Defense contracts lift national building figures amid war plant boom
The Engineering News Record reports defense awards totaling about 687 million dollars since 1939 with roughly half from federal contracts. Washington’s large share pushes construction growth, with new plants such as a 20 million tank facility near Detroit and a 30 million engine plant near Cincinnati, signaling broad expansion into arms production.
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Engineers News Record
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Atlantic
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Foes Battle Over Burke-Wadsworth Bill For Conscription
Debate over the Burke-Wadsworth bill continues as Senator Barkley aims for a final vote by midweek. The measure would require immediate registration of men aged 21 to 31 and could lead to service, while Maloney seeks Jan postponement to test voluntary enlistment. Roosevelt's Friday opposition colors expectations of a close outcome, with supporters and opponents predicting a narrow defeat or passage by a small margin.
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Barkley
D. Ky
Sessons
Burke-Wadsworth
Maloney
Conn
Roosevelt
Roosevelt allocates funds for precon script camp prep
President Roosevelt earmarks nearly 30 million dollars from a 100 million defense fund to prepare sites for early conscripts under the pending draft bill. The War Department will use the money to build facilities at select camp sites so grounds will be ready for construction of racks once Congress passes the option bill and approves funds for camp maintenance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Willkie Presses Swift Action on Conscription
Willkie warns Congress must act quickly on conscription legislation as he campaigns. He criticizes slow military aircraft orders noting 343 planes ordered for the Navy and Marine Corps with none delivered this calendar year and urges faster production and delivery.
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New York
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
Mavy
Marine Corps
Markets Extend Sluggish Session Amid Bombing News
Stocks drifted with few gains as deal activity cooled toward a 22 year low. Steel and major names showed minor upticks on capacity gains, while Dow Jones measures remained unsettled amid RAF bombing reports and renewed air raids on England.
Markets at a Glance August 26 New York
Stocks irregular across steels and motors resistant. Bonds mixed with British and Empire issues firm. Foreign exchange quiet with sterling and Canadian dollar steady. Cotton narrow with hedge pressure and trade buying. Sugar easier on slow demand. Metals steady as steel moves up. Wheat and corn higher in Chicago. Cattle up 25 to 50 cents, hogs up 10 to 25 cents top $7.40.
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Victor Fabank
New York
England
Berlin
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Glenn Martin
Curtiss-Wright
Trade and Commission
Chicago
Cottonseed meal futures ease in Memphis trade
In Memphis on August 26 price levels were quiet for 41 percent cottonseed meal futures with closing F.O.B. Memphis. Contracts listed include August at 27.00 and September at 22.50 with October pending.
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Memphis
Tenn
Defense plans and blame over aircraft production pace
A senator weighs responsibility for delays in military aircraft, urging immediate remedy and urging the administration to seek legislation if Congress is at fault. He stresses the urgency to stop passing the buck and to move forward with plane production.
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Navy
War Departments
Byrd
Congress
British Agent Quoted Over War Aims in Washington
Senator Wheeler said Sir George Paish an economic adviser to Lloyd George in World War I told him he was in the United States to get every thing short of war. Wheeler claimed Paish first sought to bring the U S into war then clarified the aim as everything short of war. He did not know if Paish represented the British government after checking with the State Department.
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Cotton market ends quiet with steady prices in New Orleans
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed unchanged with no sales. Low middling quoted at 8.70, middling 9.70, good middling 10.15. Receipts 3,397. stocks 533,105.
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New Orleans
New York Cotton Futures Close Mixed Up Weeks
Cotton futures closed steady to slightly higher with most contracts showing modest gains. Trading reflected light volume and uncertain demand amid price shifts from 8.60 to 9.20 for nearby months, with middling around 9.90.
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Cotton
New York
Cotton futures rise on trade and covering in New Orleans
The market strengthened as buyers and shorts covered during trading in New Orleans. Closing prices held steady with minor gains from the day’s lows, listing openings and highs for January May July contracts amid nominal bids.
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Cotton New
Butter and Eggs Prices Reported in Chicago Market
The Chicago butter market shows firm prices with a total stock of 737 285 pounds and a 93 score for creamery butter. Egg receipts reach 8 215 cases with local first and extra grades noted, including fresh graded extras and current receipts.
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Chicago
Poultry live truck prices listed by weight in Chicago
Chicago August 26 poultry live market shows steady quoted rates across varieties. Hens over five pounds fetch 15.5 cents per pound, under five pounds 15.5 to 16.5 with breed variations such as leghorn and Plymouth rock around 11.5 to 18.5 cents per pound. Turkeys toms near 10 cents and hens around 14 cents per pound.
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Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Nashville Livestock Prices Report From Nashville Tenn
Salable cattle 1800 and calves 300 with moderate activity and steady prices versus last week. Load baby beeves to 9.65 and good grain fed steers to 8.85 9.25, heavy grass steers 8.00, common and medium grassers 5.75 7.50, some 5.50 down. Cows 5.25 down to 6.50, canner and cutter cows 3.50 4.75. Bulls 5.50 down, top vealers 10.50. Salable hogs 500 mostly 10 higher, 200 250 lb 7.10, best light butchers 6.20, sows 4.85. Salable sheep 150, fat lambs 9.50 bulk 8.50 down, fat ewes 2.00 2.50.
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Nashville
Tenn
Grain prices steady in Chicago cash market
On August 26, cash wheat at No 1 hard settled at 72 1 4 with steady tone. Corn values ranged from 65 1 4 to 66 3 4 for No 1 yellow and No 2, while oats traded around 30 for No 1 white and 27 3 4 to 28 1 4 for other grades. Seed and malting grains quoted nominally with Timothy at 3.40 per cwt and cloverseed listed up to 12.00.
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Chicago
Bailey
Timothy Clean
Wheat futures rally lifts Chicago grain prices in August
Wheat contracts for December 1940 and May 1941 sparked an extended rally in the wheat pit with prices advancing more than a cent per bushel. Wheat closed at 78 11 2 cents.
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Chicago
Bomb raids intensify as Berlin and London exchange blows
Berlin reports 38 objectives struck with 1500 bombs and 300000 pounds dropped in a 3 hour raid. London endures fifth raid in 48 hours with fires and casualties as RAF shoots down fighters. Anti aircraft guns and pamphlets signal broad air warfare across Germany and Britain amid regional alarms and defenses.
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Market Prices Fragment Reported for Grains and Dates
Readable OCR fragment notes price movements for corn and oats with scattered date-like tokens. Mentions September and December 72 and 61 alongside numeric codes, but lacks clear market context or complete values.
Traffic toll high in state
One man crushed to death and 15 others injured in Birmingham area crashes over the weekend. Charles E. Trimm was killed by a train in Greenville Sunday. William Hinkel died en route to a hospital after a crash on the Bessemer super-highway. Hinkel’s son and daughter-in-law and Will Stephenson were injured. Gordon Scott, 77, is in serious condition after a head on crash with a street car. Eleven others had minor injuries.
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Greenville
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Holt
Bessemer Super-Highway
Hinkle
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Canada’s sovereignty and a US Canadian pact
The author argues Canada is a sovereign state under the 1931 Westminster statute and would not be bound by a US treaty with Britain. He notes Canadians are proud and independent, likely to resist any attempt at annexation, and recalls Sir Robert Borden’s leadership at Versailles in securing autonomy for the Dominions. Canada could freely negotiate with the United States without Britain automatically joining.
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United States
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London
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Robert Borden
Decatur Hopes Livestock Market Reopens
Local officials plan to reopen the livestock market and meat product manufacturing plant noting strong cooperative support from citizens. Decatur has pursued multiple farm market openings for years to aid farmers move away from one crop reliance, with Osborn assured of backing. News of the market’s reopening will please residents within about 30 miles.
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Osborn
Rainbow pilot plans Panama Canal round trip flight
Miami reports a one day round trip flight to the Panama Canal Zone by 13 men aboard the Pan American Airways Rainbow. Captain Robert H. Fatt led the 33 passenger land plane that departed at 6 a.m. EST, with Cristobal stop and a planned return to Miami by 8:15 p.m. local time.
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Fla
Panama Canal Zone
Pan American Airways
Rainbow
Robert H. Fatt
Cristobal
C. Z
Death investigated after fist fight in Tennessee
Sheriff Creed Shelby said he was investigating the death of Charles Frederick Coulter a 16 year old of Kensington Ga who died in a Chattanooga hospital after a fist fight with his brother Autry Coulter a 23 year old.
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Appointment of Voss as Orlando Air Corps drome commander
Montgomery announce Lieut Col Thomas S Voss named commanding officer of the Army Air Corps drome at Orlando Florida. The appointment was announced today at Maxwell Field the Southeast Air Training center headquarters.
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Army Air Corps
Orlando
Fla
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Southeast Air Training Center
Decatur Community Notes and Revival Plans
Decatur area news covers revival plans by Rev H E Wright in Bashams Chapel and a city wide revival led by Dr Bob Shuler and Loren Jones starting Sept 15. Updates include church services at First Methodist Athos and Central Baptist, along with local visits, road patrol notes, and numerous civic and social items across Decatur and nearby towns.
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Les
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Thomaston, Ga
Selma Woman Killed in Dusty Road Crash
Selma Alabama August 26 Mrs Nettie Lindsay 982 of Hazen Alabama died in a two car collision on a dust covered road near Selma. Her daughter in law Mrs George Lindsay and son in law Frank Wilson were severely injured. A granddaughter Miss Doris Byrd of Birmingham was also shocked and treated.
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Ala
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Hazen
Here
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Linasay
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Birmingham
Defense plans show 6747 planes on order as funds lag
The defense commission reported to President Roosevelt that as of August 17 contracts for 6747 army and navy planes were outstanding, though much of the aircraft program funding remained tied up in the 5.008 billion defense bill.
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Nazis use of fighter squadrons limits Luftwaffe losses
A neutral air attache says German bomber crews are assembled from diverse origins for each mission, flown to a French coast airfield, then to Norway. The disjointed deployment hampers crew coordination and makes it hard to gauge true losses.
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Fraternal Leader John Levin Remembered for Civic Service
John Levin a prominent member of the I O O F Masonic Order and Junior Order United American Mechanics held important offices in these groups. His civic engagement and leadership were well known in the community.
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Navy Reserve May Become Regulars
Secretary Knox urged Congress to authorize naval reserve officer trainees to join the regular Navy. He said the Naval Academy cannot supply enough permanent officers for fleet needs and that other sources must be used. A bill reflecting the request was introduced by Rep. Vinson of Georgia.
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Knox
Congress
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Bankhead
Naval Academy
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House Naval Committee
Duke of Guise Claimed by Death in Morocco
The death of the Duke of Guise, prétender to the French throne, was reported from Madrid by Reuters. He died at Tarache in Spanish Morocco, according to British dispatches.
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London
Tarache
Spanish Morocco
Madrid
Reuters
Local woman celebrated 2nd birthday at hospital
Mrs. Lindsay described as bruised and under treatment at a local hospital. She observed her second birthday on June 5. She leaves eight children, sixteen grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
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