Retirement Of Badoglio Signals Political Shift In Italy
The press notes Italy’s Marshal Badoglio retires as chief of staff amid Greek campaign defeats. Observers see a possible rift with Mussolini, reflecting dissatisfaction with the war and a potential push to distance Italy from the Axis alongside Britain and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Badoglio
John Evans
Foreign Service
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
Badoglio
Albania
Muspolini
Germany
England
Greece
Ont
The
Italy and Greece clash over Albania and Balkan moves
Dispatches report Italy retreating along the Albanian frontier while Greek forces push toward Porto Edda and Agirocastro. Romanian tensions rise with refugees fleeing to Hungary as pro Nazi factions stir in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
I‘aian
Badogno
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Athens
Porto Edda
Agirocastro
Yugoslavia
Romania
Albania
Balkans
Hungary
Ope
Ard
Markets Slip and Waver As Trading Closes Irregular
New York stock action showed quiet strength amid a generally uneven session. Steels and rails mixed with sporadic gains and losses. bonds steady, commodities mixed. cotton futures edged higher in late trading amid turnover around 2,400 contracts. Grain fell as December corn led declines and wheat and oats slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stock and commodity market roundup with mixed results
New York reports mixed stocks with tax selling limiting gains and risk hedges offset by scattered buying. Cotton uneven with hedging. sugar firmer on demand. Metals steady as London silver rises. Wool tops higher with buying in Wall Street and Boston. Wheat lower on weak mill demand. corn down due to higher country offerings. Cattle steady with light supplies and no choice offerings. Hogs up 5 to 10 with reduced receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
London
Boston
Cotton futures drift under mixed trading in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 6, cotton futures showed irregular activity with buyers offsetting hedge sellers. Settlements ranged with Jan at around 10.21, Mar near 10.29, May about 10.24, and Oct futures around 9.46, reflecting a steady close with slight gains.
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New Orleans
New York Cotton Rises to Day’s Best Levels
Outside buying and covering limited in late trading as prices firm at the day’s highs. Futures for December through October show gains of 2 to 6 points with most contracts finishing higher. Middling spot quoted at 10.43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
New York
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Lower in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures eased on December 4 with F.O.B. Memphis closing at 27.50 for December, 26.40 for January, 25.20 for March, 25.00 for May, and 24.00 for July. Sales totaled 2,700 units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
F.O.B
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on December 6 the cottonseed oil market remained steady with bleaching yellow at 5.65 and prime crude at 4.75. Prices for January 5.32, February 3.44, March 4.48, May 5.51, and July 5.57 appeared as reported in the market notes.
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Orleans
German raids and Allied defenses in World War II frontline
Reports describe last night’s frontier movements as a bid to halt Romanian border crossings amid fears of unrest. German air raids pressed Britain with a main strike on a southern coast town while London issued two night alarms but remained relatively unscathed after midnight. Switzerland protested alleged RAF incursions into its frontiers during a Wednesday flight path toward northern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Switzerland
Royal Air Force
Agricultural market report from Nashville Tennessee
On December 6 salable cattle calves and hogs listed with prices. Cattle mostly steady with medium and high grades selling well. Hogs steady to higher with good and choice weights 5.95 per 100 pounds and up. Sheep steady with fat lambs and top fat ewes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Dept. Agrl
Chicago Dairy Prices and Egg Receipts Report
Chicago reports butter at 718,504 firm creamery 93 store 35 to 36 per pound with varied centering and pricing. Eggs receipts total 5,672 with weaker demand and mixed grades, current and refrigerated prices listed for extras and standards.
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Chicago
Phi Chi Mu Club Holds Regular Meeting
The Phi Chi Mu Club met Wednesday night at Decatur Senior High School. President Johnnie Hild presided as Mr McMasters continued his mechanical drawing instruction guiding members through simple drawings and explaining instrument use.
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Phi Chi Mu
Decatur Senior High School
Johnnie Hild
McMasters
Revolt Seen In Romania With Martial Law Decree
Refugees stream into Marosvasarhely as Ion Antonescu enacts a drumhead court martial to crush rebellion. The decree orders 24 hour judgments and 10 hour executions with no appeal, while Romania tightens control and Germany backs the regime amid mass flight and troop mobilization.
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Maros
Iron Guard
Romania
Ion Antonescue
Guard
Corneliu Zelea Cordreanu
Bucharest
Germany
Antonescu
Turkey
Hungary
Juliu Maniu
Alexander Vaida- Voevod
Bulgaria
Italy’s War Strain Seen Amid Mussolini Loyalty
A wartime observer notes Italy’s civilian hardship and rationing under British raids while confirming broad affection for Mussolini. He stresses caution, awaiting the Italian people's own verdict on continuing the war or seeking peace, amid reports of malnutrition and morale divisions.
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Greece
Albania
Hitler
Allegirg
Hare
Signor Mussolini
Il Duce
German Night Raids Hit British South Coast Bases
London dispatches report German raiders attacked Ports mouth and nearby naval facilities on Britain's south coast in multiple waves. Fire was seen across the targets and officials note a town along the coast as the chief objective during the night.
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Portsmouth
Britain
London
British Carrier and German Raider Clash Near Neutral Zone
Informed quarters report an engagement between the British cruiser Carnarvon Castle and a German raider near the American neutrality zone off South America. Carnarvon Castle, 20 122 tons, had sailed from Victoria Brazil, and allegedly headed north or south, not east, when it halted the Brazilian coastal steamer Stape 18 miles offshore on November 30, taking 22 supposed Germans. Protest to London follows these halts of Brazilian ships.
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Buenos Aires
South Atlantic
Batte
Carnarvon Castle
Victoria
Brazil
Atlantic
Stape
London
Ninth Victim Claimed In Crash of Big Air Liner
Chicago reports nine dead after a United Air Lines 21 passenger airliner crashed near the Municipal Airport. Florence M. Little 23 of Chicago died at Holy Cross hospital with skull fractures. Captain Philip C. Scott and Co Pilot George B. Young were killed instantly. Seven passengers injured, four seriously. Investigations by Cook County Coroner’s office United Airlines and the GAA. Calls arise to reestablish the air safety board to prevent future crashes.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
Florence M. Little
Miss Little
Air Safety Board
David L. Behneke
Air Line Pilots Association
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Department of Commerce
Cook County Coroner's Office
GAA
Shipyards to be Expanded to Build Freighters for Britain
American shipyards, already strained by navy and merchant marine work, will expand to construct 60 fast 10,000 ton freighters for Britain. The plan includes inland pre assembly of parts such as engines and electrical equipment, with sites in Chicago Detroit and Cleveland aiding the effort. Britain will not build new yards in the U S as existing facilities are to be enlarged and some yards are booked five years ahead under expansion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Navy
Merchant Marine
England
Alloo
U .S. Maritime Commission
British Purchasing’ Commission
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Britain
Maritime Commission
Alabama Draft Figures Show Racial-Proportion Callups
The state cites 7 651 men in service this year against 25 811. About 70 percent of those drafted will be white and 30 percent black. Officials note Alabama’s National Guard’s new anti aircraft unit is nearly full and set for induction January 13.
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Alabama
National Guard
Sixty More Army Trucks Pass Through Town
Sixty more army trucks pass here today at noon carrying soldiers en route to Fort Benning. The state highway patrol provided an escort to the state line and guided the convoy south through Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
State Highway Patrol
Deca
T H GENTRY DIES AT HOME
Thomas Houston Gentry died at his home 1405 Fifth Avenue South at 1 p m after a short illness Funeral services were held at Drinkard s Chapel on Johnston Street Lindsay Allen officiated and burial in City Cemetery was directed by Drinkard He was 85 and survived by two sons two daughters 23 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Pallbearers included Everett Parrish J D and G D Jones Thomas Gentry Elbert Davis and Hubert Klinner He was a longtime city resident and former L and N Railroad employee.
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Thomas Houston Gentry
Fifth Avenue
South
Drinkard
Johnston Street
Lindsay Allen
City
Gentry
W. E. Gentry
Fayetteville
Decatur
D.C. Jones
Florence
W T. Parrish
Flint
Michigan
Everett Parrish
J. D
G. D. Jones
Thomas Gentry
Elbert Davis
Hubert Klinner
L & N. Railroad Company
Charity Funds Report Shows Deficit and Local Aid Totals
A 1939 40 report for Dr H D Greer charity fund shows receipts 30929 10 expenditures 32011 40 deficit 1802 30. City council adopts bicycle ordinance licenses lights and sidewalk rules while planning street lights and remodeling city hall and Johnston street fire hall to provide living quarters for Suisse J B Whitmire family and former assistant chief Whitmire.
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Decatur
D. D. McGhee
H. T. Gill
J. W. Pipkin
J. D. Jervis
George Williamson
J. H. Calvin
John C. Bragg
E. R. Emens
Frank L. Chenault
B. Burr
Moulton Street
Second
First Avenues
Garnett’s Store
City Electric Department Sding
Austinville
City Hall
T. R. Harrison
Johnston Street
Suisse
J. B. Whitmire and Family
Whitmire
Ann
Decatur Community Activities Highlight Services and Visits
Decatur hosts a community sing at Austinville Methodist church at 1 30 with Cullman quartet among out of town singers. Story hour at Carnegie Library basement tomorrow at 10. Various pastors speak on topics at Central Methodist Memorial Drive and First Christian churches. Local visits include B G Hall TVA official and F F Beauchamp Wilson Dam manager. Medical and charitable notices, baptisms planned, and a Christmas program for Willoughby Presbyterian.
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Austinville Methodist Church
Cullman
F. F. Beauchamp
TVA
Wilson Dam
Decatur
Bible Sunday Call From Decatur Pastor
Decatur pastor R M Howell commends the paper for its Bible-Conscious editorial and urges universal Bible Sunday. He plans to preach on Scripture this Sunday and asks churches nationwide to seek God as revealed in Jesus Christ.
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First Methodist Church
Decatur
God
Presbyterians Seek Special Foreign Mission Fund
Atlanta dispatch reports members of the Presbyterian Church U S Southern will be urged to give at least 25000 dollars to aid about 4000 missionaries rendered orphaned by the European war. The fund will go directly to missionaries via National Christian Councils in each field. Other Protestant denominations have begun similar drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Presbyterian Church
U .S
Southern
Nationa Christian Councils
Bombers on mercy mission carry Chilean president's wife
A Roosevelt dispatched bomber carrying Senora Carlos Dayila, wife of Chile's ex-president, to a southern climate for her health. The flight, described as a mission that might save a life, follows doctors’ advice.
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New York
Roosevelt
Senora Carlos Dayila
Chile
Editor Inducted as Tennessee Draftee in Georgia
In Fort Oglethorpe Georgia a Knoxville News Sentinel editor George Carmack and other Tennessee draftees were inducted into the U S army for a year of military training. The event marks a new wave of draftees joining training programs.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Battle of Tennessee
George Carmack
Knoxville News- Sentinel
U S. Army Today
Embassy Aide Elizabeth Deegan Detained by German Police
The State Department reports Elizabeth Deegan, a clerk at the American embassy in Paris, detained by German police after a Cherche Midi Prison visit. Paris is under military government. she did not report for work December 2 and the embassy says appropriate action is being taken.
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Washington
State Department
Elizabeth Deegan
Paris
Cherche Midi
Washington Post
United States
North Carolina
Peter C. Pritchard
Department of State
No Alabama grid star elected to Phi Beta Kappa group
Noah N. Langdale of Valdosta Georgia Crimson Tide tackle was elected to Phi Beta Kappa the first Alabama grid star to earn the honor since Freddie Sington a decade earlier Langdale senior in arts and sciences also leads campus groups and plans to enter law school next year He weighs 230 pounds and has held multiple honors in student activities with Delta Chi fraternity Glee Club and forensics Also listed are past Alabama Phi Beta Kappa athletes including Sington Van Der Graaff Irons Baugh Bickley and Noojin with ties to coaching professorship and athletics across several cities and colleges.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Noah N. Langdale
Valdosta
Crimson Tide
University of Alabama
Phi Beta Kappa
Rational Honorary Scolastic Fraternity
Freddie Sington
Birmingham
Langdale
College of Arts and Sciences
Delta Chi
University Law School
A. B. Association
University Glee Club
Alabama Phi Beta Kappa
Sington
Atlanta
William T
Bully) van der Graaff
Colorado College
George Irons
Howard College
Robert Baugh
Cleveland
James Graham Bickley
Occidental College
California
B. Lonnie Noojin
Gadsden
Alabama
Sewell Brothers
Riggs Stephenson
Loans Repaid By Farm Security Admin
Washington reports tenant purchase borrowers repaid 97.4 percent of interest and principal due on loans through June 30, per the Farm Security Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Security Administration
Army orders olive drab paint for old tanks and vehicles
The army has ordered a dull olive drab paint for old tanks scout cars and other military vehicles similar to the finish used in the last war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
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Bagogno
Duce
Hon
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Wendy Barrie
Eee
Nashville Livestock
PHI Chi MU Club
Ralph de Sola
Brooklyn
Rumania
American Department of Agriculture
Crete
T. H. Gentry
H.D. Greer
Decatur’s
Carnegie Library
Atnd
Paul Eubanks
Central Methodist Church
R. L. Archibald
B. G. Hall
Charles Eyster
Oneonta
P. G. Kilpatrick
Ferry Street
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lella Cantwell Seton Hall
O. B. Lansbury
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Mary Wright
Cecil J. Brown
Church of God
R. M. Howell
W. F. Smith
Vinemont
Eliza West
Laceys Spring
G. H. Morgan
Trinity Route 1
Viola
Marion
Trinity
Cc. B. Cathcart
Hartselle
Charles Martin
E. Moulton Street
Baugh’s Infirmary
Moulton Heights
Southside
J. A. Chambers
Southside Baptist Church
Womens’ Council of the First Christian Church
D. D. Burleson
Fifth Avenue West
Universal Bible
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
Edward Morrison
G. M. Dillard
East Vine Street
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Westside
Willoughby Presbyterian Churches
S. Fred Strain
Health and Safety Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur Lions Club
S. J. Ramey
Poplarville, Miss
Central Baptist Church
Edward Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
Effie Ham
Ham
Voice OF
People
Presbyterians
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