Greeks Reject Pressure for Italian Peace
Belgrade reports say Romania's premier Ion Antonescu rushed to Vienna to confer with Goering as Soviet demands Romanian naval base cession. Britain and Greece brace for German moves, with Eden and Dill informing a satisfactory Athens agreement on actions if Germany attacks. Greece vows to fight, while German divisions near the frontier and Bulgariain Macedonia.
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Belgrade
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Vienna
Marshal Goering
Soviet
Russia
Rumania
Black Sea
Bucharest
Athens
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
Germany
Greece
Bulgaria
Italy
Sofia
Lister Aluminum Plant Nears Full Capacity in Alabama
Reynolds Metals announces the Lister plant in Lister Alabama will start April 1 with 40 million pounds annual capacity. Production reaches by July, aided by power from Bonneville Dam projects and an expanded rolling mill on a wartime defense contract. About 950 workers will be employed jointly at the reduction and rolling facilities.
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Lister
Ala
Richard S. Reynold
Reynolds Metals Company
Reynolds
Bonneville-Grand Coulee
Pacific Coast
Louisville
Richmond
Aluminum
America
Muscle Shoals
Bonneville Dam
Dutch Fast Indies
Henry County
Alaabama
War Department
Decatur Chamber Nears 1941 Membership Campaign Goal
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce membership drive nears $4,000 of the $8,000 goal as 319 memberships are turned in at noon. Cash accounts for about 75 percent of the total while Rogers and T H Fitzpatrick lead the financial effort. About thirty teams of civic workers seek to pledge the full amount to launch the 1941 organization with broad community development aims.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Re. Rogers
T. H. Fitzpathy
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Health and Safety Meet Time Changed for Scouts
The Health and Safety course for all men interested in Boy Scouting will start at 8:00 PM on Friday night March 7 at the First Baptist church due to a scheduling conflict. Men from Cullman and Ione counties are invited and future session dates will be set at this time.
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First Baptist Church
Cullman
Ione Counties
Five Die In Road Crash In Massachusetts
Five civilians were killed in a multi-vehicle crash near Aver, Mass. An automobile collided head on with a bus carrying Fort Devens soldiers, then struck a second bus. Police identified three women and two men among the dead, with one car license found on a body and 204 others remain unidentified.
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Anthony A. Ribnick
Boston
Man admits killing four in Lewiston family murder case
Arthur Pellertin, 24, described by police as confessing to shooting four family members due to being henpecked, faced arraignment in district court on a murder charge in Lewiston, Maine. He reportedly surrendered the pistol and stated, I've shot four people.
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Lewiston
Arthur Pellertin
Thomas Johnson
Cooly
Costly Blaze Destroys Hartselle Barn and Stock
Hartselle planter Henry Stephenson suffered major losses when a fire of unknown origin destroyed his barn and stock. Discovered at 3 30 this morning the blaze ruined a horse, four mules and four Jersey cows three cows were saved with burns. Investigators consider accidental arson linked to a corn theft theory.
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Henry Stephenson
Hartselle
Stephenson
Dardanelles as focal point in wartime strategy
War column notes the Dardanelles as the key link between Black Sea and Mediterranean and a decisive objective for Russia and Germany. A Bolshevik note to Sofia is cited as signaling shifts in Bulgarian policy, signaling broader moves in the Southeastern Europe conflict.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Russia
Germany
Balkans
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Europe
Dardenelles
Sofia
Soviet Break With Nazis Is Predicted
Diplomats in Sofia report a German effort to win Turkey away from Britain by offering protection against Russia. The text notes a mysterious German plane sighting over Ankara and hints Britain and Russia have historic interests in the Dardanelles, with Turkey under guardianship.
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Germany
Bulgaria
Ankara
Hitler
Turkey
Sofia
Britain
Reich
Russia
Dardanelles
Soldiers Stop Here For Brief Exercise Period
More than 150 soldiers traveling by train stopped at Decatur station for 20 minutes on their way to Fort McClellan. Entrainment was at Buffalo and the unit is from Central New York. Locals asked questions as troops stretched their legs and walked toward Bank Street business district.
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Decatur
Decatur Station
Fort McClellan
Central New York Area
Buffalo
Bank Street
Goodyear Plans New Aircraft Plant in Akron
Goodyear Aircraft Corp announces immediate start on a new Akron plant to employ about 5 000 workers building tall surfaces wings and fuselages for Martin bombers. The venture combines Goodyear Chrysler and Martin in a national defense effort boosting Akron defense orders toward 250 million dollars.
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Akron. O
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Martin
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Ler Corp
Martin Co
Aha
Goodyear Aircraft
Goodyear
K. T. Keller
Chrysler-Martin
Akron
Beacon Journal
Alabama governor seeks full report on Houston county kidnaping case
State Safety Director James F. Brawner was asked by Governor Dixon to investigate the alleged kidnaping of Houston county farmer D. P. Vann. Sheriff B. G. Farmey said Tom Melton was bonded on $500 for kidnaping charges after Vann claimed he was forced back to Florida six miles inside Alabama on Feb. 21. Florida deputies face complaints as well in the cross state incident.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Safety
James F. Brawner
Dixon
Houston County
Florida
Alabama
Tom Melton
Brawner
B. G. Farmey
Dothan
Melton
D. P. Vann
Houston
Vann
Metlon
Miss Runge's Rites Today
Funeral services for Miss Ella Runge age 25 who died Sunday at Mansfield Ohio were held at 2 30 this afternoon at Union Hill conducted by Rev Roscoe Wilhite with burial by Drinkard. She lived at Falkville Route 1 and had recently moved to Mansfield for work. Survived by father M M Runge Falkville Route 1 a brother Bobby five sisters Mrs Summerford Mrs Leon Martin Mrs John Hardin Miss Wanza Runge Mrs Joseph Wallace of Lacon Route 1 two half sisters Mrs Robert Williams Vinemont Mrs G L Ford and a half brother Bruce lle Falkville Route 1.
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Ella Runge
Mansfield
Ohio
Orlo Summerford
Union Hill
Roscoe Wilhite
Drinkard
Miss Runge
Falkville
Senate limits on British aid act approved in Washington
Senate leaders moved to curb any British aid amendments that would restrict American troops to the Western Hemisphere. An amendment requiring Congress approval for future expenditures was adopted to prevent a blank check. It allows transfers of $1.3 billion in already owned or appropriated military equipment without new authorization. The bill also carries a termination date of July 1, 1948.
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Washington
Senate
Hull
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Con
Mrs Palmer Dies At Home Aged 50
Mrs J H Palmer 50 died at 8 40 p m Tuesday at her home 900 Olive street after months of illness Funeral services set for Thursday 2 p m at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev C L Dobbs in charge Burial at Roselawn Cemetery Pallbearers listed and floral attendants named Survivors include husband two daughters a sister two brothers and three grandchildren.
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J. H. Palmer
Olive Street
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
McAfee, Howell and Young
Roselawn Cemetery
Palmer
Fred George
Florence
Paul Kornis
Decatur
Annie Davis
Abner
Robert Dicky
F. G. Segars
Co. L. Buck
J. C. Mahaffey, Jr
Les McCluskey
Lile Drain
Herbert Higdon
Cecil Ryan
Floyd Curry
Alvin Ryan
Ruth Palmer
Irene Gosline
Katherine Higdon
Regulatory authority clash over board power in Alabama
The Alabama Court of Appeals ruled a conservation department regulation banning sales or offers for sale of game fish unconstitutional, prompting potential Supreme Court review. If upheld, many agency regulations could lose legal force and shift rulemaking back to the legislature, affecting health, sanitation, and wildlife programs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Court of Appeals
Conservation Department
Geneva Circuit Court
Appeals Court
Lawson
Alabama Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Geneva Court
Health Board
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Capitol
State Board of Health
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
Agriculture Department
Washington
Congress
Executive Department
Conservation
Conservation Board
Attorney General Lawson Appeals Supreme Court Review
Attorney General Lawson intends to seek Supreme Court review after the court of appeals today set aside as unconstitutional the rules and regulations issued by Alabama boards and commissions.
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Atttorney
Lawson
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Alabama Boards and Commissions
Landing Dock Proposed by Comdr Q and Yacht Club
Commodore Q Eddens of the Wheeler Lake Yacht Club reports to the Authority that two floating landing docks are proposed on the Tennessee river at Bank Street. Each 20 by 10 feet, the wood docks would serve visiting boats. Decatur has allotted 300 for 12 boat slips. Morgan county revenue board to be asked for matching funds. A Yacht Club committee will meet Monday with local officials. M H Kiser to represent TVA.
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Commodore Q, KB. Eddens
Wheeler Lake
Yacht Club
Tennessee River
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
R. BE. Rogers
Billy Wyker
F. D. Peebles
M. H. Kiser
TVA
Murder charge arrests man after weeks of search near Belle Mina
Willie Mack 28 a Black man was arrested at a Belle Mina area house at 7 30 Tuesday night on a murder charge. He is accused of fatally stabbing Andrew Clark, another Black man, in Decatur last month. Mack was held in the county jail after transfer from Decatur by Deputies J B Whitmire J W McCall W E Kilgore and State Troopers Julius Hale and M C Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mack
Belle Mina
Mack
Andrew Clark
J. B. Whitmire
J. W. McCall
W. E. Kilgore
Julius Hale
M. 8. Chambers
Decatur
Scout Training Course Offered at First Baptist Church
A Scout training course will be offered Friday evening at eight o'clock in the First Baptist church. All Scouters and others interested in Scout work are invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
Ingalls Units in Magic City Threatened Strike May Hit Defense Plants
AFL members threaten to strike at Ingalls Iron Works in Birmingham over wage and security clauses. The plant holds defense contracts near 100 million dollars. A wave of defense related walkouts troubles facilities from Maryland to North Carolina and Ohio, with roving unions pressing for cost and work rules. The national response includes government statements and mediation efforts as strikes ripple through critical aircraft and weapons projects.
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Associated Press Afl
Ingalls Iron Works Company
Birmingham
Maryland
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Edgenater Arsenal
Glenn L. Martin
CIO
Aluminum Company of America
Edgewater
N.J
North Carolina
AFL
Wright Field
Ohio
Camp Davis
North Caroli
Frank Sheehan
North Carolina Labor Department
War Department
United States
Penner Construction Company
Roosevelt
Defense
General Reserve Depot
Columbus
Ford
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Norfolk
Castings, Inc
Cleveland
Neville Island
Curtiss Wright Corporation
CIIO
Com
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River gauge reads 15.45 feet with a cold pattern across Alabama. Temperatures range from a high of 64 to a low of 26 with frost in interior southern portions tonight. Thursday expects fair skies, with northeast winds, and a warming trend in western areas toward night.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Freeding
Wight
West
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