Fire damages Johnson building on Second Avenue
Co. E. Poole owner of the Johnson building at Sco pe avenue and Grant street faced extensive fire damage this afternoon. Demolition of the third and fourth stories was planned with about 15 workers and a $10 000 preliminary estimate. Project to take two weeks with walls left sagging and area roped off. Poole undecided on remodeling or complete razing.
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Co. E. Poole
Johnson
Scope Avenue
Grant Street
Poole
Howard Blackwell
Second Avenue
E. 8. Johnson
Four Sheffield residents injured in highway crash
Four Sheffield residents suffered minor injuries when their car blew a tire and rolled five times on Joe Wheeler Highway ten miles west of the city. Driver Mrs. Brown and three passengers, all residents of local avenues, were treated at Be nevolent Society Hospital and released. State patrolmen S Chambers and Julius Hale investigated the事故.
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Sheffield
Joe Wheeler
Here
L. A. Brown
Atlanta Avenue
W. H. Spence
Mae K. Williams
Nashville Avenue
Brown
American War Planes Arrive in Greece
Diplomatic messages report American built war planes began arriving at Greek mainland airports in the expected Berlin British clash. The planes flown from Cairo by the RAF are described as the first American built machines to be based in Greece with no numbers or types available.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Cairo
RAF
Greece
New Convoy Plan Urged To Thwart German Threat
Shipping sources report American experts urged Britain to scrap the convoy system in favor of a 50 destroyer Atlantic patrol. The plan would run a continuous 2 000 mile patrol from Labrador to the British Isles with 40 ships on watch, rotating two week tours to cover the entire route.
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New York
Atlantic
America
Great Circle
Labrador
British Isles
Decatur Chamber Membership Climbing Toward 1941 Goal
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports 540 memberships pledged totaling 6480 toward a 8000 goal. To reach the target 670 more memberships are needed as the second half of the campaign proceeds. Individuals or firms may volunteer by calling the Chamber.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Strike Hint In Senate Agriculture Hearing
Senators Bankhead and Smith proposed a general farm strike as a tactic to win a larger share of defense spending benefits. They pressed Secretary Wickard on government loan proposals for prices of cotton wheat corn and tobacco. Wickard defended farm income and warned of market forces ahead.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
Smith D
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wickard
Decatur Awards Code Contract to Michie Company
The City of Decatur contracts the Michie Company to prepare a new permanent city code covering ordinances from 1826 to April 1 1941. The project includes editing, indexing, cross references, and a pocket part with updates for 15 years, with completion in four to six months and cost not to exceed 1750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Board of Aldermen
Michie Company
Charlottesville
Virginia
Charles W. Sublett
Michie
Albany
T. C. Almon
United States
T. R. Harrison
Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Gadsden
Anniston
Selma
Opelika
Andalusia
Aid Appropriation Over First Hurdle
The House defeated an amendment to cut a large British aid lease lend bill. Lambertson proposed a 383 million reduction from 1.343 billion in ordnance and ammunition, a first step toward 2 billion in cuts. Opponents warned broader cuts would shift costs to other bills.
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Washington
Uay
House
Lambertson
Arians
Representative Powers
United States
War Clouds Grow Over U Boat Threats and Allied Aid
The article reports on Churchill’s warning of German U boats and battle cruisers operating near American waters and notes the triple alliance’s claim that U S aid to Britain puts the United States in the war. It discusses the risk of ships being sunk off the U S coast and the delicate situation this creates.
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Churchill
Atlantic
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Britain
Fende
Hitler
Presence of Nazi Subs No Surprise
The article notes Nazi submarine activity threatens Britain and criticizes the U S stance on supplying England. It cites weekly shipping losses for March and February, argues England would face hunger and industrial collapse without supplies, and calls for faster American shipbuilding to aid the Allied war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
England
J T Bolan Dies of Heart Attack at 51
J T Bolan 51 died suddenly at his Danville route 2 home Tuesday night of a heart attack. Funeral at Aldridge Grove 3 p.m. with Rev. Emmett Byars and burial in Alexander cemetery. Survived by widow and six sons, siblings, and nephews with pallbearers and flower girls named from Bolan and Curtis families.
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J. T. Bolan
Danville
Aldridge Grove
Emmett Byars
Issac Eddy
Peck
Hartselle
Alexander Cemetery
Mr. Bolan
Henry
Paul Willard
Albert Bolan
Herman
Moulton
J. Curtis
Henry Boland
Robert Bolan
Gordon
Garland
Truman
Frank Cheatham
Seldon Sterling
Ordane Bolan
Jewel Curtis
Edith Curtis
Louise Viola
Lucy Cheatham
Farm committees outline efforts to boost county production
Agricultural committees of four Decatur civic clubs met at the Cornelian Court Hotel to plan increased farm output with 4-H clubs and local service organizations Kiwanis Rotary Lions and Civitan represented. Attendees included Charles W Young Charles M Scales R E Chenault Charles Hardwick Raymond Britain and Casto Jarvis.
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Decatur
Cornelian Court
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions and Civitan
Charles W Young
Charles M. Scales
R. E. Chenault
Charles Hardwick
Raymond Britain
Casto Jarvis
Shoals Ahead for Industry
A wartime shift toward rationing civilian supplies is likely as the New Ington developments signal an industry on a wartime footing. The steel sector faces higher demand, with OPM and Stettinius moving to broaden mandatory priorities while Knudsen calls for a 60 percent production boost. Steel users press for more, inventories rise, and expanded orders loom after funding.
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Newington Developments
Steel Magazine
Roosevelt
OPM
Knudsen
Stettinius
Defense
Iron Age
Camp Claiborne Hears Anew With Gas Heat And Mud
The 151st Engineers arrive at Camp Claiborne for a year long stay and find gas heating making living quarters cleaner. Company B traveled from Camp Shelby in a 94 car train and begins work to improve tents, sidewalks, and gravel streets while mud and forests shape early conditions.
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Kyle Frazier
Camp Claiborne
151St
Camp Shelby
Shelby
Monroe
Mississippi River
Wroksburg
Claiborne
All
Strike Ban Move Begun
Philip Murray and Thomas B. Kennedy were nominated as CIO picks for Roosevelt’s 11 man mediation board on the strike ban issue. Kennedy, UMWA secretary, and Murray, CIO head, submitted their names as board members.
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New York
Philip Murray
CTO
Thomas B. Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Issue Mediation Board to End Defense Delays
The Associated Press reports the federal government plans definite steps to cut strike delays in defense production. Before a southern vacation, President Roosevelt is expected to issue an executive order creating a federal mediation board to bring labor and management together to resolve disputes.
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Associated Press
Federal Gvernment
Roosevelt
Federal Mediation Board
Red scare claims link California sabotage to Harvill strike
Representative Dies charged the Communist party sent a man to California to sabotage the defense program amid an air craft production slowdown. He cited Kenneth Eggert, a Harvill Aircraft Die Casting Corp. leader on strike in Inglewood, as part of the alleged plot and tied it to nationwide anti American activities.
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REDS
Washington
Dies
D-Texas
House Today
Communist Party
California
Stalin
Harvill Aircraft Die Casting Corporation
Inglewood
Cal
Texan
Kenneth Eggert
Toledo
Eggert
War Dept weighs taking control of Wright Field project
The War Department considers moving the 5.9 million Wright Field construction under federal control if a strike is not quickly settled. AFL craftsmen protested Penner Construction actions causing walkout. CIO workers affected. Separate talks in New York involve major coal operators and CIO United Mine Workers over a new contract replacing the expired April 1 pact.
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War Department
Army Air Corps Experimental Laboratories
Wrightfield
Ohio
Civil Service
AFL
Penner Construction Corporation
CIO
New York City
Cio-United Mine Workers
Appalachian
trans-Appalachian
Invasion Forecast Dominates Balkans and Europe War News
Balkan reports say Greece plans to deploy 500000 troops against a suspected German thrust from Bulgaria as Allied and Axis forces mass in the region. Yugoslavia faces ultimatums, while Hull and other British targets endure devastating night raids and German bombing campaigns.
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Associated Press
Balkan
Greece
Ivasion
Bulgaria
The
Balkans
Germany
Aegean
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Adolf Hitler
Milan Stojadinovic
Axis
Luftwaffe
Hull
Tennessee River Gauge Fluctuates as Temperatures Range
Weather notice reports the Tennessee river at 20.87 feet with a high of 43 and low of 27 degrees. Winds shift to easterly with light rain possible tonight and generally warmer by Thursday.
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Tennessee
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Arsenal
Ravenna Arsenal
Windham
Airview
Arsenal Reservation
By Taylor Henry
John C. Eyster
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Alexandria
National
Murray House
Board of Mediation
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Rotterdam
Holland
Reich
North Atlantic
DNB
English
U. S
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
London
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