Two Cullman Men Killed in Road Mishap
Two state highway department workers died when their truck collided with a second vehicle on Main Street in West Cullman. W L Reeder 24 of Vinemont route 1 drove the truck and Bert Rodgers 21 of Cullman route 4 perished. The crash occurred while attempting to pass a prisoner transport truck carrying 15 inmates. Reeder and Rodgers died of neck fractures and other injuries. Funeral services for Reeder are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Ebenezer with burial in Ebenezer cemetery. Rodgers rites were scheduled for 11 a m Wednesday (Continued on Page Two).
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State Highway Department
Main Street
West Cullman
W. L. Reeder
Vinemont
Bert Rodgers
Cullman Rt. 4
Moss
Reeder
Rodgers
Cullman Hospital
Inftion
Cullman County
E. E. Allen
J. E. Hightower
Cullman
J. D. Brown
Ebenezer
C. C. Wilcutt
G. E. Garrison
Sam Price
Drinkard
Ebenezer Cemetery
David Reeder
J. T. Reeder
J. B
W. B. Reeder
Virgil Olson
Hobart Duke
Alabama State Chamber highlights $50 million smokeless powder plant
The Alabama State Chamber reports December industrial growth led by a $50,000,000 smokeless powder plant to be built by DuPont at Childersburg on the Coosa River. Also listed are new concerns in Huntsville Montgomery Collinsville and Oneonta and expansions including coke ovens in Holt Mobile and Selma, and a Tennessee Valley fertilizer plant in Decatur.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State Chamber Commerce
Childersburgh
Alabama
Coosa
Childersburg
Hy Ene
Coal, Iron & Railroad A
Debardeleben Coal Corporation
Holt
Mobile
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co
George A. Holmer & Co
Birmingham
Cloverleaf Creamery
Selma
Oneonta ‘Milling Co
Alabama By-Products Company
Tarrant
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Cooperative
Decatur
Second Half Of Dixon's Term Is Started Today
Montgomery Alabama January 21 1949 as dawn broke four supreme court justices and other county officers began new terms in Alabama after the November election Governor Frank M Dixon outlined his aims for the second half of his administration including the completion of a new 10 volume codification of laws within 90 days and the merit system for state workers along with a pardon and parole act to place administration under an independent board.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals and Public Service Commission
Hugh White
Dixon
Alabama
Butler Begins Trial For Rape Charge In Greenwich Case
In Bridgeport Connecticut a 31 year old Black chauffeur butler Joseph Spell went on trial for allegedly raping his employer Eleanor Strubing in her Greenwich home last December. Judge Carl Foster barred spectators except reporters witnesses and attorneys as jury selection began. Strubing was found semi hysterical near Kensico reservoir and her husband John Strubing attended with his brother Phillip. The jury panel included several women and two Black members. the court sustained a defense objection about credibility bias based on race.
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Bridgeport
Cann
Eleanor Strubing
Greenwich
Joseph Spell
Strubing
John Strubing
New York
Princeton
Phillip
Philadelphia
Nungester Receives Captain Rank in 151st Engineer Regiment
Dr Garrold Nungester of Decatur is appointed captain in the medical department detachment of the 151st Engineer Regiment Alabama National Guard. The detachment includes four doctors and 24 enlisted men led by Major William C Hatchett. Nungester, a Tu lane medical graduate, served at Hillman Hospital and has six years in the Army Reserve Corps. The 151st spans several Tennessee Valley counties with units in Huntsville Decatur Hartselle Athens Sheffield Florence and a central HQ in Huntsville.
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Garrold Nungester
Decatur
151St Engineer Regiment
Alabama National Guard
William C. Hatchett
Huntsville
Gary
Sheffield
Doss
Florence
Nungester
Hartselle
Athens
Oes F
Reverend Jeremiah Ohl Dies Aged 90 In Philadelphia
Rev Jeremiah Franklin Ohl 90 a nationally known Lutheran church leader and church music composer died at home after a stroke ten years ago and long bedfast illness in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Jeremiah Franklin Ohl
Capital Gets Back to Work After Recess
Roosevelt's third term pledge frames early congressional debates on aid to Britain and emergency powers. A martial Capitol Hill parade follows a solemn oath as West Point cadets, Navy midshipmen, and selectees march before a display of tanks, bombers, and other war matériel. The president vows sacrifice for national defense while warning against poverty and concentrated wealth.
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Theodore F. Kopp
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Capitol
White Hote
Pennsylvania Avenue
Britain
Capitol Hill
Wallace
West Point
Annapolis
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Morgan County Draft Board Sends Another Man to Fort McClellan
Morgan County draft board number 1 will send Henry Oliver a 28 year old Black man from 811 West Church Street to Fort McClellan Anniston for a year of training. Morgan County has inducted 10 men so far, six from this board and four from board number 2 at Hartselle, with a mix of whites and Negroes. District 1 inspector Joe Pettey said all men across 11 counties volunteered, none called from the regular draft list. National Guard mobilization and inspection will run 10 days starting January 27 at the Decatur armory, with supply bids from local grocers for guardsmen stationed there.
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Morgan County Draft Board No 1
Fort McClellan
Anniston
Henry Oliver
W. Church Street
Morgan County
Hartselle
Decatur
Joe M. Pettey
Madison County
Cherokee
Morgan, Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Lauderdale
Colbert
Franklin
DeKalb
Jackson
Marshall
Eeven Company B
Bist
National Guard
Navy air defense bill clears House with unanimous vote
The House approved a 300 million dollar naval bill 130 to 0 to fund anti aircraft defenses. Navy witnesses noted funds would enhance anti aircraft gear and armor protections for crews and deck personnel before sending the measure to the Senate.
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Washington
United States Navy
House
Senate
Chauffeur Admits Killing Companion in Miami Beach
State Investigator Raymond Mills said the suspect confessed to slaying fellow chauffeur Jack Meanes of Akron Ohio. The motive cited was the victim using the killer’s toothbrush comb and razor for a year, with Stanley Sykes of Newark named as the other man.
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Miami Beach
Fra
Raymond Mills
Mills
Jack Meanes
Akron
Ohio
Stanley Syke
Newark
Britain Divided On U S Entering War
Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy told Congress that British officials split on U S entry into World War II with some favoring war against Germany and others opposing it. He urged full aid to Britain short of war while lawmakers consider limits on presidential powers and his testimony stressed preparedness and rearmament.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Congress
United States
Germany
London
Britain
Kennedy
Roosevelt
House Foreign Relations Committee
Fdr
England
Cage Two
War drums of Axis threaten Mediterranean clash
War correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie notes Nazi and Fascist leaders signal a major Axis offensive to challenge British rule in the Mediterranean. He cites Virginia Gayda's article asserting Italy remains engaged and not isolated, suggesting the Feb conference hints at strategic aims.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Mediterranean
Hitler
Mussolini
Virginia Gayda
Italy
Signor Gayda
Writer Questions Nazi Strategy Shift During Battle of Britain
The piece argues Hitler may shift from direct assault on England to aiding partners in the Mediterranean. It says such a move would be unlikely and that the Battle of Britain remains central to the war’s outcome, with a failure to win promising negative consequences for Nazi aims.
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Herr Hitler
Signor Gayda
Britain
Mediterranean
Puehrer
England
Hiller
Ryan Strike Delayed as Wage Talks Near Breakthrough
San Diego Calif January 21 The threatened Ryan Aeronautical Company strike deadline was moved from 7 am to 7 pm pacific time after union negotiators and company reps agreed to more talks. A near agreement was reported with wage scales and backlogs cited. the union seeks 75 cents minimum hourly rate, while Ryan offered 50 to 58 cents and cites $11.4 million in backlog.
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San Diego
Cal
Ryan — Aeronautical Company
Harry C. Malcom
C. I O. United Automobile Workers
John Steelman
John Owen
National Defense Commission
Richard Franksteen
CSO
Vultee Aircraft
Downey
Calif
Ryan
Ryan Concern
Governor announces openings for White House of the Confederacy and World War Memorial
The Governor's office states the first White House of the Confederacy and the state's new World War Memorial building will be open 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays thereafter. Roland Mushat, executive secretary, says the plan uses no extra staff.
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Montgomery
Ala
Roland Mushat
Plane objective of wide hunt for missing flight
An intensive air and water search was ordered for a light aircraft missing after departing from Havana to Key West with John L. Morris Jr. and Dr Grady W. Bason. Coast Guard, Navy and private craft joined in the hunt after the plane disappeared yesterday afternoon near the Bahama Islands.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Key West
John L. Morris, Jr
Grady W. Bason
la Grange
Eles
Coast
Guan
Navy Department
Washington
Coast Guard
Bahama Islands
Morris
Miami Chamber of Commerce
Young Morris
Macon
Macon Telegraph
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Eason
Winter cold wave fades across New England
A fresh surge of cold air swept the eastern half of the country from Maine to Virginia while western areas saw scattered snow flurries. Sub zero readings appeared in Maine and Vermont with Burlington dropping to 7 below and Portland to 9 below. Greenville in central Maine rose to 18 above as temperatures returned to near normal elsewhere.
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New England
North Atlantic Seaboard
Northwest
Canada
Maine
Virginia
Cleveland
Syracuse
N. Y
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
New Mexico
Vermont
Burlington
Portland Me
Caribou
Greenville
Great Lakes
Health officer named for Randolph County Alabama
The Alabama state health department announced the selection of Dr. Earnest A. Cook as Randolph county health officer. A former medical missionary in Alaska and Labrador, he took office yesterday succeeding Dr. W A Edwards who resigned to enter private practice. Dr. Cook, a native of Michigan and Detroit College of Medicine graduate, was born in Michigan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Earnest A. Cook
Alaska
Labrador
Randolph County
State Health Department
W. A. Edwards
Cook
Michigan
Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery
Bloody riots erupt across Bucharest in wartime turmoil
Across the Balkans and Mediterranean fierce fighting rages. In Bucharest and Romanian cities, violence follows the German officer's assassination. Meanwhile Tobruk siege, Tepeleni Albanian front and Greek counter-attacks mark a broad war theater with RAF raids and Italian countermeasures.
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Associated Press
Orrecce
Tepeleni
Albania
Mediterranean Sea
Girt
Tobruk
Libya
Klisura
Balkans
Bucharest
RAF
Catania
Sicily
Britain
Mediterranean
Romania
Rumania
Sofia
Belgrade
Budapest
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Balkan
London
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
House of Commons
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
France
Corsica
Tunisia
French North Africa
Malta
Dakar
West Africa
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River gauge sits at 17.57 feet after a 24 hour period with no rainfall. Temperatures ranged from a high of 54 to a low of 30 degrees. Alabama expects warmer conditions tonight with gentle easterly winds shifting to southeast on Wednesday. Tennessee forecast calls for cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with a colder Wednesday afternoon and a Thursday outlook.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Rev. Ohl
Hans Thomsen
Neville Butler
Roosevelts
Morgan
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Charles Evans
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