Japanese plan eyes Siberia as next major target
Observers in China express conviction that Japan’s next blow will aim at Siberia rather than Thailand. They estimate August as the latest possible campaign date and say Japan has aligned forces in Manchukuo to face Soviet troops in Eastern Siberia.
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Bservers
China
Siberia
Golia
Japan
Thailand
Shanghai
Russia
Manchukuo
Indo-China
Asia
Pacific
Britain
United States
Whitney Freed From Prison Leaves for Barnstable Farm
Richard Whitney, who served three years and four months of a 5 to 10 year sentence for theft, is released from Sing Sing and heads to a Massachusetts dairy farm to supervise. He is met by brother George and travels in a chauffeur driven car, with parole terms to report monthly to Massachusetts authorities.
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Gining
N. Y
Richard Whitney
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
George
Whitney
J. P. Morgan
Witney
Barnstable Mass
Whitmey
Wall S Wreet
Joseph W. Burden
Manhattan
Robert J. Kirby
Sing Sing Summa Cum Lauder
Suiiad Tinoey
Massachusesetts
Gertrude
Alice
Massachusette
Price Administrator Defends Act Amid Debate
Rendieroen, head of the Office for Price Administration, today defended the proposed act as Congress debates its enactment and possible effects on the economy.
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Bill
Washington
Rendieroen
Price Administration
Markets Drift Amid Slow Trading As Volume Remains Light
The New York market showed minor recoveries only in a dozen sessions of stalemate with most stocks in a lull. Chicago cash wheat and corn prices appeared: No 2 red wheat at 1.07 1/2, No 1 hard at 1.07 1/2 to 1.08, several corn grades ranging from 64 to 83 1/4, and mixed oats quoted across multiple grades.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance: Stocks and Commodities Mixed
New York markets show stocks slipping while bonds and rails retreat. Foreign exchange remains quiet and generally unchanged. Cotton heavy on hedging and liquidation, sugar firm on buying. Wool tops lower with hedging declines. Chicago wheat and corn ease on profit taking and showers. Cattle steady to 25 lower and hogs steady to 10 lower with top at 11.70.
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New York
U.S
Chicago
Cotton futures drop as New Orleans demand weighs on prices
In New York with New Orleans demand pressure, cotton futures fell to the day’s lows, losing over 1 per bale in the final half hour. Prices closed lower across the board with October, December and March contracts around 16.2 to 16.6 cents. Middling spot stood at 16.76 cents, down 21 points.
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New York
New Orleans
South
Cotton futures falter on liquidation and weather
Long liquidation and hedge selling, aided by better belt weather, pushed cotton futures lower in New Orleans trading. Prices closed barely steady with several active months down from session highs, including Aug, Oct, Dec, Jan, Mar and May contracts posting losses.
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New Orleans
Poultry Prices in Chicago Livestock Market Report
Chicago August 11 wholesale poultry prices listed for various categories including live hens over 5 pounds at 19 cents per pound and down to 14 cents for bareback chickens. Leghorn roosters 14, ducks small colored 1 1/2, geese young 15, tom turkeys 16, hens 19.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Colored Rock
Chicago Butter and Egg Receipts Report Mixed Prices
Chicago market notes show butter receipts at 975,730 with varied prices and grades, including 23 score 35 1-2 to 92 35, and central ized carrots at 34 1-4. Eggs receipts total 8,241 with fresh graded extra firsts and firsts in local car shipments, with assists around 26 3-4 to 27 and storage packed extras at 28.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Amid Mixed Trade
Nashville Tennessee August 11 reports show calves at 1000, yearlings around 11.50, with feeders 9.50 to 10.50 and cows 6.25 to 7.00. Hogs traded mostly steady to lower with 190-250 pounds at 11.05, 125-180 pounds 9.90 to 10.55, sows 8.55. Sheep steady with fat lambs around 10.50 and down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Grain futures slide as wheat corn prices fall
Chicago business house grain prices declined today with wheat down 1 to 1 1/4 as September and December contracts softened. Corn also weakened with September and December contracts slipping and oats down.
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Chicago
Hagerman Club Speaker Addresses Rotary on International Peace
O S Hagerman spoke to the Decatur Rotary Club on the international scene noting Russia France Japan and Rotary action after the war. Sponsorship came from the international relations committee led by John Peach with Mrs John McGehee and Bill Kimbrough leading singing. Visitors included Rotarians Tim Stewart Lyman Jones and O H Horton. The directors meet tonight at Cornelian Court Hotel.
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O. S. Hagerman
Decatur Rotary Club
Hagerman
International Relations Committee
John Peach
France
Germany
Rotary
John McGehee
Bill Kimbrough
Tom McCough
Birmingham
Tim Stewart
Lyman Jones
Hartselle
O. H. Horton
Cornelian Court Hotel
Georgia State Teachers College names new president
The State Board of Regents named Dr. A. M. Gates of Statesboro as president of the Georgia State Teachers College. He will succeed Dr. Marvin Pittman who was ousted amid Governor Talmadge’s investigation. The board also approved relieving three faculty members: Dr. M. Destler, Miss Jane Franseth, and Miss Mamie Veazey.
Prisoner Shot by Officers in Birmingham Riot Incident
In Birmingham Alabama on August 11 police halted a potential racial clash when L. J. Prather a 24 year old Black man threatened several people with a shotgun and vowed to kill police. Four officers wounded him in the arm and leg and disarmed him after surrounding him in a field as an armored riot car was en route.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nortside
L. J. Prather
Auburn Doctor Buys Antebellum Home and 250 Acres
Dr. L. N. Duncan known as Auburn proxy purchased the 1840 antebellum residence of Dr. J. W. Brown and 250 acres along Shelton Mill Road. The house, erected in 1840 by Mr. Foster of Kentucky, reputedly was built by enslaved labor using lumber from the farm. It features high ceilings, balconies, six large front columns, and ornate iron balustrades.
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L. N. Duncan
Auburn
J. W. Brown
Shelton Mill Road
Foster
Kentucky
Smolensk Left in Ruins by War Frontline Visit
Alvin J. Steinkopf reports from Smolensk, the city erased by retreating forces and 90 percent destroyed. He describes 20,000 of 160,000 residents remaining, scorched earth impact, German security, and civilians struggling amid ruins. A German commander notes electricity, water, and roofs largely gone, yet fields and sparse life persist as war continues toward Moscow.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Smolensk
Russia
Berlin
Dnieper
Germany
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Smolens
Stalin
Minsk
Vitebsk
Labor actions and wage talks across multiple ports
Navy reports show CIO UAW strike at Mack Manufacturing in Allentown seeking 15 cent hourly raise retroactive to last Monday. Chino mines workers seek union recognition via Mediation Board. 2 100 affected. Philadelphia yard carpenters resume after overtime pay cut protest. Boeing and IAM announce 8 to 15.5 cent raises for 10 500 workers. New York Shipbuilding and CIO reach one year no strike contract amid defense contracts.
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Allentown
CIO United Automobile Workers
Mack Manufacturing Company
Silver City
N. M
AFL
Chino Mines
Nevada Consolidated Corporation
Mediation Board
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Company
CIO
Aeronautical Mechanics
Camden
N. J
International Marine and Shipbuilding Union
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Oil pipeline plan for 1820 miles to New York area
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced a submitted plan totaling 80 million dollars for the world’s longest single type pipeline. The line would stretch 1820 miles, moving 250000 barrels of crude daily from the southwest into the New York area.
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Washington
Ickes
New York
Mayors Comply With State Defense Council Fire Equipment Request
Mayors of Alabama cities have complied with a State Defense Council request for information on their fire equipment. Maj. Joe Dickerson, executive secretary of the council, announced today.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Defense Council
Joe Dickerson
Suspect Infantile Paralysis Case Not Polio in Morgan County
An infantile paralysis suspect in Morgan County was ruled not polio after observation. Two nearby counties reported two fatalities as Alabama logs thirteen new cases and twenty one deaths this year. The latest polio victim was two year old Joe Dennis Graham of Temple Oklahoma, who died at a Moulton hospital.
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L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Cullman
Lawrence
Joe Dennis Graham
Temple
Oklahoma
Moulton
Courtland
T. J. Graham
Highsmith Funeral Home
Dan Carey Hart
Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
Alabama
Jefferson
Geneva
Walker
Jasper
Etowah
Marion
Montemer
Vichy at the Cross Roads Warns of Bases and Betrayal
The piece argues that a Nazi victory would turn France into a slave state and cites James W. Gerard urging Vichy to reject Nazi bases in Dakar and other locations. It stresses that French sympathy lies with the Allies and warns that aiding Hitler could end Western support and tourism from America and Britain.
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France
Hitler
Vichy
Spain
Portugal
Atlantic
Mediterranean
United States
Britain
James W. Gerard
America
Germany
Gerard
Cross Roads
Syria
League of Nations
Turkey
League
Dakar
England
Americas
Far East developments as ships flee Bangkok colonized by war
Report from Bangkok states two axis ships, one German and one Italian, used as refuge since Europe war began, slipping away. Captains may fear seizure if Japan attacks Thailand. Japanese nationals depurate Singapore by train, and Tokyo asked to send a ship to evacuate about 300 others from the British crown colony.
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Ment
Far East
Arches
Bangkok
Japan
Thailand
Singapore
Tokyo
Decatur Community News Highlights and Local Updates
Local religious events include Fred Halbrooks Jr preaching at Temple Oak and Rev B B Burks leading a revival at Mt Zion. Many residents listed with visits, travels, and health notes. midweek Bible study at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist begins. minor fire at No 11 Ash street with no loss.
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B. B. Burks
Southside Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
Warden Jess Dunn Shot in Prison Yard Escape
McALDSTER Okla Aug 11 The warden Jess F Dunn of the Oklahoma penitentiary dies after being shot during a Sunday yard break by four long term prisoners led by Roy McGee and Claude Beavers Also killed are Tab Ford a former guard and deputy Roy McGee and Beavers face life terms Dunn had warned guard Bill Alexander to shoot if hostages were taken during a break Alexander pursued the convicts and exchanged fire with them as Dunn urged safe passage to the prisoners then fell to their gunfire
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Mcaldpster
Okla
Jess F. Dunn
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Dunn
Bill Alexander
Alexander
J. H Fentriss
Tab Ford
Roy McGee
Claude Beavers
Quant
Hiram Prather
Bill Anderson
Armell‘refiner
Pauls Ewe Is Review Athens Sermon On Idolatry
A Sunday sermon at Central Methodist reflects Paul in Athens, stirred by idols and false worship. The preacher, Archibald, argues Christians must endure ungodly surroundings, confront idols, and proclaim Jesus and the resurrection amid a modern world of war and vice. He urges believers to show a living faith in public life.
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Central Methodist
Paul
Athens
Becaus
Becau
Jesu
Chris Paul
Christ
Archibald
Dionysius
Demaris
Apostle
Soviet raid toll and Kremlin strike reported in war updates
Soviet dispatches claim a night raid brought nearly 100 German planes over Moscow with thousands of incendiaries and a direct hit on the Kremlin. Premier Stalin reportedly briefed and joined front-line action to bolster the Red Army while civilians near Moscow trained in street fighting. German sources say large portions of Marshal Dudgonny’s southern flank were wiped out and retreat may be hindered in Ukraine.
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Ukraine
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Atocka
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Fred Halbrooks, Jr
Howard College
Temple Oak Church
Limestone County
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J. H. Riddle
Decatur
Pred Hitt
J. H. Hitt
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Montevallo
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Terre Haute, Ind
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Anne
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H Minnis
Greybull
Wyoming
Louis Argend
Louise
Martha
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Jack McLaughlin
A. C. Bailey
Allison
Myrtle Beach
D .C
Central Methodist Church
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W. A. Kitchens and Son
Lamar
Chattanooga
George Little
H.C. Trimble
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
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Tanner
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Ada
Mrs
Furman Thompson
J. F. Hart
Baugh’s Infirmary
1812 Avenue
East
A L. Payne
Union Grove
Joyce
T. C. Chandler
Chestnut Street
Louis Swenin
Baugh’s
Belle Mina
Edith Anne Easter
Florence
Angela
Billie Inglis
Leon Kemp
Clanton
Beatrice Ing
T. L. Hough
Laceys Spring
W. 8. Finch
Friends
Delma Turner
Olive Street
A. G. Roper
Lazelle
Miami
J. H. Foster
Route 3
Ruby McCutcheon
J. R. Dobbs
No. 11
Ash Street
W. D. Flowers
A. H. Barnum
O. D. Dobbs
H. H. Garrett
Danville
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