Decatur Council Elects Dr H D Greer to Alderman Seat
The Decatur city council unanimously elected Dr H D Greer to the aldermanic board to succeed Joseph M Pettey who resigned to take a post with the State Selective Service system. The vote followed a nomination by A C Dillehay and a second by Alderman Russell Speake.
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Decatur
H. D. Greer
Joseph M. Pettey
State Selective Service System
Pettey
Dr. Greer
A. C. Dillehay
Russell Speake
Greer
Offecatur
Alabama
University of Alabama Medical School
Morgan County Medical Society
Board of Health
Three Nabbed in Burglary Ties to Humphrey’s Cash Store
Police report three men held in connection with Monday night burglary of Humphrey’s Cash Store at 112 E Moulton Street. They admitted breaking in and stealing over 500 dollars in merchandise, most recovered. Arrested at 4 30 this morning are Bennie Taylor 18 Oliver Picket 26 and Leo Vaughan 18.
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City
Humphrey
E. Moulton Street
W. P. Moore
Bennie Taylor
Oliver Picket
Leo Vaughan
Taylor
Picket
Holly Street
Twelfth Avenue
East
Moore
Vaughan
A. E. Humph
Estabe
Chief Moore
Morgan Dismissal as TVA Chairman Upheld by Circuit Court
The Sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld the dismissal of Arthur E. Morgan as TVA chairman. The court rejected Morgan s suit seeking 4 538 233 in allegedly due salary and ruled removal of executive officers by the President rests with the President. Morgan, former Antioch College president, was ousted in 1938 for contumacy and may appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
TVA
U. S
Cincinnati
Sixth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
C. C. Simons
Detroit
Supreme Court
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Roosevelt
Harcourt A. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Senate
House of Representatives
George C. Taylor
Knoxville
Tenn
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Executive Department
United States Supreme Court
Driver Slain as Two Al Taxi Crimes Spark Probe
Birmingham detectives linked the slaying of taxicab driver T. M. McClaughlin and a Phenix City shooting of Clinton Hitt to a possible same group. A soldier identified as J. M. Elmore, AWOL from Fort Harrison, was wounded in Birmingham. Elmore claimed an attempted robbery of $3, and witnesses saw several men flee. McClaughlin was shot four times as his cab stopped after an 85 cent fare. Police planned to question soldiers connected to the case.
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Birmingham
Ala
Phenix City
Eugene Connor
T. M. McClaughlin
J. M. Elmore
Fort Benning
McClaughlin
Elmore
W. E. Degroat
Fort Harrison
Ind
Jnstanapolis
Lesley St
Clinton Hitt
J. W. Perry
Pennix City
Hitt
McLaughlin
Degroat
Peanut Removed From Tot's Lung In Atlanta
Two year old Gerald McCarley of Woodland Alabama recovered after doctors at Ponce De Leon Infirmary removed a peanut from his left lung. A bronchoscope freed the airway and the child began breathing on both lungs again.
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Atlanta
Gerald” McCarley
Woodland
Ala
Ponce de Leon Infirmary
L. H. McCarley
Death notice of Rev. William Haddock Baptist pastor
Last rites were conducted for Rev. William Henry Haddock 55 pastor of Akalona Baptist church Hatton Lawrence county after dying Wednesday at Eliza Memorial Hospital Florence Burial in Free Will cemetery directed by Drinkard Decatur Rev Haddock served Hatton church three years and is survived by his widow father W H Haddock Conasauga Tenn a brother Jim Haddock Chattanooga and Charles Haddock Nashville
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William Henry Haddock
Akalona Baptist Church
Hatton
Lawrence County
Free Will Baptist Church
Jefferson County
Emmett Williams
Berney Point Baptist Church
Birmingham
Free Will Cemetery
Drinkard
Decat
Haddock
Eliza Memorial Hospital
Florence
Slovakia and Russia Sign Trade Pact in Moscow
Slovakia and Soviet Russia signed a trade treaty in Moscow after two weeks of talks. Slovakia agreed to export electrical equipment copper cable and artificial silk in exchange for raw cotton and chemicals from Russia. This follows a wave of commercial agreements with small central European states and comes as Romania negotiates a similar accord.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Slovakia
Repub
Foreign Trade Commissariat
Europe
Clash Between U boat Disguised Raider and Carnarvon Castle
London reports a long range battle in the South Atlantic about 700 miles northeast of Montevideo. The British armed merchant cruiser Carnarvon Castle suffered slight damage and casualties while a German raider disguised as a merchant ship fled. The admiralty offered few details on damage to the raider, noting it was last seen speeding north.
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Associated Press
London
Carnarvon Castle
Admiralty
South Atlantic
Montevideo
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Britain
German auxiliary vessel damages British ship in separate clash
Berlin reports a German auxiliary vessel severely damaged a British ship of the same class in a south Viantio engagement. A Nazi submarine is credited with sinking four British merchantmen totaling 13,300 tons, two in convoy. The date and full details remain unspecified.
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Berlin
High Command
Viantio Endei
Britain
England
Red Cross To Hold Five Night First Aid Classes
The Red Cross will run first aid and life saving classes five nights a week from Monday through Friday at the Lyon Hotel assembly room until December 20. Ellis D. Fusal leads the program with H L Thorton assisting and Dr E M Chenault as medical adviser. Classes start at 7 PM each night.
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Red Cross
Lyon
Ellis D. Fusal
First Aid
American Red Cross
H. L. Thornton
The
E. M. Chenault
County's Men Leave Today in Draft Call
Two Morgan countians volunteered for induction and left by rail for Fort McClellan to begin a year of training. Dwal Solomon 19 Decatur route 1 and Harvey Seldon Johnson 28 Hartselle entrained for camp. Louis DeHoy Curry 28, a Black volunteer, will depart next Thursday.
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Fort McClellan
Decatur
Hartselle
Dwal Solomon
Harvey Seldon Johnson
T Decatur
Louis DeHoy Curry
Alabama to Draft 447 More as Nation Adds 29 000 Men
Alabama projects a total draft to reach 29 000 within a week under the selective service act. About 25 811 Alabamians are already in service. roughly 3 000 National Guardsmen have been drafted and are stationed in armories awaiting transfer to Camp Blanding Florida. Further inductions continue through December 12 with white and colored draftees split between Ft Barrancas Florida and Ft McClellan Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Camp Blanding
Fla
Blanding
Army
Ft. Barrancas
Ft. McClellan
State
Military Department
Washington
Selective Service
Morale Crack-Up in War Civilians May End Conflict
Dewitt Mackenzie argues that civilian populations in the belligerent nations increasingly face privation fear and destruction from bombing. He warns morale could crack under strain and that peace may come when one side collapses mentally rather than revolutionizing.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Italian Morale Now To Receive Its Test
The article notes Britain's six months of bombing devastation and civilian casualties while parliament rejected a peace motion. It compares German suffering under Allied bombardment and praises British resolve as Italy enters the public arena.
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Britain
Germany
Italy
British Isles
Illness claims Lambert Sentiff longtime local resident
Lambert Sentiff 83 died suddenly of a heart attack at 11 50 Friday night at his home 1404 Fifth Ave South Funeral services were held at Brown's Chapel on Ferry Street Rev John A Troxler officiating The body was to be shipped to Belleville Illinois for burial Survivors include a widow six daughters two brothers and four grandchildren Sentiff came from Illinois over 20 years ago and worked for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad He was well known in the area
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Lambert Sentiff
Fifth Ave
Brown's Chapel
Ferry Street
John A. Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Belleville
Illinois
Herman Schindler
Crowell
Texas
Mra
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Rites Set for Local Woman Mrs. A. C. McKnight
Funeral services for Mrs. A C McKnight who died Wednesday night at 403 Prospect Drive will be held at the residence at 1 am Saturday led by Rev R L Archibald. Burial will be in Payetteville Tennessee with Brown of Decatur directing. Mrs McKnight, formerly of Tennessee, moved to Decatur over 25 years ago. She is survived by husband A C McKnight two daughters Mrs Morgan Pearson and Lola McKnight of Decatur three sons B M McKnight Steubenville Ohio A L McKnight Sheboygan Wisconsin T P McKnight of Columbia Tennessee a granddaughter Madelyn McKnight of Gadsden a grandson Tommy McKnight of Sheboygan Wisconsin two sisters Mrs E L Butler Petersburg Tennessee and Mrs E B Finley Knoxville.
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A. C. McKnight
Prospect Drive
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Payetteville
Tenn
Brown
Decatur
Morgan Pearson
Lola McKnight
B. M McKnight
Steubenville
Ohio
Aln. McKnight
Sheyboygan
Wisconsin
T. P. McKnight
Columbia
Tennessee
Madelyn McKnight
Gadsden
A Granson
Tommy McKnight
E. L
Mrs Wooten Called Home In Aniston
Mrs Letitia Wooten 87 of Aniston died at Baughs Infirmary at 1 Friday morning after coming to Aniston to be with her son Walter Wooten Funeral services will be at Mt Zion church Aniston at 2 PM Sunday with burial in Mt Zion cemetery in Decatur pastor Brown in charge She is survived by sons Walter of Decatur William of Lincoln a sister Mrs Emma D Simpson Greenville and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Letitia Wooten
Anniston
Walter Wooten
Baugh’'s Infirmary
Mt. Zion Church
Brown
Decatur
Mt. Zion
British treasury official briefs Morgenthau on British finances
Sir Frederick Phillips undersecretary of the British treasury says he will provide the United States with a factual balance sheet on Britain's resources and wartime costs. He will study over the weekend and renew talks with Morgenthau, denying any policy discussions. Congress debates loans to Britain, fearing a step toward US entry into war.
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Britain
Sir Frederick Phillips
Treasury
Washington
United States
Frederick Phillips
British Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Frederick
Sir Frederick
West Indian
Phillips
Lord Lothian
Lothian
Nye
R-Nd
The
Merle Cochran
Morganthau
Daniel W. Bell
United States Treasury
Harry D. White
Commerce Jones
Jones
Capitol Hill
Congress
Joint meeting to form Morgan County home guard
H. F. Sherrod announces a joint meeting of the local American Legion post with Hartselle and Eva posts at 7 30 p m Monday night at the courthouse. The goal is to perfect the Morgan County home guard to serve after the National Guard goes to camp.
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H. F. Sherrod
American Legion
Hartselle
Eva
Morgan County Home Guard
National Guard
Radio Silence From Rome and Italian Setbacks Reported
London reports that Rome radio went off air at 6 40 p m as Italian lines collapse in Southern Albania and Badoglio is said to have resigned. Greek forces claim Porto Edda and Argirocastro advances while Italy counters. A British raid on the south coast prompts homeward casualties described as light.
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London
Reuters
Rome
Associated Press
Italy
Albania
Balkan
Oece Ae
Pietro
Badoglio
Athens
Argirocastro
Greece
Cape Ture
Porto Edda
Bitoli
Chiers
Ugo. Cavallero
East
Africa
Britain
England
Portsmouth
Badoglia
Mussolini
Anaes
Tennessee River Gauge Rises as Weather Warms
The Tennessee river stood at 19.65 feet Friday with no rainfall in the past 24 hours. Temperatures ranged from a high of 52 to a low of 29 degrees with party cloudy conditions in Alabama and increasing warmth across Tennessee through Saturday and into the night.
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Tennessee
Alabama
West ‘Wight
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HD. Greer
Benevolent Society Hospital Board
Hospital
Geneva Bridges
D. D. McGehee
John J. Smith
New York
Gilbert Wright
Hollywood
Calif
Smith
Tot
Rev. Haddock
S. Atlantic
McClellan
L. Sentiff
Wooten
Home Guard
Vichy
France
Paris
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