New Austrian Minister Talks With Hitler In Berlin
Austria's pro Nazi interior minister Arthur Seyss-Inquart met with Hitler and other high officials in Berlin. He signaled swift Austro German cooperation after Vienna cabinet reshuffle and hints of economic aid to Austria. Sources note potential frequent consultations between Austrian and German ministries.
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Berlin
Austria
Arthur
Seysz-Inquart
Reich-Fuehrer
Hitler
Vienna
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Legations
Legation
Europe
Germany
S. S
Guard
Wilhelm Keppler
Fuhrer
Schuschnigg
Berchtesgaden
Department of the Interior
Scientists to wait for ship on drifting ice floe
Soviet four scientists stranded on an Arctic floe after eight months welcomed air deliveries of beer and tangerines from rescue ships off Greenland. Commander Ivan Papanin asked to move equipment before leaving, noting planes would require many trips. stay could extend to three months but pickup expected soon. Pilots Gennady Vlasoff and Ivan Cherevichny reported the party in excellent health.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Greenland
Ivan.Papanin
Olexei Ostaltseff
Gennady Vlasoff
Ivan Cherevichny
Hartselle Backs TVA Office Move Toward Muscle Shoals
Hartselle Alabama adopts a unanimous resolution urging the Tennessee Valley Authority headquarters to be located near Muscle Shoals Alabama. The council cites law and regional interest and pledges support to Senators Bankhead and colleagues in the effort.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Reon
Muscle Shoals
Knoxville
Tenn
Courtland
Lawrence County
Wherpas
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
United States
Tennessee Valley
Sefarselle
Mubena ‘Gaid
Morgan Cover
Teame
John Jast Whead
Lister Hill
and Sparkman
George
Re, Hardwick
Marines Have Sole Control of Own Areas in Shanghai
United States marines in Shanghai announce that Japanese patrols are forbidden to encroach on the US defense sector of the international settlement. American marines say they halted four Japanese patrols attempting to supervise in the sector. Japanese authorities express regrets and say gendarme instructions ban routine patrols into the US sector.
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Shanghai
United States Marines
United States
Marine
Chinese Forces Halt Japanese Push Along Main Chinese Rail Line
Reports from Hankow indicate Chinese forces checked a rapid Japanese advance along the Peiping Hankow railway near Weihwei and Chengchow. Guerilla units struck the Japanese rearguard as Red Army troops claimed control of stations along a 15 mile stretch in north China.
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Hankow
China
Peiping
Lungha
Chengchow
Weihwei
Henan
Shanghai
Red Army
Peiping-Hankow
Honan
Chinese Red Army Captures Stations Along Major Peiping Hankow Route
Chinese forces report capture of every station along a 15 mile stretch of the Peiping Hankow railway, with Red Army troops and guerrilla units advancing operations across Shanghai area and surrounding regions.
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Shanghai
Red Army
Peiping-Hankow
Labor Act Changes Urged to Extend Board Reach
A business advisory council sub committee urged President Roosevelt to back amendments extending the labor relations board to both employers and employees. The two reports, approved by the council, propose protecting self organization rights, free collective bargaining, and separating fact finding from prosecution and adjudication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Council
Labor Relations Board
Charles R. Hook
John D. Biggers
Community Sing Set at Lebanon
A community sing will be held Friday evening at 7 00 o clock at Lebanon west of Falkville. All singers were extended a cordial invitation to be present.
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Lebanon
Falkville
Beloved Man Dillehay Dies at 40 in Decatur
Harvey W. Dillehay 40, a Decatur resident, died Wednesday at 3 30 p.m. at his mother's home 207 Prospect Drive after a long illness. Funeral services are at 3 30 p.m. at the residence led by Rev. L H Knight of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Interment in City Cemetery. Survivors include his mother three sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers named Freddy Shores Joe Wilder J C Howell A J Houser J A Creel and Sam Wheat.
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Harvey W. Dillehay
Decatur
J. A. Dillehay
Prospect Drive
L. H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
City Cemetery
Brown
E. J. Park
M. S. Smith
Cullecka
Tenn
Z. P. Watkins
J. F. Dillehay
A. C. Dillehay
Freddy Shores
Joe Wilder
J. C. Howell
A. J. Houser
J. A. Creel
Sam Wheat
Kiwanis Club Meets. Rankin Outlines Spring Activity
Marvin Rankin, head of the activities committee, outlined plans for upcoming spring or fall activities before the DeKalb Kiwanis Club at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. The well attended meeting included several guests and the initiation of new members.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Marvin Rankin
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Rankin
Lookout Mountain Rumble Leaves Two Near Death
Hoyt Guice twenty and his brother Harold twenty two were injured in a fracas on Lookout Mountain near Gadsden Alabama. Hoyt remained near death and Harold was in serious condition as several others were wounded in the melee.
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Gadsden
Ala
Hoyt Guice
Forrest General Hospital
Harold
Lookout Mountain
House Act Debate Looms After Senate Filibuster Pause
Washington reports that Majority Leader Barkley halted a senate filibuster on the anti-lynching bill by obtaining a recess until Monday. The move aims to let the $250,000,000 relief appropriation report, potentially sidetracking the lynching measure after 29 days of debate.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
Ellender
D.-La
Frazier
R.N. D
Senate Appropriations
Aubrey Williams
Works Progress
House
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
Adams
D.-Cole
Relief Appropriations Subcommittee
Plains States
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Justice
Judiciary
Commerce
Labor
Two-Vehicle Crash Near Athens Sparks Property Damage
A car driven by F D Olsteen of Moulton collided with a Standard Oil truck driven by J W Allen of Decatur on the Bee Line Highway about four miles south of Athens. No injuries were reported though property damage occurred in the late Wednesday incident.
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A8 & Dodge
F. D. Olsteen
Moulton
Standard Oil
J. W. Allen
Decatur
Bee Line
Athens
Snowbound Folk Dine on Vegetables at Tahoe City
Tahoe City residents 400 snowbound men women and children ate fresh vegetables and meat shipped from San Francisco to ease a diet of cured foods and even horse meat. Five hundred pounds of supplies were airdropped onto the golf course after a flight sponsored by a San Francisco newspaper group. Snow accumulation reaches twenty feet in parts, closing roads into the Tahoe district for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoe City
Calif
San Francisco
TWA
Examiner
Carl Bechtold
Tahoe District
Farmers Decide On Marketing Quotas In Referenda
Washington reports 2,225,000 cotton and tobacco growers will vote by secret ballot within a month on granting the agriculture department broad power to control marketing under the new farm program. The quota plan requires two thirds of ballots in favor to take effect, aiming to cap cotton at about 10,750,000 bales and tobacco at about 700 million pounds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roo
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Death Probe After Fort Payne Farm Death
DeKalb county grand jury investigates the fatal shooting of Lowell Hubbard a 29 year old farm overseer. Sam Sims and Dick Hunt both tenant farmers are jailed on murder warrants after a field dispute near Hubbard’s home on Lookout Mountain near Dog Town. Hubbard died about 15 minutes after being wounded by a 32 caliber pistol as the sheriff says he will present the case to the grand jury in session.
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Fort Payne
Ala
DeKalb County
Lowell Hubbard
Seer
E. W. Stewart
Stewart
Sam Sims
Dick Hunt
In & Field
Hubbard
Lillie Hubbard
Dogtown
Lookout Mountain
Grand Jury
Coal firms win injunction against fuel price orders
The US circuit court of appeals barred parts of the national bituminous coal commission price fixing on locomotive fuel for railroads. Seven coal companies with about 23 million dollars invested in Illinois and Indiana argued the schedules were confiscatory and discriminatory against regional coal grades. Judge Evans, Sparks, and Major issued the temporary injunction after hearings last week. A memorandum of reasons was not immediately available.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Illinois
Indiana
Evan A. Evans
Will M. Sparks
J. Earl Major
Committee Eyes Bigger Navy Bill
The House Naval Committee shifted from foreign policy to details of an $800 million naval expansion. Chairman Vinson questioned Rear Admiral DuBose about 47 new warships and 22 auxiliary vessels. Members sought to understand the use of Roosevelt’s proposed $15 million experimental fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D. Ga
W. G. DuBose
Naval Construction
Roosevelt
No Trace of Seaman Reported Lost Overboard
Mobile bay search resumes after reports an unidentified seaman from the U S Dalryn went overboard at 1 a m. in Mobile. Coast Guard HQ said no trace had been found as of today.
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Mobile
Ala
Southern Division Coast Guard
U. S. Dalryn
Mobile Bay
Goode Enters Democratic Governor Field in Alabama
Bob Goode state agriculture and industries commissioner becomes the fifth candidate for governor in the May 3 primary. He plans to qualify soon and outline a campaign platform around March 1. Other filers include Givhan Proctor Cook Malone Parker Lindsey Hudson and others across the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bob) Goode
Howell Turner
Alabama Public Service Commission
Walter C.givhan
Safford
Senate
R. J. Cowart
Haleyville
Mike J. Bulger
Dadeville
A. A. Hollis
Sulligent
Dan Cullett Cook
Camden
Wilcox
Robert F. Proctor
Huntsville
Madison
Democratic Committee
Robert H. Malone
Dothan
Roy FF. Parker
Attalla
R. L. Johnston
Thomasville
Wallace H. Lindsey, Jr
Butler
R. P. Hudson
Atmore
TVA Buys 1 7 Acres From Holand Blow Co In Tennessee
An agreement reached this afternoon transfers 1.7 acres adjoining the Tennessee River to the Tennessee Valley Authority for 17500 dollars. Commissioners McFarland Schwalr and May presided with Hor ton and Craig representing the buyer and Godbey Turner and McWhorter representing the Holland Blow Co.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Holand-Blow Stave Co
Tennessee River
McFarland, Schwlar
May
Horton and
Craig
Godbey and Martin
Turner & McWhorter
Holland-Blow Co
Four Die In Wreck Near Folsom New Mexico
Four trainmen were killed and seven injured when a Colorado and Southern freight train collided with a passenger train about 68 miles south of Trinidad Colorado. The crash occurred near Folsom New Mexico late last night. Names listed include Gus Diemer and R Selders among the Trinidad victims.
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Trinidad
Colo
Colorado
Here
Folsom
N. M
Gus Diemer
Selders
C. E
Mexican Soldiers Execute Comrade in Tijuana Jail Plot
A detachment of 30 soldiers seized Juan Castillo Morales 24 accused sex slayer of 8 year old Olga Consuelo Camacho. They transported him to a hilltop cemetery where a rifle volley was expected. Authorities explain Morales was shot while attempting to escape.
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Tijuana
Mex
Juan Castillo Morales
Olga Consuelo Camacho
Morales
Alabama Supreme Court Keeps Padlock Rulings and Bars Liquor Concession
Alabama's Supreme Court declined to render a ruling on whether liquor concession in dry counties is illegal while upholding a padlocking decision against Harvells Place on the Bankhead Highway near Anniston. The court also affirmed decisions against slot machines in Jefferson and Etowah counties and reversed a $1,250 illegal search verdict, reducing a later damages award from $8,500 to $6,000 in a separate case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Supreme Court
Calhoun Circuit Court
Bankhead
Anniston
State Court of Appeals
J. H. Harvell
Calhoun
Birmingham
Jefferson County Intermediate Court
Nathan Allen
Ten Ball Novelty Company
Sam Payne
Payne
Allen
Etowah County
M. C. Sivey
Siviey
Jesse McGee
Fred Caudle
McGee
Caudle
Criminal Court
Equity Court
Etowah Circuit Court
Chester Miller
Jefferson
Cullman County
Miller
Bessemer Division
Jefferson Circuit
Helen Davis
Marion Davis
Davis
Ben Franklin Opens In New Second Avenue Home
The Ben Franklin store reopens Saturday in its renovated Second Avenue building. The outlet, opened years ago, has grown rapidly and becomes an integral part of North Alabama retail.
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Ben Franklin
Second Avenue
North Alabama
Tennessee River Falls to 16.4 Feet as Front Passes
The Tennessee river level dropped to 16.4 feet at seven o clock today. Highs reached 66 degrees with a low of 51. Cloudy skies expected tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the far north. East winds along the coast were light to fresh.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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