Decatur Merchants Reach Agreement On Hours And Closings
The Retail Merchants Committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce discussed uniform opening and closing hours for all city stores, Thursday summer closings, and a 2 to 5 pm April 1 closing for the Giants Indians game. They approved Lions Club supported game closings, planned trade days, and a secret Special Advertising and Soliciting Committee to grant or deny solicitation permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Retail Merchants Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commercce
Sam Alexander
Lions Club
Lions Charity
W. A. Daugherty
W. M. Bailey
D. W. Speake
Chamber of Commerce
W. S. Finch
M. K. Vickrey
Merchants of
Barrett C.shelton
Battle of the Balkans preparations sweep Europe
Reports say Italian troops and Albanian auxiliaries crossed into Yugoslavia amid disintegration of Mussolini's forces. Greek troops reportedly entered Tepeleni after a major RAF attack. British torpedo planes sank Italian ships near Valona and Durazzo while Berlin warned of a massed German move toward Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan
Germany
Great Britain
Balkans
Bulgaria
Britain
Greece
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tepeleni
Alexandria
Egypt
Valona
Durazzo
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Balonika
Aegean
Salonika
Mussolini
London
Berlin
Empire
Coventry
Athens
Viosa
Tepelini
London Admiralty
United States
U. S
Defense mediation board formed to ease labor disputes
The United States Conciliation Service under John R. Steelman will coordinate with the new National Defense Mediation Board in regional meetings in New York Chicago San Francisco and Birmingham to align peacemaking efforts with the defense labor drive. The board chaired by Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra will only compel settlements if conciliation fails and will publicize its findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United Sta Conciliation Service
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
Labor Department
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Birmingham
Steelman
Sjoard
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Selective Service System
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Pittsburgh
J.lester Perry
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
SWOC
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois
U. S. Steel
New Defense Mediation Board
Harvill Aircraft Die Casting Corporation
Los Angeles
F. H. LaGuardia
Manhattan
Explosion at Hercules Powder plant kills 52 in New Jersey
An explosion at the Hercules Powder Co. plant in Kennil New Jersey at noon today kills fifty two people including Roy S Hull Jr of Stanhope. The blast damaged surrounding areas and blocked telephone lines as traffic backed up near Morristown and Dover with no visible fire reported.
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Kennil
N. J
Hercules Powder Co
Morristown
Dover
Tify
Powder Company
Roy S. Hull, Jr
Stanhope
Wagner
Alabama farm population falls below half of state total
The 1940 census shows Alabama farm residents increased by 2,788 in the last decade while the state total grew by 186,713. Rural non farm residents rose by 12,257, making the farm population 47.3 percent of the total, down from 50.5 in 1930. rural non farms are 22.5 percent.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Bureau of Business Research
University of Alabama
Johnson Building Sold After Fire Damage
The Johnson Building at Second avenue and Grant street, damaged by fire, was sold today for $5,000 to Mrs. Ethel Denbo of Athens by C. E. Poole. Denbo plans to raze the third and fourth stories. disposition of the upper floors to be announced. The sale transfers valuable Second avenue property to Athens ownership. earlier, December deals added multiple Second avenue and Johnston street buildings to the Athens group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Second Avenue
Grant Street
C. E. Poole
Ethel Denbo
Athens
Poole
Alex Marlowitz
Dave Denbo
Johnson Building
Ben and
Israel Jaffe
Johnston Street
E. W. Pitts
Decatur
E. E. Forbes
Hinz Barber Shop
Gunter’s Clothing
Stinson Bros
Sherwin-Williams Co
Alabama Gas Company
Decatur Cleaners
Alex Markowitz
Six Trainmen Die In Wreck In Spartanburg South Carolina
Six railroad workers were killed when two heavy Southern Railway freight trains collided head on near Spartanburg South Carolina. Firemen and engineers from both trains perished while three others escaped as crews used acetylene torches to extricate bodies from the wreckage.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Southern Railway System
Als of
Columbia
C. R. Holcomb
L. B. McCord
L. ©. Grant
J. C. Somers
J. D. White
Harry C. Schiffley
G. H. Driggers
D. K. Jones
Bruce Robinson
Probation Office Opened On Courthouse Floor
Sam Esslinger state probation officer has established an office on the second floor of the courthouse here between the offices of Judges Seybourn H. Lynne and Jame H. Crow Jr. He said he would be here Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week, and if absent someone would be on duty those days to provide information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Esslinger
Seybourn H. Lynne
Jame H. Crow, Jr
Esslinger
Senate Plans Early Ballot on Aid Funds
Washington March 20 A 7 billion dollar British aid appropriation bill backed by a 336 to 55 House vote moved to the Senate where leaders expect prompt endorsement. Hearings set for today with army witnesses as Taft signals possible stance. House tally showed 231 Democrats 104 Republicans 1 Farm Laborite for the measure while 6 Democrats 45 Republicans 3 Progressives and 1 American Laborite opposed. Provisions cover artillery planes tanks ships plants and repair services for Democracies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
House
Democrats
Senate Appropriations
Barkley
D-Ky
George
D.-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Truck crashes into Rockford home saving resident
Miss Edda Farr heard a crash as a seven ton potato truck plowed into her living room. Driver Arthur Robbins of Portland Indiana skidded on ice and wedged the truck into the wall, but was unhurt and the house remained standing. Miss Farr escaped with a messy living room and no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockerford
Mich
Edda Farr
Arthur Robbins
Portland
Ind
Miss Farr
Training Course Well Attended At Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
The training course at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church drew strong turnout with fifty attendees last night. Four courses are taught by Rev. C. L. Dobbs for adults Miss Cora Field for seniors C. L. Buck for intermediates and Miss Nell Safley for juniors.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
Cora Field
C. L. Buck
Nell Safley
Cullman Man to be Tried in Wife's Death
Felix McClendon a 50 year old Cullman county farmer will face life on trial in Cullman Circuit Court starting Monday April 14 for first degree murder in the death by arsenic of his wife Lois McClendon at the Cold Springs farm home February 20 Investigations found the pancakes she ate were prepared by her husband The body was exhumed and toxicology confirmed arsenic A special 75 member jury was drawn for the trial McClendon pleaded innocent and lawyers from Cullman and Decatur will represent both sides Miss Della Oden was later charged in the case but not indicted and released on 500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix McClendon
Cullman County
Cullman Circuit Court
McClendon
Lois McClendon
Cold Springs
Cullman Circuit
A. A. Griffith
John Chapman
Walker McAfee
Cullman
Melvin Hutson
Decatur
F. E. St. John, Sr
Jude Crow Holds First Court Term
Judge James H. Crow Jr elected county judge will begin his first term with a heavy docket. Four weeks start April 7. week one has 65 jury criminal cases, week two 48 jury civil cases, week three 162 non jury criminal cases, and week four 41 non jury civil cases scheduled.
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James H. Crow, Jr
Minstrel Circle Meeting Set for March 28 29 at Riverside
The Circle of the Minstrel In The Money invites all members to a meeting with Director Cole at 8 PM tonight. Location is The School of the Dance rooms on Second Avenue. Cole asks every Elkin and Decatur to attend promptly.
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Circle of the Minstrel
Riverside Auditorium
Cole
School of the Dance Rooms
Second Avenue
Elkin
Decatur
Mrs Brooks Dies at Home in Moulton Route 2
Lula Brooks 53, prominent Moulton route 2 matron, died suddenly of a heart attack on Wednesday. Funeral at Pair Field church in Lawrence County Friday at 11 am, with burial at Red Hill cemetery by McAfee Howell and Young. Survived by husband W L Brooks, eight children including Ernest Solon Louis Irby, three daughters, a brother Oscar Hightower, and 11 grandchildren. Church of Christ member 27 years.
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Lula Brooks
Moulton
Brooks
Ernest and
Solon
Louis Frooks
Decatur
Irby Brooks
Camp Blanding
Florida
L. W. Gentry
Orland Wade
Théo Hill
Oscar Hightower
Church of Christ
BTU Campaign Plans Shaped for City Church Week
An enlargement campaign for the Baptist Training Union will be held at First Baptist Church from Monday to Friday evenings. Five courses run each night at 7 o'clock for two hours. All BTU units in the county invited to send representatives. Faculty includes Rev. Davis Woolley, Katherine Walker, Ruby Lee Smith, Rev. Leon Macon, and Mrs. W. E. Waterhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Training Union
First Baptist Church
Davis Wooley
Montgomery
State Training Union
Katherine Walker
Ruby Lee Smith
Leon Macon
Athens
W. E. Waterhouse
War profile outlines Nazi onslaught and pivotal fronts
The piece describes Berlin air raids on Hull and London and U boat sinkings near the Atlantic, framing Hitler's spring offensive as a decisive war phase. It outlines the Battle of Britain and Atlantic aims, the Anglo Allied Empire in the Mediterranean, and tensions in the Balkan arena as three intertwined theaters.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hull
London
Atlantic
Hitler
Britain
England
Mediterranean
Balkan
Still Anybody's War Commentator Avers Battle in the Mediterranean
The piece notes ongoing Mediterranean combat and warns of a possible Japanese move to pressure Britain in the Far East. A warning of famine and disease in Europe is linked to the war crisis, with emphasis on the Battle of Britain as pivotal to the overall conflict.
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Avers
Mediterranean
Japan
Matsuoka
Berlin
Rome
Hitler
Nippon
Britain
Far East
England
United States
Europe
Plans Shaped for Big Rally by Decatur 4-H Clubs
Decatur Chamber of Commerce committees mapping a Decatur Morgan county 4-H Rally set for Saturday April 5 to boost agriculture and livestock. The group chaired by C M Scales Jr.’s team prepares a Birmingham marketing conference attendance and a yearlong program including parade stunts county project summary and crownings with a Chamber picture show lunch and outdoor events lined up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Morgan County
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Ae C. M. Scales, Jr
Mr. Scales
B. G. Hall
Charles Hardwick
Leroy McEntire
Extension Service
Auburn
Birmingham
P. O. Davis
Scales
Hall
Hardwick
John Pennell
Irin Rowe
D. D. Marshall
Livingston
Russell Terry
Chamber of Commerce
Spring jury session opens in Athens circuit court
Athens Alabama March 20 Circuit court will open its spring jury session Monday with Judge A A Griffith of Cullman presiding. Both civil and criminal cases to be tried though dockets are light. The grand jury will convene with Cir Decatur and County Solicitor George C Johnson of Athens assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Circuit Court
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
Melvin Hutson
Decatur
George C. Johnson
Georgia Legislature Shelves Gasoline Pipeline Bill
Proposal to permit pipeline construction in Georgia was shelved despite Roosevelt endorsement. Senator H B Edwards of Valdosta and other supporters said further pursuit would be useless with the same legislature members remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Georgia
H. B. Edwards
Valdosta
Chamber of Commerce Sees 1941 Membership Near Goal
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports 550 members pledging 6654 toward a 1941 goal of 8000. With 670 members needed to reach the target, the drive continues as funds advance toward the year’s activities.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Civic Unit
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Southeast Regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 20.85 feet and fell. Temperatures ranged from 40 to 64 degrees with no rainfall. Rain is expected tonight across Alabama and northern Florida, spreading to Tennessee Friday with clouds and lighter showers in the east and stronger rain in the west and extreme south. Somewhat colder air follows Friday with moderate to heavy rain in parts and easing later.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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