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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1938
Page
2
A drafted report outlines recommendations to expand old age insurance to more groups. Key items include monthly benefits for dependents and funeral expenses, early start date, inclusion of seamen workers and bank and charity staff, later expansion to farm and domestic workers, higher payments for married men, and sharing costs among workers, employers, and government.
A fragment notes Hull’s anticipated remarks to outline United States hopes for the conference and suggest a possible plan to unify existing peace conciliation and arbitration accords linking the American nations.
A slim 74 to 544? no, 618 member chamber backed Premier Daladier after a riotous session. Daladier's majority came despite socialist and communist opposition and some revolting radicals. Hull and Cantilo speeches at Lima drew focus as Pan American conference discusses continental defense and loans. Kennedy sails home urging cooperation for an international loan and rationing amid Nazi propaganda.
Stocks in New York edge up modestly after recent losses as market leaders reclaim small fractions. Trading activity around 450000 shares in two hours shows a cautiously cheerful long-term tone with less foreign tension and reduced tax selling aiding some buyers.
New Orleans bid prices show cottonseed oil closed steady with varying futures: prime summer yellow at 7.25, prime crude at 6 1 2 to 6 37 1 2, dates Dec seven to May seven and a quarter to seven and a half. Chicago butter and eggs listed as weak to easy with graded eggs at 25 3 4 and creamery firsts around 26 1 2 to 27 3 4. other prices unchanged.
Global markets show firm cotton in New York with mixed stock activity and steady to firm futures in New Orleans. Coffee and sugar trading hold steady while grains soften on weather and profit taking.
Grain values retreat slightly from recent highs as profit taking and a forecast of unsettled winter wheat belt weather influence selling. Wheat Dec 64 1 8, May 67 67 1 8. corn mostly steady to down Dec 51 May 52 7 8 53. oats 1 8 lower to 1 8 higher.
Cattle 25 head, calves 25. Steers and yearlings mostly 7.85 to 8.50, small yearlings to 9.00. Beef cows and bulls 6.00 down, cutter cows 3.50 to 4.50. Top vealers 10.00, week-ago prices down 1.00. Hogs 100 weight range 6.45 to 7.20, sows 6.25 down. Sheep steady. fat lambs 8.50, fat ewes to 3.00.
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed quietly in Memphis with bids for December through July ranges. Prices FOB Memphis show December 22.60, January 22.75, February 22.70, March 22.85, April 22.95, May 22.95, June 23.00, July 23.00, with 300 lots sold.
Spot cotton closed steady 11 points higher in New Orleans on December 10 with 288 sales. Low middling 7.30 cents, middling 8.45, good middling 9.00, receipts 2,261, stock 743,454.
Brisk trade buying and covering absorbed weekend liquidation in New Orleans market as prices steadied after sharp declines. Traders reported active interest from mills and exporters with steadying demand into midweek.
The report notes scattered anti Jewish shop and synagogue damage in Germany. In Spain insurgents push in the northeast while government forces prepare further offensives in the south and central regions. In China Chinese resistance in Hunan gains strength as a Japanese landing attempt on Lake Tungting fails to secure Lu Kioshih.
W. W. Foster, manager of the Decatur field office, urges all employees during holidays or seeking holiday employment to obtain social security account numbers. He says wages from all periods count toward credits and deductions apply by law even without a number, and employers must report wages for proper records. Accounts can be obtained at the local Social Security office in minutes.
Congressman Rankin defended a pre TVA contract for Muscle Shoals power sold to Alabama Power at two mills per kWh and resold at far higher rates. He credited Hoover with approving the deal and condemned private power as profiteering, while Alabama Power president Thomas W. Martin rejected the figures as inaccurate.
In a TVA committee session Representative Rankin accuses J P Morgan of being the earliest electric customer to demand rate reductions. Rankin recalls Dr Arthur E Morgan's claim rates fell for fifty years and notes early power was accessible only to millionaires in New York.
Lieut. Commander R. T. Fletcher said he would request the minister of labor in the House of Commons on Thursday. He also reported that German firms in England had been ordered by the Reich to discharge all Jewish employees by December 25.
The Baltimore and Ohio Fort Pitt Limited derailed east of here early today causing injuries to three women. Two were hospitalized with serious injuries while a third was later dismissed after treatment.
Senator Lister Hill said he began efforts to find a major military aircraft plant in Alabama as part of the expanded national defense program. He returned from Washington and met with War Secretary Woodring and Assistant Secretary Johnson to pursue the project and urged a sympathetic ear. He cited Alabama's favorable conditions for such a factory and stressed the need for increased aircraft production. He did not name a specific site.
The article outlines national marketing quotas for 1939 covering cotton 27.5 million acres, tobacco 75.54 million pounds, and rice 11.974 million barrels. It notes referenda across many states, a projected cotton surplus of 13.7 million bales, and AAA warnings that oversupply could drop prices 2 to 3 cents per pound while tobacco prices stay near the fair level.
Benjamin F. Williams died at his home in Veto on December 2 1938 after a brief illness. He was 49, born in Texas, and burial followed at Pettusville Cemetery with Rev. Pettus Wright and others officiating. He leaves a wife a daughter Elizabeth and two sons Frank and Whitfield. The column lists many local visitors and notices from Pettusville Limestone County reflecting community life.
Police court records report a single defendant facing four prohibition charges. Local social notes include visits by Grady and Grady Hanks in Birmingham and other residents traveling to Mayo Mayo Mayo. Community events feature public speaking club meetings, a social planned with Juanita Nunn, and church talks by Rev C L Dobbs. A grass fire on Grant street caused no damage and a tree fire on E Church was put out with no losses.
President Roosevelt signaled that a coordinated federal effort to combat espionage is already underway as part of the defense program. Officials expect Congress to boost mainly the Justice Department's intelligence budget, with FBI agents likely to receive most increases. The army and navy will share espionage evidence with the Justice Department as standard procedure.
The Center Grove Parent Teacher Association sponsors a three act comedy titled A Fortunate Calamity to be performed at the Center Grove schoolhouse on Saturday night December 17 at 7 30. The cast includes Mrs Merian Merkle Ruby Hamilton Alta her daughter Mary Leo Greenhaw Ruth a plain girl Julia Mae Hamilton Kate Van Tyle a good natured cook Ruby Bredford Dinah Johnsing a servant Agnes Taylor Rastus Johnsing an honest coon Eugene Willis Joe Brown a revenue officer Pete Taylor Lernard Gullion a jovial young man Buddy Reed Albert Campbell who plays a crooked game Everette Pierce.
Raymond Clapper, columnist for the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, was elected president of the Gridiron Club for the ensuing year at the annual meeting. Other officers include Vice-President Mark Foote, Secretary J. Harry Cunningham, Treasurer J. Fred Essary, Historian Ernest Walker, and Executive Committee members Arthur S. Henning, James L. Wright, and Kirke L. Simpson.
Laski Tenn visited Homer Dunnavant and family Sunday. Henry Stanford and family visited William TM Martin and family Sunday night. Miss Elizabeth Morris and Cathrine Robinson of Bikmont spent the weekend with relatives here. Anna Dew Pettus of Veto visiting relatives. Atmon Powers visited Stout and Benton Pettus Sunday. Bertha Robinson and Martha Spence of Piney Chapel visiting here. L. E. Robinson visited Athens Monday.
Dr George N. MacDonell, Miami city health director, forbids manufacturing or selling rum flavored ice cream. He says the taste for alcohol among children would grow through milk products and calls it contrary to community interests. J R Brown of the Florida liquor industries association questions his authority.
Shelby Jackson a 40 year old farmer and father of ten died after a fight in a Marion County area. Sheriff H M Couch said Jackson was thrown onto a blazing pile of leaves and brush and later died in hospital. Five men Sam Cole Ferman Cole George Cole Charlie Terrell and Cecil Terrell were charged with murder and jailed. Assault with intent to murder charges were filed against Ferman Cole George Cole and Elbert Terrell in connection with Sam Cole’s injuries.
Governor Graves authorized a permanent parole for C. R. Williams, convicted in Birmingham in 1935 on two counts of dynamiting stores. Williams, age 40 at conviction, was paroled after a period on temporary parole. The pardon board recommended the parole along with others including J. D. Pierce, R. B. Chapman, Elbert Lam Calhoun, Wil Beulenkins, Sir Jackson, J. H. Brasher, O. O. Miller, and A. C Crumpler from various charges such as assault, distilling, forging, and transporting liquor.
Some senators who opposed the administration reorganization bill predicted today the defeat of any new proposal to give President Roosevelt a free hand to reshuffle federal bureaus.
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