Convict Camp to Be Erected Near City Limits
The state highway department invites bids for building a 50 to 60 inmate camp on highway property two miles west of the city, south of Joe Wheeler highway. Montgomery will open bids March 4. The 10 acre site will host dining, bunk, guards’ house, and a recreation hall, with road-work duties assigned by the state board of administration.
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The
State Highway Department
Joe Wheeler
Montgomery
Highway Automobile Shop
J. J. Goddard
State Board of Administration
Cullman
Hamilton
Marion County
Scottsboro
Jackson County
Six Mile
Decatur
Highway Department
James Asked to End Strike in Wolfe Collieries
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on February 27 Governor Arthur H Jarvis was urged to intervene in a wage dispute. Fifty four miners remained underground demanding back pay while freezing conditions and borrowed blankets affected the workforce. A wife sent a telegram pleading for justice as heat meals were delivered to the mine slope.
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Hazleton
Pennsylvania
Raymond Fliam
Arthur H. Jarves
Wolfe Collieries Company
Legion To Send Two Boys To Boys State
The local American Legion post will send two junior high students to Montgomery in June for Boys State. The Alabama Legion sponsors the event, a 10 day program where youths govern as a city county and state, with elections for offices to teach citizenship.
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American Legion
Montgomery
Alabama Department of the Legion
The
Legion
For Rent Rooms at 306 West Moulton Street
One insertion enough to rent the apartment advertised. Nice unfurnished rooms with hot and cold water. Call 46 and ask for an taker. Free tickets to the Princess Theatre for Want Ad readers. Read these ads daily and watch for your name.
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West Moulton Street
Princess Theatre
Supreme Court rules against sit down strike rights
The Supreme Court upheld Fansteel Metallurgical Corp discharge of workers who seized two plant buildings in a 1937 sit down strike. Chief Justice Hughes said the firm had right to strike but no license to seize property or use violence, marking one of three key 1937 labor rulings against the National Labor Relations Board. Justices Stone and Roberts delivered the other opinions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Weah
Highes
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
High Tribunal
National Labor Relations Board
Hughes
Respondent
Stone
Roberts
Suit challenges 1934 cotton control act in federal court
In Dothan Alabama on February 27 a federal suit seeks to overturn the 1934 cotton control act and recover sums paid for tax exemption certificates. J Hubert Farmer, for cotton planter T. J. Cook, asks for 1531 dollars plus notes the claim that 40 to 50 million dollars were paid for certificates by southern farmers. The act aimed to curb production and reduce lint surpluses by penalties on excess cotton. The law was repealed after the Supreme Court ruled parts of the 1933 AAA act unconstitutional.
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Dothan
Ala
Federal District Court
J. Hubert Farmer
T. J. Cook
Farmer
United States Supreme Court
Norma Shearer Improves After Severe Throat Infection
Norma Shearer continues recovery from a severe throat infection as hospital attendants report improvement. The actress became ill early last week and is under medical care in Hollywood.
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Norma
Hollywood
Norma Shearer
High winds and storms sweep South Georgia
The Associated Press reports two deaths and injuries to 22 people as high winds and heavy rains lash South Georgia. A tornado near Moniac damages five homes, sending evacuees to MacClenny. A windstorm at Bluffton injures six whites and one Black, while Cordele sees a fatal accident when carpenter Lester Mander is electrocuted moving a downed live wire.
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Associated Press
South Georgia
Moniac
Okefenokee Swamp
MacClenny
Fla
Bluffton
Georgia
Edison
Blakely
Lester Mander
Cordele
Ship sinks. crew saved as Wiegand circles for Lillian
The North German Lloyd freighter Wiegand returned to New York with 31 Lillian crew rescued after a collision 13 miles off Barnegat. The 3482 ton Lillian sank after an SOS, while Wiegand provided aid and later docked for repairs. The Lillian carried nine officers and 22 seamen under skipper F. G. Boyer of Baltimore.
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New York
Wiegand
Bull Line
Lillian
Barnegat
New Jersey
Puerto Rico
William Helmbold
Cooly
Japan
A. H. Bull Line
F. G. Boyer
Baltimore
Five Diphtheria Cases Reported in Morgan County
Morgan County records show five diphtheria cases in 1939 up to the weekend, including a 3 year old white boy from Somerville route 3. Four others include a 14 month old from Lacey's Spring, a two year old girl in Decatur, an eight year old Decatur black boy, and a 25 year old black man from Morgan County. Clinics offered immunization shots, with health officials urging vaccination. Encephalitis rumors in South Limestone County were debunked. a Belle Mina case is linked to measles, while Morgan County has no confirmed encephalitis cases.
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Somerville
Morgan County
L. R. Murphree
Lacey's Spring
Decatur
Murphree
Limestone County
F. M. Hall
Belle Mina
Hall
Epworth Unit Holds Meet at First Methodist Church
The Epworth training conference opens at 6 3 tonight at First Methodist with a supper hosted by Memorial Drive Trinity Chapel Hill and Decatur First Methodist. The event runs through Thursday with four nightly classes led by ministers Herschel Hamner Olen Corenlius R D Cook and J T Brown on Jesus recreation meaning of Christian religion and a Methodist and his church. Supper each night is provided by the participating churches and the Decatur Young People's Union.
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Epworth
First Methodist
Memorial Drive
Trinity
Chapel Hill
Decatur First Methodist
Jesus
Herschel Hamner
Birmingham
Olen Corenlius
Town Creek
Decatur
J. T. Brown
Hartselle
Decatur Young People’s Union
Dixon Makes Plea Tonight for Program
Governor Frank M. Dixon will address Alabama tonight in a statewide broadcast outlining remaining administration proposals. The speech is billed as an accounting of stewardship and is expected to touch on tax equalization boards and other reforms already written into law.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M._ Dixon
Roland Mushat
Alabama Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Dixon
House
Senate
Ways and Means
State Department of Revenue
Tax Commission
Legal Council
The
Revenue Commission
Navy's First Major Fleet Engagement In Maneuvers
The first major clash between the main bodies of the Black and White fleets during continental defense maneuvers was forecast for today in the Atlantic. President Roosevelt aboard the Houston attended by Roosevelt’s naval aides described ongoing converging fleets and a planned Monday contact near the West Indies with high level officers to discuss lessons learned.
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Miami
Fila
Atlantic
Houston
White House
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Daniel J. Callaghan
Army
Navy
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
C. C. Bloch
United States
Culebra
Caribbean
Puerto
Minu
Callaghan
West Indies Islands
Tax Revision Being Studied by Treasury Experts
Washington February 27 Treasury officials craft drastic reforms to corporate taxes to simplify and reduce burdens. Plans aim to merge five levies into one or two taxes and raise capital asset loss allowances while delaying public release until March tax payments are assessed. The undistributed profits tax is effectively dropped as it expires at year end.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Treasury
Three Lives Lost In Alabama Auto Accidents
Three people died in Alabama traffic incidents over the weekend. James Walter Johnson of Irondale was killed when struck by a car. Stone Swindle of McCollum was fatally injured by a vehicle near Jasper. John Frank Bowen of Penola Crenshaw county was found dead on a highway near Fort Deposit, with authorities pursuing hit and run drivers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
James Walter Johnson
Irondale
McNeil and
Campbell
Jasper
Stone Swindle
McCollum
John Frank Bowen
Penola
Crenshaw County
Fort Deposit
New Nazi Bomb Report Brightens Defense Debate
Senate testimony disclosed Germany developed a powerful new bomb with liquid oxygen, claims of widespread destruction. Major General Arnold noted uncertain details while administration leaders forecast quick passage of the army expansion bill amid debates on the defense program.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Germany
H. H M. Arnold
Air Corps
Senate
Arnold
Senator Clark
D.mo
Lester P. Bartow
Martin Aircraft Company
Baltimore
Barkley
Hugo Black Turns 53 on Birthday at Court
Washington February 27 Justice Hugo L Black the Supreme Court youngest member and leading lone dissenter marked his 53rd birthday. The court average age drops to about 64.6 as Black has been a lone dissenter in three cases this term and joined others in four.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Black
James C. McReynolds
Willis van de Vanter
George Sutherland
Stanley Reed
Benjamin N. Cardozo
New York
Felix Frankfurter
Louis D. Brandéis
Britain and France Recognize Franco Regime in Spain
Britain and France declared recognition of General Franco’s Nationalists as Spain’s government. Prime Minister Chamberlain and leaders in Paris signaled a shift as Republicans offer armistice terms. The move sparks protests, while overseas turmoil grows with Palestine tensions and Jewish-Arab clashes.
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Proag
Great
Britain
Prance
Logia
Spain
Neville Cham Tain
House Commons
Paris
Generalranco
France
Chamberlain
Commons
Repu
Govern
Palestine
Holy Land
Franco
Wea
Francisco Franco
Juan Negrin
Ite
Manuel Azana
Les-Sous-Baleve
Assador
London
Germany
Italy
United States
P. Kennedy
Pal
Sion
Ation
Haifaish
Berlin
Central Emigration Office
Danzig
Weather Summary From River Gauge Report
Morning reading 17.5 degrees with a 61 degree high and 35 degree low for the past 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. No rainfall recorded. Tennessee River gauge shows slow rise as easterly winds shift from moderates to fresh.
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Tennessee River
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Bartow
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