Alabama reports 23 million investment in 1989 industries
The Alabama State Chamber of Commerce says 1989 brought a 23 million dollar industrial investment across the state. About 20 million went to expansions, 3 million to new establishments. Sixty four new industries started, 55 existing ones ended, and a 4 million dollar building program by Alabama Power topped the year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Power Company
No Woman Fatally Hurt In Wreck on Highway
Prospect for cotton rosy for new year as 1939 ends with a booming market. Reports note war in Europe, export subsidies, and rising prices shaping the cotton trade into 1940. Analysts project higher demand if conflict continues, with December contracts near 11 to 12 cents per pound and year end prices well above 1938.
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Edward Pagnac
New Orleans
Europe
Burglars Target Several Businesses Including Mayor Owner’s Shop
Nighttime breaks hit Walker Transfer Co and Almon’s Blacksmith Shop on First Avenue with stolen motors. H and H Machine Works and the rear foundry also entered. Mayor T R Harrison owns the third site. Willie Partain alerted police from Home Oil Mill, aiding the investigation as officers pursue suspects.
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W. P. Moore
Walker Transfer Co
E. Moulton Street
Almon’s
First Avenue
H. & H. Machine Works
W. Maw Street
T. R. Harrison
Machine Company
Willie Partain
Home Oil Mill
Moulton Street
Machine Works
Military maneuvers mimic war conditions for Southern summer
Atlanta dispatch reports that military maneuvers involving about 50,000 soldiers will be held in the South this summer. The exercise is designed to feel like actual war conditions, with participants standing ready for combat readiness.
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Atlamta
Eight year old wounded in brother's shooting game
Watertown South Dakota reports Jerry Mitchell eight year old boy was critically wounded by a rifle shot fired by his brother Donald Mitchell fourteen during a so called game. The bullet struck above the head after a paint can was used as a target. Donald confessed crying over the incident and expressing hope for Jerry’s recovery.
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Watertown
Jerry Mitchell
Jerry
Donald Mitchell
Donald
Athens Woman Dies of Heart Attack at 83
Mrs. Alice Jones aged 83 died this morning at three o'clock at her home in Athens from a heart attack. She was widow of Bill Jones former Limestone county tax collector. Survived by daughter Miss Georgia Jones. Funeral Sunday at ten at home with Rev. U S Pitts and Rev. G M Hall officiating. Interment Lebanon cemetery with McConnell directing. Pallbearers listed.
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Alice Jones
Athens
Bill Jones
Limestone County
Georgia Jones
U. S. Pitts
G.M. Hall
Lebanon Cemetery
McConnell
R.nichols
J.-E. Beasley
M.J._Easter
W. P. Chandler
John Coffman
Herbert Dupree
Horace Beasley
Face Lifting of B Line Set in Alabama in 1940
Alabama will upgrade the Bee Line from the South into Birmingham with a four lane road from Shades Mountain into Homewood and a four lane rebuild from Homewood over Red Mountain into Birmingham. The project will remove two hairpin curves and widen all bends to improve safety for faster travel. The route is a major tourist corridor from the Midwest to Florida and the Deep South.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Bee Line
State Highway Department
WPA
Shades Mountain
Homewood
Birmingham-Montgomery
Red Mountain
Middle West
Florida
Deep South
Republicans to Be Guests of Honor at Demo Dinner
The Jackson Day dinner in Washington plans to honor Republican congressional leaders with invitations for February 8. President Roosevelt’s address is described as non-partisan, amid talk on unity and potential third-term questions. Ticketed guests include Senators McNary and Austin and Rep. Martin, with $100 per plate.
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Arold Oliver
Jack Bellington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Velit
McNary
Oregon
Austin
Vermont
Senate
Massachusetts
House
Cummings
Bee Line tragedy claims Fresno woman in Athens crash
Mrs Clara Fowler 37 of Fresno California died after a 1939 Buick left the road 11 miles north of Athens. Her sister Miss Charlotte Taylor of Houston was injured but discharged. Taylor said she struck a slow sign and was sideswiped before the vehicle rolled over. Fowler leaves a husband two sons and a daughter. Funeral arrangements were set in Athens with transport to Fresno.
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Athens
Clara Fowler
Q Street
Prego
California
Charlotte Taylor
Houston
Texas
R.A. Troupe
Fowler _wtal
Decatur
Fresno
Raymond Cope
Detroit
F. R. Frisby
Los Angeles
Jewel Drybread
Ittabena
Miss Taylor
Ruth Hopper Phillips Ramsey
George
Kansas City
Independence
Ramsey
Olney
Evansville
Ind
Seven sect members indicted for involuntary manslaughter in Tennessee
In Lawrenceburg Tennessee seven members of a rural religious sect are indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly infusing medical treatment in five deaths within a year. The defendants include Joe Brady Ashley Luna and his wife Charles Gray and wife Lowell McGee and wife and others. Bonds were set at 500 dollars each.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Faith
Paul Bumpus
Joe Brady
Ashley Luna
Charles Gray
Lowell McGee
Bugdy
New Year Midnight Shows Planned at Princess and Capitol
Both the Princess and Capitol Theatres plan midnight New Year shows Sunday night. The Princess program starts at 11 30 o clock with entertainment for midnighters as they greet another year.
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Princess
Capitol Theatres
Capitol
Decatur Sees Warm Sun After Coldest Night Since February
A bright sunlit day warmed Decatur after a record low of 20 degrees overnight. The 24 hour low from Friday to Saturday morning was 20, with earlier dates in February and 1938 showing similarly frigid temps. Snow spread across the mid Atlantic and New England, with deaths reported from sledding, shoveling, and a skidding truck.
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Middle Atlantic
New England
Boston
Alabama Thaws After Overnight Freeze Delivers Light Crop Damage
Temperatures rose across the state after a nightly freeze from the Tennessee line to the gulf. Frost blanketed Alabama but agricultural experts say there was little crop damage. Readings include Montgomery 28 Birmingham 20 Mobile 30 Dothan 30 Florence 15 Evergreen 25. The 9 am thermometer stood at 32 in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee
Gulf
U. S
Birmingham
Mobile
Dothan
Florence
Evergreen
Arrest Made In Owensboro Kentucky Housebreaking Case
Owensboro police arrested Jimmie Gwaltney on a housebreaking charge after he was found near the city Saturday. Chief W P Moo Whitmire led the arrest as officers returned Gwaltney to Owensboro to face charges.
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Owensboro
Kentucky
Jimmie Gwaltney
Gwaltney
W.P. Moo
B. Whitmire
Train wreck kills dozens near Naples
At Torre Annunziata Station 40 people died and 10 were wounded when an express train hit a troop train on a siding. The crash halted rescue efforts in heavy snow as vehicles ferried the injured to hospitals in Torre Annunziata and Naples.
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Naples
Torre Annunziata
Here
Torre Annunziata” Hospital
Calabria
Italy
Courthouse Closure Announced for New Year Holiday
County officials state all courthouse offices will close Monday for New Years. Those with business at the sheriffs office are urged to call the county jail instead for assistance.
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Sheriffs
Alabama Power Company Pays City Taxes in Full
Alabama Power Company Saturday paid their city taxes totaling 938.07. The city schools’ share of the tax money will be 781.33. The report notes the utility also paid county taxes in part.
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Alabama Power Company
the Power Company
Bridges Cleared Of Communist Affiliation In Deportation Review
The Landis report found Harry Bridges energetic radicalism but no proof of membership or formal affiliation with the Communist party. Secretary Perkins weighs whether to cancel Bridges deportation. Bridges welcomes the ruling and vows to push for workers' rights while rejecting red baiting.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
CIO
Australia
Labor
Perkins
James M. Landis
Harvard —Law School
Bridges
Landis
Perekins
Labor Department
Miss Perking
Are
San Francisco
Dean Landis
New
Business executives set to boost output after holidays
New York December 30. Business leaders expect a strong postholiday rebound in U S industrial activity with factory operations near 90 percent of capacity in January, led by steel mills and automobile and general manufacturing. Electric power output hit a record high and railway freight rose well above year ago levels.
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Paul D. Gesner
New York
Manu
Associated Press
Raw Recruits Replaced by Crack Men in Finnish War
Helsinki reports indicate veteran Red troops replace easlow conscripts under heavy artillery on the Karelian Isthmus. Balloons used for reconnaissance appear limited as Finnish forces dig in the woods around Viipuri and Koivisto. Russian plans for a general drive gain credibility amid reports of command changes and crossings near Salla and Kemijarvi.
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Helsinki
Red
Easlow
Minland
Karelian
Wspeviese
Russia
K. A. Meret Skoff
Finland
Moscow
G. M. Stern
Meretskoff
Viipuri
Koivisto
Leningrad-Viipuri
Isthumus
Murmansk
Copenhagen
Rinne
Kurt “Marttl Wallenius
Kemijarvi
Salla
Etsamo
Arctic
Problems of the home front in wartime Europe
The Associated Press outlines new year challenges as occupied Britain France and Germany face a Germany war-split Europe and ongoing conflict on the western front. Continued on Cage Two.
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Associated Press
Britain
France
Germany
Europe
Cage
Weather brief for Tennessee and Gulf states with cold snap
The Tennessee river remained stationary at 164 feet with a 41 degree high and 20 degree low recorded. Friday night marked the city’s coldest since February 23 at 18 degrees. no rain fell in the 24 hour period ending 7 am Saturday. Alabama inland areas fair but cold with frost in the south, 24 to 30 tonight. Sunday fair to partly cloudy with warming in the south and central regions. Winds light and variable as the outlook extends across the East Gulf and South Atlantic states toward midweek with possible rain in the northern South Atlantic region and colder conditions late week.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Albany
Buffalo
Philadelpia
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New England
Boston
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Hannibal
Milwaukee
Nebraska
South
Carolina Coast
Gulf States
Texas
Atlanta
Alabama
Montgomery
Tennessee
East Gulf States
South Atlantic States
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Southern Broom Company
Wood Products Company
Monroeville
American Basket
Bay Minette
Seminole Bottling Company
Huntsville
Western Printing
Fairhope
Kant ‘Hosiery
St . Clarke
Jackson
U. S. Water Heater Company
Bessemer
Gas’ Ag Electric
Farmers Feed Mill
Peanut
Hartford
W. J. Ray Manufacturing Company
Greenville
Martin Stamping & Stove Works
Carlton Oc. Brown
Walker Springs
Skyline Industrial Company
Skyline
Abbeville
Manufacturing Company
Cheaha Packing Company
Anniston
Manganese Corporation
State Producers and Processing Cooperative
Ass'n
Bear Creek
Rotary Manufacturing Company, Inc
Truscon Steel Company
Gadsden
Alabama Canning Company
Roanoke
Pan-American Shell Corporation
Great Britain
United States
WRIA
William Tel
District of Columbia
Clifornia
Mercury
The
Kentucky Police
Harvard
Alabama Power
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