Ups And Downs Of Army Life In Training Camp
A letter from the 102nd Engineers recounts their camp routine near Woodworth and McNutt Louisiana from August to early September. Morale is high, men perform drills and pontoon bridge work, and several soldiers earn commendations while cooking, maintenance, and swimming classes keep spirits up.
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Can
Finnell
Decatur
Woodworth
Alexandria
Woodworth Corps
McNutt
Louisiana
101St
102Nd Engineers Co
Bert Childs
Childs
McEntire
Sats
Collier
Grantsland
Drake
Clap*ton
Collins
Hunt and
Watkins
Wickard Switches Sides After Party Reassessment
The article notes Wickard changing affiliation from Democratic to Republican asserting he found democracy in the Republican party rather than in the New Deal party.
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Republican
New Deal
Willkie Debate Proposal Dismissed as Stunt by Flynn
Democratic Chairman Edward J. Flynn called Wendell L. Willkie's proposal for a Roosevelt debate a cheap publicity stunt in his first press conference since taking the chairmanship. Flynn said the Willkie move was issued for pure political effect.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Fyne
James A
Markets Drift as War Developments Loom on Wall Street
New York stock sessions show minimal trading with about 125 million shares, the lightest since 1916. Major shares resist pressure while several leaders follow May be influenced by anticipated mill operations. Chicago crop and commodity prices round out a sluggish trading day with mixed wheat, corn, oats, and dairy quotes.
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New York
Peasion
U. S. Steel
Republic
Youngstown Sheet
Amercan Telephone
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
DuPont
Westinghouse
Kennecott
N. Y. Central
Market Report Shows Mixed Stocks and Steady Bonds
New York and Chicago market notes indicate mixed stock performance with volume rules and steady bonds as rails and foreigns improve. Currency markets quiet with Sterling firm. commodities display varied activity including quieter cotton and mixed sugar. steel steady amid light hedge selling. wool prices slide. Chicago notes show wheat fractionally lower and corn easier. cattle steady to 25 lower. hogs mostly steady with top at 7.05.
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New York
Chicago
Futures Close Mixed As Commodities Edge Lower
New York prices show futures closing 1 to 5 points higher with Dec and Jan contracts near 9.20 while May and July contracts slip to around 8.90 and 8.66. Middling spot rises to 9.94, up 3 points.
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New York
Faures
Cotton futures end steady in narrow New Orleans range
In New Orleans on August 19, cotton futures moved within a tight band with closing prices steady and unchanged to five points lower or higher. Market data showed small fluctuations with mixed intraday highs and lows across the session.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton New 5 Oct Quiet Trade
Spot cotton closed quiet with unchanged prices. Low middling 8.80 cents per pound, middling 8.80, good middling 10.25. Receipts 2,910. stock 531,015.
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on Aug 19 the cottonseed oil market closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow quoted at 5.65. Prices listed include crude 5.37 1-2 and futures for Sep 4.91 1/2, Oct 4.93 1/2, Dec 5.04 1/2, Jan 5.07, and Mar 5.16. B bids noted.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close In Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed in Memphis with prices listed for August through March delivery. Trading activity noted with 200 units changing hands as of August 26.
Ickes to open Washington with broadcast on Willkie speech
Secretary Ickes will open the Democratic response to Wendell Willkie's acceptance speech tonight. He is expected to address Republican calls for joint debates with President Roosevelt. Ickes will broadcast 8:30 to 9 p.m. over NBC, arranged by the Democratic National Committee.
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Paul Buchanan
Roosevelt
Senate
Ickes
Washington
Wendell Willkie
Democratic National Committee
NBC
The
Poultry Market Prices and Weights Report
Chicago buyers see live poultry rates with 1 car and 31 trucks steady. Prices list hens over 15 pounds 15 1 2. under 15 pounds 11 for leghorn hens. broilers 2 1 2 pounds and down. Colored and white Plymouth Rock varieties range 16 to 18 1 2 pounds. Bareback chickens 12 to 14 pounds.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Cattle and Hog Market Report from Nashville Gauges Slaughter Notes
Salable cattle 1500 calves 250 in Nashville market show uneven steady to 25 lower. Slaughter heifers and yearlings 5.75 8.00 with high grades to 8.50, baby beef to 10.00. Steers undertone lower. Cows to 6.50 with bulk 5.00 down. canner and cutter 3.50 4.75. Bulls to 5.75. Hogs 500 steady with Saturday. good and choice 150 lbs to 6.65, others 4.69 4.60, sows to 4.40.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
Willkie Tours Willkie Farm Near Rushville
Willkie, Republican presidential nominee, visited his 1400 acre Rushville area farm with reporters. He toured cattle and hog lots, the last virgin timber stand in Rush county, and a pheasant release by the County Conservation Club. A London telegram praised his policy stance and urged collaboration.
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Rushville
Alf M. Landon
Vandenberg
Michigan
Wendell L. Willkie
Rush County
County Conservation Club
London
Willkie
White House
New Alabama Extension Service reorganizes into four districts
Auburn August 19. P O Davis announces creation of a new district and expansion of Extension Service supervision effective September 1. The state is divided into four districts with named supervisors for each, and counties listed for districts one two three four.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Extension Service
P. O. Davis
T. W. Lumpkin
Lois Miller
Marenzo County
G. J. Fowler
Jefferson
Lumpin
Walker
Fayette
Lamar
Pickens
Tuscaloosa
Greene
Bibb
Shelby
St. Clair
Talladega
Calhoun
Cleburne
Clay
Randolph
Chilton
Autauga
L. L. Self
Mac I
Cureton
North Alabama
Lauderdale
Limestone
Madison
Jackson
Colbert
Lawrence
Morgan, Marshall
DeKalb
Cherokee
Etowah
Cullman
Blount
Franklin
Marion
Winston
Downstate
Emmett Sizemore
Ruth Cobyne
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Chambers
Elmore
Lee
Macon
Russell
Bullock
Barbour
Pike
Crenshaw
Covington
Coffee
Dare
Henry
Geneva
Houston
J. D. Samford
Elizabeth Forney
No. 3
Alabama
Montgomery
Lowndes
Butler
Dallas
Perry
Hale
Sumter
Marengo
Choctaw
Clarke
Washington
Mobile
Baldwin
Escambia
Conecuh
Monroe
Wilcox
Davis
Britain braces for invasion as luftwaffe shifts
Berlin warns of disguised dhutist troops while thousands of Nazi aviators mass near Channel bases. British losses run high as 650 swastika Raiders strike the coast. Rome hints Italy aims at Greece. Bardia base bombed. US transports ferry refugees as talks for bases loom in Commons.
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Holland
Belgium
France
Berlin
Channel
Britain
Germany
Ner
Italy
Bardia
Rome
Greece
Cairo
British Somaliland
Gulf of Aden
Berbera
Somaliland
United States Army
American Legion
V O Stamps Dies At Dallas Home
News reached Decatur Monday of the death this morning of V O Stamps at his Dallas Texas home. Stamps president of the Stamps Baxter Music Company of Chattanooga and Dallas was well known in Decatur having visited here often. Quarters from his houses appeared in Decatur and this section was noted. He died of a heart attack. Funeral arrangements were not announced early this afternoon.
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V. O. Stamps
Dallas
Texas
Stamps
Stamps-Baxter Music Company
Chattanooga
Decatur
Workman Injures Back In Fall At Shipyard
Will Moore of Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation was injured at work about 8 o'clock Monday morning while driving wedges under a barge. He missed a blow and fell, injuring his back.
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Will Moore
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Moore
Demo Group Weighs Bragg Contest Over Probate Judge Nomination
The Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee reviewed evidence in Charles F. Bragg's challenge to Isaac Johnson Jr. for probate judge after hearings from July 1 to August 10. Over 500 witnesses were examined, with Johnson represented by Forney Decatur Lynne Wilkerson and Bragg by Peach Caddell Perdue and Miller.
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Lawrence County
Democratic Executive Committee
Charles FE. Bragg
Isaac Johnson, Jr
Bragg
Johnson
John C. Forney
Moulton
A. Lynne
Decatur
Horace Wilkerson
Birmingham
Peach and Caddell
Perdue and Miller
Long absent Decaturan Mr Willis Slaten visits hometown
Mr and Mrs Willis Slaten and daughter Berwyn of Portales New Mexico visit his sister Mrs M A Blankenship and relatives in Decatur marking a 38 year homecoming since his Sept 1901 departure. Mrs Slaten formerly Janet Bell of Kingman Kansas married at Sulphur Springs Texas in 1905.
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Willis Slaten
Berwyn Slaten
Portales
New Mexico
M. A. Blankenship
Slaten
Decatur
Kansas
Mr Slaten
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Johnson
Second Avenue
Grant Street
Delano Park
Con Grain
Priceville
Pecatar
L. & N.railroad Company
Southwest
Church Shifts Location Involving St John’s Episcopal
Workmen moved St. John’s Episcopal church from 229 Jackson Street to the corner of Jackson street and Gordon Drive. The church will face west with its altar side parallel to Jackson. The Guild House to the west faces Jackson and will move onto the vacated lot. The move honors Dr. E. W. Spaulding founder and first rector 50 years ago. Officials say a later addition with brick or stone veneer may be added.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Jackson Street
Gordon Drive
Guild House
E. W. Spaulding
St. John's
Man suffers back injury from falling sledge hammer
A man was injured when a sledge hammer fell on a pile of blocks and struck his back. He was transported by Brown ambulance to the Chenault Clinic for treatment and was not considered seriously hurt.
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Brown
Chenault Clinic
Moore
Decatur Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Vacations
Miss LaVern Chandler of Rome Ga visits her parents on Fifth Avenue West. Locals Mrs J R Gibson visits sister Mrs R B Minter Falkville route 2. Many residents travel to Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Knoxville. a cottage prayer service is planned at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church.
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LaVern Chandler
Rome, Ga
Mrs. J. W. Chandler
Fifth Avenue
West
J. R. Gibson
Mrs
R. B. Minter
Falkville
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Sixteenth Avenue
Mary Emma Gargus
Benevolent Society Hospital
Mrs. Earl Gargus
Russellville
Rose Marie Gee
Charles Gee
9Th, Avenue EB
Three Fort Smith Nurses Drown in Lake Pontchartrain
Three charity nurses from Sparks Memorial Hospital Fort Smith Ark drowned in Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans after being swept by an undertow while wading. Bodies of Helen Richey 25 Morell Crain 20 and Jewel Rusk 20 were recovered as witnesses recounted attempts to save them. Walter Reilly 21 and Patrick Hodges 20 rescued Hodges and Reilly and guided rescue squads to the victims. The group had begun a six month training course at Charity Hospital July 1.
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New Orleans
Fort Smith
Ark
Lake Pontchartrain
Helen Richey
Morell Grain
Coast Guard
Jewel Rusk
Walter Reilly
Patrick Hodges
Reilly
Miss Rusk
Hodges
Miss Richey
Miss Crain
Charity Hospital
Sparks Memorial Hospital
Willkie Plans Nationwide Campaign Start In September
Wendell L. Willkie prepared to launch a nationwide speaking tour starting in mid September with a stop in Coffeyville Kansas and said Roosevelt may seek joint debates. He challenged Roosevelt to argue issues face to face while noting no word from Washington. Willkie spoke after accepting the Republican nomination at Elwood praising selective service and charging Roosevelt courted a war for which the country was unprepared.
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Willkie
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Coffeyville
Kansas
Roosevelt
Washington
Coral Wilk
Elwood
Roosevelt and Mackenzie King discuss North American defense
In Kingston and Ogdensburg, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King reiterate cross border security commitments. The leaders stress that U S safety includes Canada and warn against external threats reaching the Dominion. The dialogue follows a historic bridge dedication and wartime simulation in upstate New York.
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United States
Canada
Kingston
Ont
Roosevelt
Ogdensburg
New York City
MacKenzie King
Ottawa
Negro Club Work Promotes Decatur Matrons Group
Sarah Shetfey is president and Maxie Draper secretary of the Young Matrons Club a Negro organization in Decatur. They were in Osshore Sunday in the interest of the club. Refreshments were served in the afternoon.
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Sarah She‘fey
Maxie Draper
Young
Organi .Zation
Decatur
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