Insurgents Advance Deep Into Catalonia Along 75mile Front
Reports from Hendaye indicate insurgents push on all fronts in Catalonia from Tremp to Ribarroja with gains around Lerida Artesa and Alos de Balaguer. They claim capture of about 60 villages and 30 square miles, while government forces defend key positions north of Tremp and along the Segre river.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Tremp
Ribarroja
Ebro
Tarragona
Barcelona
Mediterranean
Lerida
Granadellas
Run
Gendesa
Falset
Valls
Aspen
Artesa
Alos de Balaguer
Segre
Sierra de la Llena
Floro
Baibarroja
Fl Monsech
Noguera Pallaresa
Vernet
Monsech Range
Bow And Arrow Deer Hunt Set In Black Warrior Reservation
The government forest service announced a bow and arrow deer hunt in the Black Warrior reservation in Lawrence County on December 30 and 31. It invites archers to 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 sleuths in Atlanta capture and escape
The Atlanta Journal reports 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. FBI officials say he is not in custody. Earlier a Fort Benning soldier helped a man matching Whitehead’s description reach Atlanta, only to have his army overcoat and cap stolen near Union Bus Terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 first mortgage of 460000 on local mill properties as part of a 25000000 nationwide filing. Cleveland Trust Company Rudolph A Malm trustee mortgagees. bonds to retire other obligations and secure a lower interest rate. Mortgage tax 690 dollars split state and county. largest local filing since a 40000000 Alabama Power 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 offices
All state officers and county sheriffs will be sworn in January 15 and will take office January 16, 1939. County superintendents of education will assume their 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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Cost figures show Morgan county jail prisoner costs
County records reveal Morgan county spent 11895.90 to keep white prisoners in Madison county jail at Huntsville from April 1932 to February 1935. The figure covers laundry, fuel, supplies, janitorial costs, lights and similar needs but excludes sheriffs transport fees and food bills paid by the state. County officials discuss bond plans for a new jail, aided by a $45000 PWA grant, with a constitutional amendment required before issuing bonds. If prisoners were moved elsewhere, county costs would rise to cover care in public health and welfare agencies. Continued on farce Two.
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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 for Russell County at Phenix City
Ground was broken yesterday for the Russell county jail project in Phenix City Alabama a PWA undertaking. The successful bidder with a proposal of 66992 was the Southern Construction Company of Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix City
Ala
Russell County
PWA
Southeastern Construction Company of
Atlanta
Falkville Launches 50 000 City Wide Street Paving Program
Falkville begins a six month WPA funded street paving project totaling 50 000 dollars with 32 workers. The federal share is 36 045 dollars and the city provides 12 497 dollars. Nine west side streets and two east side streets will be paved including Bee Line Highway widening from 18 to 54 feet. Elbert Drinkard cites rights of way as the reason two streets are excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
City of
Enterprise
L. & N. Railroad
Bee Line
Elbert Drinkard
Break Looms In Cold Snap As Weather Bureau Forecasts Thaw
The Tennessee Valley and much of the nation face a pending relief from the cold as Montgomery weather bureau reports a thaw expected Thursday. Alabama temperatures previously fell to record lows with a morning low of minus 14 in Florence and 12 degrees in northwest Alabama during a late November wave.
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Tennessee Valley
Associated Press
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Mercury
Florence
Child Frozen to Death in Birmingham Tragedy
In Birmingham Alabama a three year old boy, Sellers Robertson, froze to death after a visit to relatives in Wenonah Minna. His aunt Gabrilla Daniels was found in critical condition from exposure at a ditch along the Way back. Coroner Gip Evans ruled the Robert son child died from freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Gip Evans
Gabrilla Daniels
Sellers Robertson
Wenonah Minna
Daniels
Evans
Robertson
Cold wave snap across Alabama with a slight warmup forecast
Morning records show Birmingham 22 degrees Dothan 28 Evergreen 28 Huntsville 18 Mobile 30 and Montgomery 27. Federal forecaster expects a break in the cold wave tomorrow easing the chill.
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Birmingham
Dothan
Evergreen
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Cold Wave Spreads Across Nation With Death Toll Rising
A sweeping Arctic cold blast grips the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic, with Minnesota dipping below 34 as freezing temps reach the Gulf and Florida borders. At least 18 deaths linked to the cold or traffic hazards are reported as a new wave looms, while the Great Plains enjoy temporary relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Great Plains
Upstate
New Cont
Tennessee to Remain Dry Says Gov-Elect Cooper
Nashville dispatch reports Governor-Elect Prentice Cooper favors maintaining the status quo on liquor laws and would only consider change via referendum. He backs no immediate legalization and says he would accept a referendum if the legislature calls one. Probing cabinet names include Charles Poe for conservation and Prof. W. E. Cole for education, though Poe denies being a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Charles Poe
Chattanooga News
W. E. Cole
University of Tennessee
Sociology
Conservation and Education
Chattanooga
Poe
Cooper
Sam Brewster
Blackmail Inquiry Ties Trio to Prewar Swindle Case
New York police searched for two men and a woman accused of extorting thousands from McKesson and Robbins president by exploiting fear of exposure in the Coster-Musica case. Federal charges target Brandino and sister, Cragg, and others tied to Adelphi Drug and past bribery schemes. McGloon testified that checks could have exposed the scheme earlier. Catchings formerly attacked Coster-Musica as a Goldman Sachs partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Ann- Fag V. McCall
John H. McGloon
Waddill Catchings
Goldman, Sachs and Co
McKesson and Robbins
Alabama First in Still Seizures Says A T U Leader
Federal alcohol tax agent Joe Rollins reported for November that Alabama led the 48 states in illicit still seizures with 138 stills seized. Whiskey seizures totaled 1,816 gallons and 243 persons were arrested in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Joe Rollins
Rollins
Fire devastates two frame buildings and taverns in International Falls
A blaze in International Falls Minnesota destroyed two frame buildings and four taverns after a sudden freezing night. The fire forced the evacuation of about 25 people as temperatures dropped well below zero. Weather hindered firefighting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Falls
Minn
Changes Eyed As WPA Faces Looming Policy Shifts
Washington December 28. Observers see signs of shifts in WPA policy through personnel changes and speeches by Democrats. Harry L. Hopkins moves to commerce, Aubrey Williams to National Youth Administration, and Col. F C Harrington takes over WPA. Capital Hill questions await new director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
In Limestone County Alabama two shooting incidents marked the holiday toll. Shafter Hammonds a 20 year old black man died after a Sunday afternoon shooting by Bob Lee Horton another black man who fled as Sheriff J E Wellden planned a night arrest. Junior Reyer a 17 year old boy was accidentally shot when his shotgun discharged injuring his leg. Only one drunken driving arrest occurred over the holidays in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Shafter Hammonds
Bob Lee Horton
Horton
J. E. Wellden
Junior Reyer
Hull Sees Pan American Pact Tested in Trust Crisis
United States Secretary Hull returns from the Eighth Pan American conference in Lima with a warning that the 21 republics must test their solidarity as trust in government wanes globally. Declarations and resolutions, not treaties, will guide the actions, while a closing speech hailed a new stage in American solidarity. A German press bias flare emerged over an informal party deemed for American reporters only.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Hull
United States Senate
State Department
Benavides
Alf M. Landon
Santa Maria
Concha
DNB
Pan American conference praised by Vatican paper
L Osservatore Romano lauded the Lima meeting for declaring spiritual unity and equality among nations and individuals without prejudice to race or religion. The Vatican newspaper noted the Pan American conference would enter the history of civilization.
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PACT
Vatican City
L’osservatore Pomano
Vatican
Lima
Count
Armchair Arrests at Bethany on December 28
A truck driver crashed into a deputy sheriff’s car and was arrested on the spot. A fugitive parked near the sheriff’s office was recognized and arrested. Two runaway girls from Des Moines, Iowa, were picked up after attempting to thumb a ride with state patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany
Des Moines
President to train 20000 civilian aviators for defense
President Roosevelt outlined a plan to train 20,000 civilian aviators annually to keep the United States competitive in world air powers. The program would begin with about 300 students at a dozen colleges this spring, expanding to several hundred colleges this fall if Congress funds it. The estimated cost is 9.8 million dollars for a year of schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Roosevelt
United State
White House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
Troops Head for Djibouti to Join French Garrison
Paris dispatch reports Senegalese troops sent to reinforce Djibouti amid fears of Italian moves near French Somaliland. Government asserts readiness for war, with naval and road-linked reinforcement plans and a symbolically ready D Iberville dispatched to Suez.
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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
Alabama city gas levy backed to seven cents
Montgomery officials report the statewide gasoline tax should rise to seven cents per gallon, with the existing city fuel taxes abolished. The plan would distribute the extra one cent to municipalities and apply uniform collection statewide as endorsed by the Alabama League of Municipalities committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabams League of Municipalities
J. Herbert Meighan
Commission
Gadsden
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee river gauge sits at 17.9 feet with a 24 hour high of 49 and low of 19. No rainfall reported. Last night was the second coldest of winter. November 28 saw 18 degrees above zero. Alabama will be mostly cloudy with possible rain in the south and values from 30 to 38 degrees in the south tonight. Tennessee expects increasing clouds, rain or snow Thursday, followed by much colder air west Thursday night.
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Tennessee
Alabama
West
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Washington, D. C
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Acme Telephoto
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Tunisia
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