Nazis accuse foes of plot to cause war
War updates report Finnish resistance in fifth week with planned Soviet and Finnish offensives. Skirmishes along the Murmansk railway and near Salmijarvi. Arctic retreat continues as Russian forces dig in awaiting reinforcements. Britain imposes meat and sugar rationing next month while Europe’s fronts show limited action beyond patrol clashes.
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Associated Press
Finland
Russia
Murmansk
Salmijarvi
Arctic
Salmigarvi
England
Karelian
Red
Mannerheim
Europe
Foreign Office
Britain
France
Germany
Sweden
Isunia
Rain Helps State Crops in Alabama Weather Bulletin
Alabama sees its first widespread rain in three months boosting gardens truck crops and surface soil moisture. Winter grains and cover crops improve while pasturing on grain is suspended by wet fields and livestock stay in good condition with adequate feeding. Plowing remains light though seasonally typical statewide.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Commemoration Meeting for Salvation Army Services
Butter Hine invites Legion and Legion Auxiliary to gather at 7:30 PM at the Lyons Hotel Assembly Room to honor Salvation Army overseas services. Coffee and doughnuts provided. Mr. Bis promises an extensive and unusual entertainment for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Lyons Hotel
Salvation Army
Bis
Paulette In Court Tangle Over Contempt Order
New York actress Paulette Dorman must appear in court January 16 to show cause why she should not be held in contempt for failing to testify in a $150,000 libel suit against Crowell Collier's Publishing. The action, filed by Joseph R. Levy in Syracuse Supreme Court, claims a Sept 1939 Collier's article damaged his reputation as a former $70 weekly salesman. Levy seeks damages and cites health and employment loss due to the story.
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New York
Paulet Dard
Daonine
Aaron Steuer
Crowes
Collier's~ Publishing
Collier's Magazine
Supreme Court
Syracuse
N. Y
Joseph R
Levy
Collier’s
Miss
Bankers Dyer Addresses State National Bank Dinner
Forty five executives and advisory committeemen gathered at the Hotel Lyons for the State National Bank dinner. Dr Gus W Dyer of Vanderbilt University spoke on banking as character building through thrift and the nation’s optimistic future. Dividends on common and preferred stock were declared by the board prior to the event.
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State National Bank
Crme
Hotel
Lyons
Gus W. Dyer
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
The
State National
ED Fennel
Florida
Dyer
Ing
South
Plummer Family Reunion Despite Two Auto Crashes
C. E. Plummer of El Paso Texas reached Decatur with his sister Mrs H J Forbes and kin after surviving two car wrecks in three weeks. He broke his left arm in El Paso December 7 but kept plans for a Christmas visit. The party spent Christmas Eve in Birmingham and arrived home to a happy reunion with relatives. Two sisters from Meridian Mississippi were due to join at the Forbes home.
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C. E. Plummer
el Paso
Texas
H. J. Forbes
Mississippi
Planmer
Decatur
Phumbmer
Mississippi Line
Alabama
Death claims E P Holland prominent Lawrence county resident
E P Holland 74 longtime Lawrence county resident died at 4:30 AM at his home after a week with pneumonia. He leaves three daughters Mrs J R Rogers Louisville Kentucky Mrs D K Goodlet Killen Alabama Mrs Carl Tidwell Moulton route two two sons E G Holland Moulton route one and a step son E W Moore Trinity route one a brother Jerry Holland Moulton three sisters Mrs Lula Doss Oklahoma City Mrs Mary Erwin Moulton and Mrs Sally Thompson Hillsboro and 12 grandchildren. Funeral at Moulton Methodist church Friday at 1 PM with Rev S L Prickett Al Harris and E E Byars. burial ShiMaker cemetery. H Highsmith directing. Holland family widely known and mourned locally.
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Lawrenceounty
Holland
J. R. Rogers
Louisville
D. K. Goodle*t
Killen
Ala
Moulton
E. W. Moore
Trinity
Jerry Holland
Lula Doss
Oklahoma City
Mary Erwin
Sally Thompson
Hillsboro
Moulton Methodist Church
Guard killed in escape attempt at Raleigh prison
A 65 year old guard died after two condemned inmates Clarencé Rogers and William Young bound gagged and fatally beat him on the condemned row in Raleigh North Carolina. Superintendent Oscar Pitts said the men, both under death sentence for murder, confessed to the crime.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Prison
Oscar Pitts
Pitts
Clarencé Rogers
William Young
Chesser
Pope Visits King in Rome First Papal Mark of Unified Italy
Pope Pius XII travels from the Vatican in an open car to salute King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Elena in Rome. Tens of thousands line streets as the Vatican–Savoy meeting signals reduced discord since 1870 and marks potential cooperation while underscoring the Lateran accord.
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Richard ‘G. Maslock
Rome
Italy
Vatican
Lateran
Pope
Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
Cian Giacomo Borghese
Poston
Quirinal Palace
House of Savoy
Marshall: Army unprepared needs better history education
General Marshall warned that the army is less than 25 percent ready for immediate action and argued for developing a war force after emergencies. He pressed for improved school textbooks and teaching of history to inform public opinion and strengthen military policy. He cited past waste and glossed-over errors as roots of weakness.
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Washington
Dec
George
American Historical Association
American Military Instituute
Marshall
War Department
U. S. Planes Favored by Foreign Governments
Vice-Chairman Harllee Branch of the Civil Aeronautics Authority said foreign governments prefer United States airplanes for commercial passenger and military use. He spoke in Atlanta returning to Georgia Tech for a civilian check-up.
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Atlanta
Harllee
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Georgia Tech
Bund Secretary Faces Indictment in Perjury Case
James Wheeler-Hill secretary of the German American Bund was arrested on an indictment charging perjury with three counts citing 15 alleged contradictory statements to the grand jury. The inquiry related to Fritz Kuhn band leader now in Sing Sing prison on a larceny conviction.
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New York
James Wheeler-Hill
Bund
Wheeler-Hill
Fritz Kuhn
In & Sing
Dependents to Get Ist Security Checks Next January
Congress expands social security to cover families as well as workers. The board forecasts 125000 wives and older children, 20000 widows, 78000 younger widows, and 194000 children will file for benefits in 1940. Maximum family benefits are capped at 85 dollars or 80 percent of the average wage, with wife and children receiving supplements.
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Ist
Washington
Congress
Social Security Board
Sole Sur
Decatur Kiwanis Club installs Pride as 1940 president
The Decatur Kiwanis Club elected Garver Pride as president for 1940 in a ceremony at Lyons Hall with Judge Seybourn Lynne officiating. Officers include E W McLeod first vice president T J Cottingham second vice president Fred Hunt Jr secretary George Godwin assistant secretary John Harlow treasurer and several board members. A toy drive report by John Fowler noted about 1000 toys prepared for Decatur children as the meeting closed with a club singing. guests Clyde Hendrix Jr of New Orleans and Sam Bond of Birmingham attended.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Garner Pride
Lyons Ho- 1
Seybourn Lynne
Alabama
Kiwanis
Lynne
John Caddell
Decatur
E. W. McLeod
T. J. Cottingham
Fred Hunt, Jr
George Godwin
John Harlow
E. Alverson
L. L. Lively
Sam H. Jone
E. (Buck) Rogers
P. D. Fost
Pride
John Fowler
Fowler
Marvin Rankin
Bob Daniel
Clyde Hendrix, Jr
New Orleans
Sam Bond
Birmingham
Mrs Adelaide Murphy Dies In Greensboro
Funeral services are held today for Mrs Adelaide Murphy age 75 of Greensboro mother of Matt H Murphy Birmingham attorney and former state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board member She died Tuesday at the home of her daughter Mrs Jesse Pevar in Greensboro Alabama
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Greensboro
Ala
Adelaide. Murphy
Matt H. Murphy
Birmingham
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Murphy
Jesse Pevear
Weather and travel slow as cold snap hits nation
Snow fog and sub zero temperatures disrupted transportation across the United States. While some regions reported easing, ground and air travel remained delayed in western Pennsylvania and New York City faced lingering cold. In Alabama a P-36 plane crashed near Maxwell Field killing Second Lieutenant James A. Howard during a routine training flight. Debris stretched for hundreds of yards and a formal inquiry will follow. Snow occurred in Texas Nebraska Kansas and Missouri with lighter activity elsewhere.
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Wittter E Tegione
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Field
New York
Craig
Colo
Wanakena
New Jersey
Pee Mich
Case
N. Y
New York City
Northfield
Greenville
Nebraska
Huntsville
Ala
Maxwell Field
Here
James
A. Howard
Bowling Green
Howard
Nashville
Montgomery
Army
Air Corps
Tactical
A. 8
Logel
Weatherly
H. ©. Laughlin
Maxwell
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Indiana
Contineea
Thousand s in Anatolia Shelterless After Quake Storms
Reports from Erzincan and surrounding regions describe a massive earthquake disaster in eastern Turkey. Tremors, freezing temperatures, and a severe storm worsened the death toll with thousands homeless and cities like Tokat and Braincan in ruins. Fires, gas mains, and blocked communications hinder rescue efforts as survivors endure bitter cold and scarce food and water.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ada
Erzincan
Anatolia
Black Sea
Sivas
Sampun
Tokat
Braincan
State steel sets record in Alabama 1939 output surge
The Birmingham dispatch reports that Alabama heavy industry posted a record 1939 with steel production at an all time high and pig iron and cast iron products at peak levels since 1929. Mills in Birmingham, Fairfield and Gadsden shattered prior quarterly outputs while total pig iron iron production neared 2.65 million tons for the year.
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Birmingham
Ala
Europe
Alabama
Iley
Fairfield
Gadsden
Steel magnate Henry C. Dalton dies in Cleveland
Henry C. Dalton, 64, chairman of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co and head of a major iron ore shipping firm, died in Cleveland from broncho pneumonia after a stroke last year and an emergency appendix operation on December 20.
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Cleveland
Henry C. Dalton
Dalton
Tli
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Weather report and river readings for Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee river stayed stationary at 16.3 feet with 0.04 inch rainfall in the last 24 hours. In Alabama cloudy with showers and sleet in southern and central areas, cooler tonight with freezing temps, winds along the coast. Tennessee shows rain, sleet mix and increasing winds tonight into Friday with solid cloud cover and varying intensity across regions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Uow
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British Air Ministry
Appar
Miriam Hopkins
Anatole Litvak
Paulette
E. P. Holland
Papal
Luigi Cardinal, Maglione
St. Peter's Square
Vatican City
Garner
American Legion
State Steel
Steel Magnate
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