Roosevelt plans broad authority for wartime aid and production
The president seeks discretionary power to repay Britain with in kind goods or other products. He aims to consolidate control of mass production under a supreme command while Congress debates convoy duties, foreign aid policies, and the broader wartime supply effort amid rapid developments in Europe and North Africa.
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Britain
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Knudsen
Supreme Command
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Great Britain
George
D-Okla
W. R. Davis
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
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Spew
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Five Men Rescued From Coal Mine in Indiana Pa
Five miners entombed overnight in a soft coal mine near Indiana Pennsylvania were rescued at dawn. Officials confirm no casualties after an arduous ascent to safety three miles from the drift mine, as New Year celebrations turn to relief for families and workers.
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Indiana
Death Toll Rises in Nationwide Christmas Travel
The weather and caution aided a lighter holiday death toll with 131 deaths nationwide on Christmas Eve and early Christmas morning. Most were traffic related, 27 of 36 violent deaths. New York led states with five auto fatalities. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan had three, Wisconsin two.
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New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Illinois
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Louisiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
Quiet New Year Observed in Decatur Across City
Decatur marked a subdued New Year with church and private watch programs, hush in public venues, and few private parties. The state patrol reported no accidents as whistles and bells fell largely silent.
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Decatur
Body of man held. identification pending in Cullman
Coroner J Grady Moss holds the body believed to be Harry Edward Driggs found in a Cullman street. The man, about 47, 5'9", dark complexion, scarred left leg and right forearm, may have ties to Birmingham via a daughter. A social security card bearing the name was found. the Social Security Board has been notified.
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Cullman County
Harry Edward Driggs
Indiana
Moss-Schelling
Cullman
Birmingham
Social Security Board
Emle
Peer
Shin
1941 Opens Amid War Gloom With Bombardments and Hope
Cairo dispatch notes British planes bombing Taranto and Naples amid a war year marked by Hitler’s vow of victory. New Year crowds in London faced blackout gloom while Germans celebrated discreetly. Aboard the Albanian front Greek counter invasion advances, British bombers are downed, and Libyan battles rage as refugees recount rescue at sea.
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Expand Juvenile and Relief Work Drives Decatur Salvation Army 1941
The Salvation Army plans three Decatur centers in 1941 to expand relief and youth programs. Adjutant Longino and Lieut Gordon will lead efforts with centers at East and South Decatur and a Lafayette Street gymnasium for life-building activities. The program includes relief offices, Sunday schools, evangelistic meetings, Life Saving Girl Guards, Red Shield Boys Club, and a transient aid policy prioritizing merit.
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Longine
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East Decatur
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South Decatur
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Red Shield Boys Club
East LaFayette Street
Buildings Dynamited as London Fire Raid Strikes City
Hundreds of Royal Engineers arrived in London to speed cleanup after a mass fire raid by German bombers. The blast and dynamiting scorched many buildings in the ancient financial center, many of them famous, leaving them burned and dangerous.
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London
Royal Engineers Regiment
Ynamite
No Mackenzie War Article Delayed Publication
The Daily War article by De Witt Mackenzie was not available for publication today. The Associated Press reported from New York on war coverage delays.
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MacKenzie
Daily War
Dewitt Mackenzie
Associated Press
New York
Blue Goose Band Found Near Decatur Tells Migration Tale
J B Rouse of the Tanner Route One section mailed the leg of a blue goose banded in Ontario to Jack Miner at Kingsville Ontario. The bird was shot near Decatur Tennessee six miles west, December 23. The band bore Miner's inscription and a Bible verse. Miner pioneered continental bird banding in 1909.
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Decatur
J. E. Rouse
J. B Rouse
Jack Miner
Kingsville
Mr. Rouse
Tennessee
Miner
W. B Bray
Anderson
South Carolina
Pilot Falls From Plane in Bay Rescue
Ralph Botthoff fell from an open cockpit at 4000 feet during a snap-roll over Oakland. He parachuted into the bay and was rescued 15 minutes later, exhausted but alive. James Burton Duncan maneuvered the plane back after a broken rudder wire. a Navy amphibian plane located Botthoff offshore.
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Calif
Ralph Botthoff
James Burton Duncan
Duncan
Botthoff
Three Trainmen Die in Del Mar Freight Wreck
A Santa Fe freight train plunged 150 feet off a beach embankment at Del Mar California killing three crewmen from Los Angeles. The engineer Jlen A. Duniam fireman C W Walden and head brakeman H A Williams died. Preliminary report cites possible collapse of recently rain-softened fill.
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Santa Fe
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Jlen A. Duniam
C.W. Walden
H. A. Williams
Los Angeles
Fire Destroys Dunavant Store in Huntsville
A department store fire in Huntsville last night damaged Dunavant's on the third floor after an explosion in the paint department. The blaze cut power and traffic lights citywide until Lincoln Mills aided, two firefighters treated for smoke exposure, and stock valued toward 125000 implied damaged or destroyed.
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Huntsville
Ala
Dunavant’s
Lincoln Mills
Morris Howard
Jim Fullington
Lee Harless
Fire Chief Says No Local Equipment Sent to Huntsville
Floyd Elkins, chief of the Decatur fire department, said he responded to the fire but no equipment from local companies was sent to Huntsville.
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Floyd Elkins
Decatur Fire Department
Huntsville
Model found dead with bullet wound at Hotel Abbey
The body of Dorothy Derene, 28, was discovered today in a room at the Hotel Abbey on Kist Street. Police found two notes. one described her as despondent and broke facing the New Year. She was unemployed.
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New York
Hotel Abbey
Kist — Street
Dorothy Derene
British report on France Germany talks in stalemate
A Lisbon dispatch says Petain's Vichy government and Germany halted negotiations with no confirmation from other sources. Laval's ouster and later release are noted, while Darlan and Hitler discussions reportedly occurred on Christmas Day. A reply to Petain's proposals was not expected before Jan 3.
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Otto Abete
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SEEKS AMERICA AS ENTERING THE WAR
London dispatch reports the entry of the United States into the war under discussion by military and political leaders with statements from General in the opening lines of the report.
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