Anderson hails Fort Wingate project for world record pace
Washington reports Rep Anderson praises fort Wingate ordnance depot progress as record-setting concrete igloo pours accelerate. He commends Alabama firms, Fort Sam Houston staff, and the workers for pace, noting 24.31 percent completion in five weeks and over 350 igloos poured to date.
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Washington
Anderson
D-Nm
Fort Wingate
Alabama
Anniston Rr
New Mexico
Hobbs
Ala
Laurel
L. R. Allison Company
W. A. Smith Construction Company
Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company
Armstrong and Armstrong
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Normandy echoes and Persia routes in Russo German war talk
The column argues Odessa defense may not decide the war as Budyenny could still contest the front. It foresees a Nazi push toward the Caucasus and Iran border, stressing the Russo Persian corridor as vital for Allied aid and a possible British Russian expeditionary route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Budyenny
Fuehrer
Caucasus
Iran
Persia
Hitler
Pers
Russia
Birmingham attorney appeals on school funding policy
A Birmingham attorney responds to the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers plea on state education funding urging officials to address private tax relief and clarify what should be done with surplus funds, citing the law as clear on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
W. Smyer
Dixon
Markets Drift In Recovery As Trading Slows
New York August 18 The stock market edged into recovery with small gains in morning trades but reduced by midday. Daily turnover around 400 000 shares with mixed price action and top marks trimmed. livestock prices steady to lower with hogs and sheep showing modest gains and lambs reaching higher quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Aame
Markets At A Glance From New York and Chicago
New York stocks rise modestly as the market trims losses. Bonds improve with some foreigns and rails up. Foreign exchange quiet and largely unchanged. Cotton soft with hedge selling. Sugar higher on trade buying and covering. Metals quiet though steel operations higher. Wool steady amid mixed spot house trade. Chicago wheat easy on hedging. corn falls on rains. cattle steady to higher with top price around 11.75.
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New York
Chicago
Uncertainty Over Roosevelts Cotton Policy Impacts Futures
In New Orleans August 16 traders faced uncertainty over a presidential action on freezing government cotton and restricting wheat trade. Prices held steady with minor declines across futures, showing modest support and resistance levels in the Oct through July contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Aig
Roosevelt
Tennessee cattle market report notes live cattle steady
Farmlands market news from Tennessee lists 1250 arable cattle and 260 calves. Strictly fed and grain cattle on grass remain active with steady to weak prices and slow trade for grassers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afar Livestock Tenn
Federal-dhate Market News Service
Rotary Club Reviews Budget and Plans Band Support
Decatur Rotary Club meeting chaired by Darrah outlines the proposed budget for the next year and a review of the prior year’s finances. Bill Daugherty asks club backing for a forthcoming band concert to fund travel to Milwaukee for the national Legion convention. Guests Lyman Jones and M H Broom from Hartselle attended. Next meeting led by Rankin’s Rotary and public information committee.
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Decaturae
Club Ae
Ance
Ker Darrah
Darrah
Bill Daugherty
The
American Legion
Milwaukee
National Legion
Roosevelt to lunch with Hopkins amid shipyard dispute
Aides say President Roosevelt will spend the afternoon clearing non urgent tasks after returning from London and Moscow. He plans to review the stalemate over 493 million dollars in naval and merchant ships at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock plant in Kearny New Jersey with an eye toward halting the dispute.
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Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Leage
White House
London
Moscow
Washington
Early
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock
Kearny
N. J
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Opens In Gulf
Dauphin Island Alabama August 18. The thirteenth annual Alabama deep sea fishing rodeo began at daybreak with the largest crowd in history venturing into the Gulf and Mobile Bay for three days. The tarpon is the coveted prize as favorable weather and abundant fish are reported. Rodeo president Martin W. Thoss predicts record catches. Awards planned for Wednesday afternoon.
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Fort Gaines
Dauphin Island
Ala
Gulf
Mobile Bay
Knights of the Rod and Reel
Martin W.thoss
Rodeo Association
Justice Knight Gravely Ill in SMA Hospital
Associate Justice Thomas E. Knight, ill for months, remains in a SMA hospital with doctors describing his condition as grave. Physicians warned of possible pneumonia as Mrs Knight previously cared for him weeks ago.
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SMA
Als
Thomas EB. Knight
Chicago grain prices listed with multiple grade figures
The Chicago price list shows No 2 hard wheat at 1.00 1 2 cents, No 3 at 1.00, yellow hard at 1.06 1 3, mixed wheat 1.08 1 2, corn No 2 mixed at 74 1 2, No 1 yellow 74 1 2, No 3 74 3 4, and oats detailed for Nos 1 to 4 plus white and yellow varieties, including miscellaneous sample grades, with various fractions.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Steady with Adjusted Hens and Turkeys in Chicago
Poultry market report from Chicago on August 16 shows live shipments of 20 trucks with prices for hens down to 10 to 5 pounds and under 4 pounds for colored, Plymouth Rock, and white varieties. Turkeys at 16 for toms and 19 for hens with ducks and geese mixed in, broad market adjustments across weights and breeds.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Foghorn Roosters
Wheat Prices End Near Saturday Close in Chicago
Wheat traded in a narrow range and closed nearly unchanged while September and December futures eased slightly. Corn and oats fell modestly with September corn at 77 1-8 and oats down 1 8 to 1-4.
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Chicago
Fire Rips Brooklyn Waterfront Near Governors Island
A rapid fire on the Brooklyn waterfront near Governors Island and Butter milk Channel erupted at 10 40 a m with explosions sending flames 125 feet high as the 3570 ton Panuco unloads cargo from Tampico Mexico. The blaze threatened Navy Yard area and nearby sheds with uncertain injuries and origin.
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Governors Island
Fort Jay
Buttermilk Channel
East River
New York Harbor
Harry Garcia
Pier 32
Pier 27
Garcia
Cuba Mail Line
Ward Line
Tampico
Progresso
Mexico
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Navy Yard
New York Navy Yard
Coast Guard
Greenpoint
Army
Navy
Miners and Auto Workers Reach Wage Settlements
In Bisbee Arizona the Shattuck Dean Copper Mining Corporation miners union Local 30 accepted 25 cents extra per day and a five year vacation for two years after negotiations. Daily average rose from 6.51 dollars. In Allen town Pennsylvania CIO United Auto Workers ended a one week strike at Mack Manufacturing with six cent per hour raises for production and maintenance workers, adding about 667000 dollars annually to payroll.
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Shattuck Dean Copper Mining Corporation
Bisbee
Ariz
Bisbee Miners Union
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Mack Manufacturing Company
Allentown
Robbery and kidnapping endanger Royston cashier
Two men, claiming to be escaped convicts, bound and forced Royston Commercial Exchange Bank cashier Branson James to drive to a tree near Winder, tied him to a tree, then fled in his sedan with the hostage. Sheriff T W Andrews identified one suspect as Forrest Turner and linked others to the Dalles prison camp escape.
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Royston
Franklin County
T. W. Andrews
Branson James
Commercial Exchange Bank of
Winder
Forrest Turner
Andrews
Dalles
Silk Mills Operating Amid Japan Import Cuts in Alabama
The Alabama Department of Industrial Relations reports only limited impact from Japan import reductions on silk mills. About 75 workers in North Alabama mills faced layoffs or shortened hours, while operations elsewhere in the state run normally. No widespread layoffs are expected unless rayon yarn supplies tighten. Cedric Stallings notes North Carolina mills cut to a three to four day work week. Alabama has 21 silk mills employing roughly 4,000 workers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Department of Industrial Relations
Alabama
Japan
North Alabama
Cedric Stallings
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
North Carolina
Frontline War Turmoil Widens Across Europe and Asia
Soviet and German forces clash along the front as Red Army reports 1.5 million troops with 40 to 50 divisions. German claims trap around Odessa with a 25 mile escape gap. Luftwaffe bombards northern Black Sea ships while Britain and Soviet plans mix with Iran tensions and Japanese regional warnings.
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Red Army
Black Sea
Odessa
Bug River
Hitler
Lower
Dnieper
Berlin
Luftwaffe
262Nd
96Th
99Th
Moscow
Germany
France
Reich
England
London
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Iran
India
Tokyo
China
New York
United States
Great Britain
U. S
War Stimson
Nichi Nichi
Teijiro Koyoda
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
East Asia
Grew
Toyoda
Patrolmen Recover Stolen Automobile
A car stolen from E. W. Strother during revival services at Fourth avenue and Johnston street was recovered Saturday by state highway patrolmen Julius Hale and M. B. Chambers. The vehicle, slightly damaged, was found on a side road off the Bee Line Highway six miles north of here. No arrests have been made.
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E. W. Strother
Fourth Avenue
Johnston Street
Julius Hale
M. B. Chambers
State Highway Patrol
Bee Line
Here
Unemployment Projections After Defense Program Ends
New York August 18 R L All assistant WPA commissioner warned that once the current emergency defense program ends the nation will face the greatest load of unemployment in its history.
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New York
R. L.all
WPA
The Lure of the Invisible Sermon by Rev Archibald
Rev R Lambuth Archibald preaches at Central Methodist on I Peter 1 9 urging personal faith over mere morals. He argues true Christianity requires a surrendered life and personal attachment to Jesus, not just creed or social reform, ending with an invitation to seek and receive.
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R. Lambuth Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Peter
Jesus
Paul
Christ
Dieth
Apostle
Dr. Archibald
God
Jesus Christ
Heaven
Hell
County School Enrollment and Textbook List Adopted
In 12 county school system there were 6 779 students across 57 schools with 5 854 white and 925 negro students. White teachers total 228 and negro instructors 35. County Superintendent Irwin J Quinn announced official copies of the state textbook list for the next six years, with display open to the public in coming days.
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Talucah
Leadus
Trinity
Union
Wilder
Irwin J. Quinn
Milling Plant Burglarized on Holly Street
The Dixie Milling Company on Holly street was broken into during the weekend. A small amount of feed was stolen. Police Chief W. P. Moore said no arrests had been made and the investigation continued.
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Dixie Milling Company
Holly Street
W. P. Moore
Decatur Social and Civic Notes Highlight Week
Ruth Farrer leaves for two week visit in Indiana and Michigan. Rev. Huzh, Oakville, fills Southside Baptist pulpit. revival work continues at Oakman and Antioch. Police court reports flag 86 defendants with drunkenness and gaming cases. several locals travel for visits and recoveries. Parties include Green family in Knoxville and Beatrice Sivley in Chattanooga.
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Ruth Farrer
Indiana
Michigan
Huzh
Oakville
Southside Baptist Church
BB. Burks
Oakman
Alabama records ten new poliomyelitis cases this August
Ten new polio cases were diagnosed in Alabama over the weekend, boosting the total to 368 since January. Jefferson, Marengo, and Walker counties each reported two new cases, while Butler, Calhoun, Colbert and Cullman counties reported one apiece. The August total now stands at 174, with 31 fatalities in the state this year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dama
Health Department
Jefferson
Marengo
Butler
Calhoun
Colbert
Cullman
Alabama
Specialists Arrive To Study Polio In Walker County
New York specialists from the Foundation For Infant Paralysis arrived in Birmingham to join local epidemiologists in a polio study in Walker County Alabama. Sixty cases had been reported, but county health officials said no infantile paralysis cases or suspects were confirmed.
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Jaseppr
Ala
New York
Jonal Foundation For
Walker County
James ‘Trask John R. Paul
Birmingham
A. E
Louisiana
Sta University Medical School
M. Waldrop
A. C. Jackson
Walker County Board of Heal
Alabama
Morgan Count
Monda
L.ne
Pools Close as Infantile Paralysis Spreads in Birmingham
The Birmingham Park board ordered all municipal swimming pools to close immediately amid rising infantile paralysis cases in the city. Announcement urged residents to seek medical help if symptoms appeared and to follow public health guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Park Today
McCallie headmaster to speak on Bible course value
J. P. McCallie headmaster of McCallie School will address a public meeting at Riverside High School on Wednesday night about introducing Bible teaching in Chattanooga public schools. The session begins 8:15 pm, called by the city board of education, with S. E. Alverson presiding. The course would be taught by a trained Bible teacher and would not be compulsory. The public is invited to attend.
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J. P. McCallie
McCallie School For
Chattanooga
Riverside High School
Cit Board of Education
E. Alveson
Will P Side
Board of Education
McCallie
Mrs Holt Dies at Rural Home in Hartselle
Funeral services for the Mrs Holt, 46, of Hartselle route will be held this afternoon at Walnut Grove at 4 o'clock Central Standard Time. Rev B P Collier will officiate with burial directed by McAfee Howell and Young. She died at 8 15 Sunday morning in a Tuscaloosa hospital. Survived by husband Marion Holt a son Robert her mother Mrs John Higdon five brothers Claud Lawson Robert Charles and Floyd Higdon and a sister Mrs Lizzie Pannell Brothers will be pallbearers.
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Lou Holt
Hartselle
Walnut Grove
B. P. Collier
McAfee
Howell
Young
Lizzie Pannell
Judges to Meet Uniontown Officials in One Day Convention
Probate judges and county commissioners of the sixth congressional district will meet in Uniontown tomorrow for a one day convention. They will be hosted at a Uniontown Exchange Club turkey dinner during the Uniontown turkey carnival activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Ala
Uniontown Exchange Club
Uniontown Turkey Carval
Notable Visits Include Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands
The report lists visits to Carlsbad Caverns White Sands National Park and the Sierra Blanca in Old Mexico. In Texas they met Mrs Holland's daughter Mrs M H Lindell in Austin. Roy B Smith arrived Monday from Hartselle. Miss Annie B Campbell of Somerville came Monday on business. Thomas Hill of Hartselle route 3 was here Monday morning.
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Modell” Flack
Route 2
Horace Ryan
Hartselle
Carlsbad Caverns
White Sand National Park
Sierra Blanca
Old Mexico
Texas
Holland
M. H Lindell
Ind
Austin
Annie B. Campbell
Somerville
Thomas Hill
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Wall Street
Justice Knight
Walter Winchell
U. S. S. West Point
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Navy Relief Society
Decatur’s
M.B. Collins
Sarah Ruth Collins
FE. M. Holland
Martha Holland
Rudy Hurst
Smoky Mountains
M. A. Hewlett
Carthage, Tenn
G. W. Couch
Fred Halbrooks, Jr
Centreville
R. M. Grantland
John H. Green
Miss Glenn Green
Knoxville
Frances Anne Green
Beatrice
Sivley
Odell Duncan
McAfee, Howell and Young
Baugh’s Infirmary
Sixth Avenue
South
Willard Self
Fort Bragg
J. W. Crow
A. M. Tribble
Benevolent Society Hospital
Belle Mina
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
Emory Teague
Alice Teague
W. Myers
Carroll Carter
Nebo
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Antioch
L. B. Toon
Homer Banks
Riverside Avenue
Young Peoples Chorus
Iss Brannan
B. Co. Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
Alcohol Tax Unit
W.S. Lamon
T. C. Burgess
J. E. Pierce
Alabama Street
Joe Dwain Curry
Gilman Sanders
Government
Madison County
Johnson
Baligh’s Infirmary
H. H. Garnett
Danville
Halbrooks
A. L. Roberts
Baugh's Infirmary
C. G. Kirby
H. C. McGuire
Decatur
W.E. Crow
Falkville
J. FB. Franklin
A. H. Barnum
Route 1
Charley Mitchell
Horace Mitchell
Pilot Point
A. H. Hogan
Route One
William Hockensmith
Alabama City
First Baptist Church
W. E. Waterhouse
Mrs. Peete
E. BE. Lowery
Ethel Coats
Parkville
R. W. Holland
Misa Edna Holland
Roy B. Smith
Southern Penance Company
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