls.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
F. W. Burns
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Ardmore
Decatur
Boaz
Montgomery
Uniontown
Safford
Demopolis
Burns
Barnes
De catur Junior High Graduation Program Set
Plans have been completed for Decatur Junior High School graduation exercises set for Friday at 2 PM in the gymnasium. Processional and invocation by Rev R L Sturgis. Songs by the class Welcome Sweet and Spring Time. Semester honor roll and awards. Address by Rev J A Chambers. Diploma awards by Supt S E Alverson. Alma Mater.
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Decatur Junior High School
R. L. Sturgis
J. A. Chambers
S. E. Alverson
Early predicts President will address war materials and prices
Early says the president will discuss commodities for war, agricultural issues, prices, and wages when speaking to the public. He aims to outline forward looking policies and intends to speak about topics he can clearly foresee amid current world affairs.
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Early
Young fisherman's debut ends with dramatic escape
Sanders Fusch, a young member of the state highway patrol, caught three bass on his first fishing trip. The first was a throwback, the next two were over a pound each, but as the third bass was hooked the string came loose and all fish escaped, prompting his vow to fish again soon.
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Sanders Fusch
State Highway Patrol
British MP Ramsay Arrested Amid Fifth Column Roundup
Captain Archibald H. M. Ramsay Conservative member of Parliament was arrested by order of the home secretary and detained in Brixton Prison as Britain conducts a roundup of suspected fifth columnists. A police guard was placed at the British Union headquarters, led by Sir Oswald Mosley, the British fascist organization.
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London
Archibald H. M. Ramsay
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Ramsay
Brixton
British Union
Sir Oswald Mosley
Fairfield Council Fires Two Officers Over Prisoner Killing
Fairfield Alabama May 23 On recommendation of an investigating committee the city council dismissed two patrolmen for their conduct in the beating and fatal shooting of O Dee Henderson a negro prisoner Henderson was killed when he allegedly tried to seize an officer s blackjack during a scuffle with officers
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Fairfield
Ala
O'Dee Henderson
Henderson
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Pao
Perry
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H. B. Moody
J. M. Glass
Alexander City
Arras
Bapaume
Decatur’s
Lawrence Presner
Mrs. Millard Rigel
Marvin McMeangs
Birmingham Civic Company
Birmingham Conservatory
Mary Webster
W. L. McCulloch
C.W. Rhodes
Huniiaville
W. ©. Lipscomb, Jr
P. A. Hine
Henriette Hine
Mr. Hine
Marion Schull
Benevolent Society Hospital
Ferry Street
Brown
Burl Hardwick
Danville
Hamil Clinic
Annie Ruth Whitt
Baith’s Infirmary
Eear Hie
Mollie Vinsant
Lacon, Wa
Arthur Reed
William Goodwin
Walter Ivie
Tommie
Lexington, Ky
Hart Carte
Baugt's Infirmary
D. C. McNutt
First Methodist Church
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Marvin Riggs
First Avenue
George Joseph
Grove Street
Hamill Clinic
Arthur Maye
A. L. Maye
W. Moulton Street
R. W. Shepherd
WPA District One
Cullman
John M. Chenault
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Medical Corps
United States Army
Chenault
W. M. Chenault
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Christine Jones
Oak Ridge
Wallace — Sanderson
Town Creek
E. C. Pace
Decatur Route 1
Hettie Hazelwood
Route 3
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O. B. Brooks
Ap’ Reporter
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