CIO ISSUES CHALLENGE TO KNOX KNUDSEN OVER ALLIS-CHALMERS STRIKE
The CIO president Murray challenges Navy Knox and OPM Chief Knudsen to explain ultimatums amid a strike at Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee plant that halted $45 million in defense orders. 7,800 workers were told to resume tomorrow, while a CIO member warns returns before un voted would cost jobs.
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Associated Pressena
Unfor
Murray
Pittsburgh
Knox
Knudsen
Conciliation Service
National Mediation Board
OPM
Milwaukee
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
New York
Iron Age
International Harvester Company
Richmond
Ind
International Harvester
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
State Polbice
B E. H. Duckett
Bethlehem Steel Company
New York Harbor
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
FDR Signs Name To Arsenal Fund Bill
President Franklin D Roosevelt aboard the yacht Potomac signed the seven billion dollar British aid measure at 10 50 a m EST making the fund immediately available to make the U S the arsenal of nations. The act paves the way to rapid munition production with allocations for ordnance armor planes tanks ships plant facilities and agricultural commodities. The bill allows up to 20 percent transfers between categories and directs spending for cotton tobacco and food shipments to Britain as part of the aid program.
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U. S
Benson
President Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Florida
America
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Greece
China
Britain
Denver Man Survives Own Action Burn Attempt
Elton Shaw attempted to burn himself by lighting a cigarette and fell asleep. He woke to find he had severe burns but attendants expect he will recover.
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Denver
Elton Shaw
de Ves
Elks Show Opens Tonight at 8 20
The Decatur Elks Lodge presents the musical and minstrel "In the Money" at 8:20 tonight to benefit the crippled children's fund. Art Cole, director of the John B. Rogers Producing Company, assembled local talent for a first class production. another show is planned for tomorrow night at the same time.
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Decatur Elks Lodge
Crippled Children’s Fund
Art Cole
John B. Rogers
U S Extends Felicitations To Yugoslavia
The United States sent congratulations to Yugoslavia's new government after it overthrew the pro Axis regime. Sumner Welles announced Roosevelt could aid nations defending independence, and that Yugoslav assets frozen after the Axis tie might be released. Constantine Fotitch voiced sympathy with the new policy.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Arthur Bliss Lane
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Welles
Axis
Balkan
Constantin Fotitch
Fouitch
Flier Killed in Two Plane Crash Near Tallapoosa
In a driving rain last night near Tallapoosa Georgia two army planes collided within seven minutes and two miles apart. One pilot died burned beyond recognition and the second was injured. The dead fliers identity shows W F Peak on an air corps metal tag.
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Tallapoosa
Here
J. C. Martin
Carrollton
Undertaker
Air Corps
W. F. Peak
Athens Negro Charged With Murder Will Be Arraigned
Robert Redus, Athens man charged with murder in the killing of Policeman Bedford Brackeen at the Athens bus station, will be arraigned within 30 days for setting of a trial date. He is held in Jefferson county jail, Birmingham, after transfer from Colbert county jail, Tuscumbia. Sheriff's transfer via Nashville followed an arrest there Tuesday.
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Robert Redus
Athens
A. A. Griffith
Redus
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Colbert County
Tuscumbia
Nashville
Alabama
Martin F. Whitt
K. M. Biles
J. B. Rose
Limestone County
Whitt
D. L. Rosenall, Jr
Limestone Municipal Court
Jasper
J. G. Sandlin
George C. Johnson
Brackeen
J. W. Johnston
Johnston
Naval board continues probe of Alabama plane death
Pensacola Florida March 27 Commander W D Sample says a board inquiry into the decapitation death of Mrs. Robert Phillips near Robertsdale Alabama by a naval plane has not concluded but enough evidence exists for Captain A C Read to send recommendations to the Navy Department. Ensigns Joseph C Thompson and Paul C Brown are under arrest at the air station after the turnip field accident. The board returns to Robertsdale area as witnesses recall the scene while many attended Mrs Phillips funeral.
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NAVY
A. D. Sample
Pensacola
Pla
Naval Air Station
Joseph C. Thompson
Healdsburg
Calif
Paul C. Brown
Robertsdale
Ala
Fla
W. D. Sample
Here
Alabama
A. C. Read
Washington
Judge Advocate General's Office
Navy Department
Sample
Robert Phillips
Robertdale
Chicago
Naval Board of Inquiry
Phillips
Educators Outline Alabama Legislature Education Plan
The Alabama Education Association announced a legislative program proposing an eight month minimum school term and free textbooks for first six grades. It seeks tax exemptions for school boards on gasoline and lubricants and calls for appointment of all county superintendents and the state superintendent of education.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Education Association
Alabama bans all star and championship teams under AHSAA
The Alabama High School Athletic Association passed a resolution forbidding participation in all star and championship teams in football and other high school sports except under AHSAA supervision. It urged schools to avoid violating the rules spirit and wording. A second resolution urged each boy to file a birth certificate with high school authorities when under supervision of the State Association.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama High School Athletic Association
Association For Schools
State Athletic Association
Alabama Supreme Court grants unemployment benefits to AFL mine workers
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals ruling that members of the Captive Coal Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the AFL, are legally due unemployment compensation for idleness during contract negotiations in 1939, reversing its prior stance on CIO miners.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Court of Appeals
Captive
Coal Mine Workers of America
AFL
Defense Unit Realignment Being Studied
Washington March 27 Roosevelt considers an administrative realignment to centralize national defense agencies under the office of emergency management. Four divisions would form the structure including production management price control home defense and economic defense. Officials say an active director will be named to speed up coordination not a czar.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Emergency Management
Office of Production Management
War
Navy Departments
President Roosevelt
William H. McReynolds
Naz Defense Advisory
Iust
William 8. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
NDAC
Knudsen
Hillman
Edward R. Stettinius
OPM
Leon Henderson
Price Control
Chester Davis
Home Defense Division
Henderson
Home Defense
Paul V. McNutt
County Rulings Allow Trucks for Road Work in Lawrence
Official rulings by Atty. Gen. Lawson state Lawrence County may buy trucks for road work but not for personal use. Colbert County may purchase on installment a two story building for county functions tax free after possession. Etowah County schools may ratify purchases by a principal for school use with board approval.
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Montgomery
Ala
oPy
Thomas S. Lawson
Lawrence County Commissioners’ Court
Colbert County
Etowah County
Board of Education
Merchants to Close for Cleveland Indians New York Giants Game
Local merchants plan to close Tuesday afternoon during the baseball game at Alabama Mills Park. The Lions Club sponsors the event featuring the Cleveland Indians and New York Giants.
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Alabama Mills Park
The
Lions Club
Steel Orders Heavy In Alabama District In 1941 Q1
Industry sources report finished steel product orders in the Alabama district surged to record levels in the first quarter of 1941 as production and demand remained strong across mills and suppliers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Steel District
Mrs Stanley Dies at Home in Morgan County
Mrs Martha Lucy Stanley of Morgan County died at 12 15 p m at her Bee Line Highway home south of Decatur after a week of illness. Funeral services will be 2 30 p m Friday at Brown's Chapel with Rev Dr L Dobbs officiating, burial in City Cemetery. Survived by husband John F E Stanley son Walton R Stanley five sisters Lizzie Ryan Alice Entrekin Loulaville Ky Bernice Bowling Memphis Mra A T Shropshire Decatur a brother 8 S E Ryan Decatur She was daughter of the late Silas Ryan former Morgan County sheriff.
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Martha Lucy Stanley
Morgan County
Bee Line Highway
Decatur
Brown
Ferry Street
Dc. L. Dobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
City Cemetery
John FE. Stanley
Walton R. Stanley
Lizzie Ryan
Alice Entrekin
L. W. Lee
Loulaville
Mia
Bernice Bowling
Memphis
Mra
Useless Petroleum Play Says Axis Powers Run Small Oil
Robert C. Wilson, petroleum consultant, told a House subcommittee that Germany Italy and occupied regions operate their own military and industrial activity using only about 5 percent of current U S production in petroleum plus synthetic products.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
Italy
United States
Robert C. Wilson
Office of Production Management
House Interstate Commerce
Churchill hails Yugoslav revolt and unity against axis
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill declares Yugoslavia repudiates the axis pact and forms a government to defend its frontiers. He praises Belgrade’s revolution, vows Allied aid, and notes Allied victory milestones including RAF exploits and Italy’s collapse in Africa.
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London
Winston Churchill
Newugoslav
Yugoslavia
Churchill
Trades Union Congress
Conservative Party
Belgrade
Vienna
War News From Yugoslavia Signals Axis Consolidation
The report of Yugoslav government overthrow and adherence to the Berlin Rome axis surfaces amid cautious analysis. Prime Minister Churchill’s remarks prompt careful judgment while Hungary’s early report raises questions of propaganda and potential Nazi occupation aims.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
C Churchill
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Moscow
Yugoslav Crisis Deepens as Peter I Seizes Power
Amid tensions over the hitler crisis, Yugoslavia refrains from surrendering to axis pressure. King Peter I, nearing majority, designates General Dusan Simovic as army chief to lead a government and defend independence. London reaction remains cautious pending fuller details.
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Paul
Hitler
Peter
Dusan Simovic
London
King Peter II Leads Yugoslavia's Coup Against Axis
Berlin reports an urgent Yugoslav clarification about the changed government after King Peter II overthrew the axis-leaning regency. Crowds in Belgrade hailed the king while troops mobilized and police fought rioters amid food shortages and nationalist protests.
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Yugoslavia
Peter II
London
Peter
Germany
Britain
Russia
Italy
Berlin
Winston Churchill
Belgrade
Budapest
Axis
Vienna
Syria
Henri Denta
Weather Summary for Tennessee River Basins and Coasts
The Tennessee river gauge was 2180 feet as of Thursday. Temperature ranged from 54 to 47 degrees over the past 24 hours with no rainfall. Northerly winds persist. northern and central areas may see light rain then fair and slightly colder conditions tonight.
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Tennessee
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