Roosevelt dedicates Chickamauga dam for national defense
President Roosevelt dedicates the $30 million Chickamauga dam and a lake behind it at Chattanooga Tennessee. He warns of peril unmatched in world history as the nation undertakes total defense with the Tennessee Valley authority project.
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Who Pays for Roosevelt TVA Campaign Stop
Joseph W. Martin Jr. urged the Senate committee on campaign expenditures to probe whether President Roosevelt's Chattanooga visit to dedicate Chickamauga Dam within the TVA system was funded with public money. He said Roosevelt abandoned aloof statesmanship and openly participated in the campaign, prompting questions of who pays for this political excursion.
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Roosevelt Delivers TVA Dam Visit Address to 50 000 Crowd
President Roosevelt spoke at the Tennessee Valley Authority dam dedication celebration drawing crowds along the dam and lake. The event featured Gov. Prentice Cooper Senator McKellar and TVA officials as the president hailed the TVA’s role in national defense, prosperity, and public benefit.
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Torpedo hits refugee ship sparks rescue of children
London reports 320 children rescued from a torpedoed refugee liner as it was brought home to Canada. The ship stayed afloat. only the purser drowned after slipping entering a lifeboat. German spokesmen questioned the incident and offered alternative theories.
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London
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Ex Senator Bourne Dies At 85 In Oregon
Jonathan Bourne Jr former U S senator from Oregon 1907 to 1913 died today at age 85 in his apartment after hip injury complications. Wife Mrs Bourne at his side. one immediate survivor. Bourne authored the parcel post law and earlier served on the Republican National Committee 1888 to 1892. Born New Bedford Massachusetts February 23 1855 he left Harvard to join sea service and later settled in Portland to practice law and pursue mining farming and business ventures.
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Hurricane danger passes for New England as storm veers out to sea
Coast Guard headquarters reports all danger is passed for New England after a hurricane lashed the Atlantic coast. Shipping in the Bay of Fundy may face danger overnight as the storm veers seaward a day after threatening southern England and recalling the 1938 disaster.
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British Better Off Than One Year Into War Says Army
London reports the British army states the first year of war cannot predict the final outcome. It notes that Britain has more credit and losses now than in September 1939, reflecting on the early conflict’s course.
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Britain
Unified terminal plan for Tennessee River adopted in Chattanooga
The Tennessee Waterway Conference and Tennessee Valley Authority officials agreed on a plan to build multiple navigation terminals along the Tennessee River from Knoxville to Paducah funded by state bonds. An interstate compact would unify operations, with Alabama and Tennessee forming committees to represent towns including Decatur, Tuscaloosa, and Gunterville. Governors Dixon and Cooper were represented by delegates at the meeting.
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Decatur
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Paducah
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Webster McLeod
Harrison
Carter
Bill Howard
Tuscumbia
J. Phillis
Guntersville
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Frank Dixon
Dixon
John P Peach
Negro sought in shooting affray on Davis Street
Police searched Monday for a negro man for questioning after a Saturday night shooting in the 500 block on W Davis Street. The wounded man, last name Malone, lives in Athens and was hit in the right leg above the knee. he was taken home by Reynolds ambulance.
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S G Kay Called Home In Marshall County
Funeral services were held today for 69 year old S G Kay, longtime South Limestone resident and farmer, who died Sunday morning in a Huntsville hospital after a long illness. He is survived by two sons, two daughters, three brothers, four sisters, and several in laws. Burial was in Decatur city cemetery after services at Mooresville church led by Rev Rush and Rev W R Duncan.
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Samuel Kay, Jr
Belle Mina
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Talladega
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Knoxville
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Lacey Springs
B. L. Kay
Decatur
George W. Kay
Biloxi
Lessie Lipscomb
Athens
McRee Eddins
Joe Skilington
Moslem League Welcomes Dominion Status Move
The All-India Muslim League Working Committee calls Linlithgow's postwar dominion status offer a considerable progressive advance toward its aims. Gandhi’s Congress rejects it, insisting on immediate full independence after the war.
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All- India Moslem League
League
Lord Linlithgow
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Port of Haiphong Closed by French Indo China
Tokyo dispatch reports French officials have closed the port of Haiphong in French Indo China to bar foreign warships from entering.
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Guard Mobilization Began September 16 Across 26 States
National Guard mobilization under President Roosevelt declares 60 000 citizen soldiers to report by September 16 for a year of active duty with the regular army. The 26 state call includes four divisions and 18 coast artillery regiments, with a total strength around 220 000 after adjustments.
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Berlin Hails New Treaty
Berlin officials announced a new agreement between Germany and Soviet Russia addressing territorial re arrangements in Eastern Europe. The talks covered repatriation of Germans from Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Russian-occupied Poland and included questions on the Memel free port and related matters under the 1939 German Russian friendship pact.
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Enrollment In Decatur Schools Rises On Opening Day
Decatur schools opened for the 1940-41 term with 2886 students enrolled, an increase of 83 from 1939. The Negro high school saw the sharpest rise with 532 pupils compared with 424 last year, as city superintendent Prof. S B Alverson announced.
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Fairview
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Tot Trapped In Tub Revived After One Hour
Four year old Betty Lou Smith was found unconscious in a bathtub at home on Sunday morning. Physicians and emergency crews revived her after about an hour of care. she is described as in good condition today.
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Bynum Smith
1812 Avenue East
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Drinkard
J B Jennings Rites Today At Decatur
Funeral services for John Bodie Jennings 38 of 1518 Seventh Avenue West were held at Brown Funeral Chapel with Rev W L Spearman and Rev Cecil J Brown officiating. Jennings a machinist at Ingalls Shipbuilding was electrocuted on the Socony Vacum Oil tug St Paul Socony while installing diesel engines. He is survived by a widow two sons six sisters two brothers and several nieces and nephews.
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Ferry Street
W. L. Spearman
Ninth Street
James Byars
Roy Lee
Jimmy Call
Henry Johnston
P. H. Clark
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Wayne
Willard Jennings
Decatur
Herman Waugh
Albert Tyler
Lonnie Day
Tom Black
Somerville
J. R. Holder
Valdermosa
Ollie Holder
Hartselle
Lee White
Springfield
Ohio
Diesel Organization
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Valhermosa
Mississippi
Charlotte
North Carolina
Captain Finnell Selected for Rifle Meet in Ohio
Captain Woolsey Finnell Jr of the 102nd Engineers Alabama National Guard is chosen as range officer for the National Rifle Matches in Toledo Ohio. He will attend a three week encampment with Mrs Finnell accompanying him as part of the guardsmen’s trip amid about 75 000 men expected to participate in rifle training.
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Mackenzie War Article Not Sent Today
The war article by Dewitt Mackenzie was not carried today due to the Labor Day holiday. The AP wire will resume the series on Tuesday.
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Dewitt Mackenzie
Associated Press
Automobile Crash Kills Four on Bee Line Highway
A Beeline Highway collision seven miles south of Decatur involved a car and a wagon. Four people were injured from Decatur and Birmingham, with the wagon’s light absent and the car skidding 195 feet before overturning. The incident occurred during Labor Day weekend with no major observances planned.
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Emerick Rowell
William Rowell
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Toll 20 Holiday Deaths Stun Alabama Area
State toll from Labor Day weekend accidents tops 20 with 13 highway, four industrial deaths, two drownings and a fatal burn. Notables include Thornton Wilder 26 and Evelyn Wilder 20 of Gadsden killed when their car slammed into a store after veering off a highway near Lauree. Mrs Joe Slaton of Gadsden died of injuries from last week’s crash. Miss Margaret Sims 23 Birmingham died in Montgomery hospital. Henry Filmer Jr 25 injured. Dr W E Hutton and Joseph C Lloyd of Atlanta also dead in a Tom Bigbee river crash near Demopolis.
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Evelyn Wilder
Gadsden
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Petain Move Is Resisted by New Caledonia Council
Paul Patterson reports from Auckland that the council of 15 in New Caledonia resigned in protest against the French Petain government appointing a new governor general. The council favors General De Gaulle and seeks a general election. a refusal could spark trouble. Patterson notes Noumean demonstrations and the arrival of Sir Harry Luke, British high commissioner, during Pan American Airway’s final inspection flight to inaugurate L A to New Zealand service.
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Bombing raids hit targets across Europe and North Africa
London reports several daylight air strikes hitting Germany Italy and Holland including a submarine base at Lorient and shipyards at Emden. Targets also include Munich Stuttgart Leipzig Bitterfeld Turin and Sesto San Giovanni with Fiat and Marelli works cited. Cairo notes British raids on Assab Eritrea.
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Leipzig
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Sloop Sinks After Torpedo Hit in North Sea
The British sloop H M S Penzance, 1025 tons, torpedoed by a German U boat and sunk off in the North Sea. Commander A J Wavish RN reported. Next of kin of casualties notified.
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RAF communique details attacks on Italian port near Bab El Mandeb
A Royal Air Force communique reported a series of attacks on the Italian port near the Bab El Mandeb strait opposite Aden. Port buildings and warehouses were hit in the raids and casualties were noted.
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London Air Raid Brings Second Alarm As Nazis Fail To Break Defenses
Allied reports say Hitler’s air legions attacked London amid heavy anti aircraft fire, with at least 15 bombers reaching the city. RAF fighters pursued across the summer skies while Britain’s air ministry tallies 25 Nazi planes shot down since midnight.
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France
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Tennessee River Rises as Flood Gauge Hits 20.25 Feet
The Tennessee River reached 20.25 feet Monday amid rising waters. The 24 hour period ending 7 am Monday saw a high of 88 and a low of 66 with no rainfall. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Florida and generally fair conditions in Tennessee through Tuesday with light winds.
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