Quick Mine Blast Kills Many as 23 Bodies Recovered
In Bartley West Virginia the Bartley No 1 mine blast killed at least 23 men with 68 more trapped 600 feet underground. Rescue teams worked 38 hours through rock slate and coal to reach 91 men, with 19 bodies found in the center of the explosion area and more expected. State officials said the death toll likely extends to all miners inside the mine. The incident halted hopes of survivors as families gathered in a cold drizzle watching rescue efforts.
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Leo Fisher Bartley
W. Va
Bartley No. 1
G. J. Stollings
Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Corporation
E. L. Chatfield
Lee
Chatfield
Bartley
Red Cross
Mrs Venable Called Home in Hartselle
Mrs. Sue Venable of Hartselle died after a lingering illness at her son Joe Venable’s home. She leaves a daughter Nettie, two sons Joe and W T Venable, and two grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at two o'clock conducted by Rev. Frank Aldridge with pallbearers Curtis Orr Bruce Adams W V Pattillo S M Nelson Clay Speegle. Interment Cullman cemetery. Peck directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Venable
Hartselle
Joe Venable
W. V. Pattillo
S. M. Nelson
Clay Speegle
Eliza Whitten
Taza Whitten
Christine Sanders
Olita Hartselle
Fannie Teague
Curtis Orr
Cullman Cemetery
Peck
Japanese apologize to American woman in Shanghai incident
Japanese naval authorities visited Miss Frances Donaldson of Louisville, Kentucky, to apologize for an attack by a Japanese sentry. They acknowledged her report that on December 20 a sentry struck her as she crossed a bridge into the International Settlement, and noted a naval spokesman had challenged her account on December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Frances. Donaldson
Louisville
Donaldson
Japan Questioning Guam Harbor Plan Amid Pacific Tensions
Tokyo reacts to a renewed U S Navy proposal to upgrade harbor facilities at Guam calling it an unfriendly gesture in a string of moves affecting Asia. Japanese naval officers see Guam as vulnerable and view the plan as a moral threat amid U S Pacific policy shifts and Philippine independence talks.
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Tokyo
Guam
Japan
United States
Pacific
Western Pacific
Philippine
Guam “Lookout Post
United States Congress
Mitsumasa Yonai
Japanese War Council
Far East
Pacific Islands
New Jersey Republicans Back Dewey for President
New Jersey GOP leaders resolved their factions and pledged to elect Dewey designated delegates to the national convention making New Jersey the first state group to line up behind Thomas E. Dewey for the Republican nomination. The number of delegates is fixed by the national convention. in 1936 New Jersey had 32 delegates.
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Montclair
N. J
New Jersey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Velasco Ibarra Suppressed Uprising in Guayaquil
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra led an army and air force revolt in Guayaquil, was arrested after a brief uprising. Major Rafael Astudillo and Flores Milo, a local broker, were detained in connection with the incident.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Jas
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Velasco Ibarra
Rafael Astudillo
Flores Milo
Guardsmen guard Prentiss trial over white man's slaying
National guardsmen with fixed bayonets patrolled the Prentiss courthouse as two Negroes go on trial for the killing of J. C. Sanford. Mobs had threatened lynching. 75 guardsmen were sent from Jackson while a crude scaffold was erected in view.
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Prentiss
Miss
Columbia
Jackson
J. C. Sanford
Court House
Jerome Franklin
Hilton Fortenberry
Hinds County
Ex-resident's kin killed in Nebraska car crash
Decatur friends of Mrs. Sarah E. Babb mourn the death of her granddaughter Beverly Babb Groves of Wray Colorado in a holiday automobile accident near Haigler Nebraska. Groves a Colorado Woman's College sophomore was among five in the car. two others died and three were injured.
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Decatur
Sarah E. Babb
Casper
Wyoming
Beverly Babb Groves
Wray
Colorado
Miss Groves
Colorado Woman’s College
Denver
Haigler
Nebraska
Paul C. Groves
County officials confer on Morgan County roads
Morgan county board of revenue and control members Jeff Rowe John McCutcheon and Fred M Speake met Friday in Montgomery with Chris J Sherlock director of the state highway department to discuss Morgan county roads Wallace Meadows was absent at his home.
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Jeff Rowe
John McCutcheon
Fred M. Speake
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Montgomery
Chris J. Sherlock
State Highway Department
Morgan County
Wallace Meadows
Mr. Rowe
Speake
McCutcheon
Oklahoma farmer links two convicts to Rogers murders
Fort Towson Oklahoma January 12 A lawyer reports farmer Houston Lambert named two prison camp convicts Frank Wellman and Floyd Carpenter as the killers of Mr and Mrs Elmer Rogers and their son Dean. The Rogers home burned after the slayings. Wellman and Carpenter were trusted inmates with prior convictions.
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Fort Towson
Okla
Farmer
Elmer Rogers
Dean
Rogers
Roy Harmon
Houston Lambert
Frank Wellman
Floyd Carpenter
Wellman
Jess Dunn
Leong
Phillips
Carpenter
Dunn
Joe Adair
Lambert
House approves huge emergency defense bill amid budget conflicts
Washington dispatch reports the House passed a 264 611 252 emergency defense appropriation for army navy coast guard and FBI amid cuts and splits over shifting funds to farm parity and deficit bills. Senators and reps debate transferring defense money to farm relief and parity payments with figures cited for Guam harbor and tax implications. Continued on page seven.
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Washington
Jan
House
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Schafer
Wis
Appropriations Committee
Welles
Congress
PRA
Roosevelt
Senate
Reed
R.-Kans
Lucas
Guam
American Farm Bureau Ération
Osevelt
Extradition Refused for Chilton Over Reformatory Escape
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio refused to authorize extradition to Oklahoma for Carlton B. Chilton a 44 year old Cleveland man who escaped from an Oklahoma reformatory in 1913 and had a good conduct record, in a three page letter.
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Columbus
Jas
John W. Bricker
Oklahoma
Carlton B. Chilton
Bricker
Chilton
Congressman Starnes Warns Communism a Real Danger
Congressman Joe Starnes of Alabama spoke before Kiwanis Rotary and Lions clubs about Communism as a threat to democracy. He described Dies Committee investigations, noted Nazi presence in Texas, and praised Decatur National Guard cooperation during a town visit before returning to Washington.
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Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Joe Starnes
Alabama
Starnes
Dies
Guntersville
Washington
Lyons
Garner Pride
Kiwanis Club
Lloyd Lively
Arthur Jones
Charles Eyster
F. L. Chenault
John Patterson
Rep. Starnes
Congressman Starnes
Decaturs
Alabama Nationa Guard
Decatur
Dies Committee
South
Texas
Franco Sending Armaments To Battling Finns
Paris Jan 12 a Franco sending armaments to Finland was reported with official confirmation that Spain Italy and southern European nations ship war material and volunteers to aid Finland while observers note many foreign guns lingered from the Spanish Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Spain
Italy
Finland
Stodi
Francisco, Franco
Ayers Declares Candidacy for Democratic Delegate
Colonel Harry M. Ayers editor of the Anniston Star announces his bid to be a delegate at large from Alabama to the Democratic National Convention. He cites factionalism in Bankhead circles and seeks to back Bankhead’s White House bid while highlighting his long service in party affairs and Alabama civic roles.
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Anniston
Ala
Harry M. Ayers
Anniston Star
Bankhead
Alabama
Ayers
Monte Sano Park
Huntsville
Underwood
White House
South
Houston
the Americans
Ofary
State Board of Education
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Rites Held for Bracken Child in Belle Mina
Coleman Wayne Bracken two year old son of Mr and Mrs Solon Bracken of Belle Mina died at home Friday. Funeral rites were conducted at Blackground Lawrence county by Rev Ussery McAfee Howell and Young directed burial. Survived by parents two brothers W C and Regis and three sisters Willodean Marcilla and Mary.
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Coleman Wayne Bracken
Solon Bracken
Belle Mina
Blackground
Lawrence County
Ussery
McAfee, Howell and Young
W. C
Regis Bracken
Willodean
Marcilla
Mary
Russians Press Southward With Finnish Arctic Army Push
Jan. 12 The Russian army seeks to cut south from Salla and Petsamo fronts as Soviets attack after heavy artillery. Finnish defense relies on bitter cold as they stall a large Soviet drive near Suomussalmi. A Finnish victory could push fronts clear of enemy forces toward Suomussalmi, with Arctic terrain and hidden commands illustrated by frontline patrols and a wartime trek southward.
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Pintilah
Salla
Petsamo
Arctic
Suomussalimi
Guer
Jaes
Arctic Circle
Finland
Suomussalmi
Abe cabinet to resign in Japan amid trade talks
Premier Nobuyuki Abe announced plans to resign at a special cabinet meeting next Sunday. A source suggested Foreign Minister Nomura might be retained if U S trade issues, including reopening the Yangtze to third power trade, prompt a shift in policy after the treaty lapses post Jan 26. Abe became premier August 30 of the previous year.
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Tokyo
Nobuyuki Abe
Domei
Kichisaburo Nomura
Abe
United States
Yangtze
Washington
Harvard Discovery Promises Mass Typhus Vaccine
New York reports Harvard researchers unveiled a mass production method for typhus vaccine essential to end the typhus epidemics long tied to war. After decades of limited supply scientists found a way to grow sufficient rickettsiae to immunize populations for a year or more, building on two earlier American breakthroughs.
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New York
Harvard
Finland bombings raise alarm as warplanes raid south of Helsinki
Russian warplanes over southern Finland interrupt Helsinki telephone lines with bombs near the city. The capital felt light tremors from 2:15 to 3:50 p m and islands 30 miles south were hit. Roosevelt asks congressional leaders from both parties to discuss aid to Finland while denying any specific steps. He notes Finland's independence must not be a partisan issue and mentions Myron Taylor’s Vatican peace mission.
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Helsinki
Finland
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Taylor
Pilots Busy As Luftwaffe Scouting Flights Continue
German fliers carried out extended reconnaissance over Britain and the North Sea while Britain matched with observation trips over western Germany and Heligoland Bight. Reports of ships sunk varied, with the British listing the steamer Keynes among losses and Germany claiming hits on patrol boats, a merchantman, and a downed aircraft.
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Associated Press
Britain
Scotland
Keynes
North Sea
Eee
Irish Sea
Ger
Tennessee River gauge steady at 16.5 feet and cool high
The Tennessee River stood at 16.5 feet, unchanged, with a 24 hour high of 48 and low of 43. Rain totaled 0.42 inches. Alabama faced cloudy skies and near freezing temps in the far north tonight, with light rain possible in the east and central regions and rain spreading westward Saturday as winds shift from the north.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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GOP
Dewey
Highway Head
Franco
Bracken Child
Thomas F. Hawkins
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