Southern Bell expands Decatur operations in 1940 41
The Southern Bell Telephone Company in Decatur reports a 1940 investment of 41 225.69 and 1941 plans of 21 400 for expansion. Dwight L. Mixson notes subscriber growth drives the rise from 1330 to 2554 telephones by March 1 1941, with 66 local staff and 12 on construction.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Decatur
Dwight L. Mixson
Southern Bell
American Telephone and Spares Co
Mixson
Peach & Caddell
A. J. Gilbreath
Zaner Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. D Zaner 34 died suddenly at her Knoxville Tennessee home were held at 2 PM at Athens Presbyterian church. Rev S O Payne officiated. Burial followed in Athens Cemetery under McConnell directions. Survived by husband two sons Carl and Alford her mother Mrs Joel Evans a brother James Douglas Evans two sisters Mrs Virgil Monk and Mrs Elmer Burleson Decatur. Active pallbearers Leroy Moyers Sam Anderson Lester Evans Gilbert Evans Leonard Moyers James R Thompson honorary pallbearers Tom Smith doctors J O Belue J S Crutcher Sr J S Crutcher Jr John Black Clarence Rose Joe Anglin Columbus Taylor Jack Bur Neson United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America members nieces handled flowers. Former Miss Fannie Evans Mrs Zaner once lived in Decatur. Born Limestone County she was head nurse at Limestone County Hospital Athens for two years and moved to Knoxville in June 1940 to join her TVA employed husband.
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D. Zaner
Knoxville
Tennessee
Athens Presbyterian Church
S. O. Payne
Athens Cemetery
McConnell
Zaner
Hugrad
Carl and
Alford Zas Pome
Joel Evans
James Douglas Evans
Virgil Monk
Elmer Burleson
Decatur
Leroy Moyers
Sam Anderson
Lester Evans
Gilbert Evans
Leonard Moyers
James R. Thompson
Tom Smith
J. O. Belue
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Fannie Evans
Dacatur
Limestone County
Limestone County Hospital
Athens
TVA
German air raid claims about thousand killed near Liverpool
About 1,000 persons were killed in the German air raid on the Liverpool area during March 12 and 13 and 13 and 14. An estimated 1,300 others were injured with missing or needed care.
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London
Liverpool
Glasow
Air Emcee ‘Ministries
An Sauer
Minds to adjust to new facts urged by Lilienthal in Alabama
TUSECALOOBA Ala March 18 Director David E Lilienthal of the Tennessee Valley Authority told a University of Alabama audience that the nation must adjust its mindset to a new world reality for effective defense. He urged regional focus on raising Southern income and noted cotton disruption, war needs, and TVA’s role in industrial defense.
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Tusecalooba
Ala
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilienthal
University of Alabama
Hame
South
Britain
TVA
Muscle Shoals
Reynolds Metals Company
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Tenn
Churchill Hosts Winant at Pilgrims Luncheon
Prime Minister Churchill welcomed United States Ambassador John G. Winant at a Pilgrims luncheon in London and celebrated news of three German U-boats sunk. Winant pledged American aid to Britain with ships planes guns and munitions, while preserving shared goals for a free world.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
John G. Winant
Churchill
British Empire
Winant
Britain
England
Mr. Winant
Historic Landmark Is A Fire Ravaged Hulk
The venerable Second Avenue Johnson building, a four story historic landmark, stands a fire ravaged ruin after flames gutted the top floors Monday. Owner C. E. Poole plans removing the two upper stories beginning midweek, while firefighters battled wind driven blaze and hose ruptures to save the lower sections.
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Second Avenue
Grant Street
Fifteen White Registrants Inducted From Morgan County
Morgan County draft board No. 1, Decatur, will induct fifteen white registrants after passing physicals. They depart March 26 for Fort McClellan. The list includes John William Walker Jr and others with ages and addresses. Twelve Black inductees were announced for March 21, with five more whites called for April 10.
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Morgan County Draft Board No
Decatur
Fort McClellan
John William Waker, Jr
Canal Street
Walter Graves Pettey, Jr
Seventh Avenue
Ossie Leeth
Somerville
Dave Howard Sherrill
Norman Lovelady
Coy Dee Lowell
Fifth Avenue
George Borum Hamilton
Eighth Avenue
James Matthew Henderson
Milton Riley Hovis
Sixth Avenue
Robert Elmer Freeman
Ferry Street
Cread Flippen Pettey
Milton Kilgore Alvis
James David Fairbanks
John Enoch Matthews
Wilbur Marvin Bailey, Jr
Decatur Board
Tryst Kept 45th Year At Irish Grave in Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania on St Patrick s Day Alvah O Schaeffer kept his 45th annual tryst at the grave of Tom Hannahoe, the Stars and Stripes saloon owner who made a pact in 1897. The crowd of about 3000 saw a cold windy night and heard missing tunes as Schaeffer played on despite rheumatism. James A Hunter, Hannahoe s grandson, helped as the ceremony ended with the aging musician noting it could be his last time.
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Reading
Neversink
Aountain
Alvah O. Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Tom Hannahee
Lass O
Galway
Hannahee
Hannahoe
Stars and Stripes
Tirishtown
James A. Hunter
Hunter
Six Men Die in Yorktown Collision Over Pacific Ocean
The Navy reports six men attached to the wire carrier Yorktown were killed in a collision between two planes they were maneuvering over the Pacific Ocean yesterday.
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Washington
Navy Department
Yorktown
Pacific Ocean
Membership at Decatur Chamber Reaches 528
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports 528 members today with pledges totaling 6340 dollars toward an 8000 dollar annual goal. The drive continues with in person and mail outreach to fund local development activities.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
War Dept asks Second Corps to recruit for air corps vacancies
Col. Lloyd B. Magruder announced that the War Department requested the Second Corps Area to recruit 1,659 men to fill air corps vacancies within the Fourth Corps Area. This coverage includes Florida Georgia Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and North and South Carolina.
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New York
Lloyd B. Magruder
War Department
Second Corps
Air Corps
Fourth Corps
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Churchill gesture cited as Britain loads arms in Greece
Belgrade dispatch reports Athens confirming British shipments of anti-aircraft guns searchlights and sound detectors to Greek ports. The material is said for an army of 300 000 men as Britain mobilizes in Greece per diplomatic sources.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Athens
Britain
Greece
Battle of Yugoslavia tests fate of a Balkan state
War commentary notes Yugoslavia faces a grave choice between joining the Axis and facing possible destruction or resisting and risking war. The piece explores the psychological strain on a peaceful nation weighing Axis promises against a threatening German drive in the Balkans.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hiller
Britain
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Yugoslav Resolve Grows Against Nazi Threat
The piece reports Yugoslavia mobilizing forces toward a potential Allied stance as Axis pressure tightens. It notes consultations with Greece, Turkey, and Britain and the risk to Eastern Mediterranean balance if Belgrade joins the Allies.
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Peninsula
Yugoslavia
Mediterranean
Balkans
Fire Sweeps Fourth Floor Then Roof Collapses In Building
Fire erupts on the fourth floor sending smoke through stairs and into units on the second and third floors. Residents on the upper levels scramble to save belongings as flames drive toward the roof and two thirds of the fourth floor collapses. Fire Chief Lloyd Elkins cautions residents about entering the structure.
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Lloyd Elkins
Second Avenue
Kate Goree
Alice Church
My. Billings
Mr. Billings
James
Freight train hits workers train at Ravenna arsenal
A freight locomotive collided with a nine car commuter train carrying 700 construction workers to the Ravenna arsenal. At least 125 injured, 40 serious. one dead. Dozens rushed to hospitals as rescue teams battled cold as wreckage scattered. An Erie investigation cites possible human error with signals.
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Associated Press
Windham
Erle
Ravenna
Erie
Youngstown
Prie
Cleveland
Warren City Hospital
Arsenal Field
Warren
Red Cross
Army
Bhe
Local Man Winnett Murphree Dies at 62 in Moulton Area
Winnett M. Murphree, 62, longtime farmer of the Moulton route 4 district and brother of J. W. Murphree of Decatur, died after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at Heflin cemetery in Lawrence County with Rev. Clyde Jones and Highsmith directing burial. Survived by widow, four daughters, four sons, two sisters, two brothers, and eleven grandchildren.
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Winnett M. Murphree
Moulton
J. W. Murphree
Decatur
Heflin Cemetery
Lawrence County
Clyde Jones
Highsmith
Roy Retherford
Landersville
Jones
Mae Frost
Vera Murphree
Ernest
Edward
Elmer
Wilmer
Pelk Crane
Lennie Cook
Russellville
Calvin Murphree
J. W. Lee Decatur
Kiwanis Visit To Courtland Slated
The Decatur Kiwanis Club plans a Thursday night meeting in Courtland at 6 30 in the school auditorium. Principal speaker will be Judge Seybourn Lynne. The Business Standards Committee, chaired by Sam Malone, includes T J Cottingham Quince Eddins and Dwight L Mixson. This is the committee’s second meeting of the year after a successful start at Moulton.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Courtland
Sam H. Malone
Malone
T. J Cottingham
Quince Eddins
Dwight L. Mixson
Seybourn Lynne
Moulton
Churchill says German raiders threaten American coast in Atlantic
Prime Minister Churchill in London reports Germany has sent U boats and battle cruisers to hunt shipping on the American side of the Atlantic. He says raiders have sunk some ships not in convoy to about the 42nd meridian east of New York, and notes a Pan American gene extend 300 miles offshore. He mentions a long range U boat heading toward the U S and three submarines sunk yesterday.
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American
London
Winston Churchill
Amercan
Atlantic
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
42Nd Meridian
New York
Washington
Noe Fon Uc
Welles Reports British Reports Of German Submarine Near Atlantic
Sumner Welles stating halifax informed him the British navy had reports a German submarine had reached waters off the North Atlantic coast. He said he had no information on German battle cruisers and referred questions to the navy for details.
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Halifax
Mareh
Sumner Welles
Viscount Halifax
North Atlantic
Welles
Atlantic
Navy
Hitler's High Command Claims U Boat Attacks on Convoys
Berlin scoffs at U-boat reporting as propaganda while Nazi high command says five armed merchant ships totaling 35,300 tons were sunk and a 4,000-ton vessel sent to the bottom in the North Sea. London reports 98,832 tons of shipping losses for March 9 as RAF bombs Germany.
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Hitler
Britain
Berlin
United States
North Sea
Washington
United Tos
London
Admiralty
England
Royal Air Force
Tennessee River Gauge Rises as Cold Air Moves In
The Tennessee river stood at 20.92 feet on Tuesday with a rising trend. Temperatures ranged from a high of 52 to a low of 24 in the past 24 hours. Alabama reports partly cloudy weather turning colder, with freezing in the north and near freezing in the interior south. Rain is limited to the extreme south, with light precipitation possible in loud areas.
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Tennessee River
Alabama
South Pens
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America
Taber
R Tastic” Andr
Spred
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the Daily
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Tryst
BE. EB. Beard
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J. L. McNeese
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Russell Woodruff
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