Japan protests British seizure of German seamen from Asama Maru
Tokyo protested to Britain over a British boarding party halting the Asama Maru near Japanese waters and removing 21 German passengers. Foreign officials said the move was a serious unfriendly act and demanded a full explanation, warning of heightened tensions between Japan and Britain.
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Tokyo
Japan
Britain
Siberia
Masayuki Tani
Peg
Robert Leslie Craigie
Foreign Office
Robert
Yokohama
San Francisco
Standard Oil Company
Qgentral
South Ame Japanego
British ships lost in weekend sea toll near British Isles
Four British ships including a sleek destroyer were sunk over the weekend with three neutral vessels also lost. The destroyer Grenville, a 1485 ton Flotilla leader, was said to have gone down by a mine or torpedo in icy waters around the British Isles, part of a rising toll blamed by some on mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Isles
Grenville
Admiralty
Man Held In Pistols Case In Morgan County
A Morgan County man named Sam Houston of Hanceville was jailed on charges of carrying a pistol without a permit after he leapt onto a car containing Mr and Mrs George Collier at a Ninth Street Bee Line light stop. He displayed a pistol and told them to drive on but the Colliers wrestled it away. Houston fled, hid at a filling station and attempted to grab another weapon from a pocket before being captured. Officers recovered a .32 revolver not loaded and an 11 shot .22 automatic plus hollow point cartridges. Houston offered no statement.
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Sam Houston
Charles Bell
Hanceville
Morgan County
George Collier
Ninth Street
Bee Line Highway
Collier
W. E. Kilgore
Ed Blalock
Houston
Kilgore
Ninth
Blalock
JAIL WORK PROGRESSES ON MORGAN COUNTY PROJECT
Excavation for the Morgan county jail is complete and walls would be rising soon if not for bad weather. Contractor A Berney Jones of Montgomery started in December and a 60 foot material hoist tower stands above poured footings for walls. The basement measures 41 by 100 feet with depths 15 11 and nine feet for furnace laundry and service areas. Completion is set for January 31 with about 50 workers at peak and weekly payroll between 800 and 1000 dollars.
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Morgan County
A.A. Munsell
A. Berney, Jones
Montgomery
Groups Fight For Fortune in Nashville Estate Case
In Nashville on January 22, probate proceedings began over the fortune of Lyn Bolden who died November 18 at age 90. Evidence shows cash of 11000, 137 bank shares, and real estate with three claimants presenting two wills from a house keeper and a religious order, while relatives seek to void them. judge took case under advisement.
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Nashville
Tenn
Litton Hickman
Lyn Bolden
Bolden
Hickman
Former Gov Hugh White Threatened Over Kidnap Extortion Letter
In Jackson Mississippi ex governor Hugh L White said he received a threatening letter signed by Lawrence G Thompson. A man answering that name was arrested in Chattanooga and is being returned to face kidnap extortion charges tied to U S District Attorney Toxey Hall. The letter demanded 1000 dollars under threat of destroying White's Columbia properties.
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Jackson
Miss
Hugh L."white
Columbia
Lawrence G. Thompson
Chattanooga
Fenn
U. S
Toxey Hall
Mississippi
Illinois
Hall
Thompson
Federal Bureau of ‘Investigation
Meges
Futile Soviet assaults fail to break Finnish line
Helsinki reports heavy Soviet losses on the Karelian Isthmus and eastern front as attacks falter. Finnish forces claim about 120 enemy dead in Taipale, plus hundreds more. on the Ladoga front three officers and about 120 men killed, and in Lohja area about 450 Russians killed with five tanks. Finland readies for possible over ice attack from Estonia, fortifying Hanko coast with barbed wire.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Taipaile
Lake Ladoga
Loimoia
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Estonia
Hanko
Baltiski
Russia
Highway official to visit Morgan County for road talks
Morgan County revenue and control board planned Monday talks with Chris J. Sherlock of the state highway department about resuming work on the Decatur Guntersville road and the Hartselle Danville route. Sherlock was expected to arrive from Montgomery mid afternoon after a prior conference with the revenue board.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Chris J. Sherlock
State Highway Department
Decatur
Guntersville
Hartselle
Danville
Sherlock
Montgomery
The
Revenue Board
Wheeler Home Fire Threatens Historical Wheeler Plantation
A fire in Miss Anbie Wheeler's second floor bedroom at the General Joseph Wheeler plantation in Wheeler Alabama started from an open fireplace. The episode required tearing up the hearth. damage limited to the hearth and floor while urgent local response avoided harm to relics.
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North Alabama
Anhie Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler Ala
Miss Wheeler
Courtland
Decatur
Figghe Wheeler
A I Fuller Is Laid to Rest
Funeral services for A I Fuller age 71 died Saturday at his home Trinity Route 1 were conducted at Dancy Chapel Church of Christ with E E Byars officiating. Burial followed in the chapel cemetery. Survived by widow six daughters two sons a brother and a sister with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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A. I. Puller
Trinity
Dancy Chapel Church of Christ
E. E
Byars
Drinkard
Chapel
Esther Mac Fuller
Thurman Terry
Jack Couch
Anderson Terry
Hubbard Couch
Tom Johnson
Decatur
Elmer
Orville
Benton, Ky
Harvey Fuller
Rt. 1
J. H. Fuller
G. T. Simms
Tennessee Officials Back TVA Compromise Tax Plan
Governor Prentice Cooper and Tennessee leaders announced approval of TVA sponsored tax replacement legislation. The plan would let TVA contribute to valley states and counties to partially reimburse tax losses from private utility retirement, starting at 10 percent of gross power revenues and tapering as revenue rises. It also covers taxes on land acquired for reservoirs.
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Washington
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Decatur Sees Warm Break In Long Cold Snap
The Decatur area reached 35 degrees at noon Monday marking a jump of 31 degrees from Sunday night. With the thaw, many households faced bursts water pipes flooding bathrooms and kitchens after a prolonged sub zero blast.
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Decatur
Snow Hits Alabama Amid Record Cold Spell
Birmingham records 15 degrees with Montgomery 18 and Dothan 26 as Alabama endures a severe cold snap. Forecasters predict mostly cloudy skies and continued cold tonight with snow interior and mixed precip in extreme south, temperatures 14 to 28 degrees and near freezing along the coast.
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Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Evergreen
Dothan
Nationwide cold snap grips the United States
Frigid air chills the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with subfreezing temps in the upper Mississippi Valley and Florida. Snow covers Wisconsin to New England while Miami endures its coldest day of the season as citrus and truck crops suffer frost damage near Lake Okeechobee and in Bell Glade.
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Rocky Mountain
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
New England
Pittsburgh
Miami
Florida
Melbourne
J. W. Milligan
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Big Like
Bell Glade
New Mexico
Texas
End of Japan United States Trade Pact Returned to Public View
The 1911 Japan United States commercial treaty expires next Friday renewing questions about trade and relations. The pact granted Japanese and Americans equal travel, protection, and tax treatment while linking emigration policy to immigration laws. Debates focus on whether future ties will resemble the pre expiration framework.
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United States
Japan
Andrue
Philander C. Knox
Uchida
United States of America
Amer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
U. S
Warner
Taft
Senate
Dies Pleads Up to House Dies Pleads Up to House
The House Rules Committee voted unanimously to extend the Dies committee on un American activities for another year after a stormy hearing. Dempsey and Laser urged restrictions on procedure, Voorhies proposed closed hearings and limited public statements, while Casey defended inquiry reforms. White House talks touched on budgets Finland aid and relief with no definite agreements reported.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Unanimo
Wats
Dies Committee
Dempsey
D.N. M
Laser
Rep. Voorhies
D.calif
White House
Finland
Roosevelt
Garner
Bankhead
Senate
Barkley
House
Rayburn
Starnes D.alay
Dies
D. Tex
Orange, Tex
Casey
Survivors of disaster landed today after Orazio fire
Italian officials say all 413 passengers aboard the burned Italian motorship Orazio were rescued despite heavy seas. A few crew members remained missing after the blaze began early yesterday 38 miles south of Toulon. Lifeboats and rescue ships carried survivors to Marseille and Meze and to French and Italian vessels in a dramatic sea rescue.
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Marseille
France
Orazio
Italian Line
Line
Colombo
Mezasille
Toulon
Giorello
Barcelona
Recca
Renato Firenze
Motis
SoAneer
Paul van Zeeland
Washington
Families Burned Out Need Help After Fire
Red Cross relief call issued for three Black families who lost part of their belongings in a Friday afternoon fire on W Church Street. Donations of clothing bed clothes and household equipment urged with delivery to the Red Cross office 110 W Vine or by phone 358 for dispatch.
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Red Cross
W. Church Street
J. W. Clapton
County
Red Cross Unit
W. Vine Street
Tennessee River Gauge, Temp Ranges, Weather Outlook
The Tennessee River stood at 16.9 feet Monday with no rainfall in the 24 hour period to 7 a m. High was 30 and low 14. Alabama reports mostly cloudy and cold with snow inland and rain or sleet in the far north. Tennessee faced cloudy skies with snow possible in the south and northeast and continued cold through midweek.
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Tennessee River
Alabama
Tennessee
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Hugh White
Wheeler
A. I. Fuller
Mercury
Associated Press
Icans
Amérclans
State Department
Margaret Long
New York
Plaza Hotel
Cox
D.-Ga
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