Hearings Delayed on NLRB Changes in Senate
The Senate labor committee voted to defer until next Tuesday the start of hearings on proposed Wagner Act amendments. Borah said AFL and CIO peace talks require more time, with negotiations resuming Friday. The AFL sponsored amendments were part of broader relief and labor policy discussions amid WPA funding debates.
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CIO
Cotton Plan Hit by Textiles Man
A spokesman in Washington says Secretary Wallace’s plan to export raw cotton below government cost would penalize growers and spinners. Russell T. Fisher, president of the Association of Cotton Manufacturers, calls the proposal a two price system favoring foreign spinners over domestic ones.
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Wallace
Russell T. Fisher
Ee. Association of Cottonacturers
Treasury reports March income tax intake near half last year
The treasury announces 473,122,502 dollars in income taxes collected in the first 20 days of March, meeting budget estimates despite a 30 percent drop from last year due to business recession. Officials note March receipts likely align with expected totals, with 723,000,000 dollars collected in the full prior March.
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Roosevelt
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Hit and run fatality of Nathaniel Turner near Ardmore
Nathaniel Turner, 20, Limestone County, was killed while walking along the Bee Line highway two miles south of Ardmore. Coroner Grigsby Griffis attributes the death to a hit and run driver. State patrol officers and Limestone officials continue to trace the vehicle and driver as Turner was en route to his wife and week old baby.
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Bee Line
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van Gilbert
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Williams
Martin Whitt
Limestone
Turner
Ardmore
Physician James L. Jordan Dies in Huntsville
Dr. James L. Jordan, 47, a well known North Alabama physician, died at his home in Huntsville after a long illness. A Guntersville native, he had practiced in the city for 14 years after earning a medical degree at the University of Alabama and studying at Sewanee University in Tennessee.
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Ala
James L. Jordan
North Alabama
Guntersville
University of Alabama
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Sewanee, Tenn
Roosevelt plans Warm Springs trip then visits Tuskegee and Auburn
The White House announced President Roosevelt intends to travel to Warm Springs, Georgia on March 29 and then visit Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn and Tuskegee Institute, the Negro trade school in Tuskegee, Alabama, on April 5.
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White House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Tuskegee Institute
Negro Trade School
Tuskegee
Ala
Better Farming Boosts Alabama Cooperatives in Erosion Areas
Increased acres of hay pasture and woodland on farms of cooperatives in erosion control areas in Alabama show conservation farming improves the farm program and protects land. S. R. Doughty of the Alabama Extension Service notes the gains and benefits.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
S. R. Doughty
Alabama Extension Service
Falkville Schools Close Amid Influenza Surge
Falkville high and grammar schools were closed after 229 influenza cases among students. With 275 in the high school and 388 in elementary grades, more than a third are sick. County health officer Dr. L R Murphree called flu an epidemic though mostly mild and noted other Morgan county schools report absences from illness. Classes expected to resume next Monday.
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L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Cash Register Robbery At Wiley Electric
A $34 theft at Wiley Electric Station on First Avenue and Lee Street is under investigation. Police seek a 25-year-old Black man about five five, wearing dark pants and a gray sweater, who asked for change during the noon hour and punched the no sale key twice before leaving. A dollar bill remained in the drawer.
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T. M. Wiley
Spain Bars New Spirit in Valencia Sign Call for Dignity
In Valencia on March 21 workers erected a sign urging a Spain where all citizens live in dignity free of foreign influence. The move mirrors post Barcelona capture and a shift toward peace rhetoric despite occasional Nationalist air raids. Shops shuttered rations tight yet life continues with orange juice tapas and limited meals amid war weariness.
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Spain
Barcelona
Venice
Madrid
Harris Seeks Market Plan Ban Removal
Senator Norman H Harris of Decatur proposed a bill to add a constitutional amendment allowing the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to establish concentration produce markets in Alabama. The move aims to avoid conflict with the prohibition on state business. The House committee also approved a Dixon amendment on trust fund investments and considered adding a Houston county representative.
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Ala
Norman H. Harris
Decatur
State Board of Agriculture and Industries
Alabama
House Committee On Constitution and Constitutional Revision
Dixon
House
Guy Hardwick
Houston ‘County
Alabama Governor faces tests on proposed amendments
Governor Frank M. Dixon wields a split-rail strategy during Alabama's extra session, seeking amendments on reapportionment and poll tax revision. Dixon travels to Atlanta for a Southeastern governors’ conference, while supporters tout a public vote option and opponents predict quick defeat. passage requires a three fifths majority in both chambers.
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Ala
Alabama
Frank M. Dixon
Dixon
Atlanta
Senate
House
Rites Held Today for Mrs. Pearl Brindley
Funeral rites for Mrs. Pearl Brindley were held at 2 p m at her home in Hartselle Route 3. She died at 7 30 Monday morning. Burial was in Hart selle cemetery conducted by Drinkard Howell. Survived by husband Weaver Brindley two sons Warren and Wilson and four daughters Margaret Lou Betty Joan and Fay.
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Pearl Brindley
Hartselle
Route 3
John Putnam III Ill After Operation in Birmingham
Birmingham newsman John Putnam III was seriously ill today after an operation. He had been ill for several months and remained hospitalized in Birmingham.
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Ala
John Putnam
Putnam
Hitler Holds Out Hands 10 Ally in Rome
Berlin reports Hitler sent a personal letter to Mussolini to explain last week’s developments including the absorption of parts of Czecho Slovakia. Amb Attolico's Rome mission followed talks with Hitler and Ribbentrop as fears of further German moves mount amid Memel and Baltic questions.
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Italy
Former Decatur Girl Earns Florida Verse Acclaim
Mrs. Royce Powell of Miami, born Katherine Imogene Parsons in Decatur, has gained Florida attention for her poetry. Miami Daily News poet laureate Vivian Yeiser Laramore devoted a full column to Powell, noting her background from Pulaski Tennessee to Broadmoor Academy of Art in Colorado Springs and her move with husband Royce Powell to Miami Coral Gables. Powell supports local clubs and writes verse while balancing wife and mother roles.
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Katherine Parsons
Decatur
R. L. Parsons
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Miami Daily News
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United States Rejects Legal Basis for Nazi Protectorate
The United States states it does not recognize any legal basis for Hitler's protectorate over Bohemia and Moravia. A State Department note accompanies Welles' condemnation of German acts and notes the de facto German administration of the provinces.
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Washington
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State Department
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Welles
Reich
Bohemia
Moravia
Man Reich
Czzecho-Slovakia
Hitler
Czecho- Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Retention of Farm Aid Urged by Wallace
Secretary Wallace told the House Agriculture Committee that the current farm program must be retained to allow agricultural income to rise with improving business conditions. He warned that preserving income and price support mechanisms is essential as national production gaps shrink toward a desired 1940 level, tying farm gains to broader industrial growth.
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Wallace
House Agriculture Committee
German Made Rails Will Be Replaced
Los Angeles reports that rails stamped Germany used for a WPA storm drain dump car line will be torn out and replaced. Fred W. Witt notes a local firm bid 720 for two tons of rails, compared with 1152 for American rails, and the order will switch to American rails per federal rules.
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Works Progress Administration
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Fred W. Witt
Treasury Department
Witt
Spring Officially Arrives With Clear Skies in New York
Spring came at 7 29 a m eastern standard time as a group of models planned a picket at Hayden Hayden penthouse terrace over an actress posing for him. William Shea 30 fell through a plate glass window while cleaning. Fritz Kuhn head of the German American band received a speeding ticket. Temperature 24 degrees and sunny.
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Hayden Hayden
William Shea
Fritz Kuhn
Rescue of 10 year old pilot as four on Pacific crash drownings unfold
A 10-year-old airplane pilot was rescued after over an hour in the Pacific following a forced ocean landing. Richard Carey 19 and James Buntini 30 were pulled from the sea by a tugboat crew. Anthony J. Carey 60 and Jack Carey, long Beach city employee, drowned within 20 minutes after the crash. The group had departed Victorville en route to the mainland when fog closed in over Santa Catalina Island and fuel ran out. Coast guard boats searched through the night before bringing survivors to shore.
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Calif
Pacific
Richard Carey
James Buntini
Long Beach
Carey
Anthony J. Carey
Jack Carey
Alabama expands liquor enforcement with 35 new ABC peace officers
Governor Dixon commissions 35 Alabama Beverage Control Board agents as highway patrolmen with full peace officer powers to enforce the liquor law. They will operate in repeat and dry counties, target bootleggers and unlicensed liquor handlers, and may assist federal operatives. Alcohol sales exist in 26 of Alabama’s 67 counties under local option.
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Ala
Alabama
Alabama Beverage Control Board
Dixon
W. L. Devan
ABC
Highway Patrol
Influenza Strikes Legislature In Montgomery Hall
Influenza reduced attendance as a special session reconvened in Montgomery. Senator L Weatherford of Red Bay and J M Rowe of Elba were ill. Weatherford stayed in a Montgomery hotel while Rowe returned home to Elba. Senate Secretary Earl Speight also reported to the office.
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Dr. L. Weatherford
Red Bay
J. M. Rowe
Elba
Weatherford
Rowe
Senate
Earl Speight
Halt Hitler pact urged by Britain to Soviet Russia and allies
Britain asked the Soviet Union France and Poland to sign a halt Hitler declaration to bind them to consult over actions if German expansion resumes. In Bucharest a German citizen was shot by a Jew at Brasov and authorities said Romania would press a free trade policy with Germany while relations with Hungary remained strained.
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Poland
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Carol
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Krarzt
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Romania
Hungary
Europe grows wary as Hitler presses Czech border plans
AP reports Europe anxious over Hitler's next move as Germany expands its borders. Soviet Russia proposes a six power conference while Britain calls it premature. Lithuania moves families from Memel and France enacts new defense decrees as Daladier consolidates power. Hungary lines its eastern frontier with 300000 troops amid fears of eastward moves. Mussolini’s silence on congratulatory note hints at strained ties. Britain seeks to curb expansion with new measures.
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Weather forecast for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The report notes river gauge readings with a 73 degree high and 45 degree low, a trace of rain previously. Alabama forecast: fair conditions, windy northeast and east coasts. Tennessee: fair and slightly warmer north. increasing warmth tonight and on Wednesday with a warmer Thursday.
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