TVA Lowers Tennessee River Pool To Accommodate Spring Flood Risk
TVA officials kept the Tennessee River at a low 16.1 feet gauge to create storage space for heavy spring rain. The move aims to prevent floods in the Ohio and Mississippi basins, with water levels monitored near Decatur. Crews have cleared Flint Creek area brush to reduce mosquito breeding and plan dipping and spraying in May if temperatures reach around 60 degrees. A TVA flotilla sprays backwaters and aircraft dusts inaccessible areas with larvae killer insecticides.
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Tennessee
Ten- Valley Authority
Decatur
Ohio
Mississippi Tigers
TVA
Centrol
Flint Creek
Memel Welcomes Hitler as German Troops Enter
Memel's streets erupt in cheers as the first German troops enter the Baltic city. Hitler arrives aboard the battleship Deutschland, escorted by Heinrich Himmler and Ernst Neumann, while Memellanders celebrate with flowers and parades.
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Heinrich Himmiler
Ernst Neumann
Memel
Nazi Party
Fuehrer
Neumann
Hitler
Germany
Baltic
Adolf Hitler
Theater
Adolf Hitler Platz
Fire Claims Fort Benning Official Victim
Thomas E. Drake assistant provost marshal at Fort Benning died in a crash described as a raging inferno on a little used road within the reservation.
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Thomas E. Drake
Fort Benning
Markets Rally on London Buy Side Amid European Crisis
New York and London stocks bounced today as traders shifted to buying, led by Anaconda General Electric Sears Roebuck and U.S. Steel with gains up to four points before hesitation as the European crisis outlook clarified. Cotton futures opened steady to higher on moderate trade with New Orleans and locals active.
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Victor Fabank
New York
London
European
Lockheed
Roebuck
Bee General Moting
Interna Chalmers
Wall Street
Anaconda
General Electric
Youngstown Sheet
Sears Roebuck
Boeing
Westinghouse
U.S. Steel
Montgomery Ward
Bethlehem
New Orleans
Liverpool
Poultry Prices Steady Amid Chicago Market Report
Poultry live and hens trading in Chicago on March 23 with 35 trucks noted. Balances steady and prices unchanged as market remains stable.
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Chicago
Creamery Prices Steady On Butter Eggs In Chicago
Chicago reports steady prices for creamery products with butter at 809012 units and eggs at 30,370 units. Scores show range from 88 to 93 with typical weight grades 24 and 1 2, 24 1-4, and 22 1-2 for various standards.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Report March 28
Nashville Tenn March 28 live stock receipts show 200 calves 100 heifers and steers mostly steady to 9.00 for grade cattle. Dryfeds 9.25-10.85. Reef cows and bulls 6.75 down. Wealers steady to 50 higher top 10.50. Hogs salable 400 prices ten higher weights 130 lbs up 6.15-7.20. top 170-225 lbs 5.60 down. Sheep 25 receipts steady.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Dept. Agri
Frontiersmen report Lithuanian forces in new positions
Reuters reports that troops moved across the Memel frontier as Lithuanian artillery and tanks, who retired from Memel yesterday, occupied positions just across the line while British observers noted the back stairs access was used during entry and exit from the building.
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Reuters
Local hurler on mound for Bucs in San Bernardino
Manager Pie Tray will send Truett Sewell from Decatur and Cy Blanton to the mound this afternoon against the Los Angeles Angels in San Bernardino Cal. The Pirates have lost four of five exhibitions to the Cubs and White Sox. Sewell is the son of Mr and Mrs Co T Sewell and attended high school.
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Pie Traynod
Pittsburgh Pirates
Decatur
Truett Sewell
Los Angeles Angels
San Bernardino
Cal
Cy Blanton
Bucs
Chicago Cubs
White Sox
Sewell
Co. T. Sewell
Cotton and textile efforts boost farm and industry claims
The report highlights cotton use in road work and textiles as well as advances in durable cotton hose to replace silk and rayon. Texas representatives seek funds to combat the pink bollworm while warehouse loans expand under the commodity act and crop insurance programs.
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T. H. MacDonal
Bureau of Roads
Ruth O’brien
Miss O'Brien
Texas
Kleberg
Mahon
West
Mexico
E. C. Auchter
Bureau of Plant Industry
Congress
C. W. Kitchen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kitchen
Baseball career path from local teams to Pirates
The excerpt traces a player's progression from local clubs to Vanderbilt University then stints with the Nashville Vols Buffalo and Detroit before joining the Pirates. It highlights mobility among minor and major leagues and career steps through specific teams.
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville Vols
Buffalo
Detroit
The
Pirates
Torch victim identified in Fort Benning blaze
Federal authorities tentatively identify the torch death victim as Bill Williams a Columbus automobile salesman whose charred body was found at the wheel of a burning car on Fort Benning. The watch stopped at 11 20 a.m. and investigators note similar wrist watch ring and lighter as possible identifying items. This marks Fort Benning second torch death case in less than two months with Lieutenant William Davis previous victim.
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Solumbus
Bill Williams
Columbus
Fort Benning
Thomas F. Drake
Army Post
Williams
George Ryan
Columbus Automobile
William D. Davis
Alabama
Chattahoochee River
Jailed violinist to gain time off for good conduct
The jailed violinist is told he will spend 130 more days behind bars with 65 days deducted for good behavior. Davis, whose wife recently divorced him in Reno, plans to wed Hope Dave, his showgirl sweetheart, once permitted. Miss Dare vows to marry him when possible. In the DA office she wears a burgundy ensemble and carries a dictionary, an almanac and The Life of Christ.
Classified Ads Spur Housewife Advertising Medium
The message promotes classified ads as the house wife’s advertising medium. It urges using Want Ads for buying selling or swapping and directs readers to call phone 46 and ask for Ad Taker. The emphasis is on ad convenience and reach for personal wants.
Credit Corp and Crop Insurance Board Back Federal Warehouse Act
The Credit Corporation and by the desire of the Crop Insurance Corporation to store wheat it receives a payment of insurance premiums under the protection of the federal warehouse act. Kitchen noted a general desire for the act's protection and service from depositors, producers' cooperatives, warehousemen, and lenders. Licensed wheat storage capacity rose from 132 million to 165.4 million bushels since January 1938, and cotton capacity grew from 6.5 million to 8.8 million bales.
Decatur Community Notes and Local Updates
Local church events and visitors mark the week in Decatur with a 7 pm choir practice at First Methodist and a Pat Miller visit from Chattanooga. Census shows Morgan county cotton ginned 32 528 in 1938 versus 45 343 in 1937. several residents ill or recovering from flu or pneumonia. Elks set to initiate 25 members in Cullman on April 12.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Elks Lodge
Cullman
Hitler seals Memel move as Germany widens gains
The report notes Hitler’s fourth German territorial advance in 13 months with Memel, following Austria and Czechoslovakia. Bucharest officials say Romanian interests remain protected while Hitler vows no harm to the world and claims reparation is ending.
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Hitler
Memel
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Sudetenland
Bohemia and Moravia
Lithuania
Germany
Fuehrer
Hearing Sets Put in Church at Central Baptist
Six acousticon sets have been installed at Central Baptist Church to aid deaf and hard of hearing parishioners. The devices, placed on the back of seats in the fourth row center, can be adjusted to control sermon volume. Church officials said they may add more sets if needed.
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Central Baptist Church
Roosevelt administration reorganizes federal agencies plan
After a two year battle the Roosevelt administration pushed a broad government reorganization bill through the Senate by a 63 to 23 vote. The measure allows the president to reorganize consolidate or abolish agencies by executive order with disapproval by Congress possible after 60 days. The bill limits debate to 20 hours and requires transfers if an agency is abolished. The president can appoint six administrative assistants at up to 10000 a year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
White House
Chamber
Wheeler
D. Mont
Wallace warns U S agriculture faces weak shape with unemployment
Secretary Wallace told a House appropriations subcommittee that until unemployment falls, agriculture will stay in weak condition. He said half the farm problem lies in cities and urged open discussion of substitutes, noting farmers do not want major crop control changes now and stressing full debate on 1940 plans.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
House
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