Aid Fund Bill Unchanged In First Test
Senate Appropriations subcommittee approved the 7 billion dollar British aid bill without change after House passage. Senators forecast quick full committee approval and a Monday Senate vote. Knudsen pledged full funding commitments for the fiscal year with plans in place to spend as much as possible. Defense chiefs Stimson Knox and Marshall urged speedy enactment to bolster Allied morale and deter the axis.
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Balkan
H B Randolph Dies At Home In Courtland Area
Funeral services for Henry B Randolph 77 were held at 2 30 Friday at Black Ground Cemetery Lawrence County with burial by Brown of Decatur. He died at 2 30 Thursday at his Courtland area home after a brief illness. Survived by widow four daughters Mrs Pearl Smith Mrs Martha Terry Mrs Annie Hughes Town Creek Route 3 Mrs Velma Nugen Rogersville three sons H misao Courtland W R Randolph Town Creek J R co Meridian Mississippi sisters Mrs Mollie Mizner Courtland Mrs Ann Hollins Town Creek Route 3 and other relatives. Born and raised in Lawrence County.
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Blackground
Lawrence County
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Decatur
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Courtland
Pearl Smith
Martha Terry
Annie Hughes
Town Creek
Velma Nugen
Rogersville
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W.R. Randolph
J. R. Co
Meridian
Mississippi
Mollie Mizner
Ann Hollins
Mr. Randolph
Ryan High School hosts Morgan County Board meeting
The Morgan County Board of Education met at Ryan High School for a luncheon and business session. Attendees included county and local officials such as Prof. Irwin J. Quinn John T. Kyle Virgil Clark W J Briscoe DeWitt Crawford and Henry Briscoe among others.
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Ryan High
Ryan High School
Irwin J. Quinn
John T. Kyle
Hartselle
Virgil Clark
Falkville
W. J. Briscoe
Ryan
BE. R. Emens
James H. Crow
Decatur
L. R. Stone
Carl Allgood
Ca. T. Jones
Prof
S. O. Maner
DeWitt Crawford
Henry Briscoe
Clarence Whisenant
E. A. Walker
George Crawford
Junior Class Play Tonight at Riverside Auditorium
The Decatur Senior High junior class presents a three act comedy A Million Dollar Joke in Riverside auditorium at 8:00. The cast, sponsor Mrs W J Brown, and junior class members invite the public to attend after a final practice.
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Riverside Auditorium
Decatur Senior High School
W. J. Brown
Weather Delays Roosevelt Potomac Fishing Cruise From Florida
President Roosevelt waits aboard the yacht Potomac off Port Everglades Florida as strong off shore winds and choppy seas delay departure for a fishing trip. The Potomac anchored near the German freighter Arauca with guard aboard while weather reports are awaited.
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Yugoslav Cabinet Crisis Amid Berlin Axis Move
Balkan tensions rise as Yugoslavia reportedly agrees to limited adherence to the Berlin Rome axis while preserving non belligerency. Cabinet ministers resign in protest but are refused. Serbian unrest grows as details remain unconfirmed and speed of Balkan reports accelerates.
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Balkan Pot Boiling Over Again Today
Commentary on Yugoslavia’s stance toward the Axis and potential impact on Hitler’s Greece plans. Notes public hostility to the axis, possible cabinet crisis, and the strategic value of a non belligerent Yugoslavia for protecting the right flank against Greece and Turkey.
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Turkey
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Young woman dies of gunshot in apartment in Athens
Mrs. C B Maze 21 died at Benevolent Society Hospital after a pistol wound fired about 9 40 this morning in the rear apartment of Pee g. Maze, who told police his wife had just recovered from influenza. Survived by husband, her parents, six sisters, and a brother. Funeral plans pending.
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Benevolent Society Hospital
W. P. Moore
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Maze
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Moore
Burlie Talley
Talley
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Storm lifts in mid west
Storms swept areas with damage and fatalities giving way to fair and colder weather. Rain and snow flurries persisted across the South east and West while central states cooled with several cities posting temperatures in the teens to mid thirties.
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Bismarck
Billings
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Burlington
Holton
Strikes End at Wright Field and Airplane Plants Face Shutdown
AFL leader ends a 17 day walkout at Wright Field expanding a 5.9 million dollar project, 400 workers return while five CIO electricians rejoin. Across the West Coast six major airplane makers warn a coastwide shutdown if Harvill Die Casting fails to end its strike, jeopardizing 350 of 426 workers. Major aviation suppliers report missing parts crippling production.
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Dayton Central Labor Union
Buster Miller
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Penner Construction Co
Los Angeles
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Harvill Die Casting Corporation
Northrup
North American
Douglas
Vultee
Lockheed
Boeing
Office of Productive Management
Washington
Tommy Burns
Ardmore Creamery Inc Formed To Run Athens Ardmore Plants
Thoran Jones of Ardmore and Harold E. Henegar of Pulaski announce the purchase of the Ardmore creamery and formation of Ardmore Creamery Inc. to operate plants in Athens and Ardmore. No policy or personnel changes expected. expansion plans anticipated to broaden service for local milk producers.
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Ardmore
Harold E. Henegar
Pulaski
Ardmore Creamery
Ardmore Creamery Inc
Athens
American Planes Aid Britain Surges In 1940 Shipments
London reports 1,875 American made airplanes shipped to Britain in 1940, up from 300 in 1939, with about 1,600 arriving July to December. Aeroplane notes newer combat planes armed with 20 to 37 mm cannons and power driven turrets with multiple machine guns.
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London
Britain
Aeroplane
Decatur Chamber Sees Sudden Membership Advance
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports 557 memberships pledged totaling 6688 dollars. With a goal of 8000 dollars and nearly 700 more memberships needed, a newly appointed Membership Committee will begin active campaigning next week to engage more Decatur citizens with the chamber.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Two Below-Age Recruits Sent From Morgan County Draft Board
Morgan County draft board No. 2 at Hartselle will send seven volunteers to camp March 26. Two were under the draft age, John B. Jackson 18 of Somerville Route 2 and James Buell Bridges 19 of Danville Route 3, first time underage men are sent by this county. Other volunteers include Burl Marcus Crawford 26 Hartselle Route 1 Raymond Kelsey Hogan 21 Vinemont Route 3 Huey Lee Lawrence 2 Lacey's Spring Charles Lovelady Orr 24 Hartselle and Wilfred Hosmer Aldering 22 Danville. Twelve Negroes from Decatur board 1 and five from Hartville board were sent to camp this morning.
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Burl Marcus Crawford
Hartselle
Raymond Kelsey Hogan
Vinemont
Huey Lee Lawrence
Lacey's Spring
Charles Lovelady Orr
Wilfred Hosmer Alderidge
Danville
Decatur
Hartnelle Board
J L Meeks Dies Prominent Alabama Publisher
James Leonard Meeks 64 publisher of The Florence Times and Tri Cities Daily died at his Florence home after a long illness. He edited The Gadsden Times before buying papers in Muscle Shoals. Born March 27 1876 in Gadsden he is survived by wife Lois Manning and five children. Funeral plans not announced.
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Ala
James Leonard Meeks
Tri-Cities
Meeks
Alabama
Gadsden
Muscle Shoals
William M. Meeks
Lois Erin Manning
Wetumpka
J. L. Meeks, Jr
Thomas Gibson
Ruth Meeks
Elsie Meeks
Herbert Meeks
Bremen Gateway
Bremen
Associated Press
Alabama Association of Associated Press
New Army Navy Outlay Endorsed For 4 Million Man Force
The House appropriations committee backed a total of 4 023 810 074 for army and navy The bulk funds new plant capacity to sustain a combat ready 4 000 000 man force Half of the amount would be direct cash with the rest in contract authorizations for later funding Approximately one half of the army share covers 3 600 bombers 2 400 medium two engine craft and 1 200 heavy bombers to be built at four Midwest assembly plants The navy portion includes 133 118 820 for anti aircraft guns and 60 000 000 to acquire and convert 12 auxiliary vessels including the Texas and New Jersey and to arm merchant ships Also planned are 79 003 additional motor vehicles and a stockpile of 260 000 000 board feet of lumber with a June 30 manpower level target of 1 418 000 men
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Navy
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Appropriations Committee
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Vane Two
Resignations Not Accepted in Yugoslav Cabinet Shakeup
Belgrade reports three anti German ministers and other officers drive a dissent surge that likely delays Yugoslavia pivot to the Axis. Berlin dispatch notes German submarines off Africa’s West Coast sink 69000 tons of merchant ships from a British convoy, according to a high command communique.
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High Command
Tennessee river gauge and rainfall report
The Tennessee River stood at 20.65 feet and was falling. Temperature ranged from a high of 47 and a low of 47 with .23 inches of rainfall in Alabama. Cloudy and slightly colder in the north with rain in the east tonight and colder conditions into Saturday across the coast and inland regions.
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