Weather and local notices from Decatur area dated 1942
Rain and light snow in the North and occasional rain in the South with colder interior conditions. Tennessee River level at 21.45 feet. temperatures ranged 34 high and 28 low. Local movie showings include Louisiana Purchase at the Princess Roxy strikes up the Band at Roxy Freckles Comes Home at the Capitol. Several political and social notes follow including candidates H C Hayes Scottsboro Sam Bowen Athens for the state democratic executive committee eighth district. Illnesses and hospital transfers are reported for C H Ackerman Gussie Fenner and Mrs E A Edwards. PTA announced two extra numbers for The Fountain of Youth at 8 pm under Mrs W J Tarpley with piano by Mrs E B Edwards and recitation by Mrs Lawrence Berryhill. Mrs Ernie Gurley of Hartselle and others visit Decatur while business trips are noted for John McGehee and D Childers. Minor court cases include public drunkenness and traffic charges. Local notices cover Legion Auxiliary meetings and fund drives with many residents listed, including Mrs Esther Cain ill with flu and sinus troubles. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports 536 memberships pledging $6 451 for 1942 and aims for $8 000. George Porter recovering after surgery. The item continues on page two.
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South Portion
West
North Portions
West Portion
Tennessee
Pride of Nazi Navy Knocked Out Claim
London february report to the House of Commons by First Lord A V Alexander asserts the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen have been knocked out of action for some time and that British submarine Trident may have hit the Prinz Eugen class cruiser. The admiralty notes aerial reconnaissance tracks the ships and warns of potential renewed raider activity by German and Japanese forces.
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Associated Press
London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
House of Commons
First Lord of
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Trident
Germany
Norwegian
Alexander
Brest
France
Dover Strait
North Sea
Keil
Wilhelmshaven
United States
Britain
Farm Price Veto Looms Over Surplus Stock Debate
Washington reports a looming presidential veto as Senate farm bloc victories clash with House allies over government surplus stock prices for corn wheat and cotton. Senator Brown predicts House restrictions could be sustained by the Senate, while Wickard cites labor shortages and high feed costs affecting dairy production amid war effort concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Brown
D-Mich
Roosevelt
House
Brown
Wickard
Sugar ration plans shaped by education officials
I J Quinn county superintendent of education received a letter from Dr A H Collins state superintendent outlining preliminary sugar rationing instructions and announcing a March 2 meeting in the House of Representatives chamber to finalize plans. Schools will play a major role in the national rationing program and civil residents will apply for war ration books at schools. Details on school enrollment areas will be discussed.
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I. J. Quinn
A. H. Collins
House of Representatives
Capitol
Quinn
Federal Security Agency
Office of Education
Montgomery
Free India Plea Gains Bipartisan Support in Senate
Senator La Follette led a push for the State Department to seek from Britain an immediate pledge of postwar self government for India. Most of the eleven committee members reportedly backed the move as Japan’s Burma advance spurred calls for unity between Indian and Chinese forces to halt and counter the invader.reports link Gandhi and Chiang Kai-shek in talks.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
India
la Follette
Wis
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Luncheon Planned for Salvation Army Advisory Unit
Members of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army will attend a noon luncheon Monday at the Hotel Lyons. Major Ray Gearing of Atlanta, commander of the Dixie Division, and Adjunct Paul Thronburg will be present. Captain and Mrs. Leon Thomas will arrive in Decatur about Wednesday next.
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The
Salvation Army
Lyons
Ray Gearing
Atlanta
Dixie Division
Paul Thronburg
Leon Thomas
Frank Longino
Decatur
Youth Confesses Plan to Kill Girlfriend Three Days Earlier
Clarence McDonald 17 admitted to prosecutors he planned the fatal shooting of Dorothy Broz in a movie theater balcony after becoming terribly jealous. He told police and a prosecutor he signed a confession stating he decided Saturday to kill her and planned the Tuesday theater outing with a pistol.
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Dorothy Broz
Berwyn
Palace Theatre
Chicago
Clarence McDonald Right
A. L. Brodie
Clarence McDonald
Wilbert Crowley
Crowley
McDonald's
Daniel Gilbert
McDonald
Palace Theater
Gilbert
Russians Trap Large German Army At Staraya Russa
Soviet dispatches say a vast German force, including the 56th regiment of the 5th division, is encircled near Staraya Russa. Red Army air and artillery efforts reportedly break supply routes and widen the ring as 96,000 troops are cited as in the trap.
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Moscow
Staraya Russa
Staraya Rusa
Staraya Russa Front
Red Artllerymen
Red Star
Leningrad
Berlin
Lake Ilmen
Soviet Information Bureau
War by Dewitt Mackenzie on enemy aliens and rumor mongers
Washington rounds up enemy aliens and interns dangerous elements as Attorney General Bidle reports. He says despite raids there remain rumor mongers and slanderers among Americans, some deliberate traitors and others driven by wartime propaganda.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Washington
Biddle
France
Axis Nations Being Supported by Many Groups
The article condemns groups aiding Axis nations and sabotaging the war effort. It notes confusion over Allied naval strength and emphasizes the Navy silently enforcing sea lanes essential to Roosevelt’s four main lines of communication the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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Aew
Seven Seas
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
South Pacific
Bataan Forge Carries Fight to Nipponese
Washington reports General MacArthur’s forces in a surprise thrust advance on the Bataan peninsula driving back Japanese positions. Local guerrilla actions harass Japanese in Central and Northern Luzon while Mindanao sees patrol activity. War Department notes no major penetration of main enemy lines and hints at broader strategic shifts.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Bataan
Luzon
Mindanao
Bataan
Japan
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Homma
Punishing Price Being Paid By Japs
The United States pressed a punishing price on Japanese seapower for Pacific conquests as German U boats struck in the Atlantic. Since December 10 US reports show 74 Japanese vessels sunk or probably sunk and 33 damaged, signaling advancing losses and a likely ultimate Japanese defeat due to limited shipbuilding capacity.
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Washington
United States
Nippon
Pacific
Atlantic
Navy
Woman hurt as cars hit in Decatur collision
Mrs Cleo Golden of Huntsville injured when a Decatur Cab collided with a Ford driven by a young white man who left the scene as police approached. She was taken to Benevolent Hospital in a Brown ambulance. Taxi damage about 100 dollars and Ford about 50. Police held the Ford, license from Lawrence County.
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Cleo Golden
Huntsville
Decatur
Benevolent Hospital
Fourth Avenue
Jackson Street
John G Wear
Secretaries Describe Coast Plane Raid as False Alarm
Secretary Stimson said unidentified aircraft possibly 15 in number near Los Angeles were fired on by anti aircraft guns. He noted no bombs were dropped, no casualties, and no Army or Navy planes in action, suggesting commercial sources may have spread alarm. Army investigation continues.
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Washington
Stimson
Los Angeles
Navy
Knox
Pacific
37Th Coast Artillery Brigade
George OC
Keats
Marshall
California
Army
Flying Tigers down 34 Japanese planes in two days
The Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group led by Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, shot down 34 Japanese planes over two days with zero American losses. The AVG, allied with the Chinese air force, protected the Burma road from a base in Yunnan Province.
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Chungking
Flying Tigers
Central News
Central
Yunnan
AVG
Claire L. Chennault
Japan
Burma Road
Coast Aroused Los Angeles Fireworks of an Air Raid
An air raid warning sirens and anti-aircraft fire drew 3 million Angelenos into a dramatic display of quick civil defense action. Over 24 hours later residents still debated whether the spectacle was genuine alert or false alarm as tracer bullets and searchlights pierced the night. Official statements offered little clarity.
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Coast
Los Angeles
West Coast
FBI RAIDS IN STATE MAKE BIRMINGHAM REPORTS
FBI raids across Baldwin county near Mobile shipyards and Fort Morgan led to the detention of six enemy aliens and seizure of prohibited items. Officers reported binoculars radio receivers flashlights cameras and maps of military sites. Searchers checked enemy alien dwellings in Seminole Elberta Point Clear Foley and Secour with local law enforcement assistance.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E. P. Guinane
PBI
Baldwin County
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Panama Canal
Seminole
Elberta
Point Clear
Foley
Secour
FBI
Raids in Florida Net 60 Arrests in Anti Axis Sweep
FBI raids in Southeast Florida coastal resorts arrested 29 more enemy aliens in Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale districts. Authorities seized guns cameras short wave radios telescopic lens enlargers developing units ammunition Axis propaganda and two written codes as part of a three night operation.
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Miami
Fla
FBI
Florida
Palm Beach
Fort Lauderdale
War Across Pacific and Burma as Rangoon Burns
Reports say US and Allied forces scored in the Philippines and Java while Britain faces a warning from War Stimson and Knox calling a raid on Los Angeles a false alarm. Rangoon is reported in flames as British defenders hold the Sittang line amid intensifying Burma fighting.
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Rangoon
Philippines
Java
Burma
Sittang
Magnificent Stand In Java Praised By Washington
Washington praises Allied defense in the Netherlands Indies and Java as heavy Japanese losses are reported. War Secretary notes aid to Java and mentions a tribute to General Sir Archibald Wavell who reportedly sustained a broken rib in a craft accident near Singapore.
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Washington
Stimson
United Nations
Netherlands, Indies
Java
Archibald Wavell
Son
Pacific
Singapore
Wavell
Bataan Pule
Philippines
Douglas Arthur
British hold Rangoon front as air battles rage
Allied reports say no evacuation of military personnel from Rangoon yet hopes persist the city might be saved. American activity noted as Allied fighter planes shoot down Japanese raiders amid air combat over Burma. A defensive line stands along the Sittang river with Japanese believed near the East bank about 70 miles from Rangoon.
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Rangoon
Fles
Sittang
British Communiques On the Progress of the Fight For What Temm
Burma
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P.T. A
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Fountain of Youth
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E. A. Edwards
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Idelle Brooks
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Tanner
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Alabama Department
Duke Hodge
Fred Simmons
John T. Batten
Bat
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Earl Schield
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