Forum Plan in Civic Work Gains Ground in Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce members and citizens met at Lyons Hotel to discuss a unified development plan. The group backed an $8,000 budget and monthly progress reports, aiming for more housing, transport links between plants and the business district, and stronger public advertising of Decatur’s advantages. Community leader F J Nolan urged decisive action to attract new industries and expand growth.
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Decatur
Asnber ‘of Commerce
Indus
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Lyons Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Iaste
Econ
Barrett
Shelton
South
F. J. Nolan
Ingalls Shipbuilding Company
Nolan
Amber of Commerce
John M. Nelson
Greece Hit by Quake Causes Heavy Casualties
Northern Greece was struck by a powerful earthquake with early reports suggesting heavy casualties. In Larisa about 30 000 residents fled as buildings collapsed and authorities requested tents for 15 000 homeless. Troops worked to recover those trapped while the epicenter was thought to be near Fl Assona.
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Athens
Greece
Larisa
Fl Assona
TVA Ends Nontransmitted Power Discount In Future Contracts
TVA will stop granting a 10 percent discount on wholesale power to municipal, cooperative, and industrial customers who build transmission lines to TVA dams. New contracts will provide power only on a transmitted basis, though current discount terms remain for existing agreements.
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TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ooe J. A. Krug
Krug
March Comes In Like A Lion In Cold Alabama
Birmingham and north Alabama endured the season’s coldest day of 1941 with subfreezing lows. Muscled Shoals 20, Birmingham 21, Montgomery 26, Dothan 25, Mobile 29, Decatur 22, as forecasters warned of continued cold and frost.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gulf Coast
Rere
E. C. Horton
North
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Montgomery
Dothan
Mobile
Decatur
Time of Training Union Meet Changes
The Baptist Training Union meeting at Southside Baptist Church moves from 2 30 to 2 00 on Sunday to allow Morgan County Sunday school officers to meet at 3 00 with Harry D Wood Jr of the Baptist executive board Montgomery. He will give an inspirational talk and new officers will be installed.
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Baptist Training Union
Southside Baptist Church
Morgan County
Harry D. Wood, Jr
Baptist Executive Board
Montgomery
Wood
BTU
Wilson Collins Dies in Knoxville After Long Sports Career
Sports fans mourn the death of Wilson Collins a longtime figure from Vanderbilt days to semi pro baseball. He later managed the Athens team and for the past 14 years served as coach at Knoxville High.
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Knoxville
Wilson Collins
Vanderbilt
Athens
Knoxville High
LIST RENTALS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE LISTING
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce urges all residents with houses apartments or rooms for rent to list them immediately by contacting the Chamber office or phone 69. Secretary John Nelson says public cooperation is imperative and the list is needed now.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
John Nelson
Parley Seeks End Of Strike Across Big Plants
International and national labor tensions surge as OPM presses for settlements at Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee and Ford plants in Detroit. CIO UAW talks, wage demands, and union security drive shutdown threats while Bethlehem steel strike nears peace terms.
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Associated Press
Bethlehem
Lackawanna
N. Y
Washington
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Sidney Hillman
OPM
OIO United Automobile Workers
Detroit
Cio-Uaw
Ford Motor, Co
Rouge
Highland Park
Lincoln
Ford Company
Labor Board
International Association of Machinists
AFL
National Supply Company
Philadelphia
McCormick Works of International Harvester Company
Chicago
Cio-Farnt Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
Aid Bill Held Up As Chance To Avoid War
In a Senate prepared speech Senator Lucas argued that failure to aid Britain could drag the United States into war with Germany and Japan. He warned that aiding Britain with tools would preserve naval supremacy and deter war mongers, while Britain falling could lead to Japan seizing the Orient and Hitler dominating Europe and Africa. The dispute touched the Justice Department as Senator Glass pressed for an inquiry into a protest in his office as Elizabeth Billing and other women from Chicago faced disorderly conduct charges.
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Washington
Lalas Ae Til
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Japan
Senate
Lucas
Hitler
Britain
Orient
Europe
Africa
South America
Panama Canal
Wheeler
Justice Department
Jackson
Glass
Elizabeth Billing
Chicago
Virginia
Federal Bureau of
Bulgarian Axis Ties Could Aid Hitler in Balkan Aim
War columnist notes Bulgaria’s move toward Berlin Rome alignment would ease Hitler’s plan to dominate the Balkans and open bases for operations against Britain in the eastern Mediterranean. The piece argues Bulgaria already bowed to German influence, with limited change in control.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Balkan Peninsula
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Bulgaria
Hitler Keeps Balkans Quiet While Turkey Stays Neutral
The article discusses Nazi influence in the Balkans and Hitler's cautious moves to avoid broad war. It notes Russia's sway in a slav country and considers Bulgaria as a potential military base. Turkey's possible entry with Britain and Greece could open a new front before a broader attack on England.
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Russia
Hitler
Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria
England
Man Takes German Police Dog Blitz To Army Camp
Arnold Tubbs of Nicolaus California sought permission to take his German police dog Blitz to Fort Ord during his army training. The request moved through Sutter County draft board to Sacramento and to the Ninth Corps area headquarters in San Francisco. Tubbs explained the dog is deeply attached and would need care if separated, hoping to avoid a tragedy like Laddie. He indicated Blitz would be shipped to Mrs. Haynes if separation becomes necessary.
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Laddie
Fort Ord
California
Arnold Tubbs
Nicolaus
Sutter County
Sheffield
H. M. Haynes
Eighth Avenue
Decatur
Blitz
Port Ord
Tubbs
Haynes
Ninth Corps
San Francisco Presidio
British Mission Heads for Egypt Amid Balkan Crisis
Ankara March 1 British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and General Sir John Dill head for Cairo with assurances of Turkey honoring the alliance pact as Balkans tensions surge. They plan to remain for conferences upon arrival.
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Ankara
Turkey
Egypt
Balkans
Cairo
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
London
Bulgaria
Balkan
Bulgaria Joins Axis Pact Signing at Belvedere Palace
Adolf Hitler attended the ceremony as Bulgaria signed the German Italian Japanese alliance at Belvedere Palace. Bogdan Filoff presided as Bulgaria joined Romania Hungary and Slovakia in the Axis bloc while observers from Hungary Romania and Slovakia watched.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Bogdan Philoff
Germany
Rumania
Hungary
Slovakia
Belvedere Palace
Philoff
Puehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Hiroshi Oshima von Ribbentrop
Ciano
Italy
Oshima
Japan
Hitler
Axis
Spain to bury ex king Alfonso XIII in Royal Pantheon
The former king Alfonso XIII died in Rome and Franco issued a decree to request permission to bury him at the Escorial mausoleum. A national day of mourning was set with flags at half staff through March 3 and services planned in Madrid and provincial capitals.
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Madrid
Alfonso XIII
Francisco Franco
Escorial
Franco
Alfonso
Rome
Presidential approval for WPA project at Wheel er National Wildlife Refuge
Telegram from Congressman John Sparkman notes final presidential approval for WPA Project No. 50264, sponsored by the Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior Department, to develop and improve Wheel er National Wildlife Refuge in Madison Morgan and Limestone counties, amounting to 88 391 dollars.
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John Sparkman
Fish and Wildlife Service of Interior Department
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Madison, Morgan
Limestone Counties
Hope Fades Yet Two Men Missing In Mobile Delta Marsh
In Mobile Alabama a faint hope rises that two young men missing since Sunday may be alive. An unidentified fisherman said he saw two men walking in a marsh Monday night miles from the swamped boat of Ben Smith assistant football coach at Spring Hill College and Sidney Crowley student athletic manager found nearby. Volunteers search by land and water converged on the marshes and woodlands as a river estuary draining into the Tensas is dragged to aid the search.
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Mobile
Ala
Ben Smith
Spring Hill College
Sidney Crowley
Tensas
Captains Hunt and Burleson Brief Stop En Route to Training
Captain Frederick S. Hunt of Decatur's Company B 151st Engineers and Captain Joe Burleson of Hartselle's company visited briefly Friday night on their way to an officers training school in Virginia for four weeks. Hunt reported his men are faring well in army life with only severe colds affecting the unit.
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Frederick S. Hunt
Decatur
Company B 151St Engineers
Virginia
Joe Burleson
Hartselle Company
Young
Hunt
Blizzard Storm Ravages Atlantic Seaboard Killing Seventeen
A blizzard storm roared from the Virginia Capes to the Atlantic coast, cutting roads and disrupting air and sea travel. The high winds and drifting snow killed 17 people across Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Virginia and New York while isolating Rehoboth Beach and closing Wildwood town hall.
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Associated Press
Atlantic’ Seaboard
New Jersey
Virginia Capes
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Wildwood
N. J
Rehoboth Beach
Delaware
New England
Rhode Island
Birmingham Designer Jane Armfield Tops New York Ties
Jane Armfield of Birmingham, daughter of Mrs. James I. Armfield, has risen as a designer for May and Hill in New York. The New York columnist Helen Worden highlighted Armfield's work designing patterns for fabrics sold nationwide and abroad, plus her own clothing creations.
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Jane Armfield
Birmingham
James I. Armfield
Vivian Berry
Decatur
John Berry
Exoth McKnight
May and Hill
New York
Helen Worden
Armfield
Madelyn McKnight
Pratt School of Nd Applied Arts
Brooklyn
Miss Armfield
Madison Avenue
Canada
South America
Miss Worden
Jean Wallace
Henry Wallace
Washington
Jean
Harriet Brown
Jane's
Greeks Put in Grave Danger by Nazi Maneuver
Nazi troops in grey armored cars entered Sofia after Bulgaria joined the Axis. German air power swarmed Varna and big Junkers transports arrived at Sofia airport. The move signals possible southward action toward Greece and Turkey, with Bulgarian and German officers active in the capital.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Axis
Bulan
Rumania
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Black Sea
Varna
Greece
Turkey
Germany Drives Army Into Sofia as Bulgaria Joins Axis
Britain breaks relations with Bulgaria after Bogdan Filov signs a Vienna pact, bringing Bulgaria into the Axis. German armored cars move into Sofia within hours as Berlin Rome Tokyo alliance strengthens. RAF bombs target German communications amid war escalation.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Germany
Paneer
Britain
George Rendel
Boris
Bogdan Philoff
Vienna
Bulgaria Signs Pact With Axis In Vienna Meeting
Adolph Hitler met Bulgarian Premier Bogdan Philoff and other diplomats in Vienna to align 6,000,000 Bulgars and 40,000 square miles of territory with the axis. The move could open a German march toward Turkey and affects Greece Hungary Romania and Slovakia. Unconfirmed Sofia reports mention a British ultimatum. Virginio Gayda warns the action isolates Greece and threatens British removal from Europe. Bulgaria seeks an armistice as Allied campaigns close in World War II.
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Bulgaria
Britain
Europe
Greece
Romania
Italy
Belgrade
Sofia
Adolph Hitler
Bogdan Philoff
Vienna
Turkey
Hungary
Rumania
Slovakia
Germany
Japan
Virginio Gayda
Balkans
Il Giornale Datalia
Rome
Tennessee River at 15.65 Feetfalling Saturday
Weather summary notes Tennessee river at 15.65 feet and falling. Maximum temperature reached 35 with a 22 degree low over the past 34 hours. A trace of snow reported. Alabama forecast shows fair skies and continued cold with freezing temperatures tonight and light east winds. Tennessee outlook calls for fair skies and warmer conditions by Sunday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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