Defenders Of Port Tobruk Trapped In Libyan Campaign
Italy's Port Tobruk base is cut off with 30,000 Fascist troops surrounded by the British Nile army. Tobruk blockade blunts reinforcements as Annibali Bergonzoli escapes. British and Greek losses total about 150,000 in Africa and Greece. British food minister Woolton urges eating British and limiting imports amid meat shortages. A German plane sinks a large merchant ship near Ireland as a raid on the Thames estuary sinks another merchantman.
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Associated Press
Italy
Libya
Tobruk
Bardia
Nile
Africa
Greece
Cairo
Annibali
Bergonzoli
Fallen Bardia
Blackshirts
General Electric
Lord Woolton
London
Pluntly
Britain
Ireland
Hitlers
High Command
Thames River
Patrol Reports 1940 Auto Crashes Costs in Three Alabama Counties
H L Thornton of the Alabama Highway Patrol released 1940 crash data for Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties. Morgan recorded 81 accidents 51 injured 12 killed property damage 18005 13 Limestone 46 accidents 72 injured 6 killed property damage 13393 Lawrence 16 accidents 20 injured 1 killed property damage 4405 Thornton fled from Montgomery to attend a patrol meeting and stated the slogan Make the Motorist for the Highways.
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H. L. Thornton
Alabama Highway Patrol
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan County
Limestone County
Lawrence County
Irolman Thornton
Montgomery
Italian General Bergonzoli Rumored Safe by Motor Boat Escape
Cairo reports British sources say General Bergonzoli and other Italian officers vanished before Bardia fell and may have escaped by a motor boat. A later British communique says the two Black Shirt commanders deserted with staff and Bergonzoli is still missing.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Annibale Bergonzoli
Bardia
Libya
Mussolini
Bergonzoli
General Electric
Bethenneth
Spain
London
Allied aid talk hints at ten billion dollar Britain program
Washington officials discuss a possible supplemental armament program of about 10 billion dollars to aid Britain. Congress would consider authorization for leasing or lending munitions and equipment while drafting a separate aid bill from the domestic defense budget. Leaders expect Treasury lawyers to shape the legislation with administration aides.
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Washington
Britain
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Treasury
Woman Shot Proclaims Robbery Ends With Suspect's Capture
In Troy Alabama a lone woman lured Brundidge filling station operator Fonza Rainey 30 into a car and shot him after taking 32 from his pockets. Rainey later told deputies he beat the assailant to death and that the woman was arrested in Brundidge. If Rainey dies the suspect faces robbery and murder charges.
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Troy
Ala
Brundidge
Ben Reeves
Reeves
Fonza Rainey
Katherine Ward
Rainey
Decatur Gains Led by Population Rise in 1940 Census
Decatur reports a 1940 census population of 16,604, the highest on record, with a gain of over a thousand since 1930. The Chamber of Commerce targeted unreached residents, L and N Shops and Connecticut Mills declines affected job counts, and Cullman County shows the strongest area growth among four counties.
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Decatur
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Louisville & Nashville
Connecticut Mills Company
Connecticut Mills
Cullman County
Culman Oop
Lawton
Limestone
Wood
Limestone County
Cunman Soccen
Hartselle
Cullman
Ardmore
Town Creek
Trinity
Former Resident to Be Buried Here
Mrs. H. B. Cloyd, former Trinity mountain resident, died Tuesday at her Hermitage Tennessee home. After services there, her body will be brought here for concluding services and interment at Trinity mountain cemetery at 4:30 PM this afternoon.
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H. B. Cloyd
Trinity Mountain
Hermitage
Tenn
Trinity Mountain Cemetery
Bardia Fell After Triple Assault By Land Air And Sea
War columnist Dewitt Mackenzie argues the fall of Bardia demonstrates the power of combined land sea and air forces. He says nations with三 fully developed tri-service capabilities hold the strongest potential to win the European conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Bardia
Libyan
British triple assault proves sea power key in Italy defeat
The piece argues Italy lacked sea power to counter a British three-pronged attack. It notes Italian forces at Bardia had land and air strength but no naval arm, weakening their defense. Allied success in Greece and Albania credited to Allied fleet and coordinated arms.
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Bardia
Greece
Albania
France
Cullman Plans Immediate Push for New Airport Site
The Alabama Aviation Commission report shows Cullman County voters approved $5,000 to match town funds for purchasing a site for a new airport. An inspection of proposed sites will be conducted next week.
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Alabama_ Aviation Commission
Cullman
Cullman County
Boston College Substitute QB Nash Seriously Ill
Ralph Nash, substitute quarterback for the undefeated Boston College football team, was taken from his Somerville home to a hospital after convulsions. Doctors could not determine the cause immediately. team doctor was called. Nash played the second period against Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl.
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Somerville
Mass
Ralph Nash
Boston
Nash
Tennessee
More Millions For TVA Asked by FDR
President Roosevelt asks Congress to appropriate 69.8 million to finance TVA construction next year. Defense power development costs 65.8 million and includes Cherokee Dam Watts Bar units Wilson and Pickwick. TVA projects aim for 128 000 kilowatts by 1945 at Gilbertsville Dam and plan closure of Cherokee in January 1942.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Kentucky
Gilbertsville
Norris
Ind - Neb
McKellar
D-Tenn
Sparkman
D-Ala
Defense
Cherokee Dam
Holston River
Watts Bar
Wilson Dam
Pickwick
Cherokee
Ohio
Mississippi
Tennessee
Pickwick Landing Dam
Ison
Wilson m
Hales Bar Dam
Fort Loudon
Coulter Shoals
Navy Shake-Up and Fleet Expansion Ordered
Secretary Knox said President Roosevelt authorized a 42000 increase in fleet manpower and major command reshuffles. Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel replaces Admiral James O. Richardson as commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, who will also lead the combined fleets. Richardson’s duties remain undisclosed. The Atlantic force grows to about 125 ships as three fleets form.
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Washington
Knox
Roosevelt
Navy
United States
Congress
Knox Na
Poe
Husband E. Kimmel
James O. Richardson
United States Pacific Fleet
Richardson
Secretary of Navy
Henderson Ky
United States Battle Force
Defense unit bared by FDR defense order
Four men chosen by President Roosevelt to lead the Office of Production Management were authorized to mobilize all American industry for national defense. William Knudsen, Sidney Hillman, and Navy and War secretaries Knox and Stimson were named to direct production, balance capital and labor, and expand and accelerate material supply for defense needs. The group holds broad executive powers to formulate and execute public interest plans for emergency facilities and services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William 8. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Navy
Knox
War
Stimson
America
United States
Morgan County Board Offers Prizes for Spelling and Oral Expression
The Morgan County Board of Education offers $100 split into two $50 prizes for excellence in spelling and oral expression across the county schools. Contest chair E C McDaniel of Trinity, with a committee including Mrs B L Landers Hartselle Mrs Eva W Johnston Somerville Mrs Frances Summerford Falkville Miss Alma Thomas Price Mippa1 Miss Flossie Orr Somerville8 and Miss Adelle Sims Hartselle2, outlines four districts and a contest span from next week to late March.
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Morgan County
Falkville
Alma Thomas Price
Mippa
Flossie Orr
Somerville
Adelle Sims
Hartselle
Joseph Shaia Dies at Home After Illness
Joseph Shaia aged 85 died Tuesday night at eight at his home 523 West Vine Street after a three week illness. He was long active in the Decatur mercantile trade on West Walnut. Funeral services will be Friday at 9 30 AM at St. Ann's Catholic Church with burial at City Cemetery. Prayer services will be held at the residence Thursday night at eight. Pallbearers named T M Faust W A Britain A C McKenna Solomon Joseph Bob Hopper Richard Tannera. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Mary Mansour LaGrange GA a sister Mrs George Namie Decatur a brother Abraham Shaia Decatur three grandchildren six nephews and five nieces.
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Joseph Shaia
Yars
West Vine Street
Merchantile
Decatur
West Walnut Street
St. Ann's Catholic Church
P. J. Buckley
City Cemetery
Brown
T. M. Faust
W. A. Britain
A. C. McKenna
Solomon Joseph
Bob Hopper
Richard Tannera
Mary Mansour
LaGrange
George Namie
Abraham Shaia
Annual Football Banquet Honors Raiders Captains
About 100 guests attended the annual football banquet at the junior high. Judge Leybourne Lynne served as toastmaster as the Red and Black motif highlighted the event. Superintendent S E B Alverson praised sportsmanship and pledged support for the athletic program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leybourne Lynne
Alverson
S. EB. Alverson
Alvers
President Roosevelt asks record peace time budget for defense
President Roosevelt unveiled an unprecedented 1942 budget totaling 17.49 billion dollars with 10.81 billion for national defense. He warned of a growing debt and urged tax increases while noting no aid provisions for Greece or China yet to be funded.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Roosevelt
Greece
China
Treasury
Senate
House
Weather summary for Tennessee river region
The Tennessee river level at seven AM fell to 18.45 feet with no rain reported. Temperatures peaked at 51 degrees in the preceding period. Partly cloudy conditions extend to Alabama with light to moderate winds and a chance of light rain in parts of the east and central regions tonight into Thursday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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