Landon and Roosevelt exchange pledges over delicate world scene
Telegrams show Landon pledging cooperation to Roosevelt amid tense foreign affairs. Roosevelt replies the exchange sets a positive example as he notes Americans seek peace but reject avoidance of global presence. Senator Smathers cautions that incidents in the Pacific may push the U.S. toward war and calls for troop withdrawal debates.
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Landon
Roosevelt
M. Landon
Washington
Smathers
D-Nj
China
Par East
Panay
Screen comedian Ted Healy dies suddenly in California
Ted Healy, 41, a Hollywood film comedian and creator of the Three Stooges act, died suddenly in Culver City. Born in Houston, Healy began on stage in 1917 and entered films in 1933. His last picture was Hollywood Hotel.
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Culver City
Calif
Ted Healy
Healy
Houston
Tex
Hollywood Hotel
Winter Wheat Production Estimate Reported
Washington December report from the agriculture department estimates next year winter wheat production at 630 million bushels. The projected figure reflects agricultural forecasts for the forthcoming crop year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Markets Rise In Mixed Day of Gains Across Sectors
Selected stocks advanced in New York with aircraft and steel shares leading the rally before noon. Airlines and steelmakers such as Douglas Aircraft Boeing United Aircraft Wright Aeronautical U S Steel Inland Steel Crucible Sears Roebuck International Harvester Westinghouse posted gains, while overall breadth remained uneven as investors cashed profits from recent sessions. Trade volume approached 1.3 million shares.
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New York
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
United Aircraft
Wright Aeronautical
U. 6. Steel
Ve. Inland Steel
Crucible
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
Westinghouse
Ae Aefers
Decatur Livestock Hogs and Cattle Prices
Decatur livestock market reports hog prices steady for 160 to 245 pound hogs with sows listed and cattle prices steady. Listings show No 1 through No 5 grades with varying per pound ranges for steers heifers cows and bulls and notes on market quality and classification.
Nashville Livestock Prices Report December 21
Nashville Tennessee cattle calves and hogs show steady to uneven demand. Calves quality plain to fed fetches 5.00 to 8.00. beef cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.75 with top vealers at 10.00. Hogs 160 to 250 pounds steady to lower, 7.30 to 7.65 for 205 to 250 pounds, sows 6.50 down. Sheep data incomplete with fat lambs to 8.00 and fat ewes around 2.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U, & Dept
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on December 21 cottonseed oil held steady with cracking prime summer yellow at 7.00 and prime crude around 58.71 to 60. Decature dates show mixed futures: Jan 6.758, Mar 6.98, May 6.878, Jul 6.8968, Sep 6.918, Oct 6.038.
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New Orleans
New York
Dee
Cottonseed meal futures close uneven in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis show uneven close with 22.75 for December and around 21.50 to 21.25 for January through March and beyond. Trading volume reported at 4,800 contracts.
Firsts Score Record Youth Meet Highlights
A fragment notes a 90 to 91 score and a 1-436 1-2 standard at a centralized meet. Details are unclear but indicate a scoring milestone and event standards achieved by male participants.
Poultry market prices show mixed changes on December 21
The report lists live turkey prices with weights from 4 1 2 to 23 pounds and young duck and goose quotes. Dressed turkeys ease with Ren turkeys at 27 1 2 and other weights steady. prices for Plymouth and white rock varieties are noted, while most other categories remain unchanged.
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Plymouth
White Rock
Aetoms
Chicago Wheat Prices Jump on Suspected Eastern Buying
Active buying attributed to an eastern speculative interest lifted Chicago grain markets. Wheat futures rose nearly two cents, with December up 3 1/4 cents and 1-8 3-8, corn up 5-8 to 1 1-8, May and July futures around 60 1-8 to 60 1-4, and oats advancing 1 4 to 1 2.
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Chicago
Mississippi girl to become doctor in Tennessee medical school
Victoria W. Pitagerald of Clarksdale Mississippi will graduate from the University of Tennessee Medical School Monday night. She recalls riding Mississippi roads with her grandfather, a family physician, and says women must be twice as good as men to succeed in medicine while challenging the idea that doctors must be male.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Victoria W. Pitagerald
Clarksdale
University of Tennessee Medical School
Capone's Appeal Denied in Tax Case Reduction Bid
In Chicago on December 21, Al Capone lost his appeal for a one year reduction from an 11 year income tax sentence. The U S circuit court of appeals sustained a motion to dismiss, upholding Judge James H Wilkerson's ruling. Capone sought to avoid a year in Cook county jail after Alcatraz term. The judge sentenced Capone on October 24, 1931.
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Chicago
al Ocapone
U. 8
Efrcuit Court of Appeals
James H. Wilkerson
Capone
Cook County
Alcatraz
Wilkerson
Territorial scope of proposed holdings in Asia and Pacific
The article outlines a vast leased territory on the east coast of the Saichon peninsula in South China and the Netherlands-Dutch East Indies including Sumatra Borneo and Java. It covers 735000 square miles with 61000000 people. It highlights sugar coffee rubber tobacco tea cacao and palm products. It also mentions America the Philippines Guam and other Pacific islands as references.
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Saichon
South China
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Sumatra
Borneo
Java
United States
America
Philippines
Guam Island
Pacific
Alabama Officials Refuse Donation for Horse Show Prizes
Dallas County commissioners lack authority to donate funds for prizes at an annual crippled children benefit horse show. Probate Judge Vaughan requested the ruling after a civic club sought the donation. Carmichael called the decision regrettable.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dee
A. A. Carmichae
Dallas
Watkins M. Vaughan
Carmichael
State to Fund $102000 for National Guard Unit Heads
Each National Guard unit in the state will have its own head notional lead, with the state paying a total of $102,000 to cover these positions. The plan outlines the distribution across units and the responsibilities of the new heads.
WPA Head Speaks On Today’s Analogic Jr. State
WPA head said today that preliminary plans for the Analogic Jr. State program remain on track. He noted ongoing coordination with local schools and community groups to finalize curriculum and scheduling.
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WPA
Frisco Rail Order In Alabama Spurs Mill Backlog Rise
In Birmingham on December 21 Frisco railroad companies trustees J. M. Kurn and John G. Londaale announced an order for 13 200 tons of rail at a cost of 1 704827 dollars. The purchase increases the local mill backlog to 114 390 tons and is part of Frisco improvements totaling 3 646336 dollars for the year.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frisco Railroad
J. M. Kurn
John G. Londaale
Frisco
Bus Line Approvals In Alabama Announced
The state public service commission authorized J. R. Crow to operate a bus line between Elba and Opp and granted E. A. Scott permission to begin passenger service among Porter Flatwood Bessie Alden Ginn town Adamevil and Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Public Service Commission
J. R. Crow
Elba
Opp
E. A. Scott
Porter
Flat Oo Bessie
Alden
Gintown
Adamevil
Birmingham
Funeral rites for Lt Sterling S Tatum in Birmingham
Funeral services are set in Birmingham for Lieut Sterling S Tatum, 32, a Fedt dama filer killed in an army plane crash at Pet Mitchell Alabama. Tatum a graduate of Auburn and Kelly Field Texas recently returned to the army after teaching in China. He was a former worker for the Associated.
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Birmingham
Ala
Puneral Services
Sterling S. Tatum
Fedt Dama Filer
Pet Mitchell
Elmwood
Tatum
Auburn
Kelly Field
Tex
China
Wopr
The
Associated
Alabama highway contract awarded for Washington county paving
The Alabama Highway Commission awarded the grading draining and bituminous paving project to Saunders and Perkins Hinesville Georgia on a low bid of 163963 for 7 827 miles between Calvert and Jackson in Washington county.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Highway Commission
Calvert
Jackson
Washington County
Saunders and Perk
Hinesville
Pickard plans coal gift for textile plant families
About 300 families tied to the textile plant will receive a grocery trade order worth $2 and each family a half ton of coal. The Santa operation cost the company about 1,670 dollars.
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Taehathe
Pickard
Foley and Dixie Weeks Question Rose Bowl Trip Intent
The article notes Foley and his wife Senator Dixie faced questions about plans to travel with the Alabama Crimson Tide to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl in California. It reports he declined to confirm if the trip would go ahead while mentioning spending Christmas separately.
Decatur Christmas Church Services and Local Notices
Christmas morning worship at Southside Baptist Church from 9 30 to 10 30 a m invites neighbors and friends. Mid week prayer service at Southside Baptist Church led by Mrs A L Burns at 7 p m with a Christmas message. Various local residents and visitors noted including Rev Willoughby at Westminster and Mrs Willoughby speaking on regional customs. Numerous social and illness updates from Decatur residents and nearby areas.
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Southside Baptist Church
A. L. Burns
John Wallace Willoughby
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Liner collision near Hamburg causes distress call
SOS went out for a distressed ship after a collision near Hamburg. Miss Herta Peters of New York was reported unharmed. The 6458 ton Italian ship from Genoa suffered slight damage and headed toward Cuxhaven. The Greek steamer Holkies stood by and a German tug also departed Hoek Van Holland for aid.
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Herta Peters
New Yor City
Brandari
Harbor
United States Lines
Hamburg
Cuxhaven
Genoa
Holkies
Hoek-Van-Holland
Bankhead to Have Turkey Christmas Week Plans
Speaker Bankhead, elected Monday, will eat a Pennsylvania turkey on Christmas after sizing up gifts from friends nationwide. Neighbors have sent pheasants, quail, goose, a duck and four turkeys. The Bankheads will visit Charlottesville, Virginia, after Christmas to read books and play Russian bank in a lodge that once served as slave quarters.
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Washington
Bankhead
Pennsylvania
Charlottesville
Dearborn Wins UAW Literature Distribution Suit
Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet upheld Dearborn in a dispute with the United Automobile Workers over distributing literature at the Rouge plant of the Motor Company. The ruling centers on union activity and management prerogatives in a Detroit area labor matter.
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Detroit
Dearborn
Edward J. Moinet
United Automobile Workers of America
Rouge
The
Motor Company
Memorial steel strike riot yields 63 small fines
In Chicago on Monday Felony Court records show 63 small fines as the latest end to the Memorial steel strike riot. The clashes cost lives and stirred broad labor tensions across the city and region.
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Chicago
Hospital transfers and holiday arrivals near town
Harvey Mitchell of Petersburg returns home after treatment at Baughs Infirmary with Brown's ambulance. Miss Walker to undergo treatment there. Robert Adams of the University of Minnesota arrives for the holidays.
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Harvey Mitchell
Petersburg
Baughs Infirmary
Brown's Ambulance
Miss Walker
Robert Adams
University of Minnesota
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Happy) Chandler
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Scottsboro
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Athens
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Wetumpka, Ala
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Dillehay
Grant Street
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