Strike spreads as 3000 join Camp Davis walkout
AFL skilled workers strike at Camp Davis in eastern North Carolina over preferential hiring. 3000 to 4000 picket entrances while 5000 workers supported the walkout. Union leaders push for first call on vacancies amid skilled and unskilled labor. Government conciliators seek settlement on Ford and International Harvester plant disputes to protect defense contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Army
Camp
Davis
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
L. H. Rouse
Wilmington
N. C
Building Trades Council
Royce
Higgins, Grannis, Thompson and McDevett
International Harvester Company
Lincoln
River Rouge
Highland Park
Ford Motor Company
Perkins
International Harvester
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
Washington
Illinois
Indiana
James F. Dewey
Ford
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Michigan
van Wagoner
State
Woman Shot as Husband Held After Barber Shop Shooting
Mrs. Kilgore, 31, wounded with a .32 caliber pistol in the Wallace Barber and Beauty Shop in Austinville. Husband, 33, held on assault with intent to murder charges. Police say the shot was fired during an argument. she was treated and discharged the next day. The attacker was arrested by Officer Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Kilgore
Austinville
Kilgore
Wallace
Second Avenue
Kailgore
Moore
McAfee
Blue Monday In Delaware Enforces 200 Year Old Blue Laws
Delaware moved to prosecute more than 500 people for Sunday work under the old blue laws. Milkmen, drivers, clerks and others were arrested and arraigned. penalties include fines or a night in jail. In Wilmington, hundreds faced hearings as the docket overflowed at the courthouse with produce market scenes outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Pel
Delaware
Henry R. Isaacs
Justices of the Peace
James R. Morford
Allies to Get U S Products
Washington reports blanket export authority to Great Britain and Northern Ireland for 138 key war materials including aluminum and aircraft parts. A daily cap will be enforced to curb outflows if supplies prove critical, with defense items requiring Production Management clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
United States
Canada
Office of Production Management
W H Lawrence Dies After Long Illness at 86
Willis H. Lawrence 86 died Sunday morning at his son J A Lawrence’s home in Vinemont Route 1 after a long illness. Final rites were held at Mt Tabor at 1 p m with Rev C Co Wileut and Drinkard in charge of burial. Survivors include widow three sons J A S E and Henry Lawrence and three daughters Mrs Fannie Tancil Mrs Maud Bibb and Mrs Myrtle Wilhite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis H. Lawrence
J. A. Lawrence
Vinemont
Route 1
Mt. Tabor
Rev. C. Co. Wileut
Drinkard
J. A
Henry Lawrence
Fannie Tancil
Maud Bibb
Myrtle Wilhite
Company B Builds Bridge in Wartime Training at Camp Shelby
At Camp Shelby Mississippi, Engineer Company B learns war time basics by constructing a log bridge over a 60 by 15 foot gulley and digging trenches while preparing to test demolition with TNT. The unit then plans road and bridge work over a running stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Frazier
Camp Shelby
Miss
Decatur
Company B
Haseen
Army
New Commanding Officer Appointed for Company I I
Lieut Murray House becomes acting commander of Company I I while Capt Fred S Hunt Jr attends duties in Belvoir Virginia. The change places House in charge during the officer's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company
Lieut
Murray House
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Belvoir
Virginia
Circuit Court in third week with multiple murder and arson trials
The third week of the spring term opened in circuit court with Louise Adkins on trial for assault with intent to murder after the Cedar Lake knife slashing of Effie Lee Burks in 1939. Other docketed cases include Mat Chenault facing repeat trial in a 1936 shooting, Guy Long for a 1939 Neel cutting, Coleman Gray arson in the Penn community, and several burglary and grand larceny defendants. Several murder cases are set for March 6 and 10 via Monday hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Adkins
Effie Lee Burks
Cedar Lake
Mat Chenault
W. J. Wright
Danville
Chenault
State Supreme Court
S. A. Lynne
Guy Long
Wilburn Roberts
Neel
J. N. Powell
Sherman Powell
Coleman Gray
John Evans
Penn
Henry Jones
James W. Garrard
Lily Smith
Anna
Helen Baker
John Alford
William Segars
Hartselle
Susie Ann Haraway
Clara Moore
Well Known Woman Roselia Patterson Dies in Decatur
Mrs. Roselia Patterson 73 died at 0:45 Monday at 601 Ferry Street after over a month of illness. Funeral service 3:30 Tuesday at home conducted by Rabbi Julius Marks with burial in City Cemetery. Survived by husband J. S. Patterson, son Sidney Patterson, daughter Mrs. David Hershfield, two grandchildren, four sisters, and pallbearers J. P. Sims et al. A Montgomery native a long time Decatur resident she was among the city's best known women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roselia Patterson
Decatur
Ferry Street
Julius Marks
Vine Street
Nashville
Brown
City Cemetery
Patsy Ann Patterson
Carolyn Schwarz
New York City
Fannie Levy
Henretta Cahn
Bettie Holzman
Birmingham
J. Moog
Rome
Georgia
J. P. Sims
A. T. Hanson
C. A. Moore
Maxie Lesser
Julian Harris
Clyde Hendrix
Patterson
Montgomery
Peanut Lodged In Lung Causes Death Of Child
Little Jack Wendell Dement two year old son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Dement formerly of Decatur died in Columbus Georgia after a peanut swallowed last Thursday lodged in a lung The child died at 11 am Sunday in a Columbus hospital during removal with a broncho scope Funeral rites will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at South side Baptist church burial in City cemetery Pallbearers named and grandparents listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wendell Dement
Bruce Dement
Decatur
Columbus
Georgia
Aid Measure Debate Rages in Washington
Senator Walsh leads a fierce attack on the lease lead program calling it a declaration of war while Smathers and Tunnell defend the measure. The scene shifts to a Senate bid to wrap up debate before Saturday as votes tally and administration backers claim 52 affirmed votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Congress
America
Smathers
D-Nj
Tunnel
D-Del
Senate
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Britain
Barkley
Miss Ella Runge Dies in Mansfield Ohio at 25
Miss Ella Runge aged 25 of Falkville route 1 died Sunday morning at the home of her sister Mrs. Orlo Summerford in Mansfield Ohio where she had recently gone to accept a position. She was the daughter of M M Runge of Falkville route 1. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Drinkard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Runge
Falkville
Orlo Summerford
Mansfield
Ohio
Runge
M. M Runge
Drinkard
Bill Seeks 1942 Farm Program Funds for Agriculture
Washington March 3 bill appropriates 890,824,037 for the 1942 farm program and related Agriculture Department activities. Total reflects a 4,027,034 cut from estimates with a 193,023,502 reduction from current year. Committees favor parity payments via commitments rather than cash, tied to Roosevelt guidance, to sustain farm purchasing power and national defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Department
Congress
Rickenbacker Improves After Eastern Flight Crash
Airman Eddie Rickenbacker, injured in an Eastern Air Lines sleeper plane crash, was reported slightly improved in Atlanta hospital. Doctors said he slept better and his general condition remains serious but not yet out of danger. The crash killed seven people including Representative William D. Byron and injured eight others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Rickenbacker
EAL
William D. Byron
Willamsport
Decatur Chamber of Commerce Sets Kickoff Breakfast
Busy Decatur business leaders gather at Lyons Hotel for an eight thousand dollar operating-fund drive. Forty seven teams of two will canvass the city under co chairmen Rogers and Pitepatrick as they launch the 1941 membership push and aim to show full funding within the week. The effort follows a Town Hall Meeting series that has energized local support for the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lyons Hotel
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
R. EB. Rogers
T. HM. Pitepatrick
Rogers
Trick
Chamber
Town Hall
Mrs. Alice Freeman Dies in Cullman County
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Alice Freeman 66 who died Saturday afternoon at her daughter’s home in Vinemont Route 1. Powell Chapel conducted the service with burial at Liberty Cemetery. survivors include her daughter Mrs M L Huffstuttler a brother William Bradley and two sisters Mrs Nettle Segars and Mrs Molly Waddell of Vine mont Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Freeman
M. L. Huffstuttler
Vinemont
Route 1
Powell Chapel
Drinkard
Liberty Cemetery
William Bradley
Nettle Segars
Molly Waddell
Dardanelles Seen as Key in Balkan War Outlook
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues the Dardanelles stake may signal whether a Balkan hurricane will strike and whether Hitler gains calm weather for campaigns. He notes the strait's vital role between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and the long rivalry over control by Russia and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Dardanelles
Balkans
Hitler
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Russia
Germany
Turkey
Turks Hold Key In Balkan Situation
The article argues Turkey's stance will greatly shape Balkan affairs as Nazi reports claim Bulgaria's occupation helps Germany block British action in the region. It predicts Hitler seeks stability, and that Turkey may refrain from defending Greece unless its own safety is at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Balkans
Hitler
Greece
Ner
Nazi push into Balkans deepens strategic crisis
The State Department asked the Treasury to freeze Bulgarian assets in the United States after German troops entered Bulgaria. Turkey and Greece mobilized border defenses as German armor moved toward the Dardanelles, with reports of reservists and naval readiness. Field Marshal List reportedly set headquarters in Sofia amid German Balkan advance. Possible German pressure on Greece to seek peace with Italy or face invasion drew Turkish secret sessions near Ankara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
The
Treasury
United States
Germany
Rumania
Associated Press
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Britain
Balkans
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Danube
Sigmund List
Balkan
Sofia
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Ankara
Istanbul
Nani
City and County Pact Support Benevolent Society Hospital
Decatur and Morgan County governments plan a joint monthly grant of 250 dollars to Benevolent Society Hospital starting February, aimed at deficits and charity care. A prior expansion request and talks about city takeover were discussed but not resolved, with 1940 deficit figures cited and former county support cut to 125 dollars monthly.
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City of
Decatur
Morgan County
Board of Revenue Ad Control
Benevolent Society Hospital
Russell Speake
A. C. Dillehay
T. R. Harrison
Benevolent Society
General Bridges
Weather Summary for Tennessee River Region
The Tennessee River gauge at 15.55 feet. High of 66 and a low of 1. Warmer in the northwest tonight. Tuesday shows clouds and cooler temperatures. Moderate southerly winds along the coast. Rain likely, followed by colder western areas tonight. Much colder by week’s end with possible shift to east and central portions.
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Tennessee
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Haltford
U. S
W. H. Lawrence
Long Island
Mid-Atlantic
Tunnell
Reich
C. of C
B. S. Hospital
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