Survey Finds States Poised for Major Budget Hikes
Chicago dispatch notes aAP survey of state capitals showing rising budgets for 1942 1948 with expanded welfare and defense spending as key drivers. Maine Oregon Kansas New York Wisconsin Illinois and others project increases due to old age assistance road building and defense needs.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Maine
Oregon
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Ratner
New York State
Albany
Lehman
Julius P. Hell
Wisconsin
Illinois
John Stelle
Pwight H. Green
South Dakota
Colorado
Maryland
Ohio
Connecticut
Indiana
Columbus
Woodard Makes Slow Recovery From Live Wire Injury
W L Woodard slowly improves at Russellville hospital after serious injuries from December 6 when he touched a live wire on a pole near Haleyville. Fred Speake of Hartselle and relatives visited along with Mrs. T F Hodges of Decatur and Mrs. Mildred Haslet and Bill Woodard. Woodard was a long time Decatur resident and worked for Alabama Power. His slow recovery is attributed to a recent malaria attack.
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Fred Speake
Hartselle
T. F. Hodges
Decatur
Mildred Haslet
Bill Woodard
W. L. Woodard
Russellville Hospital
Haleyville
Woodard
Alabama Power Company
Laurel weds fourth wife in Las Vegas ceremony
Stan Laurel, age 50, and Virginia Ruth Laurel, 41, of Beverly Hills, were remarried in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony Saturday, as the comedian begins a honeymoon.
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Hollywood
Stan Laurel
Laurel
Virginia Ruth Laurel
Beverly Hills
Las Vegas
Nev
Diamond Jim Suffered Digestive Ailments Prompt Udga Relief
A reader asked if Diamond Jim had stomach or ulcer pains and suggested Udga tablets as a remedy. The brief notes that indigestion, gas and heartburn may follow overeating and promotes Udga tablets sold at Celecl Drug Store and others.
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Diamond Jim
Diamond Jimy
Celecl
Markets Drift with Uneven Trading and Mixed Signals
New York markets show light selling with uneven price moves and no clear trend as leaders dip slightly. Nashville livestock reports steady cattle and hogs with strong vealers and active spring calves amid steady sheep. grain and metals show mixed to firm moves across futures and cash markets.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U.B. Dept. Agri
New York
Bombay
Boston
Chicago
Shake-up In War Rages Across Fronts And Seas
British cut off Oasis 150 miles south of Bardia while German Italian air action reportedly sank a British cruiser and damaged two destroyers. The RAF raided Belgium and Holland coasts Wilhelmshaven and the Turin arsenal. Bulgaria’s premier warned against Nazism and Communism as tensions rise near Romania and debates over German Soviet plans continue with Tass denying Russia consent.
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Giarbub Oasis
Bardia
High Command
Mediterranean
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Turin
Italy
Bogan Philoft
Bulgaria
Tass
Moscow
Russia
Max Schmeling Denied Furlough to Fight Lazek
Former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling was denied an army furlough to accept a challenge by Heinz Lazek for the European boxing championship. The decision blocks Schmeling from competing while in service.
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Berlin
Max Schmeling
Heinz Lazek
Cotton futures slip on hedge selling in New Orleans
Cotton futures fell in New Orleans with hedge selling against loan equities. prices eased across near term contracts from early highs. Jan and May futures traded lower by several points amid broad weakness and bid activity shown in the market quotes.
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New Orleans
Ed influenza affects Alabama schools and counties
Walter Jackson leads Jefferson county schools as mumps and flu reduce attendance. Dr. D Dowling notes no epidemic yet in Birmingham but fears it may come. Huntsville area reports 672 absentees. Madison county schools see few closures. Botwah county high suspends a week with 178 of 602 pupils ill. Montgomery air center reports 100 cases among airmen. Dr Baker cites Public Health Service on school closures not halting spread and urges simple hygienic practices.
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Walter Jackson
Jefferson County
D. Dowling
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Madisor
W. C. Hatchet
Huntsville
G. D. Brown
Botwah County
Southeast Air Center
Montgomery
Baker
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Baptist leaders mark Mercer University's 107th anniversary
Southern Baptist leaders gathered in Macon on January 13 to celebrate Mercer University's 107th anniversary. A key feature on the program was a discussion of Christian education led by Dr. Charles D. Johnson, chairman of the Southern Baptist Education Commission.
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Macon
Southern Baptist
Mercer University
Charles D. Johnson
Southern Baptist Education Commission
Topping Ordered to Report for Physical Exam
Daniel Reid Topping, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers and husband of Sonja Henie, has been ordered by a Greenwich draft board to report for a physical examination.
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Topping
Greenwich
Conn
Daniel Reid Topping
Brooklyn Football Dodgers
Sonja Henie
Senate backs time limit on British aid bill amid wartime power debate
Solons move to curb wartime lend lease powers as hearings loom while Willkie urges a two year limit. Alf Landon criticizes Willkie stance and Roosevelt position aligns with aiding England if necessary. Senate leaders back a two year cap with broader amendments to restrict de generalization of executive powers. George G. (D Ga) signals approval and urges security provisions from foreign beneficiaries.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Willkie
New York
Senate
Congress
England
Greece
China
George
D Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Bloody riot in Quito leaves two dead and police injured
In Quito on January 13, a violent protest through the capital ended with the presidential palace attacked. Police reported two rioters killed, 17 wounded, and 13 officers hurt. Authorities blamed Communist agents as military police were kept in readiness for further unrest.
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Quito
Ecuador
23rd Psalm Studied in Wednesday Service at Ninth Street
At the mid week service Wednesday the Ninth Street Methodist church will continue Rev. W H Curl leading a study of passages from the 23rd Psalm. The series will continue for several weeks and possibly until Easter. Large crowds attend the services.
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Ninth Street Methodist Church
W. H. Curl
O. B. Lansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Woman suffers broken hip after fall in Hartselle
Mrs. Laddie Hood sustained a broken left hip in a fall at her home in Hartselle Saturday night. She was conveyed to Benevolent Society Hospital by a Drinkard ambulance and was described in satisfactory condition today.
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Laddie Hood
Hartselle
Benevolent Society Hospital
Drinkard
Olen Hampton
W. Moulton Street
Quisling Announces Nordland Regiment For Norway
German announced in Oslo that Norwegians could gain German citizenship by joining the Nordland regiment and fighting for the German cause. Major Vidkun Quisling, leader of the Norwegian Nazis, proclaimed the unit's creation in Vienna via Berlin.
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Oslo
Norway
Berlin
Maejor Vidkun Quisling
AFL backs Lend-Lease plan amid defense labor clash
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor endorses the lend-lease program while resisting any law restricting strikes in defense industries. AFL says members will sacrifice for preparedness but oppose undermining democracy during wartime. It calls for prompt defense funding and expansion of investigations into hostile agents and fifth column activity.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Sayin
United
APL
Congress
AFL
Metal Trades Division
John Prey
Industria
Federation
Roosevelt
Dies Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tennessee River dredging suspended at Big Bend Shoals
Notice to navigation interests awaits on the Tennessee River near Pickwick Landing advising temporary suspension of contract dredging by the Tennessee Valley Authority due to high water. Work will move to the lower approach to General Joe Wheeler Lock with dredging expected to last about 90 days. Navigators are urged to proceed with caution and follow federal rules.
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Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Authority
Big Bend Shoals
Pickwick Landing
Bouys
General Joe Wheeler Lock
United States
Secretary of War
Co. E. Walsh
Corps of Engineers
Skies Scanned for Returning Youth
The family of James Phenix Jr an 18 year old COC enrollee waited for a reunion as U S Army officials planned to fly him from San Francisco home today in an army transport plane. Phenix was injured last May when thrown from a truck at Blackly Ore and has been paralyzed since. Weather delays and illness caused Christmas return to be missed.
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Montgomery
Ala
James Phenix, Jr
Coc
U. S. Army
San Francisco
Phenix
Blackly Ore
Williams Named Deputy Collector in Tuscumbia
George Wesley Williams a former Auburn and Deshler high standout has been named to replace Capt W O Nelson as deputy collector of internal revenue in Tuscumbia Ala Nelson leaves for active duty January 27 with the 151st combat engineers Alabama National Guard Williams assumes the office immediately to continue tax collection duties in the district
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Williams
Tuscumbia
Ala
George Wesley Williams
Auburn
Deshler
W. O. Nelson
Internal Revenue
Capt
Nelson
151St Combat Engineers
Alabama National Guard
Recruits to Depart Fort Dix for Fort Benning and Fort McClellan
About 2,000 recruits at Fort Dix New Jersey are slated to depart by January 31 for Fort Benning Georgia and Fort McClellan Alabama. Colonel Holmes G Paullin, head of the reception center, says the center expects 10,000 trainees to receive permanent assignments by month end.
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Fort Fort DIX
N. J
Fort Bnning
Fort McClellan
Ala
Holmes G. Paullin
Noted author James Joyce dies in Zurich hospital
Irish writer James Joyce author of Ulysses died early today in a Zurich hospital after an intestinal operation. He would have turned 59 on February 2.
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Zurich
Switzerland
James Joyce
Ulysses
Arverne Fire Kills Aged Man As 15 Homes Burn
An elderly man, possibly returning to recover possessions, died in a fire that swept a block in Queens Arverne. The blaze leveled 15 houses and damaged 25 more with an estimated property loss of about $100,000.
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New York
Black Square
Arverne
Queens
Decatur's Diary Candid Local Health and Court Notes
Decatur diary notes illnesses from influenza to appendicitis at Benevolent Hospital and Hamil Clinic. Ambulance transfers, truants, and church meetings pepper the day as numerous residents recover or work through flu and mumps while city officials report police court fines.
Hitler readies invasion of England amid heavy RAF raids
The article describes German plans to strike England while RAF bombings target invasion ports from Norway to Brest. It notes Wilhelmshaven bombings and trench actions near beaches as London faces intensified bombardment to cripple civilian morale and port facilities. England remains Hitler’s main objective according to the report.
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London
Royal Air Force
Norway
Brest
Flushing
Dunkerque
Calais
Rotterdam
John Bull
Wilhelmshaven
British Air Ministry
Hitler
England
Former Guards Registering After Discharges
Local draft officials report a number of National Guard members who have been discharged and, being of draft age, are now registering. Many are married and likely to avoid Class 1-A. Selective Service Volume I, No. 1, has arrived at the board offices in the area and at Hartselle, issued in Washington to connect national headquarters with state and local boards for information and guidance.
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National Guard
Selective Service Magazine
Hartselle
Washington
Coast Guard Fails to Refloat Liner Manhattan at Sea
The coast guard cutter Mojave could not refloat the 24 289 ton liner Manhattan after it ran aground off West Palm Beach Florida last night. Tug Warbler may assist to pull the ship free at the first full tide. Around 200 passengers and 556 crew remain aboard with no imminent danger. The Manhattan bound for California via the Panama Canal struck the bottom in calm conditions and the cause remains under investigation.
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West Palm Beach
Fin
Coast Guard
Mojave
United States
Manhattan
Warbler
Key Weat
Coast
United States Line
California
Panama Canal
Missouri Bypasses Inauguration in Governor Fight
Missouri skipped its inaugural ceremonies as Republicans and Democrats battled over the governor seat. Forrest C. Donnell, a Republican, sought a court mandate to obtain a certificate of election after a 3,613 vote plurality over Democrat Lawrence McDaniel, as the House speaker blocked reading returns and the legislature opened without a certificate.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Forrest C. Donnell
State Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Lawrence McDaniel
Donnell
Kiser Transferred to Decatur as TVA Assistant Manager
M. H. Kiser, previously at Guntersville with TVA, has been moved to Decatur. He will serve as assistant manager of properties for TVA in the Wheeler Guntersville Reservoir area.
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M. H. Kiser
Guntersville
TVA
Decatur
Wheeler-Guntersville
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Louisville
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Chancery
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M. H. Kitchens
Drinkard Ambulance
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Ella Lew Gillespie
Line Street
Little Helen Marion
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R. M. Howell
First Methodist Church
Jack Smallwood
Hamil Clinic
H. D. Greer
J. C. Bragg
Charlies W. Young
Goodyear Decatur. Mills
Will Wyker
First Presbyterian Sunday School
Edward V. Ramage
W. M. Voorhies
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Eula Hawkins
Fifth Avenue
South
Mildred Byars
Route 2
H. D. Hawkins
Ruth Hames
Ehighth Avenue
Weat
Leonard McCulloch
Ninth Avenue
Fred Bowen, Jr
Grace Garrison
Seventh Avenue
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Theixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
W. W. Reynolds
Jackson Street
Morgan County Baptist Association
Central Baptist Church
Ruth Bowen
Bill Wright
Sixth Avenue West
I. W. Myers
Vinemont
Baptist Committee
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Twelfth Avenue
Meee
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E. E. Beard
Woman’'s Society of Christian Service
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Emens
Route 3
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Lacey Spring
Baugh’s Infirmary
Lindsay Allen
Grant Street
Mra
S. B. Bates
Moulton
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Clarke Roberson
Ava Roberson
G. G. Blaxton
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Char E. Layman
Flint
Eason Shumake
Furniture Mart
R. P. Collins
R. C. Miller
Nere
Sam
H. R. Trousdale
Courtland
D. B. Morris
Edward Summers
B. L. Roper
Carl Privett
Ruby Sandlin
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Danville
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Falkville
John Holmes
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