Reformers Target County Property Tax in Kansas City
Kansas City reformers led by Porter Hall and Hall Luhnow push a county tax strike after urging adoption of J L Jacobs tax plan. Jacobs valued Jackson County real estate at about 440 million while current assessment stands at 462 million. They threaten to deposit county tax funds into a trust account until reforms pass, backing a broader effort to curb corruption and tax favoritism. The move comes amid a history of dismantling a city political machine and a major gambling ring.
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Kansas City
J L. Jacobs
Chicago
Jacobse
Jackson County
Citizens’ Council
Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate Board
Merchants’ Association
Porter T. Hall
Hall Luhnow
Luhnow
United Campaign Committee
T. J. Pendergast Democratic
Lloyd C. Stark
Allen Southern
Two Atlanta Shoe Salesmen Die From Asphyxiation
In Columbus Georgia on March 4 a coroner's jury ruled two elderly Atlanta shoe salesmen died accidentally of asphyxiation in a rented room. J C Probasto and W H Underwood were from Atlanta and had been drinking Sunday before being asked to leave. The room's oxygen exhausted with a gas heater running full blast.
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Columbus
Atlanta
J. C. Probasto
Georgia Avenue
W. H. Underwood
H. T. Parris
H. M. Woodall
Farris
LaGrange
Virginia
Woodall
Probasco
Groucho Martx
Groucho
Iris Adrian
June MacCloy
Joan Woodbury
Hartselle Rejections Mark Draft Folio At Fort McClellan
A Hartselle board reported rejections on final examinations at Tamp with one note from the Elle board and three from Tur, all Decatur rejections occurring last week as 10 men were sent to Fort McClellan. The Hartselle draftee on furlough said he gained 15 pounds since entering service.
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Tamp
Elle Board
Tur
Decatur
Fort McClellan
Hartselle
Draft Board
Physician killed in head on crash near Greensboro Ala
Dr J F Davis Hale County Alabama was killed instantly and Pierce Wise was injured after a head on collision between the Davis car and a gravel truck five miles from Greensboro on the Tuscaloosa highway.
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Greensboro
Ala
J. F. Davis
Hale County
Ari
Pierce Wise
Davis
Tuscaloosa High
Markets Drift as Recovery Tends Lend Small Stock Gains
Wall Street receipts show moderate demand with light selling fading after a mixed session. Trading volume about 300,000 shares. cotton futures closed unchanged to higher, butter and egg prices largely steady in Chicago reports.
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Wall Street
Victor Pubank
New York
Poultry Market Report From Chicago
Chicago buyers and traders report live poultry offerings including 1 car 26 trucks with firmer prices. Lbs and under 19 1 2 for broilers 2 1 2 lbs and down white rock 19 springs under 4 lbs colored 18.
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Chicago
White Rock
War Department secrecy irks Congress in defense loan debate
Congress criticizes the War Department and Army for withholding details on rearmament progress and equipment sent to Britain. House Military Committee votes to summon Secretary Stimson and General Marshall for questioning as frustration grows over defense program information.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Great Britain
War Department
Army
Roosevelt
Department
Marionette Shows Draw Large Crowds in Decatur
Two full houses attended the Marionette Guild production at River side auditorium Monday. The shows featured Huckleberry Finn and The Count of Monte Cristo under the Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club and the Girls Hi Y Club of Decatur High School. Officals praised the strong turnout and support from local organizations.
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Riverside Auditorium
Marionette Guild
Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
Decatur High School
Sarazen Leads By Three In Four Ball Semi Final
Gene Sarazen fired an eagle to push his team to a three-up lead at the halfway point of the International Four Ball semifinal in Coral Gables Florida. The Brookfield, Connecticut star sank a five foot putt for a three on the 18th after a superb second shot.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Gene Sarazen
Brookfield
Conn
Farmer
Markets at a Glance from New York
March 4 stock standings show steady overall with leaders rallying quietly. Bonds mixed with some rails improving while foreign exchange remains quiet and sterling slips. Cotton gains on mill price fixing. sugar even as trade covers. Copper futures active and higher. wool tops weak with limited buying. Wheat and corn rise on milling demand and sympathetic movement. hogs down ten with lagging demand. steer activity slow and dragging.
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New York
Chicago
Nurses Group Holds Meet at Decatur Clinic
The Benevolent Society Hospital Alumna Association held its regular monthly meeting at the Decatur Clinic Monday. Miss Virginia Runion presided in the president’s absence and officials discussed a fee increase for private duty nurses. A program covered Red Cross nurse duties and "Uncle Bam Needs Nurses" with social hour and refreshments after the session.
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The
Benevolent Society Hospital Alumna Association
Decatur Clinic
Virginia Runion
Esther Marlowe Templeton
Red Cross
Geneva Bridges
Uncle Bam
Raymond
Rochelle
Frances Templeton
Mary Thornton
Frances Coleman
Ruby Sandlin
Bonnie Andrews
Netta Bittick
Martha Hunter
Auto crash toll rises as county records second death
Death in a hospital here last night raised the toll from a Saturday night accident in Houston county. Christine Parrish 14 died after a coupe carrying six high school students overturned on a Cottonwood curve when a tire blew out. Betty Hughes 17 was killed instantly leaving four others with minor injuries.
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Dothan
Ala
Christine Parrish
Houston County
Betty Hughes
Miss Parrish
Cottonwood
Governor vows no losses for Draper prison irregularities
Governor Dixon said he would see to it that prisoners do not suffer any loss from irregularities auditors found in Draper state prison bookkeeping at Splegner. The discrepancies total 2508 dollars, with 1366 dollars in prisoners funds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Draper State Prison
Splegner
Draper
Montgomery seeks school architect applicants by March 27
The State Personnel Department announced in Montgomery that applications are open for a school architect post. Salary ranges from 175 to 225 dollars per month.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Personnel Department
Alabama Promotes Tourism With Two Patrol Car Tour
Two Alabama highway patrolmen will tour Florida for two weeks to attract north bound travelers through Alabama. Sponsored by the State Chamber of Commerce and State Planning Commission, maps and tourism leaflets will be distributed at travel agencies and hotels along the West Florida Coast to Miami and along the central and East Coast routes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Highway
State Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
Miami
T. C. Reid State Chamber
Brick Owens
Highway Patrol
Harold Fisher
George G. Wallace, Jr
Early Sees Poison Plan Confusion Over Defense Setup
White House secretary Stephen Early said efforts to confuse and inject poison into the defense setup are under way and likely connected to opposition to the lease-lend bill. He noted Roosevelt will use an advisory cabinet group as British aid passes.
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Washington
White House
Stephen Earry
Roosevelt
Defense ,Commission
Office For Production Management
Rickenbacker Improves After Plane Crash
Eddie Rickenbacker, World War ace and Eastern Air Lines president, shows slight improvement after a sleeper plane crash near Atlanta. He is quieter, more rational, and requests food, asking for a ham and egg sandwich and a drink. He received blood transfusions and remains in an oxygen tent with a hip fracture and several broken ribs.
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Atlanta
Eddie Rickenbacker
Here
Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
New York
Ship Losses Rise Significantly in Week Ended Feb 23
British and allied merchant shipping losses reached 14 ships totaling 60 868 tons in the week ending February 23 24, the admiralty announced. The report covers ships sunk as Adolf Hitler claimed 215 000 tons were sunk in two days, a figure later revised by the high command. The week’s losses more than doubled from the prior period. three ships from a convoy attacked near the Azores were counted as lost, with eight of the convoy’s 19 ships confirmed sunk or missing.
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London
Admiralty
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Azores
Fech
Alabama War Department call bids 925 from March dates
Alabama was called by the War Department for 925 draftees between March 21 and 28. It marks the second March call and brings the state’s total to 4425 men across five calls. Of the new quota 725 are white and 200 are negroes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
War Department
Hagerman Speaks at Lambda Pi Sigma Frat Meeting
Lambda Pi Sigma held a weekly meeting in room 5 at Central High School with O. B. Hagerman principal of Gordon Bibb School as guest speaker at a Rotary Club event. Members Bobby Catlett Thomas Davidson and others attended the luncheon and social committee scheduled a later meeting at Elmer Loyd's Grant Street home.
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Lambda Pi Sigma Fraternity
Central High School
Hagerman
Gordon Bibb School
Rotary Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Bobby Catlett
Thomas Davidson
Thomas Hunter
Junior King
Joe Smith
Gayle Redditt
Frank Moore
FE. W. Strothers
Elmer Loyd
Grant Street
Civitan essay contest visits Danville Eva High Schools
Decatur Civitan Club committees toured Danville High School and Eva High School as part of the Civitan International essay contest on citizenship. Essays must be submitted by March 15 to the local club, then to the district chairman by April 15, with district winners due to the international chairman by May 1.
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Decatur Civitan Club
Morgan County
Civitan International
United States
Civitan Club
Danville High School
Marvin Hester
Tom Hamilton
L. R. Stone
Casto Jarvis
Eva High School
A. M. Roan
Rev
O. B. Lansbury
Robin Thomas
Hitler’s Balkans Move Shapes War Front and Greece Pressure
War column notes Hitler seeks Balkans control down to the Aegean and the Dardanelles to shield eastern defenses and threaten Turkey. He may pause to press Greece with threats, while Yugoslavia could join the axis. Britain remains stronger in the Mediterranean despite losses from Mussolini’s Greek campaign.
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Germany
England
Hitler
British Isles
Balkans
Greece
T' Aegean Sea
Dardanelles
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Axis
Britain
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Il Duce
Bulgaria
Russia
Berlin
Kremlin
London
Adolf Hitler
Eden
Anthony Eden
Imperial
Sir John Dill
Athens
Decatur Diary Highlights Local Birthdays Notices and Visits
A long list of social items from Decatur notes a birthday dinner for Earl Arlow Tal Legg and Mrs. Filmer Story at the Legg home with numerous relatives present. Other notes include Leroy McEntire tapped for Scabbard and Blade at the University of Alabama, Sandra Maude Rivens birth, church events, hospital updates, and various visitors and gatherings around town.
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Talmadge Legg
Earl
Arlow
Tal Legg
Filmer Story
Earl Legg
Josephine
Charles Wayne
Floyd
Martha
Clarence Sparkman
Leona
Orval
Cleo
Colman
Bobby
Billy Sparkman
Bera West
Dorothy West
Leroy McEntire
Decatur
University of Alabama
Effort to Resume Defense Production Faces CIO Demands
The office of production management advanced a plan to restart $45 million in army and navy contracts while a CIO labor dispute loomed. A proposed referee was rejected by firm management which seeks contract terms not imposing a union shop. Additional strikes hit four International Harvester plants, S. White Dental, Burke Rene Tool, and Curtiss Wright Propeller Division with Neville Island halting output.
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Office of Production Management
OPM
Thomas F. Burns
CIO
International Harvester Company
Ilinois
Indiana
8’ S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
New York
Burkerene Tool Company
Conneaut
Curtiss “Wright Corporation
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
War drift and diplomacy swirl as Bulgaria crisis deepens
Balkan tension rises as Poland Belgium and Netherlands break relations with Bulgaria and head for Istanbul. Rendel signals Britain may sever ties within 36 hours while Soviet and German moves reshape the Balkan front amid Greek British plans for aid.
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Bulgaria
Istanbul
Rendel
Sofia
George W. Rendel
Balkan
Turkey
Ankara
Turke
Ismet Inonu
Adolf Hitler
Distch
Belgrade
Greece
Italy
London
Britain
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
Athens
Soviet
Russia
Prut
Rumania
Britain to consolidate civilian industries for arms output
London March 4. The British government will shut down or merge civilian sectors employing up to a million workers to shift manpower to arms production. Hosiery pottery textiles and leather face early cuts. 50 to 90 industries may be affected as firms consolidate under government pressure. Up to 750,000 workers could be freed for munitions work.
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London
House of Commons
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Lyttleton
Littleton
Senate session shifted earlier as debates stall progress
The Senate opened an hour early amid calls to speed proceedings but faced opposition from Clark Wheeler and other dissenters who refused consent to limit debate. Schwartz criticized delayed actions claiming Britain needs support while the public backs the president against voices urging negotiated peace.
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Senate
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Clark
D-Mon
Wheeler
Schwartz
D-Wyo
Britain
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Peeve Solons
Sarazen
Early
Marvin Rivens
W. Moulton Street
Sandra Maude
Emens Clinic
T. R. Harrison
R. M. Howell
First Methodist Church
Lula Walden
Austinville
Louisville
Dan Walden
Dawson Taylor
Kenneth
Huntsville
Elmer Tate
W. M. VA
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Mia. I. W. Myers
Vinemont
Margaret Fuller
Martinsville, Va
Emma Thorsen
Madison
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E. T. Town
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Elbert Drinkard
Falkville
Westminister Presbyterian Sunday School
Pol Dailey
Baugh's Infirmary
G. C. Gillespie
Moulton
Herbert Warren
Birmingham
Ava Roberson
A. L. Echols
Somerville
Pitts Mitchell
Ardmore
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
St. John’s Episcopal Guild House
Charley Beckus
Joe Mitchell
Memphis
Earl Vigreux
L. L. Roberts
Lacon
W. M. Simmons
Brown
Benevolent Society Hospital
Sixth Avenue West
Jessie Mae Tolleson
Earl Smith
G. L. Newby
R. V. Hutson
City
Lavinia Roberts
Co. K. Holt
Danville
Route 3
Nell Mullins
Sir John
London Times
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Cradiff
Wales
RAF
Rhineland
Far East
Thailand
Indo-China
Japan
Vichyma
Cambodia
Laos
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