Work on New Morgan County Jail Building Begins
Construction starts Friday as A Berney Jones of Montgomery, the successful bidder at 72750 dollars, directs site setup for a new Morgan county jail adjoining the courthouse. The jail will hold 100 prisoners with insane and ill ward space, and connect to the courthouse via second floor corridors.
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Montgomery
Morgan County
A. A. Munsell
Munsell
Jones Company
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Charles A. McCauley
Birmingham
T. C. Almon
House
Senate
Germany may make fats from coal and shale
Dr Willur Lange, German expatriate from the University of Cincinnati, told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that Germany can produce edible fats from coal by gasifying coal to carbon monoxide and hydrogen and processing it into fat. He noted shale as a larger potential source and warned fats and copper, essential in war, could run short.
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Columbus
Germany
American Association For the Advancement of Science Today
Willur Lange
Basic Science Research Laboratory
University of Cincinnati
University of Berlin
Lange
Roosevelt Jr and wife hurt in Virginia car crash
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and his wife Ethel du Pont were injured in a late afternoon accident near Paris Virginia. They were admitted to a Winchester hospital with initial reports indicating no serious injuries.
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Winchester
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Paris
Ethel du Pont
Boyce
Kenneth H. Gilpin
State Highway Commission
Washington
White House
Franklin, Jr
Sparkman Plans Return To Washington For Open of Congress
Congressman John Sparkman told friends during a Decatur visit that he will go to Washington Monday to attend the opening of Congress. He spent time at the home of Homer Jones, superintendent of the Cooper-Wells Company, who has been ill for several weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Decatur
Congressman Sparkman
Homer Jones
Cooper-Wells Company
Bell Named Undersecretary of the Treasury
President Roosevelt announced the nomination of Daniel W. Bell former acting budget director to the post of undersecretary of the treasury. Bell will be submitted to the Senate when Congress assembles and may remain outside the civil service for years without losing status.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
the Treasury
Senate
Congress
Bell
Secretary of the Treasury
Winter grips nation with bitter cold across Dakotas to Mississippi Valley
The Associated Press reports widespread frigid conditions as New Year celebrations approach. Bismarck N D records 13 below zero while Pierre S D hits 10 below. Concordia Kan and Ballantine Neb at minus 5. Dodge City Kan near zero. Snow blankets Ohio Valley and Dakotas. deep south sees light rain. Boston 22, Eastport 13. Frost stretches to Texas coast. Georgia Alabama colder than some northern areas with Knoxville 34, Augusta 32, Atlanta 31, Montgomery 31.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Bismark
N. D
Pierre
S. D
Concordia
Kas
Ballentine
Neb
Dodge City
Ohio Valley
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Minnesota
Alabama
Kentucky
Boston
Eastport
Virginia
Texas
Georgia
Knoxville
Tenn
Norfolk
Augusta
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Suggested Pay Scale For State Workers For Study
Alabama's 4855 merit system employees are grouped into 398 classifications in a proposed pay plan by Personnel Director I J Browder. The plan awaits review by department heads and approval by Governor Dixon and the personnel board. It compresses salaries into fixed ranges and raises for many in lower brackets while cutting some in higher ones, with a later merit raises opportunity for new hires.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
I. J. Browder
Browder
Dixon
Erk. Messenger
Mystery surrounds 7 year old cafe entertainer death in Los Angeles
Police probe deepens after the nude body of a seven year old cafe entertainer is found in an abandoned coal yard near Los Angeles. The victim shows knife wounds and signs of a struggle. Witness Peggy Clark links the slain girl's companion to a man with money and squint eyes. The case traces to Mrs. Burns and her past, with the body to be sent to Fort Worth for burial beside a brother.
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Los Angeles
Alice
Jerry) Burns
L. C
Curly) Burns
San Bernardino
Cal
Peggy Clark
Jack Cody
Miles Ledbetter
Lloyd Hurst
Miss Clark
Burns
Clark
Fort Worth
Texas
William D. Woodruff
Jake Johnson
State Reformatory For Girls
Gainesville
California
Larry
Peach May Seek Alabama Supreme Court Vacancy
AP reports from Montgomery that Decatur attorney John Peach maybe a candidate for the Alabama Supreme Court if a vacancy occurs. Rumors also link Chief Justice John C. Anderson to retirement and possible succession plans involving Justice Garner and Peach.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
John Peach
Decatur
Alabama Supreme Court
Justice Garner
Anderson
Mr. Peach
Four Injured In Bee Line Hwy Crash Between Car And Truck
A head on collision on Bee Line highway a mile north of the Tennessee river left four people injured, three seriously. Dr B Wy and two young daughters suffered multiple fractures and facial injuries while Felton Dyer, driver of the truck, had head injuries and bruises. The wreck damaged the vehicles and cableways. officials investigated but could not question the injured due to their condition.
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Bee Line Highway
Tennessee River
Dr B. Wy
Shoalford
Limestone Vom
Joyce
Mary Frances
Felton Dyer
Decatur
Bryan
W. H. Anderson
Prospect Drive
Toay
Sanders Pusch
H. L. Thornton
FE. B. Payne
Valuable Navy plans destroyed in Revere fire
A fire at the reverse brass foundry plant in Revere Massachusetts destroyed valuable United States Navy patents for destroyer casting designs. Damage was estimated at 15000 dollars. Fire Chief Thomas J. McCarrick suspected sabotage and would involve state police and fire marshal's office.
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Revere
Mass
United States Navy
Reverse Brass Foundry
Thomas J. McCarrick
McCarrick
Bath
4 H Club enrollment tops 101 thousand in Alabama
Alabama 4-H enrollment reached 101 415 in 1939 reports State 4-H leader T A Sims. Rural youths worked through 9 256 clubs scattered across the state.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
T. A. Sims
Scarlerhette Dance Created by Georgia Teachers
About 90 Georgia dancing teachers at a state convention in Atlanta devised the Scarlerhette dance inspired by Gone With The Wind characters Scarlett and Rhett. The routine features a back foot tap and a sequence of stops named after book moments and could adapt to rhumba tango or fox trot.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Scarlerhette
Rhett
Margaret’ Mitchell
Tara
Scarlett
Biggest war craft likely to lead future naval arms race
Washington officials indicate a new 65,000 ton battleship design dubbed the future fleet’s flagship may see four hulls begun in coming years. Navy plans foresee high gunpower armor and speed, with costs around 130000 dollars per vessel, outclassing existing battleships and shaping early 20th century naval strategy.
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Washington
Navya
House
Navy
Robbers Strike Twice as Store Returns Loot
A South Boston Virginia store reported a second break in within one night. An early morning employee surprised the thieves as they left again. Officials concluded the same raiders were responsible since, in addition to 13 suits and other goods taken on the second visit, the first robbery loot, though worn, was returned.
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South Boston
Tey Woods
Ous
Turkey
Death toll in Anatolia rises toward fifty thousand
An quake struck central Anatolia causing massive loss of life with officials fearing up to 50 000 dead as thousands more perish from exposure starvation and disease. Relief trains rush aid while communication lines fail and aftershocks worsen the disaster.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Erzincan
Finns report heavy fighting as Russian push continues
Finnish command says 600 Russians killed at Kelja and new Red Army offensives along the Leningrad Viipuri railway and Lake Suvanto area. capture of tanks and heavy enemy losses reported. British ship Resercho sinks after mine in North Sea. nine crew rescued. Reports of Russian ski troops en route to Finland and reorganization of Soviet command amid censorship and war news controls.
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Kelja
Red Army
Leningrad
Viipuri
Lake Suvanto
Karelian
Sysky Lake
London
Resercho
North Sea
Copenhagen
Finland
Siberia
Caucasus
Germany
Scotland
Ges
Murmansk
Russia
G. M. Stern
Far Eastern
Japan
K. A. Meretskoff
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee river stood at 164 feet with 49 as the high and 33 as the low in the last 24 hours and trace rainfall reported. Alabama experienced fair to cold conditions with frost in the north and freezing in the south, interior temperatures 24 to 28 and 28 to 39 along the coast. Tennessee saw cloudy skies with light rain or snow in the east and continued cold air tonight.
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Tennessee
Alabama
South
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