Worst storm in years leaves 92 dead across Great Lakes region
Diminishing winds aid rescue as boats sink and two freighters and two tugs feared lost. The storm, which began Sunday in the west, swept eastward bringing frigid cold. 92 known dead include 18 sailors and 27 duck hunters across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Ontario and other areas.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Hearic Marine
Mid-Continent
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
William B Davock
Anna C Minch
Indian
Richard H
Nearington
Mich
Wfs
Davock
Minch
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
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Windsor
Ont
Indiana
Michigan
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Oklahoma
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Racine
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Decatur Grid Classic All Star Game Set for Friday
The Decatur Lions Club promotes a Friday night all star grid clash at Benson Field featuring 44 seniors from 17 Tennessee Valley high schools. Players from north and south of the Tennessee river are split into two 22 man squads with single school caps of five players each.
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Decatur
Benson Field
Tennessee Valley
Decatur Lions Club
Tennessee River
Rebels
H. L. Ogle
Red Raiders
Lions Club
Alabama
Tennessee
Russellville
Hartselle
Falkville
Hanceville
Moulton
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Town Creek
Guntersville
Progress by Baptist schools highlighted in Alabama convention
Alabama State Baptist convention opened its second day at Central Baptist Church with reports on progress of Baptist schools. Howard University Law and Seminary program updates showed 91 theological students and plans for an endowment by 1942. Judson College enrollment reached 268 the highest in a decade.
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Alabama State Baptist
Central Baptist Church
Harold W. Tribble
Louisville
Howard
Howard Theological
L. L. Hearn
Frank Samford
A. Hamilton Reid
L. G. Cleverdon
Judson
H. Co. Bass
Bessemer
British speed raider chase likely Scheer or Luetzow
Neutral sources report the British Mediterranean armada to join a world wide hunt for the mid Atlantic raider that attacked a convoy on November 11. Nine ships from the convoy are missing and only Hood Renown and Repulse are considered capable of catching the pocket battleship.
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London
Taranto
Admiralty
Mid- Atlantic
Admiral Scheer
Luetzow
Montevideo
Britain
Canvass to Begin Sunday at St John’s Episcopal
The annual parish canvass at St John’s Episcopal Church will be held Sunday afternoon from two to four o clock. Twenty four canvass committee members meet at Maynard Layman 908 8th Avenue East then visit homes. co chairmen are G P Banaiza and Maynard Layman.
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Carvass
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Carvass Committee
Maynard Layman
8Th Avenue East
G. P. Banniza
H. B. Beard
M E. Edwards
Quimby Sewell
Chester Sartor
Bill Patton
Herman Whaley
Atlee Hoff, Sr
Carter Dobbs
C. D. Cottingham
F. D. Peebles
M. FE. Edwards
Ben Johnston
Henry Good
EB. E. Graves
Clyde Kimberlin
William Hockensmith
Barry Phinizy, Jr
J. H. Purser
Julian Bibb
William Moseley
Ed Perie
Frank Richardson
G. P. Banaiza
Otis Jeffries
Robert Rice
John Adams
Final Rites For Baby Bobbie Jean Rouse In Athens
Final rites for eight month old Bobbie Jean Rouse son of Mr and Mrs Elmo Rouse were held at Pleasant Point in etone county at 1 pm Tuesday conducted by Rev M H Green burial directed by McAfee Howell and Young of Decatur The child died at home Monday night at 9 o clock Besides the parents two sisters Cecile and Edna and a brother James survive
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Bobbie Jean Rouse
Explosions In 3 Plants Prompt Sabotage Probe Drawn Out
A series of blasts at the United Railway Signal Company in Woodbridge New Jersey Trojan Powder Company in Allentown Pennsylvania and Burton Powder Works in Edinburg Pennsylvania triggered a three way inquiry by FBI agents. The events followed earlier blasts that killed 51 at Hercules Powder in Denville New Jersey. Investigators weigh sabotage while fires and other incidents unfold across multiple sites. Congress told to fund nationwide sweep against subversive elements.
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Associated Press
United Railway Signal Company
Woodbridge
N. J
Trojan Powder Company
Allentown
Army
Navy
Burton Powder Works
American Cyanamid Corporation
Edinburg
FBI
Hercules Powder Company
Denvil
Coeaptainy
Canton
Tavesly
Oklahoma
San Francisco
Western Pipe and Steel Company
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Todd Dry Docks
Seattle
Martin Dies
D.-Tex
House
Florence Hosts Morgan County Curriculum Study Meeting
County Superintendent Prof Irwin J Quinn and assistant L R Stone plus elementary supervisor Elva B Frazier attended the curriculum study meeting in Florence. About 20 teachers and principals from Morgan County schools were present.
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Irwin J. Quinn
L. R. Stone
Elva B. Frazier
Florence
Morgan County
Women sentenced for aiding jail escape in Limestone County
Vona Fletcher and Corine Clark both of Decatur received eleven months and ten days hard labor in the state penitentiary after confessing to aiding their husbands in escaping by slipping hacksaws to prisoners. The offense was amended from a felony to a misdemeanor, reducing potential penalties. The husbands had pleaded guilty to grand larceny and were sentenced to eight years each.
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Athens
Ala
Mra
Vona
George C. Johnson
American Detained Six Days by Japanese in Kongmoon
Rex Ray, 55, of the American Southern Baptist mission,said he was detained six days by Japanese gendarmes at Kongmoon while en route from Wuchow Bay. He reported protest to Japanese authorities through the American consulate in Canton and said he was kept in a hotel room, forbidden to speak with foreigners, and warned against leaving before being boarded to Canton. Ray planned transport for his wife and four children living in Hongkong.
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Hong Kong
Rex Ray
American Southern Baptist Mission
U. S.S
Mindanao
Kongmoon
Wuchow
Bay
Amarillo
Texas
Canton
Ray
United States
Hongkong
British raid cripples Italian navy at Taranto
The British Mediterranean fleet claims to have damaged Italy by destroying three battleships and two cruisers at Taranto with air power. The action intensifies Mussolini’s offensive plans as Italy’s capital ships confront roughly ten enemy capital ships elsewhere in the region.
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Italy
Mediterranean
British Admiralty
John Bull
Admiralty
Tarranto
Mussolini
Russia May Drive Bargain with Nazis
British patrols in the Mediterranean threaten Mussolini as the raid tests Hitler's aim to bend Soviet Russia Molotov into a land power equation. The piece notes Turkey as Britain’s ally keeping the eastern Mediterranean under control, with Suez dependence at stake and a continuation promised on Page Ten.
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Mussolini
Greece
Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Russia
Mediterranean
Near East
Turkey
Britain
Europe
Asia Minor
Suez
Empire Wind Bombed and Sinking Off Ireland
MacKay radio intercepts report British steamship Empire Wind bombed and sinking about 375 miles west of Foynes Ireland. Earlier the freighter Baime overwhelmed by bombs sent distress. 17 men aboard as lifeboats were swamped.
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New York
Mackay Radio
Empire Wind
Foynes
Ireland
Baimore
Meeting on Food Stamp Plan Tonight at Courthouse
A public meeting on the Food Stamp Plan is set for tonight at eight in the courthouse courtroom. D M Coe of the Surplus Commodity Corporation and Mrs Rey Dominic of the Department of Public Welfare will explain how the plan works. Morgan county food dealers and groups from Moulton and Athens are expected, with emphasis on Decatur area dealers and local officials.
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D.m.coe
Surplus Commodity Corporation
Rey Dominic
Department of Public Welfare
Atar Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County
Moulton
Athens
Decatur
Tosi
Offici
Queen Elizabeth Leaves New York for War Duty
The 85 000 ton liner Queen Elizabeth with 465 crew sailed from New York at dusk to join Britain’s war effort. The ship, camouflaged and stripped of luxuries, may become a troop transport with capacity for 15 000 troops and was bound for unknown ports amid escalating Atlantic sea warfare.
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New York
Island Kingdom
John ©. Townley
North Atlantic
Halifax
Trinidad
Australia
Her
New
Elizabeth
Cotton Ginning In Morgan County Tops 18,000 Bales
Cotton ginning in Morgan County reached 18,166 bales as of November 1, reported by Charles E. Howell, special agent of the Census Bureau. The figure compares with 26,827 bales on the same date in 1939.
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Morgan County
Charles E. Howell
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
FDR Thanks Nation in Presidential Telegram
President Roosevelt, replying to congratulatory messages on his third term, pledges to work with all who value true Americanism. He notes loyalty from supporters and even opponents, calling for national unity and joint effort to advance the nation's interests.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Democrats Force Showdown On Adjournment Vote In Washington
Democratic congressional leaders plan a showdown vote on adjournment early next week in Washington. Republicans vow to oppose, signaling a test of loyalty in the House and Senate as Taft warns of possible crises. Teleframes urge administration followers to return for the vote.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Bottling executives attend 22nd American Bottlers convention
Ino H. McMath of Nehi Bottling Co. with H. K. Tankersley and Walter L. Lee of Coca Cola Bottling Co. travel to Cincinnati for the 22nd annual convention of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages.
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Ino. H. McMath
Neh! Bottling Co
H. K. Tankersley
Walter L. Lee
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Cincinnati
Britain’s Navy cripples Italian fleet at Taranto strike
The London Admiralty reported a crippling blow to the Italian fleet with two battleships damaged and a third likely hit, along with two cruisers and two auxiliary ships at Taranto. Churchill hailed the victory as shifting Mediterranean power, while Britain extended its blockade and pursued Axis shipping.
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Associated Press
Britain
Royal Navy
London Admiralty
Taranto
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Mediterranean
London
Admiral Scheer
mid-Atlantic
Churchill
Italy
Admiralty
Valona
Albania
Africa
Syria
French West Africa
Liberia
Portuguese Guiana
Madagasscar
Reunion
Se Tce
Gallabat
Koritza
Channel
Great Wa
Midlands
Wales
Weather summary from Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River measured 16 feet on Wednesday with 56 max and 35 min temperatures over the past 24 hours. Tuesday night was the coldest so far this winter with rainfall noted. In Alabama, fair to cloudy conditions with waves along the south coast, cooler air in the north around 28 degrees tonight, and continued cold weather overall.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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