Alaska and America Face Strategic Stakes in War Prep
AP reporter surveys Alaska's strategic value as a vast undeveloped region with fish, timber, minerals, and furs. Bases at Dutch Harbor Kodiak and Sitka bolster defenses while Anchorage Fairbanks and Annette Island host airfields. Alaska’s capture would threaten fish, gold, and furs and shift supply lines, raising questions about its use as a defense or springboard.
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Apan
Japan
Alaska
Canada
Wilderness
Dachan
Northwest Territories
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian
Unalaska
Kodiak
Sitka
Anchorage
Wairbanks
Annette Islands
Baranof Island
Seward
Juneau
Skagway
Ketchikan
America
Tokyo
Honolulu
Steven Dohanos Seals Comeback After Tuberculosis Battle
Steven Dohanos, noted artist of the 1941 Christmas Seal, joins hundreds of thousands credited with recovery from tuberculosis. The feature highlights his public health triumph and ongoing recovery story.
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Steven Dohanos
Five Point Home Demonstration Club elects new officers in Oakville
The Five Point Home Demonstration Club gathered at Mrs. Clyde Montgomery’s home for the November meeting with Miss Hereford of Moulton demonstrating brown bread. Marion Jacobs presided as she was elected president, with officers named for the coming year. December’s meeting location was set for Mrs. Bert Lowery’s home.
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Five Point Home
Clyde Montgomery
Hereford
Moulton
Marion Jacobs
Charlie Young
Inez Callahan
Bert Lowery
Robert Royer
Tom Hensley
Winnie Gann
Addie Horton
Sue Birt Ham
Madgie Beaty
JH. Jackson
Bonds
Lonnie Fretwell
Alice Callahan
Grace Sapp
Mamie Sandlin
Willie McWhorter
Rena Callahan
Robert Sages
Eunice Riggs
Wilson
Maud Hamilton
Lillian Hamilton
Fred. Folette
Lillian Crow
Jessie McCaghren
John Sullivan
Bernice Clark
Billy Joe
Ruth Lentz
Gene
Decatur
Ed Clark
Edna
Almon
Razzie Suggs
Union Grove
Fred Folette
Folette
Oakville
Bessie McCaghren
Oscar Horton
Hazel
C. A. Young
Velma
Ulric
Annie Long
Lurline Smith
Defense Plan Decided Upon by Courtland Community
A mass meeting at Courtland High School with 300 plus residents approved a comprehensive local defense program. Plans include saving waste paper and scrap metal, school garden projects, voluntary military training for boys, a defense stamp club, Red Cross growth, and an Aircraft Warning Service led by Stanley Kracke. A municipal defense council was formed with W. A. Toms as chair.
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Courtland High School
Harris Pippen
A. B. Lane
R. H. Tweedy
M. E. Gregg
Tim Cana
Lyle Jones
The
Red Cross
Aircraft Warning Service
Stanley Kracke
Courtland
Morgan County Social News Short Totals
Local residents and families share weekend visits and Sunday gatherings across Morgan County. Notable mentions include Eloise Carter and children with Birdie Moon, Hennessee and Brand families, and several Helms, Pettit, Edwards, and Lawrence households. Aulbert Light improves after injuries from a fallen tree and the Hornbuckle home burned recently.
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Eloise Carter
Birdie Moon
Gilbert Criscoe
Harry Curry
Amos Fletcher
J. D. Hennessee
H. M. Helms
W. M. Helms
Woodville
M. W. Pettitt
Dewy Moon
Claudie
Ella Pettit
J. EB. Thomas
Atlanta
Ida
Agnes Helms
Virgie Mae Helms
Ella Bowling
Lydia Lawrence
Bessie Compton
Tidwell Helms
W. E. Helms
Daisy Dunn
Fiora Parker
Lela Brown
Catherine Helms
Angie Whisenant
Owen Edwards
Roy Edwards
Anna Mae Williams
Sarah
Mary Jo Walter
Mesdames
Ida Westbrooks
Winford Pettit
Maud Grantland
Trinity
Anna Hennessee
Mire
Lettie
John Parker
Wilma and
Deray
Willard Clark
M. W. Pettit
Lester Garrison
Hartselle
Decatur
Little Aulbert Light
Lacon
Homer Hornbuckle
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE WITH CLUES
A large themed crossword lists across and down clues from 1 to 46 with many misspellings. The grid includes entries such as Black car, Engine of torture, French coin, Mythical Norse king, and more. A cryptoquote by Burke is provided: OUR PATIENCE WILL ACHIEVE MORE THAN OUR FORCE.
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Great Lake
Burke
King Features Syndicate
Lea
St Ill Class Presents Lena Rivers at Riddle Auditorium
One of the largest crowds is expected December 18 as Morgan County High School Hartselle stages Ned Albert’s Lena Rivers at Riddle auditorium. Cast includes Aunt Milly Fay Mulins Ceaser Hollis Williams Mrs John Livingston Doris Ashworth Caroline Livingston Roberta Clark Anna Livingston Virginia Claire Bailey John Livingston Jr Gurney Lacked Hubert Beterton Granny Nichols Bevelye Barcliff Durward Bellmon Billy Murphree Lamar Young Frances Crowe Hudson McElroy.
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Riddle Auditorium
St. Ill
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Ned Albert
Lena Rivers
Genior
Aunt Milly
Fay Mulins
Ceaser
Hollis Willams
John Livingston
Doris Ashworth
Caroline — Livingston
Roberta Clark
Anna Livingston
Virginia Claire Bailey
John Livingston, Jr
Gurney Lackey
Hubert Betterton
Granny Nichols
Lois Grisham
Bevelye Barcliff
Durward Bellmont
Billy Murphree
Malcolm Everett
Lamar
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Lawrence County
Irwin-Dyar Hospital
James
Thomas Hughes
Fate Hughes
Margaret Johnson
Carrie Mae
Lebanon Missionary Society
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Ruby Barrett
D. M. Hogan
Tina Swindle
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Alexander
Grace Hogan
Evelyn Speake
Clifford Aldridge
Dorothy
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Price Irwin
Morgan County Rescue
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