Windsor May Be New Envoy From Britain
In Miami Duke of Windsor flew by naval plane to an undisclosed destination amid reports he could meet President Roosevelt and possibly become British ambassador to the United States. His aide said he would be back soon, with the Duchess remaining in Miami.
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Fla
Duke of Windsor
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
Washington
Vyvyan Drury
Windsor
State Department
Drury
Miami Herald
Lord Lothian
Duke
Fish
Bahamas
American Airways
Dinner Key
Terence McGrath
Nassau Development Board
W. Drury
Duchess of Windsor
St. Francis Hospital
Joan Ford
Red Cross
England
Toy Matinee at the Princess Saturday
The Decatur Elks Lodge hosts a Saturday morning toy matinee at the Princess Theatre starting at 9 o clock. Acceptable toys or clothing grant one hour of entertainment, with proceeds benefiting underprivileged city children. The feature is The Five Little Peppers starring Edith Fellows, donated by manager G. P. Banniza. Princess employees donate their time for the event.
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Decatur Elks Lodge
Princess Theatre
G. P. Banniza
Princess
Edith Fellows
Weather Alert Foretells Snow Sleet In North Alabama
The Weather Bureau predicts rain turning to sleet and snow in extreme north Alabama tonight with a cold wave. Heavy rainfall plagues several cities, and traffic on Highway No. 31 near Birmingham to Montgomery is urged to take an alternate route via Sylacauga Rockford and Wetumpka. Temperature readings include Florence 65, Birmingham 58, Montgomery 59, Dothan 58, Evergreen and Mobile 62.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Federal Weather Bureau
Upstate
Tennessee Valley
Gulf
Highway Department
Birmingham
Sylacauga
Rockford
Wetumpka
Evergreen
Dothan
Mobile
Florence
Refugees Drowned off Istanbul. 180 Survive
About 200 Jewish refugees died when a ship carrying nearly 400 from Bulgaria to Palestine sank off Marmora west of Istanbul. Seventeen drowned were children. The Uruguayan-flag ship broke in heavy seas. 180 survivors were rescued and hospitalized.
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Istanbul
Bulgaria
Palestine
L'Orient
Marmora
Cumciyet
Farm Bureau Aims to Rebuild Morgan County Membership
Representatives of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation push to rebuild Morgan county membership. Once a leading group in the state, they target business interests and farmers for enrollment this year.
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Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Morgan County
Tax Schedule Given Study Tax Schedule Given Study
In a special city council meeting last night aldermen studied last year’s privilege tax schedule and made changes ahead of a new schedule for 1941. The budget will be set after ordinance adoption next week. Dr. H D Greer was sworn in as councilmember, succeeding Joseph M Pettey who resigned to join the State Selective Service System.
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H. D. Greer
John E. Wilkes
Dr. Greer
Joseph M. Pettey
Negro Youth Held in Arson Case in Morgan County
A 15 year old negro youth is jailed in Morgan County on first degree arson charges tied to an attempted November 30 fire at his grandmother’s home. Constable Kilgore arrested him. he pleaded guilty before Justice Meadors and was bound over to the grand jury with a $1000 bond. Fire Chief Floyd Elkins said wallpaper and window shades were damaged.
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Morgan County
W. E. Kilgore
B. D. Meadors
Floyd Elkins
Decatur
Man Jumps Into Wabash River With Rock Tied Around Neck
In Logansport Indiana on December 13 a well dressed man about 35 years old tied a heavy rock to his neck and leaped 14 feet into the Wabash River. He surfaced shivering in water to his knees then returned to the bank untied the rope and walked away. George Cook told police he witnessed the event.
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Logansport
Ind
George Cook
Wabash
Steel City Sheffield Hit Hard by Nazis
London dispatch reports Sheffield the great steel center in northern England suffered concentrated Luftwaffe raids last night. Fires erupted across commercial, shopping and residential districts as incendiaries and bombs rained down. casualties described as heavy to modest and still being tallied.
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Sheffield
London
England
Air Ministry
Luftwaffe
Exchange Telegraph
Berlin
Coventry
Birmingham
Henry Bessemer
Midlands
Athens Horse Rex Dies At 36 In Alabama Farm Life
Rex a 36 year old horse owned by Miss Georgia Jones of Athens died after a long life in the county. Born near Elk River he worked 25 years behind the plow and 9 years gardening before retirement. His American birth date was July 4 and his sire Kantea came from Squire Bill Jones, Rex's owner.
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Ala
Rex
Georgia Jones
Elk River
Kantea
Squire Bill Jones
Greeks Push Forward in Albania Amid Italian Retreats
Greek forces drive toward Chimara and Tepeleni as Italian units, including Alpine troops, withdraw under heavy counterattacks. Dispatches describe new Italian troops failing to halt the advance, with prisoners taken and morale deteriorating amid internal disagreements in Italy. The front remains volatile with Greek gains along the coastal road toward Varona and the Klisura region.
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Albania
Climara
Porto Edda
Italy
Klisura
Leni
Agirocastro
Tepeleni
Pogradetz
Chimara
Valona
Tepelen
Tepelent
Durazzo
British Allied victory at Sidi Barrani reshapes Mediterranean war
Dewitt Mackenzie reports that the heavy Italian defeat at Sidi Barrani by British and Allied forces and fascist setbacks in Greece shift advantage in the Mediterranean toward Britain. Mussolini aimed to reach the Suez Canal to threaten Egypt. the British now hold a crucial edge and threaten Italian Libya, challenging fascist plans and Britain’s hold on North Africa.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Sidi Barrani
Greece
Mediterranean
Italian Libya
Egypt
Africa
Mussolini
Suez Canal
Britain
England
Complexion of War Altered by Communications Cut
The article notes Italy and its forces in Africa are cut off from supplies and reinforcements as Graiani’s life-line is severed. Mussolini relies on Graziani, but defeats at Sidi Barrani worsen the outlook for Fascist troops in East Africa. Moral effects vary with Britain cheered while Italy faces reverses in Greece and Africa.
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Ade
Italy
Africa
Gragiani
Mussolini
Graziani
Sidi Barrani
Britain
Greece
New Theatre Roxy Nears Opening in Bank Street Area
Crescent Amusement Company plans a new Roxy theatre at 507 509 Bank Street with modern design and sound system. R. McCown and Tony Sudekum indicate opening around January 1. project features include balcony, booth, marquee, and upgraded electric work. Crescent also runs Princess and Capitol Theatres in the region.
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Moving Picture Theatre
Bankstreet
R. McCown
Crescent Amusement Company
Nashville
Playhouse
Roxy
Stont
McCown
H. Bahnke
Crescent Theatres
Decatur Garden Club Announces Christmas Decoration Prizes
The Decatur Garden Club will announce Saturday the prize list for the annual citywide Christmas decorations contest. Decorations will be classified to give many contestants a chance at small awards and the city will look brighter for the season.
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Decatur Garden Club
Decatur
Record Vote Cast in Nation State Tabulations Show
Washington dispatch reports the Nov 5 election produced a national popular vote of 49,808,624 with Franklin D. Roosevelt winning a 4,914,713 plurality and carrying 38 states. Willkie led Republicans in nationwide totals, with minor parties collapsing to 239,459 votes, and the electoral vote tally standing 449 to 82. Roosevelt’s NY plurality shrank to 224,440, while the ALP vote in New York was unusually large.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Associated Press
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Rhode Island
Wendell L. Willkie
Oo.aeca
Norman Thames
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Willkie
New York State
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South Carolina
Herbert Hoover
Alfred EB. Smith
LaFollette
Woodrow Wilson
Hoover
FDR
Michigan
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
New York
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AL. P
Thomas
Eugene Debs
Guard Ready For Blanding
Hundreds of Alabama National Guardsmen prepare to depart for Camp Blanding Florida for a year of active service. Major General John Persons commands the 31st division with staff in Birmingham and detachment trains moving to the training base. Units include 117th Field Artillery 167th infantry and Prattville headquarters company led by Capt. Harry M. Doster.
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Ala
Alabama National
Thirty-First
Blanding
Mobile
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Florida
117Th Field Artillery
Alabamia
167Th Infantry
31St Division
Prattville
62Nd Infantry Brigade
Harry M. Doster
Six Indicted in Walker County Fraud Conspiracy
Indictments charging six men with conspiring to defraud the federal government through sale and rental of road building machinery in Walker county were returned by the US grand jury in Birmingham. Names include John D. Pittman and Joseph L. Garvey of Pittman Tractor Co. plus five others. about $23,480 in sales to the Walker County Board of Revenue and about $11,000 in rentals involved.
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Birmingham
Ala
Walker County
Grand
Jim Smith
John D. Pittman
John B. Pittman
WPA
Robert L Wilson
Smith
Walker County Board of Revenue
Death by own action verdict in Thelma Moore case
Coroner Jack Degaris ruled a death by own action in the case of Thelma Moore a 25 year old found shot through the heart at her Moody crossroads home last night. She had worked as a grocery clerk in Leeds Alabama.
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Pen City
Ala
Jack Degaris
Thelma Moore
Moody’s Crossroads
Leeds
Letters to Santa Published in Decatur Daily Christmas Edition
The Decatur Daily invites all area children to write Santa Claus with letters to care of The Daily Decatur Alabama. Most letters will be published in the annual Christmas edition.
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Decatur Daily
Santa Claus
Decatur
Daily
Alabama
Italians Face Heavy Fire in Western Desert Retreat
A war communique from the western desert front reports Italian captured troops increased by several thousands and five generals among the captives. British patrols along the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan frontier continue to inflict casualties as Italian forces, including Marshal Gragiant, withdraw under pursuit. British losses were light, with four RAF planes lost, while Italian craft losses exceeded forty. The British fleet reports no damage to its warships.
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Catro
Western Desert Front
Sudan
Rodolfo Gragiant
Britain
Egypt
Desert
Italy to Fight on Rome Fronts All Winter
Italian defenses in Albania and Libya expected to hold through winter with sources saying Italy will defend their lines regardless. The British Egyptian push aims to force Italians behind the Libyan frontier without a Libya drive unless Italians are moved from Egyptian soil. Armistice with Greece is deemed unlikely despite talks.
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Italy
Rome
Albania
Libya
Greece
Mussolini
British Wins in North Africa Reach Sidi Barrani Threshold
British forces report growing momentum in the western desert after victory at Sidi Barrani. The number of Italian prisoners is rising with thousands more captured as patrols harass the front line along the Sudan border. Officials say the Suez Canal is secure for now and advances may continue toward Libyan territory.
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Sudan
London
Sidi Barrani
Suez Canal
Britain
Canal
Suez
Tennessee River Levels and Rainfall Report
The Tennessee River gauge read 19.46 feet with maximum 63 and minimum 57 degrees in the past 24 hours. Rainfall measured 0.44 inches. Alabama areas faced rain turning to sleet and snow in the far north with a colder Saturday, while the Tennessee region expected cloudy skies and continued cold with rain in the south and east portions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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