Insurgents push new advance into Catalonia fronts
Reports say insurgent armies widen the six day offensive from Tremp to Ribarroja along the Ebro. They claim over 60 villages captured and about 30 square miles gained with 7,000 prisoners as fighting rages near Lerida Artesa and Baibarroja while government forces defend key towns and forests.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Tremp
Ribarroja
Ebro
Tarragona
Barcelona
Mediterranean
Lerida
Granadellas
Iran
Gendesa
Falset
Valls
Artesa
Alos de Balaguer
Segre
Bow And Arrow Deer Hunt Planned In Lawrence County
Government forest service announces a bow and arrow deer hunt in the Black Warrior reservationLawrence County on December 30 and 31. Hunters may contact the forest office in the post office building on Bank Street for details.
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Government Forest Service
Black Warrior
Lawrence County
Bank Street
Man Escapes FBI Sleuths in Atlanta Heist Arrest
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 headquarters would not confirm custody. Earlier a Fort Benning soldier described man matching Whitehead, who was robbed of an army overcoat and cap near Union Bus Terminal.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Tommy Whitehead
FBI
Fulton County
Whitehead
Journal
Fort Benning
Summerville
Union
Big Mortgage Filed Here at Decatur Goodyear Mills
Decatur Goodyear Mills filed in Morgan county probate office a 460000 dollar mortgage on local properties as part of a 25000000 dollar nationwide mill property mortgage. Cleveland Trust Company and Rudolph A Malm, trustee, are the mortgagees. The first mortgage and deed of trust aim to retire other bonds and secure a reduced interest rate. Mortgage tax of 690 dollars was paid, to be shared by state and county. It stands as the largest mortgage filed here since Alabama Power Company noted a 40000000 dollar filing years ago.
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Decatur Goodyear Mills
Morgan County
United States
Cleveland Trust Company
Rudolph A. Malm
Alabama Power Company
Schedule of Swearing In Dates for State Officials
All state officers and county sheriffs will be sworn in January 15 and will take office January 16 1939. County superintendents of education assume duties July 1 tax collectors and tax assessors take office October 1. State legislators took office November 9 and will be sworn in at Montgomery January 10.
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Montgomery
Cost figures on Morgan prisoners kept in Huntsville jail
County records show Morgan county spent 11895.90 from April 1932 to February 1935 to keep white prisoners in Madison county jail at Huntsville. Excludes sheriff transport costs and fuel. food bills were paid by the state. Sheriff’s transport fee was 5.00 per trip. Public Works Administration grant of 45000 was set for a new jail, with a 15 year tax not exceeding one mill. County election on January 31 to authorize bond issue.
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Morgan County
Madison County
Huntsville
Decatur
County Board of Revenue
Public Works Administration
PWA
T. C. Almon
Almon
Benevolent Society Hospital
County Department of Public Welfare
Herman Sandlin
New jail built at Phenix City opens six months away
Construction of the Russell county jail in Phenix City Alabama is under way as a PWA project. Ground was broken yesterday for the $66,992 bid won by the Southern Construction Company of At.
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Phenix City
Ala
Russell County
PWA
Southeastern Construction Company of
Atlanta
Falkville Opens 50,000 Street Paving Program Today
Falkville launches a $50,000 city wide paving drive with 32 workers for six months. The WPA funds $36,045 and the city provides $12,497 to surface nine west side streets and two east side streets including parts of the Bee Line Highway. Widening from 18 to 54 feet, curb and gutter, crushed limestone, and bituminous paving totals are detailed. Mayor Elbert Drinkard cites rights of way as the reason two streets are excluded.
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Falkville
City of
Enterprise
L. & N. Railroad
Bee Line
Elbert Drinkard
Break Looms In Cold Snap In Tennessee Valley
A winter cold wave grips the Tennessee Valley and much of the nation with Alabama experiencing freezing weather from the valley to the Gulf Coast. Montgomery reports Florence at 14 degrees, with November 28 earlier sending temperatures down to 12 in northwest Alabama as the cold persists. The weather bureau says relief may come Thursday.
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Tennessee Valley
Associated Press
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Florence
Montgomery
Child Freezes to Death in Birmingham
A three year old boy, Sellers Robertson, froze to death in Birmingham on a cold day. A woman, Gabrilla Daniels, taken to county hospital in critical condition after visiting relatives at Wenonah Minna. Coroner Gip Evans ruled the Robertson child died from freezing.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gip Evans
Gabrilla Daniels
Sellers Robertson
Wenonah Minna
Daniels
Evans
Robertson
Cold wave continues with statewide lows listed
Morning temperatures ranged from 18 degrees in Huntsville to 30 in Mobile with Birmingham at 22, Dothan 28, Evergreen 28 and Montgomery 27. Forecaster predicts a break in the cold snap tomorrow.
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Birmingham
Dothan
Evergreen
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Cold Wave Widespread Across North as Temps Plunge
The Associated Press reports a bitter cold blast from the Rockies to the Atlantic with subzero winds and temperatures as low as 34 below in Minnesota. Freezing air reaches the Gulf Coast and Florida borders, while the Great Plains enjoy brief relief before another wave looms. At least 18 deaths linked to the cold or hazardous driving conditions have been reported.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Great Plains
Upstate New
Tennessee to Remain Dry Says Governor Elect
Gov elect Prentice Cooper reaffirmed plans to keep Tennessee liquor laws at status quo and said any change would require a referendum. He would consider a referendum if the legislature votes for it. Reports tied Charles Poe and Prof W E Cole to cabinet posts in conservation and education, which Poe denied.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Charles Poe
The
Chattanooga News
W. E. Cole
University of Tennessee
Sociology
Conservation and Education
Chattanooga
Poe
Cooper
Sem Brewster
Blackmail Trio Sought in Coster-Musica Case
New York police pursued two men and a woman accused of extorting thousands from McKesson and Robbins president once known as F. Donald Coster and his alter ego Philip Musica. Investigations traced partners in earlier drug ventures and noted elder connections to Wall Street figures.
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New York
Donald Coster
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
State Attorney General's
McKesson & Robbins
Corporation
Tim
Fairfield, Conn
Coster-Musica
Coster
Joseph Brandino
Brandino
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
Mary
Amy V. McCall
Yesteray
John H. McGloon
Waddill Catchings
Goldman, Sachs and Co
McKesson and Robbins
Alabama Tops in Illicit Still Seizures
Federal agent Joe Rollins reported for November that Alabama led the 48 states in illicit still seizures with 138 stills seized. Whisky seizures reached 1,816 gallons and 243 people were arrested, per his Birmingham summary.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Joe Rollins
Rollins
Fire destroys tee frame buildings in International Falls
A blaze in International Falls Minnesota destroyed a cluster of tee frame buildings housing two pistes and four taverns. The fire drove out about 25 persons early today as crews battled stubborn flames through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Falls
Minn
WPA Faces Policy Shifts as Personnel Changes Loom
Washington dispatch reports rising momentum for WPA reform with personnel moves signaling shift in leadership. Harry Hopkins may move to commerce, Aubrey Williams to youth administration, and Colonel Harrington to lead WPA as Congress weighs budget cuts and relief supervision.
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W. B. Ragsdale
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
Athens Ala Dec 28 Two shootings marked Limestone County’s holiday toll with Shafter Hammonds 20 shot and killed allegedly by Bob Lee Horton another negro who fled as Sheriff J E Wellden said a night arrest was expected. Junior Reyer 17 was accidentally shot when his shotgun discharged badly mangling his leg. One drunken driving arrest was reported in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Shafter Hammonds
Bob Lee Horton
Horton
J. E. Wellden
Junior Reyer
Pan American conference ends as Hull warns nations face test
United States Secretary Hull sails home from Lima after warning that the 21 American republics must test their solidarity. He notes no treaties were agreed, only declarations to be published by the State Department, with vigilance needed amid global distrust of government. Alf Landon returns separately. a German press complaint about an uninvited cocktail party noted.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Hull
United States Senate
State Department
Benavides
Concha
DNB
Vatican Paper Praises Pan American Conference Unity
L Osservatore Romano of Vatican City says the Pan American conference declaration of spiritual unity and equality among nations and individuals without prejudice to race and religion will live in civilization. The comment comes from the newspaper's director about the Lima meeting just concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
L’osservatore Pomano
Vatican
Lima
Armchair Arrests Mark Bethany Incident Parade
A truck driver crashed into a deputy sheriff car and was arrested on the spot. A fugitive seen near the sheriff's office was recognized and captured. Two runaway girls from Des Moines were picked up after attempting to hitch rides with state patrolmen.
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Bethany
Des Moines
President plans to train 20000 civilian aviators for defense
President Roosevelt outlined a plan to train 20,000 civilian aviators annually, with about 300 students in 12 colleges this spring and hundreds of colleges in the fall if funds pass Congress. The program, costing an estimated 9.8 million dollars, aims to bolster U S air power and feed military careers in army and navy aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Roosevelt
United State
White House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
Troops head for Djibouti to join ship convoy
Paris dispatch reports December 28 that a Senegalese detachment was sent to Djibouti to reinforce the garrison amid fears of Italian troop concentrations near the French Somaliland port. Government officials cited an unknown number, estimated between 1,000 and 1,200 soldiers, as part of France's effort to maintain order and deter Italian moves.
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Paris
Ministry of Colonies
Djibouti
Hubert Deschamps
France
Ethiopia
Eritrea
French Somaliland
Daladier
Italy
D'Iberville
Suez Canal
Beirut
Syria
Foreiun
Algeria
Italian
Libya
One
Foreign Legion
Alabama Bodies Endorse Uniform Seven Cent Gas Tax
Legistive and executive committees of the Alabama League of Municipalities endorsed in principle a uniform seven cent statewide gas tax. The plan adds one cent to the current six cent state tax and would distribute the extra cent to municipalities. Committees approved the concept during a session in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabams League of Municipalities
J. Herbert Meighan
Commission
Gadsden
Weather Report From Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee river gauge rests at 179 feet with 49 maximum and 19 minimum temperatures over 24 hours and no rainfall. Last night was the second coldest of winter. On November 28 the mercury fell to 18 above, the coldest of the season. Alabama remains mostly cloudy with chances of rain in the south Thursday and subfreezing north temperatures. Tennessee expects increasing clouds, rain or snow Thursday, then much colder west Thursday night.
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Tennessee
Alabama
South
West
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