Nanking Foreigners Reported Safe During Siege
The Japanese embassy said 27 foreigners inside Nanking including 18 Americans were safe as Japanese troops captured the Chinese capital. About 150,000 Chinese were in the city safety zone, with fighting continuing five miles northwest beyond Nanking and casualties reported as heavy.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Maeiathete
Panay
Yangtze
Punchen
Iwane Matsui
Tientain-Pukow
Yangtze River
Slayer Bares Crime Story in Family Tragedy Case
The youth, identified as Thayer, faces murder charges for slaying his 32 year old sister Katherine and wounding his aunt Miss Alice R Thayer 72 in the Thayer house. He signed a statement claiming he aimed to kill both to end ongoing trouble. He was held without bail for a hearing December 23.
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Katherine
Alice R. Thayer
Thayer
O'Leary Thayer
Cambridge
Lowell Textile Institute
Boston Uniche Alain Din Ume & Amanete
Smith College
Simmons College
Three Hurt When School Bus Is Struck Near Town Creek
A school bus owned by Arthur Harris was rear struck by a Chevrolet driven by Olin Mc Bride of Decatur near Town Creek around 4 p m Tuesday. Three youths Corynne Darnell 16 Hillsboro Joe Hollenbeck Jr 16 Courtland and Margaret Moore 15 Courtland were injured. Damage to the car about 300 and to the bus about 50. State highway patrol investigated and reported both vehicles were traveling at speed as the bus prepared to stop.
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Lawrence County
Arthur Harris
Olin McBride
Decatur
Town Creek
Sward
McBride
Corynne Darnell
Hillsboro
Joe Hollenbeck, Jr
Courtland
Margaret Moore
Cache of arms found in Paris raid on garage
Surete detectives seized six light machine guns and 40 modern army rifles in a raid on a Paris garage. The weapons, stolen from the Laon Arsenal, marked one of the largest caches found. The garage owner remains missing as agents pursue a revolutionary society aiming to overthrow the government and install a monarchy.
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Paris
Surete
Laon
Licenses Eyed By State Patrol In Route Checks
State patrolmen report 15 to 20 cases filed Monday for driving without a license while licenses are checked. Officers warn violators face a $14.50 fine and costs. Drivers without licenses who bought teeshe may face further action.
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Statencw Patrol
Leaders Hopeful on Wages Limits Amid House Debates
Washington December 1 House leaders aimed to defeat a move to send the wages and hours bill back to committee for revamping Speaker Bankhead pledged night sessions if needed to finish action this week while rules delay a vote A Vandenberg bid to cap expenditures failed and Norton urged a substitute bill with universal wage hour standards including a 40 hour week and a flat rate pending further action
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Washington
House
Bankhead
Ers
Sumners
Aesa
Senate
Barkley
Vandenberg
R. Mich
Norton D
N. J
Labor Committee
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Rep Dockweller
Callif
American Federation of Labor
Abductors' Car Found After Kidnap in Mobile Case
L K Pierson a Pensacola salesman said three men kidnapped him at gunpoint last night near Mobile, drove to Thomasville, robbed him, then fled. His car was found abandoned on a Montgomery street this morning. He freed himself and reached Thomasville to report the crime.
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Montgomery
Ala
L. K. Pierson
Pensacola
Pierson
L. G. Ernest
Mobile
Thomasville
Warren Burch
Burch
Trio Kidnappers Steal Car After Forcing Salesman North
Police receive report from L. G. Pierson of Pensacola that three men kidnapped him near Thomasville Alabama after dinner in Mobile. They forced him into his car at gunpoint, tied him to a tree, robbed him, and fled in his automobile toward the north. Pierson travels for a Louisville hardware firm.
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McBin Ae. Dee
Bureh
L. G. Pierson
Pensacola
Fla
Thomasville
Ala
Pierson
Burch
Louisville
Belknap
Selma Area Ag News Highlights Vehicle Stop Details
In Selma area notes police and highway patrol stopped a vehicle at a state highway post. Officers recovered license tag No 9310 and began an investigation. The report continues on the next page with additional details from local law enforcement.
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Selma Aréa
City Teachers to be Paid Half Salary Now
Teachers in city schools will receive checks on Friday for half of the fourth month salary. The remaining half will be paid in January. Superintendent W. W. Benson announced the early payment to provide teachers with Christmas money.
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W. W. Benson
Traffic Light Goes Into Service At Sherman Street Crossing
The new traffic signal at the Sherman Street intersection with Beg Line Highway began operating this morning. City officials said the light improves safety for schoolchildren crossing the busy crossing and urged the public to obey signals to prevent accidents.
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Sherman Street
Beg Line Highway
Derrick Boat Launched for U S Engineers at Ingalls
A large 35 ton capacity derrick boat, built in three months at Ingalls Tron shipyards, is launched for U S Engineers Huntington West Virginia. It features an all welded hull, steam power, and multiple hoists, weighing about 639 tons net and 700 gross tons, towed to Pickwick Dam by a Sheffield tug.
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Ingalls Tron
Tennessee and Ohio Rs
U. S. Engineers
Huntington
W. Va
Pickwick Dam
Clemens Defends TVA Concept and Flood Control
Clemens testified to aid from the TVA in shaping a unified plan for a nine foot navigation channel on the Tennessee river and flood control on the lower Mississippi. He estimated 7 000 000 acre feet of water could be stored behind TVA dams and that dams could release 150 000 cubic feet per second to reduce the Cairo flood crest by about two feet.
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Cairo
Clemens
Tennessee
Ten Arrested in Labor Dispute at Queen City Furniture
Ten men were held on bond after arrests in Gadsden Alabama tied to reported labor trouble at the Queen City Furniture Company. Police said the arrests cited a city ordinance prohibiting attempts to prevent others from engaging in peaceful work.
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Gadsden
Ala
Queen City Furniture Company
L. O'Bannon
Reverend George Lang to Preach at First Presbyterian
Reverend George Lang of the University of Alabama will address the First Presbyterian Church congregation next Sunday at eleven in the morning. Lang teaches religious courses at the university.
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George Lang
University of Alabama
First Presbyterian Church
Lang
University
Carole Lombard Contracts Chicken Pox Rumor
Star exposed Hollywood report says Carole Lombard may break out with chicken pox any day. Publicist Terry DeLapp, who spoke with Lombard three hours Monday, had to leave his office due to chicken pox. Lombard has never had it.
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Hollywood
Carole Lombard
Terry Delapp
Decatur Schools Set Christmas Holiday Start Date
The Decatur city school system will begin Christmas break Saturday December 18 and continue through Sunday January 2. Thousands of students will not return to class on Monday January.
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Decatur City
Mrs Doss Recovers After Fall on Moulton Street
Mrs I C Doss of Third avenue west is recovering at home after a Tuesday afternoon fall on Moulton street that broke her left leg and both bones in her ankle.
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I. C. Doss
Third Avenue West
Moulton Street
Turkey Dinner Celebrates 110 Years of Rising Sun Lodge
Members of Rising Sun Lodge joined guests from neighboring lodges in the Masonic Temple to mark the 110th Masonry anniversary. A turkey dinner was served by Mizpah Chapter 19 and Mary Lou Daney Chapter 320 of the Order of Eastern Star to 250 attendees from multiple lodges. The program opened with America, featured speeches on Masonry’s history and progress, and highlighted the lodge’s Alabama roots and early formation in Huntsville.
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Rising Sun
Masonic Temple
Mizpah
Order of Eastern Star
Mary Lou
America
Ben L. Britnell
John G
R. M. McGlathery
Grey
West
D. F. Green
B. Adama
Masonic Home
C. FE. Lowery
J. Walker
Hartnelle
W. FE. James
Cullman
R. F. Lovelady
Lodge
McGehee
Rising Sun Lodge
Alabama
Huntsville
Grand Lodge of
Kentucky
Rising Sun Lodge No
William Francis Dancy
Unity Dancy
Teae
LSU Band Weighs Discipline After Sugar Bowl Strike
Louisiana State University's famed band, unhappy over a $10 holiday allowance, faces strict military discipline and weighs whether to perform in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day. Freshmen and sophomores were drilled as Colonel Roy Hill enforced conduct rules while seniors and juniors petition for reinstatement.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Huey Long
New Orleans
Roy A. Hill
Hill
Sugar Bowl
Unde
Survivors of Panay bombing report marked American ships
Three American Panay survivors arrived at Shanghai claiming the U S gunboat fired back at Japanese planes and that the Panay and nearby ships bore clearly visible American flags. They said the attack, which killed and wounded crew, involved St and other vessels and that flags were seen by the attackers.
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Jim Marshall
Collier's Magazine
F. Hayden Vines
Roanoke
John L. Hodge
Panay
United States Naval
O'Donnell
O’donnell
United States
Oahu
Nanking
Oshu
Shanghai
Marshall
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Standard Oil Company
Partly cloudy with showers across Alabama and Tennessee
Weather update shows Alabama: partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with showers in north and west areas after noon or night and slightly warmer tonight except west-central portion. coast with moderate east to southeast winds. Tennessee: mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the northeast tonight.
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Alabama
Tennessee
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C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Tillman Durdin
New York Times
Arot Menken
Paramount News
Cereer
Yangchow
West Town
Hyman Peck
Ruthe Ostrus
Chicago
Shelby Jean Walls
Jackson Park Hospital
Shelby
France
U.S
TVA
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