Hartselle Rotary Leads Christmas Food Toy Drive Plan
Hartselle Alabama Rotary Club and local churches form a joint group to survey needy families, remove duplicate listings, and distribute food clothing and toys this Christmas. Volunteers canvass December 16 21 and deliver December 23 with a benefit toy show December 20 at Strand Theater. Donations can be left at Citizens Bank or arranged by calling 2151.
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Hartselle
Ala
Ture
Book Lover's Club
Women’s Missionary Societies
DPW
WPA
Allan Smith
Strand Theater
Italians see major setback as British push advances
Report highlights rapid British advances in Libya cutting Graziani's Italian line and reaching the sea corridor by Sidi Barrani. Royal Air Force dominance harasses Italian withdrawals while Allied coordination between army navy and air forces aids the westward push. Italian generals seized at Sidi Barrani are brought to Cairo by air.
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Rodolfo Graziani
Cairo
Alexandria
Near East
Graziani
Sidi Barrani
Royal Air Force
Libya
Bardia
Tobruk
Salum
Britain
Uni
London
Gir ‘Tehibald Wavell
Middle East
Archibald
Arthur Murray Longmore
Miditerranean
Henry Maitland Wilson
Egypt
Raymond Collishaw
Navy
Wall Street Holds Steady Amid Mixed Trading
Stock market showed selective recovery with gains in steels and several industrials including amusements and utilities. Turnover hovered around 900000 shares as traders eyed a possible temporary rally amid war news and a healthier technical base. Cotton and grain futures moved unevenly with mixed closes across wheat corn oats and cotton futures.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
England
Markets at a Glance December Trading Snapshot
New York stocks steady with some advancing issues, bonds higher as rails rise, currencies narrow and unchanged. Cotton up with active trading, sugar mixed, metals steady with tin at forward premium. Wool tops quiet with limited Boston activity. Chicago grain prices lower on weak cash bids. corn down on reduced spot markets. Cattle steady with common and medium grades. hogs up 70 with fewer receipts.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
Wheat prices steady after modest rally in Chicago trade
Wheat prices barely rose in Chicago on December 13 with May and July futures under pressure. Sellers pushed deferred contracts lower as gains of 3 to 8 and 5 to 8 cents faded, reflecting cautious demand for the market day.
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Chicago
Hobby Club in Good Meets at Decatur Junior High
The Hobby Club of Decatur Junior High School meets in two general sessions and multiple group meetings. The 55 volunteers form seven groups led by Judson Hawthorne and others. Notable programs featured photography with Dr. M E B Edwards, Salvation Army leader Frank Longino, and reptile study with Ross Allen links and first aid demonstrations.
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Hobby Club
Decatur Junior High School
Bright Idea Club
Judson Hawthorne
Lloyd Lively
Bobby Halfacre
E. B. Speer
M. EB. Edwards
Cullman
Frank Longino
Salvation Army
J. E. McCoy
Ross Allen
Ellis Fysal
Fysal
Pysal
Ross Allen Reptile Institute of Florida
Allen
Otto Fisher
Mrs Jagger Dies at Marion Home
Mrs Gas Wrieger Jagger 16 mother of Claude A Jagger, AP financial editor, died at home of heart ailment. She was a past district deputy of the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include husband and son Kenneth of Palmyra.
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Marion
Gas Wrieger
Associated Press
Enthusiasm in Cairo Rise Over Italian Ethiopian Front
A Reuters correspondent reports keen Cairo speculation on how British successes might affect Italian resistance in Ethiopia. British offensives could force Italy to concede as morale falters despite Mussolini's assurances. The Nile route via Suez remains the key supply line for reinforcement.
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Cairo
Ethopia
Reuters
East Africa
Mussolini
Nile
Suez
Nashville Livestock Market Prices Report
Salable cattle 600 with demand for big bulk fat show stock. Calves 75. Yearlings and steers medium shortfed 8.00 9.00 lower grades 6.00 7.75. Grand champion yearlings 50 per lb. Vealers top 10.50. Hogs 500 mostly 10 higher. good and choice 160 lbs and heavier 5.40 6.10. Sows 4.70. Sheep 25. Fat lambs 8.50 down. top fat ewes 2.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Butter Prices Steady as Chicago Receipts Hold Firm
Butter receipts total 563,028 with the market unchanged. Eggs receipts 3,544 and current receipts 24 1.2 refrigerated extras 22 3-4 and refrigerated standards 22 1-2 remain steady. Other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Poultry Market Summary From Chicago Trade Report
Chicago market report notes live poultry steady with 36 trucks and duck loads unchanged. Colored birds 4 1/2 pounds up. white ducks 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 pounds. geese over 12 pounds at 11. Other items not specified.
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Chicago
Grain Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago markets show cash grain levels with multiple wheat and corn quotes. Prices listed include No 2 red wheat 93 1 2 cents, No 1 hard 91 1 2, corn No 2 yellow 61 1 4 63 1 4, No 2 white 68 1 2, and various oats grades from 38 3 4 to 41 1 2 cents.
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Chicago
TVA Testing New Vaccine Inoculation Of 6000 Employees
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced that 6000 employees are enrolling as human subjects to test a new influenza vaccine aimed at type A. The program, moving from New York and Minneapolis trials to the South, seeks to gauge immunity duration and effectiveness for defense-related operations. Rockefeller Foundation supplied 12000 doses, with 950 given in Chattanooga and 950 in Knoxville.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
South
New York
Minneapolis
San Francisco
TVA Department of Health and Safety
TVA
The
Rockefeller Foundation
U. S. Public Health Service
Knoxville
President Roosevelt Heads for Charleston on Defense Cruise
The cruiser Tuscaloosa carrying President Roosevelt is en route to Charleston and is expected to reach tomorrow. Unless plans change, he will conclude a 3000 mile defense base inspection cruise at this port and depart by special train to Washington.
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Charleston
Tuscaloosa
Roosevelt
Washington
Protest Over Ford Army Truck Contract Award
A spokesman for Sidney Hillman said a vigorous protest was lodged with the War Department against a $2,000,000 Ford Motor Company award for army trucks and passenger cars. The protest alleges the contract lacks labor law compliance clauses, notably the Wagner Act.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
National Defense Commission
War Department
Ford Motor Company
Army
Pepper pushes poll tax ban as federal voting curb
Senator Pepper of Florida proposed a constitutional amendment to bar poll taxes as a prerequisite to federal elections. He acknowledged likely opposition from Southern colleagues but plans to introduce the bill when the new session opens next month.
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Washington
Pepper
D.fla
Italy Defends War Unity Against Internal Foes
In Rome on December 13 Italian fascist organs warned of internal enemies such as hoarders and pessimists. Adelchi Serena reportedly ordered Squadristi leaders to act against those who doubt Italy is at war. Farinacci’s Il Regime Fascista urged shooting hoarders and beating alarmists as part of a broader press campaign against internal enemies.
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Rome
Fascism
Ll Regime Fascista
Roberto Farinacci
Adelchi Serena
Squadrici
Italy
Farinacci
Tl Popolo di Roma
Il Regime Fascista
Lavoro Fascista
Negro Youth Clubs Highlightirs From Tuskegee Farm News
The Negro Farmer at Tuskegee notes three 4 H clubs in Morgan and Lawrence counties. Estella Aldrage, Priceville homemakers leader, attended Tuskegee short courses and started a beef calf project after a three day calf was fed by hand. James and Edward Stewart of Hillsboro helped their mother at a mattress making center.
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The
Negro Farmer
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama Extension Service
Tuskegee
Morgan County
Lawrence
Carrie Gee
Morgan and
Estella Aldrage
Priceville
Homemakers Club
James Stewart
Edward Stewart
Hillsboro
Lawrence County
Britain’s Defiance Ties Axis in Mediterranean War
The piece notes British propaganda fears in Italy and concerns over Fascist morale in Africa after defeat in Greece. It highlights Britain’s resilience, the loss of Axis strategic knots at Gibraltar Suez and the Dardanelles, and Spain’s cautious stance, implying Britain’s continuing hold on the Mediterranean.
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Italy
Germany
Africa
John Buil
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Suez
Dardanelles
Greece
Britain
Crete
Graziani
Spain
Axis
Sliver of War Dispatch On Units Held Heights
A fragment from a war report notes Greek forces defending select heights and a sizable number of them captured. An unc onfirmed report claims Colonel Sardo Alpine division may have been killed.
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Sardo
Alpine Division
Friday the thirteenth figures in hospital tally
Middlesex County Hospital reports 13 mothers and 13 infants in the maternity ward on Friday the thirteenth. Superintendent Howard Pfirman notes the 13th arrival came 13 hours after the mother’s admission. The newborn Raymond Clovis Morrow of Chester carries 13 letters in his given names and is the 13th grandchild.
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Middletown
Conn
Middlesex County Hospital
Howard
Pfirman
Raymond Clovis Morrow
Raymond Morrow
Chester
Decatur Kiwanis Honors Decatur High School Grid Squad
The Decatur Kiwanis Club hosted a Thursday night dinner for about 40 Decatur high school football players. Guest speakers, Auburn and Decatur football figures, shared stories while pictures from Auburn Clemson and Decatur Hartselle games were shown.
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Decatur
Raiders
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Quince Eddins
Hotel Lyons
E. W. McLeod
Elec
Fe.dina
Charles W. Young
Comner Ezell
Alva “Hoss” Burns
Shorty Ogle
Jimmy Hitchcock
Auburn
George Mattison
Clemson
Peterson Joins RFC Birmingham as Examiner
Decatur friends note H. L. Peterson former resident and civic leader has joined the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Birmingham as an examiner. He left Decatur two years ago for Greenville where he contracted with local business and gained strong goodwill.
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Decatur
H. L. Peterson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Birmingham
Peterson
Greenville
Alabama
Greenville Advocate
RFC
Pete’ Peterson
Mrs. Peterson
Pete
Noted editor visits Decatur on train between stops
Johnathan Daniels editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, a noted author, visited Decatur Thursday between trains. He tours the South in his book A Southerner Discovers The South and plans a piece on the defense program’s Southern impact. Daniels, son of Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, visited Tullahoma Nashville and the Tri-Cities area in Alabama.
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Johnathan Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
News & Observer
Decatur
Daniels
South
Daniela
Tullahoma
Tenn
Nashville
Tri-Cities
Alabama
Tarheel
Josephus Daniels
King George VI Tours Birmingham Ruins After Bombing
King George VI visited the rubble strewn city of Birmingham less than 12 hours after the industrial center endured its third major Nazi bombing attack. A crowd gathered as the monarch viewed flattened buildings and wrecked homes. A survivor quoted, “We’re not downhearted, it’s nice to be alive.” The king replied, “It is indeed.”
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George VI
Birmingham
War Relief Unit to Close for Holidays
The Red Cross war relief headquarters at 110 W Vine Street will shut this afternoon for the holidays. For information during closure, call Mrs J W Clapton at 1026. Operations resume after New Year, likely January.
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War Relief Department of the Red Cross
W. Vine Street
Roy Poteet
J. W. Clapton
Bank Street
County Red Cross
Wy Vine Street
Decatur Social Notes Record Local Visits and Events
Decatur residents and visitors frequent the city Friday for business and social errands. Doctors, ministers, and families attend church programs, Christmas events, and hospital recoveries as listed, with several moves to and from Baugh's Infirmary and local homes.
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EB. L. Hatfield
Decatur
Model Warren Acquitted In Boston Nudism Case
Twelve jurors ruled there was nothing immoral about a pretty 18 year old model posing for amateur photographers in a Boston studio attic. Miss Shirley Warren testified she worked for painters sculptors and photographers and posed for $1 an hour. Police found photographs in a raid. two other models and ten camera men were convicted in the lower court.
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Boston
Shirley Warren
Edward M. Sullivan
Haskell] Preedman
Miss Warren
CIO Strike Policy Eyed in Defense Dispute
Washington dispatch reports a meeting between CIO President Philip Murray and six vice presidents to clarifiy the union’s strike policy in defense industries. California Rep Ford accuses CIO leaders of undermining defense, while Rep Voorhis warns against split in national unity amid preparedness debate.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
California
Murray
John L. Lewis
Rep. Voorhis
Calif
Milk income talk draws 150 at Trinity meeting
About 150 residents gathered at Trinity Thursday to view milk and cheese production pictures and hear talks on steady milk income. Speakers included E C McDaniel, Ras sistant County Agent Marshall, and bank representatives who urged a shift from one crop to multiple crops with Morgan County Bank backing the plan. Subsequent meetings were announced for Sommerville, Massey, and Lawrence County locations next week.
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Trinity
E. C. McDaniel
Trinity School
Rassistant County
Marshall
T. J. Adcock
Trinity Route One
Claudie McBride
Trinity Route 1
J. W. Darrah
Morgan County National Bank
Bill Hockensmith
Joe Sneed
Bayne Vaughan
Mr. Darrah
Morgan County
Morgan County Bank
Decatur
Carlisle Blackwell
Casto Jarvis
H. M. Laymman
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Farm Extension Service
Somerville
Massey
Lawrence County
Phi Chi Mu Holds Regular Meeting at Decatur High
The Phi Chi Mu club met Wednesday night at Decatur Senior High School. Several laws were passed during the session and the president appointed a constitutional committee. With Mr McMasters absent the members drafted geometric figures for their Christmas tree.
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Phi Chi Mu
Decatur Senior High School
McMasters
One Arrest Reported in Vine Street Prohibition Raid
Deputies Candler Pittman and Bibb Humphrey raided a place on W Vine Street Thursday afternoon arresting a Negro man for violating the prohibition law. A gallon and a half of corn whiskey was confiscated and the defendant was placed in Morgan County jail.
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Candler Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
W. Vine Street
Morgan County
Milk checks climb as Decatur Cheese Plant grows output
Milk payments from the Decatur Cheese Plant rise with November checks expected to total 4,570.94 dollars. Through seven months of operation the plant has paid 34,562.68 dollars for milk, signaling a growing farm milk payroll in the Decatur area.
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Decatur
Windsor Duke and Duchess Seek Medical Update in Miami
The Duke and Duchess arrived aboard the yacht Southern Crow in Miami and went to St Francis Hospital Miami Beach for the Duchess to undergo an operation. Physicians report the Duchess is recovering satisfactorily. The Duke issued a statement expressing sorrow over Lord Lothian's death.
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McGrath
Miami
St. Francis Hospital
Miami Beach
Lord Lothian
Windsor successor as ambassador to Washington debated in London
Official circles offered no comment on American predictions that Windsor may be named Lord Lothian's successor in Washington though one source doubted the former king would get the post. No decision expected for days as many names circulate, including Eden, Lloyd George, Duff Cooper, Beaverbrook, Chatfield, Cranborne, Vansittart, Halifax, Campbell, and Casey.
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London
the of Windsor
Lord Lothian
Washington
Roosevelt
Anthony Eden
David Lloyd George
Alfred Duff Cooper
Lord Beaverbrook
Lord Chatfield
Lord Cranborne
Robert Vansittart
Lord Halifax
Gerald Campbell
New York
Richard Casey
Flags at Half Mast for Lord Lothian in Washington
Washington mourns Lord Lothian as the British ambassador’s death prompts questions on a funeral plan and whether the United States will send a warship to bring the envoy home amid a dangerous wartime zone. Condolences pour into the Georgetown embassy from officials and friends.
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Washington
Lord Lothian
London
United States
State Department
Lothian
Hom
Britain
Hitler
Poland
Alabama Placed on College Roll for Defense Training
The federal security agency announced 64 engineering colleges would offer 250 short courses to train for national defense jobs. About 25,000 students could enroll with $9 million approved for tuition. schools include University of Alabama University Alabama Mississippi State College State College Vanderbilt University Nashville.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency Today
Agencie
Office of Education
Congress
University of Alabama, University
Ala
Mississippi State College
State College
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
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J. T. Johnson
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