Congress weighs era of super battleships and bigger fleets
The House naval subcommittee asks the navy to prepare cost estimates for 65,000 to 80,000-ton battleships as Congress explores if larger ships can double naval power. Some lawmakers advocate two fleets with fewer giants, arguing 20 inch guns could outmatch current 35,000-ton designs.
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House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Navy Department
Maas
Re Minn
Assee 5
Scrugham
Mey
Congress
Henying
Japan
A ‘Canal
Rep. Phumley
Seriham
Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Two Auto Mishaps Leave No One Hurt on North Bee Line
State reports two incidents on the North Bee Line Highway Friday morning. David Scatter of Oklahoma en route to Florida escaped a collision with a tractor eight miles north of here at 11 16 am. his car left the road into a 100 foot field but remained intact. John Mitchell drove the tractor. Russell White of Blountsville reported a southbound truck crowded off the road by a northbound unit eight miles north of Athens at 10 45 this morning. White’s truck struck a cable causing $200 damage to a car, and the other driver fled the scene.
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Noone
Bee ‘Line
San
Fusch
David Scatter
Okegan
Illinois
Florida
Here
John Mitchell
Julian McNeese
R. A. Troupe
Russell White
Blountsville
Athens
White
President proposes regional hospital build plan in south
The president outlines a health program to fund hospital construction in underserved southern counties and select needy areas in the nation. He advocates federal support for facility building with PWA supervision and WPA labor, health service review, and phased expansion pending success. He contrasts northern New York with six hospitals to southern counties lacking facilities and access.
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New York
United States
PWA
Public Health Service
Illinois
South
Alan
Georgia
Markets Drift Through Santa Week With Tepid Trading
In New York on December 22 traders hoped for Santa Claus but saw only a muted session. Aircrafts led a slim recovery while many issues stayed near Thursday’s close. Transfers reached about 700 000 shares as tax selling and pre holiday apathy restrained gains. Cottonseed oil in New Orleans closed steady with prices for prime and Dec through July contracts listed.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Santa Claus
New Orleans
Market Report Mixed in New York Trading
In New York on December 22, stocks fluctuated with aircraft shares improving and bonds steady. Foreign exchange and most rates edged up, cotton and sugar seeing scattered activity, metals firmer, wheat and wool lower, cattle steady to down slightly, and hogs rising 15 to 40 cents with a top at 6.15.
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New York
U. S
House
Boston
Cotton futures drift in holiday trading across markets
New York and New Orleans reports show no clear trend as futures move on light pre holiday activity. Prices range with small gains and losses across months including Jan Feb and May while spot cotton edges higher in New Orleans trading.
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Gcopeon
New Orleans
Spot cotton closes steady with minor drop in New Orleans
New Orleans market reports spot cotton closing steady but down 3 points as sales reach 4,687. Low middling price sits near 10.02 cents, middle 11.12, good middling 11.47. receipts total 23,304 and stock stands at 817,624 bales.
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New York
New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Prices Steady in Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with bids for December 30.00, January 28.75, March 28.40, May 28.30, July 28.20, and September 26.50. Sales reported at 500 tons.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wheat prices fall on moisture relief hopes in drought regions
Wheat futures declined about 3 cents as moisture relief prospects in the winter wheat belt eased selling pressure. May wheat fell to 1.03 1/8, July to 1.00 7/8, corn down 8 7/8 cents, May 57 5/8, July 58, oats 1/2 to 3/4 lower.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Prices Stand Steady
Chicago market returns show butter at 681 545 and creamery 93 with 92, 2. Eggs listed at 6 030 with steady refrigerator extras 14 1 4 and standards 14 with firsts 13 1 2. Other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain and Feed Prices Decline in Markets
Market notes from Chicago on December prices for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans and seeds. No. 2 yellow wheat 1.06 to 1.04 for different grades. corn varied with No. 1 mixed 59 and No. 2 62, oats ranges 38 to 41, soybeans No. 2 yellow 1.16, barley malting 55 to 64, seeds listed with nominal ranges for clover, timothy, and alfalfa inputs.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville Tenn December 22. U S Dept of Agr cattle sale shows salable cattle 125 calves 75. Market steady with earlier strength and gains. Clearances nearly complete, loads short.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept
Earth Shock Recorded at Spring Hill College Seismograph
Mobile Alabama December reports a very violent earth shock recorded on the Spring Hill College seismograph last night and into today. Rev Anthony Westland calls the event the strangest he has seen and suggests a very serious quake perhaps originating thousands of miles away in the Pacific. A second quake near Costa Rica was logged shortly after 3 pm yesterday.
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Mobile
Ala
Spring Hill College
Anthony Westland
Pacific
College
Costa Rica
Letter Bomb Attacks Alarm London Postmen
Postmen faced dangerous Christmas mail as 20 small bombs exploded in London post offices and boxes overnight. Three provincial cities also saw blasts with seven fires and explosions in Birmingham triggering a police warning linked to a group whose members were recently sentenced to death for a fatal blast.
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London
Birmingham
Duskin Paroled After Long Montgomery Sentence
Duskin J E Jr a former prominent Montgomery real estate operator won permanent parole from a 36 to 60 year sentence. The Alabama board of pardons and paroles granted freedom contingent on good behavior, with similar liberty given to nine other convicts.
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Duskin
Montgomery
Ala
J. E. Duskin
Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles
Market Report: Beef Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Mixed
Light steer transactions at 8.00 with most common steers and heifers at 6.00 to 7.00 and some cutters at 5.50 down. Tops on beef cows at 5.50, canners and cutters 3.00 to 4.50. Vealers to 11.00. Hogs salable at 500 with a 20 up market shift. Sheep steady with good ewes and wether lambs at 8.25 and fat ewes 2.00 to 3.00.
Poultry Prices Weaken Despite Moderate Trade in Chicago
Chicago market report lists live poultry trading weak with 1 car and 45 trucks. Hens under 4 1 2 lbs rise 11 1 2 to 13 1 2 cents, colored varieties up 12 cents, Plymouth Rock and White Rock hens shown at 13 1 2 cents. Geese over 12 lbs 11 to 12 cents, various weights and cove at 13 1 2 cents. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Hanes resigns from federal posts to return to private work
Washington December 22 President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of John W. Hanes under secretary of the treasury effective December 31. Hanes said he must return to private life after serving with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Treasury. The president praised his conscientious service and wished him success.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John W. Hanes
The
Treasury
Hanes
New York
SEC
Morgenthau
Securities Commission
Solveruineti
White House
Tempe
Gakdon
Errat
Exchange Commission
Treasury Department
Soviet retreat and Arctic evacuation reported amid Finnish theater
Reports from the Norwegian border describe a large Russian Arctic retreat toward the Kola region after pushing near Imijarin. No southward supply movement noted, and observers fear thousands may have perished in the extreme cold. Swedish sources allege a bombing raid on Tampere with casualties and damage.
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Copenhagen
Finland
Imijarin
Arctic
Kola Russia
Petsamo
Sweden
Tampere
Helsinki
National Tidende
Argentines seek jobs for Graf Spee crew ashore
Argentinian officials work to place over 1000 Graf Spee sailors in inland zones within a week to collect from Germany the ship’s 25000 dollar monthly maintenance. Citizens outside Langsdorff burial site call for aid for Graf Spee victims and mourn the German captain.
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Buen Aires
Germany
Admiral Graf Spee
Ministry of Interior
Hans Langsdorff
Langsdorff
Tevideo
Roosevelt picks Leake for San Francisco customs post
President Roosevelt named Paul R. Leake of Woodland California to be collector of customs at San Francisco. Senator Downey of California protested the appointment immediately.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul R. Leake
Woodland
Calif
San Francisco
Downey
D.-Calif
Knoxville Man Buys Nashville Transit System
Al Kraemer of Knoxville Tennessee has signed a contract to purchase the transportation system of Nashville Tennessee Utilities. The agreement transfers control of the city’s transit operations to the buyer pending regulatory approvals and closing. The deal marks a major shift in local public transportation management.
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System
New York
al Kraemer
Knoxville, Tenn
Transportation System of
Nashville
Tennessee Utilities
Decatur Community News Notes and Church Services
Jessie Pickett of Fairview is confined with the flu. Christmas pageants and worship services are planned across Decatur churches with pastors sharing messages and special programs. Local residents, weddings, hospital visits, and transport to benevolent services are noted along with two minor fires on Church Street and Johnston Street.
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Jessie Pickett
Fairview
Pigs Inch Up in U S Pig Crop for 1939
The agriculture department estimates 31,985,000 pigs in the U.S. between June 1 and Decem ber, a 16 percent rise from the Fall 1938 crop. For 1939 the Spring and Fall crops push total output to about 84,302,000 head, the largest in 17 years, with notable regional shifts and big gains in the south. Major state totals show South Carolina 958,000 in Fall and 394,000 in Spring, Georgia 2,161,000 and 978,000, Tennessee 1,775,000 and 826,000, Alabama 1,445,000 and 694,000, Mississippi 1,294,000 and 594,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Cornbelt
Corn Belt
South
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Shortest Day of the Year Marks Winter Start
The piece notes December 21 as the first day of winter and calls for quicker action amid the shortest day. It cites a record 26 degree temperature tying a prior winter low as daylight slowly increases in coming weeks.
Madrid Christmas Lottery Profits Despite War Restrictions
Madrid and Barcelona ticket holders shared the first and third prizes as the government cleared profits in El Gioso amid European exchange limits halving ticket sales. The treasury claims the second prize entirely.
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Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
FBI probes corruption in Miami Beach area
In December 22 reports, FBI director J Edgar Hoover announced a bird dog survey into crime and gambling revenues in Miami and Miami Beach. Local officials including Mayor E G Sewell and Mayor John H Levi pledged cooperation as Hoover warned of persistent rackets linked to former associates of Al Capone and noted Capone’s ties to the area.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hot Springs
Ark
Kansas City
Louisiana
E. G. Sewell
Miami
Hoover
Murphy
Washington
FBI
al Capone
John H. Levi
Baltimore
Tennessee Guard to Fly to California for Rose Bowl Events
The 105th Observation Squadron of the Tennessee National Guard has War Department authorization for a cross country training flight to California next week. The five to seven planes will participate in Rose Bowl festivities.
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Nashville
Tenn
105Th Observation Squadron
Tennessee National Guard
War Department
California
Merit Bill Extended Clarifies Merit System Coverage
Attorney General T. S. Lawson ruled that the state merit system applies to most constitutional officers and staff. The Supreme Court clerk remains exempt as a constitutional officer, while court reporters, librarians, secretaries, and other court staff fall under merit pay scales and hours.
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T. S. Lawson
I. J. Browder
Lawson
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Supreme ‘Court
Browder
Rivers Will Stand Pat on Highway Board Dispute
Georgia Governor E D Rivers said he would stand pat on his martial law proclamation naming James Gillis L L Patten and Herman Watson to the state highway board. A Lakeland three judge court ousted the chairman and reassigned Gillis Patten and Watson as legal members. Six National Guardsmen remained at the highway building under Lt Col J H Skelton.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
James L. Gillis
L. L. Patten
Herman Watson
Georgia Highway Board
Lakeland
W. L. Miller
Pattern
Watson
Gillis
Privilege City Considers Salvation Army Key Ordinance
City leaders named Diamond T Chicago Peter Pirsch and Sons Co Kenosha Mack Truck Co Ahrens Fox Co and Amaricen LaPrence Co as donors to the Salvation Army drive committing 300 dollars to be paid at 25 dollars monthly. A key ordinance requires key makers to register names addresses and workplaces and to notify employers of key requests.
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Diamond T
Chicago
Peter Pirsch and Sons Co
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Mack Truck Co
New York City
Ahrens- Fox Co
Columbus
Ohio
Amaricen-LaPrence Co
Elmira, Ee
Salvation Army
British Discuss Plane Purchase Involves Douglas Offer
Douglas Aircraft officials said discussions with the British air ministry are under way for a potential 40 million dollar order of a new 400 mile an hour light attack bomber. The modernized DB-7 derivative would be faster and smaller than the Canadian delivery, with 270 planes already ordered by France totaling 27 million dollars.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Company
British
Air Ministry
Douglas
Doug
France
Canada
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Burma
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