Harold Pryor Shot At Home In Decatur Inquest Returns Unknown Hands
Harold Pryor 29, a Decatur mechanic, died from a pistol wound at his Bank Street home around 4:30 AM. A coroner jury found death by unknown hands after wife's testimony about a prior conversation and a gun reportedly kept under his pillow. Funeral services set for Brown's Chapel with burial in City Cemetery.
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Harold Pryor
Rey Howell
Harold D. Pryor
Bank Street
Pryor
Howell
Hamilton
Ralph McCullough
Raymond Elkins
W. W Callahan
Brown’s Chapel
Ferry Street
W. E. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Beulah Pryor
Decatur
Paul Barber
Fullerton
California
Nathan Pryor
Guy. Pryor
Catawissa
Pennsylvania
Mr. Pryor
Young Woman Dies of Burns in Falkville Home Incident
Mrs Ethyl Canada 22 died at Benevolent Hospital after burns suffered January 28 when she fell into a fireplace in her Falkville Route 2 home. Funeral at Lebanon Church Tuesday 11 am. burial Lebanon Cemetery. Survived by husband Thomas W. Canada two daughters Loretta Betty Ruth Canada son Lonnie mother Mrs Emmie Wilhite two brothers Dewey Crow Benny Crow two half brothers Jerry Love Raney Ernest Wilhite. The accident occurred when she rose to apply medicine then fainted before a burning fireplace and husband aided before aid arrived.
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Ethyl Canada
Benevolente Hospital
Falkville
Lebanon Church
Orbin Lindsay
Drinkard
Lebanon Cemetery
Thomas W. Canada
Lonnie
Loretta
Betty Ruth Canada
Emmie Wilhite
Dewey Crow
Benny Crow
Little Rock
Arkansas
Jerry Love Raney
Hartselle
Ernest Wilhite
Heath
Canada
Production To Be Increased In U S 60 Per Cent
William S. Knudsen, defense production chief, says the seven billion dollar British aid program and pending defense contracts require 60 percent of the Office of Production Management. Sidney Hillman, Perkins and others discuss training more workers for metal trades as U S defense contracts total billions and hours of work.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Sidney Hillman
Perkins
Knudsen
America
Beloved Lady Called Home
Mrs W H Stephenson 65 of Hartselle died Sunday at home. Survived by husband son sister and three brothers. Services at Bethel Church at 3 pm conducted by Rev Chitwood Milligan and Aldridge. Interment Bethel Peck directing pallbearers named. Born and raised in Morgan county member of Methodist church since age 14.
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W. H. Stephenson
Hartselle
Judge Thompson Found Dead In Birmingham
Judge J. Fritz Thompson, 68, chief jurist of the Jefferson circuit, was found dead in bed this morning by family in Birmingham. Dr. C N Carraway cited heart ailment as the cause. he had been in good health and worshipped at South Side Baptist Church.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. Fritz Thompson
Jefferson
C. N. Carraway
Thompson
Carraway
Southside Baptist Church
Spikes Removed From Tracks Tied To Pittsburgh Train Derailment
Pennsylvania railroad officials blamed saboteurs after a Cleveland to Pittsburgh passenger train derailed in a blizzard near Baden. Four killed and 114 injured as cars plunged into the Ohio River after all spikes were removed from one rail. Engineer A R Weigle died at the scene.
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Baden
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio River
E. W. Smith
Pittsburgh
A. R. Weigle
Cleveland
C. H. Millburn
Alliance
Rose Jagielski
Donald McDonald
Elizabeth McDonald
First Ave
Altoona
Rochester
Harry Kennedy
Japanese sardine gasoline plan announced
Tokyo March 17 the Japanese high frequency industry company announced it has developed a method to make gasoline from sardines after lengthy experiments. Preparations are under way to scale production by summer with details of the process not disclosed.
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Tokyo
High Frequency Industry
House Chiefs Press Quick Vote On $700000000 War Fund
Roosevelt urges immediate all-out aid to Britain Greece and China with the lease lend program moving forward. House debate opens tomorrow and some senators call to cut the total. production management plans to train defense workers as ships begin shipping.
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Roosevelt
Cal
House
Nye
R-Nd
Senate Appropriations Committee
Glass
D-Va
Britain
Office of Production Management
Greece
China
Mr. Roosevelt
Midwest Blizzard Kills At Least Fifty Across Region
The Associated Press reports a ferocious cold wave, with wind gusts up to 86 mph, killing at least 50 across North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio weekend traffic tolls. Temperatures plunged to 22 below in Bemidji and reached 1 above in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Lake Superior
New England
South
Chicago Weather Bureau
Canada
Great Plains
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
R. FE. Gumpf
Chicago
Bemidji
Minn
International Falls
Roseau
Devils Lake
Grand Forks
N. L
Wausau
Wis
Minneapolis
Madison
Charles City
Dubuque
Iowa
Fort Wayne
Ind
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Washington
Weather Bureau
Duluth
Mineapolis
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Upper New York
Cold wave in Alabama promises freezing coast overnight
A north cold front brings freezing weather to Alabama with warnings of frost along the coast. Forecasters expect temperatures to drop to around 20 tonight and 26 to 30 inland, with 32 on the coast. Frost is forecast in the South Central region as blizzards from the North have already caused 46 deaths elsewhere.
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Alabama
U. S
BE. D. Emigh
Montgomery
Florence
Birmingham
Blizzard Still Rages in Upper Michigan Ice Fishermen Adrift
Gumpf forecast midwestern fair weather then moderation in the Dakotas and upper Mississippi Valley by tomorrow. Central states to see substantial moderation by Wednesday. Michigan reports snow depths from 3 to 20 inches in the Upper Peninsula and up to 10 inches in parts of the Lower Peninsula as coast guardsmen struggle to reach ice fishermen adrift on Lake Superior.
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Gumpf
Midwest
Dakotas
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Central States
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Upper Michigan
Lake Su
Historic Johnson building ablaze in Decatur fire
Local firemen battled a blaze at the Johnson building at Grant street and Second Avenue, discovered on the fourth floor before two o clock. Fire spread toward the roof as crowds watched and traffic control kept lanes open while Chief Bill Moore cited a stove as the likely cause. The structure, once part of New Decatur, is owned by C. E. Poole. By 2 30 the roof was largely burned away and crews focused on saving the third floor.
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Johnson
Grant Street
Second Avenue
Decatur
New Decatur
Bill Moore
C. E. Poole
Britain musters expeditionary force to Greece amid Allied aid boost
War column notes Britain rushes a well equipped expeditionary force to Greece aided by American programs. The move lifts Anglo allied morale and could trigger Balkan upheaval Hitler seeks to avoid. A wider Balkan conflict remains possible, potentially altering the war’s direction.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Greece
America
Balkan
Hitler
England
Balkans
British Isles
Balkan tension tests Nazi grip on Europe
The article argues Nazi power is stretched thin as Germany battles England and eyes Balkan moves. It notes Yugoslavia’s possible axis alignment and Turkey’s stance could shift the war balance, with Balkan pact efforts to draw Greece Britain and allied forces into conflict. Continued on Page Twos.
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England
Germany
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Greece
Britain
Alabama State Chamber reports February industrial growth
The February industrial review shows four new concerns started or announced in Mobile Hale and Houston counties plus expansions in four existing industries costing over 2.5 million dollars. New plants include Southeast Furniture in Dothan and a large sawmill and furniture factory for Southern Gulf Lumber near Mobile.
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Montgomery
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Hale
Houston
Schaewneaterit
State Chamber
Te State
Southeast Furniture Company
Dothan
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
W. D. Malone
Morria Malone
Betts Slingluff
Southern Gulf Lumber Company
New Concern
Naveo
Rudolph Sharpe
Greensboro
Cars Needed by the Band for Tuscaloosa Trip
Mrs. Paul C. Davis announces a call for car volunteers to transport local band members to the Tuscaloosa music festival. About 28 students are expected to compete, listing names and instruments. students will pay for gasoline.
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Paul C. Davis
Tuscaloosa
Charles Abbott
Harold Lichenstein
Ity Fly
James Couch
Cecil Halbrooks
William Randle
Gene Stroud
Annie R. Dillard
Alda Goidel
Laverne Halbrooks
Sal Iye Meinhart
Gil Crane
Raymond Baker
Sidney Chenault
Eugene Wright
Mary Blankenship
Betty Hale
Death of 19-year-old on Danville route two today
A 19 year old died at home on Danville route two after a month long illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs T K Hogan and Mrs D M Hogan two sons H A Wallace and L H Wallace a brother J H Putman. Funeral Tuesday at two o'clock in Lebanon Lawrence county conducted by Rev S W Brooks. Interment by Peck Pallbearers named and flowers listed.
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Danville
Luck Of Irish Parade Opens Amid Snow In New York
On St Patrick’s Day 75,000 marchers assemble along Fifth Avenue as snow briefly halts then clears. Archbishop Spellman and Mayor La Guardia review the line near St Patrick’s Cathedral with 3,038 police on duty. Shamrocks once came from Ireland but are now grown locally due to import cuts.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick's
Manhattan Isle
Donegal
Kerry
Armagh
Cork
Limerick
Leitrim
Calphurnius
Conchessa
Patrick
44Th Street
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Radio City
Francis J. Spellman
la Guardia
64Th Street
Ireland
New York City
British drive recaptures Berbera and seizes Cheren in East Africa
British and Indian forces press a rapid advance in East Africa recapturing Berbera in British Somaliland and capturing Cheren near Asmara. The Middle East command reported the flag over Berbera, while Italian defenses at Cheren held against large-scale assaults. The drive follows Allied moves across Ethiopia and broader WWII theater developments.
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Associated Press
Churchill
Italy
Berbera
British Somaliland
Aden
Eritrean
Cheren
Middle East
Cairo
Ethiopia
Balkans
Germany
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Adolph
Lloyds Shipping
Lloyd
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Britain
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Tahe Netherlands
France
Atlantic
Ireland
Berlin
Mediterranean
Crete
High Command
DNB
Bremer
New York
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee river stands at 20.91 feet with no rainfall recorded. Temperatures range from 26 to 89 degrees, with a cold snap expected in the north Alabama interior and frost possible in southern areas. Coastal winds remain fresh to strong with continued fair conditions tonight and a slight rise in temperatures by Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
South
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ST. Patrick
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