Dixon Acts To Tighten Phenix City Controls
Gov Frank M Dixon announced steps to improve conditions in Phenix City after army reports tied social ills to nearby Ft Benning. Police will boost patrols and liquor licenses may be revoked for gambling or loose conduct Drastic drive on gambling called and cooperation with health and taxicab regulations urged Representatives from Alabama and Georgia and local authorities to meet for further action.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
Phenix City
U. S. Army
Ft. Benning
T. Weller Smith
Dixon
Smith
Alabama
Georgia
Russell County
Army
Highway Patrol
Columbus
Australians Break Through at Bardia in Libyan Siege
British military headquarters report Allied forces under pilot cover have breached Bardia defenses in Libya near nine miles of front. Australian troops reportedly penetrated the fortifications two miles, with heavy RAF bombing and light casualties, while about 20 000 Italian defenders remain.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
RAF
Conditions Studied in Columbia On Vice Problem
A Columbia meeting followed a Fort Jackson medical report of widespread venereal disease. Army and civic leaders described about 15 houses with 10 to 15 women each and 250 to 300 women working outside. Officials cited 67 women picked up and 44 with venereal disease. A mayor said prostitution is hard to stop but can be closed down.
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Columbia
8. C
Fort Jackson
T. B. Scott
American Social Hygiene Society
New York
Florida
China
L. B. Owens
Hostesses Named at Camp Blanding Training Center
Mrs Beronita C Taylor of Orlando has been named senior hostess at Camp Blanding in Florida to direct entertainment for 50 000 trainees. Her staff includes Mrs Betty Ball Brown of Sanford as junior hostess and Mrs Emma Dorothy Chalker of Starke as librarian with more hostesses to be added for other divisions.
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Camp Blanding
Fla
Beronita C. Taylor
Orlando
R. H. Kelley
Taylor
Betty Ball Brown
Sanford
Emma Dorothy Chalker
Starke
Eleanor Kendall Evans
Jacksonville
Col
Kelley
United States moves to approve lend lease plan in stormy debate
President Roosevelt's lend lease proposal gains formal backing from Democratic leaders in Congress despite sharp opposition from Sen. Wheeler and Sen. Nye. Debate looms over wide executive authority and financing as the Army seeks roughly 4 billion dollars for expansion and base readiness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wheeler
D-Mont
Follette
House
Senate
Congress
Atlantic
Barkley
D-Ky
Britain May Get Vessels Under Lease Lend Plan
Washington reports defense authorities consider transferring some cargo ships and old destroyers to Britain to spur ship production and support Britain against Nazi threats. Roosevelt announced plans to build 200 more cargo ships and may lease or lend up to 266 foreign merchants or reuse inactive U S ships to Britain with postwar compensation.
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Max Boyd
Washington
Britain
Navy
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Mrs. Nancy C. Glenn Dies at 83 in Courtland
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy C. Glenn 83 who died Friday at her Courtland route home were held at her residence. Rev W L Thrasher officiated. Burial followed in Smyrna cemetery with Brown of Decatur directing. Survived by four daughters Clara Osborn Decatur Martin Wilson J C Tolbert Town Creek D C Wade Courtland two sons Percy Glenn Chattanooga Dave Glenn Texas forty grandchildren 53 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers and granddaughters arranged flowers.
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Nancy C. Glenn
Courtland
W. L. Thrasher. Brown
Decatur
Smyrna
Glenn
Lawrence County
Clara Osborn
Martin Wilson
J. C. Tolbert
Town Creek
D. C. Wade
Percy Glenn
Chattanooga
Dave Glenn
Texas
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever Reported in County
A diphtheria case involving a three month old baby from Decatur route 2 and a scarlet fever case in a two year old white girl from Decatur were reported by county health officer Dr L R Murphree during the first week of the new year.
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L.R. Murphree
Decatur
Delta Plane Skids at Birmingham Airport in Fog
A Delta Air Lines plane skidded on the foggy concrete apron at Birmingham Municipal Airport and ended on its nose. All five aboard including the pilot and co-pilot escaped injury. Two propeller blades were bent and the nose dented after circling the field before landing. passengers included O W Wickstrom and Floyd Stevenson of Memphis and a Birmingham man whose name was not given.
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Birmingham
Ala
Delta Air Lines
Birmingwere O. W
Beall Named Contact Man for Southern Military Training Areas
The Baptist Home Mission Board selects Dr. Noble Y. Beall of Atlanta as contact man for Southern Military Training areas effective immediately.
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Atlanta
The
Baptist Home Mission Board
Noble Y. Beall
Local Guard to Camp Shelby for January 27 Training
Members of the 161st engineers including the local guard company will go to Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi for temporary training while their Beauregard Louisiana camp is completed. They are expected to be inducted into federal service January 27 and depart soon after. General Smith noted Beauregard construction delays due to an influenza outbreak in Alexandria. The unit is led by Col. Edwin M. Jones and will depart from Huntsville Alabama.
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161St Engineers
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Beauregard
Ben M. Smith
Montmorey
Smith
Associated Press
Camp
Alexandria
Edwin M. Jones
Huntsville
Ala
Greeks Cut Through Italian Defense in War Push
Greek Premier Metaxas predicts final victory as reports from the front cite Greek penetration of Italian lines in the central sector and advances toward Valona. Dispatches note gains along the coast and near Isura with Italian counter-attacks repelled in spots. An AP correspondent describes Greek soldiers using sticks and stones against exhausted Italian troops amid bleak weather.
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Associated Press
Athens
John Metaxas
Italy
Metaxas
Niki
Greece
Valona
Isura
Klisura
Tepelent
Seee Lee Reas
Chimara
United States
Nazi says Canada cannot replace Britain as empire center
Dewitt Mackenzie reports a Berlin German economic expert telling foreign reporters that England faces defeat and Britain’s empire center would not credibly relocate to Canada. He warns transporting 45 million people 3 million soldiers and vast industries is impossible and Canada is unsuited to sustain the war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Berlin
Canada
Britain
England
French
Dover
British Isles
Germans Overlook Canada U S Link In War Commentary
A wartime note argues Germany underestimates Canada and the United States as allies and notes Churchill's June 4 Commons speech declaring resolve to continue the fight. The piece reflects on morale and strategic links in the Allied war effort.
Volunteers from Morgan County to report for Fort McClellan training
Six men from Morgan County boards one and two will report to Fort McClellan next Thursday for a year of military training under the selective service system. All volunteers, white, include Edward Holt and Carl Reed from Decatur and Norman Dodd from Decatur, George Turney, Paul Compton, and Sherman Wallace from Hartselle and Somerville. The moves maintain a 100 percent volunteer record.
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Morgan County
Fort McClellan
Selective Service
Decatur
Hartselle
Edward Holt
Bank Street
Carl McCollum Reed
Norman Curtis Dodd
Fifth Avenue
George Wert Turney
Somerville
Paul Compton
Sherman Roy Wallace
Fort Camp
Seror
Nazis Await Irish Charge In Berlin Protest
Berlin sources say Germany will issue a clear response if the Irish Charge D Affaires presents a protest over recent air bomb attacks on neutral Ireland. Dublin instructed its diplomat to lodge an energetic protest. details of the reply remained undisclosed.
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Berlin
Dublin
Germany
Ireland
Spy Beheaded in Berlin for Treason
Georg Herzog, 56, of Strasbourg, was beheaded today after conviction of spying for military secrets of the Reich. He was the first to be decapitated in 1941 for treason amid 49 espionage beheadings reported previously.
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Berlin
Georg Herzog
Strassbourg
Reich
Britain’s early raids preview continent invasion
New York January 4 British forces already staging swift raids into German occupied France as part of a broader invasion strategy. report describes motor cycle sorties from trawlers and fishing boats ashore with fifty fighters, aiming to terrorize German forces gather intelligence and sabotage while boosting French morale and keeping Berlin wary amid a long coastline vulnerable to attack.
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William McGaffin
New York
Britain
England
France
Ture
United States
High Command
Japan Rejects U S Demands For Apology In Cabaret Incident
Japanese authorities flatly refused U S demands for an apology over the New Year cabaret incident involving five Marines. Col. Allen H. Turnage kept his stance after a lengthy meeting, insisting on accountability and apologies for the Marines. Japanese general staff said the incident began with a Marine entering a cabaret and knocking a pipe from a Japanese worker, shifting blame to the Americans.
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Peiping
United States
Alien H. Turnage
U. S
Turnage
Arres
North China General Staff
U. SS
Wave of Cold Moving South Across Central States
A cold wave from Alaska and northwestern Canada sweeps south and east, bringing snow and strong winds. It moved east through Indiana into Missouri and Kansas, with subzero readings in North Dakota Minnesota South Dakota and parts of Utah Wyoming Idaho and Wisconsin. The Chicago Weather Bureau forecasts reach to the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf Coast regions.
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Associated Press
Alaska
Canada
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Towa
Alabama Faces 1941 Cold Snap Forecast to Deepen
Upstate Alabama towns woke to a brutal cold front as temperatures plunged overnight. Forecasters predicted continuing icy conditions with interior highs 26 to 30 and coastal 32 to 36, frost along the coast, and Civil officials noting two severe cold air masses marching southeast toward the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Birmingham
Evergreen
Dothan
Mobile
German Aid Expected in Rome as Bardia Battles Escalate
A 19 day siege at Bardia intensified into fierce clashes between Italian defenders and British forces. Reports said reinforcements rushed in for a final clash in Libya as German air support was anticipated. Rome’s La Tribuna noted troops arriving to reinforce fronts amid heavy fighting.
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Associated Press
Rome
Bardia
Libya
la Tribuna
Bern
Australians Break Through Italian Defenses At Bardia
Australian forces launched a southern assault on Bardia, using tanks to smash barbed wire and encircle defenders. Prisoner estimates rose from 5,000 to about 8,000 as Italians surrendered, with focus shifting to the valley road into the town. RAF strikes hit Tobruk and Gazala, sparking fires and explosions amid air combat.
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Bardia
Pottleneck
Military Four
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
Tennessee observed a gauge of 19.40 feet with a 66 degree high and 28 degree low over 24 hours and trace rainfall. Alabama reported fair to mild conditions with inland highs near 90 and coastal around 36, frost expected tonight. Tennessee forecast fair and colder tonight with extreme east cooling Sunday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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