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C A Dykstra urged CIO workers to acknowledge a board proposal to end the Washington lumber strike amid a 7 1/2 cent demand and a 67 1/2 cent current wage. The union leaders replied the proposal was unanimously rejected. About 12,000 Puget Sound loggers are on strike in 52 operations.
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Associated Press
C. A. Dykstra
Defense Mediation Board
International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Washington
Roosevelt
M. Orton
Timar Ixoivunen
Wired Dykstra
Puget Sound
Packard Motor Car
Detroit
Illinois Chemical Works
Pennsylvania Shell
Nashville, Tenn. Afl
AFL
Onsanto Chemical Company
East St. Louis
Pressed Steel
McKees Rocks
San Francisco Bay
James P. Smith
CIO Union
Oakland
E. F. Dollon
Sena
Debutantes Create Dances For Service Men In Mobile
Debutantes in Mobile stage weekly dances for 400 Mobile society girls and visiting soldiers from Camp Shelby and Fort McClellan. Mars Girls organize as three battalions with commanders while hosting 500 visiting troops each Saturday. Homes, church, trips, and recreation are part of the morale effort endorsed by army authorities and local committees.
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Mary Clifton Ballweg
Alabama
Mobile Mars Girls
Fort McClellan
Ala
Camp
Shelby
Miss
Mobile
Uncle Sam
Dixie
Mobile Society
Gulf City
Camp Shelby
Mobile Army Recreation Service
Mars
Mbobile
Army
United Service Organizations
Gulf Cities
Clyde B. Leasure
Mobile Woman's Committee For Home Defense
Military and Naval Affairs Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
WPA
G. E. Blacktoop
Well Known Woman Dies at 47 in Decatur
Mrs. Guy Blackwell died after a brief illness at Baugh's Infirmary at 6 30 p m She was 47 and survived by husband two sons Guy Blackwell Jr and Sidney both of Decatur four sisters Mrs A S Sims Pulaski Mrs K L Vansickle Pulaski Mrs W D Lile and Mrs Tom Martin Athens The funeral will be Saturday at 10 15 a m from 316 E Moulton to Central Methodist Church with Rev R M Howell and burial in City Cemetery Pallbearers named and she was a lifelong Athens native and Central Methodist member.
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Guy Blackwell
Baugh's Infirmary
E. Moulton Street
Central Methodist Church
R. M. Howell
First Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Sidney Blackwell
Decatur
A. S. Sims
Pulaski
K. L. Vansickle
W. D. Lile
Tom Martin
Athens
Albert Blackwell
John Hill
James
Robert Sims
Ed Warren
Blackwell
Athens College
Shaw Leading At First 200 In 500 Mile Race
Wilbur Shaw, the Indianapolis driver, led the 200 mile mark of the 500 mile race with an average speed of 112.295 mph. Harry McQuinn and Cliff Bergere followed in second and third as 24 of 30 starters remained. A collision slowed the pace and caused a long yellow flag before the 84th mile. Destruction from a garage fire delayed the start and damaged cars and supplies. one entered car was destroyed.
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Speedway
Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Harry McQuinn
Olis
Cliff Bergere
Hollywood
Mauri -Rose
Floyd Davis
Springfield
Ted Horn
Paterson
N. J
Ralph Hepburn
van Nuys
Calif
Russell Snowberger
Detroit
Frank Wearne
Pasadena
Rex Mays
Glendale
Tony Willman
Milwaukee
Chet Miller
Rose
Joel Thorne
Burbank
Emil Andres
Chicago
Andres
Eddie Offutt
Los Angeles
George Barringer
Houston
Texas
Offutt
Red Cross Display in Window Encourages Local Gifts
Mrs Roy Poteet war relief chair of Morgan county American Red Cross highlights clothing items in Goldels Drug Store window. Women from Morgan and Limestone counties and others from Cullman county contributed sweaters and crafts. The group nears quota and asks for more donations to ship soon.
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Roy Poteet
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Goldel
Somié
Limestone County
Cullman County
Friends of the Red Cross
Sné
TVA Awards Contract for Dredge Work at Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded a contract May 27 to Howard Powell of Guntersville to construct boating facilities on the west side of Bee Line Highway at Keller Memorial Bridge north end. Work includes dredging the harbor entrance and channel about 50 feet wide to a specified depth, expanding the harbor area, and building a 110 foot wide fill aligned with the highway using dredged material from the harbor, channel, and harbor expansion.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Howard Powell
Guntersville
Bee Line Highway
Keller Memorial Bridge
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club Set To Convene Monday Night
Club officers and directors will meet Monday night at 6 30 to name committees for the post races on July 4 and to discus activity plans. The Chamber of Commerce and the yacht club are collaborating on the holiday program.
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Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Chamber of Commerce
The
Yacht Club
TVA to Build Wider Channel on Tennessee River For Mooring and Livery
The project calls for a channel at least 50 feet wide and five feet deep extending about 800 feet north from the main Tennessee River channel. It will allow mooring for private pleasure craft and fishing boats for hire and provide space for a boat livery concession and parking. TVA urged small boat owners to relocate or arrange storage during construction, except those with slips from Wheel or Lake Yacht Club or prior arrangements with R L Hundley.
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Tennessee River
TVA
R. L. Hundley
Wheel
Lake Yacht Club
Rites Held For Harris Child Two Year Old
Funeral rites were conducted for Richard Harris two year old son of Mr and Mrs Marshal Harris died at home on Lacon Route 1. Service was held at Corinth Cullman county at 3 p m conducted by Rev Jodie Atkins. Burial by Peck. Survived by parents three brothers Wallace James and Ralph Harris grandfather G H Harris pallbearers William Leonard Oscar and Ed Harris flowers by Ruth Brown Ruby Brown Verna Eason Betty Ruth Eason Thelma Brown Helen Brown Gladys Harris Nadine Harris.
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Richard Harris
Marshal Harris
Lacon
Corinth
Cull Man County
Jodie Atkins
Peck
Wallace
James
Ralph Harris
G H. Harris
William
Leonard
Oscar
Ed Harris
Flowers
Ruth Brown
Ruby Brown
Verna Eason
Betty Ruth Eason
Thelma Brown
Helen Brown
Gladys Harris
Nadine Harris
Memorial Day Furloughs Hit War Plants Across Nation
A Memorial Day holiday pause slowed urgent defense work as plants including major aircraft hubs closed for a three day blackout. Navy shipyards also halted civilian staff while Greenfield Mass. opened a new munitions plant. Secretary Hull stayed on duty as Alvin York urged aid to England.
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Washington
Greenfield
Mass
War Department
Navy
Europe
Hull
State Department
Alvin
York
England
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Potomac
National Cemetery
War on Crete Defenders Fail Due to Air Power Shortage
Dewitt Mackenzie notes the Crete defense hinges on air superiority. He cites 30,000 Allied troops and ships facing Nazi air forces, arguing insufficient air power in the Eastern Mediterranean and a lack of long range bombers and fighters as the core failure in staving off the German assault.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Crete
Mediterranean
Near East
Air power shift in Crete and Near East
Report discusses Crete air bases and German proximity to Greece. It notes British reserve warplanes in England with unknown types or feasibility for long range use and predicts Nazi air superiority will hinder Allies in the Eastern Mediterranean until Britain gains more long range planes, relying on US production.
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Crete
Greece
England
Britain
Near East
Mediterranean
United States
Hitler
Candia
Retimo
Canea
Baghad
Iraq
London
Paris
Ersats
Germany
Cairo
B. ©. Freyberg
Egypt
Middle East
Flanders
Dunkerque
Dnb
Farm Bureau demands parity protection from CCC actions
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged Congress to forbid the Commodity Credit Corporation from buying or selling farm products below parity. President Edward A. ONeal warned that without this, farmers face grave disaster as Rep Gore proposes to expand the CCC borrowing capacity and extend its life.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
House Banking Committee
Gore D-Tenn.r
O'Neal
Major Buys the Tennessee Valley Hotel in Decatur
Charles T. Ted Major announces purchase of the Tennessee Valley Hotel on West Church Street from J A Goffinat Hannah Georgia. W L Deese named manager and PNY clerk for a period A N Nave retained as night clerk Renovations planned Major has 15 years in hotel work and also operates the Lyons and Lyons restaurant succession follows prior Macon Grady Hotel ties.
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Charles T
Ted) Major
The
Hero
Ten Nessee Valley
West Church Street
J. A Goffinat
Hannah
Georgia
Major
W. L .Deese
Lyons
Tennessee Valley
Pny
A. N. Nave
Church Street
Decatur
Macon
Grady
Mayor Sells His Business In Decatur
Decatur mayor T. R. Harrison announces the sale of Harrison Auto Parts and Supply Co at 104 W Moulton to B. C. Riddle of Florence based Muscle Shoals Auto Parts. Riddle to take charge Monday with Robert Marks of Florence as Decatur store manager. Harrison plans no future business ventures, focusing on his mayoral duties.
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T. R. Harrison
Decatur
Harrison Auto Parts and Supply Company
W. Moulton Street
B. C. Riddle
Muscle Shoals Auto Parts Company
Flovence
Mr. Riddle
Robert Marks
Florence
Harrison
Vacation Bible School Opens Monday at Memorial Drive Church
The daily Vacation Bible School of Memorial Drive Methodist church begins Monday and runs for two weeks. It meets from 9:00 to 11:30 each morning for children on the west side of the city. A competent faculty has been chosen and organizers urge children to attend with friends.
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Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Vacation Bible Pg
Reynolds Metals Company role disputed on Capitol Hill
Representative Rich accused Reynolds Metals of being a new venture started by a prosecutor of ALCOA. Sparkman rejected the claim, noting Reynolds has long roots with 20 plus plants in 13 states and a large, established operation. He cited RFC data of assets near 19 million and 20 million borrowed to support defense needs.
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Washington
Rich
R-Pa
Reynolds Metals Company
Aluminum Company of America
Sparkman
D-Ala
Reynolds Company
ALCOA
Walter Rice
Americ
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pennsylvania
Ames
D-Pa
Brown
D-Cia
RFC
Reynolds
Death of W. H. Shanks A Morgan County Pillar
W H Shanks 90 prominent Morgan county resident died at 530 am at the home of his daughter Mrs J J Holladay in Cotaco. He had lived with his daughter a Cotaco High School faculty member. Funeral at Mt Williams Lowndas county Saturday 2 pm burial there Peck Hartselle in charge. Survivors include four daughters Mrs C C Whittle Mrs H B Hawkins Birmingham Mrs W B Murphy Mt Williams three sons W H Shanks Jr Furman Gb Shanks Mr Williams and B B Shanks Los Angeles. Grandsons pallbearers granddaughters in charge of flowers.
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W. H. Shanks
Morgan County
J. J. Holladay
Cotaco
Cotaco High School
Mt. Williams
Lowndas County
Peck
Hartselle
Hartselle, In Charge. Besides Mrs. Holladay
C. C. Whittle
H. B. Hawkins
Birmingham
W. B. Murphy
W. H. Shanks, Jr
Furman
Gb. Shanks
Mr. Williams
B. B. Shanks
Los Angeles
Two Indicted Men Face Slavery Conspiracy Charges
In Chicago on May 30 Hamilton McWhorter, former Georgia state senate president, and William T. Cunningham, an Oglethorpe county planter, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to hold African Americans in peonage and slavery. The case cites alleged forces of coercion and debt bondage.
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Chicago
Hamilton McWhorter
Georgia State Senate
William T. Cunningham
Oglethorpe County
Fog of war lifts Crete as British flee toward Egypt
British and Greek troops flee Crete amid German artificial fog. Berlin claims early Cretan success with Candia Retimo and Canea fallen. British forces regroup toward Iraq and Egypt as Luftwaffe bombardments threaten, while Italian losses mount near Syracuse and Retimo falls.
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Mussolini
High Command
Syracuse
Sicily
Hereward
Retimo
Crete
Candia
Canea
Sky
DNB
Tennessee River Stays Stationary At 17.40 Feet
Weather bulletin reports the Tennessee river gauge at 17.40 feet on Friday. Temperature highs reach 97 and lows 77. Alabama shows scattered showers tonight and Saturday with easterly to southerly winds along the coast. Tennessee predicts mostly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with a slight chance of light scattered showers and little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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