Decatur Seniors to Graduate in Pageant Ceremony
Eighty eight Decatur Senior School students will receive diplomas Monday at Riverside auditorium in a pageant titled The Struggle For Liberty. The class includes 51 girls and 37 boys with Johnnie Hill valedictorian and Lila Sheats salutatorian.
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Decatur Senior
Riverside Auditorium
Struggle For Liberty
Eugene Brown
William Britnell
Ellen Marie Massengale
Margaret Perry
Johnnie Hill
Lila Sheats
General Methodist Church
R. L. Archibald
America the Beautiful
God Bless America
Dorothy Akers
Velcreese Andrews
Elizabeth Anderson
Baby Bess Beatty
Margaret Bethany
Ruth Bland
Opal Campbell
Yvonne Crawford
Helen Childs
Virginia Crawford
Lucille Caudill
Martha Collier
Ruth Crafton
Betty Dodson
Betty Fw
Jayne Gunn
Sadie Hancock
Johnnie Hanigan
Billye Immell
Margaret Johnson
Carolyn Joiner
Cora Kelley
Lois Minor
Ellen M. Massengale
Wanda McClenson
Sallyla Mienhardt
Charlie _patterson
Sarah Pruitt
Dorothy Pryor
Alma Ray
Doris Rister
Willodene Reeves
Margaret Sparkman
Mary Ellen Smith
Naomi Sandusky
Mary Ford Tillery
Cecil Thornhill
Sarah Thornhill
Bernice Teague
Chris‘tine Willson
Marjorie Worley
Julia Weaver
Geraldine Whitt
Helen Wright
Edith Wilson
Margaret Ann Yarbrough
Marie Brey
Geraldine Heaney
Louise Crawford
Charles Abbott
W. C. Buck
Raymond Baker
James Bloodworth
James d. William Britnell
Billie Chan
Carl Conley
Billie Gillespie
Truman Halbrooks
David Hulse
Johnnie Hilly Edward Johnson
Shirley Lowery
Carl Latham
Fred Livingston
Gilbert. Marks
Frank Minor
James Nelson
Harry Pearse
Will H. Pearse
Chandler Rozear
Gus Rombokas
William
Decatur Senior High School
Decatur High School
Young Hill
Emory University
Atlanta
Force Urged To End Shipyards Strikes
The Associated Press reports Chairman Emory Land of the Maritime Commission urged use of United States forces to break a two week old strike by CIO and AFL machinists at eleven San Francisco Bay shipyards. He testified before a Senate defense committee in Washington as the Defense Mediation Board renewed efforts to settle a wage dispute in the coal-mining sector.
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Associated Press
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
United States
San Francisco
Senate Defense
Washington
Defense Mediation Board
Southern Soft
United Mine Workers Union
Truman
D-Mo
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
Battle of Grete Signals New Air War Phase
DeWitt Mackenzie writes that the Battle of Grete foreshadows a future where air power dominates European conflict. He notes the Crete descent as proof aerial assault is feasible and predicts air operations will decisively shape outcomes, with Germany currently best prepared for this form of warfare despite British air strikes in Africa.
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Grete
Colummn
Near East
Crete
Hitler
Germany
Royal Airforce
African
Libya
Possession of Syria of Vast Importance
The British seek to force Nazi diversion to Libya by attacking Crete and the Nagi column in Africa. Wavell may launch a land offensive toward the Payetian Border, aiming at Alexandria and the Suez Canal as the Near East conflict expands. Free French forces advance into Syria from Palestine, signaling its strategic value.
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Crete
Libya
Africa
Wavell
Payetian
Alexandria
Suez Canal
General Wavell
Near East
Syria
Palestine
Omar Sins
BBC
Greece
George II
Mediterranean
London Admiralty
North Africa
Admiralty
London
Cire
Bri
Crete Battle Shifts as British Hold Naval Edge
British reports say Nazi footholds on Crete recaptured in fierce fighting while anti aircraft gunners shoot down at least 16 Junkers transports. Allies gain a definite edge as Navy blocks sea landings and Britain tightens grip near Candia Retimo and Malemi amid heavy bombings.
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London
Candian
Ketimo
Crete
Britain
Junkers
Malemi
Canea
Candia
Retimo
Candai
Canes
Rime
Winston Churchill
Cairo
Middle East Command
Mediterranean Isle
Malem
Virginio Gayda
Rome
Il Giornale D’'Italia
DNB
Union Chiefs Indicted in Theatrical Union Extortion Case
William Bioff and George Browne, leaders of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, were indicted under federal anti racketeering laws for extorting about 550000 from four major movie producers and distributors. They allegedly used their union positions to threaten a industry wide strike involving about 35000 workers. The case links to Treasury evidence from Joseph M. Schenck's income tax evasion prosecution. Conviction could bring up to 10 year terms and fines up to 19000 per count.
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New York
William Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
George E. Browne
Bioff
Browne
Breft
Treasury
Joseph M. Schenck
Twentieth Century-fox
Secretaries Under Fire Over Neutrality Act Critics Gird for Repeal Fight
Senate opponents of administration foreign policy condemn Stimson and Knox for their sharp criticism of the neutrality act. Nye Wheeler Bone Gillette and George warn repeal would drag the U S into war. They argue the act kept the nation out of war and preserve freedom of the seas while trustees and allies press broader aid to Britain.
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Stimson
Knox
Senate
Nye
Roosevelt
Knoxes
Stimsons
Wheeler
D-Mont
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bone
D-Wash
Gillette
D-Ia
Foreign Relations Committee
Prosperity note cigars sales soar in April rise
Cigar Institute of America reports 15 to 20 cent cigars up 20.84 percent from last year. April sales total 490,584,765 compared with 425,140,424 in April 1940. Five centers show 15.53 percent gains, while 8-15 centers rise 14.79 percent.
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New York
Cigar Institute of America
New Army Chiefs Named by Roosevelt for Air Corps Infantry and CWS
President Roosevelt named new chiefs for the air corps infantry and chemical warfare service as part of army expansion. H. H. Arnold was elevated from colonel to major general while remaining deputy chief of staff. George H. Brett was nominated as air corps chief, Courtney Hodges to head infantry, and William N. Porter to lead the chemical warfare service. Several officers received permanent brigadier to major general rank, including Bryden Moore Pratt Wilson Peek Smith Peyton. Addison D. Davis and Larry B. McAfee were named assistants to the surgeon general.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Air Corps
Infantry
Chemical Warfare Service
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Britain
Senate
George H. Brett
Brett
Courtney Hodges
George A. Lynch
William N. Porter
Walter C. Baker
William Bryden
Richard C. Moore
Henry C. Pratt
Walter T. Wilson
Ernest D. Peek
Frederic H. Smith
Philip B. Peyton
Addison D. Davis
Larry B. McAfee
Medical Corps
Army
Betsy Earle Warns Town About Worms Health
In Readsboro Vermont Betsy Earle four year old girl is described as very popular as her parents publish a town notice. They plead residents to stop feeding her candy to treat a worm condition and cite concern for her health. Betsy earlier wore a sign saying Dont feed me but she notes it would be rude to refuse candy.
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Readsboro
Betsy Earle
Umn
North Adams
Mass
Darlan says France will keep fleet. Hitler not asked
Vichy May 23 1941 Vice-Premier Admiral Darlan declares Hitler did not ask France for her fleet nor for colonial concessions. He insists France will never hand over the fleet and will choose its own future in negotiations with Germany, stressing sovereignty and independence.
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Associated Press
Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Darlan
England
Germany
Maroe
Ife
Organization of Europe
University student wins $1000 prize for first story
Arthur Phillips of the University of Alabama won a $1000 prize from Lippincott's Publishing for the best first ever written in Hudson Strode's creative writing class. The winning story is a race track tale titled Fling The Dust Aside.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Arthur Phillips
University of Alabama
Lippincott
Hudson Strode
Navy escorts workers to East Bay shipyards amid strike
Navy trucks ferried 500 to 600 sailors to two East Bay shipyards to escort striking machinists who vowed to stay idle until demands are met. The interval saw fewer picketers and fewer jeers than yesterday. A spokesman denied plans to draft yard machinists or tow ships to naval yards.
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NAVY
East Bay
San Francisco
Navy Yard
Naval Yards
AFL and CIO machinists strike hits 11 shipyards
On Wednesday shipyard workers returned to work amid machinists picket lines at two yards. Navy trucks with sailors and marines moved about 600 workers through lines as the wider two week strike ties up some 17 000 others and halts roughly 800 million dollars of ship construction in the San Francisco area.
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AFL
Navy
CIO
San Francisco
Marine Corps
Moore Drydock
Oakland
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Labor Temple
Americans aboard Zamzam survive raid off unoccupied France
American survivors reported the Zamzam was shelled by the raider Tamieses near 27 41 S 8 08 W on April 17, with 8 or 9 hits. Over 300 aboard were taken to the raider before the ship sank. Survivors reached St Jean de Liz and later Bordeaux and Biarritz. two Americans Ned Laughinghouse and Frank Vicaveri wounded and hospitalized, others safe.
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Vichy
France
Zamzam
Bordeaux
Ned Laughinghouse
Frank Vicacoeri
Tamieses
Dresden
St. Jean de Liz
Laughinghouse
Vicaveri
Biarritz
United States
Henry S. Waterman
Senate grants OPM broad power to set defense production priorities
The Senate approved a bill giving the Office of Production Management authority to fix priorities in defense production and to direct civilian use of strategic materials. It would authorize placing British air orders and military needs ahead of nondefense production.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Office of Production Management
OPM
Army
House rejects ban on town truck license charges
The House refused to prohibit small towns from charging occupational licenses to trucks delivering merchandise from warehouses or plants in other cities. The 1937 act barred such charges, and the Senate worked on local bills as a recess loomed until Monday.
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Tallahassee
Fla
House
Senate
Policeman Acquitted In Montgomery Shooting Case
In Montgomery circuit court Policeman E W Hamilton was cleared of an assault to murder charge after Solicitor W T Seibels moved to dismiss for insufficient evidence. The incident stems from a January 18 search in which Dorothy Greenwood a 13 year old girl was shot during an arrest attempt. The defense claimed the gun went off accidentally as the hammer was lowered amid an entry with a cocked pistol.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. W. Hamilton
W. T. Seibels
Hamilton
Dorothy Greenwood
Farm Bill Agreed Upon With Parity Promise
Washington May 23 An agreement reportedly reached today between the administration and farm leaders on legislation and payments aims to give producers 100 percent parity for basic crops this year The plan would offer government loans at 85 percent of parity for cotton wheat and corn plus additional appropriations to cover the remaining 15 percent Senators Bankhead Russell and Cannon discussed the matter with Secretary Wickard Bankhead said all differences were eliminated Parity prices mean purchasing power equivalent to 1909 14 for farm products.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Russell
D-Ga
Cannon
D-Mo
House
Agriculture Department
Wickard
Congressional
Former wife slain by man in Birmingham double tragedy
In Birmingham Alabama on May 23 a 29 year old former chain store manager killed his 28 year old ex wife Ruth Cook and then shot himself after learning she had remarried. Police Captain C L Mullins said Melton fired four shots in the living room. Cook had three head wounds and Melton one.
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Birmingham
Ala
C. L. Mullins
Mullins
Holland E. Melton
Ruth Cook
Melton
Mrs. Cook
Tennessee River Gauge and Temp Report with Alabama Outlook
The Tennessee River stood at 17.60 feet and falling with a 93 degree high and 71 degree low and no rainfall. Alabama shows partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers in the north and cooler air, while Tennessee forecasts a few thundershowers in the east followed by cooler, fair weather Saturday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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