Goering Invites Rublee to Berlin on Jewish Emigration Plan
London reports Goering invites George Rublee to visit Berlin to finalize a German two year plan to move about 600000 Jews out of Germany. The move follows Hjalmar Schacht talks and Chamberlain’s call for German contributions to European peace. Rublee would present counter proposals to Goering.
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London
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
George Rublee
International Refugee Office
Berlin
Germany
Rublee
International Committee
Goering
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Chamberlain
Commons
Schacht
German envoy Thomsen meets Welles amid Austrian debt dispute
Dr. Hans Thomsen, German embassy official, called on Sumner Welles to discuss Austrian debts and anti discrimination assurances for Americans. He avoided the two central issues, noting Germany had not yet answered American notes. Relations tense as talks follow Dieckhoff departure and a reciprocal trade deal nears completion.
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Washington
Hans Thomsen
Sumner Welles
Thomsen
Germany
State Department
Dieckhoff
Reich
Hugh Wilson
Berlin
Florida
Near East
Inheritance Credits Noted By Germany to U S
Germany informed the United States that all inheritance credits were acknowledged in Washington on December 20. Further details continued on Cage Two.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Alabama Supreme Court to rule on 100 percent county valuation
Jefferson county schools seek a 100 percent property valuation to boost school funding. Circuit Judge J Fritz Thompson denied a request to raise valuations from 60 percent, with Pittman appealing for a rapid supreme court ruling before January 15.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Jefferson County
J. Fritz Thompson
W. S. Pittman
Jefferson County Board of Education
Roy Johnson
Johnson
Pittman
Supreme Court
Sid P. Smith
Fittman
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
Dixon
Native of Athens Killed by Train in Memphis Yard
Galey Gates, 54, a Forrest City Arkansas farmer and native of Athens Alabama, was struck by a southbound passenger train in the Frisco yards in Memphis. He had been visiting Memphis for a month. Survived by his widow two sons and two daughters.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frisco
Galey Gates
Forrest City
Ark
Gates
Athens
Ala
Wynne, Ark
Inland Waterways to Buy New Equipment in 1939
Major General T Q Ashburn said the Inland Waterways Corporation will spend at least 2 million dollars on new equipment in 1939. The group operates barge lines on the Warrior Tombigbee and Mississippi rivers and plans refrigerated service to move citrus and other southern products northward while hauling meats and dairy products southward. In 1938 the corporation spent more than 3.5 million dollars on equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Inland Waterways Corporation
T. Q. Ashburn
Warrior-Tombigbee
Mississippi
Ashbur
Inland Waterways
Coster Guns Destined for China Rumor Surfaces
New York today reports federal investigators probing a claim that Philip Musica as F Donald Coster offered to sell 2 000 000 Lee Enfield rifles and 100 000 000 rounds to an unidentified nation linked to Chiang Kai Shek.
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New York
Fed
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Lee
Chiang Kai-Shek
Gregory F. Noonan
U. S
Thomas A. Bruni
Frederick Wingersky
Coster-Musica
New York Post
Bruni
Ben Simon
The
Bronx
McKesson and Robbins
Simon
Wingersky
Coster- Musica
Krose V
Koesy
Noonan
George E. Dietrich Musica
George Vernard-Arthur Musica
Robert Dietrich Musica
Fairfield
Conn
McCall
W. J. Murray, Jr
Columbia
S. C
Penney Company Awards Christmas Bonus to 30000 Workers
The J C Penney Company will distribute a special Christmas bonus this week to more than 30 000 employees including those at the Decatur store. The board voted the 1938 remuneration to honor loyalty and service during the year. One year of service by distribution time grants two extra weeks pay. shorter service receives payments scaled to length of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Company
Decatur
The
Penney Company
Charity Matinee at the Capitol for Underprivileged
The Capitol Theatre hosts a children's charity matinee on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Admission is toys and clothing to be distributed locally. The feature is Riding On Air with Joe E Brown. Theatre staff donate services for the event.
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Capitol Theatre
Joe. E. Brown
Joel Hunt Out as Georgia Head Coach
The Journal reports Joel Hunt is out as University of Georgia head coach and Wallace Butts, his aide last season, has been placed in command of football at Athens. The paper cites a reliable report received Tuesday.
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Atlanta
the Journal
Joel Hunt
University of Georgia
Wallace Butts
Athens
Pan American unit studies defense plan amid global unrest
Delegates at the Pan American conference discuss mutual defense against aggression with a Lima draft proposing a collective front. British political turmoil and a crackdown in Burma accompany war news as Japan outlines a five year plan for north China.
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Associated Press
Spain
China
Lima
Brazil
United States
London
Chamberlain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Thomas Inskip
Defense Coordination
Paris
Alexis Denikine
A&trugs
Adolf
Soviet Union
Hitler
Soviet Ukraine
Rangoon
Burma
North
Mrs Vinsant Dies In Somerville Home
Mrs Alice Vinsant longtime Somerville resident died this morning at 2 o clock at her home on Somerville route three. She is survived by two sons Albert of Somerville and W H Vinsant of Barth Texas six grandchildren and one sister. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 11 o clock at Shiloh with Rev Fletch Turney officiating. Interment follows at Shiloh. Drinkard Howell directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Vinsant
Somerville
Albert
W. H
Barth
Texas
William Stringer Vinsant
James Robert Vinsant
Earth
A. C
Albert, Jr
Ansophie Vinsant
R. B. Desman
Anna Butler
Priceville
Shiloh
Fletch Turney
Drinkard-Howell
Little Helen Keller Gets a New World This Christmas
Chicago physician Dr. Robert H Gault reveals six year old Joan Higgins, called the Helen Keller of her generation, will begin Braille studies under his guidance. In one month she learned Braille for words like ball and walk using the phonofactor device that translates spoken words into vibrations.
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Joseph A. Rawlings
Chicago
Robert H Gault
Northwestern—_University
Joan Higgins
Helen Keller
Gault
Joan
Mayor Attacked on City Hall Steps in Gotham
The Gotham mayor was assaulted on the city hall steps as he mounted the entrance during onlookers gathered for the demolition of the old federal building. A heavyset gray haired man identified as Hagen struck him and was beaten by bystanders and police.
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City Hall
Hagen
City Hall Plaza
Federal Building
Snyder Case Near End as Judge Deliberations Loom
In Los Angeles the Snyder case nears verdict with defense arguing the defendant acted to protect his life after Myrl Aklerman was shot. Prosecutor Blalock contends Snyder threatened others and drew his gun, while Miss Etting, Alderman, and Edith Snyder testified amid disputed accounts of the incident and weapon use.
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Los Angeles
Martin
Gimp
Synder
Myrl Aklerman
Jerry Giesler
Snyder
Ruth Etting
Giesler
A. A. Blalock
Miss Etting
Alderman
Edith Snyder
Gilesler
Blalock
Myra Alderman
Miss Snyder
Miss Ptting
Ruth
E. E. Peden Dies of Heart Attack in Hartselle
E E Peden a Decatur resident and Upstate Chevrolet salesman died in Hart selle at 2 05 PM of a heart attack. He had gone to East Morgan county to sell a car with Arthur Belew the Upstate mechanic. Belew rushed him to Hartselle where a doctor was summoned but Peden died in the car. He leaves a widow and a daughter Doris Peden.
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E. E. Peden
Deccatur
Upstate Chevrolet Company
Hartselle
Doris Peden
Coast Guard Plane Crash Kills Four Men Near Boerne
A United States coast guard plane crashed near Boerne Texas killing four crewmen. The dead were Lieut. P. A Lyons Rupert H. Germaine George C. Latham and crew member Peague. The crash occurred after the plane caught fire while heading toward the south.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States Coast Guard
Boerne
Here
Lyons
Coast Guard
el Paso
Rupert H. Germaine
Fl Paso
George C. Latham
Fort Bliss
Tenne
San Antonio-Boerne
Peague
Justice of the Peace
H. L. Davis, Jr
Salem Mercy Pilot Lyons Killed in Texas Plane Crash
Lieutenant Perry Lyons 34 and Rupert H. Germaine 28 died in a crash northwest of San Antonio Texas while flying an ambulance mission. Lyons famed as a coast guard mercy pilot credited with rescuing seamen during floods and worst weather years. Lyons born Walla Walla Washington April 17 1903 educated locally and at the University of Washington. Germaine born Plattsburg New York educated at Plattsburg State Normal School and military training schools in New Jersey Hawaii and MIT.
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Salem
Mass
Deco
Perry
Lyons
San Antonio
Tex
Coast Guard
Ohio Valley
New England
Rupert H. Germaine
Texas
Walla Walla, Wash
University of Washington At
Beat Ue
Germaine
Plattsburg, N. Y
Plattsburgh State Normal School
VA. S. Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Army
Hawaii
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Change Made in Matinee Picture
Decatur Elks announce the toy matinee at Princess theatre will show Douginuts and Society instead of Christmas Carol. Christmas Carol will be the regular show Wednesday afternoon and night. Admission accepts usable toys to be donated to needy Decatur children. Matinee starts at 10 am. Judge Almon says probate offices close at noon Saturday for Christmas with limited duty in probate through 4 pm. All offices close all day Monday and reopen Tuesday morning Dec 27.
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Decatur Elk’s Lodge
Princess Theatre
Douginuts and Society
Decatur
Almon
T. C. Almon
Indictment Ties AMA and Local Societies to Sherman Act
Twenty one physicians and three medical societies face federal charges under the Sherman Act. Indicted individuals include Olin West and Morris Fishbein of the AMA. The case centers on Group Health and alleged restraint of trade through exclusivity and membership blocks. The District Society opposes the plan as undermining medical standards and patient care.
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Washington
Deco
American Medical
The
Medical Society of the
District of Columbia
Harris County
Tex
Arthur C. Christie
Prentiss Willson
Washington Group Health Association
Group Health
American Medical Association
Department of Justice
American Medical Asociation
Ee Ead Tale Aina
Health II
Group Plan
District Society
Germany
Europe
Lonely Child Christmas Tree Set Up at St John’s Church
The Lonely Child Christmas tree is on the lawn of St. John’s Episcopal church. Lights are expected to be installed and lit tonight. A program will be published later and an event is planned for next Saturday at 3 00 p m with a call for 500 Santa Claus volunteers to help lonely children.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
River gauge rises as Tennessee river hits 173 feet
The Tennessee river climbed to 173 feet with a 24 hour high of 52 degrees and a low of 34. No rainfall reported. Alabama shows cloudy skies, warmer tonight, and potential rain on Wednesday. Winds mainly from the southeast and south along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Andrews plan Christmas visit to Denver and Decatur
Milroy Andrews freight agent and Mrs. Andrews will spend Christmas in Denver with his sister Mrs. H. M. Little. Ola Andrews formerly of Decatur is mentioned. They will return to Decatur shortly after the new year.
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Milroy Andrews
Mrs. Andrews
Benver
H. M. Little
Ola Andrews
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Washington Bulletin
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Judicial Iron Club
Franklin D. Washington
Kingston
Margaret Martin
Luzerne County
Miss Martin
William A. Clarke
State Police
Richard Powell
Wilkes-Barre
Murray
South
Charles F. Michaels
Coster
Penney Folk
the Capitol
Georgia
Mrs. Vinsant
Gotham
Assailant
LaGuardia
Mercy Flier
Denver
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