Recreation Centers in Decatur Boost WPA Era Participation
Three Decatur recreation centers sponsored by the WPA and city report weekly activity participants around 5 150, though many take part in multiple programs. Centers at 219 Canal street 1319 Fourth avenue south and 1107 Beach street offer handicraft athletics dramatics nature study folk dances music and community nights with facilities donated by local merchants and city improvements including library branches and game rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
WPA
Lucille Giles
Morgan County
Canal Street
Fourth Avenue
Beach Street
Canal
Canal Street Center
Raymond Reagin
Ethel Plant
Wilma Dunnavent
Grace Garrison
Sidney Kelly
Fourth Avenue Center
Virginia Brock
Annie B
Sherill Williams
James A
Lodema Harris
Louise Griswokd
Stocks Rally Across Markets With Broad Advances
New York markets show strong gains with favored issues rising fractions and volume up from yesterday. Commodities also rally as analysts note stocks following gains, while cotton futures in New Orleans hit season highs with firm closes and domestic demand supporting cattle and hog values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sheen
New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Climb in Memphis Close
Prime 41 percent cottonseed meal futures closed firm in Memphis with Dec 29.25, Jan 28.90, Mar 2030, May 2030, Jul 28.20, Sep 26.50, and total sales of 9,700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Poultry Market Prices Rise and Fall in Chicago Trading
Chicago market report lists live poultry with 2 cars 34 trucks and ducks and geese moving steadily. White Rock ducks 4 1 2 pounds up, geese over 12 pounds 12 1 2 to 13 1 2, young tom turkeys 18 pounds and up at 16, other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Butter prices and receipts report steady market
Butter quotations remain steady with 673 087 pounds traded and a creameries average of 90 score. Centralized carrot demand shows 273 to 428, while ayes reach 6 073 with steady current receipts at 17 1 4. Refrigerator extras and standards hold at 15 3 4 and 15 1 2 with firsts at 14 3 4 and other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain prices surge with record December wheat highs
Chicago market reports a broad grain rally with December wheat at 1.02 1/4, the highest since October 1937. Wheat futures around 3 7/8 to 4 7/8 higher, with rye soybeans oats also at new seasonal highs as traders push prices up across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bonda
U. S
London
Chicago
Chicago grain and seed prices for a day
Chicago markets report closing grain and seed prices with bid ranges for wheat corn oats and soybeans. Prices shown for No 1 to No 4 grades and sample grades, plus values for timothy red clover and alfalfa.
Nashville Livestock Market Report Calves Steady Prices
Nashville Tenn December 13 U S Dept of Agriculture salable cattle include 200 calves and 100 head. Market quotable mostly steady under light test. Common and medium heifers and steers priced 6.00 to 8.00 with better fed kinds for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Countywide recreation group plans future programs
The Canal street center averages 750 weekly participants with Fourth avenue south at 2500 and Beach street at 1900. Rutledge Omnas chairs the council with Miss Clio Levin as secretary and Miss Ethel Mac Orr as acting treasurer. Other members include Carl Patterson, Mrs. Carlton Kelley, Judge Seybourn H. Lynne, James Rankin and Prof. W. T. Jordan. Lucille Giles oversees countywide projects and Margaret Harris times, city basement courthouse hosts headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cothern
Canal Street Center
Fourth Avenue
South
Beach Street
Rutledge 8 Omnas
Clio Levin
Ethel Mac Orr
Carl D. Patterson
Carlton Kelley
Morgan
Farm prices surge in New York commodity markets
Prices for farm products climbed across major exchanges as drought and dust storms cut yields and European demand grew. Wheat and cotton led gains with December delivery at Chicago above $1 a bushel and 11.28 cents a pound for immediate cotton, while silk hit a nine year high and rubber and hides gained marginally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commission
Argentaina
Chicago
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Liverpool
United States
Worth Street
Netherlands
Secrecy Marks London Secret War Debate Session
Guards were selected and soundproof doors fitted in the House of Commons for a one day secret debate on munitions and war supplies chaired by Prime Minister Chamberlain. Edward Burgin outlined orders placed in the first 94 days totaling 208 million pounds. Royal Air Force patrols over German mine laying continued, while the Bremen incident drew navy criticism for not attacking faster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Edward Leslie Burgin
Britain
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Melgolandight
Navy
Bremen
Admiralty
Helgoland
North Sea
Sormer
Murmansk
Russia
Western Front
Princess Matinee to Aid the Kiddies
Manager Banniza of the Princess theatre announced a Saturday matinee from nine to ten o clock. Admission is canned goods or usable cloth for the Community House supervised by Miss Lucy Bell. An excellent program for the kiddies will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banniza
The
Princess Theatre
Lucy Bell
Indicted in Missouri Bank Robbery Case
Charles J. Loughran, 57, indicted by a federal grand jury for the November 3 1937 robbery of the Bank of Aurora Missouri. Two men held up bank employees and escaped with $2866. Counts allege robbery by force and use of firearms risking officers lives. conviction on that count could bring the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles J. Loughran
Bank of
Aurora
Loughran
Eighth District Petroleum Committee to Meet in Huntsville
The Eighth District Petroleum Industries Committee schedules its third meeting Tuesday January 19 at 2:00 PM in the Russell Erskine Hotel Huntsville. Delegations from seven counties will attend led by A R Adams Florence as chairman to plan federal legislative actions and campaign against federal taxes and fuel blending proposals. Members from this county include Roy Odom P D Peebles J R Williams R E Catlett A D Sample and C H Winston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroleum Industries Committee
Russell- Erskine
Huntsville
Thig
A. R.adams
Florence
Roy Odom
P. D. Peebles
J. R Williams
R. E. Catlett
A. D. Sample
C. H. Winston
Progressive Mine Workers of Illinois Formed in 1932
The union split from the United Mine Workers after 22 years of service in Illinois due to perceived dictatorial policies. It recruited 35,000 of 42,000 Illinois miners and later 80,000 coal workers outside Illinois after an AFL international charter in 1938. A key case involved the Laing Mine in Eskdale, West Virginia, where workers joined the Progressives but the Wyatt Coal Company refused recognition. The NLRB has not ruled on the case, filed in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Work
Illinois
UMW
Progressive Mine Workers of
Ilinois
Progressives
AFL
Ozank
Labor Board
NLRB
Ozanic
Laing
Wyatt Coal Company
Eskdale
W. Va
Toland
Philip G. Phillips
N. W
Nathan Witt
United Mine Workers
Lawyers Gather For Alabama Legal Institute Series
A group of lawyers and judges from cities like Scottsboro Guntersville Athens Cullman Haleyville Moulton Tuscumbia Florence and Russellville plan a three month program to hold statewide legal institutes. Prof Hepburn Senator Simpson and Judge McElroy will speak on current practical labor law topics and legal rights, offering North Alabama a professional meeting and education opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. E. Jones
Scottsboro
Chm
Joe Créel
Guntersville
W. J. Haralson
Fr. Payne
Thos. Steele
Athens
Kenneth Griffith
Cullman
Jesse Stallings
Haleyville
James B. Perdue
Moulton
James E. Smith
Tuscumbia
Mims Rogers
Florence
Wm. H. Quillin
Russellville
South
Hepburn
Simpson
State Senate
McElroy
Tenth Judicial Circuit
North Alabama
Watermelons Pulled in December by Local Grower
W. H. Champion of Somerville route 1 brought three December watermelons to the Daily office. The melons weighed 25, 19, and 15 pounds and were kept from cold by heavy grass growth, remaining in perfect condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Champion
Somerville
Champion
Draft beer to go on sale under Alabama ABC approval
Permission was granted by the Sama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to sell unpasteurized draft beer in state sealed containers up to one pint. The order allows manufacturers and wholesale distributors to advertise it as draft beer. An excise tax of 12 cents per 12 fluid ounces applies, payable by wholesale distributors, with sale restricted to counties permitting local option and handled by licensed dispensers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Sama Alcoholic Beverage’ Control Board
Holesale
ABC
Cullman
Baldwin
Liquor Board
Alabama
Japan seeks renewed fisheries pact as talks proceed
A Japanese spokesman said Tokyo hopes to start talks in Tokyo on a new fisheries pact governing Japanese fishing in Russian waters while negotiations about trade continue in Moscow. Outer Mongolia Manchoukuo border work is under way at Chita. Foreign Minister Komura has not yet received a reply from Russia on renewing the fisheries pact which expires year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Komura
Japan
Tokyo
Moscow
Mongolia-Manchukuo
Chita
Russia
Roosevelt Seeks Renewal Of Reciprocal Trade Act
President Roosevelt said he would request renewal of the reciprocal trade act, expiring June 12, shaping a major issue for the 1940 session. Senate Minority Leader McNary predicted overwhelming defeat, while Senator Johnson indicated readiness to act on the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
McNary
Ore
Johnson
Colo
Indigirka ships tied to cannery relief crews and old American ties
Lloyds register notes the Indigirka, once the Commercial Quaker, a Mooremack Gulf line vessel built in 1920, now Russian owned. The ship, 253 feet long with a 43 foot beam, left New York June 1 and sailed through the Panama Canal to Vladivostok via Honolulu, reflecting transfer of older American ships to Russia in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Lloyd's Shipping Register
Indigirka
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Russia
Mooremack
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Gulf
New Orleans
Houston
Panama Canal
Honolulu
Acording
Maritime Register
C. D. Mallory Company
Victim recounts assault at rival salesman clash in Chattanooga
W M McCarter of Birmingham told police he was invited to a ride by a rival salesman and attacked. He said six teeth were pulled with pliers after a bottle strike and he received a botched haircut. Police named Puller Longley of Chattanooga as the suspect, held on felonious assault charges with a $5,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Birmingham
McCarter
Glenn Holleman
Puller Longley
Longley
Athens Officials, Fire Marshal Probe Repeats in Ardmore
Ardmore mayor John W. Smith visits Athens for business as Pred Martin deputy state fire marshal investigates several repeat fires this week. Mrs. R L Malone returns from Birmingham after a relative’s death. Attorneys R B Patton and W W Malone attend federal court in Anniston. A G White reportedly undergoes tests in Nashville hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Smith
Ardmore
Pred Martin
R. L Malone
Birmingham
Joseph Akin R. B. Patton
W. W. Malone
Athens
Anniston
A. G. White
Nashville
Decatur News Roundup of Illnesses and Local Events
Mrs Ben Britnell is improving at home on Sherman street and neighbors report others ill including Mrs W P Baugh at Vanderbilt hospital. Mary Allen Spencer and Breeding are recovering from pneumonia. Jimmy Mitchell continues to improve at the Flint sanatorium. A junior and senior deacons meeting is set at Southside Baptist church with midweek service led by Rev J A Chambers. Firemen battled a grass blaze near Decatur Iron and Steel and L N yards with several smaller calls earlier in the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Britnell
Sherman Street
Moulton Street
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Second Street
Sixth Avenue
War clouds over Europe widen as Finland clashes intensify
Ambassador Joseph Davies warned that only a miracle could avert a long bitter European war. Russia rejected mediation with Finland and pressed forward near the Karelian Isthmus, claiming massed forces and heavy casualties. Britain tests anti mine methods at Helgoland while Parliament debates munitions secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Joseph E. Davies
Brussels
Russia
Moscow
Helsinki
Negro Trusty Shot by Guard at Kilby Prison Hotel
Streety Jones, a negro trusty serving a life sentence for murder in Lowndes County in 1926, was shot and killed by Guard A B Emerson at Kilby Prison Hotel. Coroner M B Kirkpatrick said Emerson fired in self defense as Jones advanced after refusing to obey orders to clean windows. Jones worked in the building near prison walls. Emerson reported the confrontation and pending investigation. Warden Erle Wilson noted the prior murder conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Streety Jones
Kilby
M. B. Kirkpatrick
A. B. Emerson
Jones
Erle Wilson
Lowndes County
FFA Monthly Meeting Held At Cotaco
The Morgan county FFA held its monthly meeting on Wednesday night December 6 at Cotaco. Loyd Burns led the program year planning and members presented topics such as curing meat by Louis Meadows and raising money for an educational trip by Tasker Ryne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Cotaco
Lile
Loyd Burns
Hartselle
Louis Meadows
Falkville
Robert Ryne
Conrad Self
Eva
Tasker Ryne
Statehood Jubilee Observed With Citizenship Focus in Morgan County
Alabama marks its 120th statehood anniversary as Morgan County schools prepare Citizenship observances. Superintendent Irwin J. Quinn urges each school to list eligible registrants for the Morgan County Board of Registrars meeting late January. Those turning 21 after October 1, 1939 may skip Fall taxes but must register to vote in 1939-40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Alabama
Morgan County
Irwin J. Quinn
Board of Registrars
Eight Enlistments in Local Army Station
Sergeant James W. Barnes announces eight area men have enlisted at the local post office station for regular Army service. Names and assignments include Rufus E. Raby Air Corps Maxwell Field Alabama Maxwell Field, William P. Kyte Coast Artillery Fort Barrancas Florida, Henry D. Stacy Richard M. Lovell Clarence W. Albright Medical Corps Fort Benning Georgia, Hollis G. Hendrix Medical Corps 5th Division Fort McClellan Alabama, Alvin C. Stanf Infantry Fort Benning, W. Wilson Signal Corps 8th Division Fort McClellan Alabama. Barnes notes several vacancies across branches and invites inquiries at the local station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Barnes
Rufus E. Raby
Air Corps
Maxwell Pield
Ala
William P. Kyte
Coast Artillery
Fort Barrancas
Fla
Henry D. Stacy
Richard M. Lovell
Clarence W. Albright
Medical
Fort Benning
Hollis G. Hendrix
Fort McClellan
Alvin C. Stanf
Infantry
Benning
W. Wilson
Signal Corps
Set. Barnes
Hogeland Infant Rites Held At Roselawn Cemetery
Funeral services for Jerry Clark Hogeland infant son of Mr and Mrs H M Hogeland were held at 3 p m Wednesday at Roselawn cemetery with burial directed by Howell and Young The baby died at Benevolent Society Hospital at 10 o'clock Tuesday night The parents survive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Clark Hogeland
H. M. Hogeland
Roselawn Cemetery
Howell and Young
Benevolent Society Hospital
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Ane
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
N. C. Cotton
Mark
James Crow
Newton B. Powell
Philip Shanks, Jr
J. W. Sherrill, Jr
A. M. Smith, Jr
Norman Harris
Decatur’s
W. P. Baugh
Vanderbilt Hospital
Mary Allen Spencer
Bruce Spencer
Gordon Drive
Falla Bailey
W. F. Rauschenburg
Danville Road
Jimmy Mitchell
Flint Sanatorium
J. Couch
Second Avenue
Donald Whitmire
Walter Todd
Harvey Self
Red Raiders
Mase
Will
Decatur High
R. M. Grantland
Trinity
W. L. Aldridge
Madison
J. W.chappell
J. H. Price
Vinemont
M. M. Hughes
Baugh’s Infirmary
H. R. Collier
Mobile
Grace
Seventh Avenue
Marion Vickery
Business Today
Southside Baptist Church
Barnett DeMent
Louis
Prospect Drive
J. A. Chambers
Moulton Heights
Baptist Church
Ray Peppers
Susan Shelby White
J. W. Tomlinson
Danville
L. R. Stone
Negley Hotel
Jacqueline Burleson
Eighth Avenue, South
Hileen
Martha Faye Berry
Ninth Avenue, South
Earl Jones, Jr
W. A. Hill
Irene Wood
Sue Holland
W. G. Holt
John, W. Christian
George A. Schweppe
Wilson Dam
TVA
Bessemer
Tarrant City
Margaret Raike
Reatives
Karelian
Finland
Negro Trusty
Madam Brent
Pullman Trailers
Triangle
W. Moulton ST
FFA
Wiel
ARMY
Hogeland
Britt Davis and
Riley Randel
Perry ST
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