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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1939

Page

3

Air Raid Ravages Chungking Trapping Hundreds As Fires Rise

Reports describe a Japanese incendiary attack on Chungking with 2000 casualties feared as fires rage across a large portion of the city. Civilians flood Yangtze banks seeking escape while foreigners aboard gunboats are escorted to safety amid charred wooden ruins and ongoing police and fire responses.

Karl Eskelund Cchungking Yangtze River United States Tutila Falcon Myers Shanghai Chungking Hankow Canton South China

Round Top and Lebanon Community Gather for Cradle of Southern Heritage

Local families from Morgan County gather for a weekend of visits and events including the young peoples Crusade at Huntsville, trips to Wheeler and Wilson Days and Little Jerusalem in Cullman. A mother’s day program is planned with evening singing, and residents recall decorations at Round Top two miles south.

Kit Joe Eleanor Phil Alma Thelma Zadie Zettle Effie Lee Buck Claud Lee Elmer Lee Hartaclle Young Peoples Little Jerusalem Cullman Mra Earl McCaigg Carrie Nell Jack Charles Erline Walter Cole Butch Crawford Round Top Here

Eskimo Family Travels 6000 Miles to World’s Fair

The Mayokok family from Alaska arrives at the New York World's Fair bringing reindeer meat for meals. Mr and Mrs Mayokok and their children Weokana Tumasusuk Angoona traveled from Cape Prince of Wales by dogsled, plane, ship, and train.

Chicago Mayokok Weokana Tumasusuk Cape Prince of Wales Alaska

Tennessee Electric Power sale to TVA near final settlement

Final settlement of the sale of Tennessee Electric Power Company properties to the Tennessee Valley Authority and local agencies was foreseen today for early next week.

Chattanooga Tenn Tennessee Electric Power Company Tennessee Valley Authority

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