Firefighters Trapped as Collins Block Collapses in Syracuse
Eight firemen trapped for hours as a five story Collins block office building collapses after a blaze in Syracuse. A ninth rescuer, William F. Moore, is saved critically injured. several others treated for minor injuries. Authorities mobilize city resources and recall families as voices were once heard from the ruins.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Frank M. Savage
Resuma Ee Phekeh
Petion
William F. Moore
Senator Norris Opposes Cost of Production Farm Bill
Senator Norris of Indiana and Nebraska publicly opposed the cost of production farm bill he had sponsored in past years. A DeMolay meeting saw inclement weather reduce attendance and postpone officer elections. The Danville road underpass became nearly impassable due to water after a heavy downpour.
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Washington
Norris
Ind-Neb
Danville Road
Prin cess Theatre ticket giveaway in Want Ad readers
Daily ticket draw announced for Want Ad readers offering free passes to the Princess Theatre. Read the ads each day to find your chance and watch for home listings guiding readers to participate.
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Princess Theatre
Stranger Found Dead In Car Near Athens
Limestone county officials seek to identify an elderly man found in an old Essex near a highway nine miles north of Athens. Sheriff Whitt suspects suicide by carbon monoxide, with clues including Ohio license plates removed, a Berea Ohio hat band, racing paraphernalia, two watches, and spotless clothing. The body was taken to Mc Connell's funeral home as investigations continue with state highway patrol assistance.
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Limestone County
Athens
Martin Whitt
Berea
Ohio
McConnell
R. H. McConnell
Cold wave forecast for North and Central Alabama
A cold wave was forecast for North and Central Alabama with freezing temps possible as far south as coast counties and the Tennessee Valley. Birmingham's forecast calls for 24 to 28 degrees while northern counties may see near 20. Rain and heavy storms hit the Tennessee Valley with 3.03 inches at Florence and 2.72 at Huntsville.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Coast
Tennessee Valley
Florence
Huntsville
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Plains
Ohio River
Cairo
Pittsburgh
Spanish War Vets Plan Meeting at Courthouse Sunday
Spanish war veterans with 1939 officers to be installed at the courthouse meeting Sunday afternoon February 5 at 2 o clock. Adjutant J H Albee will distribute blank forms for lost discharge hospital care death pensions headstones burial expenses and more and assist veterans or families. Observance of Maine Day at the Tutwiler hotel Birmingham is invited for February 12.
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J. H. Albee
Albes
Tutwiler
Birmingham
Snow halts local party on Illinois trip to Moody week
Rev and Mrs Britton with daughter and Edward Sivley report a blizzard near Evansville delayed their drive to Chicago. They arrived Monday at 6 30 pm tired but safe and recount Moody Bible Institute Founder's Week as unusually uplifting. They plan to reach Decatur next Monday and services proceed at Central Baptist with Dr Green selecting a visiting minister.
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Moody Bible Institute
Dwight L. Moody
Decatur
D. F. Green
Cowell
Florida
Alabama Traffic Fatalities Decline in 1938 Report
Montgomery Alabama February 3 1939 an Alabama highway patrol annual accident report shows fatalities fell to 592 in 1938 from 663 in 1937 a decrease of 51. Chief T Weller Smith notes no flat speed limit he favors speed zones after thorough surveys but a bill proposing a 50 mph maximum remains before the state legislature.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Highway Patrol
T. Weller Smith
Postponed Olde Fokes Concert At Morgan County High
The repeat performance of the Olde Fokes Concert at Morgan County High School Hartsville tonight is postponed due to bad weather. The program was held previously at Riverside Auditorium with a full house and featured choir members from Decatur.
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Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Riverside Auditorium
Decatur
Hubbard to Direct Scout Work in Area
The Tennessee Valley council Boy Scouts announces the resignation of Scout executive Barney E. Norris effective March 1 and welcomes Hubbard, a 39 year old from Macon Mississippi with extensive Scout leadership, as the new field executive directing all Scout work in the region.
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Hubbard
Tennessee Valley Council, Boy Scouts
Barney E. Norris
Norris
North Alabama
Tennessee Valley Council
Mr. Norris
Delta Council
Clarksdale
Miss
Andrew Jackson Council
Mr. Hubbard
Macon
Mississippi State College
East Mississippi Council
Columbus
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Kikanis Club
Mortimer Schiff
Attalla Girl Dies After Car Plunges Off Banked Road
Mary Putman a 19 year old Attalla resident was fatally injured when the automobile she rode in left Lookout Mountain road and plunged 30 feet into a gulch last night in Gadsden Alabama authorities reported The crash occurred on Lookout Mountain road and the victim died from her injuries at the scene.
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Gadsden
Ala
Mary Putman
Attalla
Lookout Mountain Road
TAX MEASURE UNCHANGED BY SENATE VOTES
The Alabama Senate passed a bill to reenact the two per cent sales tax by a 28 to 6 vote and sent it to Governor Dixon for signature. Administration forces rejected amendments to exempt certain items and to require sales records hearings, keeping the bill as it came from the House with limited exemptions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Dixon
House
Finance and Taxation Committee
Joe Poole
Senate
Daniel R.boyd
Roanoke
Hayse Tucker
Tuscaloosa
Tucker
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Poole
Butler
Watking Johnston
Tuskegee
A. Armichael
Charles Stakely
Mooresville Bee Line Road Paving Project Underway
A 50 man WPA Limestone County paving crew works on the four mile Bee Line Highway Mooresville road. The $50,000 project funded by Limestone County and the Works Administration aims to grade drain gravel base and surface two miles before summer. The road will be double bituminous with 20 foot paving and an 80 foot right of way.
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Bee Line Highway
Mooresville
Limestone County
Madison County
The
Works Administration
WPA
R. W. Shepherd
WPA Area One
Shepherd
Air Reserve Corps Hires to Expand Training for Reserve Fliers
Washington data show the Army Air Corps examines ways to intensify reserve fliers training while it adds pilots for new warplanes requested by President Roosevelt. About 2,400 inactive reservists form a defense backlog. officials say thousands more may join, with demands for more instructors and higher pay.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Roosevelt
National Defense
Congress
Air Corps
Army
West Point of the Air
Randolph Field
Texas
Pleadings On Railroad Case Proceed In Equity Court
Lawyers for the Louisville and Nashville and the Southern Railway argued in the equity division of Circuit court over a 99 year contract tied to construction serving mining districts south of Birmingham. The case seeks a declaratory judgment to fix each line’s share of expenses as spurs and some mines have been abandoned. Representing the Southern were H A Lynne A H Carmichael Sidney A Alderman Sidney R Price Jr and Melvin Hutson. For L N were Charles H Eyster Steiner Crum Weil J H McChord and EB S Jouett.
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A. A. Griffith
L. & N. Railroad
Southern Railway Co
Equity
Circuit Court
Birmingham
Southern
A. Lynne
Decatur
A. H. Carmichael
Tuscumbia
Sidney A. Alderman
Washington, D. C
The
Sidney R. Price, Jr
Washington
Melvin Hutson
Charles H. Eyster
Steiner
Badgett quadruplets born in Galveston with school offer
Life begins for the Badgett quadruplets in Galveston as gifts and plans for college education appear. The newborns Jeanne, Joyce, Jeraldine, and Joan show normal signs. Dr. Richardson of Hardin Simmons University pledges support for their future Christian citizenship while family memories of early quadruplets are recalled.
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Galveston
Tex
Jeanette
Joyce
Jeraldine
Joan
R. M. Richardson
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
B. F. Kennedy
Fort Worth
Redwater
Texarkana
Faith
Hope
Charity
Ben Warden
Austin
J. W. Jinkins
W. E. Badgett
Mrs. Mattie Long dies after long illness at Decatur
Mrs. Mattie Helen Long widow of S. T. Long died at 2 15 p m Thursday at her West Moulton street home after a long illness. Funeral from her home Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Archibald Rev Cook and Rev Dobbs officiating. Burial in City cemetery directed by Brown. Survived by two daughters Corrine Long Griffin of Decatur Gertrude Long Abel of Birmingham one grandson 8 T Abel Birmingham and brother Alex Stroup Decatur. Pallbearers named. She belonged to Enon Baptist church for over 50 years and was regarded as devout and cheerful during illness.
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Mattie Helen Long
S. T. Long
West Moulton Street
R. L. Archibald
R. D. Cook
Cc. L. Dobbs
Brown
City Cemetery
Alabama
Mississippi
Stroup
Norris Boycotts Germany Italy and Japan
Senator Norris of Nebraska announces a personal boycott of products from Germany Italy and Japan, saying he will not buy anything from those nations if he knows its origin. The statement comes amid wartime tensions and calls for economic pressure.
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Washington
Norrig
Ind
Germany
Italy
Japan
Roosevelt Denies Frontier Rests Abroad Lie
President Roosevelt dismissed reports claiming he said the American frontier lies on the Rhine or in France. He called such statements false, saying most accounts were manufactured by agitators and misrepresented U.S. policy during a press conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rhine
America
France
Senate Military Committee
U S seeks explanation for bitter attacks on President in Italian press
The United States embassy asked Italy for a reply after fascist papers launched hostile coverage of the U S president. The polemic followed remarks quoted by a Senate committee saying U S frontiers lay in France, with Gayda leading the propaganda for three days.
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Rome
United States
Senate
France
America
Rhine
Virginio Gayda
Pas¢ism
Roosevelt reiterates simple foreign policy in address
President Roosevelt defends a non entangling alliance stance and open world trade. He opposes agitation from politicians and newspaper owners, says foreign policy should stay out of politics, and asserts his 1940 plans were clear in his congressional message.
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Roosevelt
Connec
Senate
House
Congress
Tennessee River Gauge and Rainfall Report
The Tennessee river gauge reached 179 feet today with a rise noted. Temperatures ranged from a high of 66 to a low of 39 degrees in the past 24 hours, and rainfall measured 3.15 inches. Alabama forecast calls for cloudy south with rain or snow in the north this afternoon and possible tonight, with Saturday mostly fair and a strong cold front in the night and near the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Mort
Central
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Raymond E. Bauder
Thomas J. Dugan
John W. Agan
James E. Diamond
G. Michael Dixon
Frank Karlan
Warren Ostrander
Clayton Crandall
Public Works Department
Fire Department
Sheriff Whitt
Delta
Bill
Bee Line
AIR Reserve Corps
R. R
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