Sharp exchanges heat up NLRB probe hearing
Bristling verbals erupted between Rep. Murdock and committee counsel Toland during a debate over statements on decisions employees may not “contract away” rights. Toland insisted actions were with committee knowledge while Murdock demanded clarification. Chairman Smith urged restraint as the panel awaited full testimony.
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House
National Labor Relations Board
Rep
Murdock
Utah
Edmund M. Toland
Toland
NLRB
Cai
Congressman
Smith
New York
Morrisatson
W. 20Th Street
American Newspaper Guild
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Good King Wenceslas and the Feast of Stephen tale
A Christmas lore note recounts King Wenceslas of Bohemia ruling 928 to 935 known for kindness. The legend has him and a servant delivering meat wine and wood through deep snow to a peasant. the page steadied by stepping in the king’s footprints. Words from England 1652 were set to a much older folk tune.
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Wenceslas
Bohemia
England
L and N Tax Payments Boost Morgan County School Funds
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad paid 1940 taxes totaling 29167 dollars split with Morgan county and Decatur city. County schools receive 6762.38, Decatur schools 627.37, Hartselle 374, Falkville 134.93. L and N, the largest tax payer, contributes about 800000 annually. J B Hill, president, ordered payment December 14 to aid teachers before holidays. Taxes not delinquent until January 1, 1940.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Morgan County
City of Dent
Decatur
Charles G. Hardwick
Hartselle
Falkville
Alabama
J. B. Hill
Road
Cooper-Wells Welfare Banquet Slated at Civic Center
The Cooper-Wells Employes Welfare Association will hold its annual banquet Friday at 7 30 PM in the Civic Center. The building will be decorated for the holiday event and about 350 members are expected to attend a turkey dinner and program led by president Louie Ellison.
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Cooper-Wells, Employes Welfare Association
Civic Center
Louie Ellison
Atn
Mrs Crutcher Ill With Pneumonia in Athens
Mrs J S Crutcher Sr wife of Limestone County physician is very ill with pneumonia The illness marks a second pneumonia attack within a year in Athens Alabama on December 14 Special.
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Athens
Ala
J. S. Crutcher
Bank Leader Reappointed to Federal Reserve Post
General John C. Persons, president of the First National Bank, was reappointed director of the Birmingham branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Frank M. Neely, board chairman, announced Persons’s reappointment. Ty Beaver was also recommended for reappointment as managing director. All terms run three years from January 1, 1940.
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Birmingham
Ala
John C. Persons
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Frank M. Neely
Ty Beaver
Bodies of Indigirka Dead Drift Ashore
At Wakkanai Japan December 14 about 350 bodies were found drifting ashore from the Soviet Russian steamer Indigirka wrecked in a blizzard. About 420 survivors were rescued by the Kabafuto Maruto at Otaru Hokkaido as relief stations prepare aid. The ship with 1100 aboard mainly Russian fishermen and families originated as the American freighter Quaker and was sold to Russia in 1938.
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Wakkanai
Hokkaido
Japan
Indigirka
Otaru
Quaker
Russia
Flags Raised Here Today in Citizenship Day Ceremonies
In observance of Alabama’s 120th anniversary, Junior High and Gordon Bible schools raised Alabama and U S flags on the campus flagpole. Pupils heard duties and privileges of citizenship. Willard Young led “To The Colors” as flags rose, the band played, and the pledge was recited.
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Alabama
Gordon Bible Schools
United States
Dixon
Willard Young
Boy Scout
Hennessey
Joe Sideman
Peace Blackout for Peace at Talladega Christmas Week
Citizens of Talladega Alabama plan a blackout for peace as the week of Christmas celebration ends. Between 8:30 and 9 p m lights will be off except for Christmas decorations.
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Talladega
East Alabama
Talladega Town
Fraternity House Cleanout Yields Odds and Ends
Scavengers in California collected items from 23 UC Berkeley fraternity houses at the start of Christmas vacation. They returned thirteen street signs 76 red lanterns one garbage can and assorted odds and ends to city departments.
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Calif
University of California
Diplomats Gather for Annual White House Reception
Washington hosts diplomats from 53 nations for the Roosevelt White House party. Protocol governs a strict line of march by ambassadors and ministers, with aides announcing each envoy and wife. The German ambassador remains absent, placing Hans Thomsen as chargé d'affaires near the end of the line.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
State Department
East Room
Hans Thomsen
Lonely Child launches help line for Christmas care
From next Monday a telephone will be in service at Lonely Child headquarters to coordinate Christmas care. Call 9108 to offer help or to request information for groups planning to shelter several children at St. John's parish house and obtain details.
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Lonely Child
St. John's Parish House
Mayor Tingley questions 1937 law amid council debate
In Albuquerque on December 14, Mayor Clyde Tingley challenged a law calling it bad. City Attorney Joseph Dalley noted the measure was passed in 1937 and signed by the governor. Dalley identifies Tingley as the former governor in 1937.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Clyde Tingley
Joseph Dalley
Tingsley
Coldest Alabama reading hits 19 degrees at Florence
Florence Alabama December 14 The Mercury record low 19 degrees this season among Alabama stations. Weather experts expect another frosty morning with gradual moderation anticipated tomorrow.
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Florence
Ala
Alabama
British Navy faces losses as Graf Spee battles continue
In the South Atlantic clash, the destroyer Duchess sank after a collision with one officer and 22 sailors saved. The minesweeper William Hallett went down after hitting a mine, with eight lives lost. Admiralty reports claim a Nazi submarine was sunk and a cruiser torpedoed, while Chamberlain praised naval resolve amid uncertain further losses.
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Britain
Germany
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Duchess
William Hallett
Admiralty
Bremen
Achilles
Ajax
Exeter
Chamberlain
South Atlantic
House of Commons
Royal Oak
Courageous
Rawalpindi
Finland Relief Fund Receives Local Gifts
The Daily joins former President Hoover in a campaign to aid Finland amid the Soviet invasion. Contributions sent to the Finland Relief Fund care of The Decatur Daily will be acknowledged and sent to the national committee in New York. Recent gifts include Edward R. Whitten five dollars, Mr and Mrs Frey Stewart one dollar, A T Hanson one hundred dollars, and Dr Edwin Wyle one dollar.
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Herbert Hoover
Finland
National Committee
Hoover
New York
Graf Spee Fights Three Enemies Near Montevideo
The German pocket battleship Graf Spee, heavily damaged and with 36 dead and 60 wounded, sat in Montevideo harbor after a 14 hour battle with British cruisers Ajax and Achilles and the crippled Exeter. Authorities reported injuries, guarded ships, and continued uncertainty over the Graf Spee’s next move as neutral inspectors were barred.
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Graf Spee
Ajax
Achilles
Montevideo
Uruguay
Exeter
Rio de la Plata
Legation
Germany
Otto Langmann
Admiralty
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Graft Spee
Inchanty
Falklands Island
Four men blamed for burning Shelby County High School
In Columbiana Alabama a fire destroyed the newly finished Shelby County High School building valued at 63000. A watchman said four white men held him at gunpoint poured gasoline on the floor and set the blaze. The sheriff could not establish motive and officials prepared to take over the site from Paul Brothers Contracting Co. of Birmingham.
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Columbiana
Ala
Shelby County High School
PWA
W. B. White
B. H. Childs
Paul Brothers Contracting Co
Birmingham
Alabama
Free lunches for 6 million children aided by surplus foods
About 6,000,000 undernourished school children will receive hot free lunches this winter aided by more than 220,000,000 pounds of surplus food valued at $18,000,000. Oklahoma and South Carolina feed the largest numbers, with parochial schools now included.
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Washington
Nice Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Pupius
North Dakota
Rom
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South” Carolina
Child Victim of Meningitis in Alabama
Bernice Peppers nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Casteel of Moulton died of meningitis at Benevolent Society hospital at 2 pm Wednesday. Funeral at Liberty church Lawrence county Thursday at 2 30 pm Rev Emmett Byars officiated and Drinkard of Decatur had burial. Surviving are the parents a brother Henry and grandmothers Mrs Charlie Johnson and Mrs Parlee Peppers.
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Bernice .Peppers
W. A. Casteel
Moulton
Benevolent Society Hospital
Liberty Church
Lawrence County
Emmett Byars
Drinkard
Decatur
Hartselle
Henry
Charlie Johnson
Parlee Peppers
German liner Columbus Evades Allied Blockade at Vera Cruz
The 32 581 ton liner Columbus slipped from Vera Cruz in the dark early today in what appears to be a bid to reach a German port via the Allied blockade. Nearby the freighter Arauca also left Vera Cruz harbor carrying a mixed cargo for New Orleans.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Columbus
Atlantic
Arauca
New Orleans
League Expels Soviet Russia Over Finland Invasion
The League of Nations voted unanimously to expel Soviet Russia for its invasion of Finland. Finland abstained along with China Yugoslavia and Greece. The assembly condemned Russia as an aggressor and urged member aid to Finland as non member nations were invited to help.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Russia
Finland
China
Yugoslavia
Greece
League
United States
Little Republic
Joseph Paul Boncour
Maxim Litvinoff
Pirst
Aeeeeee
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Lithuania
Latvia
Switzerland
League Automati Ee E
Weather report notes record cold and light winds
Wednesday night saw the coldest temperature of the winter at 26 degrees with 61 degrees the high in the past 24 hours. No rainfall occurred and the Tennessee River gauge stood at 155 feet and falling. Alabama is fair but cold with frost along the coast and temperatures from 28 to 34 degrees. Light northeast to southeast winds along the coast. Tennessee forecast calls for fair skies with warmup Friday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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