Isolationsists hail report on US ship sinkings to Britain
Washington reports only 28 ships loaded with war supplies from US ports have been sunk en route to Britain since September. Legislators note the figure combines some food shipments from South America and exclude US made equipment sent to Canada. Officials caution the count is unofficial and may be incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
May
Congress
United States
Britain
U. S
South America
Canada
Dominion Ports
Emory & Land
Maritime Commission
Senate
Commerce Aemmeoey
Land
United Kingdom
Wardenberg
R. Mich
United States Navy
London quiet amid sixth night of bombing lull
Londoners endure another bomb-free night as the sixth in a row with no falls marks the longest calm since last autumn.Residents mingle humor and stoicism while fire watchers and home guards stand ready, with RAF and local voices speculating on future raids and moons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
London
Jerry
Crete
Hitler
East Lake Methodists visit Decatur to inspect Central Church
More than 100 members from East Lake Methodist church in Birmingham toured Central Methodist church in Decatur for ideas to duplicate the building. Dr George Davenport led the delegation with stewards and building committee members, a picnic was held, organ music flowed, and remarks supported the planned project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lake Methodist Church
Birmingham
Decatur
Central Methodist Church
Fast Lake Methodists
George M. Davenport
Tor
First Church
Or. Troup
Ort
Britain
Hartselle Honors Graduate Recipients At May Exercises
Morgan County high school students received honors at the May 2 graduation in the school auditorium. Roger Hagane won Civitan and a valedictory, Russell Terry received United Daughters of the Confederacy and other prizes, Zelma Gene Payne earned a faculty medal and was a mute torian, with 36 diplomas presented. The program featured a band, student speakers, and several community notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County High School
Civitan
Roger Hagane
Irwin
J. Quinn
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Russell Terry
Mra
Cleo Larkin
Sasany
Roger Hagans
J. B. Peck
Zelma Gene Payne
W. J. Terry
Local society notes honor graduates and lodge leaders
Mrs H L Payne hosts a party for her daughter Zelma Gene Payne a Morgan County High School graduate. Guests include Miss Mary Elizabeth Gulley Miss Jean Waldman and several others with refreshments served. S M Nelson elected grand outer guard at the Alabama Knights of Pythias convention in Montgomery. other Hart sel Pythians attend. Gurney Gene Lackey entertains friends with a party at home hosted by his parents. A Dutch luncheon honors Mrs Gulley of Cotter Arkansas with a large group attending from Birmingham and Winter Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
George Stephenson
Billy Stephenson
Mattie Kyle
Jean Freeman
Margeret Payne
Liggie Reed Penn
J. R. Stone
Auburn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Freda Kyle
Bebe Stone
James Howell Stephenson
Methodist Church
League Union
Falkville
Mia. C. J. Lee
Frances Lee
Rachel Pattillo
Betty Jo Stewart
Mika Christabel Burleson
Misa Zelma Gene Payne
Elizabeth Houston
Misa Revelye Barcliff
Taza Whitten
Mra. FE. R. Currier
Harry Currier
Billy Don Mitchell
School of Commercce
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
W. A. Mitchell
Frances Ransom
Hubert Mitchell
Fred Vickers
Louise Vickera
Austinville
Paul Roberts
Charles Clem
Decatur
T. L. Roberts
Modie McCutcheon
Clarence Hardwick
Thomas Gregory
Honorville
Ala
Gregory
County High School
Margaret Schnell
Inez Williams
Novel Miller
Somerville
T. M. Strong
Winter Park
Fla
J. H. Riddle
Sallie Briscoe
J. W. N. Lee
Springhill
Tenn
Helen Ray
Manchester
Ernest Ray
Ray
Marion Dublin
Madison
Odie McCutcheon
B. S. Stover
Starks McClanahan
Birmingham
G. G. Glover
Florence
P. W. Barelift
Patsy Vaughn
Columbia, Tenn
Garland Phillips
Fred Sherrill
C. I. Lee
H. L. Payne
Zelma Gene Payne
Morgan County High School
Mary Elizabeth Gulley
Cotter
Ark
Jean Waldman
Virginia Brown
Frances Brown
Martha Lillian Whitman
Revelye Barcliff
Virginia Claire Bailey
Martha Jo Groover
Anne Speake
Hal Jean Blair
S. M. Nelson
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Montgomery
Nelson
Alabama
R. A. Burleson
W.V. Pattillo
Andrew Oden
Gurney Gene Lackey
B. Lackey
Russell Terry
Anns Speake
Tommy Kimbrough
Edward Mahaffey
Elizabeth Groover
Rodney Hagans
Miss Riggs
Macon Hardwick
Wilma Jean Tanner
Jimmie Wiggins
L. G. Gulley
G. W. Wiley
Mesdames Gulley
S. A. Blair
John Houston
L. H. Houston
L. N. Whitman
R A. Payne
Arthur Stephenson
Robert Sobotka
J. L. Ro
Rotary luncheon in Hartselle features forest film
The Hartselle Rotary Club met at First Methodist church for a Wednesday lunch. Visitors included Charles Murphry Charley Oden Dudley Puryear and T A Wilson. Marvin Eubanks and Boyd Puryear led the program with a moving picture on forestry in the South. W J Terry won the Black Book and theatre tickets. Next week the program will be led by Frank Martin and John Houston at the Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Frank Martin
John Houston
Christian Church
Picnic at Glasscock Springs Hosts Missionary Society
Miss Lillie Mae Glasscock hosted the Baptist Missionary Society business women's circle picnic at Glasscock Springs. Mrs. Hewlett Roan conducted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorne
Mra
L. Sherrill
Hilda Terry
Joe Eb, Wright
Hewlett Roan
Phil Wasson
Misaen Mildred Stephenson
Ollie Merle Hartselle
Clarence Hardwick
Jessie Mae Tolleson
Jenny Lind Gatlin
Lillie Mae Glasscock
The
Baptist Misionary Society
Glasscock Springs
Goodyear Decatur Mills Wins Monthly Safety Banner
Goodyear Decatur Mills received the Slusser safety award banner for the best safety record in April among Goodyear cotton mills. The banner, donated by C. Slusser, Goodyear vice president, is displayed at the Decatur plant. monthly winners compete to own the banner after 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Goodyear Cotton Mills
Charlies W. Young
Goodyear
Rockmart
Atco
Cedartown
Georgia
St. Hyacint
Canada
Decatur
C. Slusser
United States
Please Unite Bricks At 165th Infantry Parade
In Huntsville Alabama on May 30 Irish fighters of the Fighting 69th the 165th infantry from New York were met by pretty Southern girls who hurled bricks wrapped in paper bearing addresses and the plea please write as the unit passed through en route to war maneuvers in central Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Fighting
165Th Infantry
New York
Tennessee
Fighting 69Th
Markets Close as Exchanges Observe Memorial Day
Commodities and securities exchanges nationwide were closed today in observance of Memorial Day. Some markets will extend the holiday through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy fliers acquitted on some counts in Alabama decapitation case
The court martial board acquitted Joseph C. Thompson and Paul Brown on several charges including endangering others. The panel did not announce verdicts on manslaughter and misconduct charges. The incident occurred when a training plane struck Mrs. Robert Phillips in Baldwin County while flying over fields near Robertsdale.
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Pengacola
Fin
Navy
Alabama
Edward A. Montgomery
Navy Department
Washington
Joseph C. Thompson
Paul ©. Brown
Robertsdale
Ala
Robert Phillips
Charles A. Nicholson
Thompson
John L. Huggins
Baldwin County
Nicholson
Brown
Yentsch
Sam Arc
Phillips
Sam Ard
French passenger ship Winnipeg seized and Germans interned at Trinidad
The 8,379 ton Winnipeg was intercepted by a British cruiser off Port of Spain as German and Austrian passengers were interned. Two American born women who traveled from Paris via Marseille described champagne on board and Germans tossing letters overboard after a shot across the bow.
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Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Martinique
Winnipeg
Antoine Peissel
Martha Seale
Junius Street
Dallas
Texas
Marcel Lowenstein
Paris
Stamford
Conn
Marseille
Oran
Algeria
Casablanca
French Morocco
Peisser
Building Permits Granted Totaling $1900 in City Hall
Three building permits were issued today at city hall totaling 1900 dollars. S N Propst received permission to demolish at 120 E Moulton and build a new brick structure costing 1000 dollars. J W Wyker was approved to remodel a one story dwelling at 810 Canal Street for 800 dollars. Lewis Terry plans a three room frame building on Danville Road costing 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
S. N. Propst
E. Moulton Street
J. W. Wyker
Cana
Lewis Terry
Danville Road
Presbyterian committee to raise funds for military service work
Dr Roswell C Long chairman of the defense service council finance committee says the group formed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church will raise 100000 dollars for work among men in military service. Apportionment will be paid to synods with chairs named including Alabama's 4911 dollars and leaders Dr William Crowe Talladega and Dr H V Carson Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
8. C
Roswell C. Long
Defense Service Council
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In
U. S
Montreal
N.C
Alabama
William Crowe
Talladega
H. V. Carson
Montgomery
Land condemnation sought for acres near Russell City across Chathee river
Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall said the War Department was asked to begin condemnation of 11 722 acres of land in Russell City Alabama across the Chathe River from Fort Benning military reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
Lloyd R. Fredendall
War Department
Russell City
Alabama
Chat Hee River
Fort Benning Military Reservation
Churches To Night Sunday Events In June
June evening church services listed with times at 7 30 p m. Westminster Presbyterian St John s Episcopal First Christian and First Presbyterian churches host preaching by Rev John A Troxler Rev Richard Sturgis Rev Edward Ramage and Dr Edwin Wyle with an open air service at Delano Park on June 29 all invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John A. Troxler
Richard L. Sturgis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
First Christian Church
Edwin Wyle
St. John’s Poise
Richard Sturgis
Edward
Scene boosts poppy sales with WWI grave display
A World War soldier grave replica in a On Furniture window, lit cross and blowing poppies, draws crowds and aims to boost Saturday poppy sales. A Gold Star mother and Red Cross nurse flank the grave while Mrs Paul Williams and Mrs Frank Yaney organized the design with local volunteers and merchants assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
On Furniture Company
Flanders Field
Red Cross
State Department
Paul Williams
Decatur
Frank Yaney
Labor unrest and wage talks widen across industries
Labor tensions spread as shipyard workers return gradually while Truman plans to ask strikers about resuming work. The AFL urges ending the walkout and the Mediation Board calls strikers back in lumber plus soft coal wage disputes seek a $1 raise. Proposals target UMW and Southern operators with wage uniformity debates. Price administrator Henderson warns against unjustified hikes. Roosevelt’s peace message aids Hill Field electrician settlements.
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Thiian
Truman
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
AFL Executive Council
National Defense
Mediation Board
CIO United Mine Workers
Leon Henderson
Office of Production Management
Secretary of Labor
Roosevelt
AFL
Hill Field
Army Supply Base
Salt Lake City
Dodgers Roll Over Giants in 8-0 Victory
Whit Wyatt pitched five hit ball for his eighth straight win as the Brooklyn Dodgers extended their winning streak to six with an 8 to 0 win over the New York Giants in the first game of a doubleheader before about 60,000 fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitlow Wyatt
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Decatur's Diary notes transfers and local updates
Decatur items report Elvin Grantland’s transfer from Maxwell Field to the Philippines with prior service there and assignment to Fort Moultrie. Other briefs cover recoveries, births, visits, church activities, and residents traveling to and from Huntsville, Columbus, Aniston, and Pensacola.
Schoolboy Billy Shaw Drowns at Lake Jordan
Billy Shaw a 15 year old Sidney Lanier high school student drowned while swimming at Lake Jordan near Montgomery. He went under with others in the party but the body was not recovered until 9 p m efforts to revive him failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Billy Shaw
Sidney Lanier
Lake Jordan
Young Shaw
Aaron J. Shaw
Boiler Explosion Kills Fireman at Alabama Lumber Plant
An explosion at the Donaldson Lumber Company plant in Louisville and nearby BUFAULA area killed a black fireman and injured two other workers. Two boilers blew from their foundations, damaging a freight siding and tearing holes in adjacent cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bufaula
Ala
Louisville
Donaldson Lumber Company
Weathered track and weather dampen but draw crowd for race
Shaw had been spent in its construction. It was the first time since 1936 a complete field of 33 cars failed to start. Sam Hanks was missing after his car wrecked in practice and he was in fair condition in a hospital. The crowd was estimated at 160000 and officials said fire damage amounted to about 150000, not counting the Barringer car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Bill” Cummings
Sam Hanks
Alhambra
Calif
Hanks
Speedway
TVA Cooperation Boosts Valley Authority Work
TVA officials say cooperation from boat owners will aid the project and be greatly appreciated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mr. Hundley is asked to care for their boats as the work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hundley
Yankees Rally Past Red Sox In Ninth In first game
The Yankees beat Boston 4 to 3 after eight innings of pitching by Earl Johnson. Red Rolfe homered and drove in one run as Frank Crosetti delivered a bases loaded single in the ninth to seal the win in the day’s opener.
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Yankees
Boston
Red Rolfe
Earl Johnson
Red Sox
Ioday
Frank Crosetti
Rain Provides Light Relief Across Southeast States
A light scattered shower pattern eases heat in the southeast, with some rain already falling in Mobile Vicksburg and Bristol Tenn Va as drought persists. The weather bureau notes little helps for crops while power shortages prompt consumption cuts and league officials announce two night games canceled per week.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Vicksburg
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Atlantic
Washington
Atlanta
George Power Company
Power Company
Stuart X. Stephenson
Gulf
New York
Richmond
Birmingham
Memphis
Nashville
Louisville
Philadelphia
Raleigh
Chicago
Crete Clash Rages as Axis Presses Drive on
Reporting from Cairo and London describes the Crete battle intensifying as axis forces push from opposite ends. German activity notes Italian troops and ships attempting to reinforce while British and Greek units struggle to block seaborne landings. The warfront also cites Baghdad proximity and shifting Iraqi leadership amid broader Middle East tensions.
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Middle East
Iraq
Isto Hitler
Baghdad
Abdullah
Cairo
Rashid al Gailani
Crete
Mussolini
Alexandria
Egypt
Max Schmeling
Air Force
London
Business students tour The Daily plant in inspection trip
Twelve students from Anderson Business College visited The Daily on Thursday afternoon. Accompanied by school owner FE Anderson the group toured the plant. Passengers named include Mrs Prances Byars and students Marjorie Dixon Evie Ryan Pauline Stephenson Helen Ann Lorraine Hess Helen Sue McCullough Ruby Hendon Helen Sivley EBulala Holliman Sybil Roper and Katie Mae Vinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Business College
FE. &. Anderson
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Decatur Daily
American
Bears Out Report
Grea Britain
Hoyt Groover
Hartaselle
Phil Orr
Bertha Lee
Gadeden
C. O. Speegie
Gordon Groover
CY. Quinn
Howard Evans
Hubert Hancock
W. V. Pattillo
W. B. Allen
Tueaday Bridge Club
Mesdames L. C. Pattillo
Earl Cook
Emmett Bennett
A. D. Sample
Tom Crittenden
Arthur White, Jr
A. B. Jackson
Cook
Crittenden
Hoatesa
John F. Thompson
North Alabama
Jim’ ‘Saliba
Spencer Bennett
Sheffield
J. BE. Schnell
Clay Spergie
W. C. Thompson
Joale Puckett
J. T. Tarver
Vv. FE. Payne
Albert Postell
Joseph Puckett
Charlies Shores
Misses Birdie Boteler
Ruth Thompson
Jonsephine Puckett
Banner
LABOR
Dodgers
Decatur’s
Elvin Grantland
30Th Quartermaster Corps
Maxwell Field
Phillipine Islands
Mr. Grantland
R. M. Grantland
Trinity
Fort Moultrie
Peggy Ratliff
Sixth Avenue, West
Baugh's Infirmary
R. M. McFarland
Elkton
Milford Walker
John Milford
Jackson Street
Addison Poole
Don Allen
Emens Clinic
Roy Kent
Anniston
George Hardwick
Charles Hardwick
Roy South
M. A. Hewlett
Elmer Thompson
Dorothy Curl
Ninth Street
Vincent Fortunate
Newark, New Jersey
Mrs. W. W. Lamon
Lucille Lamon
Eddie Steltz
Columbus, Miss
J. M. Ryan
Glen Maner
Trinity Route One
Benevolent Hospital
B. B. Burks
Southside Baptist Church
J. A. Walther
Jimmy
Walther
Helen Stoltz
Charley Charles
Marjorie Lee
Jessie Jones
Gastonia, N. C
Johnnie Wilson
Ione Darnell
Fourth Avenue, West
Central Baptist Church
Gordon Davies
Moody Bible Institute
City
Freda Cowan
Athens-Decatur
Alabama College
Montevallo
American Association of University Women
John C. Cowell, Jr
Christ
O. B. Lansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist
Christian Women’s Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
J. B. Harlow
Sonny” Jones
M. A. Kiser
TVA
Knoxville
Norris Lake
Ethel Phillips
Grant Street Church
Fort McPherson
Raymond Cantrell
CAC
Camp Callan
Oalif
Robert Bohols
First Methodist Church
A. 8. Pitts
Billy Simmons
Camp Claiborne
Louisiana
G. L. Hough
N. J. Hough
Laceys Spring
Mable Ryan
Tennie Wear
Moulton
Dorothy Irvin
H. W. Sherrill
Hartselie
Eva
Lorene Long
Homer Meadows
Naval Air Station
Pensacola, Fla
Shaw
Associated Press
Decatur Yard
Middlebrooks Lumber CO
Canal St
River Phone
MR Rankin
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