State curb on New Year drinks varies by state
A fragmented report notes how liquor sale hours differ across states for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Michigan eyes extending sale hours, Indiana enforces post midnight bans, and other states like Connecticut Maine Minnesota Wyoming and Georgia show a patchwork of rules and exceptions affecting who can drink when.
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Michigan
Loren Dickinso
Ardent Dry
Michigan Liquor Commission
Commission
Indiana
Wyoming
Connecticut
Minnesota
Maine
Atlanta
Londoner’s Blitz Day Commute Through Bombs and Tunnels
A first person account describes a morning journey through blitz era London. The narrator notes bus delays, crowded Underground tunnels, and avoidance of planes overhead as bombs fall nearby. Despite danger, the commuter reaches the office on time, celebrating resilient routines amid air raids.
Commodity Markets Mixed as Stocks Rise While Grains and Cattle Move
Market volumes show 1.7 million shares traded with stocks edging higher by small margins led by scattered gainers while overall advances remain modest. In Nashville, cattle and calves move steady with prime fed steers and heifers offering 6.00 to 9.50. vealers to 12.50. Cotton rebounded to near session highs with futures closing 8 to 11 points up and the middling around 10.60.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Nashville
Tent
U. & Dept. Agr
Smouldering AP Building Hit in German Raid
Three bombs struck the roof during a Sunday night attack by the German air force on the Associated Press newsroom in London. Flames spread quickly, forcing the 12 staffers and Canadian Press personnel to evacuate. William W White of Boulder, night editor, set up temporary operations in the Press Association newsroom. The Tudor Street site near Blackfriars Bridge had previously seen a bomb crater outside, briefly halting AP work.
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The
Press Association
William W White
Boulder
Colo
Associated Press
Press Ration
London
Associated, Press
City of London
Tudor Street
Freet Street
River Thames
Blackfriars Bridge
William W. White
Eire
Ireland
Associated Press of
Great Britain
Indictment Returned in Slaying of Georgia Officer
Ringgold Ga December 10 The grand jury in special session indicted Charles Coates 29 for the slaying of Corporal W F Black a Georgia Highway patrolman The slayer an escaped life term convict was captured in Tennessee after a five day hunt with bloodhounds and a posse Indictment returned as officers head to Ringgold with their prisoner for a preliminary hearing Trial on the indictment set tentatively for Thursday
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Ringgold
Charles Coates
Georgia
W. F. Black
Georgia Safety
Lon Sullivan
Tennessee
Army annex adds space for Garand rifle production
Springfield mass December 30 United States takes possession of 114000 feet of new annex space at the feld army arsenal built at a cost of 800000 dollars. The facility will house machinery for manufacturing the Garand semi automatic rifle. Officials expect full operation by March and output to reach 1000 rifles daily by next summer.
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Springfield
Mass
United States
Feld Armory
Army
Markets at a Glance Highlights Diverse Market Moves
New York stock activity shows firming and extended rally in industrials while bonds rise and corporate yields improve. Foreign exchange quiet with the Canadian dollar dipping. Cotton firm on New Orleans demand. Sugar narrow with short covering and liquidation. Metals steady as steel operations run. Wool tops higher due to commission house and trade buying. Chicago wheat firm on demand expectations. Corn firm from rising shipping sales. Hogs active with strength, cattle slow to weak.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission House
Chicago
Local Princess Theatre to Host Virginia McGraw World Frolics
Virginia McGraw a former Decatur resident now in Birmingham headlines the Princess Theatre New Year’s Eve show with her Worlds Fair Frolics. The eight act program features the Southern Belles trio and Birmingham talent including Misses Jeane Ruth Wilson Edith Laumer Frances Dorn Latmer Gordy Germany and Chelsea Mabry.
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Virginia McGraw
Miss McGraw
Decatur
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South
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Ruth Wilson
New York
G. P. Banniva
Wilson
Edith Laumer
Frances Dorn
Dorn
Laumer
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Latmer
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Georgia
Gordy Germany
Miss Dorn
McGraw
Chelsea Mabry
Saron Dance Studio
Funeral rites for Earle Davis Held At Athens
Davis rushed a fatally injured farmer to Limestone County Hospital in Athens where doctors found a crushed skull. The driver requested highway patrol, but no charges were filed. Davis was allowed to proceed. Funeral services were held at 1 30 this afternoon for Earle Davis. He leaves a wife two sons and three daughters.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co payment for enlisted employees
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co announced that employees entering United States military service will receive 20 percent of their wages up to $100 a month for a full year. The company will also pay group life insurance premiums for the same period. Applies to full-time and part-time workers with at least 30 hours weekly and six months continuous service, retroactive to those who joined since last March 1.
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New York
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
United States
Yes
Noted house burns in bombing near Fleet Street
London reports a memorial house once lived in by Dr. Samuel Johnson was destroyed in last night's bombing, with the first edition of his Dictionary saved. The residence on Gougn Square near Fleet Street had sheltered the lexicographer essayist-critic for a decade.
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London
Memorial House
Samuel Johnson
Fleet Street
Evangelist Opens Revival Campaign in City
Dr. M. F. Ham begins a city revival at Central Baptist Church delivering three sermons on the first day. He urges repentance and obedience to Christ, warning that hearing the Gospel without heeding it worsens one’s state, and outlines weekday services and a 7 PM address on unbelief with a 7:30 PM evening sermon. The program features a choir and congregational singing led by Rev Homer Britton.
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M. F. Ham
Central Baptist Church
Pitio Menage
Ham
Isare
Kadern- Barnea
Christ
Homer Britton
Roosevelt Urges Wartime Resolve and Expanded Defense Effort
President Roosevelt tells the nation that liberty and security depend on victory in warlike effort, urging large scale munitions production, continued aid to Britain, and a firm stand against axis forces. He warns against business as usual and calls for unity, sacrifice, and a rapid defense build up.
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Roosevelt
Britain
Axis
Jamestown
U. S
Mr. Roosevelt
AP Bureau in London Fire Raid Destruction Told
William A White describes the Associated Press London building being hit by incendiary bombs in a devastating raid. Staff fought fires, saved equipment, and moved to basement offices while communication lines failed and all five floors burned.
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William J. Humphreys
Hugh Wagnon
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Robert Bunnelle
Tom Yarbrough
Drew Middleton
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British Press Association
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Yarbrough
Edwin Stout
Wall
Humphreys
De Gaulle Appeals to French to Aid Anglo Allied Cause
The article analyzes Hitler's options against Britain and France, noting France's resistance to aiding Germany. De Gaulle, leader of the Free French, urged all French to support the Allied fight, emphasizing that North Africa Syria and the French fleet would join the allies.
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Britain
France
Puehrer
England
de Gaulle
Mediterranean
Marshal Pe Bie Strel
Decatur's Diary Highlights Holiday Travel and Illness
Decatur notes reveal Dr and Mrs Francez returning to Crowley Louisiana after Christmas visit with family. Several locals host and visit kin in Florence St Louis Warren Birmingham Haleyville and Pulaski while others face flu illness. Community events include church services bank closures for New Year and Elks banquet with wife attendance.
Roosevelt fireside chat stirs mixed foreign reaction
French officials deem it sensational while others doubt its impact, noting lack of defense production proof. In Rome Gayda warns Axis tolerance is limited and hints United States actions could edge toward war. Tokyo unofficial sources view Roosevelt as pledging more aid to China as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo pact draws sharp focus. Christian Science Monitor argues Roosevelt defined America’s clear choice between defense and isolation.
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Rome-Berlin
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Siesta
Tokyo
China
Japan
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Gener Chiang -Shek
Kichisaburo Nomura
Yosuke Matsuoka
Christian Science Monitor
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Roosevelt Persuades National Policy Support
The piece notes President Roosevelt using potent persuasion to unite the country behind a policy. It predicts rational citizens will back the advised course and awaits his full exposition of the plan and details.
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Baltimore Sun
Ind
Roosevelt
New Year Voyage Theme At Student Day Service
At Central Goecnodia Church students received words of encouragement. The pastor urged preparation for 1941 with three sailing tools: Holy Spirit power, a Bible directed compass, and Jesus as pilot. He warned of 1940 storms and called Jesus the Son of God and Saviour.
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Goecnodia
Orece
Norway
Low Counties
France
Dunkerque
Britain
Jesus
Allied convoy gains and sinking of Baden hit by fleet
More convoy activity on Christmas morning as allied forces sank the 8 025 ton German steamer Baden, believed to be the raider's supply ship. The Nazi high command claimed they destroyed a 6,000 ton British vessel and hit a heavy cruiser before it broke off. Snow hampered the Greek campaign in Albania as Greeks fought near Valona with an Athens spokesman noting lines pushed forward appreciably.
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Baden
High Command
Albania
Valona
Athens
President’s address praised for steady national defense call
Cleveland News reports the president’s message as confident and determined to place national defense ahead of all else. The paper notes no class war on private enterprise and believes the administration’s course will meet the tremendous national task ahead.
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Cleveland News
Rep
Presidential leadership praised as reassuring in national emergency
The address is described as noble and motive free, offering the American people leadership in a great national and world emergency. It is framed as a direct response to the Berlin agreement signed in September by the Axis and Japan, setting a standard for those safeguarding the country and world of free government to rally around.
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Ind
Berlin
Japan
No nation can appease the Nazis, says the president
The Atlanta Journal reports the president denounces appeasement, calling it the work dictators want done in the United States. He warns that those urging appeasement in America hinder the great arsenal of democracy, urging wholehearted national cooperation.
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Atlanta Journal
Dem
United States
America
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