Finns Said to Trap Another Soviet Division in Eastern Front Push
Reports from Copenhagen say Finnish forces have advanced about ten miles into Soviet territory and surrounding a second army division near Lake Kianta. Unconfirmed notes claim raids on Russian air bases on Dago and Ocesel islands, with Finnish bombers using new aircraft. Local patrols threaten the Murmansk railway as Ski runner Ikka Nieme leads a noted patrol.
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Helsinki
Lake Kianta
Red
Copenhagen
Ocesel
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Aftenavis
Lake
Kokki
Lieksa
Inari
Lake Ladoga
Kivivaara
Kudajarvi
Murmansk
Kandalaska
National Tidende
Kka Nieme
Roosevelt Seeks 40 Million for TVA Next Year
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 40 million dollars for the Tennessee Valley Authority for the next fiscal year. The plan includes 15.423 million for Kentucky Dam at Gilbertsville Kentucky and 14.688 million for Watts Bar Dam, plus funds for Coulter Shoals and various other TVA dams to sustain construction through 1941 and beyond.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentucky
Gilbertsville
Watts Bar
Coulter Shoals
TVA
Mississippi
Ohio
Wheeler Dam
Chickamauga
Tennessee Electric Power, Company
Columbia, Tenn
Memphis
Roosevelt Aims Cuts Across Budget With Defense Exemption
President Roosevelt asked Congress to trim farm relief and public works spending while preserving defense funds. He projected a near 1.716 billion dollar deficit for next year if his plan is adopted, with total outlays around 8.424 billion and net receipts rising to 5.548 billion due to higher existing taxes and social security levies. He urged steady reductions, warned against abrupt cuts, and outlined defense related expenditures and tax principles amid the fiscal debate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
National Defense O.o
Cccccecces
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Panama Canal
Winter halt ends Russian push near Finnish border
Russian hopes for a decisive blow against Finnish defenses were crushed as the Red Army 163rd division was routed. About 2,000 survivors of a 17,000 strong unit wandered hungry in Finnish forests while Finns, adept in snowbound woods, held firm. Foreign observers doubt a breakthrough until spring as seven Soviet divisions reportedly mass for a new attempt.
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Lake
Kianta
Red Army
Marmerheim Line
Finland
Mrs Graves Improves After Severe Influenza Attack
Mrs Bibb Graves former Alabama senator showed improvement today after a severe influenza attack. Her temperature had reached 104 degrees yesterday but was down considerably this morning and doctors said her condition was not serious.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Fred Wilkerson
Salvation Army appoints Decatur officers for Bank Street office
A telegram from Brigadier James Asher announced the appointments for the Decatur Salvation Army office. Adjutant and Mrs. Frank Longino of Louisville Kentucky are named and will arrive around January 15 to assume charge. Quarters will be set in the Mueller building on Bank Street.
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Julian Harris
Salvation Army
James Asher
Decatur
Frank Longino
Louisville
Mueller
Bank Street
Morgan Men Escape Prison Fugitives Captured in Alabama
In Speigner Alabama two inmates fled Draper Prison after seizing a guard’s shotgun and escaping in a prison truck. Six escaped. five were recaptured as dawn temperatures dropped to 20 degrees. Malcolm Jackson remained at large, with a burglary sentence of 12 to 19 months. Other captives are Kenneth Warren Jefferson County distilling two to five years Leroy Johnson Jackson Wilbur Strange Shelby Kenneth Taylor Tallapoosa Arthur Harvill Morgan.
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Speigner
Ala
Draper
Barr Reeves
Liberty
Malcolm Jackson
Morgan County
L. B. Sanders
Warden -Reeves
Kenneth Warvren
Jefferson County
Leroy Johnson
Jackson
Wilbur Strange
Shelby
Kenneth Taylor
Tallapoosa
Arthur Harvill
Morgan
Meeting Called on Cheese Plant Plans by W. W. Dinsmore
W. W. Dinsmore, president, today called a meeting of all stockholders and prospective stockholders in the cheese plant for next Wednesday January 10 at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be held in the Hotel Lyons Assembly Room and all interested are urged to attend.
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W. W. Dinsmore
Hotel Lyons
Mayor Gunter Injured in Fall at Elks Club
Montgom ery Mayor W A Gunter suffered a broken arm and bruises after a stair fall at the Elks Club last night. He was able to return home from a hospital today. Friends said car lights momentarily blinded him as he visited after a tooth extraction. His son Dr W A Gunter drove him to the hospital for X rays.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Gunter
Elks Club
Goering Seized War Industry Control In Nazi Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal Hermann Goering will assume supreme authority over Germany's war economy. A central council will govern war policy with Koerner as deputy, uniting offices and ensuring swift orders, discipline, and unified cooperation for possible long war.
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Goering
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Hermann ‘Wilhelma
Germany
United
Koerner
Alabama and Florida post office robber freed from Alcatraz
James McNeely, jailed on federal charges for Alabama and Florida post office robberies, is released from Alcatraz on a habeas corpus order. He faces arrest when he leaves, as prosecutors plan removal to Montgomery to face four 1933 Alabama robbery indictments.
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San Francisco
James McNeely
Alabama
Florida
Alcatraz Island
McNeely
Jacksonville
Fla
Michael J. Roche
A. J. Zirpoli
U. S
Bento
Pike Road
Omega
Ramer
Ala
Zirpoli
MccNeely
Montgomery
County School Board Plans to Redeem 1933 Debt Certificates
County education superintendent Prof Irwin J Quinn said the board will redeem outstanding certificates of indebtedness issued in 1933 to county teachers in lieu of pay. He noted many were later redeemed, but several still remain and will be itemized for state approval within a few days.
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Irwin J. Quinn
Quinn
Board of Education
Safety Still Saves Money Warns Decatur Patrol Report
The Decatur district highway patrol released a three year report noting 15 deaths 152 injuries in 139 wrecks and $32 400 in property damage across Morgan Limestone Lawrence Madison Lauderdale Colbert and Franklin counties. Most crashes occurred during day and night hours with Patrolman H L Thornton urging driver care to cut crashes in 1940.
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Decatur District
The
Highway Patrol
Decatur
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Madison
Lauderdale
Colbert
Pranklin
H.L. Thornton
A H Kelley Illness Victim Passes After Short Illness
Allie H Kelley longtime Decatur resident dies at 69 at his home 407 I Gordon Drive from a heart attack after a brief illness. Funeral set at 2 30 p m Friday at his home with Rev R L Archibald officiating. Burial in City cemetery with Masonic pallbearers. Survived by widow two daughters Mrs Fred M Sittason and Mrs E D Berry of Decatur two sons A H Kelley Jr of Memphis Roy Kelley of Sheffield and Earl Kelley of Birmingham eight grandchildren born in Yorkville Tenn he had lived in Decatur over 30 years and worked for the railroad for 30 years. He was a Methodist and Mason.
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Allie H. Kelley
I. Gordon Drive
Kelley
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Brown
City Cemetery
Masonic
A. H. Kelley
Memphis
Roy Kelley
Sheffield
Earl Kelley
Birmingham
Yorkville
Tenn
Decatur
Methodist Church
Dies Committee to Be Continued In New House Session
Congressional critics and supporters alike predicted the Dies Committee would be authorized for a third year as the House prepared to vote on restrictions guiding its Un American activities investigations. The committee expired shortly after noon yesterday.
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Washington
Jan
House
Berle Leads U S Delegation Toward St Lawrence Waterway Treaty
The state department said A. A. Berle Jr. will head a delegation leaving for Ottawa on Saturday to finalize a treaty with Canada on developing the St Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway. The agreement would also cover hydroelectric power projects.
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Ashington
State Department
A. A. Berle, Jr
Ottawa
St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
Canada
Attorney General Murphy Named to Supreme Court Justice
President Roosevelt nominates Attorney General Frank Murphy to the Supreme Court as associate justice and Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson to head the justice department. Murphy reflects on a calling and service to the people, noting his bachelor status and teetotaler stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Robert H.jackson
Justice Department
Warm Up Breaks Through In Decatur After Deep Freeze
Decatur sees temperature rise to 36 above zero by 11 a.m. and a 29 degree high with 21 degree low for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Snow from Sunday night melts as officials note no glaze or power wire trouble due to freezing rain during the cold spell. The state weather chief warns about glaze risk.
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Decatur
Glaze warning issued as freezing rain strikes North Alabama
The Montgomery weather bureau warned of a dangerous glaze from instant freezing rain. Chief T Weller Smith urged staying off highways unless urgent, and those venturing out to use chains. Emigh said telephone and power operators were notified, with glaze possibly reaching Montgomery. Snow mixed with freezing rain expected in North Alabama, with colder weather toward the extreme north tomorrow. Temperature declines reported from Florence to Mobile and Dothan, averaging eight degrees below normal last week.
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Montgomery
Ala
North
Alabama
Montgomery Weather Bureau
T. Weller Smith
Alabama Patrol
E. D. Emigh
Smith
Florence
Mobile
Birmingham J
Green
Dothan
Three Month Old Dies After Blanket Covers Face
In Birmingham on a day of extreme cold a three month old, Clarence Donald Mahan, suffocated when a blanket covered his nose and mouth. Mrs. Clarence Mahan found him unresponsive at 4 a.m. and he died after being rushed to a hospital.
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Birmingham
Ala
Clarence Mahan
Clarence Donald
Roosevelt asks Congress for record defense budget total
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve national defense appropriations totaling 2,248,126,509 dollars, the highest in two decades, plus emergency taxes. The plan increases military and navy funding, with detailed allocations for War Department and Navy, and projects an overall defense outlay of 1.839 billion for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Army Air and Land Forces
Air Corps
Panama Canal
Regular Army
National Guard
Navy
Marine Corps
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Army
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Coast Guard
Tennessee River Gauge Rises to 168 Feet With No Rainfall
The Tennessee river gauge climbs to 168 feet as of Thursday with a high of 29 and a low of 21 for the past 24 hours and no rainfall reported. In Alabama, rain is expected in the south with snow and freezing rain in the north tonight and Friday, while the south remains warmer tonight and the west and north become colder Friday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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