British Press Praises Roosevelt Aid Plan and Armament Speedup
London papers hail President Roosevelt's proposals to aid Britain and accelerate arms production. Editors call America a belligerent ally, critique peacetime niceties, and stress the need for duty and shared sacrifice to sustain wartime effort.
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News Armas
America
Roosevelt
Britain
London
United States
Germany
Italy
The
Daily Sketch
the Mail
Hull
William Knudsen
National Defense Advisory Committee
Britain Plans Ship Orders Under Roosevelt Aid
The British purchasing commission and U S leaders discussed a list of orders and a $50 million partial payment for about 60 merchant ships to be built at two American yards Portland Maine and a West Coast site not yet chosen. Officials emphasized fast action before Congress grants authority to the president for the program.
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Roosevelt
Portland
Willmorrow
Barry
Army
Navy
Early
Stimson
England
Britain
Congress
Morgenthau
Dessent
Defenee
Markets Slip as Year End Caution Weighs on Stocks
In New York today stocks showed limited rallying appeal with many issues in the red as year end tax adjustments and cautious buyers restrained gains. Steel shares improved slightly late while overall activity remained irregular with about 750 thousand shares traded. In Chicago wheat moved within a narrow range ending mixed with December at 88 3/8 to 1-2 and May at 4 1/8 84.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Chicago grain prices move as futures hold steady
Chicago on December 19 reports cash grain quotes with wheat No 2 mixed at 60 cents, corn No 3 mixed 66, No 2 yellow 62.5, No 3 white 66.75, oats No 2 mixed 38.5, No 1 white heavy 41.25, soybeans No 3 yellow 90.25 with sample grades 84.75 to 86.50.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance in New York and Chicago
Market briefs from December 1917 show stocks easy with leaders narrow, bonds lower and utilities most active. Foreign exchange steady, cotton price fixing, sugar trade covering, metals steady with copper demand at 12 cents, warrants improved demand in wool. Chicago notes wheat firm, corn firm with strong demand, hogs up 10 to 15 with sharply reduced receipts.
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New York
Bombay
Chicago
Corh
Nashville Livestock Prices Report Good Demand
Nashville Tenn December 19 cattle calves hogs and sheep listed by the U S Dept of Agriculture show salable cattle around 300 calves 100 good clearance at steady prices dealers steady to 50 higher top 11 50 short fed yearlings and steers 8 25 to 9 00 recent sales good to 10 00 common and low medium slaughter heifers and steers 6 00 to 8 00 most beef cows 5 00 to 5 50 few 6 00 canner and cull cows 3 50 to 4 75 hogs 700 steady to 15 higher good and choice 190 300 lbs 6 20 130 180 lbs 4 95 to 5 50 few sows 4 65 salable sheep 25 steady fat wooled lambs to 8 50 if good top fat wooled ewes 2 50
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
Cotton futures close mixed with slight gains
Features show mixed closes with gains in some months. Jan contract opens at 10.00 and ends 10.13. May at 10.05. July 9.83. Oct 9.31. Dec 9.28. Middling spot quoted at 1.33, off 1.0.
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Cotton
New York
Mussolini Reports British Threat to Bardia Front
A Cairo dispatch notes the British pincers closing on Bardia in Italian Libya as Mussolini’s high command confirms British counter-invasion progress from Egypt. The fall of Bardia with a 12,000 plus garrison seems likely as Allied land, sea, and air forces press the fortress.
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North Africa
Mussolini
Egypt
Bardia
Italian Libya
Cairo
Berdia
Sidi Barran
Cotton futures drift lower on hedge selling in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 19 hedge selling kept cotton futures weak. Closing prices fell 1 to 2 points with limited gains and steady opens across contracts including January near 10.03 and May around 10.08.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Prices Edge Higher on New Orleans Market
Cottonseed oil prices closed firm in New Orleans on December 19 with a steady summer primary and bids for crude contracts. Prices listed include prime crude at 4.75 and futures for December 338, January 5.35, March 5.41, May 5.50, and July 5.55 as bid levels for the market session.
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New Orleans
Butter Prices and Receipts Report from Chicago
Butter receipts on December 19 show 668 414 pounds with weak demand. Creamery prices range from 89 32 3 4 to 93 score 34 35. Eggs receipts total 5 314 with weak market for fresh graded eggs and various classes listed.
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Chicago
Secretary Morgenthau on British ships for lend plan
The secretary described 60 merchant ships as 410 foot 9,300 ton cargo vessels capable of 10 to 11 knots. He noted Britain had set aside 50 million dollars for cost and projected higher costs. he mentioned other vessels would cost about 1,250,000 dollars each and take a year to build. Contracts for lending remain undecided and the Maritime Commission will provide details.
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Congress
Elyion
Morgenthau
British and Italian Forces Clash as Warfront Shifts
Reports say fighting around Bardia intensified with British cordon forces allegedly breaking through and heading toward Tobruk. Italian withdrawals toward Berna and Greek bombardments in Albania hint at wider pressure on Axis forces while Tokyo urges US restraint as Grew counters with a blunt reply on China.
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Tobruk
Mediterranean
Kiwanis hears food plan progress for Decatur schools
Frank Longino reports on feeding underprivileged children in Decatur schools with 218 white and 70 Negro students eligible for lunches. Cost to equip kitchens estimated at about 1900 dollars, with 1665 white school and 225 Negro school allocations. Meeting led by T. J. Cottingham at the Lyons Hotel.
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Decatur
Frank Longino
Lyons Hotel
Reed Rogers, Jr
Key Club
T. J. Cottingham
America
George Godwin
John Caddell
Humtsville
Longino
Sam Alexander
Harlan Hunter
Quince Eddins
Marvin Rankin
United Charities
Grew Takes Jap to Task at Tokyo Farewell Luncheon
Foreign minister Yosuke Matsuoka urged the U S to stay out of a world war while Joseph C Grew challenged his view that China’s fate is largely sentimental to Americans Grew warned to consider facts and actions not just intentions as he spoke at the America Japanese society luncheon honoring Admiral Nomura in Tokyo.
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Dodolfo Gragziani
Britain
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Tepeleni
London
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
United States
Matsuoka
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
America
China
Max Hill
Unite States
U S
Grew
Roosevelt
Japan
Europe
Churchill Behind Chamber Scenes Sparks Cheering Crowd
Churchill as Yorkshire reports that the Prime Minister spoke to a packed house claiming 30 000 prisoners is an understatement. He cited 100 serviceable guns 50 tanks and vast stores already gathered by our forces while Mrs Churchill observed from a front gallery as he waved notes and smiled from the chamber.
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Yorkshire
eChurchill
Decatur Diary Courtesies and Local Happenings
Decatur residents hear Christmas plans and religious events. visitors arrive from Milwaukee Denver Birmingham and Louisville. bank president attends bankers meeting. church groups meet. local business and legal notices include traffic light case dismissal and community social at Westminster church.
Milky Way Out Free Picture At Local School
Lawrence County residents are invited to a free picture night at the Speake School on Wednesday. The event, sponsored by Decatur Chamber of Commerce and a local cheese factory, marks the start of weekly screenings after the school purchased a picture machine. Attendees include Miss Marie Hampton and Miss Grace Hogan who attended regional activities recently. Ulric Speake and Lewis Swindle returned from work in Tullahoma, Tenn. A spend-the-day quilting party was held at the Baptist church with attendees listed among local families.
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the Baptist Church
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Wilbur Jackson
Mary Evely
Emma Stephenson
Grace McMillian
Laura Hampton
Billy Hampton
Arthur
John McCaghren
Carrie Ae
Chas
Lottery bill sustained in Alabama Supreme Court ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed a Mobile circuit decree denying Ricardo Montiel’s bid to enjoin prosecutors from pursuing a lottery indictment. It ruled the suit against the state to halt the prosecution lacks equity and cannot be maintained. The decision also affirmed Hutch Danley’s 25 year robbery sentence in Coffee County.
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Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Ricardo Montiel
W.W. H. Holcombe
Bart B. Chamberlain
Mobile
Supreme Court
Saenger
Montiel
Hutch Danley
Coffee
War Escalation Threats and German Constraints Across Fronts
The article outlines Hitler's plan for a spring invasion of England, possible German troop movements through Italy or neutral Balkans, and the dangers from France and British bombing. It notes Vichy resistance, rising French anti-Nazi sentiment, and a mass transfer of 850,000 children from German districts due to aerial bombardment.
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Africa
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Greece
Albania
Italy
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
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Hitler
London
Britain
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Berlin
Hamburg
Rhur
Germany
Post Office Projects Deferred by Public Buildings Admin
The Public Buildings Administration deferred roughly 200 federal construction projects including a $45,000 post office in Warm Springs Georgia as part of a temporary pause.
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Washington
Public Buildings Administration
Warm Springs
Measles Outbreak Closes Classrooms Amid Absentees
A large number of children miss school as measles and mumps spread. Harold and Carrie Mae Speake are expected home Friday for the Christmas holidays.
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Carrie Mae
Hame
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