University Board Reinstates Dismissed Students After Huey Long Fallout
Huey Long era tensions at Louisiana State University sparked dismissals of seven journalism students led by Jesse Ourer and Cal Abram amid criticism of Long's influence. The board of supervisors, now under Governor Sam H. Jones, voted to grant full apology, remove dismissal records, and offer readmission. Dr. James Monroe Smith, once university president, serves 8 to 24 years in prison for related 1939 scandals.
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lMer
Long
Abe Michal
Louisiana
State Senate
Huey Long
Jesse H. Ourer
the Reveille
Car Corbin
Cal Abraham
Stanley Man
David McQuire
Sam Montague
University of Missouri Journalism School
J. Y. Fauntleroy
New Orleans
James Monroe Smith
State Penitentiary
Greece Gains in Tepeleni and Lake Orchid Front
A Athens spokesman and Yugoslav dispatches report Greeks advancing in Tepeleni and Lake Orchid as Mussolini’s high command says Italian forces repulsed in Viosa Valley. Other fronts show British and Italian actions in East Africa and the Libyan Desert with mixed outcomes.
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Athens
Tepeleni
Lake Orchid
Mussolini
Viosa
High Command
Eritrea
East Africa
Cheren
Dagha Bar
Ethiopia
Cairo War Bulletin
Libyan Desert
Berlin
France
Britain
New York
Franco
Spain
Joy
America
U. S
Germany
Mediterranean
Roosevelt seeks 7 billion for defense aid via H R 1776
President Roosevelt transmits a 7 billion dollar defense to aid democracies, urging immediate enactment. The plan funds ordnance, aircraft, tanks, ships, and equipment through wartime production, with transfers to other departments and a June 1943 availability. Harold D. Smith directs the Bureau of the Budget.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Congress
United States
Bureau of the Budget
Harold D. Smith
Arkansas House Backs Razorbacks Auburn Home and Home
The Arkansas House adopted a resolution asking leaders of the University of Arkansas and Alabama Polytechnic Institute to arrange a home and home football schedule between the Razorbacks and Auburn Plainsmen.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas House of Representatives
University of Arkansas
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Arkansas Razorbacks
Auburn Plainsmen
Lend lease action boosts arms shares amid unclear market
Reports of immediateAmerican aid under lend lease terms spurred stock gains in arms makers, led by shipyards and steel groups. Yet trading was thin at about 500000 shares as taxes and Balkan tensions kept volumes limited. Grain and livestock prices also moved, with wheat futures easing and cattle and sheep markets mixed.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Stocks advance as war shares lead small gain
New York margins show mixed bonds with rails in selective demand. Foreign exchange quiet. Swiss franc dips. Copper export demand grows. wool firmer with local buying. Chicago markets: wheat down on profit taking, corn steady amid industrial demand.
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New York
Ener Mill
Wall Street
Eees
Tesatia
Commission House
Chicago
Cotton Futures End Mixed After Late Selloff
Cotton futures closed modestly higher for nearby contracts as late hedge selling by spot interests and some commission houses cooled a brief rally. May, July and later months traded in narrow ranges with fractional gains, while middling cotton prices slipped nominally.
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New York
Eallire
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Tennessee Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Tennessee with March 24 at 10.24 and July 24.30, September 24.50, October 24.75. Memphis closing prices shown, sales 15 100.
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Tenn
Memphis
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Salable cattle 200 calves. slaughter cattle trade mostly steady. Load for strictly good to choice 990 lb long fed steers 1100. Additional good cattle noted.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
CIO Workers Strike At Edgewater Plant In New Jersey
CIO union employees at the Aluminum Company of America Edgewater plant walked out claiming overtime pay violations under the contract. The 3,000 workers produce aluminum shapes for defense use as secret ballots on March 6 and 7 approved the strike after failed settlement efforts. Meanwhile federal conciliation officials moved to mediate the Allis-Chalmers and Bethlehem Steel disputes affecting defense orders.
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Associated Press Cio
Edgewater
N. J
Aluminum Company of America
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Perkins
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Cio-United
Automobile
Thomas Finn
Conciliation Service
Morgan County finals date moved to April 11
E. C. Mc Daniel chairman announced the Morgan county oratorical and spelling finals have been rescheduled from March 21 to April 11. The event will start at 9 30 a m at Morgan County High School Hartselie. District finals should finish by April 4.
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E. C. Mc McDaniel
Morgan County
Morgan County High School
Hartselie
House Debates Major Aid Bill and Lease-Lend Action
The House moves to approve a 7 billion dollar aid package with funds for administration and unspecified expenses. Speaker Rayburn signals early passage and a rapid congressional review starting with hearings, while President Roosevelt signs the lease-lend measure and announces initial distributions to Britain and Greece.
Miners Press Demand For Pay Rise From UMWA Leader
John L. Lewis presented the union demands yesterday seeking a $1 daily wage increase while preserving the five day 35 hour week. Operators plan to counter tomorrow as the current contract nears expiry in April. In New York City transport remains crippled by a bus strike with 3,506 workers demanding higher pay and shorter hours. The bus tie-up forces 900000 residents to rely on taxis or subways.
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John L. Lewis
UMWA
New York City
Decatur Chamber Board Seeks City Plans and Growth
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce board held a busy session authorizing a nine o clock monthly meeting time for directors and a last Friday monthly membership meeting. They discussed street identifications, farm marketing improvements, regional agricultural outreach, expansion into three counties, and efforts to attract industrial prospects and a Tennessee Valley authority terminal. The group also pushed for highway 31 progress, an airfield site, and a Washington review for a dag loading plant site near Childersburg.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Civic Unit
R. E. Rogers
Rogers
Barrett Shelton
Julian Harris
James H. Johnson
John A. Caddell
Decatur
B. G. Hall
Morgan County
Tom Harrison
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Waterways Conference
Dixon
Tennessee Valley Terminal Authority
Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Childersburg
Birmingham Junior Chamber seeks daylight saving referendum
The Birmingham Junior Chamber of Commerce announced plans to seek a referendum on daylight saving time in Birmingham during the city democratic primary on May 6.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ruling on Wrecker Vehicle Classification
Montgomery Alabama March 12. Attorney General Thomas B. Lawson ruled that a motor vehicle used as a wrecker must be classified as a motor truck or a private car. The decision clarifies vehicle tax and regulatory status for wrecking services.
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Montgomery
Thomas
Lawson
Roosevelt outlines lease lend details and new oversight plan
President Roosevelt discussed remaining out of date equipment and potential aid to China under the lease lend program. He proposed a small joint Senate House committee to monitor transfers and report to Congress every three months, with public disclosures except for immediate transfer specifics. The House voted against forming a nine member defense investigation committee.
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China
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Senate
House Appropriations
White House
Congress
House
Cox
Palm Sunday to Easter services at Westminster church
Decatur notes list Holy Week services at Westminster Presbyterian starting Palm Sunday with nightly 7:30 p.m. prayers and a Thursday Easter communion. Local visits, hospital moves, and mid week services at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist and Central Methodist are recorded along with births, illnesses, and community notices.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
H. 8. Higdon
Sherman Street
Central Methodist Church
R D. Cook
Martin Memorial Methodist Church
Birmingham
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Lily Smith in May 11 Death Case Questioned
Testimony links Lily Smith to Helen Baker’s death with claims of a $400 life policy naming Smith as beneficiary and of a forged application. Witnesses describe sightings, alibis, and loaned money on May 11, with Lily denying involvement and alleging others’ ignorance.
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Lily Smith
Cain
Abel
Elizabeth Morrow
Horton
Lily
Cornelia Eldrege
Hannah Watkins House
Lily Baker
W. E. Kilgore
Helen Baker
Kilgore
Chattanooga
Dora Stover
Anna Horton
Elizabeth
Noted Pianist Samuel Sorin to Appeal at Seton Hall
Sam uel Sorin, famed pianist, will perform Thursday night at Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall. The event, sponsored by the Women's Music Study Club, draws praise from major papers for his eloquent musical speech, refined Mozart interpretations, and superb artistry.
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Samuel Sorin
Military mission lineup named in report
The document lists a mission led by Maj. Gen Carlyle H Walsh with Maj. Gen Millard P ee Col J ao Hat cher and Col B Giles. It includes Maj J G Moore Maj R E Nugent and Maj C Cabell among the senior officers.
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Carlyle H. Walsh
Millard P. Ee
J. Ao Hatcher
B. Giles
J. G. Moore
Maj
R. E. Nugent
C. Cabell
Bond Set At 1000 In Shooting Case
Clifford Kilgore faced a preliminary hearing before Judge Crow on the assault with intent to murder charge. Bond was set at 1000 in the case arising from a March 1 shooting of his wife at a Second Avenue beauty and barber shop. the wife sustained a flesh wound but was not seriously hurt.
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Clifford Kilgore
Jo James H. Crow
Kilgore
Second Avenue
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CIO
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Rayburn
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House Appropriations Committee
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Wallace
Kirwan
Ohio
House Committee On
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Hull
Early
Rudolph Forster
Roy Poteet
Julian Bronaugh
Robert Harris
Westminster Presbyterian
John A. Troxler
C. L. Dobbs
Vinemont
J. W. Myers
Marcella Douthitt
H. Y. Douthitt
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Ardmore
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Alene Knox
Elton Stephenson
Seventh Avenue, West
Central Baptist Church
John C. Cowell
L. P. Foley
Buick
John Henry Peebles
Mooresville
J. G. Rogers
Benevolent Society Hospital
Fifth Avenue, South
Brown
W. J. Bawards
R. H Tweedy, Sr
Courtland
Elmer Louis Wiggins
L. H. Slaten
Hartselle
Baugh’s Infirmary
Ernest Ward
Clifford Champion
Somerville
Jessie Naylor
Union Grove
Jimmie Edwards
Ocle Lee Compton
Ruth French
Grant Street
W.L. Jacobs
Tanner
Mary Lou Dancy
UDC
Elbert
H. R. Ross
Sixth Avenue
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Lahieen Kinney
First Presbyterian Church Choir
A. L. Hargrove
H. B. Mangum
Charles FE. Layman
Flint
Layman
B. M. Holcombe
Red Cross
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Elton Reeves
Rose del Buono
Vallejo
California
Edward Meadows
Walter Brackens
Baugh's
Glendon Montgomery
Eighth Avenue
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulances
Stoker
Davidson Coal & Feed CO
Chicago Daily News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sorin
Baltimore News-Post
Jacksonville Journal
Cincinnati Times-Star
L. H. Weaver
Russell Speake
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Decatur Land, Improvement & Furnace Company
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