Highway Dept May Erect an Office Here in Decatur
Decatur council moves to deed part of Bee Line and Joe Wheeler corner to the state for a new highway office and patrol headquarters. Plans show a $10 000 building likely to double in cost. site fronts 130 feet on Bee Line and 418 feet on Joe Wheeler. Council also extends jail remodeling contracts and approves purchasing electrical gear and funding recreation equipment as the city retires $18 000 in bonds to save about $800 yearly in interest.
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Decatur
State Highway Department
Bee Line
Joe Wheeler
Alabama
Church Streets
State Highway Patrol
Johnston Street
County
Pla
Municipal Light Plant
Asry
Cya
J. B. McBride and Son
McBride
Dyer Electric Company
Lucile Giles
Presiding Elder to Speak at Two Local Methodist Churches
Dr. M. E. Lazenby presiding elder of the Decatur district will speak Sunday at Ninth Street Methodist in the morning and at First Methodist in the evening.
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M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
Ninth Street Methodist
First Methodist
Father of Local Resident Henry Dillard Dies in York Alabama
Henry Dillard of York Alabama who succumbed after an extended illness was laid to rest there Thursday. He was the father of Morris Dillard of this city. Dillard and his family went to York for the last rites.
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Henry Dillard
York
Ala
Morris Dillard
Mr. Dillard
President Eyes Aid to Solve Cotton Surplus
President Roosevelt said the administration aims to resolve the large cotton carry-over without draining Treasury funds. He noted progress from talks with Secretary Wallace and regional Agricultural Adjustment Administration directors and that a subsidy title had not yet been decided. He added cotton would be sold rather than dumped or burned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Smith
D.8. C
Roosevelt Travel Schedule Highlights 193? White House Events
President Roosevelt plans a busy travel and speech schedule from March to June including Warm Springs Alabama and New York for the World's Fair. He will host royal visitors from Norway Denmark and England and welcome SoMoza De Valera and Ireland’s prime minister. He anticipates a San Francisco trip for the Golden Gate Exposition if Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
New York
San Francisco
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Alabama
Tuskegee
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Hyde Park
N. Y
Norway
Motors
Denmark
Rhinebeck
Somoza
Nicaragua
White House
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
England
Fair
Steward's League Set for Tonight at First Methodist
The Methodist Stewards League meets at 7 PM in the First Methodist church with President Darrah announcing a strong program and dinner. Dr. Lelias E. Kirby of Birmingham, a leading layman, will speak and is described as an entertaining speaker in the region. All Decatur Methodists are urged to attend. tickets are available from Sam Malone Jr., the club secretary.
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Methodist Stwards League
First Methodist Church
Darrah
Lelias E. Kirby
Birmingham
North Alabama
Kirby
Decatur
Sam Malone Jr
Defeat Seen For Two Alabama Constitutional Proposals
In Montgomery on March 17 opponents predicted defeat for Governor Dixon's reapportionment and poll tax reforms. Legislators reluctantly moved several Dixon proposals forward while promising quick votes and continued debate on the rest.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Alabama
House
Senate
Hugh D. Merrill
Oliver Young
Lamar
North Alabama
Charles Shaver
Madison
Karl Harrison
Columbiana
House Committee
W. W. Malone
O. D. Carlton
Marengo
Black Belt
Joe Poole
Dixon Senate
Earl McGowin
Dixon House
Roosevelt Says Neutrality Law Needs Revision
President Roosevelt told reporters that European events show a revision of the American neutrality act is needed this session. He indicated changes could be discussed in conferences rather than a formal message, and declined to detail potential modifications beyond cash and carry provisions. He noted Spain’s Franco government still lacks full recognition and referenced Loyalist ambassadorial ties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
United States
Franco
Spain
Auession Ore
Europe
England
Welles
State Department
Junior Play Set Tonight at Riverside Auditorium
Decatur high school stages Peter Beware a dress rehearsal review notes seven girls and five boys delivering polished work. Dramatic director Mrs Willard J Brown praises the cast after solid rehearsal ahead of tonight's eight o clock performance.
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Peter
Riverside Auditorium
Willard J. Brown
Decatur High School
Dr Dillard to Preach at Central Baptist Church Sunday
Dr J E Dillard famed preacher and scholar will preach at Central Baptist church Sunday at both services. He leads Sunday School work across 18 Southern states and DC and was longtime pastor of Southside Baptist Church Birmingham.
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J. E. Dillard
Central Baptist Church
Central Church
W. P. Reeves
Dillard
Green
McKendry Chapel to Host Memorial Singing Sunday
Plans are complete for the Bobby and Frankie Morris memorial singing at McKendry Chapel six miles west of Falkville on the West Falkville pike. The Morris brothers were known local citizens and active in community singings.
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Bobby
Frankie Morris
McKendry Chapel
Messrs. Morris
Falkville
Falkville Pike
Regime Seizes Jewish Firms in Prague Under Nazi Restrictions
Prague reports rising tensions as Nazis appoint administrators to Jewish owned stores and expel Jews from medicine and law. About 600 jailed. media outlets suspended. 200 Jews seek emigration to San Domingo amid closures of radio and press operations.
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Prague
Czech Republic
Expres
Eugen Zucker
Anglo Bank
Rudolf Wahle
Paul Donner
Social Democrat Party
A-Zet
Hitler
Ada Smolkaya
Munich
San Domingo
Witkowitz Iron Works
Moerisch Ostrau
No. 2
Avia Czech
Ngs Det
American Legation Ae
Warren Meeks Claimed by Death in Alabama Funeral
Warren Meeks fifty died Wednesday night in a Birmingham hospital. Funeral services were held at Antioch church in Gadsden, Alabama. He was son of the late W M Meeks former owner and editor of the Gadsden Times. He managed a large Etowah county farm. Survivors include his wife Dorothy Sewell two sons W M and Cathran Meeks a daughter Mrs Kidd McCoy and four brothers Charles E J L Meeks Herbert Meeks Cleveland Meeks.
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Gadsden
Ala
Warren Meeks
North Alabama
Antioch Church
Birmingham
Meeks
W. M. Meeks
Gadsden Times
Etowah County
Dorothy Sewell
W. M. and
Cathran Meeks
Mrs. Kidd McCoy
Charles E
Miami
Fla
J. L. Meeks
Florence Times
Tri-Cities Daily
Herbert Meeks
Bremen
Cleveland
Welfare for County Seen at Kiwanis Meeting
Miss Virginia Bayless of the Department of Public Welfare outlined Morgan County welfare work to Kiwanis. Will Rock entertained at the Princess Theatre and with aides demonstrated magic after a luncheon program led by the Underprivileged Child Committee.
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Kiwanis
Ward
Morgan County
Alabama
Miss Bayless
Decatur
Negotiators Resume Mine Contract Talks In Appalachian Region
March 17 negotiators for soft coal miners in Appalachia resume talks after operators rejected a demand to extend the current contract if no agreement by March 31. John L. Lewis said the miners fear wage and hour disputes may not be settled by then. Operators spokesman Charles O Neill said the proposal is premature and could be reconsidered if a deadlock arises.
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New York
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Charles O'Neill
Rotary Club to Observe Second Anniversary With Ladies Night
The Hartselle Rotary Club with over thirty members plans a 7 30 p m gathering next Thursday to mark its second anniversary. Visitors are expected and meeting details will be announced soon.
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Hartselle
Hatchery Gates Open Sundays at Athens Fish Hatchery
Hill Hayes manager of the Ross Hotel at Athens persuades TVA to open the Fish Hatchery grounds to visitors on Sundays. Gates will be open March 19 from nine to six, after prior Sunday closures.
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Hill Hayes
Ross
Athens
TVA
Limestone Democrat
Mr. Hayes
Two Men Found Dead After Robbery Escapade
Mil ton Florida reports Sheriff Harrell says a 20 year old Pensacola youth Harvey McGraw confessed to killing two Montgomery men near Milton. Alabama officers hunted a holdup suspect who used the victims’ car after holding up a Geor gia station. Victims Clifford Mann and Charles Wilkinson were found bound and shot near a highway. watches and money in pockets. A Milton taxi driver aided the investigation.
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Milton
Fla
John Harrell
Chipley
Pensacola
Harvey McGraw
Montgomery, Ala
Ala
Florida
Alabama
Georgiana
Sanwut
Here
Mann
Allen
Dick Carpenter
Louisville and Nashville
Carpenter
Kidnapping bandit abducts two Pennsylvanians in Alabama
Two Montgomery men, Clifford T. Mann and Charles D. son, were identified as victims of a Milton Pennsylvania manhunt after a Georgiana Alabama filling station holdup. Mann, a Praetorian Insurance cashier, and his companion were abducted at gunpoint as the bandit fled with $37. Authorities spread the hunt across Alabama Florida and into Georgia as they pursued the suspect.
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Joseph T. Allen
Clifford T. Mann
Charles Wilkinson
Montgomery
Ala
Mann
Wilkinson
Milton
Pla
Praetorians Insurance Co
Charles D. Son
Praetorian
Georgiana
Alabama
South Ilabama
Florida
Jackson
Evergreen
Jackson’s
Tennessee Gauge Falls While Temps Range 29 to 53
The Tennessee gauge reads 183 feet and is falling. The past 24 hours saw a high of 53 and a low of 29 with no rainfall recorded.
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Tennessee
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Acme
Acme Telephoto
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DR. Dillard
Associated Press
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Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Daladier
Paris
Romania
Soviet Russia
John Simon
Slovakia
Bohemia- Moravia
Chamberlain
Florida Road
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