Local Weather And Community Notices In Decatur
Weather outlook cloudy with warmer interior tonight. Tennessee River at 16.05 feet. Cotton prices listed: strict mid dling 17.60 middling 17.35 strict low 16.85 low 16.35. Film showings include Lady Be Good at the Princess and The Great Commandment at the Roxy. Community updates note J L Cahoon promotion to district freight agent and band mothers party at junior high tonight. Also reports on missionaries in Shanghai, local hospital transfers, births, and local civic notes.
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Tennessee
Decatur Band Mothers Club
Deputies Destroy Two Stills in County Raid
Deputies Candler Pittman and Bibb Humphrey raided the southeast county near Cold Springs destroying two stills about a mile apart. The stills were not operating at the time. one had been used recently. No arrests were made and beer mash was destroyed. Each still had a 250 gallon boiler.
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Candler Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
Cold Springs
Pittman
FDR Urges Draft Age Reduction to 19
President Roosevelt recommended lowering the draft minimum to 19 and broadening registration to ages 18 through 64. He wrote identically to Vice President Wallace and party leaders, while Senate debate considered extending liability to 21 through 44 and raising the upper limit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate
Barkley
McNary
War Department
Yeterday
House Military Committee
Army
Rey
N.C
Toy Matinee at Princess Theatre Saturday by Decatur Elks
The Elks lodge announce a yearly toy matinee at nine o clock Saturday at the Princess Theatre. Admission is a usable toy for charity in Decatur area. Crescent Amusement Company donates the venue and workers donate time to help underprivileged children. The invitation goes to all Decatur children.
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Elks Lodge
Princess Theatre
Elks
Decatur
Crescent Amusement Company
City of Decatur reports debt reductions and school growth
Decatur releases a 1941 financers report noting lower old bonded debt and full current bill payments. cash balance rose from 7 783.81 to 11 567.12 since 1940. street and police expansion accompanied partial new school construction and a second building planned amid city aid to various community groups.
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Decatur
Decats
Decatur Daily
Moenite
Decadeen Tur
Loward ‘Esphe
Southi Aviation Training School
Hatmue
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Decatur Aeronautics Club
Ft. S Decatur
Somerville Road
William C Jones Dies After Heart Attack Near Central High
William C Jones 26 died after a heart attack while walking near Central High School with a companion. An Army doctor aided him but he expired minutes later. Funeral set for 2 pm tomorrow at Southside Baptist Church with Rev. B B Burks officiating. Burial at Roselawn. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs John Jones a brother and two sisters.
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William C. Jones
Central High School
Jones
Southside Baptist Church
B. B. Burks
Roselawn
Gine
McAfee, Howell
John Jones
John
D. L. Murphy
Ed Clark
Charlie Ed Howell
Fred Halbrooks
Harry Higdon
Alvin Ryan
Louis Ryan
Sherrill Manor
Southside
J.C. Penney Company
Hoover asks Congress to grant wide wartime price controls
Former President Herbert Hoover urged Congress to grant Roosevelt broad wartime powers to control prices and commodities. He presented a 14 point program emphasizing increased production, simplified styles, conservation, and reduced nonessential wartime activities as the nation mobilizes for total war.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Roosevelt
Hoover
Senate Banking Committee
Leon Henderson
House
Total National
Chennai
Axis in Libya facing finish in great tank sweep
British desert armies 70 miles west of Tobruk press into Axis defenses in Libya as Rommel withdrawals target the coastal road. London reports credit advancing forces with penetrating three German-Italian divisions while Axis reports claim heavy losses and prisoner captures. Meanwhile Soviet fronts see Zhukov’s armies battering German lines near Moscow Klin recaptured and wider offensives driving deep into enemy positions. The clash broadens as air, armor, and infantry engagements unfold across North Africa and the Soviet Union.
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Britain
North Africa
Tobruk
Cairo
Libya
Bfw
Rommel
London
Middle East Command
Gagala
Come Munique
L. Cc. M
India
Adolf Hitler
Gregory K. Zhukov
Moscow
Klin
Kalinin
Red Army
U. S
East West Game to New Orleans 1942
Colgate coach Andy Kerr announced the annual East West football game will be played in New Orleans at Tulane Stadium on January 3 1942 instead of San Francisco. The change, due to wartime conditions, places the game in cooperation with the Sugar Bowl carnival with Kerr and aides Bernie Bierman and Dudley De Groot directing the East squad.
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Chicago
Andy Kerr
Colgate University
New Orleans
San Francisco
Kerr
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Dudley de Groot
University of Rochester
Cedaches
Tulane University
Lawrence Go Man Slain by Gunshot in Moulton
Lloyd McNutt held at Lawrence County jail on murder charge after the shooting death of William Percy MecCagren at the McNutt home on route two in Moulton. Coroner J H Highsmith and Sheriff G D Byars reported the weapon was a shotgun fired in what McNutt called an accidental discharge.
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Lloyd McNutt
Lawrence County
Moulton
William Percy MecCagren
McNutt
Route Two
J. H. Highsmith
G. D. Byars
Fred Riley
Highsmith
MecNutt
McCagren
Franklin McCagren
Leonard
Buford
Truitt
Wayman
Marviline
Maidene
Mather
Wilder
John MecCagren
Danville
Percy, Wade
Earles
Enon
Byars
Mer
Church of Christ
Directioner
Hsmith
Mine Pacts Signed as UMW Reaches Union Shop Deal
The United Mine Workers and three U S Steel captive mines signed a union shop agreement, following Roosevelt arbitration board recommendations. Tennessee Coal and Iron to sign later. Roosevelt named William H. Davis to chair an industry labor conference to promote a no-strike policy during wartime with a 40 hour week and overtime rules emphasized.
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Washington
CIO
United Mine Workers
United States Steel Corporation
Yeserenhy AK
Roosevelt
UMW
H. C. Frick Coke Company
National Mining Company
S. 8. Coal and Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Legionnaires Sought for Posts in Alabama Defense
The state defense council asks American Legion members to serve in aircraft warning duties across Alabama. Delegation members pledged cooperation in the defense program. Plans include forming a defense corps to be carried on by negroes, with a conference of negro leaders likely next week.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Defense Council
American Legion
Alabama
Japan slackens Luzon drive as Pacific war widens
Japan appears to ease the Luzon assault while other expeditionary forces strike Malaya Hongkong and Borneo. Britain and Russia coordinate military plans and Evatt hints at a Russia Japan alliance as U S ships search for Japan s fleet amid heavy fighting in Malaya and at Hongkong.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Japan
Luzon
Borneo
Malaya
Hongkong
Russia
Pacific
London
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
United States
Canberra
Australia
Herbert V. Evatt
Evatt
Vladivostok
Siberia
Imperial
Tokyo
Bordeo
Manila
Singapore
U.S
Pear Harbor
Knox
U. S S
Olongapol
Manila Bay
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Far Eastern
Aparri
Vigan
Legaspi
Wartime Dispatches From the Global Front
Multiple December reports from London Honolulu Manila and Manila again detail Japanese advances in Hong Kong and the Philippines the threat to Singapore and Malay peninsula mobilization efforts. Officials note submarine activity against merchant ships and rising tensions as Allied forces respond.
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London
Hongkong
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Death Takes Ben Russell in Alexander City
Benjamin Russell founder of a multi mill empire in Alexander City dies at 60. He built Russell Manufacturing Co and expanded to six textile mills plus a dry goods outlet and other businesses employing thousands. He served on Howard College and Tuskegee Institute boards and led Alabama State Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include widow Roberta McDonald three sons a daughter brother and sister. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with interment in Alexander City Cemetery.
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Alexander City
Ala
Benjamin Russell
Russell
Russell Manufacturing Co
Russell Foundry Co
Tallapoosa County
University of Virginia
Birmingham
Howard College
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Roberta McDonald
Knox Pearl Harbor report eases fears for allies
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Secretary Knox’s Pearl Harbor investigation counters rumors and restores confidence. The blunt report highlights the loss of life and confirms alert failures while minimizing panic among the American public and allied nations.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Direct Action of Knox Pleases Readers in London
The account recalls Knox crossing London in a small open car with the London correspondent Negley Parson and a Chicago News staffer. The Colonel declines a seat, balances on the car’s edge, and is carried across the city. Manila reports no change, time on our side as the Pacific fleet stance continues.
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London
Chicago
Negley Parson
Manila
Army Airmen Renew Attacks Off Luzon in Philippines
War Department report says Army bombers renewed attacks on Japanese vessels off Legaspi coast near Luzon, damaging an enemy transport. Four Japanese fighters shot down. no ground operations reported. Navy and Pacific theater context noted with Wake, Midway, and Pearl Harbor reflections.
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Washington
War Department
Leranp
Luzon
Philippines
Department
Legasp
Pacific
Wake
Midway
FDR Promises New Defense of Rights Amid War
President Roosevelt in Washington described aggressors as seeking to erase liberties in the bill of rights and vowed the United States will unite to stop them. He spoke during a program marking the Bill of Rights anniversary, labeling the war as the battle against barbarism and tyranny. He cited Germany and Italy as fronts of the struggle.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
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J. L. Cahoon
Arones
Southern Railway
H. L. Davidson
Leon Robertson
Louisville
Mission Board
Shanghai
China
Robertson
Louise Robertson
H. A. Knoblock
Warner Douglas
Baugh’s Infirmary
Fifth Avenue South
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
D. D. Billions
Baugh's Infirmary
Sixth Avenue West
McAfee, Howell and Young
Bill Simrell
Tul
Moody Bible Institute
Lois Hamilton
Mobile
Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
John.d. Hamilton
Hamil Clinic
Harold T. Hicks
R. E. Cox
Route One
M. Terry
Frank W. Brown
Anniston
Kelly Field
Texas
Paul Jenkins
University of Alabama
W. J. Edwards
D York
Wve
W. R. Jackson
Decatur United Charities Board
United Charities
John’w Jones
Tom
A. A
FDR
Johnson
Colo
Austin
Vermont
TOY
WM. C. Jones
AXIS
Lawrence GO
Luzon Island
Hongkong Island
Great Britain
Honolulu
Navy
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Secret Service
Ganap
Ramon Mantile
Mantile
Philippine
Olongapo Naval Base
Death
Ben Russell
Husband EK. Kimmel
Hawaii
Thomas Art
South China Sea
Marvy
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