Rift Deepens Over Temporary Coal Contract in Alabama Mines
In Birmingham on March 25, a dispute between coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America threatens to close Alabama mines on April 1. About 20,000 miners rely on coal for the state's steel and iron industry as letters between the operators committee and UMWA District 20 head William Mitch reveal stubborn terms for a new temporary contract. The union seeks retroactive wage and benefit effects from any later two-year deal, while operators propose a 30 day extension if negotiations fail by March 31.
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Birmingham
Als
United Mine Workers of America Today
Alabama
William Mitch
UMWA
District 20
David Roberts, Jr
Appalachian
Morgan County Lacey's Spring Community News
Rev Manderson filled his regular appointment with his wife present. Mrs Georgia Dunn returns from Mob Masters meeting. Mr and Mrs Russell visited from Pines. Shirley Gene Moore's son taken to Huntsville hospital. Daisy Wilson Kay attended a banquet in Hartselle. Saint church site donations sought via Mrs Shirley Moore. Mrs Harold Sanders hosted a shower for Mrs James Oakes. Son of Shirley re under care at Ants Ville hospital.
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Manderson
Georgia Dunn
Russell
Pines
Shirley Gene
S. H. Moore
Huntsville
C. E. Day
Ida Dunn
Miss Holmes
Decatur
Robert Mason
A. FE. A
Augusta Winfrey
Hartselle
Daisy Wilson Kay
Hartselle Thursland
Edwards Cemetery
Shirley Moore
Harold Sanders
James Oakes
Shirley Re
Antsville
April food bill for 35000 troops listed
The April food ration budget for 35,000 troops includes 1 250 000 eggs 60 000 pounds of butter 100 000 pounds of fish 8 000 cans of sardines 35 000 pounds of lunch meat 35 000 pounds of liver 185 000 pounds of bacon and ham 156 000 pounds of sausage and frankfurters 95 000 pounds of pork. Post officials say the April bill will exceed 400 000 dollars. Troops start field rations April 1 with uniform daily menus.
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Post
State tobacco tax receipts projected for current fiscal year
Collections in higher Montgomery show state tobacco tax receipts could reach 3.45 million for the current fiscal year based on recent trends. Monthly receipts averaged about 8 thousand over the past year, totaling 3.351988 million.
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Montgomery
Ala
Annual Affair Wellman Twins Celebrate 86th Birthday
Mrs Patience Brown and Colleet Sitter, the county's oldest twins, marked their birthday together this March 24 as they have every year for 86 years. The annual reunion occurred in Wellman, Iowa, continuing a long tradition since their birth.
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Wellman
Patience Brown
Colleet Sitter
Forrest Chapel sings with large crowd in Morgan County
A Sunday singing at Forrest Chapel drew a large audience and will be held on the first Sunday night each month. Families and friends, including the Wallace, Speakman, Roberts, Story, and McDonald clans, plus neighbors from Neel, Rocky Ford, and Decatur visited or hosted gatherings around the weekend.
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Therril Wallace
Hartselle
Tom Speakman
Buron Bridges
W. P. Roberts
Roy Flowers
Ervin Story
Othello Rodgers
Rachel
Erby Thompson
Harold
Neel
Doc Jones
Ruth McDonald
Marie Bullard
D. W. Thompson
Mt. Tabor
Mose Whitten
Redith McDonald
Maverine McDonald
L. J. Sandlin
Rocky Ford
Louis Sandlin
Rachel Ward
Ora Mae Speakman
Dwain
Ben Roberts
Jimmy
Clifton Sparkman
Lewis Ward
Norman Sharrott
Loyde McAbee
Ozelle Sharrott
Claud Pearson
Jasper Graves and Sons
Decatur
Pervis Cox
J. L. West
Doris
Willodene
Benton
Maverine Roberts
Kathleen
Mitchell
Oscar Sybert
Life in the camps from Fort Meade to Fort Bliss
AP dispatches vivid vignettes from camps and postings. Private Ralph P. Langan nails a bulls eye and shoots a pheasant with the same bullet. Sergeant William J. Page becomes the first combat casualty in Camp Robinson training. A variety of anecdotes cover training camps, requisitions, and routine orders across Fort Meade Fort Jackson Camp Lee Lowry Field Fort Bliss and more.
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Associated Press
Fort Meade
8. D
Ralph P. Langan
Langan
Platte Center
Neb
Camp Robinson
Ark
William J. Page
St. Louis
138Th
Missouri) Infantry
Community Notes from Limestone County Ripley
Local social highlights with visits and gatherings around Limestone County. Jamies Elders mourned by family. numerous outings include praises of hospitality at the Romines and Mitchells. Reads like a county social column with names, places Athens Hartselle Fort McClellan and local families.
North Alabama Road Toll High in February Deaths
Traffic accidents in 30 North Alabama counties caused 23 deaths in February with eight fatalities in Jefferson county and three in Birmingham. The highway patrol report lists 115 accidents and $30,830 in property damage, noting six pedestrian deaths. Earlier in January the area saw 21 deaths.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
van B. Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Jefferson County
Gilbert
Freedom and the press in a democracy message
This 1941 appeal argues that newspapers guard public safety and liberty by reporting truthfully and freely. It emphasizes that free press at local and national levels monitors government, markets, education, and society, ensuring accountability and resisting dictatorship.
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America
Better Citizenship Association Elects Officers at Decatur Junior High
The Better Citizenship Association of Decatur Junior High held its weekly meeting in room 4. New officers for the next twelve weeks were elected: President Morris Dillard, Vice President Betty Wyatt, Secretary Mary Coffee, Scerbe Judayn Hawthorne. Standing committees were announced with members named for Sanitation Grounds Monitor and Correction duties. Plans discussed for an April council banquet in the school cafeteria with Principal Riley speaking.
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Better Citizenship Association
Decatur Junior High School
Morris Dillard
Betty Wyatt
Mary Coffee
Judayn Hawthorne
Eleanor Buchanan
Martha Cregg
Herbert Ropley
Neal Speake
Lazelle Roper
Carolyn Pearlsoy
Sue Wimberly
Riley
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Marguerite Haisten
Marian Hughes
Sara Rumbley
Patricia Bozenhard
Margaret Reddoch
Alabama College
Technola
John Held, Jr
Lamar Dodd
Marguerite Haiston
Selma
Sara Rumbrey
Drewry
Patricia Borenhard
Evelyn’ Motes
Sylacauga
Gadsden
Betty Foster
Pointer
Evelyn Motes
Morgan County
Lacey’s Spring
J. R. Daniels
Insurance and Financing
Walnut St
Morgan County Forrest Chapel
Fort Jackson
S. C
28Th Infantry
Dziengielewski
Gosciewski
Jakubiec
Kobylarczyk
Marciczkiewicz
Masciovecchhio
Drozdowski
Tumidajewi
Kosciuszczek
Konikiea
Sczepankiewicz
Ynuncia
John Smith
Lowry Field
Colo
U. S
Eighth Corps
Camp Lee
Sergean James E. Faunce
Pop
Faunce
Roberts
S. J. Curtis
Walter Ward
M. M. Kyle
A. G. Maddox
Fort Bliss
Tex
206Th Coast
Arkansas
F Paso
Stanley M. Gates
Limestone County
Ripley
J. W. Elders
Jamies
Howard’ Coffman
Jean
Carlos Romine
Athena
Remus Mitchell
Buford Sims
Beulah Mae Sims
Ray Taylor
Athens
Howard Coffman
Mary Jane Mitchell
Robi
Buster Hamilton
Lee Hardy
Jewel Hardy
Hamilton
Dorothy
Rachel Moran
Gene Williams
Ft. McClellan
James Garrett
Clyde Guess
Ella Sue Holmes
Hattie Lou McGlocklin
Belue McEylen
Gracie Davis
Otis McBylen
John Perry
Nora Cox
Little Sister
Broadway
By Gen Aker
Delia
North Alabama
Betty Foster Pointer
Dinsmore Bros. Furn, Co
Explorer
Norman. Chandler
Newspaper Publishers Committee
State Capitol
Washington
Lexington Ave
New York
PUB
Vicks Vaporub
Coo Gulf Gas and Oil
Pettey’s
Gulf Service Station
Moulton and
First Ave
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