Sobrance Bombed as Hungarian Plane Shot Down Near Slovakia
Slovak defense ministry announced Sobrance in eastern Slovakia was bombed and a Hungarian plane was shot down. Official communique says Hungarians retreated under pressure from Slovak air forces with heavy casualties reported on both sides.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Slovak Defense Ministry
Sobrance
Soberance
Carpatho-Ukraine
Defense Ministry
Budapest
Sobrante
Michalovce
Magyar Frontiers in Ung Valley and Romania Autonomy Talks
Budapest reports controlled Ung Valley frontier with Slovakia after a rectified boundary move amid German backed arrangements. A mixed commission will meet to fix the frontier between Slovakia autonomous under German protection and greater Hungary including Carpatho Ukraine. Hungary seeks autonomy ideas within Romania, signaling potential regional political shifts.
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Budapest
Eee
Ung
Slovakia
Rumania
Greater
Hungary
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Bessarabia
Russia
Bukovina
Austria
Transylvania
Banat
Submachine Gun Found Near Alabama Coal Mine
A submachine gun captured by a special officer at the Moss-McCormack mine in New Castle Alabama was brought to the FBI for identification. Serial numbers were filed off, making identification hard. Ed Hendon said the weapon was tossed from a car after a gunfight along company property. Police records note a similar gun was stolen from the Taco mine two years earlier.
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Birmingham
Ala
New Castle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ed Hendon
Moss-McCormack
Hendon
Taco
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Trade
Butter at 692 442, steady. eggs 27 809, steady. fresh graded extra firsts local 16 1 2. other prices unchanged in Chicago market report.
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Chicago
Four Inches Of Snow Marked Ling's 45 Years In Decatur
R Ling of 520 Jackson Street celebrated 45 years of citizenship in Decatur recalling March 24 1894 when four inches of snow covered the ground and it was unusually cold for the season. He arrived on L N train from Johnson City Tennessee greeted by his father and brother who joked the sunny South had moved.
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R. Ling
Jackson Street
Decatur
Ling
Johnson City
Tennessee
Sunny South
Alabama warns on spring field and forest fires
Dr. Walter B. Jones, Alabama conservation commissioner, called field and woodland fires the states economic problem number one. He said laws allow prosecution for fires spreading to others property and urged farmers to stop spring burning that harms humus and wildlife. Reports describe fires in southern and north central counties, with no home or farm losses reported.
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Alabama
Walter B. Jones
Jones
Audit Praises Carl Allgood for County Education Office
State auditors praised Carl Allgood secretary and bookkeeper at the county superintendent of education office after a thorough audit. Records showed receipts disbursements and balances in county funds checked to a penny. Auditors called books neat and correctly kept and thanked Superintendent Woodruff and Allgood for courtesy and cooperation.
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Carl Allgood
County Board of Education
Woodruff
Mr. Allgood
24 Indicted on Murder Charges in Harlan County
Twenty four murder indictments were returned by the Harlan county grand jury after Circuit Judge James M. Gilbert warned of lawlessness. The last action was indictments charging three men with murder in the slaying of a miner at Evarts last July during the anti labor conspiracy trial near London.
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Harlan, Ky
Harlan County
James M. Gilbert
Evarts
London
Morgenthau Seeks Tax Cuts to Aid Business Recovery
Secretary Morgenthau urged the House Ways and Means Committee to ease social security payroll taxes to bolster business recovery. He proposed three alternative lower tax schedules for employers and employees, with Roosevelt backing a reserve revision to limit coverage to three to five years.
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Washington
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
White House
Roosevelt
South
Townsend
General Welfare
Congress
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur J.altemeyer
Social Security Board
Ways and Means
Social Security
Madrid May Yield to Franco Saturday
Il Piccolo dispatch from Burgos reports Madrid expected to surrender to Generalissimo Franco on the following day.
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Madrid
Franco
Rome
Il Piccolo
Burgos
Senate approves large Army supply bill with expanded aircraft buildup
The Senate appropriations committee approved a $513 188 782 army supply bill for armaments and research. It adds 1 690 planes by June 30 1940 and funds artillery modernization and arsenals machinery. The panel boosted the House total by 13 330 938 while sugar legislation stirs conflict and labor groups renew peace talks.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Senate
House
War’ Department
Congress
AFL
CIO
Congress urged Roosevelt to lead retrenchment drive in budget debate
Washington lawmakers press President Roosevelt to spearhead a balanced budget effort as Chairman Eccles urges cutting spending. Senators Adams and Harrison back cooperation with the executive to balance the budget while farm lawmakers push for a $150 million emergency relief fund and a large agriculture bill amid a $1.066 billion appropriations clash.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Eccles
Federal Revenve Board
Adams
Colo
Economy Group
Ntagardasi
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
House
Agriculture Department
Appropriations Committee
Plans to reduce WPA rolls in area one start April 3
National WPA cutback plans move ahead in area one with Morgan County among the first to lose workers. R W Shepherd says the exact number to be dropped remains unknown as officials prepare a uniform, near overnight reduction across projects in areas including building, streets, bridges, sewers, water systems, recreation camps, sanitation, malaria control, drainage, and athletic fields.
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WPA
Rolla
Morgan
Area One
R. W. Shepherd
Morgan County
Madison County
Lauderdale
Shepherd
Alabama
H. C. James
Lawrence
W. F. Wright
Colbert
Lamar Speake
Cullman
Elmer Hitchcock
H. L. Carter
Limestone
David Walsh
Jackson
R. H. Shelton
Madison
J. B. Carrington
Franklin
J. N. Elliott
Peace Threat Seen By Hull
Secretary Hull warned that recent European developments threaten world peace. He urged renewed international law and order and emphasized building sound economic ties to support peace, after returning from Florida where he recuperated from illness.
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Washington
Hull
Europe
Florida
4-H Beef Cattle Sale Planned in Morgan County
Morgan county 4-H club boys will hold a beef cattle sale at Davis Hodges stock yard on First avenue in Decatur next Wednesday March 29. About 25 head, feeders bought last fall, will be offered with $10 total prizes. L T Wagnon will announce prize qualifications, first prize $5, second $3, third $2. The event aims to boost Decatur's livestock markets.
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Morgan County
Davis Hodges
First Avenue
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
L.T. Wagnon
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Roland Gray
E. W. McLeod
R. E.bucky Rogers
Farmers Aid Totals Announced by AAA for Eight Months
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reported expenditures totaling 354 million dollars for the first eight months of the fiscal year. Included are 119.7 million in cotton adjustment payments, 29.5 million to sugar producers, and 154.8 million in soil conservation payments. State totals listed include Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee with varying amounts for administrative and salary expenses.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment
AAA
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Anniston Man Found Dead in Car of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Arthur M. Lawson 33 of Anniston was found dead in a locked car near Snowdown with evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning. No violence suspected though witnesses reported hearing voices and car engines running. police continue investigation. Lawson lived at 1219 Christine Street and worked as a representative for an Atlanta newspaper.
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Montgomery
Ala
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Arthur M. Lawson
Anniston
Kirkpatrick
Lawson
Christine Street
Atlanta
Lewis Patterson Pneumonia Victim Passes Away
Lewis Patterson 19 died of pneumonia at 11 last night at his aunt Annie Patterson home in Loverville Route 1 Funeral rites set for 1 30 Sunday at Honeycomb Marshall county conducted by Rev Berry Drinkard Howell of Decatur to lead burial Procession leaves Patterson home at 10 Sunday Surviving: brother Gordon grandparents Mr and Mrs Jesse Patterson three uncles and an aunt.
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Lewis Patterson
Annie Patterson
Loverville
Route 1
Honeycomb
Marshall County
Labor Peace Talks Open With No Clear Break
AFL and CIO renewed peace conferences in Washington with no sign of progress toward ending the labor civil war. The AFL executive council pledged to pursue a settlement within its powers while defending union prerogatives, while CIO President John L. Lewis rejected dissolving unions for unity. Both sides accused each other of raiding and claimed 7 to 8 million workers in dispute. The AFL also urged immediate congressional hearings on Wagner Act amendments opposed by CIO leaders.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
AFL Executive Council
Executive Council
New York
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers
AFL Council
Congress
Clo
Oliver Will Head Coaches in Alabama Education Association
James Country Oliver of Montgomery Sidney Lanier High School was elected president of the Alabama Education Association division of athletic coaches at a 24-division meeting. Ramsey Tech’s W C Bill White and Dothan High’s Rip Hewes named officers, with Les Waller re-elected secretary treasurer and several others elected to the legislative committee. George Gentry discussed six man football and its operation.
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Oliver
W. C
Bill) White
Birmingham Ramsey Tech
Rip Hewes
Dothan High
Les Waller
Birmingham West End
Hudson
Poland rejects blocs in Warsaw Express Poranny stance
The Warsaw Express Poranny reports Poland will not join any international bloc and will bolster internal unity and armed strength. It notes suspicion of Soviet Russian led cooperation and cites Moscow proposing a conference of interested powers. Poland says it will not be dragged into blocs yet will defend frontiers and honor.
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Warsaw
Warsaw Express
Poranny
Foreign Office
Poland
France
Russia
Express Poranny
Bonnet to Meet Daladier on Poland and Defense Pact
French Foreign Minister Bonnet arrives in London with President Lebrun for urgent talks with Daladier. Poland’s stance blocks a joint anti aggression declaration with Britain France and the Soviet Union while Germany has overrun Czecho Slovakia and Romania. Russia seeks a conference and a firm defense commitment remains unsettled.
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London
Bonnett
Premi Daladier
France
Bonnet
Albert Lebrun
Poland
Europe
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Daladier
Hitler Returns to Berlin After Baltic MDB Territorial Move
Adolf Hitler travels by special train from Memel to Berlin marking a Baltic blitz and new borders for greater Germany. The Memel action follows a naval dash from Swinemuende aboard the Deutschland and signals a tightening eastern buffer against Soviet Russia.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Memel
M Reichsfuehrer
Swinemuende
Baltic
Deutschland
Hitler
Germany
Russia
East
Black Sea
Puehrer
Weather report for Tennessee river and Gulf coast
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 16 feet and fell. Temperatures ranged from 52 to 83 degrees with no rainfall in Alabama and northwest Florida. Partly cloudy and warm tonight and tomorrow with light variable winds along the coast. Tennessee outlook calls for cloudy and warmer conditions with mild temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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