Buried 92 Mine Victims Face Funeral Lines
In Bartley West Virginia families prepare for burial as rescue crews continue to recover bodies from the Bartley No 1 mine disaster. By January 13 thirty four bodies were found in the blast torn rooms along two miles of entries. Foreman Lee Hall and eight others were among the dead. Rescue work proceeds with air quality declining amid ongoing tunneling and slate falls as officials warn of more difficult retrievals likely through Sunday or Monday.
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Bartley
W. Va
Bartley No. 1
Lee Hall
Wotetline Loop
Raymond E. Salvati
Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Corporation
Dewey Pact Weakens as New Jersey Split Persists
In Newark on January 13, two Dewey factions in New Jersey showed no pledge agreement to support his presidential bid. A Hoffman Vanderbilt accord was described as personal views, while leaders stressed no commitment to convention pledges. Hendrickson was chosen to lead an anti Hoffman gubernatorial bid as Hoffman weighed a run.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
New Jersey
G. Hoffman
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Dewey
Joseph A. Bower
Bower
GOP
H. Alexander Smith
Messrs
Hoffman
Vanderbilt
United States
W. Warren Barbour
Jersey
Daniel Pomeroy
Robert C. Hendrickson
Rites Set For Crash Victim Jimmie B Sales
Funeral services for Jimmie B Sales 46 of 213 Ferry street will be held at 2 30 pm Sunday at the residence Rev D C McNutt First Methodist Church officiating burial in Roselawn Cemetery under direction of McAfee Howell and Young Sales survived by widow a son James four daughters and three brothers all listed as Kentuckians Flower girls named from local girls The accident occurred when the coal truck he rode on overturned near Ferry and Church streets after brake bolts failed and the driver swerved to avoid a collision. He died at Benevolent Society Hospital.
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Jimmie B. Sales
Ferry Street
Ferry
Church Streets
D. C. McNutt
First Methodist Church
McAfee
Howell
Young
Roselawn
Sales
James
Irene Lemley
Ann Wolaver
Lonnie Bell
Edna Sales
James Sales
Fort
Robertson
Johnson Sales
Kentucky
Dot Hoover
Jewel Jackson
Sarah Kelly
Dorothy Hammond
Ollie Moore
Gladys Hammond
Lois Fairbanks
Dendell Fairbanks
City Coal and Fuel Co
Davis Street
Bennie Wheeler
Church’ Street
Church
Benevolent Society Hospital
Two Killed Four Hurt In Birmingham Incident
Two people died and four were injured in a Birmingham incident reported January 13 with details continuing on Page Two.
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Birmingham
Ala
Columbus Crew to Start Home Sunday
More than 500 members of the crew of the scuttled liner Columbus will depart Ellis Island for the Pacific tonight, entraining at Jersey City on the Erie Railroad for the west coast. Elderly sailors and eight stewardesses are slated to sail to Europe next Wednesday aboard the Italian liner Rex.
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New York
Columbus
Pacific
Ellis Island
Jersey City
West
Europe
Rex
Wyatt Opens Insurance Agency in Decatur
Harry A. Wyatt, an insurance worker in Decatur since 1920, announces he will open his own agency February 1. The new offices will be in the Masonic Building on Johnston Street, focusing on fire insurance and real estate. He remains with Bruce L. Spencer and Associates until February 1 after selling the Wyatt Insurance Agency.
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Harry A. Wyatt
Decatur
Masonic Building
Johnston Street
Wyatt
Wyatt Insurance Agency
Bruce L. Spencer and Associates
Hotel head dies in New York post crash era
Ralph Hitz, founder of the National Hotel Management Company and head of the New Yorker hotel project, died of heart disease in New York. The Vienna native and 48-year-old executive had been ill at Post Graduate Hospital after opening the $22.5 million hotel just after the 1929 crash.
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New York
Ralph Hitz
New Yorker
Wall Street
National Hotel Management Company, Inc
Hitz
Vienna
Austria
United States
Two Navy Planes Collide In Air Over California
Two torpedo bomber planes collided in mid air over Barren Borego Valley 87 miles northeast of San Diego California. One plane crashed on a hillside in flames killing radio man first class James Addison Crowson 24. Ensign Walter Glen Barnes Jr remained missing and Ensign Harold Nathan Punk sustained injuries. Survivors were Charles W. Post Elmer Edwin Jackson and Paul F. Dickson.
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San Dingo
Calif
California
James Addison Crowson
Ernest Cox
el] Centro
Here
Cox
Walter Glen Barnes, Jr
United States Faval Reserve
Harold Nathan Punk
Wray
Colo
el Centro
Charles W. Post
Troutdale
Ore
Elmer Edwin Jackson
Hendersonville
N. C
Paul FE. Dickson
Aviation
Borego Valley
Jackson
Funk
Crowson
Ensign Funk
Qce Lane
Dickson
Mother sobs in court as trooper trial nears verdict
In Cune, Pennsylvania, the mother of 14 year old Joan Stevens fainted in court as Corporal Benjamin Franklin, a suspended state trooper, faced jurors in a trial over the June shooting. Franklin testified claiming self defense after Joan brandished a toy pistol. He reenacted firing from a car with eight bullets hitting the girl.
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March Cune
Joan Stevens
Mayme Stevens
Benjamin Franklin
Joan
Mrs. Stevens
Franklin
Edward J. Swatts
Vicinity Council of Veterans Section of Officers Planned
The Vicinity Council No 2 of Spanish War veterans will elect section officers at a noon Sunday dinner meeting in Cullman Alabama Hotel. A large representation is expected. The council has chapters in Decatur Huntsville Florence and Scottsboro.
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Vicinity Council No. 2
Cullman
Alabama Hotel
Vicinity Council
Decatur
Huntsville
Florence
Scottsboro
Sympathy For Mrs L H Knight In Illness Of Her Mother
Friends of Mrs. L. H. Knight express sympathy as her mother suffers a serious illness in St. Louis.
Child Believed Smothered to Death in Limestone County
James Eldon Nelson two months old son of Mr and Mrs E L Nelson of Cross Keys community north of Athens found dead in bed this morning believed smothered by covering during the night. Funeral rites scheduled at home Sunday at 2 p m with burial in Myers cemetery.
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James Eldon Nelson
E. L. Nelson
Limestone County
Nelsons
Cross Keys
Athens
Myers Cemetery
Soviet Bombers Raid Helsinki Killing Two In Finland
Helsinki reports say Soviet Russian bombers raided southern Finland today killing two people and wounding four in Helsinki alone. Buildings were damaged in the capital’s southwestern area and at Hyvinkaa near Helsinki. About 40 bombs fell. one bomber was reportedly forced down as air alarms sounded across the region.
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Helsinki
Finland
Hyvinkaa
Russia
Snow Falls Across Great Plains and Midwest Weather
Overcast skies blanket much of the eastern half as snow drifts through the Great Plains. Temperatures hover near or below freezing in many areas with heavy rain in the south and gusty winds across the northern states. Army of readings show heavy precipitation in Georgia and Florida, while Colorado, Wyoming, and the northern Plains endure substantial snowfall and below zero chills.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Ohio River Valley
Mercury
Texas
Oklahoma
Carolinas
West Virginia
Florida
Miami
Jacksonville
Georgia
Thomasville
Savannah
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Missouri
North Dakota
Montana
Milesee Mont
Bismarck
Sheridan
Wyo
New England
Boston
Chicago
Arene
Parent
Dodge City
Kasahipolis
New York
Phi
Seattle
Plans for Two Giant Liners to Meet War Needs
The maritime commission advances two 35000 ton liners designed for rapid conversion into aircraft carriers. Built for American President Lines, they will run West Coast to the Orient with 760 foot length and a flight deck. Bids may be invited soon.
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Washington
Jan
Maritime Commission
Whhiere
United States
American President Lines
West Coast
Officals
Stray Mule Ties Up Birmingham Traffic
A sway-backed mule blocked Five Points traffic in Birmingham, eluding police as they debated charges for reckless running and obstructing traffic. A city jail trusted convict rode the mule to the pound, but the owner remained unclaimed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Congress weighs Finland aid amid neutrality fears
Washington lawmakers debated President Roosevelt’s plan to aid Finland while wary of violating neutrality. House and Senate recess followed the first 264 million dollar defense increase bill as Byrnes and other leaders scrutinize naval spending and a 1.3 billion Vinson defense bill faces opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Baltic Republic
House
Serikte
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations
Byrnes
Vinson
Finland
State and Treasury Departments
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ellis elected president of Southern policy committee
Representative Ellis of Arkansas becomes president of the Southern policy committee, succeeding Sparkman of Alabama. The 1936 founded group studies and coordinates government policies impacting the South and includes officials from Southern states and Southern members of Congress.
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Sparkman
Washington
Representaive Ellis
D.-Ark
Southern Policy Committee
Representative Sparkman
D.-Ala
South
Congress
Seven Families Set to Establish Island Community in Bahamas
R G Irvine leads seven families and 21 people to East Caicos in the Bahamas to create a self sufficient settlement with tentative electric lighting, homes, papaya medical uses, shark liver oil, and sisal fiber production. The Lakes of Pasadena host planned departure from California with plans to reach Grand Turks by 36 miles away and embark from Tampa for the voyage.
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Pasadrena
Calif
Caicos Island
Bahama Group
Cuba
Haiti
R. G. Irvine
WPA
James Lake
Pasadena
Irvine
Turks Islands
Grand Turks
Tampa
Fla
East Caicos
City and Alabama Power reach Decatur transfer deal
Decatur officials finalize a sale agreement with Alabama Power Company to transfer local electric properties for 193000 total price with net 93000 cash to the city. The transaction follows TVA discussions and requires PSC approval and bond payoff steps before city operation begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama Power Company
Power Company
City
T. R. Harrison
A. GC. Dillehay
C. D. Patterson
E. W. Kennedy
H. H. Huntser
John A. Caddell
Birmingham
J. M. Barry
Alabama Power Co
J. O. Henkle
Chester A. Bingham
W. F Boswell
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
TVA
Alabama Public Service Commission
Ecity
Decatur Municipal Light and Power System
Tennessee River Gauge and Southern Weather Update
The Tennessee River stood at 16.4 feet and falling, with a recent 0.02 inch rainfall. Alabama expects occasional rain tonight and Sunday with warmer readings in the north and central portions, while Tennessee will see rain and a gradual rise in temperature into tonight and tomorrow, turning colder by Monday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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