Jews Sealed Behind Eight Foot Wall in Warsaw Ghetto
AP reported German authorities sealed Warsaw's Jews inside a walled Central Ghetto district cutting 200 streets from the rest of the city. A Jewish council runs internal affairs with a security force of about a thousand, and passes restrict entry. Aryan workplaces remain but outsiders are blocked. the area is described as a health measure amid typhus and cold weather.
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Alvin J. Steinkouf
Warsaw
Poland
Associated Press
Jewish Community Council
Isaw
Six Scouts Advance in Decatur District Meeting
Six Scouts from Troop 61 sponsored by Southside Baptist church advanced to Second Class at the Decatur district board of review held at First Baptist church. Leaders note high advancement rate and near full uniforming. Other Second Class qualifiers include Troop 11 members and First Class Scout David Byars of Troop 11. Merit badges awarded span Basketry Farm Layout First Aid Handicraft Pathfinding Swimming Safety with named earners listed.
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Southside Baptist Church
D. D. Russell
Decatur District
Jimmie Haynes
James Standridge
Carlton Mann
Bob Sittason
Frederick Mittwede
Billy Smith
David Byars
Judson Hawthorne
Dewalt Russell
Bile Barker
P. Ray
Lewis West
Leader to address Alabama Legion conference
Milo J. Warner national commander of the American Legion will speak at the Alabama department mid winter conference in Montgomery January 11 12. George L. Cleere state commander announced Warner is a Toledo Ohio attorney. The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its annual winter meeting simultaneously.
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Montgomery
Ala
Milo J. Warner
American Legion
Alabama Department
George L. Cleere
Warner
Toledo, O
American Legion Auxiliary
Radio drama ends with unexpected shipboard wedding
On a crisis night aboard the Georgian, Vance and Kit stage a rescue broadcast performance with Dr Hartpence and Gloria Le Brun as guests. Kit improvises to calm a frightened crowd, revealing a planned alliance that leads to the captain’s praise and a televised marriage proposal, restoring reputations.
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Vance
Hartpence
Ken Speed
Glorria le Brun
Gloria
Hart‘pence
Gloria le Brun
Wyncoop
Jonas
Kit
Kitty O'Reilly
Kitty O’reilly
Flash
Mrs. Healey
Christmas visits and family gatherings in Morgan County
Local notes record numerous visits and home stays across Morgan County and nearby areas. Families including Bakers, Kenneys, Odens, Hudgens, Stinsons, and Joneses exchanged holiday calls and guests with relatives in Decatur Hillsboro Fort Benning and Decatur, Alabama.
Security Law Changes Eyed in Congress
Washington reports lawmakers debate two paths for Social Security reform. A flat monthly grant of 20 to 30 dollars for seniors and a shifted matching formula that would raise federal aid to two dollars per state dollar up to a cap, with discussion led by Senator Donahey and Senator Connally. Democratic Leader Barkley notes potential major issue in coming Congress.
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Washington
Jan
Donahey
D-Calif
White House
Connally
D-Tex
Finance Mittee
Barkley
Senate
Congress
Limestone County Notes and social visits in brief
The item lists many local people visiting relatives and friends in Limestone County during Christmas and year end. It notes Nancy Belle Rudder improving, Mrs Brown and son returning to the community, several visits to Mt Pleasant Kentucky Oakland and Athens, plus Christmas dinners and dinners with relatives. Tom McCormack laid to rest in Limestone cemetery at age 79. Lucille Nash and David Ball wed on Saturday December 28.
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Es Belle
Janice Hudgens
Jones
Gusta Kenney
Alvin Stinson
Hillsboro
Annie Stinson
Ira Oden
Sonn L. Jackson
Decatur
Lee Kenney
C. W. Hopper
Howard Ev
Guy Baker
Jimmie Turner
Leon Baker
Armon Kenney
Dewitt Jones
Nancy Belle Rudder
Bill Williams
Huntsville
Lee Williams
Kyle Hoole
Marguerite West
Martha Glaze
H. M. Layman
Flint
Clifford Zehner
Roger Thompson
Crutcher Glaze
Mary Lee Evans
Walter Evans
Lovice Evans
Ed Byvans
Athens
Arnold Hargrove
Sardis Springs
Oliver Allen
Proctor
John Evans
Richard Grubbs
Lambdin Urges Continual Religious Growth in Speech
Nashville pastor J. E. Lambdin told Memphis listeners that a Christian’s religious development should never stop. He spoke in a prepared address during a morning program in the city.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. EB. Lambdin
Nashville
Heavy rains hit Alabama as warm spell gives way to cold
Heavy rains and unseasonal warmth opened the year in Alabama with many areas reading near 60 degrees. Forecasters warned of a coming cold wave from the West and freezing temps expected by tomorrow morning in the north. Rain totals included Huntsville 2.87 inches Mobile 1.94 Valley Head 1.02 and Ft. Payne 1.17. Traffic on U S 31 between Birmingham and Montgomery halted due to repairs with drivers urged to use the alternate paved route via Wetumpka Rockford and Sylacauga.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Huntaville
Mobile
Valley Head
Ft. Payne
Highway Department
U. S No. 31
Birmingham
Weetumpka
Rockford
Sylacauga
Baptist Training Union Conference Encourages Active Involvement
The speaker urged that the conference provide a place for everyone to take an active part in church work, regardless of age or position.
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Thern Baptist Training Union Conference
Life improves with Gly-Cas says Miss Gene Grumble
Miss Gene Grumble of Saluda North Carolina reports life is more worth living since using Gly-Cas. She describes prior digestion problems and kidney pain, then says regular bowel action and better sleep followed, crediting the capsule remedy sold by Loyd's Drug Store and other local druggists.
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Gene Grumble
Saluda
North Carolina
Greenville
Miss Grumble
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