CIO Protests Draft Board Plan Amid San Diego Strike Threat
The CIO denounces a draft deferment stance as unions threaten a walkout at Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego next Tuesday over wages. Federal conciliation efforts aim to avert a clash as defense orders loom, with Detroit AFL guidance on returning strikers and uncertainty over Saginaw plant movements.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Ryan Aeronautical Company
San Diego
Richard T. Prankensteen
CIO
Deans
California
Baton Manufacturing Company
Ohio
Michigan
Detroit
AFL
Cio-Uaw
Cypress Street Abandonment and Fire Hazard Condemnations
Cypress street to close near the new Somerville road school site. Fire Chief Floyd Efkins reported several buildings as fire hazards and unfit for occupancy and should be removed or repaired. Council voted to condemn or require improvements on structures including frames on EF. Moulton street and Holly street, a 411 Railroad Street frame building, two brick buildings in the 1300 block of Fourth avenue, an old gin building and barn on First avenue, with the rose garden replanted at Delano Park for 61.20. A park committee was formed: Dr. H. D. reer, Ww. Boswell and R. C. Dillehay. The session lasted until midnight.
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Cypress Street
Somerville Road
Floyd Efikins
Holly Street
Fourth Avenue
Railroad Street
First Avenue
Delano Park
Ping Pong Bites Back in Local Fracas
Walter Sonny Todd who endured the football season without incident was playing ping pong with friends when a blow to the head left him momentarily dazed. He was revived five minutes later with a lump but otherwise fine.
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Sissy
Walter
Sonny) Todd
Bang
Sonny
British Ships report submarine attack in North Atlantic
Signals from the liner Aldmeda Star and freighter Zealandic said they were torpedoed northwest of Londonderry. In London, air raids and fires offset by quick emergency work as 45 men were rescued from a lodging house rubble.
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Chantman
Chattées
North Atlantic
Almeda Star
Zealandic
Londonderry
Ireland
Imans
Germany
Mendoza
Erisksen
Bristol
London
Tobruk
Libya
United States
Far East
Fumimaro Konoye
Domei
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Romania
Sudekum Opens New Roxy Theatre In Nashville
Tony Sudekum president of the Crescent Amusement Company based in Nashville will open the Roxy Theatre on Bank Street Saturday morning. He founded Crescent in 1907 with the Dixie Theatre and now runs more than 150 picture houses across three states. Sudekum is a well known Southland figure, praised for loyal staff and modern, quality entertainment.
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Tony Sudekum
Crescent Amusement Company
Nashville
Bank Street
Crescent Company
Dixie Theatre
Roxy
Sudekum
Tur
South
Market recap shows steels dragging others in downbeat session
New York trade notes a broad stock market dip led by steel shares with faint early rallies fading. Copper and hog prices ease as cattle and cotton futures show modest moves amid light dealings and scattered intervals of softer quotes.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Markets at a glance New York and Chicago summary
Markets at a glance show stocks down with steels leading the decline in New York. Bonds mixed, foreign exchange quiet with the Shanghai dollar improving. Commodities mixed as copper futures rise and wool tops advance on short covering. In Chicago wheat firm on short covering, corn about 8 cents ready with strong shipping, hogs uneven down 10 to 20, cattle slow with 25 to 50 declines.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Steady on Limited Run
Nashville Tenn Jan 17 Prices mostly steady on a limited run of salable cattle. Good grade steers to 10.50 and 11.50 in recent sales. Medium slaughter cattle 6.50 to 8.50 for heifers and yearlings. Merely good beef sale conditions noted.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. Dp
BPW Club Donates To Mobile Kitchen
Decatur BPW meeting at Lyons Hotel hall heard members pledge 25 cents each to fund a mobile kitchen for a war torn European country. Miss Nell Beach Dix reviewed a book and the group announced February 6 as next meeting with the legislation committee chaired by Mrs. W A Sullivan and her niece Balbe.
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Europe
Nell Beach Dix
Legislation Committee
W. A. Sullivan
Bal Be
Sister of Local Woman Dies in Paducah Kentucky
Mrs. L. H. Hudson 68 died last night in Paducah Kentucky. Sister of Mrs. J D Buchanan of Decatur. Funeral at Christian church Paducah Sunday afternoon with burial in Paducah cemetery. Survived by son Clyde Falls City New York daughter Mrs. Aline Skidmore brother Bernie Huggins and two sisters Mrs. Buchanan and Mrs. James Rosser Clarkes.
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L. H. Hudson
Paducah
Kentucky
J.D. Buchanan
Decatur
Christian Church
Good Apartments In Demand As Daily Want Ad Rent
In a real estate note the ad promotes rental listings as highly sought after with daily want ads. It urges readers to place or respond to notices for available flats, emphasizing swift action and ongoing demand.
Georgia Flu Cases Down Across the State
In Atlanta and across Georgia the flu outbreak shows easing as schools close and events cancelled. University of Georgia suspends tonight's Georgia Vanderbilt basketball game while classes continue and social functions are postponed. Over 20 thousand of Atlanta’s 92 thousand pupils were absent, attributed to precaution rather than rising cases.
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Atlanta
University of Georgia
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Cotton Expansion Touts Uses From Bale Coverings To Paper
The article discusses expanding cotton use in bale coverings and fine writing papers. It estimates a potential one million bales a year and notes substitutions of cotton for all jute imports, while acknowledging jute would still be used for certain purposes even if cotton subsidies exist.
American defense precaution noted by official
An official urged patience, saying the 24 hour watch could require adding to American defenses if needed. He stressed the move was a precautionary measure and not a call to rush to conclusions.
Measles Claims Life of Falkville Youth Audie Marlow
Audie Marlow aged 13 of Falkville Route 1 died of measles at Benevolent Society Hospital early this morning after being taken there in ill health. The illness prompted his hospitalization and death shortly after admission.
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Audie Marlow
Falkville
Route 1
Benevolent Society Hospital
Armory work halted over funding questions
National Guard members paused armory improvements in Decatur as funding sources remain unclear. City and Legion had contributed but money now sits in bank and may not be spent on the project. Alabama guards plan an official review with the State Armory Commission and a visiting officer.
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National Guard
Ecity of
Decatur
American Legion
Legion
WPA
State Armory Commission
Armory Commission
Woolsey Finnell
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Russell Speake
Montgomery
Ben Smith
Alabama National Guard
Armory
Britain Needs More Warships to Counter U Boat Threat
In a column on Britain's sea dependence and looming invasion risk, the author argues the U-boat campaign and air attacks require faster escort vessels and destroyers. He suggests the United States may be urged to supply warships if Britain seeks greater aid, noting Secretary Stimson could have considered such a move.
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Britain
Hitler
Little
Island Kingdom
England
English Channel
Stimson
Tuskegee campus scene sparks cafeteria critique
Sentries barred non students while a GROUP was asked to leave. A Jan 11 campus editorial attacked cafeteria food and called the department of college dietetics the direct antithesis of Tuskegee Institute ideals.
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Department of College Dietetics
Tuskegee Institute
Funeral rites set for Saturday in Cold Springs
Final rites are planned for 2 30 p m Saturday at Cold Springs with Rev Roberts presiding. Brown of Decatur will direct burial in Cook cemetery. Survivors include Mr and Mrs Frank Marlow two sisters Pauline and Marvaline Marlow and grandmother Mrs Ada Marlow of Cullman.
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Cold Springs
Roberts
Brown
Decatur
Cook Cemetery
Frank Marlow
Pauline
Marveline Marlow
Ada Marlow
Cullman
23 Years With Crescent Amusement Boss Banniza Leads Roxy
G P Banniza manager of the new Roxy Theatre and Princess, longtime Crescent Amusement Company executive, began with Crescent in 1929. He has run fourteen Crescent houses, starting as a teen at Nashville’s Alhambra and rising to prominent showman roles in Nashville Tri Cities and Decatur civic life.
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G. P. Banniza
Roxy Theatre
The
Princess
Crescent Amusement Company
Mr. Banniza
Crescent
Roxy
Banniza
Crescent Group
Nashville
Tri-Cities
Deliie
Capitol
Alhambra Theatre
Elite
Mir Banniza
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
St. John's Episcopal Church
Decatur News Roundup Highlights Local Appointments and Illnesses
Mrs D P Almon visits Florence with Judge Almon while Dr Floyd from State Teachers College offers an extension course for 3rd year science this Saturday at 8 30 in Junior High room 7. Several residents including Edith McClure and Mrs J Y Robb suffer flu. St Pauls Lutheran church and Central Methodist church schedule services and sermons. Earle Christ and the Country Churches theme at First Methodist with rural offering planned. Elmer Hill joins Decatur staff. a visit by families from Nashville and Liberty Tenn.. George W Royce returns from Aruba via Colombia. three defendants fined for prohibition drunkenness and petit larceny. Local obituaries and births noted at Emens Clinic and Benevolent Society Hospital. Governor Leon Sparks to visit Decatur en route to Huntsville for speech.
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Floyd
State Teachers College
Foods Club Is Organized in Gum Pond Community
The Gum Pond Foods Club forms to plan a year round food supply as part of the first line of defense. Meetings set for Tuesdays with Mrs. Herman Smith as president and officers including Mrs. Dexter Cobbs and Miss Pauline Vincent. Members listed include Mrs. Herman E. M. Cobbs and several Cobbs and Vincent relatives. Eva Vocational Home Economics teacher Mary Ben Carpenter assisted in formation.
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Gum Pond Foods Club
Herman Smith
Dexter Cobbs
Pauline Vincent
Arneta Cobbs
Herman E. M. Cobbs
W. T. Vincent
League Union to Convene Tonight Meeting at Central Methodist
The Decatur Epworth League Union of Morgan county churches meets at 7 30 PM at Central Methodist church. Plans will be discussed for the Epworth training conference to be held February 9 at First Methodist church.
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Decatur Epworth League Union
Morgan County
Genstral Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Morgan County Registers 152 New Voters Qualified
The Morgan County board of registrars ended a 10 day session reporting 152 persons registered and became qualified voters. The board will hold another session in July. The meeting began January 6.
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
Local notes from Decatur and area churches
Governor Sparks to meet Decatur Wiwan fans tonight. Decatur Cheese Plant Board of Directors meets at 2 PM on Bank Street. Rev Waterhouse preaches Religion in Economies at First Baptist Church Sunday. Travel advice urges using Road 91 via Birmingham to Mont. 31 construction in Clanton affects travel in wet weather. Rev Archibald improving from flu. Rev Lansbury to speak on Under Which Standard at Memorial Drive Methodist Church Sunday morning. Dr Pitts to preach Sunday evening. Rev Troxler to be installed as Westminster Presbyterian pastor Sunday evening. Dr Edwin Wyle to speak Sunday morning on Which Shall It Be Money or Your Life.
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W. E. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
Birmingham
Mont
Clanton
O. B. Lansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
A. S. Pitts
John A. Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
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Wall Street
Cotton
Hill Chevrolet CO
Huntsville
Ala
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Lyons Hotel
City Coal & Fuel CO
L. D. McMillan
MGR
Davis & Wells Sts
NEW Roxy
Decatur’s
D. P. Almon
Dc. P. Almon
Florence
EB. M. Lee
Carl Lee
Elmer Hill
Edith McClure
Ninth Street
Mrs. J. Y., Robb and
Eleanor Robb
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
U. S&s. Pitts
Earle
Christ and the Country Churches
R. M. Howell
Billy Barker
Irwin J. Quinn
Hartselle
I A
B. F. Jones
Joe Wheeler Highway
D. McCullough
Jackson Street
RR. A. Fite
Clarance Cone
Norene Ray
Liberty, Tenn
Roy Fite
Irene Thomas
Teresa Thomas
George W. Royce
Lago Company
Aruba
Netherlands
Indies
Columbia
South America
Barranquilla
Cartagena
Medellin
Bogota
First Baptist
Waterhouse
T. S. King
McAfee, Howell and Young
Baugh’s Infirmary
Trinity
R. W. Emerson
Bowles Street
W. A. Greathouse
E.moulton Street
Robert
Eugene
Emens Clinic
Archie W. West
Roberta Lee
Jack Smallwood
E. Gordon Drive
Hamil Clinic
M.E. Edwards
Grant Street
Curtis Drinkard
Eva
Nancy Jane Johnson
City
Odell
Bramlett
Route 3
Curtis Young
Lacon
Edward V. Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
Walter Clapton
Florida
Tom Hendrix
State Highsway Department
Leon Sparks
Alabama
Foods Club
League Union
Governor Sparks
Decatur Wiwan
CALL
Tennessee Valley Press
Ainske W. Wyle, Mgr
Montevallo
Thorogood
Turner
Coal & Grain Company
Checkerboard Store
Moulton
New Orleans
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Florida Arrow
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