Foes of Draft Battle in House Sparks Tempers
In a tense House session Representative Fish proposed delaying compulsory training 60 days to favor volunteers, a plan tied to Burke-Wadsworth. The chamber debated amid sharp downfalls in earlier forecasts with votes on conscription due soon. A punch incident occurred as Representatives Vincent and Sweeney fought before being separated.
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Washington
Fish
House
Senate
America
Vincent
Dky
Sweeney
Roosevelt
United States
Woodrow Wilson
White House
U S Cruiser Arrives in Bermuda For Defense Base Talks
The U S cruiser Louis with naval and air experts anchored in Hamilton Bermuda for a conference on a United States defense base. Rear Admiral John W Greenslade led the delegation as Bermuda Governor Sir Denis Bernhard formed a six member advisory committee.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Great Britain
United States
Britain
William Beck
United Sionsul
Norway
Admiral Greenslade
First ships leave Boston on new defense plan
The item notes that the first three of fifty United States destroyers depart Boston under a defense initiative, with continuation promised on Page Two.
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Boston
United States
House Approves Defense Bill with Two Ocean Navy Plan
The House passed a defense bill funding about 5.25 million for a 2,000,000 man army, a two ocean navy, and 14,394 aircraft for military use. It also retained the navy commandeering power, rejected repeal of that authority, by a 143 to 75 standing vote as it heads to the Senate and Roosevelt for signature.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Rep
Woodrun
D-Va
Alabama governor approves home guard mobilization plan
Governor Dixon approved the Alabama home guard mobilization to replace the National Guard when active duty is required. George Cleere of Montgomery will command as colonel with Alabama Legion officers forming the nucleus. volunteers aged 18 to 60 from Legion and civilian ranks expected to total about 3,000. Post commanders become local company captains. drills weekly. plan is tied to 1939-40 military code provisions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Alabama Home Guard
National Guard
Alabama Department
American Legion
GeorgeCleere
State Legion
Home Guard
War Department
Alabama
College president urges single six year presidential term
William Mather Lewis of LaFayette College told a Senate judiciary subcommittee that a single six year term would curb what he called Caesarism in the United States. He testified as legislators considered limiting presidential service to one term.
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Washington
William Mather Lewis
LaFayette College
United States
Lewis
Senate Judiciary
Grim tale of sinking told by survivors at Baltimore
Thirty seven exhausted British seamen, eight hurt, landed in Baltimore after surviving the August 24 sinkings of the 4000 ton freighter Blaimore and the Royal Navy sloop Penzance, torpedoed by a U boat 700 miles off the Irish coast. Survivors recount the disaster aboard the Blaimore and the Penzance with aid from the Swedish freighter Eknaeren.
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Baltimore
Eknaren
Blaimore
Penzance
Trish
Eric Kalistorm
Hugh Campbell
Man Sought in North Alabama Car Deal Incident
State troopers and local officers hunted a young white man about 21 who drove a 1935 sedan from Jack Smallwood Inc after writing a 50 down payment check. He vanished after the salesman left to confirm details, with descriptions aired to nearby towns but no trace found.
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North Alabama
Jack Smallwood, Inc
Jack Smallwood
Second Avenue Automobile Firm
Automobile Finance Company
Smallwood
Ofce
Absentee votes rise as city election entries flood the race
About 150 people applied for absentee ballots for the upcoming city election on Monday September 16. Six candidates vie for mayor and seventeen seek alderman seats with new run off rules. Incumbents face challengers for Places 1 4 and 5 while Place 2 remains unopposed.
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Herman ©. Troup
T. R. Harrison
C. D. Patterson
W. W. Dinsmore
R. E. (Buck) Rogers
J D. Cloud
Rufus Norwood
W. FP. Boswell
G. E
Blacksmith
Almon
Butler
A. Hine
Joe M. Briscoe
A. C. Dillehay
H. H. Hunter
F. Ti
G. Ernest McCulloch
Sam H. Wheat, and
H. Russell Speake
Canada May Get U S Help
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia announced after a White House conference that U S military supplies for Canada had been discussed by the joint United States Canadian defense board. He said two armed forces bases would be established on Newfoundland with sites gifted by Great Britain, and noted a preliminary report to President Roosevelt and plans for a second meeting with Canadian members.
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Washington
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
United States-Canadian Defense Board
White House
Canada
LaGuardia
United States
Newfoundland
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Churchill calls destroyer exchange a good move for war effort
London Sept 5 Winston Churchill told Parliament the British American destroyer for bases exchange will help the United States face danger while not changing its war status. He warned Hitler may pay the US out if given the chance and expressed confidence that Nazi power will fade. He cited August air raid losses, promised vigilance against invasion, and noted the eastern Mediterranean fleet expansion.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
United States
America
Pii
Hitler
Uu. S
Third Reich
Churchill
House of Commons
England
Britain
Balkan
Near East
Mediterranean
U. S
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Kurchill
Hitler speech signals long war ahead says Mackenzie
War columnist Dewitt Mackenzie notes Adolf Hitler sharpened his rhetoric at Sportpalast vowing to smash England but avoiding a wartime timetable. He recalls a five year warning to Goering and hints the hour may be near, yet the speech suggests continued protracted conflict.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
England
Goering
Germany
Fuehrer
Berlin
Reich
Weather excuses and Nazi mastery debated in wartime analysis
An editorial argues that German air power has not yielded decisive control and that Allied RAF defenses challenge the claim of German mastery. It notes Germany’s reserve strength and questions why Hitler has not yet pressed a quick, weather-influenced final assault, suggesting time may favor England.
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England
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Germany
Annual Corn Dinner Held for L. N. Railroad Officials in Decatur
Citizens hosted a Wednesday corn dinner for L. & N. Railroad Company officials. The gathering departed from the American Oak & Leather Company at 10 45 aboard the Decatur No 1 on a trip to Wheeler Dam. A 17 pound country ham complemented steamed corn varieties para. Notable attendees included EK A DeFuniak freight traffic manager Louisville G C Wendling Birmingham R M Leeda division engineer Birmingham J EB Brownlie assistant Sup t Birmingham G H Moore assistant to superintendent Birmingham R S Willock general freight agent Montgomery J C Willis division freight agent Birmingham L I Smith industrial engineer Birmingham KR J Smith trainmaster Birmingham C W Mathews general master mechanic Louisville T O Jackson traveling freight agent Birmingham Dr Frank Wilson district surgeon Birmingham J W Patton district clear agent Montgomery E RR Wolfe yardmaster Gadsden C H Buster district atty North Alabama White Gibson Asst Dist Atty North Alabama R B Jones agentyard master Decatur.
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American Oak & Leather Company
Decatur No. 1
Wheeler Dam
EK. A. DeFuniak
Louisville
G. C. Wendling
Birmingham
Ala
R. M. Leeda
J. EB. Brownlie
G. H. Moore
R. 8. Willock
Montgomery
J. C. Willis
Chas H. Buster
Atty
North Alabama
White Gibson
R. B. Jones
Decatur
Walker Nomination Sent to Senate for Postmaster General
President Roosevelt nominated Frank C. Walker of New York City and Scranton Pa a 54 year old lawyer and theater owner to be postmaster general to replace James A Farley who resigned Walker is a Montana native and former head of the national emergency council and treasurer of the democratic national committee in the early Roosevelt term He is described as an old friend of the president.
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Washington
Frank C. Walker
New York City
Scranton
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Walker
Montana
National Emergency Council
Alo
Democratic National Committee
H D Bynum Shows Improvement After Operation
Friends throughout North Alabama report that H. D. Bynum a prominent Courtland businessman is improving at Long Memorial Hospital in Atlanta He underwent an operation last week and is recuperating satisfactorily.
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Alabama
H. D. Bynum
Courtland
Long Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
Br. Bynum
Bullets Add 2 Names to Arkansas Prison Break List
State police report from Cummins prison farm in rural southeastern Arkansas says guards killed two fugitives in a cabin gunfight between Winchester and Tillar. James Scott and Raymond Harrell, both in their early twenties, were identified as the dead. B G Hollaclaw, 47, described as a convicted slayer, was recaptured. Eleven felons remain at large of the 36 who fled Monday after killing a guard.
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Arkansas
Cummins
Luke Barber
Winchester
Tillar
James Scott
Raymond Harrell
B. G. Hollaclaw
Columbia
Watson
Natchez
Miss
Frank Conley
Frank Gartman
Columbia Automobile
Bruce Fowler
Vicksburg
River Bridge
Conley
Fowler
Vancille Williams
Gladys Diamond
Jerry Harrigill
GC. E. Eldridge
Monroe, la
Woodrow Wall
German transport Marion torpedoed by British submarine
Dagens Nyheter says about 3,900 German troops drowned when the Hamburg ship Marion was torpedoed and sunk near Kaltegat entrance to the Baltic Sea. Swedish and Danish fishermen witnessed the loss as a convoy of two armed trawlers and a destroyer saved not more than 100 aboard.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Kattegat
Baltic Sea
Lysekil
Goteborg
British RAF raids hit Eastern Libya airbases
British air force conducted sustained raids on major Italian airfields in Eastern Libya including Tobruk El Tamimi Bomba El Gubi and El Gazala. Air ministry reported 34 German planes were shot down in raids over England as Churchill warned Hitler may retaliate against the United States over the destroyer transfer deal.
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London
Air Ministry
England
Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Tobrunk
el Tamini
Bomba
el Gubbi
el Gazgala
Royal Air Force
French air ministers charged in war blame case
The Vichy régime filed formal charges with the Supreme Court against Pierre Cot and Guy Lachambre former air ministers in Frances prewar policy and entry into war and ordered their arrest. The move marks the first named in proceedings to fix responsibility for France to the war.
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Riom
France
Petain
Pierre Cot
Guy Lachambre
Air
Supreme Court
Cot
Lachambre
Reynaud
Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gameline
Romanian King Abdicates as Antonescu Seizes Power
Reports say King Carol II cedes authority to Gen. Ion Antonescu amid abdication rumors and dissolution of parliament. Lithuania? No. Romanian queen Ma f consecutive exile? Lupescu linked as influence. Affected region sees rising dictatorship trend in the Balkans.
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Europe
Balkan
Transylvania
Rumania
Oradea
Carol II
Magda Lupescu
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Carol
Antonescu
Tennessee River Weather and Forecast Snapshot
The report notes river gauge readings near one foot on Thursday and a 90 degree high with a 69 degree low over the past 24 hours. Alabama shows cloudy conditions with a high around 80 and chances of showers. Tennessee forecast calls for fair conditions with a warm night and projected highs into the 80s.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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