Child abducted by man offers ride to school in Elgin incident
A nine year old girl told Elgin Police Chief that a man in a black car offered a ride to Columbus Public School to her and her two younger sisters. He took them toward Old Roe Factory Road where the two younger girls escaped. The eldest was hurt and returned home to report the incident as state police investigate the license plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkin
Joseph Huber
Huber
Atep
Colummbus
Roe Factory
Elgin
Fred Whoellick
Pettusville residents face bad roads and illnesses
Pettusville residents report roads from Pettusville to Elkmont are impassable due to weather. The school bus failed to run Monday. Local families, including the Appletons and Pettus, note illness among relatives and community members while Mrs Campbell, formerly Blanchet Hardman, dies after months of illness.
Reports Deny Race Riot After Manila Shooting
Jan 9 Manila report from Col Jeremiah P. Holland provost marshal says a Negro soldier pilferer was shot by guard S Sat el Brown and soldiers fired into air. Military police disarmed 32 from the 228th salvage collection company. base stockade pending cases. Holland denied reports of a race riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Jeremiah P. Holland
S Sat.el] Brown
Eee Holand
Holland
Lady Finds Relief After Inner-Aid For Stomach Gas
A Decatur woman recounts severe stomach gas that rose at night, causing choking while lying down. After taking INNER-AID she reports gas gone, bowels regular, and able to sleep flat. The ad claims 12 herbs cleanse bowels and improve overall feeling. Sold by local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
VA Eases School Benefits For Disabled Veterans
The VA announces simplified payment of schooling benefits under the GI Bill after an amendment to the GI Bill of Rights increases monthly educational allotments. Disabled veterans may receive pension plus school allotment, with $65 for single veterans and $90 for married veterans, plus dependent add ons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
H. V. Sterling
Sterling
Whitty Seals Laid To Rest At Little Vine Cemetery
Mr. Whitty Seals was interred after a two week illness with eight children and grandchildren in attendance. The notice lists local residents, travel to Birmingham, military furloughs, and illness impacting family members, plus school lunchroom progress and a church appointment cancellation due to bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitty Seals
Little Vine Cemetery
W.J. Briscoe
Decatur
Cecil Crawford
Birmingham
Harvey Gullion
Cecil Ward
Hannah Vandergriff
Lula Stewart
de Witte
Crawford
Hartselle
Betty Johnson
Bennie Ralph
Ama_ Ralph
Eugene Eudy
U.S. Army
Hosiery Shortage At Acute Stage In New York
New York reports a severe hosiery shortage as nylons have not arrived and rayons are nearly exhausted. Shoppers search store to store for any hosiery with little optimism for relief, as manufacturers warn the rayon supply will not improve in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tos
Mrs. Atkinson Has Fair Night at Birmingham Hospital
Mrs. W. J. Atkinson of Decatur was reported in fair condition today at Jefferson Hospital in Birmingham. Authorities said she showed improvement after removal by ambulance from a downtown hotel. her husband, owner of the 1 M Sandwich shop, had been admitted Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Atkinson
Decatur
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham
Associated Press
Butterflies Exhibit Unusual Wing Colors Across Species
A regional natural history note highlights butterflies showing wing color variations beyond common patterns. Researchers point to genetics and environmental factors as possible causes and call for closer observation by local enthusiasts.
Janitors continue search for kidnap killer
Suzanné’s bedroom window is cited as part of the investigation and a possible scene used by the kidnapper. A vehicle sighting near the Degnan home is referenced from last weekend. Rewards totaling 11,000 dollars are offered for information leading to the kidnap-slayer’s apprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanné
Degnan
Markets at a glance lift stocks and grains
New York stocks rise led by steel shares while bonds gain and rails rally. Chicago wheat holds near 73-8 cents, corn steady, rye up to 25-8, hogs and cattle steady to higher. cotton futures rise on mill and commission buying with hopes for price ceilings yet parity remains key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
N.Y
Chicago Dairy Market Report Highlights Butter and Egg Receipts
In Chicago on January 94 butter firm with receipts 1 867 165 and unchanged market. Eggs show receipts 13 950 for week with extras and standards listed. current receipts and dirties recorded, reflecting steady to firm trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nashville Mercantile Cattle and Hogs Trade Report
Nashville market notes fair activity with steady demand as high water limits receipts. Cattle receipts around 300 with steers 854 lb at 16.50 top, steers and heifers 12.50-13.50, canners 6.50-9.00, good beef bulls 13.90-14.24, calves 9.50-14.00, hogs steady with 140-400 lb at 14.55, under 440 lbs 13.25, sows 13.80, sheep around 25, market activity described as steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News’ Service
Ribbentrop Accused as War Crimes Claims Led to Lynching Plans
The international tribunal heard evidence that Joachim von Ribbentrop urged lynching of captured Allied airmen and pressed Japan to declare war on the United States. Documents showed the German high command rejected his terror proposal and that Germany planned invasion and aiding air attacks, with promises to liquidate the British empire and Soviet Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nnernberg
Germany
International
Tribunal Today
Joachim van Ribbentrop
David Maxwell Eyre
von Ribbentrop
David
Japan
Hiroshi Oshima
United States
Iaw
Hes
Mussolinia
Spain
Pappy Boyington and Miss Baker Wed in Las Vegas
Col Gregory Boyington and Miss Frances Baker of Los Angeles wed by a justice of the peace in Las Vegas. Greeted by witnesses from the office, the couple arrived by train, with Boyington claiming a 1941 Seattle divorce and Baker citing a 1932 San Francisco divorce. Also noted is a related tale of Mrs Lucy Malcolmson and a Marine ace’s remarks in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las
Vegas
New
Gregory (Pappy) Bovyington
Frances Baker
Los Angeles
Boyington
Marine Gerps
Lucy Malcolmson
Reno
Bovington
Seattle
Australia
Three drunk and disorderly cases on city docket
Three cases charged with being drunk and disorderly were listed on the city docket this morning. One was fined 25 dollars, one defeated a 25 dollar cash bond and the other forfeited a 15 dollar cash bond. A separate case forfeited a 25 dollar cash bond. B E Bromwell of Decatur 3 was a Wednesday morning business visitor to Decatur. Lt Elizabeth Lamon of the United States Air Corps nurse left Decatur for Maxwell Field for discharge. George Neville of Decatur 1 was a business visitor to Decatur Wednesday. Mrs Freda Gray of Falkville guest at the home of Mr and Mrs Felton Dyer Monday. Dorothy Brock ill at home 223 Sixth Avenue West. Ross A Hawkins CSM AAA 2293 Fourth Avenue West has received his frayal discharge after 43 months service including 31 months in the Pacific with Good Conduct Medal and four campaign stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth. Lamon
United States Air Corps
Decatur
Maxwell Field
Freda Gray
Falkville
Felton Dyer
Dorothy Brock
Sixth Avenue West
Ross A. Hawkins
CSM
Fourth Avenue West
Pacific
Danville
J. D. Bond
Piney Grove
Burgess
Tassie
Woodrow Guthrie
Bill Blevins
Joe Coon
Laura Cooper
W. L. McClellan
Robert Turrentine
May Cobb
Matt Denton
Wilburn Carter
Andrews
Susie Lay
Jasper
Eddie Turrentine
James D. Bonds
Walter Bishop
Willie Burgess
Negor Boy Injured In Street Collision In Buford
Buford Payne a 14 year old Negro youth sustained painful flesh wounds to his left leg when a Woco-Pop service station truck sideswiped a 1940 Chevrolet coupe on Vine Street. James Morris driver 14 was questioned after being stopped by officers and L and N Railroad agent. Payne received treatment at Hamil climb and was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford —Payne
Payne
Hamil
James Morris
Morris
Charles Mitchell
Second Avenue
Vine Street
Frank Sandlin
Jessie Hassell
Negro Boy Held in Beating At Memphis Fire Scene
Sheriff Oliver Perry said a 16 year old Negro schoolboy was identified as the attacker of Mrs. I. T. Goss and two children found battered beside their burning four room home in Memphis Tennessee. The youth’s detention awaits the district attorney general’s office as charges are considered while infant Sammie Goss died in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Oliver Perry
I. T. Goss
Sammie Goss
Freddie
Rites Held for Coie E Thrasher
Funeral services were held for Coie E Thrasher 31 who died Monday at his Moulton home Rev Emmet Byars officiated at Aldridge Grove with burial in Aldridge Grove Cemetery Brown directing Surviving are his wife three sons Raymond Ewell Thomas Rual and Gay Lee Thrasher his parents two sisters Mildred Thrasher and Agnes Key two half sisters Mrs Sam Alexander and Mrs Drew Alexander two brothers Odie and Orie Thrash er Pallbearers were Floyd Hill Emmett Woodard Lawrence Key Tommie Rooks George Rooks and Percy Allred
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coie E. Thrasher
Moulton
Aldridge Grove
Emmet Byars
Brown
Raymond Ewell
Thomas Rual
Gay Lee Thrasher
T. Oo. Thrasher
Mildred Thrasher
Agnes Key
Sam Alexander
Decatur
Drew Alexander
Odie
Orie Thrasher
Protestants urged to sing as guard warned at Yokohama jail
Report describes mutinous mood among troops in Hawaii and Manila protests against demobilization. Colonel Maloney cites communists and hotheads stirring crowds, while Patterson is paraded as Honorary GI. New York T-4 Livingston blasts foreign policy, calls for occupation talks with the Philippines. Indignation meetings spread from Seoul to Manila as soldiers draft letters to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Maloney
Enot
MacArthur
Mahoney
Patterson
Honolulu
Robert C. Richardson Jr
Hawaii
Truman
T-4
David Livingston
New York City
Philippines
Manila
Livingston
Oahu
Seoul
Korea
Associated Press
Robert Myers
Funeral for Mary Jane Mosely at Kings Memorial
Mary Jane Mosely aged woman who was born in slavery dies at her West Vine Street home. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 PM at Kings Memorial Methodist Church with Rev. E H Beeth officiating. Mosely served on the stewardess board of Kings Memorial for 25 years. Sykes conducts arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Mosely
West Vine Street
E. H. Beeth
Kings Memorial
Kings Memorial Methodist Church
Sykes
Senators Clash Over Demobilization Pace
Two senate critics challenged President Truman on demobilization. Senator Revercomb urged releasing all drafted fathers and pressing demobilization as a priority when Congress reconvenes. Senator Edwin C. Johnson called for a full investigation into demobilization due to War Department plan changes. Chairman Elbert Thomas opposed further inquiry.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Truman
Revercomb
W.va
House
shogli-Jookmingy
Congress
Edwin C. Johnson
Protests Spread to U S Army in Frankfurt Demonstration Planned
In Frankfurt Germany American soldiers issued notices calling for a mass protest tonight at the U S forces European theater headquarters near the Farben building. The notices urged soldiers to plan and join the march with themes of unity and homeward return.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
J. G. Farben
Farben
U. S
World Children's Foundation aids soldiers' children abroad
New York January 9 1941 Miss Mary Rizzotto of Bingham Massachusetts formed a non profit group to help illegitimate children and unwed mothers of American soldiers overseas She announced a press conference for the World Children's Foundation chartered December 17 in Massachusetts She warned that thousands of children are roaming Europe cold hungry and homeless with 3000 to 5000 in Algiers and about 3000 in Italy without any agency equipped to help
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New York
Mary Rizzotto
Bingham
Mass
Red Cross
World Children’s Foundation
Massachusetts
Europe
Algiers
Italy
Willis vows to halt tobacco sales in Kentucky
Gov. Simeon Willis pledged to end tobacco sales in Kentucky. He will seek warehouse closings or issue orders to stop sales, as the House of Representatives considers an open unanimous request to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Simeon Willis
Athens News Items Recaps Local Water Cooler Socials and Health
Athenians in Birmingham on business and in Mississippi, hospital transfers for Charles Wood and Mollie McClellan, and the death of Mrs. Tom Straine with funeral plans pending. Dr. John P. Hill improves after pneumonia. Paul Counce welcomes son William Martin in Knoxville. families travel for visits and performances. Local clubs and church missionary notes plus college students’ reports and meetings fill the week. Dr E R Naylor attends a Cleveland educational meeting.
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C. A. Christensen
Birmingham
Richard Dollar
Mississippi Southern College
Charles’ Wood
Powers Hospital
Coleman Avenue
Tom Straine
Decatur Road
Sat
John P. Hill
Mollie “McClellan
Paul Counce
William Martin
Knoxville, Tenn
Athenian Club
Fred Martin
Nancy Martin
Luther Yarbrough
Fleming Peer
Mary Martin
San Francisco
Athens College
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
K. J. Rudolph
B. T. Waites
Louise Black
Urbana
Ill
Carl Martin
Elizabeth Malone
Knoxville
William. Martin Counce
Mary Carolyn Legg
Wesleyan Guild
Emily Charnéter
Emily “Foster
Carl—Jones
Ethel Anderson
E. R. Naylor
Cleveland
Ohio
Morgan County Social Notes Move and Military Return
Lawson Lynn returns from New Orleans after attending Sugar Bowl. Mrs C C Scurlock and family visit Mrs Vincent. James Lynn moves from Baugh infirmary to home after pneumonia. Bill Scurlock returns from overseas with medals. various locals host gatherings and visits in Morgan County.
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Lawson Lynn
New Orleans
C. C. Scurlock
Betty Ann
Bill
T. W. Howell
June McDaniel
Sheffield
GC. Vincent
J¢Brel
Peck
Brown Knight to Resume Positions at Decatur Post Office
Frank W Brown and W Tracy Knight discharged veterans will resume posts at the Decatur post office, announced by Postmaster R T Sheppard. Brown from the Army postal service in New York will start January 16, and Knight who served in Italy and France will begin February 1 after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W.brown
W. Tracy Knight
Decatur
R. T. Sheppard
Brown
Army Postal Service
New York City
Sorhares
Knight
Italy
France
Ian
Culturist Granted Final Divorce After 33 Years
Ber narr MacFadden a 71 year old physical culturist was awarded a final divorce decree from the British beauty contest winner after a three year court fight. The couple married in London in 1897 and had seven children. The suit centered on alleged humiliations and domestic disputes including health claims and public displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Bernarr MacFadden
Paul D. Barns
Patts Fn
London
MacFadden
Local notes from Morgan County and Corinth area
Community news lists residents visiting relatives and moving plans. Mrs J D Bonds and Aunt Tassie Burgess are mentioned amid illness and injuries. Several locals including Guthries, McClellans, Turrentines, Dentons, and Cobbs are noted with travel, home building, or illness updates in Piney Grove and nearby areas.
Morgan County Notes Include Moves and Illnesses
Morgan County notices list Christine Crowe and Day Crow on sick lists while Add Legg is seriously ill at home. Families travel for business, weddings and relocations appear as Miss Louise Blackwood marries Trual Warren and the Steels move to Mose Dutton place. Funerals noted for Henry Hendon. others relocate to Evergreen and Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Add Legg
Ewell Gibson
Birmingham
Louise Blackwood
Trual Warren
Henry Hendon
Decatur
Friendship
Thureh
Ann Hall
Kraie Leeteee Oes
Evergreen
Leonard Praytor
Grace Morris
Freda—Heil
Montevallo
Troy Hall
Coy
Ray Hall
U. S. Navy
Johnie Steel
Mose Dutton Place
Trust Penn
Earl Williams
Hartselle
J. B. Roberts
R. D. Harvey
Dr Lin Yutang Invents Oriental Version of Typewriter
Dr Lin Yutang, renowned author, unveils an Oriental typewriter concept blending traditional scripts with modern клавиатура design hints at cross cultural innovation and literary accessibility for East Asian languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin Yutang
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Mamie Pettus
Elkmont
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Clifton
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Beulah. Spence
Bonnie Hogan
L.-E-Dunnavant
Lola
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Athens
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Musie
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Decatur Phome
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Kenmore Avenue
Seh
Ue Degnan
Suzanne
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Morgan County
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Ribbentrop
Pappy Boyington
Miss Baker
Hecatur
Vai
B. E. Bromwell
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Gk Cik
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Decatur 1
Negro Boy
Thrasher
Floyd Hill
Emmett
Woodard
Lawrence
Key
Tommie Rooks
George Rooks
Percy Allred
Chattahoochee
Columbus
Fort Benning
Archie Lee Autry
Autry
Louis Chapler
Frank J Glark
Autry Brothers
Athens News
Morgan County Florette
GC Vincent
Harold Waugh
Scurrock
North Africa
Sicily
Belgium
Doris Gatlin
Betty Ann Scurlock
Fay
Elizabeth Covey
Bill Scurlock
Robert Ryan
Hoover Gatlin
Glenn Ralph
Erdal’ Peck
C. Vincent
T.W. Howell
G.G Scurlock
Bill Peck
Glen Cove
Eral Peck
Jim— Gurley
Jim Tom
Ethel Wear
Monrovia
Fred Scarborough
Judson Waugh
Scarborough
South Pacific
Courtland
K. N. Murphree
Firestone
Highway 31
Johnston St
Morgan County Corinth
J D
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Walker Blair
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Charlie _ McClellan
Ruth Blevins
Louie Partain
Hamp Smith
Joseph Holland
Robert Carter
Mount Vernon
PENN
Christine Crowe
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