Volunteer Is Allowed Bail for Induction into Army
Louis D. Curry 23 of Valdermosa will depart for Fort McClellan this afternoon to begin a year of military training after volunteering for induction following a bastardy charge. He pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing, was bound over to the circuit court grand jury, and released on $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Louis D. Curry
Valdermosa
Circuit Court
Curry
Deccatur
Valhermosa
Boatmen escape after capsizing on Tennessee River
Euel Garrison D L Sims and Marion Vickery escaped with only a ducking when their motor boat capsized near the railroad bridge in the Tennessee river at 3 15 Tuesday afternoon. The steering gear failed causing yawing and the boat overturned. All three clung to the bottoms up craft until John Thompson from a nearby boat rescued them and they were hauled aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euel Garrison
D. L. Sims
Marion
Vickery
Tennessee River
Mr. Garrison
John Thompson
Ragsdale Struck Ill at WPA Warehouse
C. L. Ragsdale of Fairview became seriously ill about 11 am while working at the WPA commodity warehouse on W Vine street. He was rushed to Benevolent Society Hospital in a Brown ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Ragsdale
Fairview
Benevolent Society Hospital
WPA
W. Vine Street
Bees Declared Livestock By Alabama Bureau
Montgomery authorities say the honey bee is designated livestock by the Federal Internal Revenue Bureau. The ruling, backed by State Apiarist Thomas Atchison, will save Alabama bee producers about 5000 dollars annually by exempting sugar used to feed bees from tax. Central Alabama is a major bee producing region and the ruling follows Alabama’s representations to Washington on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Atchison
Federal
Internal Revenue Bureau
Alabama
Atchison
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
Thief Receives Heavy Term in Porch Furniture Theft
Lonnie Brown, 20, was sentenced by Judge Seybourne H. Lynne to 11 months and 26 days in eight counts of petty larceny for porch furniture thefts from Decatur homes. He was arrested at the railway station and will be sent to Kilby Prison as soon as transfer arrives. Fourteen chairs were recovered and returned to owners listed on Court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Brown
Seybourne H. Lynne
County
Decatur
Brown
Parker and Terry
Lynne
Kilby
W. M. Gobble
West Church Street
Prank Minor
B. P. Wallace
Corner Oak
Lafayette Streets
Otto Fisher
East Church
Robert R. McQuire
Florence Smith
Ferry
Maxie Lesser
Alabama
P. G. Kilpatrick
Ferry Street
Tennessee river bridge tolls eyed for early freeing
Governor Dixon urged the Alabama bridge commission to lift tolls on the Tennessee river bridge linking Florence and Sheffield within 30 days. The panel voted to advertise for 30 days for claims, delaying an earlier plan to fund bond premiums, while general obligation bonds proceed to refund commission obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Alabama Bridge Commission
Tennessee River
Florence
Sheffield
Bridge Commission
Soan
Commission
A. R. Forsyth
State General Fund
Forsyth
State inspector warns grocers on cold storage eggs labeling
H W Howle, an inspector for Alabama's Department of Agriculture, advises retail grocers that cold storage eggs must be properly identified under state food laws. He is in the Decatur area to check sales and emphasizes compliance over arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Howle
State Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Howle
Decatur
Food Crisis in Britain Sparks House Debate in 1917 Context
In London minister R Hudson warned the food situation was as grim as in 1917, urging higher home production as the navy fights German submarines. Lords peers also debated convoy systems, navy and air measures, and shipping losses amid wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
R. Hudson
Britain
Hudson
Farmers’ Club
Lloyd George
Armed Services
House of Lords
Lord Strabolgi
Lord Templemore
Strabolgi
France
British Bomb Valona From Cloud Banks
British bomber raids hit Valona on the Albanian coast of Italy, striking a harbor ship a munitions dump and buildings despite Italian fighters. RAF says a raid leader reports heavy clouds allowing a low level attack before dueling with Italian planes. Italian troops retreat along the coast toward Chimara with Alpine weather aiding the withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Valona
Italy
Albajan
Chimara
Porto Edda
Argirocastro
Greeks launch renewed offensive across Albanian front
Fierce Crete troops join Greek mountain units in pushing Italian forces back along the Albania Greece line. Government sources say moves are developing with advances on all fronts. Greece reports heavy Italian losses, multiple 100-millimeter guns captured, and enemy pockets of resistance at bayonet point in difficult mountain terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Crete
Greece
Albania
Elbasani
Delvino
Porto Adda
Argirocastro
Taly
Valona
Adriatic
Porte Edda
Premet
Tepelini
Red Shield Boys Club opens at 3:30 PM in Decatur
Adjutant Frank Longino of the Salvation Army announces the opening of the Red Shield Boys Club at 111 W La Fayette Street this afternoon at 3 30. Membership is open to boys aged 8 to 20 with applications accepted today. Activities include basketball volleyball goals and badminton with a demonstration game at 6 30 between South Decatur Recreational Center and Canal Street Center. The program will feature radio transmitting and model airplane building instruction with daily hours 3 30 to 9 00 except Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Longino
Salvation Army Post
Red Shield
W. la Fayette Street
South Decatur Recreational Center
Canal Street Center
WPA
James E. Wright
Homer Britton
Russell Powell
British Loan Awaiting Roosevelt Return
Secretary Jones said a British financial aid loan could not proceed without congressional approval and would wait for President Roosevelt to return to Washington. He noted the neutrality act blocks any loan without authorization and emphasized no imminent action until Congress is asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jones
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Commerce
Congress
Caribbean
Treasury
Sir Frederick Phillips
British Treasury
Phillips
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U S Loans to Argentina and Uruguay total sixty and seven and a half million
Jesse H. Jones announced credits totaling 60 million to Argentina and 7.5 million to Uruguay. The loans replace smaller prior commitments and will fund general U S purchases of merchandise. The Argentine loan adds to a 50 million currency stabilization credit under discussion. Discussions continue with Peru and other Latin American nations regarding the 500 million export bank fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington - Na
Jesse H. Jones
Argentina
Uruguay
Jones
United States
Treasury
Morgenthau
Export-Import Bank
Peru
Trench Slide Deaths Prompt Dual Investigations
Four civilian workers were buried by shale in a six foot trench during a sewer line project at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania. The men, I M Hockenberry Richard J Goddard Benjamin Richards and Allen G Snyder were killed as a shale section caved in. The tragedy followed a separate hospital building accident that injured sixteen workers. Investigations were ordered by project manager R Carter and coroner Dr John D Boger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Blair
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania National Guard
I. M. Hockenberry
Richard J. Goddard
Mifflintown
R. D
Benjamin Richards
Harrisburgh
Allen G Snyder
Pottsville
Richards
R. Carter
John D. Boger
Lebanon County
Britain opens major offensive in Western Egypt against Italy
War dispatch notes a large attack at Western Egypt aiming to crush Fascist forces. The move follows Greek damage to Italian troops and could decide the Mediterranean war's direction. British hopes rest on defeating Mussolini soon if Africa yields a setback for Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Egypt
Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Mussolini
Position of Duce Is Very Precarious Now
From Albania comes word that the Grerky are driving Italians back to forestall a rescue and oust Fascists from a key Balkan base. British air force threatens Duce’s communications while a blockade cuts off aid to Graziani in Libya. Italian press warns against defeatists and pessimists amid government control.
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Albania
Grerky
Italy
Balkan
Tl Duce
Graziani
Libya
Populo di Roma
Sheriff Watford Ordered to Stand Trial in Impeachment
Alabama Supreme Court orders Sheriff A. G. Watford of Houston County to face impeachment proceedings. Justices deny most of his demurrers while remaining parts of specification 1 charge 3 about jail prisoner records are sustained. The action follows an investigation and audit prompted by Governor Frank M. Dixon via Attorney General T. S. Lawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
A. G. Watford
Houston County
Alabama Supreme Court
Watford
Lawson
Frank M. Dixon
Woody Woodard Unimproved After Live-Wire Injury
W L Woody Woodard remains unimproved at Russellville Hospital after a live wire shock near Haleyville last Friday. He suffered a fractured right leg when hurled to the ground and had been with the power company line crew in Decatur for 17 years before transferring to Haleyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L
Woody” Woodard
Haleyville
Russellville Hospital
Woodard
Power Company
Decatur
Agreement Reached on Union Shop Contract in Detroit
The United States conciliation service announced that Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit and the CIO United Auto Workers Union have reached a union shop contract and a one percent vacation bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Conciliation Service
Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Finnish Minister Appeals for U S Aid for Finland
Hjalmar Procope Finnish minister urged American relief for Finland not directly touched by Britain's blockade response. He cited urgent needs for fats corned dried fruit medical supplies clothing shoes soap and stressed money as the primary current requirement to buy these goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Hjalmar Procope
Finland
Whith
Great Britain
Procope
BPW Club Plans Christmas Party at Seton Hall
Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club will host its Christmas party Thursday night at Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall starting at 7 30 PM. Members will draw names exchange presents and each bring a toy for the WPA nursery school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club
Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall
WPA
Red Cross to Ship $500,000 War Relief to Greece
The American Red Cross announced plans to ship 500000 dollars worth of relief supplies to Greece on December 28. The cargo includes clothing blankets food and medical supplies to be loaded in New York onto a Greek vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
Greece
New York
Desert units seize Sidi Barrani Egypt in bold advance
The government announced the capture of Sidi Barrani by British forces in the western desert. Three Italian generals were taken prisoner as the town, Fasist drive’s main advance base into Egypt, fell, according to a Cairo communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sidi Barrani
Egypt
Cairo
British desert force thrust in western Egypt near Sidi Barrani
British troops reported at dawn December 9 driving Italian forces in the Sidi Barrani sector as 6 000 Italian prisoners were taken in three days with additional war material seized. Rome and London described heavy fighting and tactical success while Mussolini acknowledged Italian casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
J, BE
Stuart
Sidi Barrani
Egypt
London
Mussolini
Mar Shal Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
Rome
R. S. Hudson
Germany
England
Hudson
Royal Navy
High Command
Pierce
Maletti
Tennessee River Gauge and Regional Weather Forecast
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 19.95 feet on Wednesday and fell with no rainfall recorded in the past 24 hours. Maximum temperature reached 66 and minimum 39. Alabama expected cloudy skies with rain tonight and Thursday, warmer tonight. Tennessee to see rain tonight through Thursday, with warmer conditions in the east and extreme south portions, and a colder spell on Thursday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Suez Canal
Winston Churchill
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U. S
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Tirana
Tepelena
Iberat
Pogradetz
Philiates
Koritza
Faseke
Konitsa
Dibra
J.£.B. Stuart
The
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