Weather, prices, and community notices span Decatur
Light rain in the north, warmer tonight. Tennessee river at 17.25 feet, max 49, min 42. Cotton prices posted: strict middling 19.00, middling 18.75, strict low 18.00, low 17.25. Local theater listings include The Men In Her Life at the Princess Hello Sucker at the Roxy Charlie Chan in Rio at the Capitol. Moonlight news cover Lieut Burnham returns to duty at Tang School Maxwell Field. Local officials report county affairs and obituaries, church services, hospital updates, and civic notices. John W Sandlin’s birthday dinner planned with family at 301 9th Ave South.
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The
Princess
Roxy
Rio
Capitol
John W. Sandlin
Decatur
9Th. Ave
South
Mr. Sandlin
Edward G. Sandlin
Wavell Says Allied Reinforcements To Far Pacific
Gen Sir Archibald Wavell announced that the United States and Britain are sending great reinforcements to the Far Pacific theater. He urged time to deploy these forces as Japan presses the siege of Singapore with renewed air and artillery attacks.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Archibald P. Wavell
United States
Britain
Pacific
Singapore
Johore Atrait
Wavell
North Africa
Dutch East Indies
Amboina Island
Indies
Australia
Tokyo Radio
Amboina
British North Borneo
Berlin
Imperial
House Approves 500 Million Aid for China War Effort
The House passed a 500 million dollar appropriation to aid China after a swift vote. Reports from Manila and Batavia describe a local attack on MacArthur's left flank at Bat yan repulsed and seven American bombers sinking two Japanese transports at Balikpapan, Borneo, on February 2.
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Washington
House
Senate
China
MacArthur
Baten
Mnetherelands Indies
Balikpapan
Borneo
Department
Archibald Wavell
Batavia
Philippine
Kimura
Batan
Tatori
Netherlands Indies
Wavell
Java
Amoy
Pacific Battle Zone
Macassar Strait
Malay Peninsula
Batan Jungles
Huge Naval Bill Passes House Boosting Spending Record
The House approved the naval appropriation bill raising the total to 26.495 trillion dollars, the largest in history, sending the conference report to the Senate. Rep. Ditt er asserted Republican minority cooperation after charges during a radio address by Democratic chairman Edward Flynn.
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Edward Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Flynn
Congress
Roosevelt
General Stratemeyer Inspects Air Training Center
Brigadier General George E. Stratemeyer chief of the Southeast Air Corps Training Center, returned to Montgomery headquarters after a two hour inspection of the Southern Aviation Training School facilities. He traveled with Lieutenant Colonel John F. McBrain and aide Lieutenant Charles Farr piloted the plane. No comment was offered on the visit.
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George E. Stratemeyer
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
Montgomery
Southern Aviation Training School
John F. McBrain
Southeast Air Corps Center
Charles Farr
See You In Tokyo Says Private Williams To Sergeant Johnson
In Corregidor Island the exchange between Private Howe Williams and Sergeant Ken Johnson captures Army spirits in Luzon as they discuss expected Allied moves. Johnson forecasts a vast Lingayen landing and air power while noting ongoing logistics like a bridge project from San Francisco to Manila. The dialogue reflects wartime optimism and buildup of forces in the Philippines.
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Tokyo
Private Williams
Sergeant Johnson
Clark Lee
Luzon
Corregidor Island
U.S. Army
Philippines
Howe Williams
Hiya
Ken Johnson
Army
Lingayen
Navy
Formosa
Suson
Pvt. Williams
Sergi. Johnson
MacArthur
San Francisco
Manila
Williams
Fourth Army
Sam
Auto Stamp Supply Shortage Stirs February Penalty Debate
Postmaster R T Sheppard announced a surplus of automobile use stamps at the local post office as a last minute rush exhausted supplies. Some argue penalties apply only if stamps are bought by February 1, while the treasury department maintains the deadline is February 1 with a 25 dollar fine or 30 days in jail for noncompliance.
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R. T. Sheppard
Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Chamber of Commerce reports 433 members pledged for 1942
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports 433 members pledged totaling 5196 toward the $8000 1942 budget. Many solicitors have yet to report and Chairman E B Pentecost urges completion of contacts and prompt reports. A total of 667 memberships are needed to meet the goal. Committee chairmen decisions await full membership tallies to involve more citizens in 1942 chamber activities.
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Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Pentecost
Decatur
MacArthur Named Dam Proposal From Knoxville Journal
Knoxville editor proposes naming the Tennessee Valley Authority dam on the French Broad near Dandridge after General Douglas MacArthur. He urges President Roosevelt to honor the Philippine hero with the $30 million project, arguing it would please many patriotic citizens.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville Journal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Douglas MacArthur
Guy L. Smith
Roosevelt
French Broad River
Dandridge
Battles Rage in Smolensk Areas Today
Soviet front-line dispatches report fierce battles near several key towns in the Smolensk sector as Russian counter-offensive pressure German positions. Heavy fighting also on the Leningrad front with German advances halted and Derna evacuated by British forces it notes.
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Associated Press
Smolensk
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Yelnya
Leningrad
Dnieperopetrovak
Ukraine
Dnienerovetrovsk
Norway
Stockholm
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Freighter San Gil torpedoed by U boat off Maryland coast
The freighter San Gil of United Fruit Company was torpedoed and shelled by a submarine near the Maryland coast at 11 50 last night. Two crew members died, 39 crewmen and one passenger Stewart Winslow Condon survived after seven hours in lifeboats. Captain Walter W Koch and radio operator Robert S 41 led distress efforts before a coast guard cutter rescued the survivors.
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Fourth Naval Distriit
Beaumont Barbe
Antwerp
Belgium
Secondino Castro
Walter W. Koch
Canasota
N. Y
Beaverbrook Named Production Minister in British War Effort
Churchill created a new War Production Ministry assigning Lord Beaverbrook to lead peak Britain US cooperation. Sir Andrew Rae Duncan took over as Minister of Supply. Other appointments included Harold Macmillan Ralph Assheton Philip Noel-Baker and Victor Rendell.
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Associated Press
Churchill
Britain
United States
Lord Beaverbrook
Donald M. Nelson
Andrew Rae Duncan
Board of Trade
Rae
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Ol. J. J. Brewslyn
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Andrew
Harold MacMillan
Ministry of Supply
Ralph Assheton
Ministry of War Transport
Philip J. Noel-Baker
Office of Pageants
Pinancial
Admira
Victor Rrender
G. H. Hall
Lee MacMillan
Popular Boy Laid to Rest in Alabama Boxing Champion
Funeral services were held at Holly Pond Baptist Church for Worley Alexander 21 a renowned Alabama welterweight Golden Gloves champion who died Monday night after months of illness. Rev R E Marion led rites with burial at Holly Pond cemetery. Survived by parents two sisters two nephews and an aunt. Alexander once represented Alabama at the Southern Golden Gloves in Nashville.
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Holly Pond Baptist Church
Worley Alexander
Alabama
Morgan County
R. E. Marion
Cullman Baptist Church
Holly Pond
Moass-Schelling
Cullman
Bob Dunne
Frank Adams
George Tanner, Jr
Bert Mackentepe
Jack Burke
aCtea
Saint Ollege
Mra
W. W. Alexander
EB. M. Tresser
Ruth Alexander
George
Jimmy Farter
Mra. E. C. Speegie
Alexander
Nashville
Capitol Theatre Remodeled Under Crescent Group Plan
Work on the Capitol theatre on Second Avenue has begun with Reeves and Son as contractors, also builders of the Princess theatre. The cinema will stay open during renovations with night to morning hours and is expected to take six to eight weeks to complete as part of Crescent Amusement Company’s portfolio in Nashville.
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Capitol Theatre
Second Avenue
Reeves and Son
Princess Theatre
Crescent Amusement Company of
Nashville
Capitol
Crescent Group
Graves Improves After Kidney Operation at Hopkins
Dr. Hugh Young reported former Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama in good shape after a kidney stone operation at Johns Hopkins. A second operation appears unlikely and Graves, seeking a third term, may leave the hospital within two weeks.
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Graves
Hugh Young
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Patterson Rites Held For Local Merchant J A Patterson
Services were held at 2 pm for J A Patterson a prominent Decatur merchant who died suddenly Monday at his Ferry Street home. Rabbi Julius Mark of Nashville officiated with Brown in charge of interment at the city cemetery. Patterson 78 came from Austria as a boy and had run his Bank Street business for 42 years. He was active in civic and fraternal orders and well known across the region.
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J. &. Patterson
Ferry Street
Julius Mark
Nashville
Brown
Patterson
Austria
Decatur
Bank Street
State
Honest Motorists Swaps For Tires
In Montgomery Alabama on February 4 a motorist found his parked car jacked up with four tires missing. A note on the seat offered a diamond ring in exchange, suggesting an apparent swap but leaving the owner short of tires.
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Montgomery
Ala
War by Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Nazi Europe’s broader threat
The essay portrays Nazified Europe as a greater danger to Hitler than battlefield losses. It argues Germany remains powerful yet surrounded by disaster, forcing the regime to fight beyond armed forces to avoid being engulfed by chaos.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Adolf
Fuehrer
Germany
Herr Hitler
Revolts Add To Worries Of Nazis
Communist spokesman in Kuibyshev declares Russia will not give Hitler the pleasure of war in the East. Muscovites focus on the main conflict as troops and supplies pour to the Soviet front. Hitler restricts civilian railway travel across Central Europe amid coal shortages.
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Andrei Malyshev
Communist Party
Kuibyshev
Russia
Hitler
Europe
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Robert F. Burnham
Air Corps
Southern Aviation
Tang School
Maxwell Field
Lieut
Burnham
John M. Nelson
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Albany
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W.L. Green
Town Creek
Baugh’s Infirmary
Faye Blackwell
Route 3
Odie Cagnar
Benevolent Society Hospital
Sixth Avenue
West
McAfee, Howell & Young
Joe Hagler
Hamil Clinic
Betty Lou Drain
W. L. Clemons
W. T. Johnson
Somerville
W. H. Harrison
Hartselle
Malone Park
J. A. Buttrey
Atlanta
Duke Hodge
Route 2
Gulfport
Miss
Earl P. Knobloch
Edward White
McAfee, Howell & Young Ambulance
Benevolent Hospital
Route 1
Apert Thornhill
Uncle J
Camp Polk
Frank H. Walk
Frank A. Walk
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Engineer Corp
Louisiana State University
Walk
Frank C. Walk
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hoty Lyons
Atlee Hoff
George God- John Davis
Ned Pol JF
Tlee
William A. March
Norristown
73Rd Field Artillery
Philadelphia
Camp Shelby
Joe Udvari
Lucien J. Moret
Ray McCaulley
Beaverbrook
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