Justice McReynolds Announces Retirement From Supreme Court
Justice James Clark McReynolds notified President Roosevelt he will retire February 1 after 26 years on the Supreme Court. He will be 79 next month and was described as the court’s sole conservative voice amid New Deal opposition.
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Washington
James Clark McReynolds
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hughes
Robert H. Jackson
McReynolds
Supreme Bench
Congress
Elkton
Trey
Pacific Coast
Speculation on Mc Reynolds Successor Widens List
Washington speculation on a Supreme Court replacement for Justice James C. Mc Reynolds centers on a wide roster of top figures in the administration’s circle. Names such as Attorney General and Robert H. Jackson are noted as leading contenders amid ongoing deliberations.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James C. McReynolds
Robert H. Jackson
Tribu
Prisoner Flees City Jail After Lock Pick Escape
Paul Westerfield, 23, a former San Quentin convict with three aliases, escaped Cincinnati city jail by picking his cell lock while a roommate slept. He had been arrested yesterday on a housebreaking charge. He told Capt. Pearcy he married a woman from Athens Georgia a week earlier in Anderson District of Columbia, and that he instructed her to return home if he did not come back.
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Cincinnati
Paul Westerfield
San Quentin
California
George Pearcy
Athens
New Defense Unit Planned for Economic War Efforts
President Roosevelt plans a federal economic defense agency to coordinate all economic aspects of the defense program. It would supervise foreign funds, strategic material purchases, axis business controls, export measures, and other functions, serving alongside the Knudsen Hillman armaments board.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Knudsen-Hillman Board
The
Treasury
Federal Loan Agency
Justice Department
State Department
Export Control Administration
White House
National Defense Commission
Officers Raid and Destroy Four Stills Near Guntersville
T. C. Burgess and H. L. Slaughter of the alcohol tax unit raided and destroyed four stills 12 miles northeast of Guntersville in Marshall county. Stills capacity included 800 gallons, 400 gallons, and two of 50 gallons. About 1,200 gallons of mash were poured out. No arrests were made.
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T. C. Burgess
H. L. Slaughter
Guntersville
Marshall County
Home Guard Plans Shaped At Hartnell Area Meeting
Applications for membership in a new home guard unit will be taken Thursday night during the American Legion session at the courthouse. Floyd Sherrow says Hartnell and Eva posts invited. unit to mobilize when national guard leaves the state in February. The company will have three officers and 40 men with Legionnaires given preference. Members 18 to 60 may apply if not in draft ages 21 to 35. Drill bi monthly for 1.5 hours. uniforms and gear furnished. service without pay. not called into active service except emergencies.
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Home Guard
American Legion
Floyd Sherrow
Hartnelle
Eva
National Guard
American Legion Post
Mrs Bayne 65 Dies After Long Illness at Trinity Route 1
Mrs. Margaret Bayne longtime Trinity Route 1 resident died at 2:30 this morning at her home. She was 65 and had suffered ill health for a long time. Funeral at 10 Friday at Dancy's Chapel with Rev. Emmett Byars and burial by Drinkard. Survived by husband L M Bayne two daughters Mrs J D Johnson and Mrs Bob Cartee two sons W T Bayne and Well M Bayne four brothers Jim King Tom King M T King Lute King a sister Mrs Kittie Chaney seven grandchildren pallbearers Oscar Parker Onie Maner W R Sims Jack Couch Curtis Puller Herbert Couch she was a member of Dancy's Chapel Christian church.
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Margaret Bayne
Trinity _ route 1
Dancy’s Chapel
Emmett Byars
Drinkard
L. M. Bayne
J. D. Johnson
Trinity Route 1
Bob Cartee
Russellville
W. T. Bayne
Washington
D. C
Well M. Bayne
Trinity
Jim King
Courtland
Tom King
Decatur
M. T
Lute King
Canute
Oklahoma
Kittie Chaney
Oscar Parker
Onie Maner
W. R. Sims
Jack Couch
Curtis Puller
Herbert Couch
Bayne
Dancy’s Chapel Christian Church
Bishop Moore to Sail for China on Mission
Atlanta bishop Arthur J. Moore head of the Methodist church in the Atlanta area will sail for China next month on a special mission. He will help set policy for the church in the Orient and preside over Shanghai conferences uniting southern and northern branches.
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Arthur J. Moore
Methodist
China
Japan
Korea
Board of Missions
Moore
Methodist Church
Orient
Shanghai
America
Southern China Methodist Church
Shangha
Churchill outlines wartime manpower and production push
Churchill told the House of Commons Britain will mobilize labor for war factories and expand the army to sustain overseas and home defense. He cited 4 million armed home guards and a growing industrial drive as war enters a new stride, with plants coming online to supply equipment for extended action. The note added that after sixteen months of war Britain remains in a total effort with tens of thousands of losses among the population.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Churchill
Europe
Libya
Churchil
Blast Traps Eighteen Men at Carswell Mine
An explosion at the Carswell mine of Koppers Coal Co. trapped 18 men beneath the surface near Kimball West Virginia. Four were rescued within hours and some of the rescued suffered burns. Officials expected rescue crews to reach the trapped workers in about an hour with the cause still undetermined.
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Welch
W. Va
Carswell
Koppers Coal Company
Kimball
West Virginia
Senate aid bill sparks opposition and hearings
Senate and House debates flare as Senator McNary of Oregon opposes the lend lease bill in its present form. Senator Norris calls for a time limit on presidential authority while Secretary Hull is expected to testify in hearings. Norman Thomas labels the measure anti democratic and calls for greater public control. Governors Stassen and Roosevelt seek unity on defense policy ahead of formal committee actions.
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Oregon
Norris
United Sttes
Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Harold
George
D-Ga
Senate Committee
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D-Miss
Connally
D-Tex
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Vandenberg
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San
Eid
Congress
Tobruk Falls to Anglo Allied Forces in Africa
Anglo Allied forces strike fiercely against Fascist troops in Africa and reportedly seize Tobruk on the Libyan coast. The capture follows a broader push toward control of the Mediterranean to threaten Britain before American aid strengthens defenses. Tobruk forms half of a trapped German Italian naval threat alongside Leros.
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Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Tobruk
Nile
Graziani
Mussolini
Italy
Rumania
Ion Antonescu
Iron Guard
Romania
Bucharest
Fall Of Tobruk Of Great Importance
The fall of Tobruk is described as pivotal for the Anglo Allied drive in the Mediterranean. The text notes British occupation of Crete neutralizing Leros and highlights Tobruk’s capture by the British as a major strategic gain against Italian forces with potential implications for Derna and Benghazi as part of the Libyan coast corridor.
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Leros
Crete
Greece
Tobruk
Aon
Giorgio
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Tripoli
Africa
Aca
Derna
Bengal
Gragian
Bengust
Bombers Reach New York in Second Day Air Drill
Several groups of invading enemy bombers reached the New York City area due to faulty radio communications between land and interceptor planes on the second day of aircraft warning service drills by the air defense command. One flight approached from the Hudson River to the city and another from the sea off Jones Beach on Long Island, both reaching objectives before interception, as overcast skies hindered efforts and four interceptions were missed while pursuit planes were grounded at Mitchell Field.
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New York
New York City
Air Defense Command
Hudson River
Jones Beach
Long Island
Mitchell Field
Aged Morgan County Woman Dies at 93 at Home
Mrs Sarary Ann Eliza Breedlove aged 93 longtime Morgan county resident died at 10 05 this morning at her Hartselle route 2 home after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Peck of Hartselle. She is survived by two sons a daughter a nephew five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was born and spent virtually her life in the county and was a member of Neel Methodist church.
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Sarary Ann Eliza Breedlove
Morgan County
Hartselle
Peck
Breedlove
W. B
Louis T. Breedlove
Ernest Bennett
Charles Mitchell
Mrs. Breedlove
County
Neel Methodist Church
Alabama announces spring civil pilot training quotas
Alabama director of airfields Asa Rountree set a 350 trainee quota for the spring session starting February 1, with an estimated 150000 dollars to be spent in the state. Taught at institutions including University of Alabama Birmingham Southern Howard Spring Hill Troy Teachers Florence Teachers and non college sites Brewton Clinton Anniston Livingston pending trainees.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Asa Rountree
Rountree
University of Alabama
Birmingham Southern
Howard
Spring Hill
Troy Teachers College
Florence
Brewton
Clanton
Anniston
Livingston
Atlanta
Shell loading plant eyed for North Alabama region
An authoritative source said a shell loading plant costing at least 10 million dollars would be built in the ordnance triangle of North Alabama by the war department. It would assemble work from the Birmingham and Gadsden shell casing plants and the Childersburg powder plant, with about 12 000 workers and payroll surpassing 14 million annually.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ordance Triangle
North Alabama
War Department
Gadsden
Childersburg
Anniston
Riverside
Pel] City
Birmingham - Gadsden - Childersburg Triangle
Ingalls Ships Adds Shipway at Pascagoula Yard
Ingalls Shipbuilding announces completion of an extra shipway at Pascagoula Mississippi and the start of a 9600 ton cargo vessel on it another shipway will be finished next month and another cargo vessel begun. They have 11 cargo ships and four net layers under navy contract totaling over 80 million dollars with four cargo vessels launched in 1940.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Pascagoula
Miss
Ingalls
Navy
Ingalls Yards
Tobruk Falls Echoes Of British Nile Breakthrough
British led by Australian shock troops and a picked British regiment broke through Tobruk’s outer defenses. Churchill hinted at overseas conscription as forces closed on the Libyan desert stronghold. Italians admit a setback while reporting heavy bombardment and encirclement of the city.
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Associated Press
Britain
Tobruk
Churchill
Libyan Desert
Archibald P. Wavell
Cefenses
Loris
Libya
Mediterranean Sea
Briish
RAF
High Command
Daily War Bulletin
Weather report from Tennessee river region
The report notes the Tennessee river gauge at 174 feet with a 24 hour high of 60 and low of 45 degrees. Light rain fell in Alabama while the west and north saw occasional rain. Tonight will be partly cloudy and colder with northerly winds.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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