Italian editor blasts US intervention in Britain via Ireland
Virginio Gayda, a high ranking Italian editor, warns American interventionists that moving supply convoys to Britain via neutral Ireland will widen the war. He says Japan, Italy, and Germany would react, making U S involvement in a broader conflict likely. He calls such actions a violation of neutrality and notes Axis support for Ireland against Britain.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Italan
Today
Britain
Ireland
Europe
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Pacific
Giornale D'Italia
Gayda
Japan
Italy
Germany
United States
Washington
Gayde
Ti Giornale
Roosevelt
Neutral
Britain’s cash limit to fund war purchases nears
A preliminary U S Treasury audit finds Britain will run out of cash to pay for arms and munitions in the early autumn next year. British funds are currently covered by gold shipments and dollar security sales, with a full balance sheet under review to gauge when cash payments end and what aid Congress might consider.
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Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Britain
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
London
British Treasury
British Empire
It s a Gamble Getting to Work
Editor notes how amid Hitler s total warfare the London restaurant scene narrows menus but still offers plenty of food while Monday s subject probes the risk and routine of commuting in wartime England
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Hitler
Do Not Send Food Packages to England
By Milo M Thompson, New York, December 28. A note warns against mailing food to England as it may irritate the ministry of shipping and expose the recipient to tax and inspection costs. The piece uses a Fleet Street menu example to illustrate wartime rationing and altered restaurant pricing.
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Milo M. Thompson
New York
England
Ministry of Shipping
Fleet Street
Nazi Swastika Floated as Raider Departed Nauru
The sea raider bomber off Nauru hoisted the Nazi swastika before opening fire as dawn broke off Guano Island. Navy minister Hughes said the raider signaled to shut down wireless and target stores and fuel. radio station remained intact and private houses were spared. Nauru, population under 3,500, was formerly German possession.
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Melbourne
Australia
Nauru
Navy Ministry
Navy
William M.hughes
Guano
Pacific
Hughes
20 Dead in Storm Wake
A tropical windstorm ravaged Cuba and Mexico and spread to Florida and California coasts, killing 20 people and injuring hundreds. In Becu jal Cuba 10 died and 150 injured. Vera Cruz nine dead and many injured. a 28 year old man died in Florida from a fallen power line. A lumber schooner Stanwood crew were rescued by coast guard amid 30 foot waves off California.
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Associated Press
Cuba
Mexico
Florida
California
Becujal
Vera Cruz
Robert L. Knight
Weather Bureau
Stanwood
Coast Guard
Tax Paid by Phone Co. Ahead of 1940 Taxes
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company paid its 1940 county taxes totaling 2003.33 dollars. Of this amount 484.49 goes to Morgan county schools and 116.87 to Decatur city schools. The utility is among large county businesses paying early. delinquency would occur after January 1.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Morgan County
Decatur
Decatur Boy Turns Coach After Graduation
Harry Thornhill once starred at center for the Decatur High alumni team and played at Union University. After graduating in 1936 he began coaching at Brewster High School in Tennessee, then accepted a contract to coach Martin High School in Tennessee later in the season.
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Harry Thornhill
Decatur High School
Huntsville High
Decatur High
Union University
Jackson
Tennessee
Thornhill
Brewster, Tenn
Martin, Tenn., High
Roosevelt to deliver clear aid to Britain speech
Completing work on his Sunday night speech President Roosevelt pushed to finalize a half hour draft aimed at enabling bold aid to Britain. Cabinet reviews defense production and a public appeal to support England’s defeat and its US implications shape the plan ahead of a January 6 congressional message.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Britain
United States
White House
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Lehman
Congress
Young Matron Ruth Rogers Dies in Illness
Mrs Ruth Rogers 23 of Leighton Route 1 died at 10 last night at Morgan County Sanatorium Flint after 10 days treatment She leaves husband I C Rogers and a young son Final services will be held at 2 Sunday at home and burial in Shaw Cemetery Colbert County directed by Brown Decatur Burial follows illness in the county obituary notes the survivor and local ties.
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Ruth Rogers
Leighton
Route 1
Morgan County
Flint
Rogers
Shaw Cemetery
Colbert County
Brown
Decatur
Accident stops tow as car wreck traps worker
In Watertown Wisconsin on December 28 a tow crew mechanic, Roland Reynolds, was injured when wreckage from two crashing cars collapsed while he worked underneath to release a wheel. He escaped serious harm, but suffered injuries from the incident.
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Watertown
Wis
Roland Reynolds
Reynolds
Naval Planes Join RAF Raid on Nazi Ports
Britain reports heavy night raids as naval dive bombers join the RAF in targeting Nazi ports along 1000 miles of occupied coast from the Bay of Biscay to Norway. The strike aims to disrupt invasion preparations and sea routes while protecting transatlantic supply lines amid heavy German bombing of London.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Bay of Biscay
Norway
RAF
United States
Balkans
Evening Standard
Aircraft Production
Lord Beaverbrook
Hitler
Admiralty
Air Ministry
France
Fleet Air Arm
Haugesund
Farm help gains backing from senators in parity program talks
Senators from both parties urged continued farm support in Washington. Bankhead argued for higher parity payments and said current funding covers only about two thirds of parity prices for crops, while Capper endorsed extending parity and soil conservation programs with limited curtailment of non defense spending.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Alabama
Capper
R-Kan
Wright dies at home Hart selle veteran 77
J M Wright of Hart selle dies at home after long illness at 6 55 this morning aged 77. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Johnson Chapel with Rev Frank T Smith and Rev Ladey Drinkard directing burial. Survived by widow four sons Frank and Earl Wright of Hart selle route 1 Will and Ernest of Danville route 3 three daughters Mrs J W Armstrong Vermont route 3 Mrs J M Rushing Falkville route 1 Mrs Agnes Brown of Danville 30 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Grandsons as pallbearers. granddaughters and great granddaughters in charge of flowers.
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J. M. Wright
Hartselle
Punera
Johnson Chapel
Frank T. Smith
Ladey
Drinkard
Frank and
Earl Wright
Will
Ernest
Danville
J. W. Armstrong
Vinemont
Falkville
Agnes Brown
Flowers
War Fear Looms Over Ireland as US Ships Warned
War warnings from Berlin echo across Rome as Ireland sits in a Nazi danger zone. American ships bound for Irish ports with Britain supplies would face warlike action, even if neutrality laws exclude Ireland. Britain tightens life-blood export controls to Southern Ireland, signaling reprisals if Irish bases are withheld. The stance risks an economic crisis for Eire and deepens the Atlantic tug of war.
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Karl Meyerie Semii
Foreign Office
Eire
United States
Boersen Zeitung
Rome
Bire
Germany
Italy
Britain
Roosevelt
Berlin
Ireland
Irish
Irish Situation Is Dynamite
Premier Devalera warned that war tensions could rekindle the ancient Anglo Irish feud as the blockade tightens. In a Christmas Day appeal to America he urged arms and food aid to Ireland, signaling concern over renewed battle with Britain.
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Ramon Devalera
Ire
America
Bire
Britain
Devalera
Ireland
Dublin
Plans to curb vice in Phenix City slated for Dixon review
Governor Frank M. Dixon will receive a set of plans drawn after conferences with army state and local officials to curb vice in Phenix City near the Chattahoochee River. Colonel Walter S Fulton Fort Benning executive officer said post authorities would cooperate. Local officials including Sheriff J. S. Burkh and City Commissioners H. D. Cobb and T. Clayton reported steps to remedy the situation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
Phenix City
Fort Benning
Dixon
T. Weller Smith
Alabama Highway Patrol
Walter $. Fulton
Russell County
Fulton
Chattahoochee River
Smith
J. 8. Bureh
H. D. Cobb
T. Clayton
Torpedo Misses Unidentified Ship Near Azores Harbor
A submarine of unknown nationality fired a torpedo at a ship leaving the Azores port of Santa Maria. The torpedo exploded on the beach, damaging several houses. The Panamanian-flagged vessel reversed course and returned to harbor without incident.
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Putna Deia
Ada
Azores
Santa Maria
Associated Press
Pacific
Punta Delgada
DNB
North Sea
January Draft Call At Morgan County Board Office
Morgan County draft board number one in Decatur issues a call for three white draftees on January 9 and one Negro on January 22. One white and one Negro registrant have volunteered for induction and were sent to Camp McClellan. With 3,508 registered and 800 questionnaires sent, most have been returned as volunteers may be accepted prior to the draw. Employers are urged not to hurry replacements until final physicals at the camp.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Camp McClellan
Hartselle
Dividends Authorized by Morgan County National Bank
The Morgan County National Bank directors authorize a $1.00 per share dividend on common stock payable January 2, 1941 and a 112 percent dividend on outstanding preferred stock payable February 1, 1941. President E. W. McLeod notes a very satisfactory year and optimism for 1941.
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Morgan County National Bank
E. W. McLeod
Putty Puzzle Sparks Odd Family Squabble
In Ogdensburg New York police were called to a domestic dispute over a husband using peanut butter as putty for the windows. The unusual method triggered the argument, highlighting a quirky home remedy gone awry.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Air Armada Skies Swoop In War Reports Across Theatres
War dispatches from Athens London and Melbourne recount Greek submarine sinking three Italian steamers in the Adriatic and a series of air and naval actions. British bombers attack Lorient Southampton docks while Norwegian coast and Pacific actions unfold. Greek troops claim 200 more prisoners near Vailona as Tobruk defense tightens.
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Athens
Adriatic
London
Air Ministry
Lorient
France
Iig
Berlin
Thames Mouth
Melbourne
Australia
Pacific
Nauru
Fleet’arm
RAF
Lyme
Haugesund
Norway
Stavanger
Klisura
Som
Chimara
Vailona
Greeks Take Tepeleni in Balkan Front Fight
Heights taken at Tepeleni as Greek forces seize the Albanian town from Italians. Dispatches report crumpling Italian resistance, artillery pounding, and bayonet charges driving enemy lines. Prisoners taken amid mortars and machine guns, with Italian artillery withdrawing behind the town.
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Athens
Tepeleni
Middle Albania
Weather update for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River gauge was 1845 feet and rising. Temperature ranged from 54 to 67 degrees with 0.20 inch of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Cloudy and colder conditions expected tonight for Alabama and Tennessee, with rain in extreme east and central portions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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