Local Decatur News Roundup and War Time Notes
Weather shows mild Sunday showers then much colder with a sharp north wind. Tennessee river at 117.40 feet. Cotton prices: strict middling 20.05 middling 19.80 strict low 19.05 low 18.30. Local theater listings and visitors noted including Aldrich and Henry Editor. Bank holiday for Robert E. Lee observance. Community notices span sermons, travel, and military service with several residents abroad or in service.
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Tennessee
Shooting Range Robbery Attempt Involving Youth
William Henry Wood, Austinville youth, was jailed on assault with intent to rob after an alleged hold up attempt at the Trifle range on Second Avenue near Moulton Street. He examined a pistol, fired several shots at targets, then allegedly turned on operator Billy Cheatam, who was struck down as Wood’s bond was set at 750 dollars.
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William Henry Wood
Austinville
Billy Cheatam
Second Avenue
Moulton Street
Young Wood
Cheatam
Wood
Shifts in Courthouses Across Four Alabama Counties
Monday brings new terms for public officials in Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties with a new solicitor George Johnson and Vernon L St John taking office as state senator. Sheriff W T Willoughby begins a second term while Norman Harris and Bill Stewart take seats in the house and other officials assume duties across the four counties.
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Decatur
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
George Johnson
Athens
Town Creek
Senator St. John
Senate
Graves
Norman Harris
Dixon
St. John
Morgan County
W. T. Willoughby
Montgomery
Alabama
W. H. “Bill” Stewart
Hartselle
Harris
State Senate
Sparks
Stewart
Wallace Meadows
Fred Speake
Newton B. Powell
S. O. Maner
Irvin J. Quinn
Educa’ Y
W. V. Pattillo
County Board of Education
John T. Kyle
Charles G. Hardwick
J. H. Burch
Danville
Rutledge
Thomas
J. M. Holt
County Board of Revenue
R. O. Moore
Mason Freeman
Board of Revenue
John C. Batts
W. Claude Marks
Martin F. Whit
James H. McCoy
George C. Johnson
Max Almand
Griggsby Griffis
Griffis
J. E. Christopher
House of Representatives
George Braly
J.L. Thomas
Elmer L. Vin
Jury weighs slaying case in Alabama restaurant
In Talladega Alabama a circuit court jury weighs murder charges against A D Osborne 50 of Childersburg accused of fatally wounding Patrolman J Austen Hammett and Acting Police Chief George A DeLoach at his restaurant on December 30 Osborne testified he was a world war veteran gassed and shell shocked and that DeLoach sparked a pistol misfired before he fired five times
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Talladeega
Ala
A. D. Osborne
Childersburg
J. Austen Hammett
George A. DeLoach
Osborne
DeLoach
Hammett
Berlin Under Air Raid Alerts Across City
Reuters dispatch from London reports Berlin enduring air raid alerts as wartime tension mounts. The brief notes intensified vigilance and civil defense measures while the city remains under siege watch.
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Berlin
Hoover Says Axis Face Narrow Path to Survival
The former president Herbert Hoover cautions that Germany’s fate hinges on a Japan link in the Indian Ocean and warns against predicting an early home front crisis. He notes Hitler has likely exhausted major offensives in Russia and Africa, keeping analysts from 확 The Axis’ position is bleaker than simple calculations suggest.
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Aitae
Herbert Hoover
Indian Ocean
Japan
Words Of Hoover Held Important
Routes to the Indian Ocean appear sealed against him as France fell and Italy invaded Egypt. The Eastern Mediterranean blocks Axis sea or air routes via Syria Iraq and Iran toward Japan, leaving Turkey as the last likely path. The Hoover pronouncement seems to continue.
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Indian Ocean
France
Egypt
Mediterranean
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Japan
Turkey
Hitler
Hoover
More affidavits due Monday in Flynn trial
The state redoubles evidence for a mistrial motion in Errol Flynn statutory rape case. Deputy district attorney John Hopkins said additional affidavits from women on a jury panel are expected, detailing statements heard during jury selection. Existing affidavits allege deceit and perjury in obtaining jury seats.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
John Hopkins
Flynn
Leslie E. Still
Harriet R. Ponder
Elaine Forbes
Lorene Boehm
Emily
Blue
Gussie Rowe
Miss Forbes
Patriotic Family Records Highlight Limestone County Service
Emmit Marbut of Elkmont reported eight members in the armed forces with one death at Pearl Harbor. W H Gross of Athens has three sons and two sons in law serving, his brother killed at Pearl Harbor. A notable service record is authored by Lieut.
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Limestone County
Emmit Marbut
Elkmont
Pearl Harbor
W. H. Gross
Athens
Lieut
Back-to-Work Sentiment Grows in Anthracite Mines
In Wilkes-Barre the back-to-work mood rises as miners await War Labor Board talks on the layoff ultimatum. About 6,100 non striking locals took their Saturday holiday and may return Monday. UMW leaders press dues and pay concerns while pledging to seek contract-based settlement. Andrew Yevchak says the board’s decision will be carried to the rank and file.
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Wilkes-Barre
War Labor Board
WLB
United Mine Workers
Washington
Lewis
John L. Lew
UMW
Tely
Andrew Yevchak
Tri-District Committee
Labor Board
Yevchak
Allies Pinch Jap Salient In New Guinea Fight
Allied ground forces with American and Australian units press the Sanananda sector in New Guinea from two directions. Rainy conditions slow progress as air support backs a gradual squeeze on the remaining Japanese position along a coast three miles wide and about two miles inland.
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Tom Yarbrough
Australia
Sanananda
New Guinea
Air
Papuan
Mubo
Salamaua
Lae
New Pay As You Go Tax Plan Pushed On Capitol Hill
House Ways and Means members discussed a pay-as-you-go income tax act to push through by March 15 by separating it from other tax measures and limiting hearings. Rep. Knutson urged divorcing pay-as-you-go from the general tax problem, while Rep. Disney stressed a separate, time-limited approach. Morgenthau urged early filing as 8 million more taxpayers must file 1942 returns by March 15. No final form yet, lawmakers await further action on tax proposals and deadlines.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rep. Knutson
R.minny
Rep
Disney
D.okla
Doughton
Roosevelt
Coughton
Treasury
Morgenthau
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Carlson
Capital Hill
Duchess of Bedford Sinks German Sub During Ocean Battle
The British armed merchant ship Duchess of Bedford reportedly sank one U boat and drove off another after a surface fight, with the admiralty confirming the action but withholding date and location. The report notes deck gun action and a surface submarine engagement.
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London
Duchess of Bedford
Admiralty
Nazis Put Out Peace Feeler
Stockholm report cites German military junta weighing seizure of control to proffer possible cooperation with the United Nations amid worsening Nazi economic strain. Sources say officers, led by field marshal Wilhelm Keitel, consider action as a last hope if chaos grows, with Himmler’s SS gaining strength.
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Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Germany
United Nations
London
Hitler
Axis
Wilhelm Keitel
Keitel
Himmler
Green Defends Right to Strike at Southern Labor Conference
President William Green addresses a Southern war labor conference of the AFL in Atlanta. He denounces anti strike measures and declares the right to strike is inherent to American democracy, vowing to fight for it with all energies and powers.
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Atlanta
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Reporter Visits Advanced Post Of The Americans In New Guinea
Reporter William F. Front travels to the Sanananda front with American troops to an advanced post known as Huggins roadblock. The semi underground set houses foxholes, gun posts, mortars and sandbag shelters where men live and work with Japs nearby.
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New Guinea
William F.ront
Sanananda
New Umea
Huggins
British Drive On Rommel Intensifies In Libya And Stalingrad
Allied reports describe a renewed British push toward Tripoli with heavy armor clashes at Wadi Zem Zem and losses in Africa. In Russia, the Red Army tightens the ring around Stalingrad, claiming 140,000 Germans killed or captured and overrun 600 towns south of Voronezh as conditions worsen for German forces.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Stalingrad
Voronezh
Rossosh
Moscow-Rostov
Donets
Rostov
Russia
Don
North Caucasus
Red Army
Don River
Berlin
Eighth
Libya
Tripoli
Wadi Zem Zem
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J. M. Harmon
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James W. Bell
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Elizabeth §. Bell
E. W. Rieteod
Morgan County National Bank
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Leola B. Agee
San Francisco
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J. Norris
Luke Norris Sr
Minnie B. Fields
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Marie Hitt
McAfee, Howell ,and Young
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Henry Hosey
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North Africa
K. B. Sawyer
Jonesboro, Ark
Mr. Sawyer
Courtland Air Base
Herman Lambert
Betty Hansen
Bel-Air
Reuters
Stock
William W. Burgess
Patrick Timberlake
American Bomber Command
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J. H. Burgess
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