Insurgents make new advance in Catalonia fronts
Insurgent armies push along a 75 mile line from Tremp to Ribarroja as six day offensive toward Tarragona and Barcelona claims gains of over 1000 square kilometers, 16 towns, and 7,000 prisoners. Government forces hold Tremp northward while insurgents shell Artesa and push toward Lerida and Falset.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Tremp
Ribarroja
Ebro
Tarragona
Barcelona
Mediterranean
Lerida
Granadellas
Irun
Gendesa
Falset
Valls
Asper
Artesa
Alos de Balaguer
Segre
Bow and Arrow Deer Hunt Slated in Black Warrior Reservation
Government forest service announces a bow and arrow only deer hunt in the Black Warrior reservation, Lawrence County, set for December 30 and 31. Hunters seek participation information from the forest office in the post office building on Bank Street.
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Government Forest Service
Black Warrior
Lawrence County
Forest Office
Bank Street
Man Escapes FBI Sleuths in Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal reported Tommy Whitehead, an escaped federal parolee, was captured by FBI agents in downtown Atlanta but leaped from the car en route to Fulton county jail and disappeared. An earlier hitchhiking soldier from Fort Benningen allegedly aided a man matching Whitehead’s description, robbing him near the Union Bus Terminal.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Tommy Whitehead
FBI
Fulton County
Whitehead
Journal
Fort Bennington
Summerville
Union
Decatur Goodyear Mills Files $460000 Mortgage Here
Decatur Goodyear Mills filed in Morgan county probate a first mortgage and deed of trust for 460000 on local mill property as part of a 25000000 nationwide mortgage. Cleveland Trust Company and Rudolph A. Malm, trustee, mortgagees. bond issue aims to retire other bonds and reduce interest. Mortgage tax 690 dollars. distribution between state and county. This is the largest filing locally since Alabama Power’s 40000000 statewide mortgage years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Goodyear Mills
Morgan County
United States
Cleveland Trust Company
Rudolph A. Malm
Alabama Power Company
Time for taking offices varies across positions
All state officers and county sheriffs will be sworn in January 15 and take office January 16, 1939. County superintendents of education will assume duties July 1, while tax collectors and tax assessors will not go into office until Oct. 1. Members of the state legislature took office Nov. 9, the day after the general election, and will be sworn in at Montgomery January 10.
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Montgomery
Prisoner cost cited as Morgan jail at Huntsville talks
County records show Morgan county spent 11895.90 to keep white prisoners in Madison county jail at Huntsville from April 1932 to February 1935. Costs covered laundry fuel sanitary supplies janitor’s salary lights water and incidentals but not sheriff transport fees or food bills. County votes January 31 on issuing bonds for a new jail amid PWA grant and constitutional changes.
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Morgan County
Madison County
Huntsville
Decatur
Public Works Administration
PWA
T. C. Almon
Almon
Benevolent Society Hospital
County Department of Public Welfare
Herman Sandlin
Russell county jail project breaks ground in Phenix City
Phenix City Alabama reports the start of construction for the Russell county jail as a PWA undertaking. Ground was broken yesterday for the facility with Southeastern Construction Company of Atlanta named the successful bidder at sixty six thousand nine hundred ninety two dollars.
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Phenix City
Ala
Russell County
PWA
Southeastern Construction Company of
Atlanta
Falkville Opens 50000 Paving Drive On City Streets
Falkville launches a 50000 paving program with 32 workers for six months. The project funds include 36045 from AWPA and 12497 from the city, covering nine west side streets and two on the east side. Bee Line Highway will widen from 18 to 54 feet, with curbs and gutters, crushed limestone, and bituminous paving along 15000 linear feet of curb and 23528 square yards of paving. Mayor Elbert Drinkard cites inability to obtain rights of way for two streets as the reason they are not included.
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Falkville
City of
1. & N. Railroad
Bee Line
Elbert Drinkard
Break Looms In Cold Snap Says Bureau
The Tennessee Valley and much of the nation face a potential break from a severe cold wave, with Montgomery weather bureau reporting Alabama endured freezing conditions from valley to Gulf Coast. Old Man Winter did not drop temperatures as low as the November 28 event, when Florence tied a low of 14 degrees, while northwest Alabama saw 12 degrees.
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Tennessee Valley
Associated Press
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Florence
Montgomery
Child Found Frozen to Death in Birmingham
A three year old boy, Sellers Robertson, died from freezing in Birmingham while a nearby woman Gabrilla Daniels was hospitalized in critical condition after exposure. Coroner Gip Evans ruled the Robert son child's death due to freezing, noting the pair had been visiting relatives in Wenonah Minna and fell into a ditch on the way back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Gip Evans
Gabrilla Daniels
Sellers Robertson
Wenonah Minna
Daniels
Evans
Robertson
Cold snap temperatures across Alabama towns ease
Morning readings show Birmingham 22, Dothan 28, Evergreen 28, Huntsville 18, Mobile 30, and Montgomery 27 degrees. A federal forecaster expects a break in the cold wave tomorrow.
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Birmingham
Dothan
Evergreen
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Cold Wave Strikes Across Nation They report 18 deaths
A new icy blast spreads cold from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Seaboard with subzero risk. Minnesota records lows near 34 below, while the Gulf states feel freezing temperatures near Florida. At least 18 deaths linked to the cold or related traffic conditions are reported as another wave is forecast.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Great Plains
Upstate
New
Tennessee to Remain Dry Says Gov-Elect Cooper
Gov-Elect Prentice Cooper reiterated his stance that Tennessee liquor laws will stay status quo with a referendum possible only if the legislature votes. Names for cabinet posts include Charles Poe for conservation and Prof. W. E. Cole for education, though Poe denies current candidacy.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Charles Poe
Chattanooga News
W. E. Cole
University of Tennessee
Sociology
Conservation
Education
Chattanooga
Poe
Cooper
Sam Brewster
Blackmail trio sought over Coster Musica case in New York
New York police pursued two men and a woman accused of extorting thousands from McKesson and Robbins president by exploiting fear of exposure. Joseph Brandino and sister Mary with Walter Cragg and others faced federal charges. old ties to Adelphi Drug and past bribery schemes surfaced as inquiries into Coster Musica's hidden identity continued.
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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. Noonen
Mary
Amon V. McCall
John H. McGloon
Waddill Catchings
Goldman, Sachs and Co
McKesson and Robbins
Alabama Leads in Still Seizures in November
Federal alcohol tax agents seized 138 illegal stills in Alabama in November. Joe Rollins, head of the A T U unit in Birmingham, reported 1,816 gallons of whiskey seized and 243 people arrested. Alabama ranked first among 48 states in illicit still seizures.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Joe Rollins
Rollins
Fire destroys buildings at International Falls
In International Falls Minnesota a blaze wiped out tee frame buildings housing two piers and four taverns. About 125 people fled as winter weather raged with temperatures near zero.
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International Falls
Minn
WPA Policy Shifts Seen Amid Staff Changes
Washington dispatch notes growth of personnel changes at WPA as critics predict policy shifts before Congress. Analysts cite wage scales and relief costs rising under WPA, with Hopkins heading to commerce, Williams to National Youth Administration, and Harrington taking over WPA to explain upcoming moves.
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WPA
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 Alabama December 28 Two shootings marked Limestone county holiday toll with one fatality. Shafter Hammonds a 20 year old Negro died after a Sunday afternoon shooting allegedly by Bob Lee Horton another Negro who fled but Sheriff's office planned arrest by night. A 17 year old boy Junior Reyer was accidentally shot when his shotgun discharged injuring his leg. One drunken driving arrest reported over the holidays.
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Athens
Als
Limestone County
Shafter Hammonds
Bob Lee Horton
Horton
J. E. Wellden
Junior Reyer
Pan American conference ends with vow to test solidarity
United States Secretary Hull sails home after Lima meeting calling on the 21 American republics to prove their declarations of solidarity. He warned of vigilance amid a world where trust in government has faded and urged adherence to resolutions and declarations rather than treaties.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Hull
United States Senate
State Department
Benavides
Alf M. Landon
Santa Maria
Vatican City
P— L’osservatore Pomano
Vatican
Armchair Arrests In Bethany Police Roundup
Armchair roundup in Bethany Mo reports a truck driver crashed into a deputy sheriff car and was arrested on the spot. A fugitive was recognized across from the sheriff office and taken into custody. Two Des Moines Iowa runaways were picked up while attempting to hitchhike from state patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany
Des Moines
President Plans To Train 20000 Civilian Aviators For Defense
President Roosevelt announced a plan to train 20,000 civilian aviators annually to raise U S air power. The program foresees about 300 students in 12 colleges this spring, with expansion to several hundred colleges in fall if funds pass Congress. Estimated yearly cost is 9 8 million for 20 000 pilots.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United State
White House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
Troops Head for Djibouti to Join France’s Garrison
Paris reports a Senegalese detachment sent to reinforce Djibouti amid fears of Italian troop concentrations near the French Somaliland port. Estimates put the force at 1,000 to 1,200, with France vowing to defend its colonies and prepare further reinforcements if needed. A D'Iberville dispatch boat arrived at Suez en route to Djibouti, symbolizing French resolve and potential escalation.
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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 groups back seven cent gas tax with city levy
Montgomery officials report that the Alabama League of Municipalities committees endorsed in principle a uniform seven cent gasoline tax. The present state tax is six cents. the extra penny would be allocated to municipalities, replacing all current city fuel levies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama League of Municipalities
J. Herbert Meighan
Commission
Gadsden
Weather report from Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee river gauge is stationary at 17.9 feet. Temperatures ranged from a high of 49 to a low of 19 with no rainfall. Last night was the second coldest of the winter, while November 28 saw 18 above, the coldest so far. Alabama trends favor mostly cloudy skies with possible rain in the south, subfreezing north, and 30 to 38 degrees in the south tonight. Tennessee anticipates increasing clouds and rain or snow Thursday, followed by a colder western region Thursday night.
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Tennessee
Alabama
South
West
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Madison
County Board of Revenue
Washington, D. C
Col. F. C. Harrington
Acme Telephoto
W. B. Ragsdale
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Concha
DNB
PACT
Edward E. Bomar
Civil Aeromatics Authority
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Rome
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