New Aid Concepts for Britain Under Study
Washington reports outline two U S proposals to aid Britain Navy escorts for supply ships and sale of 143 foreign flag cargo vessels to Britain are under consideration. Both plans await congressional action and possible enabling legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Caribbean
British Isles
Great Britain
Denmark
Re Department
Lothian
Britain
Orade Britain
Three Charged in Larceny Case in Morgan County
Three African American defendants, John Weems, 31, Donie Mae Coleman, 17, and Ruby Mae Robinson, 21, are jailed in Morgan County charged with larceny from a man identified as R. V. Adams, 50. Adams said $14 was taken from his shirt pocket during a playful scuffle at the Robinson home on West Vine Street Friday night. $6 was later recovered, and $8 remained disputed between Adams and Weems. Warrants were sworn by Justice B. D. Meadors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
R. V. Adams
Vine Street
John Weems
Donie Mae Coleman
Ruby Mae Robinson
W. Willoughby
Prentice Sparkman
Adams
Robinson
Weems
Willoughby
Court of Justice
B. D. Meadors
Decatur Adopts Bicycle Licensing for 1941 Safety Plan
On and after January 1 1941 Decatur bans street riding without licensed bicycles. The ordinance, aimed at safety not revenue, requires city hall inspection before a license tag costing $1 is issued. Licenses only for bicycles deemed safe, with Junior licensees needing an inspection with the bike. The move intends to curb thefts and reduce police searches for stolen wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Flu Epidemic Spreads Across West and South
A mild influenza outbreak spreads from California to the Pacific Northwest and Texas. Washington and Oregon close more than twenty schools, Portland high and grade absences rise. Three deaths reported. Stanford delays Rose Bowl prep. Texas A and M suspends classes through Jan. 2.
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San Francisco
California
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Washington
Bellingham
Wash
Portland
Oregon
Stanford
Nebraska
T. O. Walton
Texas A. & M
Fordham
Salvation Army seeks names of Decatur Christmas tree children
The Salvation Army requests the names of Decatur children eligible to receive gifts from the community Christmas tree. About 700 children may receive gifts. reports should be made by phone or at Salvation Army headquarters. Gifts may be delivered to Salvation Army offices by December 1. no on tree solicitation will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Decatur
Talk With Duke Yields Assurance of Cooperation
President Roosevelt met the Duke of Windsor aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa near Eleuthera to discuss Caribbean outposts. They weighed bases as stepping stones for U S defense from Bermuda to the Bahamas, with Jamaica noted as a further link toward the Panama Canal and allied territories. The Bahamas locals welcomed bases, though Mayaguana anchorage issues paused plans. The 11 day voyage ends in Charleston before Roosevelt returns to Washington. The Duke signaled possible future visit to COC camps after New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Roosevelt
Charleston
S. C
Duke of Winsor
Caribbean
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Windward
Leeward Islands
Duke of Windsor
Miami
Panama Canal
Three
Americas
Duke
Mayaguana Island
Jamaica
Central America
Columbia
Warm Springs
Washington
Miami Beach
Fila
United States
Edward
Bahama Islands
Winners in the Decatur Christmas Window Shopping Contest
The Decatur Merchants' third annual contest awarded first prize of 25 dollars to Quimby Sewell III and second prize of 10 dollars to Quimby Sewell II for the Decatur classification. Winners include many local residents receiving 1 dollar prizes, with out of town winners listed and a complete item list of contest entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quimby Sewell
Walnut Street
Decatur
Decatur Merchants
Quimby Sewell, III
Hardin Hughes
Nancy Anne Thomason
Oak Street
Jack Thomason
Francis Wilder
Cain Street
B. Powell
Elizabeth Lang
Second Avenue
Jean Blackwell
Gordon Drive
Curtis Shirley
Beatrice Brown
6Th Avenue
Laneese Halbrooks
Katherine Thompson
Sixth Avenue
M. B. Jackson
W. E. Walden
Priceville
H.C Sharpe
W. E. Wallace
Barkley Street
Hartselle
Sibyl Shirley
Somerville
Homer Lawrence
Reba Lawrence
Katie Crowe
Austinville
H. T. Cook
Hellen Griffith
N. A. Greenhaw
Union Grove
Marie Smith
Joppa
Sarah Drinkard
Falkville
Beshara’s
Buttrey'’s
W. M. Bailey
Brittan Clothing Co
Brown's Office Supply Co
Carrell Furniture Co
Crow & Crow
Campbell’ S Magazine
Caddell Drug Co
Key Chain
Darling Shoppe
Dillehay Drug Store
B. B
Emporium
Resistance Crumbles as Greeks Drive in Albania Front
Greek forces press the northern Albanian front toward Valona while Italian resistance weakens at Pogradetz and on the routes to Elbanani, Berat, and Tepeleni. The southern push aims at the port of Valona with captives and materiel piling up for the Greeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Valona
Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Moskopolis
Uduniste
Orchida
Elbanani
Berat
Tirana
Bitoli
Pogradetz
Tepeleni
Klisura
Chimara
Italy
Beasley Rites Held for Falkville Resident
William F. Beasley 81 of Falkville died Friday evening at his son's home. Funeral at Falkville Methodist Church at two with burial in Evergreen cemetery. Survived by two daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Active and honorary pallbearers listed. former Falkville police officer served in county law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Beasley
Falkville
W. E. Beasley
J. H. Roberts
C. L. Dobbs
Evergreen Cemetery
Drinkard
Beasley
O. Y
T. P. Summerford
W. H. Drinkard
J. P. Rowe
A. H. Tomlinson
Addie West
J. B Patterson
J. W. Sibley
J. B. Reynolds
J. W. Franklin
J. K. West
J. L. Harbin
L. L. Jones
Ira Jones
Mr. Beasley
Athens Christmas Lights Curtain Courthouse in Town Plaza
The annual Christmas decorations in Athens Alabama center on the courthouse in the public square. Thousands of bulbs drape the stately building creating a palace of light seen from all directions, with other district displays reduced this year.
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Athens
Ala
Laval Resigns as Vice Premier of France at Vichy
Pierre Laval tendered his resignation today from the French government at Vichy and lost his rights of succession to chief of state. Marshal Petain announced Flandin as foreign minister and pledged no change in relations with Germany.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Marshal Philippe Petain
Laval
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Germany
Hitler
Petain
Adolf Hitler
Flandin
Bern
Switzerland
Maxime Weygand
Adolph Hitler
England
Axis Powers Face Strain as Italian Campaign Crumbles
WAR column by Dewitt Mackenzie reports Fascist forces under Graziani decisively defeated in Egypt and Libya with heavy losses. Berlin Rome axis cohesion weakens as rumors rise of a possible Hitler Mussolini meeting.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Berlin
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Egypt
Marshal Graziani
Libya
Hitler
Italian Predicament As Desert Campaign Deepens
The piece describes a dangerous military crisis as Axis forces retreat in the North African desert. British and Anglo Allied command weigh whether to press a Libya invasion now, amid risks of overstretched supply lines and exposed communications.
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Axis
Libya
Desert
Every
Reserves to be Called for Active Duty in February
The War Department announced that all 28,739 regular army reserve members without dependents will be ordered into active service by February 15. Those with dependents or in essential industries will be discharged. Reservists will join air corps and medical, infantry, tank, and mechanized cavalry units or be assigned to corps area commanders to support the new army training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Regular Army
Air Corps
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Turner named captain of Navy Cross-Country team
Announcement from Capt. T Starr King director of athletics states Midshipman T Turner of Pisgah Alabama is captain of Navy 1941 Cross Country team and Midshipman R M Richards of Camden South Carolina is the manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Midshipman
T. Turner
Pisgah
Ala
Navy
R. M. Richards
Camden
S. C
T. Starr King
Fate of the Rhein in Neutral Zone Sinking Described
A U S Navy officer aboard the destroyer MacLeish spots the Dutch ship Van Kindsbergen close to the burning tanker Rhein after shells from the British cruiser Caradoc. The German crew abandons ship as flames engulf the vessel and Dutch crew board but leave quickly to avoid unrecoverable fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
United States
Caradoc
Steld
van Kindsbergen
U. S
MacLeish
Rhein
Daniel F. Hagerty
Como Rico
New Orleans
Cuba
Tortugas Light
Florida Keys
Hagerty
Limestone County Bank declares 8 percent semiannual dividend
The Limestone County Bank announces a semi annual dividend of 4.00 per share, totaling 4000.00 for the year, with capital stock raised to 100000.00 and deposits exceeding one million dollars. The dividend is payable January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Limestone County Bank
TVA Creates Regional Products Research Division
TVA announces a new Regional Products Research Division to consolidate the Economics of farm and forest raw materials and minerals research. John P. Perris of the Commerce Department says W. H Vaughan will lead, on leave from Georgia Tech, with work shared with state colleges and geology divisions and industry partners.
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TVA
Commerce Department
John P. Perris
Tennessee Valley Authority
W. H Vaughan
Geing
Vaughan
Georgia School of Technology
Agricultural Processing Research Division
Minerals Research Division
Merchants Set Open Nights For Christmas Season
The Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce announces after a survey that stores will begin staying open at night during the Christmas season starting next Thursday and continuing through Christmas Eve. Merchants are optimistic about holiday business and expect strong volumes in the next ten days, though exact hours were not announced.
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Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Thirteen Jinx Strikes Albuquerque Journal
That Friday the 139th jinx struck Albuquerque Journal as one page vanished at midnight after the final bed of the paper. Reporters noted page 13 was missing in the late edition.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Journal
Cold Wave Question: Where Did It Go
Weather update notes a cold wave across the continent with no immediate threat of high waters. North Alabama saw temperatures around 46 to 59 degrees in cities such as Florence Decatur Birmingham and Mobile with overcast skies and light rain.
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North
Alabama
King Winter
Decatur
Florence
U. S
Birmingham
Montgomery
Evergreen
Dothan
Mobile
British Bombardment Pummels Italian Positions in North Africa
British forces wage a grand assault in Egypt and Libya driving Italians toward evacuation. RAF bombs Derna and strikes on Tobruk Bardia road as prisoners mount amid ongoing desert operations and rumors of Salum Fort Capuzzo border activity.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Derna
RAF Manique
Bardia
Libya
Gubbi
Gambut
Tmimi
Bomba
RAF
Gazala
Tobruk-Bardia
Rodolfo Graviani
Ttal« Tiers de Ece
Salam
Fort Capuzzo
Baridai
Marshal Graziani
Greece
North
Africa
Cold Wave Fails to Materialize in Alabama
Montgomery dispatch reports a predicted cold wave did not materialize overnight in Alabama, leaving temperatures milder than expected and prompting no major weather disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Wild Birds Force Landing Over Springfield Street Drift
In Springfield Missouri a flock of pigeons caused a brief scare as they settled on a downtown area yesterday. Merchants provided warmth and the birds soon took to the air again.
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Springfield
Weather notes and river gauge readings across states
The Tennessee river stood at 19.25 feet and fell while temperatures reached 65 with 48 recorded as the low. Light drizzle and overcast skies extended through central Alabama and parts of Tennessee with minor precipitation.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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