Vinson proposes major cut in fleet expansion plan
Washington January 18 Navy committee Chairman Vinson proposes a 500 million cut in the 1.3 billion fleet expansion program by eliminating 34 ships. He would reduce total tonnage from 400000 to 218000 while still authorizing three aircraft carriers of about 25000 tons each and additional cruisers and 34 submarines. The exact ship count would be Navy discretion within the tonnage limit.
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Washington
Jan
Vinson
House
Nava
Saar
Profit Death Ring Bared in Confession
Huntsville police say two men confessed to three murders for profit, implicating an 18 year old Huntsville girl and a Tennessee woman. They described killings of Jim Brookshire, Nancy Pope and Haywood Jackson for $89 total.
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Huntsville
Ala
Herman Giles
Giles
Cleark Hopkins
Shelbyville
Tenn
Will Jolly
Huntsvile
Jim Brookshire
Wartrace
Nancy Pope
Haywood Jackson
Bessie Moore
Memphis
Albulah McCarthy
Hopkins
Jolly
Brookshire
Ange
McCarty
Bessie Branch
Clegg Richards
Tennessee
W. A. Brown
Albulah McCarty
Jackson
China Forces Settle Row In Shansi Province Skirmishes End
A settlement reports an end to fighting between General Yen Hsi-Shan's original forces and his communist-leaning volunteers in southern Shansi. Foreign counsel doubt a full civil war, noting no widespread combat. Reuters noted potential higher level intervention rumors but sources varied.
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Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Reuters
London
Yen
Eighth Army
Chu Teh
Chiang Kai- Shek
Polish War Prisoners Carry Coal to Warm Berlin
Polish war prisoners, about one thousand, are employed in a camp near Berlin to carry coal for fuel amid a harsh winter. Officials cite scarce transportation facilities and zero weather as reasons for the coal shortage.
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Berlin
Eight Die in Dundalk Fire Traps Two Families
A fire trapped two families on the top floor of a house in Dundalk County Louth resulting in eight fatalities. Fire crews battled the blaze on January 18 as authorities investigated the tragedy and determined the victims.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dundalk
County Louth
Weather Man Warns Cold Wave Reaches Here Tonight
The weatherman warned a cold wave will hit tonight with a forecasted low from four to 12 degrees above zero. Local readings show 25 degrees this morning and 23 at Decatur by noon, continuing a pattern of sub freezing nights this month.
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Weather Man
New England
Decatur
Weather Bureau
Alabama Faces Severe Cold Wave As Temperatures Plunge
Northern Alabama could see a near zero dip with 4 to 12 degrees forecast tonight and Gulf Coast towns 20 to 26. Florence hit 20 while Birmingham Montgomery Evergreen Mobile and other stations reported in the mid 20s to low 30s. A Birmingham boarding house fire forced twenty seven tenants from warmth into cold. six rescued from a second floor, Rufus Bowden 64 unconscious, taken to county hospital in fair condition after smoke inhalation.
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Alabama
North
Gulf Coast
Florence
Birmingham
Montgomery
Evergreen
Mobile
Rufus Bowden
Bowden
County Hospital
Intensely cold weather grips the United States
The Associated Press reports extreme cold from the northern Rocky Mountains to Indiana with 20 degrees below zero in Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas and icy stretches in Nebraska Iowa and Montana. Lemmon D D records 30 below while New England faces a severe cold wave dropping to 21 below at ground stations.
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Associated Press
United States
Rocky Mountains
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebaska
Iowa
Montana
Lemmon
D. D
New England
Mt. Washington
Reds Staging Wide Retreat Along Salla Highway
Harassed by hunger and frost bite, Soviet forces inside Finland along the Salla highway begin a retreat after heavy Finnish patrols. Finnish troops press the pursuit with heavy fighting reported at Markajärvi as the Red Army abandons trenches and pulls back toward the border.
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Paul Sjoeblom
Lapland
Finland
Salla
Markajarvi
Red Army
Finland pushes 28 mile Salla advance amid Arctic cold
Finland reports a 28 mile advance on the Salla sector with strong resistance and extreme temperatures. Finnish communique claims 11 Russian planes shot down and 150 Soviet bombs dropped with two civilians killed and two injured. Finnish patrols report hundreds of Russians frozen on the Karelian front as Sweden weighs Nordic military cooperation and Åland fortifications. German planes scouted the Western front and Scottish coast as Britain presses economic war against Germany.
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Associated Press
Finland
Salla
Arctic Circle
Karelian Isthmus
Sweden
Scandinavia
Richard Sandler
Aland Islands
Bothnian Gulf
Scotland
Berlin
Western
Scottish
Germany
Britain
Blackout Traffic Deaths Exceed British War Losses
In London a government debate will question why blackout era traffic fatalities have surpassed the casualties of Britain’s fighting services. Prime Minister Chamberlain indicated any move to broaden rationing would be announced soon, with bacon butter ham and sugar under scrutiny. Government plans include reviving shipyards and tightening imports while ministers meet on wartime resource sharing with France and Britain’s armament policy.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Chamberain
Chamberlain
Commons
Great Britain
War Cabinet
Germany
Raoul Dautry
Leslie Burgin
Senate considers stronger court veto over agency rules
A Senate effort to grant courts a new veto over executive agency rules advances after last summer's passage and a renewed push by judiciary leaders. Senator Logan aims to allow citizen appeals to federal courts against agency regulations, seen as protection against executive overreach. Senator Minton calls it a defense lawyer's answer if enacted.
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Washington
Senate
Logan
D.-Ky
Judiciary
Austin
R.vt
Judiciary Committee
Minton
D.-Ind
Well Known Hardware Firm Sivley and Sandlin Dissolved
The well known hardware firm Sivley and Sandlin is dissolved. All accounts are purchased by J. W. Sandlin and his son Johnny Sandlin who will carry on the business as J. W. Sandlin. The firm operated for about 25 years.
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Sivley and Sandlin Hs
J. W. Sandlin
Johnny, Sandlin
J. W Sandlin
Ewig Oo
Lee Brown Rites Held in Huntsville
Funeral rites for Lee Brown aged 48 who died in Dallas Texas Monday will be conducted Friday in Huntsville his old home. He was a brother of Joe Brown of Decatur and formerly lived here. He later resided in Huntsville before moving to Texas to make his home. Besides Joe Brown four other brothers and two sisters survive.
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Lee Brown
Dallas
Texas
Huntsville
Mr. Brown
Joe Brown
Decatur
WPA Enrollment Rises to Over Two Million
The Works Progress Administration announced that work relief enrollment reached 2,189,350 on January 10, up 29,403 from January 3. Enrollment on January 11, 1939 stood at 3,061,288 compared with the prior year.
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Washington
Work Projects Administration
Trains and Bus Collide at Snowy German Crossing
A passenger train and a bus collided at a grade crossing in Zitau Germany during a snowstorm killing 12 people and injuring 20 others.
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Zittau
Germany
One Person Out Of Six Getting Public Aid Now
Washington report to the White House conference on children shows a decade rise in public funded aid from 1 in 100 to 1 in 6. Data indicate 99 percent of needy funds come from public sources and about 4 million youths under 25 are unemployed.
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Washington
United States
White House Conference On Childrenns A Democracy
Lynne Enters Judge's Race for Eighth Circuit
Judge Seybourn Lynne filed his candidacy for Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Place No 1 in the Democratic primary. A Decatur native, he is a lawyer who has held county, district, Kiwanis, and church leadership roles and has served as Morgan County Court judge since 1934.
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Seybourn Lynne
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Lynne
Decatur
Auburn
School of Law
University of Alabama
Alabama
Eighth Circuit
Morgan County
B. M. Miller
W. T. Lowe
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Alabama Kiwanis District
First Baptist Church
Democratic Finance Campaign Committee
Morgan
Lawrence Counties
Lawrence County
C C. Harris
Harris
Jude Richardson
Congress
Eighth
Circuit Court
Morgan City
Somerville
Senator Borah Suffered Cerebral Hemorrhage After Fall
Washington reports say Senator Borah of Idaho was found with a cerebral hemorrhage after slipping on a rug in his apartment. His condition was reported critical as medical staff, led by Dr Worth Daniels, treated him in bed.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Cora Rubin
Worth Daniels
Miss Rubin
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Peach Withdraws From Alabama Supreme Court Race
Prominent Decatur attorney John H. Peach announced he will not enter the race for Associate Justice to succeed Judge Gardner. He cited existing client commitments and connections, thanked supporters, and expressed love for Decatur and desire to help the city’s growth.
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John H. Peach
Decaur
Alabama Supreme Court
Gardner
Peach
Supreme Court
Decatur
Alabama Supreme Court hopefuls narrowed to one candidate
Two prominent Alabama lawyers J Miller Bonner and John H Peach removed themselves from speculation about supreme court seats. Appellate Judge James Rice said he would not seek the office. Only J Ed Livingston, University of Alabama law professor, has qualified as a candidate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
J.miller Bonner
Dixon
John H. Peach
State Personnel Board
Alabama Supreme Court
James Rice
J. Ed Livingston
University of Alabama
Louisiana Voters Hit Long Dictatorship in Primary
In incomplete returns from 1,153 of 1,703 precincts Governor Earl K. Long trailed four opponents by 66,218 votes. Long led Sam Jones but fell short of a majority. second primary likely February 20. Supporters and reform candidates rally as Noe Morrison and Moseley influence the outcome.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Long
Jones
Morrison
Moseley
Louisiana
United States
Huey P. Long
Huey
Earl K Eng
Sam Jones
Lake ”Charles
James A. Noe
Monroe
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Vicar Moseley
Opelousas
Five Die in London War Plant Explosions
Five workers died and several were injured in three rapid blasts at a North London war plant identified as the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey. Police said the explosions were accidental and non enemy action. Windows shattered and a mushroom cloud rose over the area as civilians sought air raid shelters and workers’ families awaited news.
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London
Ministry of Supply
New York
Royal Gunpowder Factory
Waltham Abbey
England
Queen's Royal Regiment
Dorsetshire
Walytham Abbey
Seed tree plan aims to save forests in the South
Officials of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association announce a four teen word printed notice on cardboard three by six inches to urge stopping cutting. Signs to be nailed to chosen tree trunks read Seed tree left to grow more timber for your children Please do not cut indicating a forest preservation effort in Atlanta on January 18.
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Atlanta
Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association
South
Weather forecast for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The report notes a rising Tennessee River gauge at 16.6 feet with no rainfall and a 24 hour high of 25 degrees. Alabama faces a cold wave with 4 to 12 degrees in the north and 20 to 25 on the coast, while Tennessee expects snow and continuing cold through Friday and Saturday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Brida
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