Seattle Blackout Test Shuts City Lights For Fifteen Minutes
Seattle conducted a planned blackout from 10 40 to 10 55 p m with almost all lighting extinguished. Traffic stopped at city lines and only essential lights remained. Crowds gathered downtown, marched in the streets, and movie houses paused before resuming. Major Gen John F Curry praised volunteers and wardens for enforcing the ordinance and maintaining order.
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Seattle
Island of Blackness
John F. Curry
Army Air Corps
Lega
French Navy to Protect Shipping in Case of British Attacks
Paris dispatch quotes Fernand de Brinon that the French fleet will provide armed protection for French vessels if British attacks continue on French shipping. Admiral Jean Darlan told Admiral Leahy of U S that France will defend its seaborne trade even at odds with Britain.
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Berlin
DNB
Paris
Fernand de Brinon
Jean Darlan
Vichy
United States
William D. Leahy
Darlan
Tennessee Poll Tax Upheld by Sixth Circuit Court
The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Tennessee's poll tax as constitutional. The decision affirms a district court ruling in Henry C. Pirtle of Grundy County. Appellate Judge Ben Hicks wrote that states may through constitutional convention set voter qualification rules and franchise limits.
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Cincinnati
Sixth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tennessee
U. S. District Court
Henry C. Pirtle
Grfindy County
Appelletée
Ben Hicks
Lost Key Case at Hill Chevrolet Involves Six Keys
A notice reports a lost key case at Hill Chevrolet with six keys attached to an imprint. A reward is offered for return of the keys.
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Hill Chevrolet
Sugar company issues drive muted Wall Street trading
Payers entered the sugar company sector while other departments saw little movement. Most issues closed unchanged as the two hour turnover neared 150000 shares, among the smallest since last August, with minor fractional variations across the board.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Markets at a Glance New York Summary
Markets at a Glance reports mixed stocks with sugar rallying and bonds edging higher. The Argentine peso sits near 194, cotton, wool, and metals show buying, while Chicago wheat jumps on short covering and mill demand. Cattle and hog prices hold steady with top hog quotes around 7.86.
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New York
Bombay
Wall Street
Chicago
Cotton futures rise with new crop highs in New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 8 traders pushed cotton futures higher as speculative buying continued. New crop months reached season highs while old crop contracts closed steadier, with gains of 6 to 13 points across the board as March, May, and July prices quoted and moved.
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N. C
New Orleans
SNB
Seeenies
New York Cotton Futures Rise Amid Modest Gains
New crop deliveries advanced in cotton futures with gains of 1 to 10 points. May, July, October, December and January contracts posted modest increases as quotes hovered around the day’s range. Middling spot rose to 10.88, up 1.0.
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N. Y
New York
Cottonseed Oil Market Steady In New Orleans
Cottonseed oil closed steady in New Orleans on March 8 with bleached and unbleached varieties showing little change as traders awaited further market guidance.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures close steady with modest gains
Spot cotton closed steady up six points as sales reached 181. The market showed low middling 9.14 cents, middling 10.59, good middling 11.14, with receipts at 2,613 and stocks at 534,922.
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New Orleans
Chicago Market Quotations Hold Steady Across Staples
Chicago reports butter at 678032, egg receipts 13822, market firm with prices unchanged for other commodities. No changes in overall market tone as demand and supply remain balanced.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Report From Nashville Letter
Salable cattle 26 calves 25. Slaughter cattle steady to firm. stockers slow but clearances good. Feeder yearlings and steers 9.50 to 10.50. heifers and yearlings 7.50 to 9.00. Cows 7.00 up. canners 4.50 to 6.00. Top vealers 11.00. Hog market mostly 20 cents lower. top 7.30 for 190-250 lb and 5.80 to 6.60 for 125-185 lb. sows 5.20. Sheep light. ewes and wethers 9.00 to 10.00. springers 16.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Dept. Agri
Cash grain prices on Chicago board list different wheat and soybeans levels
Market note shows cash wheat and corn quotes with various class grades and numbers for No 3 red No 4 yellow No 4 mixed and No 3 white wheat, oats and soybeans with prices and samples across grades. Includes No 2 yellow soybeans at 97 1 2 and other minor quotes.
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CASH
Chicago
Greece asks Turkey to define position on mutual defense
Diplomatic sources say Greece asked Turkey to state its stance on fulfilling mutual assistance treaties if German troops threaten Bulgaria. They seek Turkey’s reply on Thrace and eastern Macedonia in light of Nazi invasion fears, underpinned by 1933 mutual defense pacts and the 1934 Balkan Entente.
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Belgrade
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Thrace
Macedonia
Ankara
Snow reaches central Mississippi in first Jackson snow of winter
Snow extended into central Mississippi with flakes falling in Jackson but melting as temperatures climbed toward 50 degrees. It marked Jackson’s first snow of the season.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Senate Work On Naval Aid Bill Near Final Vote
Senate action continues on the naval aid bill with administration leaders predicting final passage tonight or tomorrow. Senator Walsh urges a provision prohibiting transfer of any vessel or aircraft not replaceable within 90 days, while other Senate amendments face likely defeat as the bill moves toward final approval.
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Barkley
House
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Pflender
Clark
Barkiey
Mass
Debate on naval policy and Senate vote dominates
US and German press spar over Turkey Greece and Roosevelt policy while the Senate moves quickly after 17 days of debate. Norris amendment fails 2 to 39 as Hattie Carraway voices mothers’ aid concerns and a broader clash over anti Nazi and anti Soviet provisions emerges.
Decatur News Diary Teems With Local Visits and Births
Local notes report Mrs Mary R Thompson Miss Nancy Thompson and families returning from Russellville Ky for a funeral. Birth announced for Carole Anne daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Gingrich of Charlotte NC. Also several hospital stays and visits across Decatur with multiple names and places noted.
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Nancy Thompson
J. T. Weatherly, Jr
Joe Weatherly
Russellville
Kentucky
D.S. Campbell
John L. Gingrich
Charlotte, N. C
Carole Anne
Joe Weatherly, Jr
Russellville, Ky
Dan Campbell
Mrs Morrow Urges Prompt Lend Lease Vote
Mrs Dwight Morrow mother in law of Col Charles A Lindbergh and widow of the late ambassador to Mexico appeals for swift passage of the lend lease bill to show unity in wartime crisis. She criticizes Senate minority for delaying help to Britain and cites Dunkirk as a wake up call.
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New York
Dwight Morrow
Charles A. Andbergh
Mexico
Hitler
CBS
Britain
Dunkerque
France
Senate
Labor strikes and wage demands ripple across Detroit and Pittsburgh
Labor disputes stall Detroit tank arsenal installation as CIO workers press for higher pay and vacations. In Detroit 600 CIO members walk out at Federal Motor Truck Co, with $5 million in defense orders seeking raises and benefits for drafted men. In Pittsburgh the CIO Steel Workers reject a 12.5 cent offer from United States Steel and threaten to terminate the contract, invoking a 20 day cancellation clause if no agreement is reached. Buyers and sellers note Want Ads as a means to move inventories efficiently.
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Detroit
CIO
Federal Motor Truck Company
Pittsburgh
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Fire damages home in Somerville but no loss reported
A defective flue caused a small blaze at Tom Prosser's residence 404 Fourth Avenue West, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. No damage occurred. Knox L. McRae and wife announce the birth of son Knox L. McRae Jr. on March 7 at Benevolent Society Hospital. Ernest Waters and wife announce the birth of a daughter on March 8 at Emens Clinic.
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Mrs
Knox McRae
Benevolent Hospital
Knox Larry McRae
Terry O'Brien
San Diego
California
Second Avenue
Benevolent Society Hospital
J. G. Rogers
Fifth Avenue, South
Baugh’s Infirmary
Tom Prosser
Fourth Avenue
West
Knox L. McRae
Knox L. McRae, Jr
Ernest Waters
Emens Clinic
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