Memel Election Brings German Influence to Baltic Territory
Memel Lithuania reports a pro Nazi victory in local elections. The Memel directory decreed end of Lithuanian police power and said only Memel police would control security. Observers expect Berlin to decide future territorial status, as protests rise in Kaunas with student strikes.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Reich
Memel
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Wee
France
Memenagi
Lithuania
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Memelland election heightens Nazi influence amid Jewish flight
In Memelland the vote produced a pro Nazi shift with new members likely to be more ardently aligned. Hundreds of Memel Jews fled to Lithuania as Smetona declared a state of emergency. Police arrested over 100 Augustine Waldemaras followers as Kaunas government readied emergency measures.
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Memelland
Hitler
Reichstag
Neumann
Memel
Memél
Lithuania
Antanas Smetona
Dispatches
Berlin
Augustine Waldemaras
Iron Wolf
Smetona
Kaunas
Books on social work at library
Forty two social work titles are now available at Carnegie Library announced by librarian Mrs E A Tillery. The list includes Works by Overstreet Buck Maugham Buck and Buck Randall and a range from The Yearling to The Citadel and The Jalna Series reflecting social welfare and humanities themes.
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Carnegie Library
E. A. Tillery
Isabelle Campbell Bruce
Sociology
Alabama College
Montevallo
Overstreet
Bentley
Maugham
Brand
Wolfe
Lawrence
Rawlings
Maxwell
Pit College
Gilfillan
de la Rothe
Pearl Buck
Living
Rand
Adamic
Galsworthy
the Citadel
Cronin
Menninger
de Kruif
Tehernavin
Montgomery report on James Van Zandt former commander
James Van Zandt of Altoona Pennsylvania, formerly a commander, is noted in a Montgomery dispatch dated December 12 with unclear details. The brief item references his past role and ties to Alabama events.
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Montgomery
Ala
James Fe, van Zandt
Altoona
Veterans of Foreign Wars Leader to Attend Alabama Conference
Charles F. Morgan announces that the chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will join visitors at the Alabama department's annual mid winter conference set for December 17 and 18.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alabama Department
Charles F. Morgan
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A 1958 King Features Syndicate crossword puzzle page presents across and down clues with entries including Daub, Marsh crocodile, Urges, sister of father, register, and other numbered hints. The puzzle merges standard wordplay items with biblical and language notes, reflecting crossword conventions of the era.
Fire devastates Houma warehouse and refinery loss
A major blaze in Houma Louisiana started in a warehouse and spread to a nearby refinery. Both structures were destroyed and the damage estimate reached as high as 1 500 000 dollars. The fire also consumed large quantities of raw and refined sugar.
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Houma
Farm Bureau Opens 20th Annual Convention in New Orleans
The American Farm Bureau Federation begins its 20th annual convention with about 5 000 delegates meeting in New Orleans. Leaders including Francis Sayre Morris Williamson and Edward O Neal discuss the 1938 AAA and insist the program, while not perfect, remains the best law for production control.
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New Orleans
American Farm Bureau Federation
Guetta
Francis B. Sayre
Morris C. Williamson
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Edward A. O'Neal
Florence
Ala
National Organization
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federation
AAA
O'Neal
Quail Killing Conviction Leads to $271 Fine
In Prattville Alabama Judge J M Willett set a 271 dollar price on eight quail killed by Willie Shields a Montgomery negro. Shields was arrested by game wardens on a landowner ward and was convicted on 11 counts including killing birds out of season without a license and offering birds for sale earning a total fine of 271 dollars.
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Prattville
Ala
J. M. Willett
Willie Hields
Montgomery
Negro
Shields
J. M. Watson
W. C. Holdbrooks
Guy C. Youngerman
State Conservation Department
Gasoline Price Reduction Pleases Decatur Drivers
Decatur motorists celebrate a two to three cent drop in gasoline across all major oil companies. Three grades are reduced and the lower price began Saturday as a Christmas present for local car owners, officials say.
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Decatur
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