Campaign for Civic Unit Starts Strong in Decatur
Campaign volunteers raised 2700 of an 8000 dollar budget for 1941 as about 60 Decatur residents gathered at Hotel Lyons for a Kick-off Breakfast. R F Buck Rogers and Tom Fitzpatrick led solicitors urging immediate field work to enlist roughly 700 members for the Chamber of Commerce and community programs.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Lyons
R. EF
Buck” Rogers
Tom H. Fitzpatrick
Barrett Shelton
John A. Caddell
E. W. McLeod
James Rankin
T J. Cottingham
John M. Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Fitzpatrick
Chamber of the Office
Joe Wilder
Harry Shannon
Philip Shanks
W. Y. Williams
Julian Harris
Dwight Mixson
Civic Unit
Funeral Service for Clinton D. Glaze in Athens
Funeral services for Clinton D. Glaze 81 a longtime Limestone County business leader were held at his home with Dr J L Jolly officiating Burial followed in AGE Cemetery McConnell in charge Surviving sons Luther D Glaze and Clinton D Glaze Jr daughter Mrs J B Carrington and three sisters Athens residents Active pallbearers included Bruce Nelson W H Nelson and others Glaze pioneer developer and first president of the old Farmers & Merchants Bank of Athens a prominent merchant and land owner.
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Athens
Ala
Clinton D. Glaze
J. L. Jolly
First Christian Church of
Florence
T Ceased
AGE
McConnell
Luther D. Glaze
Clinton D. Glaze, Jr
California
Mary Louise Lott Victim of Illness
Two year nine month old Mary Louise Lott died at 12:40 Tuesday morning at her parents home on 1812 avenue east. Funeral services will be held at Lees Wednesday afternoon with burial by McAfee Howell and Young. Survived by parents four brothers Paul Willard Franklin James and a sister Vivian.
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Mary Louise Lott
Alton Lott
1812 Avenue
East
Lees
Fiendship
McAfee
Howell
Young
Paul, Willard
Franklin
James Lott
Vivian Lott
Effort Redoubled to Head Off CIO Strikes at Ford Plants
AFL strikes hit Wright Field Ohio delaying work on a $5.9 million set of projects at a major aircraft center. In Detroit area Ford plants faced mediation over disputes tied to defense orders while North Carolina saw 4,000 to 6,000 workers strike a $15 million anti aircraft range project. Patterson urged a revived labor board to ease tensions amid ongoing walkouts and contract talks.
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CIOS
FORD
Associated Press
AFL
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
War Department
United States
Department
Penner Installation Corporation
Penner
CIO
John Breidenbach
State Mediation Board
Cal
Cio-United Anti- Workers
Tomobile
Rouge, Highland Park
Lincoln
Mediation Board
North Carolina
Congress
Robert Patterson
Patterson
House Judiciary
Labor Board
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Foes May Win Point In Bill As Hull Shows Interest
Washington report says administration leaders weigh an amendment by Senator O Mahoney to bar use of army or navy for delivering war supplies to Great Britain. The move aims to clear the way for swift action on the lease lend bill. White House aides push for a final roll call by Saturday amid optimistic plans.
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Washington
Great Britain
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Ellender
D-La
Hull
O’mahoney
White House
Barkley
Hartselle 10 Send 14 Men Into Service
Fourteen Morgan county volunteers registered at draft board No. 2 in Hartselle are set to report Thursday March 6 for Fort Barrancas Florida. The Hartselle board filled its quota with volunteers listing 14 men with ages and addresses.
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Morgan County
Bartselle
Fort Barrancas
Florida
Hartselle
Arlin Blackwood
Danville
James Pat Watkins
Homer Lyle Garrison
Somerville
Ed Frank Maddox
Falkville
Alvie Sapp
Oscar Tidwell
Talmadge Goree
Gurnie Hidgon
Grady Lee Jackson
Robert James Wolfe
Hubert Blevins
Dee Voy Maddox
George Bentley White
Moulton
Archie McNutt
Mr. White
Board No. 1
Decatur
Fort McClellan
Anniston
Cases Completed On Circuit Court Docket
Five cases on the criminal docket were disposed of with two trials finished today and one plea of guilty. Columbus Cosby was found guilty of grand larceny and sentenced to three years. John Bell pled guilty to forgery and received two years. Guy Long was found guilty of assault and battery and fined twenty dollars. Mat Chenault pled guilty to assault and battery and was fined fifty dollars. Louise Adkins was fined five hundred ninety dollars after Monday’s trial for assault with intent to murder.
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Circuit Court
Columbus Cosby
Columbus Cosbie
Columbus Crosbie
John Bell
Seybourn H. Lynne
Guy Long
Mat Chenault
Louise Adkins
Youth Admits Role in Pappas Slaying and Attacks
A 23 year old Harrisburg native Joseph Ovek admitted to involvement in the strangulation death of Bronx housewife Mrs Catherine Pappas and assaults on at least 15 women in Philadelphia Newark Washington and other cities. He gained access by feigning friendship with husbands and used hitchhiking to gather information. He was taken to the Bronx for arraignment on murder charges after police connected hotel registrations and handwriting samples.
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New York
Catherine Pappas
Bronx
Seaboard
Samuel J. Foley
Joseph Ovek
Harrisburg
Pappas
Philadelphia
Newark
Washington
Foley
Cook
Mills
West Side
Manhattan
Alcohol officers seize two stills and raid Athens home
T C Burgess and Herman Sandlin of the alcohol tax unit raided two stills near Hebron west of Guntersville, destroying plants and pouring out 500 gallons of beer mash. They also, with others, raided a home near Athens confiscating 20 gallons of corn whiskey and 58 pints of bonded whiskey, with a warrant issued for the barn owner.
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T. C. Burgess
Herman Sandlin
Alcohol Tax Unit
Hebron
Guntersville
Sandlin
Burgess
H.L. Slaughter
Alcohol Unit
Martin Whitt
J.B Hargrove
Limestone County
Athens
Decatur Chamber asks locals to list available rooms and spaces
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce urged residents to list all available houses apartments and rooms for rental or potential use. The plea asks callers to phone 69 at once and notes many homeowners may have extra space unused in emergencies.
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Decatu
Chamber of Commerce Today
Man Works Ten Days With Broken Back After Fall
Jack Rhodes a 245 pound construction worker from Ocean City New Jersey fell from a freight car and initially showed no fracture. An X ray later revealed a broken back that kept him in a cast for three months after ten days of work.
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Philadelphia
Jack Rhodes
Ocean City
N. J
Dockets Set by Griffith for Alabama Spring Circuit Court
Judge A A Griffith of Cullman set the spring jury session docket in Athens Alabama. Civil trials begin March 24 and criminal trials begin March 31. The civil docket lists only fifteen cases with eleven backlog from prior terms. The criminal docket is similarly light.
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Athens
Ala
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
Circuit Court
Mrs. Millie Adams Dies at Home in Limestone County
Mrs. Millie Adams, 29, died at 1 p m Monday at her Athens Route 1 home. Final rites were held at Reunion Limestone County with burial directed by Mc Afee Howell and Young. She is survived by husband Wesley Adams four sons Robert Dewey J W and Ollie Adams two daughters Elizabeth and Hazel Adams her mother Mrs Robert Smith and three brothers.
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Millie. Adams
Athens
Reunion
Limestone County
McAfee, Howell and Young
Adams
Wesley Adams
Robert
Dewey
J. W
Ollie Adams
Elizabeth
Hazel Adams
Robert Smith
Funeral set for H R Terry farmer 66
Henry R. Terry a well known farmer from Moulton route 4 died of a heart attack at noon Monday while dining at home. Funeral services 10 a m Wednesday at Jones Chapel Lawrence county with Rev W W Aldridge and Rev M L Thrasher officiating. Burial in Jones Chapel cemetery. Survived by widow five daughters seven sons 20 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed as T M Mote J L Smith Lurr Hill Marvin Mote J B Terry J D Lang.
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Henry R. Terry
Moulton
Jones Chapel
Lawrence County
W. W. Aldridge
M. L. Thrasher
Drinkard
Terry
J. L. Smith
John D. Lang
M. A. Mote
John B. Terry
Larr Hill
H. IL
Monroe
Hanceville
Tennie
Harbin
Clark
Lee Terry
Fort Benning
Georgia
T. M. Mote
Lurr Hill
Marvin Mote
J. B. Terry
J. D Lang
Turkey warned to join Axis as Balkans tension rises
Britain threatens to cut diplomatic ties with Nazi dominated Bulgaria as Turkey faces pressure from Berlin. UK envoy Rendel informs US diplomat Farle of possible war expansion. Turkey's cabinet in emergency session considers Hitler message amid German coercion. Russia aims to open access via the Dardanelles as Greece faces German demands.
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Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Melnik
Trigrad
Svilengrad
Dardanelles
Marmara
Istanbul
Yugoslavia
Germany
Italy
Albania
Anthony Eden
Athens
Royal Air Force
Crete
Great Britain
George W. Rendel
United States
George H. Farle
Balkans
Rendel
Earle
Legation
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Axia
Reich
Russia
Darrdanelles
Nasi
Berlin
Britain
Death of Negro Shot by City Detective Ruled Justifiable
Coroner Gip M. Evans ruled the death of Oscar Powell, 23, as justifiable homicide after he was shot Saturday by Birmingham detective D. L. Houston during an attempted theft arrest. Detectives said they warned Powell with two shots into the air before the fatal shot, and an overcoat found on Powell was identified as stolen from a nearby automobile.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gip M. Evans
Oscar Powell
D. L. Houston
Evans
Houston
Abe Goldstein
Workers Council to Meet Tonight at First Methodist
The Workers Council of the First Methodist church will meet this evening at 6:45 for supper and a business session. Miss Mamie Ledbetter of Birmingham will be the principal speaker.
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Workers Council
The
First Methodist Church
Mamie Ledbetter
Birmingham
Balkans Crisis Deepens as Soviet Rejects Bulgarian Occupation
The note signals rising tension as Russia objects to German troop occupation of Bulgaria. The statement is seen as cautious and evasive, offering little clarity while highlighting the risk of widening conflict.
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Balkans
Russia
Bulgaria
Germany
Balkan
Soviet Note Sparks Uncertain Moves and Turkish Impact
The Moscow note stirs mystery with possible warning to Hitler while German circles deem it theoretical as Russia seems non threatening. Britain and Dill plan quick aid for Greece if Germany attacks, a move Turkey watches for potential allied support or entry.
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Hitler
Belgrade
Moscow
Russia
Turkey
London
Athens
Eden
John Dill
Imperial General Staff
Greece
Germany
Britain
Japan Sets Final Reply Time on Indo China Border Dispute
Tokyo reports Japan has again demanded a final France reply by Wednesday noon on the Indo-China border dispute with Thailand. Minister Yosuke Matsuoka told French Ambassador Charles Arsene Henry that a final answer is expected, with a possible Japan-sponsored conference decision that night depending on France's response.
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Tokyo
Matsuoka
Japan
Turkey Tightens War Prep as Germany Strikes Cardiff
The Turkish cabinet pressed industries to report raw material stocks to gauge wartime capacity while Britain and the United States noted renewed German air raids. Luftwaffe bombs hit Cardiff in a major fire raid as RAP bombers attacked Cologne, with casualties and destruction reported. The Red Cross dispatched ambulances from London as Balkan crisis neared a breaking point with Britain considering broader war actions.
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Hitler
Turkey
Germany
Luftwaffe
Cardiff
South Wales
Cologne
Rhineland
American Red Cross
London
Balkans
Britain
Tennessee River Gauge Drops as Weather Pattern Shifts
The river at 15.49 feet and falling Tuesday. Temperature ranged from 43 to 67 degrees with 0.18 inches of rainfall. Alabama forecast calls for fair and colder conditions, freezing in the north, with improving but breezy coastal winds and cooler southeastern areas.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Crook Ae Wen
Risi
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Rye
N.Y
Otto Klemperer
Morristown
Fred A. Roff
Klemperer
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James William Thomas Boswell
Texas
Decatur Route 1
Robert Brady
Winchester
Bartlett
Tirana
Corfu
Miles
SOFIA
Plovdiv
Salonika
Corinth
Mediterranean Sea
Izmir
Griffith
Millie Adams
H. R. Terry
Workers’ Council
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