CIO Spread Labor Strife To New Eaton Units
United Automobile Workers CIO spread a strike to five Eaton Manufacturing units in Michigan and Ohio, affecting about 3,500 workers. Saginaw five policemen and two unionists were injured in a clash. Production continues at other plants under contract terms.
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Detroit
James F. Dewey
Eaton Manufacturing Company
Eaton
Saginaw
Mich
Battle Creek
Marshall
Michigan
Cleveland
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Eaton Manufacturing Co
P'Ckets
Wilcox-Rich Division
National Defense
Saginawa
Uaw-Cio
Wilcox-Rich
U. Automobile
Segnaw
Com
J. O. Eaton
Labor dispute at Ryan Aeronautical sparks strike vote threat
In San Diego on January 14, labor profiteering accusations arose as Ryan Aeronautical and CIO United Automobile Workers halted contract talks over wages. CIO negotiator Richard T. Frankensteen accused the company of hiding behind national defense while the union considers a strike vote. Federal mediator Harry C. Malcolm was appointed as talks moved to conciliation.
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San Diego
Calif
National Defense
Ryan Aeronautical Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Richard T. Frankensteen
Harry C. Malcolm
Frankensteen
Death of Decatur Physician Dr J W Crow at Home
Dr J W Crow a longtime Decatur physician died at 2 AM at 322 E Gordon Dr after 12 years of invalidism. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 PM at his residence with Rev R L Archibald and Dr Iran Hawkins officiating. burial in Roselawn Cemetery. He leaves a widow two brothers and a sister. He was a Shriner Woodman of the World and a Maccabe.
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J. W. Crow
Decatur
E. Gordon Drive
Iran Hawkins
Central Methodist Church
R. L. Archibald
Roselawn
McAfee, Howell and
Falkville
J. O Newman
Louisville
Crow
Danville
Morgan County
Shriner
Italian General Argentino Captured Near Si di Barrani
Cairo dispatch reports Italian blackshirt General Argentino was captured by a motorboat crew after being seen hiding at the water's edge in North Africa. RAF units reportedly escorted the captives to a British unit as British plans for Tobruk and Bardia operations continued amid air superiority over eastern Libya.
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Cairo
Egypt
Argentino
North
Africa
Sidi Barrani
Rodolfo Graziani
Royal Air Force
Bardia
Tobrug
Libya
General
RAF
Tobruk
Catania
Sicily
Strait of Sicily
Vanderbilt coach Bill Schwartz resigns after 16 years
Dr. Tom Zerfoss announced the resignation of Bill Schwartz Sr. as Vanderbilt University baseball coach after 16 years. Schwartz will focus on his duties as business manager of Vanderbilt athletics, a post held since 1926. He previously managed the Nashville club of the Southern Association.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bill Schwartz
Vanderbilt
Tom Zerfoss
Schartz
Vanderbilt Athletics
Nashville Club
Southern Association
Mrs Judy Stone Illness Victim in Decatur
Mrs Judy Caroline Stone well known Decatur woman died at 11 35 this morning at the home of her niece Mrs J F Weaver 306 Sixth avenue north She was 81 and had been in declining health a long time Funeral services will be conducted at 10 am Wednesday at McAfee Howell and Young funeral home on Grant street Rev W H Curl pastor of Ninth Street Methodist church will officiate Immediately after the rites the procession will leave for Bethany cemetery in Coffee county Tennessee where burial will take place McAfee Howell and Young in charge She is survived by two nieces Mrs Weaver Mrs Ida Fuller of Chattanooga and other relatives
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Judy Caroline Stone
Decatur
J. F. Weaver
Sixth Avenue
North
McAfee, Howell and Young Funeral Home
Grant Street
W. H. Curl
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Bethany Cemetery
Coffee County
Tennessee
McAfee
Howell
Young
Stone
Weaver
Ida Fuller
Chattanooga
Well Known Woman Miss Thomas Ella Masterson Dies
Miss Masterson 82 longtime Decatur resident died after an extended illness at her home 1201 Sixth Avenue South. Final rites will be held at her home Wednesday at 2 p m with Dr. John C. Cowell Jr and Rev R L Archibald officiating. burial in City Cemetery directed by Brown. She is survived by nephews Tom M Griffin W G Masterson a niece Mrs Pearl Thompson and several great nieces and nephews. Pallbearers listed.
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Thomas Ella Masterson
Decatur
Sixth Avenue
South
John C. Cowell, Jr
Central Baptist Church
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Brown
City Cemetery
Miss Masterson
Franklin County
Tom M. Griffin
Moulton
W. G. Masterson
Birmingham
Pearl Thompson
Pueblo
Colorado
E. C. Halbert
Jim Stewart
Herbert Yarbrough
Fred Smith
William Chenault
S.O. Osteen
Eighty New Voters Registered in Morgan County
Eighty new voters have registered since the Morgan County board of registers met at the courthouse on January 6. The registration books will remain open through January 16 to qualify, with another board meeting starting Monday July 7 and books kept open five days.
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Morgan County Board of Registers
Hitler fortifies Channel defenses as invasion gamble rises
War columnist Dewitt Mackenzie notes Hitler’s build up along the English Channel to deter Allied invasion through France or the Low Countries. He argues the defensive line aims to prevent a cross-channel landing while the broader struggle remains focused on achieving victory through possible invasion of Germany or Britain.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
English Channel
Britain
France
Low Countries
Germany
Sng
Fuehrer
England
Stalemate as Hitler’s strategic aim and plan
The article argues Hitler seeks a continental stalemate to control Europe to the Russian border and beyond. It claims he plans political economic and industrial consolidation alongside military buildup to create an impregnable Reich, noting prior indications of this approach.
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John Bull
Hitler
Valley Guard Units to 9 Day Mobilization in TVA Area
National Guard units from Decatur Hartselle Athens Huntsville Sheffield and Florence part of the 161st Engineers Combat Regiment will report January 27 for a nine day mobilization to prepare at home stations for clothing issuing and examinations. On February 5 they move to Camp Shelby Mississippi for six to eight weeks then to Camp Claiborne Louisiana for a year of training. The 51st Regiment of combat engineers in the Tennessee Valley area totals 540 enlisted in seven guard companies with additional staff and medical units based in Tusculum Huntsville and nearby towns.
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National Guard
Decatur
Hartselle
Athens
161St Engineers (Combat
Huntsville
Sheffield
Florence
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Woolsey Finnell, Jr
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Richard Watkins
T. EB. Hatchett
F. H. Armstrong
H. L. Carter
Joe Burleson
C. B. Jackson
Spencer A. Burleson
J. A. Chambers
Tuscumbia
Hartsell
Carl T. Jones
William Cromwell
Alabama plans home guard to replace National Guard units
Alabama moves to form a state home guard as National Guard units depart Feb 10 for a year in the U.S. army. Governor Dixon uses 100000 emergency funds with 30000 for equipment and incidentals. About 18859 will buy uniforms and gas guns. federal rifles, bayonets and gear valued at 94000 will be supplied. The state will buy khaki cloth and sew uniforms in prison textile mills and equip belts shoes puttees and related items. Initial 1600 members planned with 1750 rifles from the War Department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U. S. Army
Dixon
Adj
Ben Smith
War Department
Judge Crow Opens Morgan County Court Term
James H. Crow Jr a Morgan county attorney took the oath as judge for a six year term after receiving his commission. He is housed in the courthouse second floor adjacent to the courtroom. A Decatur native and University of Alabama law graduate 1934 he formed a practice in Hartselle and is a notable local lawyer. He is a member of the Dental Baptist church.
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James H. Crow, Jr
Morgan County
Judge Crow
University of Alabama
Hartselle
Decatur
Dental Baptist Church
Time limit in defense bill up to solons
White House says Congress will decide on time limits for the lease lend powers. Hull Morgenthau Knox and Stimson meet. Hull to testify next day. Taft calls for cash loans. Lodge seeks coordinated defense program. Kennedy and Bullitt pressed for testimony on background and war commitments.
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Washington
White House
Britain
Congress
Stephen Parry
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hull
Morgenthau
Knox
Stimson
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Bloom
D.ny
Jotary Hull
Senate
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Senator Capper
R-Kas
Taft
Ohio
Clark
DMO
Joseph P. Kennedy
William C. Bullitt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Bullitt
Sid
Judge Lynne Lacks Job As Alabama Odd Law Stands
Morgan county court judge Seybourn H. Lynne has been out of work for a week due to a quirk in Alabama law. The county judge James H. Crow Jr. takes office today, while Lynne remains circuit judge elect until January 20, leaving him temporarily unemployed under the old and new terms of office.
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Seybourn H. Lynne
Morgan County
Alabama
Lynne
James H. Crow, Jr
Flu Situation Steady in Decatur Schools
City superintendent Prof. E E Alverson and Prof. Irwin J Quinn report little change in the flu situation. Attendance in Decatur schools runs below normal with one county school closed and two others far under typical levels.
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Decatur
8 EE. Alverson
Irwin J Quinn
Dothan County Schools Hit by Influenza Absences
About 2 000 pupils in Dothan and Houston County schools were absent today due to influenza, with health officer Dr W T Burkett noting incomplete physician reports. He called influenza highly prevalent and said an appeal for reports of cases was issued. Henry County schools are closed because of flu prevalence.
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Dothan
Ala
Houston County
W. T. Burkett
Henry County
Flu epidemic heads to Europe in next stage
From Honolulu last summer the outbreak traced by California health authorities moved via travelers to the United States and then to the West Coast, signaling Europe as the next phase of the flu epidemic.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Europe
Honolulu
California
United States
West Coast
Military Experts In America Visualize Next Nazi Move
American military experts foresee Adolf Hitler attempting to invade Eire to seize Trish bases for a harsher air and submarine war on Britain. They warn German transports could land troops and air troops to capture strategic flying fields while Britain mobilizes navy to disrupt convoys. Ireland’s defenses are weak and would be costly to eject, with British garrisons in Northern Ireland likely to aid.
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America
Max Boyd
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Eire
Trish
Britain
RAF
European
Ireland
Channel
Norway
North Ireland
United Kingdom
Eric
February 1 Last Day to Pay Poll Taxes
Tax collectors announce February 1 as the last day to pay poll taxes. A poll tax book is available at Citizens Bank in Hartselle and State National Bank in Falkville for convenience. Charles G. Hardwick says payments are fairly good since no election is held this year and all funds go to schools.
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Citizens Bank
Hartselle
State National Bank
Falkville
Charles G. Hardwick
Nazi Bombers Pound Plymouth In Night Raid
The Associated Press reports Plymouth endured a three hour night raid by German bombers dropping thousands of incendiaries and high explosives. Civilian fire spotters aided responders as two shelters and multiple buildings including hospitals and a church were damaged. Casualties were feared but officials called the overall toll remarkably light.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Lorient
Dunkerqie
British Warships Damaged After Axis Air Attacks
The Admiralty said three British ships suffered damage while delivering essential material to Greece through the Mediterranean. The Illustrious, Southampton, and Gallant faced bombers from German and Italian forces. at least 12 attackers were shot down and an Italian destroyer sank in the Sicilian Channel.
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London
Admiralty
Greece
Mediterranean
Sicilian
Mixed WWII naval reports from Britain Italy and Bulgaria
London admiralty reports only four merchant ships sunk in the week ending January 5 totaling 14 687 tons attributed to bad weather RAF strikes and reinforced escorts. Mussolini claims axis success including ten British vessels sunk since January 9 and a Malaya class battleship among others. Rome papers say Britain strengthens troop movements to Greece and Egypt amid attacks by Italian and German forces. Sofia denies foreign troops have entered Bulgaria despite rumors of Soviet inspired moves.
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London Admiralty
Mussolini
Britain
Mediterranean
Malaya
Rome
I Giornale D
Italia
Greece
Egypt
Tennessee River Gauge Rises as Temperatures Warm in Cloudy Alabama
The Tennessee River reached 17.92 feet Tuesday with rising levels. Temperatures ranged from 6 to 62 degrees over the past 24 hours with no rainfall reported. conditions were cloudy in Alabama with light rain in the west and north areas and a slight warm spell.
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Tennesses
Alabama
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Erre
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Manhattan
Palm Beach
Lake Worth Inlet
West Palm Beach
Fla
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Vigilante
Gity
Illustrious
Southampton
Gallant
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