Finnish Air Defense Reels as Soviet Bombing Rages
Viipuri reports morning air raid as Soviet planes strike Southern Finland. The Russian air force claims many Finnish losses while Finland counters with bombing raids on enemy columns and rail hubs. Casualties mount across Turku Hanko and Mantsi fronts as both sides claim heavy damage.
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Viipuri
Finland
Karelian
Russia
Lake Ladoga
Mantsi
Red
Huh- 0
Mons
Esterday
Mrs Letha I Meeks Dies After Illness In Decatur
Mrs Letha I Meeks 60 died at 4 A M today at her son J O Meeks 100F Canal Street after a long illness. Brown Funeral Company will ship the body by rail to Birmingham for funeral rites and burial. She moved from Birmingham to Decatur nine months ago and is survived by her son J O Meeks, a daughter, two grandchildren Jesse O Meeks Jr and Mrs J E Falkner and a great granddaughter Jane Elizabeth Falkner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha I. Meeks
J. O. Meeks
Canal Street
Brown Funeral Company
Noéi
Birmingham
Meeks
Decatur
J. E. Falkner
Jesse O. Meeks, Jr
Jane Elizabeth Falkner
Britain buys 200 new Lockheed bombers for air force
Great Britain contracts Lockheed Aircraft Corp. for 200 new type bombing planes, bringing total purchases to 750 from the firm in recent months. The $18 million deal includes spare parts and production at 40 ships per month. Lockheed also wins bids for three 30-passenger Pan-American transports and three 14-passenger Lodestar planes for D E T A of Mozambique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Great Britain
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Sky Warriors
Lockheed
Pan-American Airways, Inc
South Africa
Mozambique
Pan-American
Death Claims Beloved Man William N. Roberts Uncle Poly
William Napoleon Roberts known as Uncle Poly 81 retired farmer of route one Altoona Ala died. He lived four years in Etowah County supported schools and public institutions and joined the Church of Christ in 1897. Survived by wife and eleven children including M L Roberts J N Roberts G C Roberts C T Roberts Laura Victoria Hopper Roberts and others, plus one sister one brother and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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William Napoleon
Poly” Roberts
Route One
Altoona
Ala
Poly
Etowah County
North
Alabama
Church of Christ
Roberts
Laura Victoria Hopper Roberts
M. L. Roberts
J. N. Roberts
G. C. Roberts
C. T. Roberts
Ruby Harrelson
W. R. Roberts
Liberty
D. W. Roberts
Trafford
Lillie Cryer
Hartselle
B. T . Roberts
Louisville
Molly Farrington
Jesse Roberts
Blountsville
Pressly Hall
Guntersville
Dewey Hall
Double Springs
Funeral Rites for Mrs Lula Wassom
Mrs. Lula Wassom 53 died after a long illness at her home 108 Ferry road. Funeral held 10 a.m. Tuesday at Slip Up Church on Moulton road with Rev Gomes officiating. Burial by Brown. Survived by husband Walter, daughters Mamie Winton Mary and Mavis Wassom, son Marion, and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Wassom
Ferry Road
Slip Up
Moulton Road
Gomes
Brown
Poll Tax Totals Rise in Morgan County Payments
Tax collector Charles G. Hardwick reports Morgan county poll tax receipts reaching 4530 by Tuesday with 2105 paid and total ahead of last year. Noon totals show 1860 paid in Decatur and 175 in Hartselle plus 70 in Falkville. Two days remain for payments to fund schools.
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Morgan County
Charles G. Hardwick
Hardwick
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
State National Bank
Schoo
Truck overturns after hitting mule on Bed Line Highway
A Malone Freight Line truck struck a mule near Vinemont just after one this morning. The vehicle turned on its side and then fully around in the road. The mule was injured but survived the collision. No one was hurt in the truck.
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Malone
Bed Line
Vinemont
Beckley Officials Arrange Water Haul As Thaw Begins
Beckley West Virginia officials arranged to haul drinking water for about 15 000 residents as a thaw began. Officials said the supply would be replenished in three or four days though the warmer temperature would not bring immediate relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
Water Company
World Weather Goes Off Balance Says Expert
Washington report from Associated Press science writer Stephen J. McDonough explains that Arctic and sub Arctic winds drive cold across North America and Europe. Weightman US Weather Bureau forecaster notes Europe experiences its coldest storms in half a century while the Northeast stays comparatively mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Washington
Europe
United States
R. H. Weightman
United States Weather Bureau
North America
Hitler Addresses Germany on Versailles and War Aims
Adolf Hitler told Berlin listeners that Germany’s fight against the Versailles treaty has forged strength that cannot be defeated. He accused Britain of sought wars and called the 1918 armistice flawed while blaming Allied reparations for German suffering and urging renewed national unity under Nazism.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
England
Fuehrer
Mr. Chamberlain
Hitler
Europe
Paul Joseph Goebbles
Goebbels
Reich
Beloved Lady Laid To Rest In Caddo Funeral Rites
Funeral services for Mrs. Sue Rynegar 81 were held Monday in Caddo after she died Saturday night at home on Trinity route one from pneumonia. She leaves husband Dave two sons John and Joe Fred of Gorbin Ky and daughter Martha Lowery along with 22 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and several siblings. Interment followed at Caddo with Highsmith directing pallbearers listed.
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Caddo
Sue Rynegar
Trinity’ Route One
Rynégar
Lawrence County
Dave
Martha Lowery
John
Joe
Trinity Route One
Fred
Gorbin
Snow and Ice Yield to Slush in City as Warmth Returns
Snow and ice melted into slush Tuesday with rising temperatures easing a weeklong freeze. Bright sun aimed to speed melting while 11:30 a.m. readings reached 32 degrees after a 28 degree low and 38 degree high. Schools reopen gradually. buses and trains back to normal. highways improving though south of Birmingham remain ice coated. WPA projects in District One partially resumed as officials forecast more work later in the week if warmth continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin J. Quinn
Highway Patrol
Birmingham
R. W. Shepherd
Wallace Urges Solons to Adopt Permanent Farm Aid Plan
Salvation Army relief in Decatur reports first week figures with 120 families aided totaling 428 individuals, 3 donated garments, 56 fuel orders, 6 transients assisted, 3 approved and 3 refused, 4 prescriptions and 3 TB diets provided. Army to operate in Mueller building on Bank Street. Adjutant Longine reachable via Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Decatur
Mueller
Bank Street
Longine
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama suffers record cold month with widespread crop damage
January 1940 in Alabama marked the coldest month on record with Montgomery averaging about 36 degrees. Farmers report severe losses to turnips radishes rutabagas and satsumas. Mobile and Baldwin counties face damages from $75 000 to $100 000 and up. Weather improves tomorrow but rural hardships persist.
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Montgomery
Huma
Weather Bureau
Alabama
E. D. Emigh
P.O. Davis
Auburn
Satsumas
Mobile County
J. Brockway
M. £. Hale
Baldwin County
Japan press demands return of 21 German seamen
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Arita told British Ambassador Craigie that returning the 21 Germans seized from the liner Asama Maru is essential. The two and a half hour meeting covered every angle of the case. The 21 were taken off by a British warship off Yokohama and later interned in Hong Kong. Craigie and Anita agreed to meet again tomorrow. The shift signals a stronger Japanese stance despite prior restraint on public response. Asahi notes Soviet Ambassador Smetaniak discussed Russian Japanese trade and fishing rights in Soviet Far East waters.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Hachiro Arita
Robert — Leslie Craigie
Japan
Yokohama
Germany
Hongkong
Craigie
Anita
Craigit
Asahi
Constatin Smetaniak
Arita
Far Eastern
Parity payments rejected by House as Wallace warns
Washington reports show the House appropriations committee rejected farm parity payments for the next fiscal year despite Secretary Wallace arguing missing subsidies would boost cotton plantings and lower prices. He urged Congress to consider permanent schemes or tax-based plans, noting a $212 million parity fund was cut by the budget bureau.
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Washington
Jan
House Appropriations Committee
Wallace
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
House Appropriations
Tarver
Dealers Gather in Decatur to Launch 1940 Line
Forty or fifty North Alabama dealers of Westinghouse electric appliances will assemble at Decatur on Monday night for a sales meeting at Hotel Lyons to launch the 1940 line. W L Greer of Birmingham and M W Murray of Atlanta arranged it, promising a standout sales gathering with a sales training school detailing points of the new line and broad dealer representation across northern Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Westinghouse
Decatur
Lyons
Birmingham
M.W. Murray
Atlanta
Alabama
Governor grants two week reprieve in Tucker case
Governor Dixon in Montgomery Alabama issued a two week reprieve for Calvin Tucker of Mobile. The execution scheduled for Friday was reset to February 16 and a clemency hearing was set for the same day upon request by Mobile lawyer Paul Brunson citing extenuating circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Calvin Tucker
Mobilenegro
Paul Brunson
Mobile
Miss Mattie Severs Dies in Tuscaloosa Hospital
Former Decatur resident Miss Mattie Severs died in a Tuscaloosa hospital. The body will arrive here today. Funeral services will be held at Brown Funeral Home on Ferry Street Wednesday at 10 a.m. by Dr D C McNutt of the Tigity Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Severs
Decatur
Tuscaloosa
Brown Funeral Home
Ferry Street
D. C.mcnutt
Pastortigity Methodist Church
Weather Summary For Tennessee Alabama Regions
The Tennessee river remained stationary at 16.9 feet with 38 as high and 28 as low temperatures and no rainfall in the last 24 hours. Alabama temperatures range from 14 to 20 in the north and 23 to 30 in the south with frost possible tonight and fair, cooler conditions overall. Tennessee forecasts call for fair tonight and Wednesday, with continued cold air and a warming trend Thursday.
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Arctic
England
Weightman
Iceland
North Atlantic
France
London
Italy
Canada
United States
MacKenzie River Basin
Canadian Rockies
Continents
North America
Tennessee
Alabama
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Kronstadt
Leningrad
High Command
Soviet
Turku
Hanko
Tammisaari
Reuters
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Sabo
Boen
Britain
Dem
Solons
Army
Wallace Questioned
Rigoletto
Durrant
Eston
North Sea
Tautmila
Corman
Yarmouth
Sos
Scotland
Hempstead
Miss Mattie
Severs
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