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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1941

Page

3

Gasoline Curfew Impacts Eastern Seaboard Traffic And Sales

The 7 pm to 7 am curfew across the Eastern Seaboard drew mixed compliance. Most stations shut or reported heavy daytime demand, with widespread stranded cars and some outlying areas reporting full closures. In New York half the independents stayed open, and Albany and Washington stations mostly followed the curfew.

Eastern Sea Board Maine Florida New York City Harold L. Ickes Seaboard Long Island New England New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Cnsylvania Maryland Carolinas Capitol Washington, D. C Harry R. Wainwright Retail Gasoline Dealers Association Ickes

Henry and Spinelli Plan A Midnight Route At King's House

Henry Potter and Spinelli conspire to investigate King’s grounds after a tense meeting with the sheriff. Spinelli, bearing a neck wound, teases a covert clue hunt while Henry slips out with an alibi plan and meets at a fork road to pursue new evidence amid mounting suspicions.

Henry Spinelli Hans Pete Simmons Laurence John Jones Jones Baker Place Henry Potter Susan King

Morgan County and Somerville Social Notes

Morgan County events cover postmaster meeting in Huntaville with speaker Jne Sparkman. Visits include Mrs Edith Woodall and daughter Mrs Lewis Campbell of Birmingham, and many local residents in Decatur, Moulton, and Nashville areas. The Cullman Young People Union met. families relocate to Decatur. multiple travels and guests noted across Route 1 and Route 2 communities.

C. P. Johnston Eighth Congressional District Huntaville Jne Sparkman Edith Woodall Lewis Campbell Birmingham Mary J. Johnston Warren C. P. Hornby, Jr Moulton Cullman Young People’s Union Oscar Mikell Decatur J. W. Winton Don J. Winton Mikell Albert Vinsant Lannie Clemons Maggie Magiard Cora Poteet Ode Grantland Harold Key The Benevolent Hospital Edgar McClure Shirley Nashville

Air markers to be placed on buildings and highways

WPA funds totaling 56000 are set to finance air markers on building tops and highways in Selma Tuscaloosa Birmingham Decatur and Dothan with continued work in Montgomery and Mobile. Markers have already been completed in Montgomery and Mobile and over ten ships reportedly saved from forced landings. The program is led by Asa Rountree Jr with J K Ashley directing.

Montgomery Ala Selma Tuscaloosa Birmingham Decatur Dothan Mobile Asa Rountree, Jr Rountree State Aviation Commission Gunter Maxwell Fields WPA The Aviation Commission Army State Highway Department Civil Aeronautics Administration J. K. Ashley

Crossword Answers and Cryptoquote Puzzle Update

Daily crossword clues listed with across and down answers to fill. Saturday answer and a cryptoquote by Corneille are included with the King Features Syndicate note.

Rday Corneille King Features Syndicate Ine

Athens Aluminum Shipment Sent to State Concentration Points

Athens has sent 600 pounds of aluminum to the concentration warehouse at the Farmers Gin in Decatur, selected as one of five points in the state for collecting aluminum shipments.

Athens Decatur

Convicts Foiled in Kilby Prison Escape Attempt

In Kilby prison Alabama a Sunday night escape was halted when a guard on duty spotted four inmates climbing toward the wall. They wore coal dust and used a crude rope and hook while a charged wire loomed on the perimeter. One wounded convict, Earl Wilson, is serving 20 years after a 1930s case, and others named include Gal Jack Brown Blue and Jace Morrison who face multi year terms for robbery and larceny. Government lists indicate North Alabama properties may be put up for sale.

Montgomery Ala Kilby Walle Earl Wilson Wilson Mture Walla Son Gal Jack Brown Blue Jace Morrison

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