New Building Planned for Morgan County Jail Site
Plans shift from remodeling to demolition and a new two story native stone building on the courthouse square to house the county health unit and Morgan County Medical Society. The $20,000 project envisions a basement X ray room and lab with space for WPA offices, with brick salvaged from the old jail to be used in foundations. If approved by the WPA, teardown takes about three weeks and construction roughly 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courthhouse
WPA
Line and
Cain Streets
Morgan County Health One
County Health Unit
Morgan County Medical Society
Health Department
Scarlet fever cases rise in Morgan county
Three new scarlet fever cases raise Morgan county totals to nine for the year, with patients aged 13, four, and nine and residences at Verise and near the Cullman county line. Diphtheria deaths in 1941 include an 11 year old girl and a two year old in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
R. L. Murphree
Noone
Verise
Withite
Cullman
Murphree
Decatur
Measles Brings Double Luck To Student Here
James Lavon Davis an 11 year old West Decatur resident is sidelined by measles delaying his participation in the Decatur school band quartet’s trip to the Spring Festival in Tuscaloosa next Thursday. The illness leaves him and his fellow quartet members disappointed as they cope with the canceled plans and fate’s misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lavon Davis
Paul C. Davis
Eighth Avenue
West
Youne Davis
Decatur
Kenneth Hennessy
Tuscaloosa
Two Women and Man Face Charge In Rawlins Death
In St Petersburg Florida two women Pauline Morrow Gertrude Fisher and Patrick Morrow were charged as accessories after the fact in the slaying of Ruth Rawlins a 35 year old Canadian winter visitor. They living downstairs in the duplex with Frank Hogan and Earl Allen who are charged with murder. Police say Mrs Fisher scrubbed Allen s apartment after the crime and burned blood stained cloths and a hammer found in a package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
March
Ruth Rawlins
Canada
Patrick Morrow
Pauline Morrow
Alabama sees costly school fires drive insurance rise
In Montgomery Alabama officials report nearly $200000 in school building losses over 24 hours with Craigford Haynesville Barker and other districts affected. State actuary BE P Amerine says a material rise in school insurance rates is likely as defective wiring or spontaneous combustion are blamed for several blazes. Finance Director Forsyth agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Finance Department
Craigford
Clay County
Haynesville
Barker Grammar
Birmingham
Finance Department
BE. P. Amerine
State Insurance Fund
Amerine
Alabama
Arthur R. Forsyth
Forsyth
Douglas H. Coker
Actuary
Sail School Oe
United States Takes Over British Gun and Powder Plants
Jesse Jones announced the government will take over and pay for powder and gun plants built for Britain. The facilities include a Memphis Tennessee powder plant by DuPont costing about 25 million dollars and four machine gun plants totaling around 21 million dollars, with overall cost near 46 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Jesse Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Great Britain
DuPont Company
Solons Leave Mobile to Study Defense Population Strain
A delegation led by Rep Frank Boykin flies from Mobile to Paraiso then up the Georgia coast to assess housing and facility needs. The plan includes a proposed 150 million dollar public works fund for hospitals schools and facilities likely to be crowded by defense workers and soldiers. The Alabama group may help shape future distribution with an estimated ten million dollars for the state if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Boykin
D.-Ala
House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
Tuesany O E- Wretney
Boykin
Alabama
Mobile
Col
G. 8. Fister
Washington
Paraiso
Georgia Coast
J. Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
Earl Wilson
Indiana
James A. Wright
Pennsylvania
Robert F. Sikes
Florida
C. W.bishop
Illinois
J. H. McGregor
Ohio
J. 8. Gibson
Georgia
C. EB. Kilburn
New York
E Cady Hall, Noted Alabama Editor, Laid to Rest
Funeral held at 4 p.m. for E Cady Hall editor of the Alexander City Outlook and member of a prominent Alabama journalism family. Hall, born in Henry county, led the Outlook to prominence and was a former Alabama Press Association president, survived by his widow and five sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander City
Ala
E. Cady Hall
Alexander City Outlook
Alabama
Alabama Press Association
Hall
Grover C. Hall
Montgomery Advertiser
Julian Hall
The
Dothan Eagle
Horace Hall
Henry County
Harry
the Eagle
Earl
Beaumont
Tex
Floyd
E. C. Jr
Herbert
Sam T. Hall
Dothan
Headland
Grover Hall, Jr
Alabama Journal
Montgomery
Former foe wishes Eddie the best in injury update
Atlanta March 15 A note from Ernst Buder a World War I adversary and famed pilot Udet arrives among hundreds of messages for Eddie Rickenbacker after a crash injures him aboard his commercial airliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Eddie Rickenbacker
Germany
Ernst Buder
Rickenbacker
Udet
Lease lend aid to Britain passes House subcommittee
A House subcommittee approved a 7 billion dollar lease lend aid measure for Great Britain and set a path for debate next week. Roosevelt plans a radio address tonight to deny weakening the U S fleet and reassure the public on naval transfers and future ship replacements. Hearings and drafting of the bill continue as leaders expect House action Tuesday or Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Great Britain
Appropriations
Roosevelt
Britain
White House
Harold D. Smith
Smith
William 8. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Army and Navy
Knudsen
CIO Opposes Plans Of The President
Fourteen railway brotherhoods agreed to submit differences with railroads to mediation while proceeding with strike ballot counting. George M. Harrison said votes could lead to a strike, but mediation might yield a settlement. The 750,000 workers seek paid vacations as ballots run to March 2 with counting starting March 25. The CIO and CIO leaders clashed with Roosevelt plans for a defense industry mediation board as labor and AFL split on the issue. Government wage efforts and national registration for armament jobs push forward amid labor tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Board
Brotherhoods
Cincinnati
National Railway Mediation Board
Harrison
Brotherhood
Mediation Board
Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevel
American Federation of Labor
OTO
Philip Murray
Murray
Roosevelt
William Green
White House
AFL Executive Council
Perkins
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Railway
Standard Brotherhoods
Draft to secure dates for Virginia soldiers sparks plan
In Richmond on March 15 a Women’s Draft Unit proposes recruiting 1,000 girls to be dance dates for Camp Lee soldiers. 100 boards will enlist 10 women each over 18 to attend dances, with chaperones providing transport and amenities, and uniforms as the only admission rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Camp Lee
Ray Lawrence
Nellie
Santa Barbara Co Eddettes Favor Santa Maria Dates
Santa Barbara youths seek Saturday night companionship but the Co Eddettes say the 60 young women have engagements 75 miles away in Santa Maria each week. The column notes these Santa Maria dates as defensive arrangements and continues on the next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
Santa Maria
Britain Faces Critical Fight As U S Aid Looms
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Hitler's spring blitzkrieg met by fierce RAF counterattacks and warns that Britain's victory hinges on rapid American aid and the ability to keep Atlantic shipping open. Alexander, Britain's First Lord, says victory will be certain and quick if aid arrives in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie Herr
Hitler
Britain
Alexander
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Atlantic
Simmer
River Clyde
Scotland
Keeping Sea Lanes Open Big Problem
Commentator notes the Battle of Britain era shaping the war and Backbone Battle of the Atlantic as decisive. The piece discusses British victory prospects, potential German quick success, and German bombardment of Clyde shipyards highlighting strategic sea lane dangers.
John Alford Free on Bond in Hartsville Murder Case
John Alford of Hartselle posted a $1,500 bond after a Friday hearing before Judge Seybourn H. Lynne. The trial on a murder charge ended in a mistrial with a manslaughter verdict. sentencing and probation hearings followed for several defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alford
Hartselle
Liberty
Seybourn H. Lynne
Circuit Court
Alford
William Segars
Hartnelle
Wreaxcoe
Walter Lafever
Leo Vaughn
Louis Chaffin
R L Worley Rites Held for Decatur Native
Funeral services for R L Worley 74 former Decatur resident who died Friday at his Pulaski Tennessee home were held at 3 p m at Roselawn Cemetery conducted by Rev R M Howell. He is survived by two sons Floyd Worley Paterson N J and Clarence Worley Vicksburg Miss 11 grandchildren one great grandchild a sister Mrs Joe Ayres Pulaski. Born November 22 1868 in Pulaski he lived here over 25 years and served as a justice of the peace in Decatur holding the game office at Pulaski in the four years prior to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.L. Worley
Decatur
Pulaski
Tennessee
Roselawn
R. M. Howell
Front Methodist Church
Worley
Floyd Worley
Paterson
N. J
Clarence Worley
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Joe Ayres
Mr. Worley
Harriman Says U S Means Business in Britain
In London Harriman, Roosevelt's special representative, arrived in Bristol and declared the United States means business in the war. He said his mission is to facilitate material aid to Britain, including ships and food, and will stay in England for the duration with possible US trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
W. A. Harriman
Roosevelt
Bristol
Britain
Harriman
England
United States
Southern Pacific Places 500 Box Car Order in Alabama
Birmingham March 15 official word that Southern Pacific contracted Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co. for 500 box cars at the Bessemer plant in Alabama. The estimate stands around 1.25 million dollars, the district’s largest order of 1941, and will require about 10 000 tons of steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Pacific
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Bessemer
E H Peck Dies At Home In Decatur Morgan County
E H Peck a Morgan County resident and former Decatur merchant died at 4 pm Friday at the home of his daughter Mrs C D Patterson 434 Jackson St aged 80. Funeral 2 pm Sunday Central Methodist Church burial Blue Springs Cemetery Pallbearers nephews Otto McCarley Bras Peck Marvin Peck Howard Weaver Albert Peck Elliotte Peck Flowers by Circle 3 Missionary Society Survived by daughter grandson Elbert Patterson sister Mrs F McGlathery Birmingham brothers G W Peck Birmingham and C L Peck Decatur Born near Blue Springs lifelong Morgan County charter member of Central Methodist Church and longtime schoolteacher in Morgan County prior to his mercantile career.
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ER. H. Peck
Decatur
C. D. Patterson
Jackson Street
Mr. Peck
Central Methodist Church
R. L Archibald
Blue Springs
Peck
Hartselle
Otto McCarley
Bras
Marvin Peck
Howard Weaver
Albert Peck
Elliotte Peck
Circle 3 Missionary Society of Central Methodist Church
Flowers
Elbert Patterson
F. McGlathery
Birmingham
G. W. Peck
C. L. Peck
Two Injured in Bee Line Highway Crash Near Hartsee
Two persons suffered minor injuries when two cars side swiped on Bee Line Highway one mile north of Hartsee at 1 30 am. The Pruitt car left the highway into a ditch injuring Virginia Carpenter and Elaine Goodwin who rode with him. The other driver Alton Tolley Hanson and George Pruitt were unhurt. All four were treated and discharged from Benevolent Society Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartsee
M. 8
Chambers
Julius Hale
R. T. Williams
Hartselle
Alton Tolley Hanson
George Pruitt
Russellville
Pruitt
Virginia Carpenter
Elaine Goodwin
Hanson
Benevolent Society Hospital
Miss Barnett Dies Prominent Black Belt Genealogist
Miss Carrie Lane Barnett 84 genealogist and member of a prominent black belt family died in Birmingham. Funeral services set for tomorrow in Eufaula. She was sister of Dr. Frank Willis Barnett retired Birmingham newspaper man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Barnett
Birmingham
Ala
Carries Lane Barnett
Fufaula
Frank Willis Barnett
Opening Service Delayed One Week at St John’s Church
It was announced today that due to unforeseen difficulties the remodeled church will not be ready for Sunday services. The congregation will hold regular service in the parish house this week and worship in the remodeled church next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
War shifts to new area as British land in Greece
Reports from Athens claim nearly 100000 mechanized British troops have landed in southern Greece. Berlin says the claim unconfirmed but notes possible German reaction. RAF raids widen across Germany and occupied Europe as Britain backs Greece and Balkans defense amid a growing crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Greece
Belgrade
Athens
Germany
Dienat Aus Deutschland
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Britain
Berlin
Tangier
Morocco
Portugal
Azores
Rome
Tepeleni
Hitler
RAF
Salonika
Balkan
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
DNB
Inonu
Great Britain
Bulgaria
English Channel
North Sea
Washington
Gelsenkirchen
Duesseldorf
Rotterdam
High Command
Channel
Scotland
Glasgow
Sheffield
London
Leeds
Plymouth
Southampton
Clyde
Tennessee River Gauge Rises to 20.83 Feet Saturday
The Tennessee River stood at 20.83 feet on Saturday with no rain in the past 24 hours. Temperatures reached a high of 51 degrees and a low of 32 with warmer conditions expected tonight and Sunday in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Alabama
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Rawlins
Solons
Maxwell Field
Eddie
Nation of Aims
Woodrum
D-Va
Subcommittee
CIO
Sam
R. L. Worley
Business Harriman
E. H. Peck
Europe
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