Eva Schools Rotary Meet In Delightful Eva
Decatur's Rotary Club visiting Eva high school held a rural urban acquaintance event for 180 guests in Eva. Prof. Julian Butler and Miss Mary Ben Carpenter welcomed Rotarians and explained Eva's 723 students served by 21 instructors. A film on Eva agriculture and home economics followed before the band concert under Bandmaster Kenneth Hennessy.
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Decatur
Rotary Club
Eva
Eva High School
Rotary
Rev
Turrentine
Frank Yaney
America
Tom Fitzpatrick
Julian Butler
Butler
L. G. McDonald
Rutledge Thomas
Mary Ben Carpenter
Moses
J. E. Moses
National Association of Cottonseed Crushers
Mr. Moses
Fitzpatrick
L N Pays Its 1940 Tax Ahead of Christmas
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad pays its 1940 county and city taxes totaling 27,664.90 dollars. County tax 25,679.23 includes allocations to county and Decatur schools and city funds. L N is noted as the county’s largest tax payer with school distributions to multiple localities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Decatur
Hartselle’s Park
Falkville
Fulton Court Bars Use of Gone With The Wind Phrases
A Fulton superior court orders producers of a Southern States travelogue to omit any reference to the title Gone With The Wind in their script. The ban applies to direct usage or indirect implications as part of the project’s dialogue and narration.
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Atlanta
Fulton
Burglars Hit Humphrey's Cash Store in Major Heist
Police report a burglary at Humphrey's Cash Store on Moulton Street during Monday night or Tuesday morning. Loot valued over 500 dollars. two or more suspects suspected. Entry through rear door with glass broken and lock unfastened. Items stolen include silk dresses coats shoes and watches. Reward offered for information leading to recovery and arrests.
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Humphrey
E. Moulton Street
W. P. Moore
J. M. Delmore
Moore
Burglar proof bombsight store built at Bowman Field airport
Maj. Russell L. Williamson says a squat concrete building at Bowman Field will house 70 Norden bombsights under 24 hour guard. The sights will be used on 70 two engine bombing planes and kept secure except during flights. Norden bombsights have not been released to Britain.
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Louisville
Sam
Bowman Field
Fort Knox
Russell L. Williamson
Air Corps
Williams
Britain
Army
Teachers Meet Set at Hartselle Hart Selle Morgan County
The Morgan County teachers meeting is scheduled for Thursday December 5 at Morgan County High School in Hartselle. The event starts at 2 p.m. The curriculum study program includes Dr. A R Meadows of the state Department of Education as speaker.
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Morgan County
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
A. R. Meadows
State Department of Education
First Snow Falls as Winter Arrives Here
Snow began falling shortly before noon, marking the first of the season. Large flakes drifted, pausing briefly, then resuming. The 24-hour low reached 33 with a high of 61 degrees.
Bridge Damage Near Northport After Lumber Truck Crash
Tuscaloosa county officials estimate damage near 40000 dollars from Monday afternoon collision of a heavily loaded lumber truck with the north river bridge nine miles north of Northport. Two men, B Vernon Chappell and Mose Walker, were reported in serious condition. truck driver Irvin Dolkins was uninjured.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
North River
Northport
B. Vernon Chappell
Oakman
Mose Walker
Irvin Dolkins
Wages Order for Southern Plants Is Hit
Southern textile firms urge Supreme Court to strike down or limit a federal wage hour order setting a 32 1/2 cent minimum wage for textile workers arguing the rule would devastate small Southern mills. They claim regional costs differ and demand staged wage parity with the North, saying Southern mills would be unable to compete under such a plan.
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Washington
Deep South
Supreme Court
Southern Texile Companies
Opp Cotton Mills, Inc
Opp, Ala
Londoners Get More Sleep Now
Londoners report better rest as air raid conditions ease. Home Office says nightly underground shelter crowds fell about 40 percent from 150000 to 90000, with basement shelters for about 100000 easing subway congestion.
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London
Home Office
Campaign Expenditure Probe Highlights 1940 Election Costs
Senate committee chairman Gillette estimates the 1940 presidential race cost Americans at least 20 million dollars more than necessary. Federal officials begin selecting a 23 member grand jury to probe national party spending with witnesses from major campaigns to testify.
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Washington
Gillette
D.-Towa
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Alfred A. Wheat
District Court
Friay
Maurice M. Milligan
Kansas City
United States Attorney
Washington Star
House
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Willkie
Principals of Morgan County Meet At Trinity High
Morgan county high school principals hold a regular monthly supper meeting at Trinity High School starting at 6 30. Prof E C McDaniel Trinity principal acts as host for the gathering of educators.
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Morgan
Trinity High School
E. C. McDaniel
Pope Pius Urges Christmas Armistice Amid War News
Pope Pius XII urges nations to observe a Christ mas truce to let the angel chorus of peace rise above battle. Meanwhile German reports say 15 ships and 17 000 ton Caledonia were sunk and 22 merchant ships totaling 87 975 tons were lost as U boats intensify Britain's sea trade.
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Associated Press
Pius XII
Britain
MacKay Radw
New York
Salvonia
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Hitler
Caledonia
High Command
Victor Ross
London Admiralty
Britain orders 60 American freighters to counter U-boat drive
London reports 327 157 tons of shipping sunk in four weeks ending Nov 24, a fraction of April 1917 peak. Shipping minister Ronald Cross says Britain has turned to the United States for 60 new freighters to meet intensified Nazi attacks as sea losses dip from wartime highs.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Ronald H. Cross
House of Commons
Britain
United States
London Ministry of Information
Kaiser Wilhelm
Naples Bombed as RAF Raids Hit Italian and French Bases
British spokesman calls the action a serious menace but notes the nation can absorb blows. RAF night raids struck Naples on the Italian west coast and Augusta in Sicily, targeting the U-boat base at Lorient. Other planes attacked shipping along the Norwegian coast, damaged an enemy supply ship, and set fires at Feje. Hitler’s air force spared London, focusing on the English west coast and Briswl.
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Naples
Augusta
Sicily
Lorient
London Air Ministry
Feje Is
Hitler
London
Briswl
Britain Regains Initiative as Greece Defeats Italians
War dispatch notes that the Mediterranean battle shift favors Britain and Greece as Italy suffers a major defeat. Lord Woolton signals Britain will curb nonessential imports to support overseas troop movements, stressing a wartime economy shift.
Mussolini Hurting the Axis Partners
A column discusses Mussolini’s impact on Axis ties and predicts a coming showdown as Britain tightens lines with Egypt over Italian bombing. Britain also shifts toward Spain with a financial accord while pressuring Franco amid Axis pressures.
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Egypt
Rome
Britain
Italy
England
Spain
Hitler
Mussolini
Neher Heads Charity Unit in Decatur United Charities
W. B. Neher of Alabama Brick & Tile Co. was elected president of Decatur United Charities with H. Piteredjias as vice president, Miss La Una Keeble secretary, and J. Stanley Wyatt treasurer at the first board meeting held at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The group aims to unify charity campaigns to reduce duplication and cover all local charities in Decatur.
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W .B. Neher
Alabama Brick & Tile Company
Decatur
H. Piterediages
Mccough Bakerles
La-Una__ Keeble
Ancralaty
Stanley—Wyatt
State National Bank
United Charities
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur’s
Pecatar
Conductor J A Lane Dies After Heart Attack
Nashville railroad conductor J A Lane of the L and N died in town shortly before midnight Monday after a heart attack. He was 65, retiring soon, and had served the L and N for 40 years. Lane had recently run as baggage master and was local chairman of the Order of Railroad Conductors on the Nashville division. Funeral plans will be in Nashville with burial Monday.
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J. A. Lane
Nashville
Lane
Brown Funeral Company
Mr. Lane
How Bristol Was Destroyed In A German Raid
London and Bristol observers describe a heavy air raid on Bristol turning the 18th century city into ruins. Dr J S Spink reports fires, incendiaries, a hospital and shops burning as time bombs and a water outage followed. he notes few deaths due to Sunday night, with most damage in commercial and residential areas.
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London
Bristol
J. S. Spink
London University
Bristol University
Bistol
Canty Again Linked to 1938 Ward Sisters Attack
In Montgomery County a fortune teller testifies that Dave Canty, an African American man, admitted hitting the larger Ward sister first during the 1938 attack that left Eunice Ward dead and Lillian Ward injured. Canty’s 1940 conviction was overturned over a tainted confession.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dave Canty
Eunice Ward
Twomery County
Lillian” Ward
Lilian Ward
Canty
United Court
Lillian Ward
Mobile
Rudy Ray
Scales Bags Deer in Decatur Hunting Preserve
C M Scales became the first Decatur sportsman to bag a deer in the Black Warrior National Forest hunt. He shot a 170 pound five point buck at 11 30 after sunrise on Monday. The Decatur group included Joe Duncan J B Bradford E J Carter James L Murphy Gordon McDuff and Jim Woodall with Roy Ponder of Birmingham. Woodall’s dogs aided the hunt.
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C. M. Scales
Decatur
Black Warrior National Forest
Mr. Scales
Joe Duncan
J. B. Bradford
E. J. Carter
James L. Murphy
War Dept Transfers 6.5 Million to TVA for Nitrate Plant
The war department announced a transfer of 6.5 million dollars from army appropriations to the Tennessee Valley Authority for rehabilitation of nitrate plant No. 2 at Muscle Shoals Alabama. The plant will be equipped by TVA to produce ammonia for explosives manufacture.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ant No
Muscle Shoals
Ala
TVA
Roosevelt sails toward Caribbean as fishing talks fade
President Roosevelt arrived in Miami to embark on a Caribbean cruise with a stated aim of a serious mission. He said there would not be much fishing and suggested the “fishing stuff is the bank.” He declined to reveal possible base site inspections or exact travel plans while noting winter naval exercises at Culebra Island. The Tuscaloosa and escorts waited as the trip remained officially secret with speculation about Jamaica and defense sites under a Britain-US lease deal.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Caribbean
Washington
England
Atlantic Patrol Squadron
Culebra Island
Puerto Rico
Texas
Norfolk
Culebra
Tuscaloosa
South Atlantic
Great Britain
Jamaica
Portland Bight
Bight
Portland Island
Britain
United States
New World
Cold snap spreads across Alabama with frosty forecast
Weather forecasters warned Alabamians of a deepening cold wave. The last night low was 33 degrees and the forecast calls for freezing temperatures to extend to the Gulf Coast, with upstate readings near 20 and central Alabama in the 25 to 30 range. City by city lows included Birmingham 28 and Montgomery 36.
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Gulf Coast
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Birmingham
Florence
Mobile
Dothan
Evergreen
Tennessee and Alabama Weather Update with Temperatures
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 19.37 feet and rising. Temperatures ranged from 33 to 61 degrees with no rainfall. Alabama expected fair but colder with hard freeze inland and coastal readings near 32. Tennessee forecast cooler with clouds tonight and lower extremes.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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