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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1941
Page
1
Weather and cotton price notes set the scene for a busy day. Reports show the Tennessee river at 16.15 feet with a 68 degree high and no rainfall while local civic groups and churches hold prayers and meetings. Regulars include hospital updates and parish announcements as residents attend services and visit in cheer.
This newspaper feature by Ray Peacock tells the inside story of New York figure models who pose for art and rarely gain fame. The series promises five top stories about these models and their demanding routines.
President Roosevelt's fact finding board met again in Washington seeking a settlement to avert a railroad strike by 350000 operating employees. Morse voiced waning optimism as the day ended, with talks focusing on terms parties might devise themselves amid conflicting agreement among brotherhoods and carriers.
wartime dispatch notes German soldiers near Moscow with field glasses as Soviet counter offenses push back and Rostov recapture boosts Red morale. Tokyo pursues conciliation while Washington weighs a peace formula amid Japan US talks.
ATU agents led by T C Burgess raid a Paint Rock valley site near Scottsboro uncover a complete moonshine operation with seven stills, a 3300 gallon fermenting vat, and a heavy boiler. Fire destroyed boiler and 1800 gallons of mash were seized. no liquor found. P H Sandlin J E Pierce and a Jackson County deputy sheriff assisted.
Members of the Business and Professional Women's club will hear O S Hagerman principal of Gordon Bibb school at their regular meeting Thursday night. He will discuss Defense Projects in Alabama as part of the Christmas party planning on December 18 in the club room on Bank St.
Dr Walter B Jones resumes directorship of the Alabama department of conservation after a year on leave for active Army service He serves as lieutenant colonel in the engineering corps and reclaims the post in Montgomery.
DEWITT MACKENZIE analyzes Japan's move to continue negotiations with the United States as war looms in the Pacific. He suggests Tokyo seeks time to decide its stance amid mixed signals from Europe and uncertain German resistance. The piece notes German reverses may influence Japan's choice and hints at broader Allied blows.
The White House released statements showing that five months before Germany invaded Poland in 1939 President Roosevelt believed Hitler aimed at world dominance. He said France and Britain planned to halt the Nazi program and warned Berlin it would bear responsibility if another nation fell.
Washington December 1 Senator Adams a Democrat of Colorado died today shortly before 4 a m from a heart attack. He had suffered a Tuesday night attack and had been confined to his Wardman Park hotel room. Born 1875 in Del Norte Colorado he practiced law before entering the Senate in 1923 and served until 1924 then returned after 1932 terms. Survivors include his two daughters Mrs Joseph A Uhl and Mrs James W Booth and two sons Alva B and William H.
Detroit December 1 The 1942 model year marks the first time civilian auto output is tightly curtailed by defense demands. Monthly quotas replace four month blocks with a fixed ceiling of 816 801 passenger vehicles for the period through July 31. Any shortfall cannot be carried to subsequent months due to material and shipping constraints.
Three people were injured in a five car crash near Hartselle early Sunday. Charles Mooneyham and Joe Turney from Somerville and Hartselle were treated and released. Olan Mooneyham was treated at Black and Howell clinic in Hart Selle. No charges were filed.
Oscar David Horton aged 50 died last night at nine at his Danville route two location near Five Points. He is survived by his widow, daughter Hazel, mother Lillie Horton and niece Mrs. Jack Smith. Funeral services will be Tuesday at Brown Chapel with Rev. Rufus Underwood. interment in city cemetery. American Legion members will be pallbearers. Horton formerly served as a fireman for L and N Railroad and was recently promoted to engineer.
Spanish diplomatic circles reported that Adolf Hitler and Marshal Petain met this morning in Orleans, occupied France. There was no immediate confirmation from Vichy or Berlin, though Orleans had been named as a likely site for Petain’s expected meeting with a high German personage.
Cairo dispatch says Major General George H. Brett chief of the United States Army Air Corps flew from England to speed U S air deliveries to British forces in the Middle East. His plane was not hit though the pilot dipped to within feet of the water as Axis destroyers fired on the crossing.
The Decatur Daily appeals for a hundred additional gifts to fund Christmas boxes for 16 men in Company B bound for Kodiak Alaska. Contributions are voluntary and can be mailed or telephoned. The paper emphasizes not forgetting the home folks and promises to deliver presents for Christmas morning.
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