L N Shops To Run Full Time Boosting Payroll
The Louisville and Nashville rail road shops will operate full time in all departments starting tomorrow. About 2 300 workers will work five days this week, up from 1 000 last week, increasing the payroll by several thousand dollars. A full force by February 1 is anticipated as national prosperity returns and wartime trade shifts favor the L N, with gains expected from heightened activity through New Orleans and Mobile.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
United States
New Orleans
Mobile
Louisville & Nashville
Trains on L and N to be reinstated by Feb first
Birmingham rumors claim the Louisville and Nashville will reinstate trains Nos. 11 and 12 by February 1 after their December 27 suspension. Local business leaders pressed agent R D Pusey for action during a Southeastern Passenger association meeting. No official notice yet. Birmingham schedule shows No 12 from 3 50 to 10 45 AM.
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Birmingham
Montgomery
Louisville and Nashville
Alabama’ State Railroad Commission
R.D. Pusey
Road
Southeastern Passenger Association
Pusey
Louisville
Nashville
Ber Ningham
Bullet-Proof Coat Maker Probed by War Ministry
Paris January 15 Nazaire Lacotte inventor of an alleged bullet proof waistcoat for soldiers faces fraud charges by order of Minister of War Millerand. Tests have shown the garment to be dangerous to the wearer.
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Paris
Nazaire Lacotte
Millerand
Foreman Takes Oath as New County Sheriff in Decatur
Sheriff elect James A Foreman vows to enforce laws and crack down on violators as household goods move into the county jail. Probate Judge W E Skeggs will administer the oath Monday and new deputies Beasley Williams and Yraper will be sworn in, with McCulloch transitioning back to civilian life.
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Auman
James A. Foreman
McCulloch Tolay
Ayers
Punty
McCulloch
Foreman
W. E. Skeggs
Law and Equity Court
W. F. Beasley
Williams
Decaturs
Monlay
Jas. Yraper
Hartselle
Massey
Leather prices rise as war boosts demand
A St. Louis shoe company Trade letter notes European conflict drives higher heavy leather use and shoe prices. Hides and sole leather have surged since July 1st but at different rates, with implications for parity. The forecast hints at improving Southern business and prosperous grain regions, and mentions a soldiers supply estimate.
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Roberts, Johnson, & Brand
St. Louis
South
R. E. Chandler
Probe to Investigate State Convict Department Defalcation
A joint five member committee is proposed by Dr Spier to probe the convict department books and the defalcation by Theo Lacy. The resolution advances to the rules committee as the House plans to delay recess until Tuesday and governors signature on measures Saturday. Senator Denson pushes a bill banning liquor advertising in Alabama.
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Montgomery
House
Spier of Wildox
Sénaté
Theo Lacy
Merrit
Denson
Alshbama
Kilby Names Senate Standing Committees
Lieutenant Governor Kilby announced the senate standing committees with members named for judiciary revision of laws constitution and constitutional revision finance and taxation banking and insurance. Members include Lusk Bonner Pride Key Wallace Hollis Hill Milner Denson Judge Kline among others.
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Montgomery
Thomas E. Kilby
Senate
Lusk
Bonner
Pride
Key
Wallace
Hollis
Hill
Milner
Denson
Kline
Brown Key
Lee
Horton
Arrington
Winkler
Lewis
Ellis
Brown
McCain
Holmes
Hartch
Bell
Cooper
Green
Miller
Easterly
Deagon
Judge
Burns
Price
Faulk
Bllis
Lodge Urges Navy for Defense Inadequacy of Army
Senator Lodge told a Washington audience that U S defense is inadequate and urged enlarging the Navy. He cited figures showing the regular army barely doubles New York City's police force and warned that force levels and reserves are insufficient for national needs.
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International News Service
Washington
Lodge
New York
Mothers administer public whipping to jailed boys
Three small negro boys held by the New Decatur Police were whipped by their mothers at the city jail after police asked the mothers to discipline them for petty theft. A crowd gathered as the mothers took turns striking the youths, with one promising a later, harsher punishment at home.
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New Decatur
New Decatur City
Ivy
Local militia heads to Montgomery for inauguration
Captain Roy Horton said sixty militiamen from Company E will leave Decaturs Sunday night, transported by the state, for Governor Henderson’s inauguration in Montgomery. The unit drilled well last night and is expected to perform strongly, a gratifying turn after a recent bill threatened to bar state funding.
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Roy
Horton
Henderson
Decaturs
Montgomery
Fire on Ninth Ave Damages Two Homes
An unoccupied house on Ninth Avenue West was destroyed by fire last night. A neighboring home, reportedly occupied by Black residents, was saved by Department Chemicals and firefighters. There was no water pressure as the houses lay outside the corporate limits.
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Ninth Avenue
Decatur Department
American Ambassador Expresses U S Sympathy in Rome
Thomas Nelson Page the American ambassador to Italy called at the foreign office to day and expressed the sympathy of the United States government. Later the Italian ambassador dispatched to Avezzano two automobiles carrying blankets presented by Mrs Page.
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International News Service
Rome
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Foreign Office Today
United States
Avezzano
Page
Premier announces list of dead in quake will be above 50 000
Romé January 15 The death toll from the earthquake rose as troops entered ruined districts and freed thousands buried alive. By 8 am 139 were listed dead in 16 towns. Dispatches say Capelle Pescing and Benedetto are in ruins with heavy casualties. Capelle 1300 dead of 1500 residents. Pencina about 4000 dead. Benedetto destroyed with 300 casualties. 100 rescued after entombment. Premier says death toll will exceed 50 000 as only a third of towns heard from. May surpass 125 000 overall.
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Romé
Das
Capelle Pescing
Benedetto
Capelle
Pencina
Bennedetto
Reserves Left in Belgium
London reports the fifth stage of the western war theater is underway with German gains near Soissons described as significant but not sustainable. British experts note reinforcements on the Continent are increasing and will bolster defenses against German assaults.
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International News Service
London
Soissons
Ottoman and German Forces Score Balkan Front Advances
International dispatch reports Turkish troops and German batteries making gains against Russian positions. The Turkish flank threatens Ardan and Sarikamysh while Erzerum defense may be ceded. German siege guns at Bolimow press the Siberian lines as Russians hold the Mianda and East Russia fronts with new reinforcements.
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International
Petrograd
Warsaw
Ardahan
Sarikamysh
Erzerum
Bolimow
West Poland
von Hindenberg
Thorn
Miana
Russia
Caucasus
Germans Press Terrific Attacks Outer French Front
Paris reports the German forces delivering ongoing fierce artillery and assault actions northeast of Soissons. The statement notes artillery duels from the sea to the Lys theater, local gains for French Zouaves near Lombartzide, and bayonet success north of Arras. Artillery dominance and the destruction of fortifications are cited, with an enemy advance at St. Paul countered.
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Paris
Soissons
Lys Therg
Lombartzide
Becelaere
Arras
Lily
Andeehy
Roye
Botesons
St. Paul
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N.Y
Police
Senator Lodge
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CO. “E
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MLLES
Belgium
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