War refugees suffer in snowbound Norway amid bombing
Report from central Norway describes growing hardship as cold hunger and disease afflict Namsos Namdalen and Steinkjer refugees. Food clothing and medical aid are scarce with no Swedish assistance and refugees crowd mountain huts while civilians aid allied troops and attempt to salvage belongings from ruined homes.
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Namsos
Norway
Namdalen
Steinkher
Trondheim
Nts
Sweden
Bishop Toolen Warns of Destructive Individualism in South
In Birmingham Bishop Thomas J. Toolen of Mobile denounced modern individualism as driving moral religious and economic decline. The address opened a southern regional conference of the National Council of Catholic Women with 700 clerical and lay leaders from 17 states and 11 dioceses attending.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas J. Toolen
Mobile
Council
Want Ads Offer Courteous Phone Service for Results
Let other results through the want ads be your proof. Phone 46 for courteous service.
Step Killer Speaks Richar No
The narrator plans to dump a box of knives in the river to destroy evidence but hesitates as he is seen by suspicious people. He evades a riverfront pursuer and reaches his studio where Belter calls, threatening to publish a story unless paid. He hides the box and awaits a confrontation. The scene ends with Belter planning a visit, and the narrator scrambling to conceal the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Belzer
McClure
Bill
Harvey McGuire
Officer McClure
River Front
Butch
Alabama farm bureau membership nears 1940 peak
Montgomery April 20 The Alabama farm bureau federation reports total membership at 19 399 with early signs of a record enrollment for 1940 Ongoing gains in several counties led by Covington Escambia Choctaw Calhoun Pickens and Lauderdale Howard Gray president notes national problems reflected in local participation and lawmaker guidance Players in the top counties include Tuscaloosa with 2568 members and Montgomery with 1220 members as the drive continues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Howard Gray
Tuscaloosa County
Farm Bureau
Alabama
Pickens
Lauderdale
Butler
Greene
Sumter
Choctaw
Monroe
Escambia
Wilcox
Mobile
Calhoun
Covington
Fox horn 130 years old owned by Elkmont man
W L Barnes of Elkmont in Limestone County preserves a fox horn 130 years old. The horn, over a foot long, was taken from a cow near Atlanta in 1810 by W R Barnes, ancestor of the current owner, and brought to Limestone County in 1842.
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Athens
Ala
W. L. Barnes
Elkmont
Atlanta
W. R. Barnes
Limestone County
Negroes Join Lewis Cause In 1940 Campaign
John L. Lewis adds the National Negro Congress to labor non partisan league supporters as A. Philip Randolph quits rerunning. The Negro Congress praises organized labor and denounces Roosevelt wartime policy, while Randolph notes funding from CIO and the Communist party. May Yergan becomes president.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor
National Negro Congress
Lewis
A. Philip Randolph
New York
Clay Lewis
League
American Youth Congress
Negro Congress
Negro Workers
Roosevelt
America
Randolph
Congress
CIO
Communist Party
May Yergan
Businessmen urged practical focus on American problems
John W. O Leary told a United States Chamber of Commerce council that free enterprise and representative government are too vital to risk their loss. He urged concentration on American issues despite world tragedies and warned against emergency controls that would erode liberty.
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Washington
John W. O'Leary
United States Chamber of Commercce
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Lucky” Dubarry
Johnny Apollo
Princess Theatre
Danville Road
Boris “Frankenstein” Karloff
Tower of London
Capitol
U-Drive-Its
Decatur Cab Service
Bettymae
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Liccerr & Myers Tosacco Co
Crane Twins
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