Guard officers find new army methods during intense course
World War era officers including Colonel Justus Adler and General Edward Rose join a two week infantry school course at Camp Dix to study modern warfare tactics. They endure long days of mapping and marching as generals transition to motors and new operations concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bers ‘Ort G
Dee
Offinho
Amer
Justus Adler
115Th Infantry
306Th
AEF
Z Nel Adler
New York Times
Chattanooga
National Guard
Courtney Hodged
S7th
Roberts. Geightler
Columbus
Ohio Highway Department
Field Artillery
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
Edward ©. Rose
69Th Field Artillery
Camp Dix
Milwaukee
Paul B. Clemens
Lieu
Cornel H. P. Perrine
Far Army
George A. Davis
Kameil Maertens
Perrine
Colonel Perrine
Morgan County Cotton Crop Yields Up
Morgan county reports show 23 793 bales ginned before December 1 1940, down from 27 899 bales in 1939. Weather and cold snaps affected yield, with expectations this season near last year once ginning finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Charles E. I Moet
Scout Activities In Christmas Hike Plan And Party
The Lion Patrol of Boy Scouts met with new member Andy Snelton leading the Lord's prayer and the Scout oath. An overnight hike was planned for Christmas holiday, a Christmas party was set for December 18 with Robert Allen hosting, names drawn for attendance, and a three reel picture shown after a business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion
Donald McKibbhe
Andy Snelton
Robert Allen
Donala
Watson
Ruling Declares Bonds Exempt From Ad Valorem Taxes
Montgomery Alabama December ruling by Attorney General Thomas holds that bonds issued by authorities are exempt from ad valorem taxes and income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Mney
False Teeth Pasteeth Offers Firm Denture Grip
Many denture wearers face embarrassment as teeth loosen or wobble. Apply Pasteeth powder to denture plates for a firmer, cleaner fit and odor reduction. Available at drug stores.
Market Summary From New York and Chicago Trading Floors
Black market traders mended year end tax fences as prices edged up then softened amid mild irregularities. Cotton rose 25 cents per bale while bonds and commodities showed light moves. overall day saw varied gains and several large swings on wheats and grains across Chicago and New York exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Jssues
Markets At A Glance New York December Summary
Markets at a Glance shows mixed stocks with tax selling steadying rallies, irregular rails, and a quiet foreign exchange scene. Copper futures rise moderately while refined price movements show slight gains. Chicago markets report lower wheat and steady cattle with reduced receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton futures close higher on Dec 12 market
New York cotton futures closed 2 to 5 cents higher as traders noted activity after the Dec monthly settlement. Prices moved within a narrow range with December around 10.12 and 10.15, while July and October contracts traded near 9.8 to 10.0 amid steady demand.
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N. Y
New York
Cotton futures in New Orleans edge higher on trade support
Market activity shows futures edging upward amid buying and short covering in New Orleans. Prices and close figures appear mixed with modest gains for several contracts and varying highs and lows across the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Futures Close Firm In Early Bid Activity
In New Orleans on December 12 to 14 the market shows firm closing for cottonseed oil with a 5 65 bid for prime summer yellow. Crude bids stand at 4 62 1 2 while Dezember 5 28 5 32 5 40 5 49 and 5 56 for different contract months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Orleans
Spot Cotton in New Orleans Ends Steady
Spot cotton closed steady four points higher in New Orleans with sales of 1,724 bales. Low middling priced at 8.93 cents, middling at 9.03, good middling TOAS. receipts 1,598. total stock 535,703 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Prices Reported By U S Dept Of Agr
Nashville Tennessee stockyards report salable cattle 200 calves 100 with mostly steady demand. Prices show good feeder beef cattle 891 pounds at 10.50 to 13.00, common and medium heifers 6.00 to 8.00, beef cows 6.00 down, canners 3.50 to 4.50. Hog prices steady 199 to 300 pounds 6.00, 180 pounds 4.85 to 5.30. Sheep around 50, ewes 2.50 top fat ewes.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Balable
Chicago Dairy Receipts Range in Central Carlot Figures
The fragment lists Dee 12 across butter receipts totaling 670 032 with firm creamery scoring from 93 to 88 and multiples of 1 2, 1 4, and 3 4. Centralized carlots show a 35 unit figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Firm
Creamery
Poultry Market Report From Chicago Trade Desk
Poultry prices in Chicago show live offerings rising for Plymouth Rock birds and geese while broilers fall in weight. No complete chart but reports note turkeys young toms over a threshold and springs firmer in the early trading segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Icar
Plymouth Rock Springs
Plymouth Rock
Springs
Ford accuses CIO of sabotaging national defense on House floor
Representative Leland M. Ford charges the CIO with disrupting air plane production and shipbuilding, alleging strikes across industries threaten national defense. He cites arch opposition to forests and lumber, and mentions Sidney Hillman urging industry joining or facing consequences.
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Washington
Leland M. Ford
Rcalif
CIO
Ford
Voorhis
Dcalif
Vultée
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Defense Commission
Higher Loan Rate Sought by American Farm Bureau
The resolutions committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged federal farm program revision to provide government loans that would raise farm prices above current market levels. They also called for a five man non partisan board to oversee administration to fix coordination and planning gaps. The document notes broad recommendations on aiding Great Britain and potential opposition to farm program changes at adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Baltimore
Resolutions Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
University of Alabama announces new facilities and health committee
In Tuscaloosa on December 12 a campus infirmary for men and a university Committee on student health service were announced by Dr. Richard Foster, president of the University of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Richard ©. Foster
University of Alabama
Night club row fuels DeSoto County clash with Tennessee
In DeSoto County Mississippi a tense dispute over night clubs pits local authorities and civic groups against Tennessee interests. Sheri Guy of Memphis posted a guard at a large sign warning would be trouble for any shooter. Governors and editors frame the issue as a cash and moral conflict across the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto County
Mississippi
Tennessee Line
Mets
Sheri Guy
Memphis
Huton
Baxter
Tennessee
Shelby County
Paul B. Johnson
Solomon
Hugh L. White
Lothian’s Death Shocks U S Officials Amid War Aid Talks
Secretary Hull met with Lord Lothian at the embassy to express regrets as Morgenthau voiced shock over the loss of a trusted British ambassador. Lothian had pressed for American planes munition ships and finances and publicly raised questions on relief and blockade policies. Neville Butler will lead British affairs until a new ambassador arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Lord Lothian
Roosevelt
Caribbean
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Great Britain
Lothian
London
State Department
Bri
United States
Neville Butler
Santa to visit British prisoners in Germany convoy
Lisbon dispatch reports Claiborne Pell acting as Santa for British prisoners in Germany. He travels with Alfredo Fonseca in a Portuguese Red Cross flagged car, carrying 10 000 cigarettes 150 plum puddings 200 kilograms of woolen clothing 70 pairs of shoes and 70 bedroom slippers plus a half ton of foodstuffs. The convoy aims for the Swiss German border by late next week with support from Mrs Ian Campbell whose gifts include winter clothing for cold camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Claiborne Pell
Santa Claus
Germany
Pell
Herbert Claiborne Pell
United States
Red Cross
Alfredo Antonio Fonseca
Anthony J Drexel Biddle, Jr
U. 8
Poland
Ian Campbell
Warning to Firms Promotes 40-Hour Week and Minimum Wage
Col. Philip B. Fleming told about 4,000 delegates at the National Association of Manufacturers that enforcement of wage and hour laws is assured. He praised the 40-hour week and minimum wage, noting historical declines in factory hours and urging firms to comply to avoid penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philip B. Fleming
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
Fleming
America
British Greek victory and Italian retreat in North Africa and Balkans
Desperate Italian counter attacks failed as Greek and Allied forces repelled them at Sidi Barrani and in Albania. British air and naval actions harass Mussolini's retreating army, while Greek advances on the Albanian coast continue. The Rhein freighter is seized by Dutch forces as Washington weighs war considerations.
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Durazzo
Tirana
Albania
London
Royal Navy
Rodolfo Graziani
Barran
Henry Maitland Wilson
Egypt
Anthony Eden
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Mussolini
Sidi Barran
North Africa
Sidi Barrani
Buqbuqne
Dar
Tommiéy
Chas de Gaulle
Libya
Cairo
Porto Edda
Athens
Britain
Midlands
Rhineland
Hemisphere
Tampico
Mexico
Washington
Rhein
van Kinsbergen
Atlantic
Lord Lothian
American Bureau Association
Decatur News The Cobb and White births and local notices
Decatur includes birth announcements for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Cobb at Benevolent Society hospital on December 12 and a son to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White at Baugh's Infirmary on December 11. Local residents, church events, school activities, and community notes fill the page, with visitors, health updates, and upcoming Christmas events at Southside and First Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cobb
Benevolent Society Hospital
W. A. White
Hartselle
Route 2
Baugh’s Infirmary
Decatur
Benevolent Society
Heflin Man Killed in Night Liquor Car Chase
Ed J. Stewart, 30, died on the Heflin postmaster’s lawn after officers chased a moonshine car to that location. Clellan Wager and A. J. Adams helped intervene as Stewart fought. Mrs. Wager then fired, and Adams shot Stewart. No arrests. Sheriff W A Prestridge accompanied the chase. one of two men in the car escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heflin
Ala
Ed J. Stewart
Stewart
Ten Mobile policemen receive prison terms in bribery case
Ten former Mobile policemen were sentenced to Atlanta penitentiary after federal convictions that they conspired to take bribes from bootleggers. Twenty six others were acquitted in the mass trial. sentences ranged from a year and a day to two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Atlanta
John McDuffie
Bombing and broadcasts as war actions unfold on the coast
Cannons machine gunned southeast coast centers this afternoon as raiders skimmed rooftops and windows shattered while pedestrians escaped unharmed. British bombers attacked industrial targets in the Rhine region during the night and Ronald Cross urged the US to bear the cost of feeding Europeans under German rule, stressing lives over stomachs.
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London
Rhineland
Ronald H. Cross
United States
Germany
New Indictments Sought After Racial Jury Bias Ruling
In West Palm Beach Florida on December 12 a circuit judge voided murder indictments of three Black inmates after finding no Black members on the grand jury. The judge ordered new indictments to be sought, citing intentional racial discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fila
Florida
E. Chillingsworth
Decatur Thriller Night Nets Four Teams At Central Gym
Four Decatur independent basketball teams played at Central Gym in a benefit for Frank Donahue the ex firefighter blinded recently. Goodyear defeated Decatur National Guardsmen while Athens OCC lost to Cisco and the Foresters faced Discomen in a close opener. Box scores follow.
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Decatur
Central Gym
Frank Donahue
Cisco
Athens Occ
Goodyear
National Guardsmen
Athens Foresters
Discomen
Cockrell
Supreme Court Decisions From Montgomery Dated December
Supreme Court announcements from Montgomery Alabama list several rulings. Cases include City of Cullman appeal in equity, ex parte matters involving the State of Alabama and Geneva Gin & Storage Co, Sloss Sheffield Steel, Knight Iron and Metal Co, and individuals such as Himan Ginsberg and T Eugene Connor with various petitions for rehearing and certiorari denied or overruled.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Folllw
Alabama
1Stgraf
Livingston
J. Asa B. Fuller
City of
Court of Appeals
Geneva Gin & Storage Co, A Corp
Geneva Gin & Storage Co
A Corp
J. P. Raws
Sloss
Sheffield Steel & Iron Co
Fred W. Peinhardt
Jefferson Circuit Court
Sheffield Steel &Iron Co. A Corp
Sheffield ‘Steel & Iron Co. A Corp
W. A
Willingham
Court of Appéals
Knight Iron and Metal Co., Inc
Knight Iron and Metal Co
John W. Ardis
Himan Ginsberg
the Union Central Life Insurance Co
T. Eugene Connor
State of Alabama
H. L. Milam
Three Men Rearrested After Bond Granted in Broward Case
Judge Chillingsworth’s order led to the rearrest of Charles Davis, Jack Williamson, and Walter Woodward shortly after they were granted freedom. State Attorney Phil O’Connell said he would seek January grand jury indictments in Broward County where the original indictments were filed.
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Ion
Chillingsworth
Charles Davis
Jack Williamson
Walter Woodward
Phil O’connell
Broward County
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Scout Activifles
Brenda Marshall
George Brent
The
Wall. Street
Iquit
Dee, Ok
Decatur’s
W. H. Drinkard
Eva Route 1
Susie BE. Johnson
C. L. Ragsdale
Fairview
Ben Peete
Second Avenue
J. A. Chambers
Southside Baptist Church
Athens College
Gilbert White
South Limestone
Mr. White
North Alabama
Fred Sparkman
Oak Ridge
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Robert Gray
Baugh's Infirmary
Fourth Avenue
West
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
Irwin J. Quinn
Elva B. Frazier
Valdermosa Schoo
E. C. Powell
W. EB. Waterhouse
Baptist Executive Board
Gene Speer
Louis Nelson
Rev
W. E. Waterhouse
Huntsville
Tennessee Valley Scout Council
James Folmar
First Baptist Church
Board of Deacons
E. B. Stroup
Danville
City
Irby Eddie
Alvie Parker
Thursay
Hartselle, Rt. 3
Tom
Barber
Somerville
J. D. Clark
Falkville
William Barrett
Board of Stewards
Julian Harris
First Methodist Church
Southside
B T. Howell
Beana and
Roy Howell, Jr
J. B. Priestly
G. F Baker
Mayo Cliptic
Rochester, Minnesota
H. D. Greer
Greer
J. O. Drake
Canal Street
F. E. Wolf
Maxwell Field
Franklin McConvile Wolf
R. BE. DeMasters
Moulton
F. J. McCaghren
J. E B. Stover
Route 3 Com
Thursy
Roy Loughry
Moulton Route 2
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Linton
J. V. Sims
McElroy
A. Sims
Wade
McEntire
Deneco
Witsell
R. B. Puckett
Santa
Kier
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