Fish Rodeo Opens As Morgan County Anglers Register
Fishermen flock to Wheeler and Wilson Lakes as the third annual Morgan County Fish Rodeo begins. Registration extended to next Wednesday night due to popular demand, with 300-plus entries already noted and blanks available at 22 local tackle dealers. Prizes total 68 dollars for largest bass, 37.50 for largest bass by a lady, and 28 for the largest string of bass.
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Wheeler and
Wilson Lakes
Morgan County
C. Bert Childs
Childs
Decatur
Rodeo
Lee Street
Morgan County Conservation Club
Delano Park
Scotland Yard conducts intensified drive against fifth columnists
The London operation seized 60 alleged Fifth Columnists in two days and aimed for more arrests over the weekend. In Northern Ireland 76 IRA members were arrested under special powers. A Dublin raid found hidden American money and German artifacts linked to Stephen Held, a naturalized Irishman.
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London
Scotland Yard
United States
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Franz von Rintelen
Germany
Eire
Dublin
Ireland
Klm
Stephen Held
Warning to boats near Watts Bar dredging operation
Captain O E Walsh of the Engineer Corps War Department in Nashville warns boats to stay at least 150 feet away from dredging at Watts Bar Lock. Complaints say high speed craft create waves that disrupt the dredging, which operates below the Watts Bar Project. Navigators on all up and down river trips should slow and proceed with caution to clear the dredging plant by the required distance.
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Corps of Engineers
War Department
Nashville, Tenn
Watts Bar Lock
Watts Bar
Hall to deliver baccalaureate at Alabama Polytechnic
Grover C. Hall editor of the Montgomery Advertiser will deliver the baccalaureate address to Alabama Polytechnic Institute’s 462 member graduating class in Auburn on Monday. He substitutes for Senator Robert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin who is unavailable.
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Auburn
Ala
Grover C. Hall
The
Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Robert M. Lafollette
NLRB Schedules June 6 Hearing on Decatur Iron Dispute
The National Labor Relations Board will hear SWOC from CIO against Decatur Iron and Steel Company on June 6 at 10 a.m. in the Railroad Street city hall courtroom. SWOC alleges company favoritism toward an independent union and against CTO, plus discharge of John Lee Burch for SWOC activity and denial of reemployment. The company denies all charges and will present a defense at the hearing.
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National Labor Relations Board
Steel Workers Organization Committee
CIO
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
SWOC
CTO
John Lee Burch
Railroad Street City Hall
Absentee ballots update ahead of June 4 election
Seventy six residents returned absentee ballots on Saturday out of 384 requests so far. The deadline to send ballots is next Wednesday night and may be returned until election day. In the first primary on May 7, 533 requested and 409 voted absentee.
Corner Stone Laying At New County Jail Marks Finishing Exterior
The corner stone was laid for the new Morgan county jail signalling exterior completion though interior plastering starts mid next week. The stone lists county officials and contractor A Berney Jones with Charles H McCauley as architect and A A Munsell as construction superintendent. The project costs total about 99 000 with 74 prisoner cells planned and separate insane confinement areas plus hospital wards and a central heating plant in the basement.
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New
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Decatur Daily
Sim L. Howell
Wallace H. Meadows
John F. McCutcheon
Fred M.speake
Jeff L. Rowe
A. Berney Jones
Charles H. McCauley
A.A. Munsell
Montgomery
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Munsell
Roosevelt To Create National Defense Emergency Council
The White House announced President Roosevelt plans to name a national defense emergency coordination group mixing government officials with private experts. The plan is in preparedness, names and details pending, with possible revival of the 1916 council of national defense framework led by the secretaries of war navy interior agriculture commerce and labor assisted by an advisory commission.
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White House
Roosevelt
Stephen Earry
Barry
Council of National Defense
World War Board
Defense Council
Senate
National Defense Council
Navy
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Bernard Baruch
Samuel Gompers
Montgomery Port Leased for Army Flying School
The War Department plans to convert Montgomery Municipal Airport into a primary flying school by Oct 1 and expand Maxwell Field to host 1,500 personnel for pilot training. About 350 to 400 cadets and 100 officers will be stationed, with temporary barracks to be built at the airport and schedules unaffected.
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Montgomery
Ala
War Department
Lister Hill
Washington
Maxwell Field
Air Corps
Army
Hill
Walter R. Weaver
Maxwell
Senator Hill
Municipal
Municipal Airport
Italy readies for war as mobilization decree passes
Rome reports Italy geared for conflict under a new civil mobilization order. Mussolini seeks to press a decisive move while reservists are called, liner sailings delayed, and blackout drills intensified. Foreigners depart as Italy rejects Allied concessions and prepares to requisition industries.
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Italy
Mussolini
Germany
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Senate
Super Explosive Fails To Kill Goats In Test
Aberdeens Md May 25 A 1000 pound liquid oxygen carbon super explosive devised by Lester P Barlow failed to kill any of 98 goats tethered 200 to 1000 feet away in a live test at Aberdeen proving grounds.
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Aberdeen
Lester P. Barlow
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Barlow
Suburban Alabama City Declines to Observe Daylight Saving Time
Eeps Old Time Subtle Alabama May 25. Mobile will not join numerous other municipalities in observing daylight saving time. Mayor Cecil F Bates said a poll by the Junior Chamber of Commerce was not sufficient to determine citizens views.
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Ala
Mobile
Cecil F Bates
Chamber of Commerce
Help Your City in 1940 Census Count for Decatur
Decatur seeks residents not counted in the 1940 census to report to the Chamber of Commerce by phone or mail. Preliminary data put Decatur at 16 373, but later checks add 637 uncounted residents, possibly raising the total to 17 010, with Chamber estimates suggesting 17 500 within city limits.
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Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Huntsville firm seeks permit to dredge sand on Tennessee River
The Huntsville Transfer and Building Material Company of Huntsville Alabama applied for a War Department permit to dredge sand and gravel on the Tennessee River from Decatur mile 304.5 to Burdine Bar mile 332.4 for commercial use. Plans are viewable at the U S Engineer Office Nashville Tennessee and objections on navigation matters are invited in writing through June 3 1940.
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War Department
Nashville
Huntsville Transfer and Building Material Company
Huntsville
Alabama
Tennessee
Decatur
Burdine Bar
United States Engineer Office
U. S
Alabama Declares June 8 14 as Flag Week
Governor Dixon proclaims June 8 to 14 as Flag Week in Alabama to promote national unity and secure the country against aggression and violence. He calls for display of the U.S. flag on state buildings, vehicles, and other places and for renewed pledge of allegiance to the flag’s ideals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Alabama
United States
Allied Power In Air Futile Observers News Writer
Louis P. Lochner reports from Aachen near the front that six days with German forces reveal massive troop movements aided by air support, while Allied air activity and daytime visibility appear scarce. German generals express puzzlement over the absence of Allied bombers targeting bridges and highways.
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Aachen
Georg von Kuechlen
Antwerp
Walther von Reichenau
French
England
Scheldt Canal
Tournai
Renaix
Three Parachutists Tell How They Captured Dutch Bridge
A Berlin dispatch by Lynn Heinzerling describes German parachute troops seizing the two Dutch bridges at Moderdijk and near Dordrecht during the invasion. The soldiers, around 22 from Hanover, dug in and repelled Dutch attempts to blow the bridges while awaiting land reinforcements.
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Netherlands
Lynn Heinzerling
Birmingham
Ohio
Associated Press Berlin
Utrecht
Holland
Moderdijk
Hollandisch Diep
Dordrecht
Hanover
German High Command Says Flanders Ring Tightens
Berlin reports two thirds of the Flanders battlefield reduced in 48 hours. encirclement of Belgian, British, and French units around Calais and Boulogne claimed. Allied relief efforts rebuffed as Britain warns of a dark outlook and vows defense of liberty.
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Reich
Flanders
France
Associated Press
Channel
Belgium
Adolph Hitler
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Ghent
Courtrai
Calais
England
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English Channel
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Straits of Dover
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee river gauge reached 20.6 feet with a 69 degree high and 53 degree low and no rainfall reported. Alabama sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with warmer south and cooler north. coastal winds shift from gentle southwest to moderate northerly Sunday. Tennessee reports partly cloudy to misty conditions with showers in the east and central portions on Sunday.
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Alabama
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