President Returns Pleased With Defense Progress Tour
President Roosevelt lands back in Washington after touring defense projects from Maine to New London Connecticut. He cites progress turning dollars into ships submarines and torpedoes and notes expanded recruit training at key yards and plants. He views Quonset Point and Newport facilities and learns Electric Boat will double submarine production aiming for one new boat each month.
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Douglas B. Cornell
R Roosevelt
Maine
New London
Conn
New England
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
N. H. Navy Yard
Boston Navy Yard
Watertown
Mass
Army Arsenal
Naval War College
Newport
R. L
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Battle of Britain intensifies as Luftwaffe targets coast
London dispatches say Germany aims to blast from Dover to Portsmouth forcing a possible troop crossing while top Luftwaffe pilots enter the fight. Berlin claims air mastery as German raids hit Portsmouth and southeast coast towns, with RAF losses heavy and attacks extending toward London.
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Portsmouth
London
Berlin
Marshall Goering
Eastchurch
Thames River
Aldershot
Plattsburgh
Britain
Guardian British
France
Germany
Paris
Stock Market Breaks Stalemate Amid War News and Losses
Trading opened with a broad decline as industrials led losses over 5 points amid wartime bulletins from Europe. turnover reached about 650000 shares, often the largest since June, with bonds and commodities also slipping before a late stabilization. Veal and hog prices varied, with hogs around 200–210 lb and sheep steady to higher on light trade.
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Ictor Bubank
New York
England
Wall Street
Stock Market Turbulence Hits Leaders on War Scare Selloff
New York and Chicago markets show broad declines as war scare injects weakness into stocks bonds and commodities. Cotton sugar and wool slide while Japanese demand supports some metals and export activity. Wheat and hog futures drift lower with mixed signals across grains and livestock.
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New York
Eaay
Chicago
Cotton futures edge down as war fears limit gains
New Orleans Aug. 13 The cotton market closed steady to down with futures easing as wartime fears weighed on optimism and soft demand in other markets. Key contracts faced small declines from session highs with October around 9.23 to 9.38 and May near 8.76 to 8.80.
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British Isles
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Iebibeisind
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Cottonseed Oil Prices Close Steady in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 13, cottonseed oil closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 5.75, prime crude quoted at 4.37 a half, with September 4.97 and October 5.00, December 5.11, January 5.12, and March 5.22 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Spot cotton closes quietly lower by ten points
Spot cotton closed ten points down as sales noted with 471 bales at 90 to 10.35 cents. Receipts totaled 2,501 bales and the market showed stock at 91,111.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Hold Steady in Memphis Quotes
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady with Memphis closing prices listed for August 26 and upcoming months. Prices shown: Aug 26.00, Sept 21.60, Oct 20.65, Dec 20.30, Jan 20.15, March 20.10. Sales 1,100.
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Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Salable cattle numbered 250 and calves 150 with steady demand. Common and medium heifers and yearlings bring 6.00 to 8.00 dollars, some at 5.50 or lower. meaty yearlings up to 8.50. Dryfeds quotable to 9.50. Good beef cows 6.00 and up, common 5.00 down, canner and cutter cows 3.25 to 4.50. Bulls 5.00 would be typical in range.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
War Guilt Trials Set Amid Colonial Battles and Balkan Tensions
Reported intensification of fighting in Africa and Europe alongside a secret war guilt inquiry. France's supreme court to handle war guilt cases, Mussolini's forces clash with British troops in British Somaliland aiming for Berbera, while Soviet Russia backs Bulgaria in the Balkan dispute with Romania.
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Supreme Court
Italy
Mussolini
British Somaliland
Berbera
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Kremlin
Rumania
Chicago market notes butter and eggs prices
Chicago reports August 13 receipts and prices for butter and eggs. Butter receipts 1,002,310 with firm market. Eyes receipts 12,396, fresh graded extras firm. Local orders show various 1-2 to 18 1-4 price ranges across different categories.
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Chicago
Wheat Prices Drop Amid War Jitters In Chicago Pit
In Chicago on August 13, war jitters swept the wheat market causing prices to dip to new seasonal lows for all deliveries. Wheat closed several cents lower from Monday while corn held steady and other grain prices moved mixed with oats and rye easing. September and December futures for wheat and corn showed declines, with oats and provisions also down.
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Chicago
Chicago grain prices for wheat corn oats and barley
Chicago price list dated August 13 shows cash wheat figures for several grades with No 1 bard at 76 cents No 2 at 74 1 2 No 3 at 74 No 2 mixed 74 1 2 and No 1 northern spring heavy 75. Corn prices list No 1 mixed 66 1 4 No 1 yellow 65 1 4 1 2 No 2 65 65 1 8 Oats show No 1 mixed 29 1 2 No 2 20 1 2 No 3 20 No 1 white 30 30 1 4 No 2 90 No 3 29 1 2 No 1 white heavy 301 431 No 2 901 4 12 No 1 red heavy 291 234 No 1 mixed heavy 291 430 Barley malting 50-58 nominal feed 36-56 nominal No 1 malting 48-53 No 2 52-56 No 3 51
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Chicago
Petain government targets ministers in war guilt claim
In Riom France the Petain regime accuses ministers and their subordinates of betraying the nation by dragging France into war. It asks the supreme court to investigate prewar and wartime actions and pursue charges against a definite person or persons, with Daladier and Gamelin names mentioned as likely principals.
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France
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Philippe Petain
Germany
Supreme Court
Monsieur X
Edouard Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Browder's Wife to Be Questioned by U S Officials
Washington reports an order for the apprehension of Mrs. Browder, wife of Earl R. Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party. Officials say she is to be questioned about her presence in the United States and entry records. Browder requested she be allowed to depart and return under a foreign quota to meet legal requirements.
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Justice Department
Earl R. Browder
United States
Communist Party
Browder
Immigration Service
Labor
Canada
British to U S supply planes to Britain
Arthur B. Purvis said the United States offered 1200 to 1400 of the 3000 fighting planes monthly Britain sought. Deliveries could begin only in late 1940, with a smaller program than the planned larger order. Knudsen suggested starting in late 1941. exact totals under current contracts were not disclosed.
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Washington
Arthur B. Purvis
Ageat
United States
Purvis
William 5. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Knudsen
Army to build 900000 by January under Burke Wadsworth plan
General Shedd outlined a tentative schedule to reach 900000 by January with phased National Guard and trainee surges through December. He warned equipment would not be fully modern but adequate for initial training and discussed age limits, deferments, and the role of volunteers in meeting manpower needs.
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War Department
Senate Military Committee
Clason
Mass
Senate
Taft
Ohio
United States
National Guard
House Military Committee
National Labor Relations Act
Power company lines sold and Guntersville system approved
The state public service commission approved the sale of unduplicated Alabama Power Company lines from Russellville to the municipality which has duplicated much of the system and markets TVA electricity. The commission also approved a petition seeking abandonment of the Guntersville system.
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Supreme Court pressed on textile wage order review
Opp Cotton Mills of Opp Alabama and others seek Supreme Court review of a federal wage hour administration order fixing a minimum wage of 32 1 2 cents an hour for textile workers. The case challenges the act's constitutionality, with broader implications for over 1 000 plants and more than five million bales of cotton. The high court has agreed to hear related issues next fall.
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Supreme Court
Federal Wage Hour Administration
Opp Cotton Mills, Inc
Opp
Ala
Federal Circuit Court
New Orleans
Circuit Court
United States
Reds Change Army Plans
Moscow reports that Russia will lead armed forces with soldiers only, eliminating political commissars who formerly held equal rank with commanders. The new decree assigns political education to subordinate officers under command, ending the long line of commissars attached to units.
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Exhibition Tennis Set For Wednesday at Delano Park
Local tennis fans will see Glenn Gardner of New Orleans a former Decatur boy in action Wednesday night at Delano Park. Gardner meets Joe Hughes in singles then teams with his father Warren Gardner to face Hughes and P H Sandlin in doubles.
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Decatur
Delano Park
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P. H. Sandlin
Decatur Folks Attend Visits and Local Notices
Decatur social notes include Mrs Lela Hardy and Miss Jessie Hardy visiting Chattanooga. Birth announced for Robert Eugene Lee II in San Antonio. Local moves list visits, hospital stays, and upcoming church events with ministers and venues.
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Chattanooga
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Mrs Smith Again Named WCTU Head
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith of Evanston Illinois was reelected president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union for the seventh consecutive time at the 66th annual convention in Chicago New Yorks Mrs D Leigh Colvin was reelected as vice president, both by unanimous vote.
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Ida B. Wise Smith
Evanston
Ill
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D. Leigh Colvin
New York
Health official seeks definition of public health workers role
Dr. J. N. Baker Alabama health officer urged the U S public health service and the armed forces to define the status of public health workers in military service. He cited recruitment and training difficulties faced by health officials and asked for clear standards.
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Ala
J. N. Baker
Alabama
U. S. Public Health Service
Army
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