Insurgents Break Catalan Front In Northern Campaign
Spanish insurgent high command said Franco's forces broke the government's Catalonian front in four spots as a new drive advanced along the serge river near Tremp in heavy snow. Government troops repulsed six Moorish waves, while the campaign targets hydro electric power for Barcelona war industries.
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Associated Press
Spain
Bourg- Madame
France
Serge
Tremp
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Germany
United States
Berlin
T . Welles
Harold L. Ickes
Reichsfuehrer
Hitler
Voelkiserer Beobachter
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
National Zeitung
Essen
Ickes
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Italy
Tunisia
Mussolini
Incinerator Bid Approved for City Project
The $26 400 bid by J B McBride and Son for an incinerator was approved by the Public Works Administration and a work order issued. Preliminary work may start Tuesday if weather allows. A PWA grant of $13 950 supports the $30 000 project on Laurel street near Bee Line Highway and the Southern Cotton Oil Company mills.
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J. B. McBride and Son
Decatur Contractors
Public Works Administration
R. N. Harris
PWA
Laurel Street
Bee Line Highway
Southern Cotton Oil Company Mills
Snowstorm Sweeps Midwest Outs Now
Snow and sleet covered six midwestern states with more on the way before Christmas. A blizzard engulfed northern Wisconsin and the upper Michigan peninsula, causing traffic delays and five inch totals in spots. Two traffic deaths were linked to the storm as subfreezing readings dominated the region.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan Peninsula
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Detroit
Des Moines
Denver
Bismarck
N. D
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
City officials reject Birmingham Electric rate plan
Bessemer Mayor Jap Bryant and Tarrant City Mayor Roy Ingram announced rejection of Birmingham Electric Company rates. Municipal systems using TVA power will proceed. Pevear of the utility met with the mayors beforehand. The company proposed 50 KWH at 3.25 cents, next 150 at 2.25 cents, rest at 1.25 cents, while the cities offered 50 KWH at 3 cents, next 150 at 2 cents, and next 200 at 1 cent.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Tarrant
Birmingham Electric Company
Jap Bryant
Roy Ingram
Tarrant City
TVA
Bryant
Pevear
Birmingham Electric
Nazi controlled papers ridicule Roosevelt as Ickes tension grows
Berlin dispatch reports Nazi newspapers mock President Roosevelt amid tension over Ickes anti dictatorship speech. German editors hold back protest pending Hitler's stance and Welles reply while attacking Ickes and praising a Jewish award to Roosevelt.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Germany
Hitler
Ickes
Welles
Cleveland
Washington
Nachtausgabe
Musica
Philip Musica-Coster
United States
Speculation on Germany United States Rift Surfaces
Washington December 30 diplomats openly speculated on a complete rupture of German American relations while state department officials called such talk premature. No effort was made in government quarters to minimize the critical stage after the United States rejected a German protest against See Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
See
CALL DECATUR TO BE SANTA
Cooper-Wells & Company of St. Joseph Michigan offered a $50 donation to Decatur Daily’s Christmas fund aiding poor children. The impulse follows a telephone exchange confirming the appeal and rapid response to provide a Santa Claus visit for about 25 lonely children this Christmas.
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Cooper- Wells & Company
St. Joseph
Mich
State of Texas
St. Joseph, Mich
Decatur Daily
Cooper-Wells & Company
The
Daily
Cooper- Wells
Santa Claus
Miss Berzettes Illness Victim Laid to Rest
Funeral services for Miss Dona Berzetté 21 were held at Mt Pisgah Lime Stone county with Rev W L Iman presiding. Burial followed at the Lime Stone cemetery with Brown of Decatur in charge. She died at Benevolent Society hospital after an operation ten days earlier, survived by her parents three sisters two brothers and nephews as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dona Berzetté
Mt. Pisgah
Limestone County
W. L. Iman
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Decatur
Buring
Brown
Brown's
Ferry Street
Miss Berzette
Benevolent Society Hospital
Morgan County voters to decide on jail bond January 3
Morgan county voters will ballot on a jail bond issue January 31 1939. The measure would authorize 115000 in bonds to fund a new jail with a tax not to exceed one mill. A PWA grant of 45000 could be reallocated if the issue passes.
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Morgan County
Morgan County Board of Revenue
T. C. Almon
PWA
Almon
R Gan
Cal‘houn County
Board of Revenue
Madison County
Huntsville
Somer Ville
Legion Post Arranges Free Barber Service at Flint Sanatorium
The American Legion post arranged with veteran M. H. Smith to provide complimentary barber services to patients at Flint Sanatorium. The post voted to purchase a barber chair for Smith’s use, pending hospital board approval.
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the American Legion
Post
M. H. Smith
Flint
Mr. Smith
Death of Baby Nora Lee Brinkley at Lebanon
Two month old Nora Lee Brinkley daughter of Mr and Mrs John Brinkley of 1405 Eighteenth Avenue East died last night at 9 30. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at three at Lebanon with interment to follow under Drinkard Howell directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Lee Brinkley
John Brinkley
Eighteenth Avenue East
Lebanon
Drinkard-Howell
Hopkins Named Secretary of Commerce in Roosevelt Cabinet
President Roosevelt designates Harry L Hopkins to succeed Daniel C Roper as Secretary of Commerce and sworn in at the White House tomorrow. Colonel F C Harrington to succeed Hopkins as Works Progress administrator, Aubrey Williams to become National Youth Administrator. Senate confirmation pending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Daniel C. Roper
Stephen Earry
Hopkins
White House
F. C. Harrington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Williams
NYA
Harry Hopkins
Senate
Early
Harrington
Cummings
Lonely Child Service Set for Decatur on Christmas Eve
A Christmas Eve service for lonely children of Decatur will be held Saturday at 3 00 p m around the Christmas Tree on St John s Episcopal church lawn. Two Santa Clauses will distribute gifts after prayers and final benediction. The committee asks the public to phone 9199 to help more lonely children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Santa Claus
John Peach
City Unveils New White Way In Silver Night Illumination
City officials led by Mayor R N Harris switch on the new white way lighting, brightening Bank Street Second Avenue and Lee Street with silvery illumination. Citizens and council members watched as Dyer Electric contractors worked to ready the system ahead of Christmas decorations.
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Decatur
R.N. Harris
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Lee Street
Gordon Drive
Q. E. Eddens
T. J. Cottingham
Harry A. Wyatt
James H. S Johnson
Dyer Electric Company
General Progfect
White Way
Sdasi
Santa in Jail After Birmingham Christmas Tree Run
Santa Claus was jailed in Birmingham on Christmas Eve for reckless driving. He wore a scarlet suit, visited an all night eatery, and faced a $200 bond before continuing his holiday duties. Officers detained him after a route through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Santa Claus
St. Nick
City Jail
Santa
Turkeys Delivered and Distributed to Coop er-Wells Workers
A Chicago shipped load of 340 dressed turkeys arrived at the Coop er-Wells plant at 6 am and were stored for payroll day distribution. Because of rain, workers gathered in the finishing room where Santa Claus handed out the turkeys after speeches by Homer Jones and Frank Yaney.
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Cooper-Wells
Chicago
Santa Claus
Homer Jones
Frank Yaney
Bodies of 2 Boys Found Near Whitney Alabama
Two youths were found dead beside the Attalla Birmingham highway near Whitney Alabama. They appeared to have been struck by a car. The victims were J. G. Moxley and Ira Stanley Mostilla Jr. Both families lived in Springville route two. The bodies were taken to Gadsden mortuary as troopers investigated the case.
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Gadsden
Ala
Attalla-Birmingham
Whitney
J. G. Moxley
Ira Stanley Mostilla, Jr
Ira
Mostilla
Springville
Gadsden Mortuaries
Kelley Morgan
Mrs. Blanche M. Kirkham Dies at Home
Mrs Blanche M Kirkham 78 died at noon at 521 Twelfth Avenue West The body was taken to Drinkard Howell funeral parlors for arrangements after relatives notify Survived by son Jack H Owens Portsmouth VA sister Mrs Florence Hadley Gallatin TN two grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral Pag ay requests no flowers be sent
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Blanche M. Kirkham
Twelfth Avenue
West
Drinkard-Howell
Kirkham
Jack H. Owens
Portsmouth
Florence Hadley
Gallatin
Tenn
Kirkham Pag
Drug Fortunes and Blackmail Tangle at McKesson Robbins
New York reporters detail a web of blackmail and fraud surrounding F. Donald Coster Musica ex CEO of McKesson Robbins. Eight associates named in a superseding indictment face conspiracy and securities charges as investigators probe arms sales and alcohol tax violations amid Coster Musica’s death by suicide.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
Musica
McKesson & Robbins
Samuel Reich
Wall Street
Gregory F. Noonan
United States
Ooster
Musten
Noonan
Coster-Musica
Washington
Brien McMahon
George Dietrich-Musica
George Vernard- Musica
Robert Dietrich-Musica
Coster
Charles F. Michaels
Michaels
Coster-Musical
Car Plunges Into River Two Die In Florida Accident
Miss Mildred Mercer and Miss Myra Machen, both 18 and 19, of Deland, drowned when their automobile plunged from an open draw bridge into the St Johns River near Sanford. Walter Touchton and J E Wethered escaped after the car swamped. the bodies were recovered hours later.
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Sanford, Pila
Mildred Mercer
Myra Machen
Deland
St. Johns River
Here
J. R. Shadburn
Volusia County
Walter Touchton
Sanford
J. E. Wethered
Orlando
Double Cross In Noted Case Now Alleged
The Scottsboro defense committee accuses Governor Bibb Graves of breaching his word by refusing to free four of the five scandal defendants. The case centers on Alabama’s 1931 rape charges and an alleged promise to release four youths.
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Montgomery
Ala
New York
Graves
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Scottaboro Defense Committee
State Pardons Board
Scottsboro Defense Committee
Ozle Powell
Allan Knight Chalmers
Broadway Tabernacle
Chalmers
Haywood Patterson
Charlie Weems
Andy Wright
Clarence Norris
President backs plan for transportation board
Washington leaders reported the president’s special committee on railroads recommended creation of a transportation board to regulate all modes of transportation. The proposal calls for centralized oversight and uniform rules across rail, road, and other transit sectors.
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Washington
Transportation Board
Tennessee River Noted Stationary At 17.4 Feet
The gauge on the Tennessee river remained at 17.4 feet. Temperatures ranged from 46 to 56 degrees with a trace of rain. Cloudy conditions prevail in Alabama with possible local rains tonight and Saturday, while Tennessee sees mostly cloudy skies and cooler conditions in western areas.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Chamber
Okehed
Matanuska
Walter Pipple
Alaska
Becaus
Morgan
Sue
Revenue Board
Lonely Child Service
City
C.W
Scottsboro
Powell
Contineea
Railroad Board
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