Ever Normal Granary Plan Defended by Agricultural Administrator
Washington March 26 R M Evans Agricultural Adjustment Administrator defended the ever normal granary as a consumer protection symbol amid Farm Aid pressure. He cited crop reserves three times normal for wheat and four to five times normal for corn supporting national defense and wartime needs.
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Decatur Daily
Washington
R. M. Evans
Capitol Hill
Evans
Senate
Alabama Employment Service Promises Defense Job Rise
Local offices in Morgan Cullman and Lawrence Counties join a nationwide clearance system to fill shortages in defense production. About 600,000 men will enter selective service before July, boosting demand for skilled trades and farm labor. free training courses will aid eligible workers. The Decatur area office at 1010 Street serves Morgan Cullman and Lawrence residents.
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Alabama State Employment Service
Selective Service
Alabama State Employment Office
Decatur
Morgan But
Cullman
Lawrence
Robert case appeal on manslaughter conviction continues
The second appeal in the case concerns Dyson who was convicted in Limestone County of first degree manslaughter in connection with the death of Howard Gladden. Gladden died in a hospital the day after he was jailed by Dyson.
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Dyson
Limestone County
Howard Gladden
Gladden
Markets rise on rail optimism amid varied stock activity
An upswing extended in rafie with gains in railroad shares as traffic growth stoked hopes for improved finances. Major commodities like grains and rubber added inflation fears amid defense spending. Transactions totaled around 550000 shares with mixed price moves across several issues. livestock markets in Nashville showed steady cattle and hog prices with modest lamb strength.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Banta Fe
Atlantic Coast Line
Pere Marquette
Cotton futures surge on loan expectations in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton prices rise on indications of high loan demand and spot strength in other commodities. Futures settle steady with May at 10.90, July 10.85, October 10.77, December 10.74, and January 10.70.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with March 25 prices at 00, May 26.05, July 25.00, Sept 25.35, Oct 25.50, and Dec 25.70. Total sales reported 3,500 units.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Memphis
F.O.B
Agriculture Dept Subsidizes Low-Grade Cotton for Paper
Washington officials announce a subsidy to use 10,000 bales of low-grade cotton in making high quality writing paper. The move aims to promote synthetic substitution and support cotton producers during March.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Prices Chicago March Wheat and Corn Futures
Chicago bids list cash market quotes for wheat and corn with prices across grades No 1 to No 5 yellow for corn and No 2 hard wheat and various oats grades. Soybeans No 2 yellow and No 3 yellow prices shown, alongside sample grades and white varieties.
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Chicago
Wheat futures rise to four month highs in Chicago
Wheat prices climbed today with May futures reaching 90 cents a bushel, the season’s high, as contracts swung up to two cents intraday. May settled 3 4-1 3-8 higher, July at 87 1-8 87, corn mixed with May 66-65 7-8, oats up 3-8.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Chicago Markets Report Creamery and Egg Receipts
Chicago market data dated March 26 shows butter receipts at 608 392 with grade scores ranging from 93 to 88 and centralized carrot values at 31 1 2. Egg receipts total 25 081 for fresh graded extra first and local firsts with price listings for carloads and current receipts at 18 3 4 to 21 1 4.
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Chicago
Poultry market report from Chicago shows varied weights
Chicago market notes on March 26 record live poultry with 1 car 21 trucks and firms selling hens over 5 pounds while lighter birds range 18.5 pounds and down.
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Chicago
Waning World War Tensions and Axis Advances Across Europe
Axis moves press Britain as Yugoslavia reels after Cvetkovic pact with Germany. Bombing claims sap 5,000 tons sunk and 15,000 damaged in the North Atlantic while Crete blockades isolate Italian isles. Matsuoka to Berlin as factories close for street processions. London endures fifth straight raid lull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Britain
Berlin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Crete
Mediterranean
Signing of Bill Awaited
Washington March 26 Awaiting word that President Roosevelt had signed the 7000000000 dollar British aid appropriation the cost of the national defense program nears 40000000000. An OPM tabulation shows expenditures since June 1 1940 total 39177800000 including British aid. An additional 3511000000 in orders have been placed by Great Britain. The president's signature was seen as a trigger for intensified effort to convert these dollars into supplies and delivery to Britain and U S forces. Defense officials ordered 200 tons of magnesium for incendiary bombs ready by April 1 signaling a quickened pace. Authorities said other shipments were en route or prepared. Defense officials have done advance work to integrate the new aid with army and navy purchasing programs. The Senate Appropriations subcommittee considering a joint army navy 4073813074 supplemental appropriation received Roosevelts request for 312871000 increase to fund new posts and expand the air corps. General Marshall urged the extra funds to lift pilot training from 12000 to 30000 per year. The Senate voted to strike out a House restriction on navy purchases while a similar restraint was added to the supplemental bill restricting both services. Some members expect the Appropriations Committee to remove the House provision, but Senator McNary warned of opposition on the Senate floor.
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AAA
Evans
Britain
Bankhead
Senate Jure Committee
Senate Appropriations
South
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Army
Navy
Senate
Air Corps
George C. Marshall
House
Appropriations Committee
McNary
Oregon
Jeader
Woman acquitted in Lovers Lane murder trial at Elizabethtown
A circuit court jury found Mildred Sewell Turley innocent of murdering her husband Eddie Turley in the Lovers Lane slaying near Elizabethtown last August 26. The 36 year old defendant and her daughter Bonnie Sewell wept as the verdict was read.
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Elizabethtown
Ill
Mildred Sewell Turley
Eddie
Bonnie Sewell
New Trial Denied in Canty Murder Case
Circuit Judge Eugene Carter denied a motion for a new trial for Dave Canty who sits under life sentence for the slaying of Eunice Ward, a nurse. Defense notes appeal to the State supreme court after the U S Supreme Court reversed the original death verdict and a second trial imposed life.
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Montgomery
Ala
Eugene Carter
Dave Canty
Eunice Ward
State Supreme Court
Canty
U. S. Supreme Court
Negro Educator Dies at Tuskegee Institute
Dr. W. T. B. Williams vice president of Tuskegee Institute and veteran educator died at his home in Tuskegee Alabama. He was a Hampton Institute graduate and also studied at Phillips Academy Andover and Harvard University.
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Tuskegee, Ala
W. T. B. Williams
Tuskegee Institute
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Phillips, Academy
Andover
Mass
Harvard University
Ministerial Student Crumrine Found Dead in Birmingham
Francis M C Crumrine 19 year old ministerial student at Birmingham Southern College was found shot to death at his home in Birmingham. Coroner Gip M Evans ruled death by own action noting Crumrine left a note stating he alone was to blame.
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Birmingham
Ala
Francis M. C. Crumrine
Birmingham Southern College
Gip M. Evans
Evans
Soung Crumrine
Plans Shaped for American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Mesdames T. B. Middlebrooks O J Shepherd and B Smith hosted Morgan County Unit No 15 of the American Legion Auxiliary with two Juniors and guest Mrs Scarboro at the Middlebrooks home. Discussion covered May 4 program at Tuscaloosa Veterans Hospital and clothing for Red Cross.
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T. B. Middlebrooks
O. J. Shepherd
B. Smith
Morgan County Unit No. 15
American Legion Auxiliary
Scarboro
Tom Middlebrooks
Lou Allen Williams
Jack Coolidge
Esther Cain
C. H. Campbell
Butler Hine
War Department civil functions bill approved by House committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $300,272,228 bill for the War Department civil functions including rivers and harbors flood control and related defense work. The action emphasizes defense projects such as the Panama Canal.
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Washington
Panama Canal
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Dayton widow dies in Selma car crash
Mrs. Alexander Brame of Dayton Alabama was killed early today when her car plunged down an embankment and turned over in Selma. Her husband had died by drowning two years earlier.
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Selma
Ala
Alexander Brame
Dayton
Lusk Named to State Job in Alabama
Walter C. Lusk of Gunterville was appointed state treasurer by Governor Frank M. Dixon to fill the late Judge Charles E. McCall’s unexpired term. Lusk, 47, sworn in promptly as the treasury had been inoperable, with a $4,200 yearly salary and term lasting until after the 1942 general election. He is brother to State Senator John A. Lusk Jr. and veteran member of the Alabama Democratic executive committee with extensive farming and business interests.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter C. Lusk
Gunteraville
Atate
Frank M. Dixon
Charles FE. McCall
Lusk
John A. Lusk, Jr
Gadsden
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
Hitler faces Greeks and Turks as Balkans tighten
The piece analyzes Hitler s aims in the Balkans including sealing the peninsula and guarding against Russia while Turkey leans Britain and Russia shifts toward the Turks. It notes risk of Greece frontline opening and the Vardar Valley route through Yugoslavia as central to any Axis move toward Salonika and Greece.
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Hitler
Balkans
Russia
Dardanelles
Iraq
Iran
Suez Canal
Egypt
Turkey
Britain
Germany
Greece
Belgrade
Vardar
Yugoslavia
Salonika
Yugo Slavia
Man Slightly Hurt After Car Hits Pedestrian
Wilmer Morrow 41 of Somerville was treated at Benevolent Society Hospital for a head injury after being struck by a car while crossing Bee Line Highway at Eleventh Street. The driver S S Jenkins of Portland Oregon reported he sounded his horn before the impact. Morrow was not seriously injured. Police investigators described the collision as near stoppage when a headlight hit him.
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Wilmer Morrow
Somerville
Benevolent Society Hospital
Bee Line Highway
Eleventh Street
South
S. S. Jenkins
Portand
Oregon
Morrow
J. B. Whitmire
W. McCall
Pat Thornton
E. J. Carter
Jenkins
Hart
Rehabilitation linked to prostitution drive urged by governor
Governor Brunett Maybank of South Carolina urged in a telegram to Paul McNutt that rehabilitation must accompany enforcement against prostitution in military and naval centers. He argued that a strict crackdown is not enough without rehabilitating the people affected as they move across counties and states.
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Columbia
S. C
Brunetts Maybank
Paul V. McNutt
Maybank
Athens Man Wins Stone Contract for Watts Bar Area
The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded a $40,500 contract to A. D. Carter of Athens Alabama for crushed stone to be used in highway relocation projects around Watts Bar Dam near Spring City Tennessee.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
A. D. Carter
Athens
Ala
Watts Bar Dam
Spring City
Decatur News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
Local notes report residents visiting Birmingham Florence and Birmingham on business. A contingent of 14 service men left for Fort McClellan for year of army training. Medical moves include Mrs Batts and Mrs Thompson transfers. births announced at Baughs Infirmary. Church activities note midweek services and choir practice. A small fire at 20 Spruce street caused minor damage.
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Louisville
Nashville
Fort McClellan
Army
Educators Attend Birmingham Meeting Before AEA Sessions
Morgan county educators led by Irwin J. Quinn and L. R. Stone traveled to Birmingham to join a meeting of superintendents principals and supervisors ahead of the AEA convention opening Thursday. Decatur and Morgan County schools plan closures Thursday and Friday to allow teachers to attend the event.
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Morgan County
Birmingham
AEA
Irwin J. Quinn
L. R. Stone
Elva B. Frazier
W. J. Terry
Hartselle
S. E. Alverson
Decatur
Lester Wooten
Union Hill
H. R. Leeman
Austinville
S. O. Maner
Ryan
E. C. McDaniel
Trinity
E. G. Hamilton
Priceville
W. T. Jordan
Decatur High School
Labor Strife Rattles Plants as Nation Weighs Mediation
Heavy CIO steel workers strike to press for union recognition and wage gains amid clashes at Bethlehem and Harvester plants. Chicago riots spark mediation board’s first Washington meeting while Allis-Chalmers, AFL plants pause defense orders and coal talks drag on with wage demands and vacations.
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CIO Steel
Steel Company
Bethlehem
CIO
Harvester
Chicago
AFL
John Stege
Roosevelt
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
St. Charles
New York
CTO United Mine Workers
British Lose Libyan Town in March Advance
Cairo reports that a small enemy detachment occupied El Aghiele, 150 miles southwest of Bengasi, after British patrols were withdrawn. The German high command claimed the swastika flew over El Aghiela, while British forces paused near Cheren and repelled another Italian counterattack.
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Cairo
Egypt
el Aghiele
Bengasi
Libya
el Aghiela
Mediterranean
Gulf of
Sidra
Archibald P. Wavell
Cheren
German 8000 ton tanker sunk by Sturgeon off Norway
The British submarine Sturgeon torpedoed and sunk an 8,000 ton German tanker off the Norwegian coast. The admiralty report says the Sturgeon fired in mist and rain and after 20 minutes only the after part of the tanker remained above water.
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London
Sturgeon
Admiralty
D. Saint Clair-Ford
R. N
H. M. Sturgeon
German Supply Ship Torpedoed By British Plane
A British air strike sank a 6 000 ton German supply ship off the Dutch coast this afternoon. The air ministry said the vessel, under heavy sea mist, was hit by a torpedo and began sinking as German gunners, taken by surprise, had no time to fire.
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London
Air Ministry
Sacred Harp Sing Starts Saturday at Duck River Church
The annual Redan union sacred harp sing runs March 2 30 at Duck River Presbyterian church ten miles east of Cullman. Secretary J T Akers says this first singing of the year will be pushed to be unusually good.
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Redan Union
Duck River Presbyterian Church
Cullman
J. T. Akers
Tri Cities in celebration sparks defense industry growth
Florence Alabama March 26 muscle shoals businessmen celebrated about 50 million dollars in defense industries in the area. Major General Samuel T Lawton warned of new social problems and housing needs as thousands of workers arrive. TVA officials Gordon Clapp and Howard Menhinick urged regional cooperation and permanent expansion plans for river terminals and industries.
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Florence
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Defense
Army
Tennessee Valley Authority
Reynolds Metals Co
Samuel T. Lawton
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Gordon Clapp
TVA
Shoals
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley
Howard K. Menhinick
Department of Regional Studies
New Shoals
Airport Site Committee Forms in Decatur Urgency Ventilated
Civic committee urged immediate steps for an airport site in Decatur. A special Airport Site Committee was appointed with B L Malone as chair and members Martin Reneau Carrell Dr Sam Pruitt and James Wright. The organization praised Buck Rogers and T H Fitzpatrick for their campaign work and set fundraising goals with an April 13 meeting announced.
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Thon
Civic Committee
Decatur
Troy Martin
Shelton
B. L. Malone
Martin
Reneau Carrell
Sam Pruitt
James Wright
John M. Nelson
R. E. (Buck) Rogers
T. H. Fitzpatrick
Rogers
Fitzpatrick
E. B. Pentecost
Eddens
Industrial Committee
Alabama Independent Retail Sales Rise in February
Retail sales in 274 Alabama independents rose 14 percent in February from a year earlier, with January totals down seven percent from December. Two month totals showed an 18 percent rise over 1940, and the 10,000 to 24,999 class led gains at 38 percent.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Bureau For Business Research
University of Alabama
Death of Nancy Athey Shocks Opelika Community
The nine year old Nancy Athey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Athey formerly of Decatur now residing in Opelika, was killed when a stray bullet fired at a dog ricocheted and struck her as she left home with her mother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Athey
H. C. Athey
Decatur
Opelika
Truck crashes through farm home after steering gear failure
A motor truck owned by Augustus Dowe broke a steering gear on a highway near his Ellenville farm. The vehicle veered into a five foot terrace, slammed across the yard and crashed through the front door of Dowe's house.
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Ellenville
N. Y
Augustus Dowe
Dowe
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