Lindbergh Advocates Negotiated Peace and Noninvolvement
Charles A. Lindbergh told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that a U S Great Britain alliance cannot win the European War on the present basis and urged a negotiated peace He opposed the lend lease bill as a step toward war and said the United States should avoid foreign entanglements while building a large air force and bases to ensure security He stated he preferred neither side win and listed four reasons why this is not their war
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Great Britain
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lindbergh
Luther A. Johnson
D-Tex
Europe
Eng
Hitler
Johnson
Funeral Rites Planned for Mrs Breedlove at Hartselle
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Ann Biliza Breedlove will be held at 10 30 Friday morning at the home Hartselle route 2 with Rev R N Moore and Peck of Hartselle in charge burial in Herring cemetery She died Wednesday at age 93 leaving two sons a daughter a sister and three nieces among survivors The pallbearers include A G Maddox Jim Garner Freeman Cox Clovis Breedlove Coy Breedlove Clifton Calloway and others The following girls are listed as mourners Mary Sue Breedlove Cleo Breedlove Ordie Wallace Laverne Cox Inez Garner Gladys Maddox The family also notes several nephews and nieces from nearby communities.
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Sarah Ann Biliza Breedlove
Hartselle
R. N. Moore
Danville Methodist Church
Peck
Herring Cemetery
Clifton
Mary Sue
Cleo Breedlove
Ordie Wallace
Ed Clark
Falkville
Fannie Cooper
Mattie Nunn
Red Bay
Convict Camp Head Reinstated in Alabama
The Alabama personnel board reinstated George Armstrong as superintendent of the Cullman highway department convict camp after suspending him 30 days. The board found charges of laxity not sufficiently proven. The decision also upheld a guard’s dismissal and granted pay raises to about 40 department of revenue employees.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Personnel Board
George Armstrong
Highway Department
Cullman
Armstrong
I. J. Browder
Issal
Roy
Department of Revenue
Camp Plans Taking Shape For 151st Engineers Training
Induction for Company B 151st engineers moves toward Fort Stephen Decatur Alabama for a ten day period before a year long training. Lt Col Woolsey Finnell states start time not fixed but likely eight oclock Monday. First day includes check ups second day basic training with forty hour week and outdoor drilling. Visiting hours and leaves to unit commander. Local members to meet Friday to pick a new commander appointed by Governor Dixon pending federal ratification. A small canteen may serve the company fund and mail should be addressed to Company B 151st engineers Fort Stephen Decatur Decatur Alabama.
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151St Engineers
Fort Stephen Decatur
Woolsey Finnell
Rewnere
Gobaly
Dixon
Decatur, Ala
Air Corps Lacks Pistol Practice
Five shots were exchanged last night between Maxwell Field military police and an enlisted man. The police say the man drew a pistol during an arrest on the Mobile highway, fired twice, and the MPs fired three times aiming at the legs. The man escaped but was later captured by Montgomery police and found hiding in a hollow tree.
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Montgomery
Ala
Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Maxwell
M. P's
Mobile
M. P
Montgomery City
Bank clearings rise in Birmingham area for week
Bank clearings for the week ended yesterday totaled 25,911,872 in Birmingham, up more than 3,000,000 from the same week in 1940. The Birmingham Clearing House Association reported clearings of 25,911,872 versus 22,451,089 for the prior year and 25,97,538 for the preceding week of this year.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Clearing House Association
Super Market to Open Here in Local Site
The P. and H. Super Market is set to formally open Friday and Saturday in the story building on First Avenue near the Mo 3 Putnam intersection. John Jones will manage with Mrs. R. N. Harris redecorating. Walter Bailey heads the meat department. extensive parking planned. no delivery service.
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P. & H. Super Market
First A
Putnam
Bob Harrison
Ecatan
Super Market
First Avenue
R. N. Harris
John Jones
Walter Bailey
Monarch Food
Moulton Street
Patt’s
Second Avenue
German Ace Interned After Prison Ship Recapture
A top German air ace and hundreds of prisoners were moved toward Canadian internment camps after one of two escapees was recaptured following a prison ship docking. Police report a 25 year old Nazi fighter pilot credited with 56 downed planes and the iron cross with oak leaves, matching Major Helmuth Wick of the Richtofen squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helmuth Wick
Richtofen
Twick
English Channel
Capital Busy Guessing Who Will Get Job
In Washington a major scramble over a Supreme Court vacancy surrounds Associate Justice McReynolds's successor with Attorney General Jackson seen as a leading, widely discussed possibility. Roosevelt remains noncommittal as Byrnes and other politicians and officials are named as potential contenders in a broad field of candidates.
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Washington
James Clark McReynolds
Supreme Court
Jackson
Roosevelt
White House
Mree
Byrnes
Senate
Barkley
Harrison
Miss
Glass
Francis Biddle
Neral
Thurman Arnold
Aftor
Nator Barkley
Charles Fahy
Wagner
Ashurst
Dariz
Richberg
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
William Denman
San Francisco
J. D
Wickham
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Biddle
Fahy
Patterson
Winter Grips Lakes Areas in Cold Middle West
Overnight temperatures plunged across the Middle West and Great Lakes with subzero readings in Minnesota and North Dakota. Snow fell heavily from Maine to the Midwest, while the South enjoyed milder conditions as forecasts tracked a low pressure system toward the St. Lawrence Valley.
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Winter Grips Lakes
Middle West
Associated Press
Great Lakes
Roseau
Minn
Bemidji
Penbina
N. D
Grand Forks
Jamestown
Greenville
Caribou
Maine
Northwest
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Missouri
Ilinois
Rocky Mountain
Michigan
Wisconsin
Boston
New England
Albany
N. Y
New York City
Texas
St. Lawrence Valley
Atlanta
Birmingham
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Jacksonville
Miami
Warm Surprise Breaks Cold Forecast in Decatur
Residents woke to spring like weather despite the forecast of cold and freezing conditions. The Tennessee Valley reported a 44 degree minimum for the 24 hour period ending seven this morning as sun brought milder temperatures and light jackets gave way to short sleeves downtown.
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Texas
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee
Mercury
U.S. Russia thaw sparks talk of shifting wartime alliances
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Washington's gesture toward Moscow could affect the alignment of the Soviet with the Anglo-American bloc. He cites Britain's note that attempts to improve Soviet relations have stalled since October 22 and considers the impact on Japan and the Three Powers.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Russia
Washington
Moscow
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Britain
Tokyo
Russian Gestures May Help Britain
A cautious view notes hostility to Russia among conservative Britons due to fear of communism. It cites British government actions like banning The Daily Worker and views on Soviet claims, while the Soviet stance remains neutral.
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Russia
Britain
The
Daily Worker
Tobruk Captured After 16 Day Siege By British Force
British forces seized Tobruk in north Africa after a 36 hour assault ending a 16 day siege. Thousands of Italian troops were captured as Australian troops swarmed into Tobruk, with reports of 24,000 Italian soldiers taken and 14,000 prisoners total in the Libyan stronghold area.
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Associated Press
Romania
North Africa
Tobruk
Desert
Libya
Middle East
Budapest
Hungary
Ion Antonescu
Brasov
Bucharest
Britain
Derna
Bengal
Cairo
Cirenaica
Adolf Hitler
Big Transcontinental airliner crash near Lambert field
At Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport a large Transcontinental & Western airliner crashed before dawn en route from Los Angeles to New York, killing captain P. T. W. Scott and passenger J. F. Mott and injuring 12 others. The plane clipped a maple, tore a wing, and smashed in a farm yard. one engine detached in flight. Three investigators were assigned by the CAA.
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ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Municipal
P. T. W. Scott
J. F.mott
TWA
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New York
W. Jurgen
Kirkwood
Brokenack
Walters
Chicago
Mary .McKloskey
Burbank
Calif
T. E. McKloskey
Tom. Stoddard
Los Angeles, Wrenched Arm, Mrs. L. Hidden
San Pedro
Joe Washburn
Co. B. Shaw
Pickwick Hotel
Stuart Sanford
F. FE. Bkey
Baltimore
E. C. Criggs
Columbus
Arestes Dio Guardi
Government and churchmediation curb Wisconsin defense strike
State and federal officials with a churchman mediator rushed to resolve the Allis Chalmers strike in Wisconsin tied to defense orders worth 26 million dollars. Governor Mell aided, Msgr Haas mediated, with workers and management at odds over pay and shop rules. Other plants reported peace or tentative accords and a stalled Indiana cantonment faced a potential but easing stand-off.
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Wisconsin
Allis-Chalmers Company
Julius P. Mell
Labor “Department
Msgr. Francis J. Haas
Gathddle University
Vultee Aircraft
Nashville
Tenn
CIO
San Diego
Ryan Aeronautical Company
T. Frankensteen
Consolidated Aiircraft Corporation
Cio-Uaw
Indiantown Gap
Coal truck causes power line blast in Albany area
A coal truck backed under live wires on First avenue near Johnston street at 9 55 am, pulling down guide wires and triggering two circuit faults. Flames and explosions followed as power briefly failed citywide, with seven minutes of outage for lines fed from light wires. local firms Decatur Iron and Steel Clay Cooper Wells City Water Company and Nebraska Consolidated Mills reported outages while crews restored service within minutes.
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Albany
First Avenue
Johnston Street
Moulton Street
Decatur Iron and Steel Clay
Cooper Wells
City Water Company
Nebraska Consolidate Mills
Weather observations from Tennessee and Alabama report showers
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 17.12 feet and rising with a high of 60 and low of 40 in the past 24 hours. Alabama forecasts cloudy tonight with occasional rain and gentle southerly winds along the coast, while Tennessee expects rain Friday and a cooler period ahead.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Tenth Federal District
New Mexico
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Cleveland
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Lloyd .K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Securities Commission
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University of Chicago
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Ferdinand Pecora
New York Supreme Court
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Jack Meanes
Akron
Ohio
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Meanes
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Tron Guard
Ax Babb
Allis Chalmers
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Pascagoula
Vultee
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