No clear spring plans seen for European fronts in expert view
Washington experts say a spring offensive in the west is unlikely due to uncertain weather and fortified lines. They note air raids may increase while an overland push would require crossing neutral states, making a bold move by either side a desperate gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lehreas Wwgton
Europe
Germany
Maginot
Siegfried
wester@ cfront
England
Holland
Belgium
Snow Shuts Down Decatur Area as Cold Blast Lingers
North Alabama faces a colder blast with temperatures from zero to eight above. Decatur and nearby recorded seven inches of snow with depths increasing in spots while earlier January snows disrupted business and traffic remained sparse. The 24 hour low reached 13 and the high 34 as sunshine briefly broke through clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Alabama
Decatur
Court parts young couple in Indianapolis case
A judge ruled that Leroy Williamson and Virginia Williamson are at least half brother and half sister, so their marriage cannot be legal. The couple, wards of the court, faced a hearing as detectives search for further evidence before a final ruling tomorrow. Virginia is an expectant mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Leroy Williamson
Virginia Williamson
Wilfred Bradshaw
Virginia
Prires
Crystal Clair Marker
Urbana
Illy
Helen Williamson
Virginia Wolfe
Michigan City
Ales
Birthday Cake Disaster Delays Roosevelt's Big Day
In Washington a 300 pound birthday cake for President Roosevelt was shattered by a truck hitting street car ruts as news crews prepared at the White House. The snowfall blocked mobility and ruined the cake meant for the chief executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Dothan Weather Observations Fall To Ill Officers
In Dothan Alabama January 24 the official weather observatory is out of service as Otis Harrison and Lehman Johnson of the fire department fall ill with severe colds. No one else knows how to read the gauges or operate the equipment leaving readings unofficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
Otis Harrison
Lehman Johnson
Fire Department
Highway Patrol Notes Severe Winter Road Conditions
State highway patrol estimated a 75 percent shortage of coal and delayed fresh supplies. Roads remained slick with ice despite snow removal, motor scrapers having cleared most major routes. Chains were common. some still traveled without them as buses and trains attempted near normal schedules. The Bee Line Highway near Laconine Mountain stayed a dangerous ice sheet. Decatur schools operated with 66 percent attendance.
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State Highway Patrol
Highway Department
Highway Patrol
Capitol Motors
Chattanooga
Florence
Red Bay
Decatur
Moulton
Russellville
Greyhound
Lacon’ Mountain
Bee Line
Here
Missing Louisiana gubernatorial candidate prompts runoff shift
James H. Morrison the 31 year old Hammond attorney who polled 348186 votes and finished fourth in the first primary is missing since January 16 amid statewide runoff speculation. Supporters swing to Sam Jones of Lake Charles while Governor Earl Long pushes welfare measures as Huey Long era tactics resurface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Orleans
James H. Morrison
Hammond
New Orleans
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Earl K. Long
Morrison
Long
Huey P. Long
Huey
Jones
James A. Noe
Vincent Moseley
Opelousas
Guardsmen Rescued After Snowbound Camp Isolation in Alabama
Two Alabama National Guard companies were cut off by 12 to 15 inch snows at Guntersville. An Army truck with heavy chains blazed a path eight miles to reach 350 guardsmen from the 101st and 102nd Engineers assisted by 60 Fort Benning instructors. Regular food and fuel were brought in as crews reported all men healthy and supply lines restored.
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Guntersville,ala
Alabama National Guardsmen
Guntersville Ee
101St Engineers
Florence
William H. Cromwell
102Nd Engineers
Decatur
Woolsey Finnell, Jr
Fort Benning
Beloved Lady Beauchamp Dies in Tuscaloosa
Mrs. Thomas L. Beauchamp former Decatur resident died at 4 30 am in Tuscaloosa from a throat infection. Survived by husband daughter Annetta mother Mrs. Worthington Decatur sisters Miss Loraine Worthington and Mrs. David Gibson and other relatives. Funeral in Tuscaloosa Thursday at 8 30 am with burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ll. Beauchamp
Decatur
Tuscaloosa
Beauchamp
Alabama Power Company
Beuchamp
Annette
Charles Worthington
Loraine Worthington
David Gibson
Powhatan James
First Baptist Church
Louisville and Nashville
City Cemetery
Homer Britton
Central Baptist Church
Brown
B. L. Malone
C. E. Malone
C. H. Eyster
C. T. Jones
C. D. Patterson
Quince Eddins
H. O. Troup
J. H. Green
Poll tax payments reach over twelve hundred statewide
Heavy snow and cold slowed poll tax payments but over 100 paid on Monday, lifting totals to more than 1,200. Tax Collector Charles G. Hardwick reports books at the State National Bank in Falkville and Hartselle City Hall, with deadlines February 1. Receipts help fund schools amid an election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Falkville
Charles G. Hardwick
State National Bank
Mayors Meet in Birmingham for 12-State Conference
Ed Reid secretary of the Alabama League of Municipalities said the U S Conference of Mayors advised Mayor ta Guardia of New York conference president has called a 12 state southern meeting of mayors for Birmingham Alabama on March 8 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Ed Reid
Alabama League of Municipalities
Washington
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Ta- Guardia
New York
Birmingham
House Debates over Expense Continue in Nonbinding Row
The House extended the Dies committee mandate to investigate un American activities for another year while debating a 1 032 billion dollar Treasury and Post Office budget and potential further economy cuts. Senate prepares to vote on 247 million emergency defense bill as Puerto Rico land purchase funds loom.
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Washington
House
Dies Committee
Treasury
Post Office
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Puerto Rico
Dies
Marcantonio
Al-Ny
Chamber
Thomas
Rep. Starnes
Ala
United States
Hoffman
Mich
Congressional Record
Hook
Christian Front
Rules Committee
Senate Banking Committee Endorses $100 Million Boost for Eximbank
The Senate banking committee approved a proposal to increase Eximbank capital by 100 million dollars to support a non mill project. The move aims to expand export credit operations and finance overseas sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
British Admit Destroyer Exmouth Lost on War Anniversary
The Exmouth, a 1,475-ton flotilla leader with a normally 175 crew, was sunk in the North Sea by a torpedo or mine. Nearly 200 men were lost as the Admiralty confirmed the disaster on the 25th anniversary of Dogger Bank.
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London
Exmouth
North Sea
Admiralty
Dogger Bank
Germany
Grenville
Blanche
Gipsy
Duchess
R.S. Benson
Britain
Courageous
English Channel
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Rawalpindi
Iceland
Water Tank Blast Claims Tuscaloosa Man
Everette L. Spooner an insurance salesman died at Druid City Hospital from burns after a hot water tank exploded wrecking his home in the Katiltés section. His wife remains in grave condition and sister of his wife Helen Harville is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Everette L. Spooner
Druid City Hospital
Katiltés
Helen Harville
Spooner
Browder Plans Candidacy in Special Election Race
A 5 441-signature petition naming Earl Browder the Communist candidate for the Mth congressional district was filed after he served notice of appeal on passport fraud charges. A trial date for Robert W. Wiener was postponed. Wiener pleaded innocent to similar charges with bail set at 10,000. Browder’s political rivals in the Feb. 6 special election include M. Michael Edelstein and Louis J. Lefkowitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Browder
Mth
Robert W. Wiener
Communist Party, A. & A
Browder
L. Liebell
Weiner
Weiner Warsweer
Nicholas Dozenberg
William Sirovich
M. Michael Edelstein
Tammany
Eighth Assembly
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Edelstein
American Labor Party
Cage
Finnish Defense Repulses Red Drive Near Lake Ladoga
Helsinki reports a new Soviet assault northeast of Lake Ladoga repulsed by Finnish forces. Russians, said to be starving, reportedly ate horse meat while attempting to flank the Mannerheim line. Heaviest fighting centered near Aitojoki Kitela and Kollaanjoki with casualties and air raids increasing civilian danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Werner
Helsinki
Lake Ladoga
Red
Aitojoki
Mannerheim
Kitela
Aittojoki
Kollaanjoki
Weather Reading and Cold Wave Across States
The Tennessee river remained stationary at 17 feet. Temperatures ranged from 24 at high to below freezing. melted snow measured around 0.2 inches. Alabama reported fair and colder conditions with zero to eight degrees in the north and ten to twenty in the south tonight. Thursday should stay fair and cold with northerly winds along the coast, and an extreme northeast area may see the coldest temperatures.
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Finland
Tennessee
Alabama
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Mildred Graham
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