Fresh Gains Mark Insurgent Offensive In Catalonia
Insurgent armies push along a 75 mile front from Tremp to Ribarroja driving toward Tarragona and Barcelona. They report capture of 16 towns and 7,000 prisoners across about 386 square miles, with major activity near Lerida and Artesa as government forces defend key strongholds.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Tremp
Ribarroja
Ebro
Tarragona
Barcelona
Mediterranean
Lerida
Granadellias
Iran
Gendesa
Falset
Valls
Phro
Artesa
Alos de Balaguer
Segre
Sierra de la Siena
Baibarroja
el Monsech
Noguera Pallaresa
Monsaeci Tange
Bow and Arrow Deer Hunt Planned in Black Warrior Reservation
The government forest service announced a bow and arrow deer hunt in the Black Warrior reservation, Lawrence County, on December 30 and 31. Hunters may contact the forest office in the post office building on Bank Street for participation details.
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Government Forest Service
Black Warrior
Lawrence County
Bank Street
Man Escapes FBI Sleetuhs Atlanta Case (Note: Title adjusted to fit constraints)
The Atlanta Journal reports Tommy Whitehead, an escaped federal parolee, was captured in a downtown Atlanta house but leaped from the car en route to Fulton county jail. FBI said he was not in custody. Earlier a Fort Benning soldier, robs man of coat and cap near Union Bus Terminal.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Tommy Whitehead
FBI
Fulton County
Whitehead
Journal
Fort Bennings
Summerville
Union
Big Mortgage Filed Here at Decatur Goodyear Mills
Decatur Goodyear Mills filed in Morgan county probate office a first mortgage and deed of trust securing a $460,000 bond issue on mill property. The loan is part of a $25,000,000 nationwide filing to retire other bonds and lower interest. Cleveland Trust Company and Rudolph A. Malm, trustee, mortgagees. Mortgage tax $690, split between state and county. Largest local filing since Alabama Power Company's $40,000,000 filing years ago.
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Decatur Goodyear Mills
Morgan County
United States
Cleveland Trust Company
Rudolph A. Malm
Alabama Power Company
Time for Taking Offices Varies Across State
All state officers and county sheriffs will be sworn in January 15 and take office January 16, 1939. County superintendents of education assume duties July 1, tax collectors and assessors begin October 1. State legislators took office November 9 and will be sworn in at Montgomery January 10.
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Montgomery
Morgan county jail costs for white prisoners at Huntsville
County records show Morgan county spent 11895.90 from April 1932 to February 1935 to keep white prisoners at Huntsville’s Madison County jail. Excludes sheriff transport fees, fuel, and food bills paid by the state. County officials consider a new jail via bond issue after PWA funds and constitutional amendments. Deputy reports the monthly food bill averaged about 200. Transfer would raise county costs and affect other public services.
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Morgan County
Madison
Huntsville
Decatur
Public Works Administration
Pwaa
T. C. Almon
PWA
Almon
Benevolent Society Hospital
County Department of Public Welfare
Herman Sandlin
Russell county jail project breaks ground in Phenix City
Ground was broken for the Russell county jail in Phenix City with a PWA Undertaking project. The successful bidder on the six month construction contract is Southeastern Construction Company of Atlanta, submitting a proposal of 66,992 dollars.
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Phenix City
Ala
Russell County
PWA
Southeastern Construction Company of
Atlanta
Falkville Opens 50000 Dollar City Wide Paving Program
Falkville starts a WPA funded street paving program with a total budget of 50000 dollars. The city contributes 12497 dollars and the federal government provides 36045 dollars. Thirty two workers began the project which aims to surface nine west side streets and two east side streets within six months. The Bee Line Highway portion will be widened from 18 to 64 feet and paving will cover 15000 feet of curb and gutter, 6350 cubic yards of crushed limestone, and 23528 square yards of bituminous surface. Mayor Fibert Drinkard cited lack of rights of way for two streets as the reason for their exclusion.
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Falkville
City of
1 & WN
Patvitte
Bee Line
Fibert Drinkard
Break Looms In Cold Snap Says Weather Bureau
The cold wave gripping the Tennessee Valley and much of the nation may ease Thursday, according to the Montgomery weather bureau relayed by the Associated Press. Alabama saw freezing conditions from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast with Florence recording 14 degrees and the November 28 wave dropping to 12 in northwest Alabama.
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Tennessee Valley
Associated Press
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Florence
Montgomery
Child Frozen to Death in Birmingham Verdict Given
A three year old boy, Sellers Robertson, died from freezing after a visit with his aunt Gabrilla Daniels, who was found in critical condition of exposure. Coroner Gip Evans ruled the cause of death as freezing. The incident occurred in Birmingham Alabama on December 28.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gip Evans
Gabrilla Daniels
Sellers Robertson
Wenenoh Minne
Daniels
Evans
Robertson
Cold snap details and forecast break noted
Morning readings across Alabama include Bir mingham 22 Dothan 28 Evergreen 26 Huntsville 18 Mobile 30 and Montgomery 27. A federal forecaster projected a break in the cold wave tomorrow.
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Birmingham
Dothan
Evergreen
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Cold wave grips wide region across US
The Associated Press reports a broad cold wave driving subzero winds from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Seaboard. Temperatures fell to as low as 34 below in Minnesota while the Gulf states and Florida borders felt freezing air. At least 18 deaths linked to the cold or hazardous travel were reported as another wave looms.
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Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Ciieat Plains
Upstate
New Contet
Tennessee to Remain 'Dry' Says Governor Elect
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 28 Government-elect Prentice Cooper reiterated his stance that Tennessee will keep liquor laws at status quo. He rejects immediate legalization of whisky and says changes would require a referendum. He would consider a referendum if the legislature votes for one. Names for cabinet posts include Charles Poe and Prof W F E Cole, though Poe denies being a candidate for any post.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Charles Poe
The
Chattanooga News
W. FE. Cole
University of Tennessee
Sociology Department
Poe
Cooper
Blackmail Trio Sought in Coster-Musica Case
New York December 28 police hunted three extortionists tied to F Donald Coster aka Philip Musica once head of a major drug company. Two men and a woman allegedly extorted thousands from McKesson and Robbins president by exploiting fear of exposure. Police traced links to Adelphi Drug Company Brooklyn and a 1920 campaign that helped control the firm.
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New York
Donald Coster
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
State Attorney General's
McKesson & Robbins
Fairfield, Conn
Coster-Musica
Coster
Joseph Brandino
Brandino
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
Mary
Ambrose V. McCall
Joan H. McGloon
Waddil Catchings
Goldman, Sachs and Co
McKesson and Robbins
Alabama First in Still Seizures in November
Federal alcohol tax agent reported 138 illicit stills seized in Alabama during November. Whiskey seizures totaled 1,816 gallons and 243 persons were arrested. Alabama led the 44 states in illicit still seizures, per A. T. U. unit head Joe Rollins.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Joe Rollins
Tornado destroys frame buildings in International Falls
In International Falls Minnesota a severe storm destroyed a frame building housing two telegraph offices and four taverns, forcing evacuation of 25 people in twenty-below weather.
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International Falls
Minn
WPA Policy Shifts Signal Possible Change in Leadership
Washington reports that personnel moves at the WPA plus returning congressmen and party speeches suggest rising momentum for policy changes. Hopkins shifts to commerce, Williams to the National Youth Administration, and Harrington to head WPA as critics predict budget tightening and relief supervision reforms.
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Washington
WPA
Congress
Surplus Commodities Corporation
South
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce Department
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
F. C. Harrington
Army
Capital Hill
Harrington
Two Shootings Mark Limestone County Holiday Toll
In Limestone County Athens Alabama two holiday shootings left one man dead and a boy injured. Shafter Hammonds a 20 year old negro died after being shot by Bob Lee Horton a negro who fled but was expected to be captured. Junior Reyer a 17 year old boy was accidentally shot when his shotgun discharged mangling his leg. One drunken driving arrest reported during the holidays.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Shafter Hammonds
Bob Lee Horton
Horton
J. E. Wellden
Junior Reyer
Pan American conference ends with declarations instead of treaties
United States Secretary Hull returns to Washington after the Pan American conference in Lima closes with declarations affirming a united front against foreign aggression. He warns of a grave test ahead and says resolutions will be published by the State Department while noting a minor breach over a cocktail party invitation for German correspondents.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Hull
United States Senate
State Department
Benavides
Alf M. Landon
Santa Maria
Concha
DNB
Vatican paper hails Lima conference on unity and equality
L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, in a front page note today, lauds the Pan American conference declaration of spiritual unity and equality among nations and individuals without prejudice to race or religion. The commentary on the Lima meeting was written by its director.
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Vatican City
L’osservatore Pomano
Vatican
Lima
Count Continues of Pare
Armchair Arrests Near Bethany Reported
A truck driver rammed a deputy sheriff’s car and was arrested on the spot. A fugitive hiding near the sheriff’s office was recognized and taken into custody. Two runaway girls from Des Moines were picked up after attempting to hitch a ride with state patrolmen.
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Bethany
Des Moines
President Plans To Train 20 000 Civilian Aviators For Defense
President Roosevelt outlined plans to train 20,000 civilian aviators annually to bolster U S air power. The program begins with about 300 students in a dozen colleges this spring and expands to several hundred colleges if funds pass Congress. Estimated yearly cost is 9 8 million dollars for 20 000 pilots. The initiative aims to feed military air forces and support broader rearmament against foreign powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United State
White House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
Senegalese troops sent to strengthen Djibouti garrison
On December 28 the French ministry of colonies announced a Senegalese detachment was sent to Djibouti to bolster the garrison amid reports of Italian troop concentrations near French Somaliland. Officials did not confirm numbers but estimated 1000 to 1200 marchers.
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Paris
Ministry of Colonies
Djibouti
Hubert Deschamps
Somalia
France
Ethiopia
Eritrea
French Somaliland
Daladier
Italy
D’iberville
Suez Canal
Beirut
Syria
Foreiun
Algeria
Italian
Libya
Morocco
Foreign Legion
Alabama groups back seven cent gas levy across state
The Alabama League of Municipalities committees endorsed in principle adding a seventh cent to the gasoline tax and abolishing all city fuel levies. The present six cent state tax would fund a uniform seven cent rate with the extra cent earmarked for municipalities. J Herbert Meighan of Gadsden led the endorsement during the legislative program discussion.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama League of Municipalities
J. Herbert Meighan Commission
Gadsden
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee River gauge stands at 17.9 feet with a high of 49 and a low of 19 in the past 24 hours. No rainfall. Oldest cold spell noted with 18 degrees on November 28. Alabama expects mainly cloudy skies with possible rain in the south and below freezing in the north. Tennessee forecasts increasing clouds and rain or snow Thursday with a rise then a sharp fall in western areas Thursday night.
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Tennessee
Alabama
South
West
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